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Influences of Storm Events on Mission-Aransas Estuary and the Recovery

Influences of Storm Events on Mission-Aransas Estuary and the Recovery. Qiyuan Liu (Coworker - Aubrey Lashaway). Overview. What: Mission-Aransas Estuary Why: Objectives for the project How: Results What’s next: Future work. Mission-Aransas National Estuarine Research Reserve (MA-NERR).

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Influences of Storm Events on Mission-Aransas Estuary and the Recovery

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  1. Influences of Storm Events on Mission-Aransas Estuary and the Recovery Qiyuan Liu (Coworker - Aubrey Lashaway)

  2. Overview • What: Mission-Aransas Estuary • Why: Objectivesfor the project • How: Results • What’s next: Future work

  3. Mission-Aransas National Estuarine Research Reserve (MA-NERR)

  4. Copano Subwatershed Misssion Subwatershed Aransas Subwatershed

  5. Copano Subwatershed Misssion Subwatershed Aransas Subwatershed

  6. Advantages of target area • Relatively pristine ecosystem • Texas’s climate: variable

  7. Extreme weather events Amount and timing of rainfall Freshwater inflows Abrupt changes in estuary Abiotic factors: water quality Biotic factors: diversity & function

  8. Goals & Methods: • Water quality • before & after storm • Precipitation & Stream discharge • Influence of up-stream watersheds storm events on estuary and recovery

  9. Precipitation – Storm Event

  10. Stream Discharge Gauge Stations Medio CK nr beeville, TX Aransas RV nr Skidmore, TX Copano Ck nr Refugio, TX Mission RV at Refugio, TX

  11. Stream Discharge

  12. Water Quality Gauge Stations Copano Bay East Copano Bay West

  13. Salinity

  14. Water Quality Gauge Stations Stream Discharge Gauges

  15. Stream Discharge and Salinity2007-7-8 00:00

  16. July 4th, 2007

  17. Dissolved Oxygen

  18. Stream Discharge&DO

  19. Conclusions • Storm events can greatly influence the water quality such as salinity, DO, etc in downstream estuary. • There would be a delay in the change of water quality after a storm event. • It will take about 5 months for an estuary to recover from storm, with little permanent effect

  20. Future Work • Compare the change in salinity in different gauge stations which serve different functions in the estuary. • Provide interpolation of salinity in estuary before and after storm • Storm influences on estuarine ecosystem – biodiversity, composition and function of communities.

  21. Thank you!

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