OOS 22 - Linking Biodiversity, Material Cycling, and Ecosystem Services in Coastal Ecosystems

Wednesday, August 9, 2017: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
Portland Blrm 256, Oregon Convention Center
Organizer:
Ariana Sutton-Grier, University of Maryland and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Moderator:
Britta Baechler, Portland State University
Coastal ecosystems are both some of the most beloved ecosystems by people for recreation, vacation, and coastal living, but also some of the most threatened by human use and development. Therefore, it is critical to understand the connections between coastal biodiversity, material cycling, coastal ecosystem functioning, and the ability of these ecosystems to provide the ecosystem services on which people depend including: commercial and recreational fishery habitat, water quality improvements, shoreline protection (climate adaptation), climate mitigation (carbon sequestration), and recreational uses. In order to understand the linkages between ecosystems and the benefits they provide to people, it is important to take a multidisciplinary approach that includes social and natural scientists. This session will present new advances about the coastal ecological functions and processes that provide these benefits to people, the valuation of these ecosystem services, and some of the current or emerging opportunities to include these benefits in policy and decision making that could result in more coastal ecosystem protection and/or restoration and help to make coastal communities more resilient in the face of climate change.
8:00 AM
 Limited inclusion of biodiversity in coastal habitat restoration design may impede ecosystem function
A. Randall Hughes, Northeastern University; Jonathan H. Grabowski, Northeastern University; Heather Leslie, University of Maine; Steven B. Scyphers, Northeastern University; Susan L. Williams, UC Davis
9:00 AM
 Estuarine restoration and co-benefits for carbon sequestration and wildlife foodwebs: A case study in the Nisqually River Delta
Isa Woo, U. S. Geological Survey; Susan De La Cruz, U. S. Geological Survey; Melanie J. Davis, U. S. Geological Survey; Lisa Windham-Myers, U. S. Geological Survey; Judith Drexler, U. S. Geological Survey; Kristin B. Byrd, U. S. Geological Survey; Laurel Ballanti, U. S. Geological Survey; Brian Bergamaschi, U. S. Geological Survey; Karen M. Thorne, U. S. Geological Survey; Frank Anderson, U. S. Geological Survey; Sara Knox, U. S. Geological Survey; Glynnis Nakai, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service; Christopher Ellings, Nisqually Indian Tribe; Zhiliang Zhu, U. S. Geological Survey; John Schmerfeld, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service; Kurt Johnson, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service; Scott Covington, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
9:20 AM
 Reviewing coastal habitat restoration efforts in the U.S. and the services they deliver
Jonathan H. Grabowski, Northeastern University; Rachel K. Gittman, Northeastern University; Katie K. Arkema, Stanford University; Rick Bennett, US Fish and Wildlife Service; Jeff Benoit, Restore America's Estuaries; Seth Blitch, The Nature Conservancy; Kelly Burks-Copes, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Anthony Chatwin, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation; Allison Colden, Chesapeake Bay Foundation; Alyssa Dausman, Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council; Bryan DeAngelis, The Nature Conservancy; Rachel Houge, EPA Gulf of Mexico Program; Ron Howard, USDA NRCS; A. Randall Hughes, Northeastern University; Ben Scaggs, EPA Gulf of Mexico Program; Steven B. Scyphers, Northeastern University; Tisa Shostik, NOAA Restoration Center; Ariana Sutton-Grier, University of Maryland and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
9:40 AM
9:50 AM
 Linking coastal ecosystem services and mappable habitat features as a step toward resiliency planning
Chanda Littles, ORISE / EPA; Chloe Jackson, University of West Florida; Theodore H. DeWitt, U.S. EPA; Matthew Harwell, EPA, Gulf Ecology Division
10:10 AM
 Biodiversity, disasters, ecosystem services, and impacts on the ultimate ecosystem service: Human health and well-being
Ariana Sutton-Grier, University of Maryland and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Paul Sandifer, College of Charleston
10:30 AM
 A transdisciplinary approach to valuing ecosystem services from coastal natural infrastructure
Steven Dundas, Oregon State University; Sally D. Hacker, Oregon State University; David J. Lewis, Oregon State University; David Kling, Oregon State University; Peter Ruggiero, Oregon State University; Christopher C. Parrish, Memorial University
10:50 AM