20080868 Ver 2_Staff Notes for 2019 Science Panel Meeting (2018 Creeks Report)_20190828

AUGUST 28 2019 SCIENCE PANEL MEETING
TO DISCUSS THE PCS CREEKS STUDY ANNUAL REPORT
DATA COLLECTION YEAR 2018
10:00 am, Nutrien Employee Recreation Center, Aurora NC
AGENDA
I- Introduction and Orientation
A) Introduction of Science Panel Members (short bio by each panel member) and Other
Attendees
B) Monitoring Questions and Role of Science Panel (PCS)
C) History/Aerial Overview/Orientation (PCS)
II- Old Business from August 2018 Science Panel Meeting
TO DOs:
➢ CZR provide Grimm et al 1997 ecological stability paper to agencies (emailed 30 August 2018)
➢ CZR provide 22 February 2018 trawl bias memo to Shane Staples (DMF) and Twyla
Cheatwood (NOAA) (emailed 5 September 2018)
➢ Better define sample point locations for water quality collections (see new textAppendixA
Section D.2. page A-6)
➢ Add comparison table with DMF data for fish collections (CZR bandout duringQ3/.4
discussion)
➢ PCS to control for beavers wherever their activity may affect water quality sample locations
(beaver control specialist under contract; regular patrols; CZR alerts)
III- Summary of 2018 Data Collection Year Report
A) Current Mine Progress since Last Report (PCS)
a) Aerial photo
B) Drainage Basin Reductions for 2018 (PCS)
a) Figures I-C1, I-C2, and I-C3
C) Data Collection Record (CZR)
a) Table I-A1
b) Maps of monitoring locations and photos of AquaTROLL locations (Figure I-A1 overview
map handout for reference)
D) Discussion of the ROD Special Condition S Six Questions
a) Q1-Flow changes (CZR/PCS)
b) Q2-Geomorphic or vegetative character changes (& hydrology) (CZR/PCS)
c) Q3-Forage base changes (CZR/PCS) (new Figure II-C2 handout; clusters A-M)
d) Q4-Managed fish changes (CZR/PCS)
e) Q5-Metals in sediment or water column (CZR/ECU-Dr. Jamie DeWitt)
t) QG-Water quality changes (CZR/ECU- Dr. Enrique Reyes)
E) Suggestions for 2019 report

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PCS CREEKS STUDY SCIENCE PANEL MEMBERS FOR CONSIDERATION
(arranged alphabetically)
EXPERTISE/RESEARCH INTERESTS
(pasted from academic websites; content density/descriptions varied)
Marcelo Arddn (NCSU; assistant professor)
Research seeks to elucidate the mechanisms underlying ecosystem response to human accelerated
environmental change in an effort to forecast the consequences and adapt to an uncertain 'KloL
future. Broadly interested in understanding: 1) how do the structure and function of wetlands and
streams respond to local land -use and global climate change? 2) can current and emerging management 9v�
tools reverse or restore the functioning of wetlands and streams?
From ECU faculty webaaae: ecosystem ecologist interested in understanding how aquatic ecosystems
process water and nutrients; how that capacity is being altered by local land use and global climate
change; and whether and to what extent current and emerging management can reverse or restore lost
functions.
Lj: c Mark J. Brush (VIMS; associate professor of marine science)
Coastal systems ecologist and modeler. Systems ecology is the study of ecosystems as holistic entities
\ made up of multiple interacting components, and seeks to understand ecosystem function by
l application of quantitative tools including empirical data analysis and simulation modeling. Strives to
maintain a balance between observational -based ecological investigations and synthetic, MA9�c
interdisciplinary ecosystem modeling. Work in lab has also involved modeling of watershed loads and
linking lower trophic level models to those for higher trophic levels including fish and shellfish to
understand system responses to multiple stressors operating at both ends of the food chain (i.e.
bottom -up and top -down controls).
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Robert R. Christian (ECU -Distinguished Research and Harriot College Distinguished Professor) Tyrnd
Quasi -retired but maintain selected laboratory and field studies. Research has focused on coastal
ecosystems, particularly salt marshes, estuaries and coastal lagoons along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of d*01
the USA and in the Mediterranean. In these various ecosystems nutrient cycling, especially the nitrogen
and carbon cycles, and energy flow were studied. While initial interests were in the microbial
communities and processes, their importance and regulation; research has often taken broader
perspective including primary production of macrophytes, food webs, and ecosystem state changes.
Work has had laboratory, field and modeling components. Much effort devoted to network analysis as a
mathematical tool for the comparisons among and within ecosystems. Active in promoting large-scale
studies.
Elizabeth S. Darrow (UNCW-CMS; Research Associate and Adjunct Research Associate, Biology and
Marine Biology) f
Estuarine ecologist/systems ecologist, specializing in estuarine and coastal systems. broadly interested ec'
in flows of carbon and nutrients in estuaries, how organisms affect these flows, how humans influence
these processes, and their importance on a global scale. Uses field observations, lab experiments, and
geochemical techniques to examine environmental change.
Benthic-pelagic processes in estuaries, including nutrient cycling and ecosystem metabolism
Anthropogenic effects on estuarine systems, including nutrient inputs and climate change
Effects of land -use change on water quality and estuarine function.
