STUDENTS AND SCIENTISTS PRESENTED THEIR RESEARCH AT THE 2019 ASLO AQUATIC SCIENCES MEETING

Members of CARICOOS and CAOSE presented their research at the 2019 ASLO Meeting last week in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Their research projects included a wide array of topics, from ocean acidification to coastal processes, addressing the common goal of protecting our coastal and ocean habitats and resources. Our group had the opportunity to share their work with professors, researchers, and students from different parts of the world. The science community participating in the meeting shared the best practices, resources, tools, and the latest trends in research to assess how climate change will impact our ocean and coasts and how to best anticipate, plan, and prepare for these changing ocean conditions.

Scientists and students presenting their work to this international audience were:

  • Carla Mejías – “Particulate Organic Carbon Temporal and Spatial Variability in Southern Puerto Rico: An Assessment of Sources, Connectivity, Ecological Implications and Bio-Optical Properties”
  • Colin Evans – “Towards Implementing the Operational Use of High Frequency Radar Wave and Wind Measurements”
  • Edward Cruz – “Measuring the Time-Varying Free Surface within the Inner Surf and Swash Zones Using a Lidar”
  • Erick García – “Seasonal Inorganic Carbon Dynamics at a Semi-Enclosed Tropical Mangrove Lagoon: A Coastal Ocean Acidification Hotspot”
  • Haibo Xu – “Oceanographic Pathways and Hydrodynamic Connectivity between Marine Protected Areas in the Us Virgin Islands and Eastern Puerto Rico”
  • Melissa Melendez  – “Are Coral Reef Areas in Puerto Rico in a Net Dissolution State? Observations of Ocean Acidification and Net Ecosystem Metabolism from La Parguera, Puerto Rico”
  • Peter Rivera – “Numerical Simulations of Storm-Induced Nearshore Morphology Change in Rincón, Puerto Rico”
  • Dr. Miguel Canals – “Geometric and Hydrodynamic Optimization of Coral Reef Restoration Projects to Enhance Wave Power Reduction in Fringing Reefs”
  • Dr. Patricia Chardón-Maldonado – “Who Needs Coastal Ocean Observations in the Us Caribbean?”
  • Dr. Sylvia Rodríguez-Abudo – “Observations of Nearshore Waves and Currents in Rincón, PR during Hurricane Maria”
Carla Mejías – “Particulate Organic Carbon Temporal and Spatial Variability in Southern Puerto Rico: An Assessment of Sources, Connectivity, Ecological Implications and Bio-Optical Properties”

Erick García – “Seasonal Inorganic Carbon Dynamics at a Semi-Enclosed Tropical Mangrove Lagoon: A Coastal Ocean Acidification Hotspot”

Edward Cruz – “Measuring the Time-Varying Free Surface within the Inner Surf and Swash Zones Using a Lidar”