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Adam Greer

University of Southern Mississippi

Division of Marine Science

1020 Balch Blvd.
Stennis Space Center
MS  39529  

adam.greer@usm.edu

Project List:

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

Year 5-7 Consortia Grants (RFP-IV)Role: Co-Principal Investigator, Post-Doc

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Articles - 11

2021

Greer, A. T., Chiaverano, L. M., Treible, L. M., Briseno-Avena, C., & Hernandez, F. J. (2021). From spatial pattern to ecological process through imaging zooplankton interactions. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 78(8), 2664?2674.

2020

Greer, A. T., Boyette, A. D., Cruz, V. J., Cambazoglu, M. K., Dzwonkowski, B., Chiaverano, L. M., et al. (2020). Contrasting fine-scale distributional patterns of zooplankton driven by the formation of a diatom-dominated thin layer. Limnol. Oceanogr., 65(9), 2236–2258.
Parra, S. M., Sanial, V., Boyette, A. D., Cambazoglu, M. K., Soto, I. M., Greer, A. T., et al. (2020). Bonnet Carre Spillway freshwater transport and corresponding biochemical properties in the Mississippi Bight. Continental Shelf Research, 199, 104114.

2019

Greer, A., Chiaverano, L., Ditty, J., & Hernandez, F. (2019). In situ observations of fish larvae encased within a pelagic gelatinous matrix. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser., 614, 209–214.
Parra, S. M., Greer, A. T., Book, J. W., Deary, A. L., Soto, I. M., Culpepper, C., et al. (2019). Acoustic detection of zooplankton diel vertical migration behaviors on the northern Gulf of Mexico shelf. Limnol Oceanogr, 64(5), 2092–2113.

2018

Dzwonkowski, B., Fournier, S., Reager, J. T., Milroy, S., Park, K., Shiller, A. M., et al. (2018). Tracking sea surface salinity and dissolved oxygen on a river-influenced, seasonally stratified shelf, Mississippi Bight, northern Gulf of Mexico. Continental Shelf Research, 169, 25–33.
Greer, A., Shiller, A., Hofmann, E., Wiggert, J., Warner, S., Parra, S., et al. (2018). Functioning of Coastal River-Dominated Ecosystems and Implications for Oil Spill Response: From Observations to Mechanisms and Models. Oceanog, 31(3).
Greer, A. T. (2018). In-Situ Shadowgraph Imaging. mar technol soc j, 52(6), 62–65.
Greer, A. T., Chiaverano, L. M., Luo, J. Y., Cowen, R. K., & Graham, W. M. (2018). Ecology and behaviour of holoplanktonic scyphomedusae and their interactions with larval and juvenile fishes in the northern Gulf of Mexico. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 75(2), 751–763.

2017

Dzwonkowski, B., Greer, A. T., Briseno-Avena, C., Krause, J. W., Soto, I. M., Hernandez, F. J., et al. (2017). Estuarine influence on biogeochemical properties of the Alabama shelf during the fall season. Continental Shelf Research, 140, 96–109.
Greer, A. T., Briseño-Avena, C., Deary, A. L., Cowen, R. K., Hernandez, F. J., & Graham, W. M. (2017). Associations between lobster phyllosoma and gelatinous zooplankton in relation to oceanographic properties in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Fish Oceanogr, 26(6), 693–704.

Conference Presentations - 34

2020

Briseno-Avena, C., Greer, A. T., Chiaverano, L. M., Graham, W. M., & Cowen, R. K. (2020). The relationship between water column stratification, pelagic habitat heterogeneity and plankton diversity in a neritic, river-dominated environment. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2020. San Diego, CA : 02/16/20-02/21/20.
Greer, A. T., Chiaverano, L. M., Cruz, V. J., Cambazoglu, M. K., Axler, K., Briseno-Avena, C., et al. (2020). Summer hypoxia, layering, and dynamic physical features alter fine-scale abundances of mesozooplankton and marine snow. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20.