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David Eggleston (NCSU-CMAST director; alumni distinguished undergraduate professor)
w Research spans fisheries ecology, habitat restoration, conservation biology, deep sea biology, detecting
`ro ecological impacts, behavioral ecology, population dynamics and modeling, and marine science
education. Study systems range from tropical to temperate, and shallow estuarine to deep-sea. Study
species range from marine and freshwater fish to macro -invertebrates, especially crabs, lobster and
bivalves.
Devon Eulie (UNCW-CES; assistant professor, CES laboratory leader)
Research spans a wide range of coastal environments and issues which are studied with use of
innovative field and remote sensing techniques, and modeling, from a cross-section of disciplines MuC7L"
(ecology, geology, GIS, and public policy). Goal is to assess change in coastal environments over multiple UI tIcvp,f
spatial and temporal scales and then work directly with a range of stakeholders to develop targeted
management strategies.
o9tc Mary C Fabrizio (VIMS; professor marine science, fisheries department chair)
Recruitment dynamics of Chesapeake Bay fishes (Particularly striped bass, summer flounder, American S&A`zc-~
eel, and Atlantic croaker). Af`¢z Ja
Spatial ecology of estuarine fishes
Sampling designs for fishery -independent surveys
F Joel Fodrie (UNC-IMS; joint associate professor)
Coastal Biological Oceanography -coastal fisheries oceanography and ecology n� Src4¢
Fish and bivalve population ecology
Connectivity of marine populations and ecosystems
Trophic interactions in estuarine communities
Ecosystem service delivery of biogenic habitats
Long-term community patterns
Zach T. Long (UNCW; assistant professor)
Combines theoretical and experimental approaches to investigate how interactions among species allow
for or prevent their coexistence, and how the number and identity of coexisting species (i.e., diversity)
influences the collective performance or functioning of ecosystems. Current investigations center on
two main questions:
Does the size distribution of organisms determine the temporal stability of a food web? Currently,
we are incorporating metabolic demands and size based consumption into models of food webs to
investigate how consumers influence the stability of lower trophic levels and entire ecosystems, and
how generalist versus specialist consumers influence plant production and stability.
How does species diversity influence functioning? We are testing whether some of the insights
from previous biodiversity - ecosystem functioning research will allow us to more effectively restore
coastal dune plant communities.
Joseph J. Luczkovich (ECU; associate professor ICSP; Marine and Fish Ecology)
Fish bioacoustics used to determine spawning areas used by fishes in the family Sciaenidae (drums,
weakfish, and seatrouts), which are both commercially and recreationally valuable in North Carolina.
Developed food network models to describe both food web interactions in marine ecosystems and
interactions in human social systems. These models can be used to study the effective trophic levels
(between integer levels) of any group of organisms, the cycling of nutrients, the description of the
extended diets of individual species (i.e., what prey they consume and depend upon indirectly), and
prediction of their trophic impacts on other species.
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Rick Luettich (UNC-IMS Director)
Observational studies have included moored and shipboard sampling to characterize physical processes
in coastal systems and have often been oriented toward understanding the role of physical processes in
areas of water quality (e.g., algal blooms, dissolved oxygen depletion) and fisheries recruitment. Cj1L'
Hans Paerl (UNC-IMS; joint distinguished professor)G�
Research includes; microbially-mediated nutrient cycling and primary production dynamics of aquatic
ecosystems, environmental controls of harmful algal blooms, and assessing the causes and
consequences of man-made and climatic (storms, floods) nutrient enrichment and hydrologic alterations
of inland, estuarine and coastal waters
Michael Piehler (UNC-IMS; joint associate professor)
Studies microorganisms and microbially mediated processes in coastal land -water interfaces
(particularly wetlands) and near -shore waters. Research spans a broad range of microbial systems clP6
including microphytobenthic communities, epiphytic microalgae, benthic bacterial communities,
bacterioplankton, and phytoplankton
Antonio Rodriguez (UNC-IMS; joint associate professor)
Examines the response of coastal environments to changes in sea level, climate, and anthropogenic
impacts. Research centers on empirical field -based studies: connectivity between coastal -plain
watersheds and estuaries and Impacts of sea -level rise and changes in storminess to estuaries and
barrier islands
Roger Rulifson (ECU; professor senior scientist ICSP; Fisheries and Fish Ecology)
Ecology and evolution of anadromous and catadromous species using otolith chemistry. j� fjs�z
Bycatch issues in commercial fisheries
Gear development: Menhaden purse seines in Chesapeake Bay; Turtle Excluder Devices (TEDs); bycatch
reduction devices (BRDs); Finfish Separator Devices (FSDs); traveling screens for water intakes; skimmer
trawls
Rochelle D. Seitz (VIMS; research professor of marine science)
Three primary areas of focus (i) effects of environmental stress, such as shoreline development and? S��cr2i
hypoxia, upon benthic invertebrate diversity, (ii) predator -prey dynamics and top -down versus bottom -
up control of benthic systems, and (iii) restoration ecology. Current research projects include the
impacts of habitat degradation on faunal communities, restoration of bivalves in Chesapeake Bay,
nursery habitat quality for the blue crab in Chesapeake Bay, benthic predator -prey relationships, and
food -web dynamics. Additional interests include experimental and theoretical population and
community ecology of marine benthic and epibenthic organisms focused towards a quantitative
understanding of processes operating in estuaries and the coastal ocean.
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