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Long-Term Response of Benthic Organisms to Freshwater Inflow in Texas Coastal Bend Estuaries, 2006-2008. Benthic samples and hydrographic characteristics are monitored quarterly in four bay systems. Sediment characteristics are collected annually. These data are used in models to predict response of benthic organisms (polychaetes, mollusks, and crustaceans) to quantity of freshwater inflow needed to maintain bay productivity and health.
Rincon Bayou Diversion Project, Biological Monitoring, 2006-2008. Benthic samples are collected monthly to determine the effects of restored inflow in Nueces Delta, and to help provide information on operating the public water system.
Effect of Climatic Variability on Freshwater Inflow, Benthic Communities, and Secondary Production in Texas Lagoonal Estuaries, 2006-2009. The objective is to complete development of an ecological model to calculate system wide productivity for two trophic groups of benthic organisms in response to climatic differences and freshwater inflow variability.
McMurdo Station (Antarctica) Long Term Monitoring, 2006-2008. The objective of this project is to determine the human footprint in McMurdo Sound using benthic indicators. Oyster Reef Restoration in Copano Bay, Texas, 2007-2009. The objectives are to focus on designing and describing a sampling scheme to collect biological and ecological data on oyster reefs in Copano Bay to plan and determine success of restoration efforts.
Click here to read the Island to Ice 2010 Blog.Colorado River Flow Relationship to Bay Health: Benthic Indicators, 2006-2007. Using a model to estimate how benthic conditions in Matagorda Bay might change under different salinity conditions should the LCRA-SAWS project move forward. An Environmental Information System for Hypoxia in Corpus Christi Bay: A WATERS Network Test Bed., 2006-2008. A prototype Environmental Information System (EIS) that couples sensor measurements with end-to-end cyberinfrastructure is being created to demonstrate how observatory data can be used to improve understanding of hypoxia. This interdisciplinary project will demonstrate the effectiveness of the EIS for supporting adaptive hypoxia sampling and collaborative research using the CyberCollaboratory.
Effects of climate and land use/land cover change on the link between uplands and coastal estuaries, 2007-2010. This is the estuary component of a large interdisciplinary project. The goal is to model changes in estuarine productivity using historical data and data modeled by the other project components on freshwater and nutrient inflow, salinity and temperature dynamics, and local climate projections.
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