Connectivity and Hydrodynamics
Understanding how physical oceanography, organismal behavior, and life history strategies interact to determine the “connectedness” of coral reefs is a major area of study at RSMAS. The majority of NCORE's work in this area has been focused on bio-physical interactions. Some projects have involved the use of geochemical tracers in fish otoliths to understand the origin of fish stocks and use of isotopic indicators as proxies for temperature. Other studies apply population genetic markers (microsatellites) to study the connectivity of reef corals and still others, utilizes high resolution circulation models around the coral reef areas, nested within larger scale low resolution models to address connectivity issues.
Key Questions
How
connected are coral reef ecosystems within regions?
Can
healthy reefs replenish disturbed ones, and how quickly?
Can
we predict patterns of connectivity directly from physical
oceanographic and biological parameters?
Projects
| Project | PI(s) | Sponsor | Dates |
| Florida Bay Algal Bloom Isotipic Tracer Analysis | Swart, Peter (MGG) | FL State | 9/27/2007 to 12/31/2007 |
| Nonintegrable Hamiltonian Systems In OCean Dynamics | Beron-Vera, Francisco (AMP) | NSF | 9/1/2007 to 8/31/2008 |
| FL TOADDS Model Development and Applications | Wang, Jonh D (AMP) | USGS | 7/20/2007 to 6/30/2011 |
| Collaborative Research: Role of Eddies In The Midlatitude Ocean Circulation | Kamenkovich, Igor (MPO) | NSF | 7/1/2007 to 6/30/2008 |
| Uptake and Processing of Foreign DNA By Mitochondria, a Model System | Schmale, Michael C (MBF) | NIH-NCRR | 7/1/2007 to 6/30/2008 |
| Enabling and Initiating Observing System Simulations Experiments of a Coastal High Resolution Oceanographic Model In The Northern Gulf of Mexico | Kourafalou, Vassiliki (MPO) | NOAA | 6/1/2006 to 5/31/2009 |
| In Situ Ichthyoplankton Imaging System (Isiis) - Development And Testing Of Operational System | Cowen, Robert K (MBF) | NSF | 6/1/2007 to 5/31/2010 |
| Integrated Ecological Assessment of Antigua and Barbuda | Kourafalou, Vassiliki (MPO), Lirman, Diego (MBF), McManus, John (MBF), Mcmanus, Liana (MAF), Reid, R. P (MGG), Shay, Lynn K (MPO), Zika, Rod (MAC) | Stanford Foundation | 6/1/2007 to 8/31/2008 |
| Drift Trajectory Error Analysis | Mooers, Christopher N (AMP) | USCG/IOF | 5/24/2007 to 9'/30/2007 |
| Non-Hydrostatic Modeling of Coastal Discharges in Biscayne Bay | Ozgokmen, Tamay M (MPO) | National Park Service | 5/1/2007 to 5/1/2008 |
| Quality Control And Interpretation Of Environmental Data | Glynn, Peter W (MBF) | NOAA | 5/1/2007 to 4/30/2008 |
| Testing Climate Model Simulations of Tropical Cirrus Lifecycles: A Lagrangian Analysis Using Arm Data | Soden, Brian J (MPO) | DOE | 4/15/2007 to 4/14/2008 |
| An Observing System for Meridional Heat Transport Variability in the Subtropical North Atlantic | Johns, William (MPO) | NSF | 4/1/2007 to 3/31/2008 |
| Dynamic of Boundary Currents and Marginal Seas | Johns, William (MPO) | ONR | 12/23/2006 to 9/30/2007 |
| Collaborative Research: Atlantic Air-Sea Fluxes From Satellites, their Variability and Analysis of Ocean Models | Drennan, William M (AMP) | NSF | 12/1/2006 to 11/30/2007 |
| Properties & Characterization of High Resolution Wave-Air Sea Interaction | Graber, Hans C (AMP) | ONR | 12/1/2006 to 11/30/2007 |
| Nonlinear Estimation and Control of Particle Trajectories in the Ocean | Chin, Toshio M (MPO) | ONR | 11/1/2006 to 9/30/2008 |
