Start Date
15-11-2021 3:45 PM
End Date
15-11-2021 5:00 PM
Access Type
Open Access
Abstract
In the northeast US, winters are getting warmer, shorter, and milder due to climate change. It is hypothesized that populations of some species near their northern range limit may experience elevated population growth rates owing to lower mortality in winter, higher growth rates in summer, and the synergistic relationship between these physiological processes. Blue crabs (Callinectes sapidus) in New York estuaries are close to their northern range edge and are potentially climate “winners” in this region. To provide advice to managers, we monitored blue crab populations in a coastal, lagoonal estuary and used a combined modeling approach to simulate the possible effects of warming on these populations.
Biography
Adelle Molina earned a B.S. in Marine Biology from Brown University in 2012 and will earn her PhD in Marine Sciences from Stony Brook University this coming December 2021. As a fisheries ecologist, her research focuses on forecasting the effects of climate change on marine populations and fisheries to inform fisheries management and encourage sustainable, climate-ready policies. She is also an adjunct lecturer at Suffolk Community College, teaching undergraduate Marine Biology for two years. In addition to her research and teaching, she works for a non-profit National Estuary Program. In her free time, she is committed to fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion in STEM by actively working on community outreach and engagement, particularly with the Spanish speaking community and younger generations.
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Blue Crab in the New York area as an Indicator for Climate Change
In the northeast US, winters are getting warmer, shorter, and milder due to climate change. It is hypothesized that populations of some species near their northern range limit may experience elevated population growth rates owing to lower mortality in winter, higher growth rates in summer, and the synergistic relationship between these physiological processes. Blue crabs (Callinectes sapidus) in New York estuaries are close to their northern range edge and are potentially climate “winners” in this region. To provide advice to managers, we monitored blue crab populations in a coastal, lagoonal estuary and used a combined modeling approach to simulate the possible effects of warming on these populations.