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Lauren Quas

University of Southern Mississippi

Division of Marine Science

1020 Balch Blvd.
Stennis Space Center
MS  39529  

lauren.quas@eagles.usm.edu

Project List:

Consortium for Oil Spill Exposure Pathways in Coastal River-Dominated Ecosystems (CONCORDE)

Year 5-7 Consortia Grants (RFP-IV)Role: GoMRI Scholar, Graduate Student - Master's Level

Publications & Presentations:

Conference Presentations - 17

2018

O'Brien, S., Miles, T., Pan, C., Cambazoglu, M., Soto Ramos, I., Greer, A., et al. (2018). Particulate Matter Resuspension in the Mississippi Bight Assessed with Biophysical Modeling and in situ Measurements. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18.
Wiggert, J., Pan, C., Dinniman, M., Lau, Y., Fitzpatrick, P., O'Brien, S., et al. (2018). Controls on Planktonic Dynamics in the Mississippi Bight by Estuarine-Shelf Exchange Processes. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2018. Portland, OR : 02/11/18-02/16/18.

2017

Church, I., Greer, A., Quas, L., & Williamson, M. (2017). Multibeam water column filtering methods to improve data management and bio-acoustic interpretation. In GeoHab 2017. Halifax, Canada : 05/01/17-05/05/17: Poster.
Church, I., Greer, A., Williamson, M., & Quas, L. (2017). Multibeam Water Column Data Processing Techniques to Facilitate Bio-Acoustic Interpretation. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17: Poster.
Church, I., Quas, L., & Williamson, M. (2017). Multibeam Water Column Data Processing Techniques to Facilitate Scientific Bio-Acoustic Interpretation. In U.S. HYDRO 2017 Conference. Galveston, TX : 03/20/17-03/23/17.
OBrien, S., Dykstra, S., Quas, L., Dzwonkowski, B., Howden, S., Wallace, D., et al. (2017). Characterizing Spatial and Temporal Changes of the Suspended Particulate Matter in the Mississippi Sound and Mississippi Bight. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17.
OBrien, S. J., Quas, L. M., Miles, T. N., Pan, C., Cambazoglu, M. K., Ramos, I. M. S., et al. (2017). Particulate Matter Resuspension in Mississippi Bight Evaluated with CONCORDE's Synthesis Model. In 2017 AGU Fall Meeting. New Orleans, LA : 12/11/17-12/15/17: Poster.
Quas, L., Church, I., Obrien, S. J., & Wiggert, J. (2017). Correlating high-resolution multibeam sonar backscatter with benthic sediment grain-size distributions to aid numerical modeling in the Mississipi Bight. In GeoHab 2017. Halifax, Canada : 05/01/17-05/05/17: Poster.
Quas, L., Church, I., OBrien, S. J., Wiggert, J., & Williamson, M. (2017). Application of high-resolution multibeam sonar backscatter to guide oceanographic investigations in the Mississippi Bight. In U.S. HYDRO 2017 Conference. Galveston, TX : 03/20/17-03/23/17.
Quas, L., Church, I., & Williamson, M. (2017). Correlation of benthic sediment grain-size distributions to high-resolution multibeam sonar backscatter in the Mississippi Bight. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17: Poster.
Wiggert, J. D., Pan, C., Dinniman, M., Lau, Y., Fitzpatrick, P., OBrien, S., et al. (2017). Impacts of Suspended Sediment and Estuarine – Shelf Exchange Pathways on Shelf Ecosystem Dynamics in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. In 2017 AGU Fall Meeting. New Orleans, LA : 12/11/17-12/15/17: Poster.
Williamson, M., Church, I., & Quas, L. (2017). Using multibeam sonar water column backscatter to examine physical oceanography variability in the coastal environment of the Northern Gulf of Mexico. In U.S. HYDRO 2017 Conference. Galveston, TX : 03/20/17-03/23/17.
Williamson, M., Church, I., Quas, L., Greer, A., & Briseno-Avena, C. (2017). Visualizing the structure of freshwater plumes in the coastal Gulf of Mexico using high frequency multibeam sonar water column backscatter. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17: Poster.

2016

Church, I., Williamson, M., Quas, L., & Jacobs, G. (2016). Reducing Uncertainty In Multibeam Sonar Depth Estimates Through Integration With High Resolution Numerical Models. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16: Poster.
Graham, M., Shiller, A., Wiggert, J., Hernandez, F., Howden, S., Martin, K., et al. (2016). The CONsortium for oil spill exposure pathways in COastal River-Dominated Ecosystems (CONCORDE) --- Year one activities and results. In 14th Symposium on the Coastal Environment Meeting Title, 96th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA : 01/11/16-01/14/16.
Quas, L., Church, I., Williamson, M., & Wiggert, J. (2016). Application of High-Resolution Multibeam Sonar Backscatter to Estimate Benthic Sediment Type Distributions in the Mississippi Bight. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16: Poster.
Williamson, M., Church, I., Quas, L., & Greer, A. (2016). High Frequency Multibeam Sonar Water Column Backscatter: A 3D View of Water Column Acoustic Anomalies to Facilitate Ecosystem Science. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16: Poster.