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AuAuAustralianAu stralian Mangrove and Saltmarsh Network Conference WorkWorkinging with Mangrove and Saltmarsh for Sustainable Outcomes 232323-23 ---2525 February 2015 University of Wollongong CONTENTS Welcome ................................................................ 3 About AMSN ......................................................... 3 Opening presentation ........................................4 Conference host: Keynote presentation ........................................4 Venue ...................................................................... 5 Transport ............................................................... 5 Parking ................................................................... 5 Maps ........................................................................ 6 Program ................................................................. 8 Field trip program ............................................ 10 Conference sponsor: Poster session ................................................... 10 Oral abstracts .................................................... 11 Poster abstracts ............................................... 33 Image cover page: Oblique aerial image of Minnamurra River. Source: DLWC 2000 (http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/ estuaries/stats/MinnamurraRiver.htm) 1 WELCOME Welcome to the 1 st Australian Mangrove and Saltmarsh Network Conference. With a theme of Working with mangrove and saltmarsh for sustainable outcomes , this conference will bring together coastal wetland and estuarine researchers, academics, students, consultants, managers, community advocates and policy makes with the intent to share information across disciplines, between institutions and with emerging researchers. The focus will primarily be on national approaches and research into mangrove and saltmarsh sustainability, but will have international links. A key objective of this conference is to build-upon the momentum established in Townsville in February 2014 at the Australian Mangrove Network Conference by facilitating sharing of information about coastal sustainability. With an exciting program of over 50 presenters, we anticipate meeting this objective. The two-day scientific program includes opening and key note presentations by professor Bruce Thom and Dr Karen McKee, and is sure to interest delegates with sessions across themes including hydrodynamics and sedimentation; wetland evolution and climate change; distribution dynamics and remote sensing; carbon and nutrient cycling; sustainable wetland policy, conservation and restoration, monitoring and assessment; and sustainable wetland management. The program finishes with a field trip to coastal wetlands in the Illawarra. ABOUT AMSN The Australian Mangrove and Saltmarsh Network is an informal network established following the Australian Mangrove Network Conference in Townsville in February 2014, where it was identified that there is a need for a network that facilitates communication focused more broadly on both mangrove and saltmarsh wetlands. 3 OPENING PRESENTATION Bruce Thom is currently a member of the Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists (www.wentwothgroup.org). His academic interests stem from a background in physical geography with particular interest in coastal geomorphology. Along the way he encountered mangroves in various locations and enjoyed comradeship with colleagues with a similar desire to learn more about their distribution and relationships to landforms in different geomorphic settings. KEYNOTE PRESENTATION Karen L. McKee is a Scientist Emeritus (retired) with the U.S. Geological Survey. She received both a master’s degree and doctorate in botany and conducted research in the field of wetland plant ecology for forty years. Research topics have included adaptations of plants to stressful environments and effects of elevated CO 2, climate change, sea-level rise, and hurricanes on wetlands. Her scientific work has been published in over 100 peer-reviewed journal articles and books; she has also produced several peer-reviewed videos. Dr McKee has been active in promoting science communication by scientists and has worked to encourage more scientists and science students to acquire better multimedia skills. VENUE The conference will be held at the University of Wollongong Innovation Campus (iC). iC is located in the coastal city of Wollongong, 80 km south of the Sydney CBD. iC is one hour by road from Sydney International airport and 40 minutes from Sydney’s southern suburbs. Ground floor, Building 233 (known as ITAMS) University of Wollongong innovation Campus Squires Way, Fairy Meadow The conference dinner will be held at the Harbourfront in the Level One Function Room on Monday 23 February at 7pm. The Harbourfront is located on the shores of Wollongong Harbour and can be accessed easily by foot on the Blue Mile cycleway. 