2019

Cambazoglu, M. K., OBrien, S., Miles, T., Dinniman, M., Greer, A., Fitzpatrick, P., et al. (2019). Impact of wave forcing on sediment resuspension and transport in the Mississippi Sound and Bight. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19: Poster.
Chiaverano, L., Greer, A., Lestrade, O., Hernandez, F., Briseno-Avena, C., Cowen, R., et al. (2019). Fine-Scale Distributional Patterns of Gelatinous Zooplankton are Driven by Seasonal Environmental Changes in the Northern Gulf of Mexico Shelf. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19: Poster.
Dykstra, S., Dzwonkowski, B., Parra, S., Warner, S., Book, J., Moum, J., et al. (2019). Shelf convergence and transport near an ebb tidal delta in the Mississippi Bight, northern Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19.
Dzwonkowski, B., Fournier, S., Coogan, J., Milroy, S., Greer, A., Soto, I., et al. (2019). Shelf bottom dissolved oxygen conditions and their impacts on adjacent estuarine systems in a region of fresh water influence, Mississippi Bight. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19: Poster.
Greer, A., Boyette, A., Cambazoglu, K., Cruz, V., Pan, C., & Graham, M. (2019). Plankton Thin Layer Mechanism of Formation and Cascading Ecological Impacts in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19: Poster.

2018

Chiaverano, L., Greer, A., Briseno-Avena, C., Lestrade, O., Hernandez, F., Cowen, R., et al. (2018). Stratification Drives Taxon-specific Distribution of Gelatinous Plankton at Fine Scales in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18.
Dzwonkowski, B., Fournier, S., Coogan, J., Reager, J. T., Milroy, S., Park, K., et al. (2018). Tracking the sea surface salinity and dissolved oxygen in the Mississippi Bight: Is the system primed for hypoxia? In 2018 Physics of Estuaries and Coastal Seas (PECS). Galveston, TX : 10/15/18-10/19/18.
Greer, A., Church, I., Chiaverano, L., Briseno-Avena, C., Axler, K., Hernandez, F., et al. (2018). Patch Structure and Diel Vertical Migration of Zooplankton in Hypoxic Waters Measured with in situ Imaging and Multibeam Acoustics. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18: Poster.
Greer, A. T., Boyette, A. D., Cruz, J. V., Cambazoglu, M. K., Pan, C., Hoover, A., et al. (2018). Distribution of larval fishes, gelatinous zooplankton, and prey in the vicinity of a convergence-induced thin layer in the northern Gulf of Mexico. In 42nd Annual Larval Fish Conference. Victoria, Canada : 06/24/18-06/28/18.
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.

