OOS 28 - Climate Change Impacts on Coastal Ecosystems

Organizer(s)

• MS

  Mary Santelmann

  Professor
  Oregon State University, College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences
  Corvallis, Oregon, United States

Co-Organizer(s)

• RF

  Rebecca Flitcroft

  Fish Biologist
  USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Oregon, United States

Ecosystems along the coast of the Pacific Northwest are experiencing the impacts of climate change. Recent research has documented shifts in patterns of streamflow and temperature of coastal streams that could impact the life history of native fishes, sea level rise threatens estuarine environments and coastal communities, and new invasives species are altering coastal ecosystems. Changes in precipitation and extreme temperature events have begun to have an effect on coastal forests and present new challenges for those managing these systems. Coastal communities that rely on fisheries and shellfish production are concerned about the sustainability of their economic base. Land management in coastal regions occurs in a complex mosaic of private and public land. Thus, ecological research in coastal regions is conducted by a broad range of scientists, including not only academics but also ecologists for local watershed organizations and state or federal agencies. In addition, ecologists have conducted interdisciplinary projects that can help provide guidance for implementation of research into informed land management. The goal of this session is to bring together the perspectives of ecologists across a range of backgrounds and entities to broaden the discussion of the impacts of climate change beyond a single sector. Speakers will explore a range of ways that climate change could affect coastal watersheds from the headwaters to the sea. The question and answer portions of the session will also allow some discussion of ways in which climate change impacts might be manifested in other coastal regions

Presentations:

• 3:30 PM – 3:45 PM PDT

  Potential processes and effects of aridification in coastal ecosystems
  

  Presenting Author: Erica Fleishman – Oregon State University
• 3:45 PM – 4:00 PM PDT

  Climate change effects on phenology of anadromous salmonids in Coastal Riverscapes of the Pacific Northwest
  

  Presenting Author: Rebecca Flitcroft – USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station

  Co-author: Mary V. Santelmann – Oregon State University, College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences
• 4:00 PM – 4:15 PM PDT

  Envisioning Equitable and Resilient Coastal Futures for Oregon
  

  Presenting Author: Jenna H. Tilt – Oregon State University - Corvallis, OR

  Co-author: Peter Ruggiero, PhD – Oregon State University

  Co-author: John Bolte, PhD – Oregon State University

  Co-author: Dan Cox, PhD – Oregon State University

  Co-author: Steve Dundas, PhD – Oregon State University

  Co-author: Meredith Leung – Oregon State University

  Co-author: Joshua Blockstein – Oregon State University

  Co-author: Dylan Sanderson – Oregon State University

  Co-author: Amila Hadziomerspahic, PhD – Environmental Protection Agency

  Co-author: Katherine Stanton – Oregon State University
• 4:15 PM – 4:30 PM PDT

  Vulnerability of coastal watersheds to climate change
  

  Presenting Author: Rosemary Pazdral – Siuslaw Watershed Council

  Co-author: Mary V. Santelmann – Oregon State University, College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences

  Co-author: Rebecca Flitcroft – USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station
• 4:30 PM – 4:45 PM PDT

  Ocean warming favors the range expansion and abundance of non-native species
  

  Presenting Author: Sylvia B. Yamada, Ph.D – Oregon State University, College of Science

  Co-author: Richard E. Thomson, Ph.D. – Fisheries and Oceana Canada

  Co-author: Graham E. Gillespie, Biologist – Fisheries and Oceans Canada

  Co-author: Tammy C. Norgard, Biologist – Fisheries and Oceans Canada
• 4:45 PM – 5:00 PM PDT

  Using adaptive-capacity assessments to evaluate climate-change vulnerabilities, link to mechanisms of climatic influence, and identify potential climate-adaptation actions: An Oregon Coast example
  

  Presenting Author: Erik Beever, Ph.D. in Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology – U.S. Geological Survey, Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center AND Dept. of Ecology, Montana State University

  Co-author: Deanna H. Olson, Ph.D. – USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station

  Co-author: Julian D. Olden, Ph.D. – University of Washington

  Co-author: Lindsey L. Thurman, Ph.D. – U.S. Geological Survey, Northwest Climate Adaptation Science Center