Session No. 4 Thursday, March 27, 2003

8:20 AM-12:00 PM, Westin Hotel: Harbour Suite A
Marine and Coastal Processes
Susan D. Halsey and Francine M. McCarthy, Presiding
 Paper #Start Time
4-18:20 AM MONITORING THE TEMPORAL BEHAVIOUR OF THE SUBMARINE SAND DUNES OF MISPEC BAY, SAINT JOHN, NB, THROUGH USE OF MONTHLY MULTIBEAM ACOUSTIC SURVEYS: DUFFY, Garret P1, HUGHES-CLARKE, John1, and PARROTT, Russell2, (1) Ocean Mapping Group, Dept. of Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering, Univ of New Brunswick, PO BOX 4400, Fredericton, NB E3B 5A3, Canada, garret@omg.unb.ca, (2) Geol Survey of Canada (Atlantic), 1 Challenger Drive, P.O. Box 1006, Dartmouth, NS B2Y 4A2, Canada
4-28:40 AM THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN POCKMARKS, GAS-ENHANCED REFLECTORS AND ACOUSTIC WIPEOUT IN AN ACTIVE ESTUARINE POCKMARK FIELD, PENOBSCOT BAY, MAINE: GONTZ, Allen M., BELKNAP, Daniel F., and KELLEY, Joseph T., Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Maine, 111 Bryand Global Science Center, Orono, ME 04469-5790, allen.gontz@umit.maine.edu
4-39:00 AM A REVIEW OF SHALLOW-WATER POCKMARK DISTRIBUTION AND ORIGINS IN THE NORTHWESTERN GULF OF MAINE: KELLEY, Joseph T., Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Maine, 111 Bryand Global Science Center, Orono, ME 04469-5790, jtkelley@maine.edu, BELKNAP, Daniel F., Dept. of Geological Sciences, Univ. of Maine, 111 Bryand Global Sciences Bldg, Orono, ME 04469-5790, and GONTZ, Allen M., Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Maine, 111 Bryand Global Sciences Bldg, Orono, ME 04469-5790
4-49:20 AM POCKMARKS AND NATURAL GAS IN COASTAL MAINE – THE SEARCH FOR SOURCES: BELKNAP, Daniel F., Dept. of Geological Sciences, Univ. of Maine, 111 Bryand Global Sciences Bldg, Orono, ME 04469-5790, belknap@maine.edu, GONTZ, Allen M., Dept. Geological Sci, Univ of Maine, 205A Bryand Global Sciences Ctr, Orono, ME 04469-5790, and KELLEY, Joseph T., Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Maine, 111 Bryand Global Science Center, Orono, ME 04469-5790
4-59:40 AM REMOVAL OF AN EXOTIC INVASIVE, CAREX KOBOMUGI (ASIATIC SAND SEDGE), FROM NEW JERSEY’S COASTAL DUNES: IMPLICATIONS FOR DUNE STABILITY: WOOTTON, Louise S., Department of Biology, Georgian Court College, 900 Lakewood Ave, Lakewood, NJ 08723, woottonL@georgian.edu and HALSEY, Susan D., Department of Ocean Sciences, Stevens Institute of Technology, c/o 77 Monument Road, Pine Beach, NJ 08741, sdhalsey@aol.com
 10:00 AM Break
4-610:20 AM d15N AND d13C FROM THE SKELETAL PROTEIN OF GORGONIAN CORALS AS OCEANOGRAPHIC MONITORS: EXAMPLES FROM THE FLORIDA KEYS AND THE GULF OF MAINE: SHERWOOD, Owen A. and WARD-PAIGE, Christine A., School of Geography and Geology, McMaster Univ, 1280 Main St. W, Hamilton, ON L8S 4M1, Canada, sherwooa@mcmaster.ca
4-710:40 AM MICROFOSSIL EVIDENCE FOR EARLY PLEISTOCENE DEFLECTION OF THE GULF STREAM AT CAPE HATTERAS: MCCARTHY, Francine M.G., Earth Sciences, Brock Univ, St. Catharines, ON L2S 3A1, Canada, francine@craton.geol.brocku.ca and SCOTT, David B., Centre for Environmental and Marine Geology, Dalhousie Univ, Halifax, NS B3H 3J5, Canada
4-811:00 AM 100 YEARS OF COASTAL CHANGE FROM A DYNAMIC STRANDPLAIN SYSTEM AT PRESQUE ISLE, PA: SHOREFACE CHANGES REVEALED USING GIS ANALYSIS: NORTON, Kevin P., FOYLE, Anthony M., and TARR, Adam G., School of Science, Penn State Erie - The Behrend College, Station Road, Erie, PA 16563, kpn1@psu.edu
4-911:20 AM IMPACTS ON EAST COAST FISH STOCKS: LONG-TERM CLIMATE AND BENTHIC HABITAT CHANGES: HAWKES, Andrea D. and SCOTT, David B., Department of Earth Science, Dalhousie Univ, Halifax, NS B3H 3J5, Canada, ahawkes@dal.ca

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