2017

Boyette, A. D., Greer, A. T., Weidemann, A. D., Jacobs, G. A., & Graham, W. M. (2017). Physical mechanisms for formation and resulting lower trophic level interactions within a plankton thin layer in the northern Gulf of Mexico. In ASLO 2017 Aquatic Sciences Meeting. Honolulu, HI : 02/26/17-03/03/17.
Briseno-Avena, C., Warner, S., Greer, A., Soto Ramos, I., Parra, S., Deary, A., et al. (2017). Turbulence Microstructure in Coastal River Plumes: Measuring the in situ Effects on Plankton. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17.
Chiaverano, L. M., Greer, A. T., Pliru, A., Hernandez, F. J., & Graham, W. M. (2017). High resolution sampling of early stage Aurelia medusae and associated water column properties in the northern Gulf of Mexico. In ASLO 2017 Aquatic Sciences Meeting. Honolulu, HI : 02/26/17-03/03/17: Poster.
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.
Dzwonkowski, B., Greer, A. T., Briseno-Avena, C., Krause, J., Joung, D., Soto Ramos, I., et al. (2017). Influence of Estuarine-exchange on the Coupled Bio-physical Water Column Structure during the Fall Season on the Alabama Shelf. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17.
Greer, A., Church, I., Chiaverano, L., Williamson, M., Briseno-Avena, C., & Cowen, R. (2017). Combining Multibeam Acoustics and In Situ Imaging to Resolve Patch Structure of Shrimp Aggregations and Gelatinous Zooplankton in Relation to Hypoxia. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17.
Greer, A. T., Briseno-Avena, C., Deary, A. L., Cambazoglu, M. K., Soto, I. M., Jacobs, G., et al. (2017). Partners or prey? Exploring the drivers of associations between lobster phyllosoma and gelatinous zooplankton in the northern Gulf of Mexico. In ASLO 2017 Aquatic Sciences Meeting. Honolulu, HI : 02/26/17-03/03/17.
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.
Parra, S., Deary, A., Book, J., Greer, A., Briseno-Avena, C., Boyette, A., et al. (2017). Highly-Resolved Temporal in situ Variability of Zooplankton Diel Vertical Migrations in the Mississippi Bight. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17.
Soto, I. M., Cambazoglu, K. M., Boyette, A., Broussard, K., Fitzpatrick, P., Jacobs, G. A., et al. (2017). Advection of Karenia brevis blooms from the Florida Panhandle to the Mississippi Coast: a comparative analysis between the 2015 and 2007 bloom events. In ASLO 2017 Aquatic Sciences Meeting. Honolulu, HI : 02/26/17-03/03/17.
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

Boyette, A., Krause, J. W., Greer, A. T., & Graham, W. M. (2016). Microzooplankton Grazing in Planktonic Thin Layers in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16: Poster.
Cambazoglu, M. K., Jacobs, G. A., Howden, S. D., Book, J. W., Arnone, R. A., Greer, A. T., et al. (2016). Examining Internal Waves on the Northern Gulf of Mexico Continental Shelf with Navy Coastal Ocean Model, NCOM. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16: Poster.
Cambazoglu, M. K., Jacobs, G. A., Howden, S. D., Book, J. W., Arnone, R. A., Greer, A. T., et al. (2016). Spatio-temporal variability of internal waves in the northern Gulf of Mexico studied with the Navy Coastal Ocean Model, NCOM. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2016. New Orleans, LA : 02/21/16-02/26/16: Poster.
Cowen, R. K., Graham, W. M., Hernandez, F. J., Krause, J. W., Church, I., Briseno-Avena, C., Greer, A. T., et al. (2016). CONCORDE: Measurement of Fine- to Sub-Mesoscale Processes Driving Autumn Plankton Distributions and Transport in the Highly Dynamic Coastal Shelf System of the Northern Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16: Poster.
Deary, A. L., Hoover, A. M., Hernandez, F. J., Cowen, R. K., Church, I., Krause, J. W., et al. (2016). CONCORDE: Preliminary distribution of plankton along three sampling corridors in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16: Poster.
Greer, A. T., Church, I., Williamson, M. H., Briseno-Avena, C., Boyette, A. D., Cowen, R. K., et al. (2016). Acoustical and Optical Characterization of Marine Snow Layers in the Northern Gulf of Mexico: Layer Types and Mechanisms of Formation. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16: Poster.
Greer, A. T., & Woodson, C. B. (2016). Application of a predator-prey overlap metric to determine the impact of sub-grid scale feeding dynamics on ecosystem productivity. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2016. New Orleans, LA : 02/21/16-02/26/16.
Hernandez, F. J., Cowen, R. K., Church, I., Krause, J. W., Deary, A. L., Greer, A. T., et al. (2016). CONCORDE: Environmental Observations and Planktonic Processes. 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.

2015

Deary, A. L., Hernandez, F. J., Cowen, R. K., Church, I., Greer, A. T., & Graham, W. M. (2015). Using plankton aggregations to understand oil distribution in nearshore river-dominated ecosystems in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. In 39th Annual Larval Fish Conference. Vienna, Austria : 07/12/15-07/17/15: Poster.