2 Endeavour Drive, Wollongong Harbour TRANSPORT There are numerous transport options for getting to the Innovation Campus. The cycleway and Free Gong Shuttle is recommended. Cycleway The Innovation campus is located on the main north-south cycleway that is part of Wollongong City Council’s 42 km cycleway network, connecting Bulli in the north to Windang and Dapto in the south. Bus The Free Gong Shuttle services operates on a loop that connects iC with the University of Wollongong main campus, Wollongong Hospital, Wollongong railway station, the city centre, North Wollongong beachside precinct, Fairy Meadow railway station and the TAFE Campus at North Wollongong. Buses travel in both directions on the loop. Rail The innovation campus is located between North Wollongong and Fairy Meadow railway stations. However, if you are travelling by rail to the iC it is best to disembark at Wollongong railway station and catch the free Gong Shuttle service to the Campus. PARKING Utilising public transport options is recommended. A Short-term parking station (P1) is available on the Innovation Campus if necessary. Parking fees apply. 5 MAPS Wollongong University of Wollongong Innovation Campus UOW Main Campus Conference Dinner: Harbourfront Innovation Campus Building 233 ITAMS 7 PROGRAM Day 1 - Monday 23 February 2015 8.00 Conference registration 9.00 Formalities and introductions Kerrylee Rogers 9.15 Opening presentation: Mangrove Reflections Bruce Thom Session 1: Hydrodynamics and sedimentation Chair: Prof. Colin Field 10.00 Hydrodynamics and sedimentation in mangrove systems Colin Woodroffe 10.15 Feasibility of Plutonium (Pu) isotope concentration to constrain the timing of Jon Knight contemporary sedimentary development of a mangrove basin 10.30 Hydrodynamic exposure mediates transitions between bare and vegetated Thomas A. Hurst states in temperate mangrove ecosystems 10.45 Challenging the emerging paradigm of ecogeomorphic adjustment to sea- Kerrylee Rogers level rise 11.00 Morning tea (30 minutes) Session 2: Wetland evolution and climate change Chair: Prof. Colin Woodroffe 11.30 Mangrove vulnerability to sea level rise in Southeast Asia and the wider Indo- Cath Lovelock Pacific 11.45 Climate change combined with direct human impacts on mangroves in Norm Duke Torres Strait: the need for strong partnerships to maximize the resilience and sustainability of tidal wetlands 12.00 Predicting recruitment of mangroves under environmental change Todd Minchinton 12.15 Can high-intensity storms reduce impacts of sea level rise to coastal Irv Mendelssohn wetlands? 12.30 Predicting sea-level rise and infrastructure effects on estuarine wetlands José F. using a numerical model. Rodriguez 12.45 Lunch (45 minutes) Session 3: Distribution dynamics and remote sensing Chair: Prof. Norm Duke 1.30 Mangrove –saltmarsh interactions in broader context Neil Saintilan 1.45 Saltmarsh and mangrove expansion in the Gippsland Lakes since European Paul Boon colonization 2.00 Dynamics over a sixty year period of mangrove and associated communities Arnon Accad in the marine tidal environment of Moreton Bay Queensland Australia. 2.15 The Global Mangrove Watch Richard Lucas 2.30 Mangrove Response to Environmental Change in Northern Australia Emma Ashbridge 2.45 Utilizing Rapid Hyper-Portable Ground-Based LiDAR to Improve Temporal Ian Paytner and Spatial Resolution of Observations in Saltmarshes and Mangroves 3.00 The use of different water sources by mangrove trees: dependence on Cath Lovelock groundwater and atmospheric water sources 3.15 AfterAfternoonnoon tea (30 minutes) Session 4: Carbon and nutrient cycling Chair: Prof. Neil Saintilan 3.45 A critical look at predicting global patterns of above ground biomass in Colin Field mangroves 4.00 Examining 239+240 Pu, 210 Pb and historical events to determine carbon, Christian nitrogen and phosphorus burial in mangrove sediments of Moreton Bay Sanders 4.15 Carbon stock and fluxes in a semi arid mangrove (New Caledonia) Cyril Marchand 4.30 Blue is the new green: demonstrating the potential for creating blue carbon Carolyn Ewers offset programs 4.45 Mangrove encroachment of saltmarshes: what does it mean for carbon Jeff Kelleway sequestration potential? 5.00 Isotopes help evaluate the ecological value of saltmarsh and mangrove in Debashish Southeast Australia Mazumder 5.15 A multidisciplinary approach to blue carbon futures in Vietnam Robin Warner 5.30 Poster session and free time 7.00 Conference dinner Day 2 - Tuesday 24 Feb ruary 2015 8.00 Conference registration 9.00 Formalities and introductions Kerrylee Rogers 9.15 Keynote presentation: Communication strategies for the 21 st Century Karen McKee Scientist