Improving coastal resilience with ASBPA’s water level observing network
Speaker: Dr. Joe Griffitt, Interim Director, School of Ocean Science and Engineering, University of Southern Mississippi
Event Timing: September 19, 2019 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
Catering: Eat Drink Love (Ocean Springs, MS)
Event Address: Charnley-Norwood House, 509 East Beach Drive, Ocean Springs, MS 39564 (parking map attached)
Contact us at (251) 591-0588 or bwebb@southalabama.edu
Presentation Overview: The opening if the Bonnet Carre spillway for the second time in 2019 released an unprecedented volume of fresh water into the Mississippi Sound. This freshwater incursion had a number of severe impacts on the ecosystem of the Mississippi Sound, including a near complete loss of oysters on affected reefs. It also pushed two species of cyanobacteria that are normally found only in freshwater lakes and ponds into the sound, and resulted in the beaches of southern Mississippi being closed for much of the summer. The USM School of Ocean Science and Engineering was tasked with assisting MDEQ and MDMR in research to establish the effects of the spillway opening. I will discuss our data and results to date from these efforts.
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Topic: ASBPA Central Gulf Coast Chapter Lunch & Learn – September 19, 2019
Time: Sep 19, 2019 11:30 AM Central Time (US and Canada)
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