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MARI/CCPO Seminar Series


Examining Material Transport in Coupled Land-Ocean Systems Following Major Rain Events

In coupled land-ocean environments, significant amounts of dissolved and particulate material can be mobilized across the landscape during major rain events and transported to a network of ground water, streams, rivers, and estuaries within the coastal aquatic system. Depending on the quantity and makeup, this increased flux of material may have a major, often negative, impact on the aquatic environment such as nutrient-increased productivity, changes in phytoplankton community structure, local hypoxia, and decreased light availability in the water column that affects submerged aquatic vegetation productivity. I will present an overview of our effort to examine material transport within the watersheds and coastal waters of the Albemarle-Pamlico Estuarine System, NC using an integrated approach using field measurements, remote sensing and numerical transport models. I will also discuss the context of this work in climate change research related to limited technologies available for investigating dynamic coastal systems.