| Process Studies of Marine Boundary Layer Structures and Clouds Over Eastern Pacific | Albrecht, Bruce (MPO) | NOAA | 11/1/2006 to 10/31/2007 |
| Linkages between larvae and recruitment of coral reef fishes along the Florida Keys shelf: an integrated field and modeling analysis of population connectivity in a complex system | Su, Sponaugle (MBF) | NSF | 11/1/2006 to 10/31/2010 |
| Microarray Analyses of Polluted Natural Populations | Oleksiak, Marjorie F (MBF) | NIH-NIEHS | 9/1/2006 to 2/28/2009 |
| An Open-Source Community Model for Coastal Sediment Transport | Chang, Yeon (MPO) | Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst. | 6/16/2006 to 5/31/2007 |
| Community Sediment Transport Model | Chang, Yeon (MPO) | ONR | 6/16/2006 to 5/31/2008 |
| Tropical Cyclone Structure and Rainfall as Deduced by Trmm and High-Resolution Numerical Model | Chen, Shuyi (MPO) | NASA | 6/15/2006 to 6/14/2007 |
| SFP 2006: Simulations of Circulation and Nutrient Transport Around Florida Bay and The Keys With The SF Regional Sofla-Hycom Model | Kourafalou, Vassiliki (MPO) | NOAA | 6/1/2006 to 5/31/2009 |
| Enthalpy Flux in Extreme Winds and the Roles of Sensible, Latent and Spray Heat Transfer Processes | Haus, Brian (AMP) | ONR | 12/15/2005 to 12/31/2007 |
| The Sensitivity of the Global Water and Energy Cycles: An Integrated Assessment of Models and Observations | Soden, Brian (MPO) | NASA | 12/1/2005 to 11/30/2008 |
| Fluctuations, Coherence and Predictability of Long Range Shallow Water Propagation | Deferrari, Harry (AMP) | ONR | 11/1/2005 to 9/30/2008 |
| El Niño-Southern Oscillation Disturbances on Eastern Pacific Coral Reefs: Patters and Mechanisms Recovery | Glynn, Peter (MBF) | NSF | 10/15/2005 to 9/30/2008 |
| Connectivity in Marine Seascapes, Predicting Ecological & Socioeconomic Costs of Climate Change | Broad, Kenneth (MAF) | Resources for the Future/EPA | 3/1/2005 to 2/28/2008 |
| Lagrangian Turbulence and Transport in Semi-Enclosed Basins and Coastal Regions | Griffa, Annalisa C (MPO) | ONR | 11/15/2004 to 9/30/2008 |
| Predictability of Particle Trajectories in the Ocean | Ozgokmen, Tamay M (MPO) | ONR | 11/15/2004 to 9/30/2008 |
| US GODAE: Global Ocean Prediction with the Hybrid Coordinate Ocean Model (HyCOM) | Halliwell, George (MPO) | ONR | 6/3/2004 to 9/30/2008 |
| Multi Sensor Improved Sea Surface Temperature (MISST) for GODAE | Minnett, Peter (MPO) | NASA | 6/1/2004 to 5/31/2009 |
| Non-invasive Imaging of Near-Surface Preferential Flow Pathways and Dynamics in Carbonate Vadose Zone | Grasmueck, Mark (MGG) | NSF | 4/1/2004 to 3/31/2008 |
| Investigation of the Movement of Adult Billfish in Potential Spawning Areas | Cowen, Robert (MBF) | NOAA | 7/1/2003 to 6/30/2007 |
| Workshop on Population Connectivity to Marine Systems | Cowen, Robert (MBF) | NSF | 6/1/2002 to 11/30/2007 |
| Coupled natural and human dynamics in coral reef ecosystems: the effect of marine reserve network design and implementation on fisheries, biodiversity and human communities | Olson, Don (MPO), Broad, Kenneth (MAF), McManus, Liana (MAF), McManus, John (MBF), Cowen, Robert (MBF) | AMNH/NSF | 10/15/2001 to 9/30/2007 |
| Atmospheric and Ocean Modeling Support for Boundary Inputs to the Florida Bay Hydrodynamic Model | Kourafalou, Vassiliki (MPO) | NOAA | 7/1/01 to 3/30/09 |
| Regional Model for South Florida Coastal Seas | Kourafalou, Vassiliki (MPO) | NOAA | 7/1/01 to 3/31/09 |
| Evaluation and Improvement of Ocean Model Parameterizations For NCEP Operations | Shay, Lynn K (CIMAS) | NOAA | 7/1/2001 to 6/30/2009 |