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Mustafa (Kemal) Cambazoglu

University of Southern Mississippi

Division of Marine Science

1020 Balch Blvd.
Stennis Space Center
MS  39529  

mustafa.cambazoglu@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 - 6

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.

2018

Soto, I., Cambazoglu, M. K., Arnone, R., Kastler, J., & Parra, S. (2018). Virtual Oceanography: Studying River Plumes Using Data Visualization Tools, Ocean Model Data, and Satellite Imagery. Sci. Teacher., 86(4).
Soto, I. M., Cambazoglu, M. K., Boyette, A. D., Broussard, K., Sheehan, D., Howden, S. D., et al. (2018). Advection of Karenia brevis blooms from the Florida Panhandle towards Mississippi coastal waters. Harmful Algae, 72, 46–64.

2017

Cambazoglu, M. K., Soto, I. M., Howden, S. D., Dzwonkowski, B., Fitzpatrick, P. J., Arnone, R. A., et al. (2017). Inflow of shelf waters into the Mississippi Sound and Mobile Bay estuaries in October 2015. J. Appl. Remote Sens, 11(3), 032410.
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.

Conference Presentations - 43

2020

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

Book, J., Parra, S., Dykstra, S., Dzwonkowski, B., Howden, S., Warner, S., et al. (2019). A Case Study of Inertial Oscillations and Diurnal Dynamics Offshore of Mobile Bay. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19.
Bouchard, C., Cambazoglu, M. K., Dinniman, M. S., Lau, Y. H., Fitzpatrick, P. J., Hofmann, E. E., et al. (2019). Turbidity Influence on Biogeochemical Processes in a River-Dominated Coastal Environment. In ASLO 2019 Aquatic Sciences Meeting. San Juan, Puerto Rico : 02/23/19-03/02/19: Poster.
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.
Dinniman, M., Wiggert, J., & Cambazoglu, K. (2019). The impact of diurnal winds on exchange through barrier island passes into the Mississippi Sound. 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.
Hofmann, E., Dinniman, M., Cambazoglu, K., & Wiggert, J. (2019). Approaches and Challenges to Modeling Transport and Exchanges 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.
Howden, S., Hode, L., Cambazoglu, K., Wiggert, J., Martin, K., Dinniman, M., et al. (2019). Connectivity of the Gulf of Mexico to the Mississippi Sound. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19: Poster.
OBrien, S., Dykstra, S., Parra, S., Dzwonkowski, B., Book, J., Pan, C., et al. (2019). Increased Suspended Sediment Concentration in Mississippi Bight in Spring 2016 evaluated using Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler Data and a Synthesis Numerical Model. In U.S. HYDRO 2019 Conference. Biloxi, MS : 03/18/19-03/21/19: Poster.
OBrien, S., Dykstra, S., Parra, S., Dzwonkowski, B., Book, J., Pan, C., et al. (2019). Suspended Sediment Transport in Mississippi Bight During Two Cold Front Events in Spring 2016. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19: Poster.

2018

Arnone, R., Jones, B., Soto Ramos, I., Howden, S., & Cambazoglu, M. K. (2018). Identifying seasonal trends in physical -biological properties and anomalies across the MS Shelf waters between coastal and offshore waters. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18.
Cambazoglu, M. K., Pan, C., Parra, S., Soto Ramos, I., Howden, S., Wiggert, J., et al. (2018). Seasonality of across-shelf transport pathway patterns in Mississippi Bight. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18.
Cambazoglu, M. K., Soto Ramos, I., Boyette, A., Broussard, K., Sheehan, D., Howden, S., et al. (2018). Advection of Karenia brevis blooms from the Florida Panhandle towards Mississippi coastal waters. 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.
Howden, S., Cambazoglu, M. K., Book, J., Soto Ramos, I., Meinig, C., Fassbender, A., et al. (2018). Cross Shelf Transport During a Mississippi River Plume Event in December 2015. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18.
Howden, S. D., Sutton, A. J., Sabine, C. L., Cambazoglu, M. K., & Soto Ramos, I. M. (2018). Ocean Acidification Monitoring in the Western Mississippi Bight. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2018. Portland, OR : 02/11/18-02/16/18: Poster.
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.
Pan, C., Dinniman, M., Fitzpatrack, P., Lau, Y., Cambazoglu, M. K., Parra, S., et al. (2018). Simulating the Dynamics and Water Properties of Mississippi Sound And Bight Using the CONCORDE Synthesis Model. 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

Arnone, R., Jones, B., Soto Ramos, I., Cambazoglu, M. K., & Howden, S. D. (2017). Ocean Weather Laboratory – Identifying Events and Abnormal Bio-optical and Physical Properties in the Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17.
Book, J., Parra, S., Howden, S., Cambazoglu, M., & Miles, T. (2017). Observed cross-shelf transport and flow structure to the east of the Mississippi River Delta. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17.
Boyette, A. D., Parra, S., Shiller, A., Soto Ramos, I., Weidemann, A., Joye, S., et al. (2017). Characterization of Stratified Coastal Waters in Response to a Winter Mississppi River Flood and the Opening of the Bonnet Carré Spillway, LA. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17.
Cambazoglu, M. K., Miles, T., OBrien, S., Pan, C., Parra, S., Ramos, I. S., et al. (2017). Sediment transport influenced by internal waves near the continental shelf break of northeastern Gulf of Mexico. In 2017 AGU Fall Meeting. New Orleans, LA : 12/11/17-12/15/17.
Cambazoglu, M. K., Pan, C., Parra, S., Soto Ramos, I., Howden, S., Wiggert, J., et al. (2017). Cross-Shelf Exchange and Transport in Northern Gulf of Mexico studied with Navy Coastal Ocean Model, NCOM. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17.
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. 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.
Hode, L., Howden, S. D., Diercks, A. R., Cambazoglu, M. K., Jones, E. B., & Martin, K. M. (2017). Response of the Mississippi Bight and Sound to the Passage of Tropical Storm Cindy Through the Northern Gulf of Mexico. In 2017 AGU Fall Meeting. New Orleans, LA : 12/11/17-12/15/17: Poster.
Howden, S. D., Cambazoglu, M. K., Book, J., Soto Ramos, I., Parra, S., Arnone, R., et al. (2017). Observed surface circulation and pathways over the Mississippi Bight with High Frequency Radars compared with in situ measurements, model output and remote sensing. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17.
Howden, S. D., Diercks, A. R., Hode, L. E., Cambazoglu, M. K., & Martin, K. M. (2017). Effects of salinity variations on CODAR ranges during the 2016 Bonnet Carré Spillway Opening. In 2017 AGU Fall Meeting. New Orleans, LA : 12/11/17-12/15/17: Poster.
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.
Pan, C., Dinniman, M., Fitzpatrick, P., Lau, Y., Cambazoglu, M., Parra, S., et al. (2017). Exploring the Circulation Dynamics of Mississippi Sound and Bight Using the CONCORDE Synthesis Model. In 2017 AGU Fall Meeting. New Orleans, LA : 12/11/17-12/15/17: Poster.
Soto Ramos, I., Arnone, R., Weidemann, A., Cambazoglu, M. K., Howden, S., Boyette, A., et al. (2017). Bio-optical Water Mass Classification of the Mississippi Bight Region: Coupling High Resolution Satellite Data, Circulation Models and in situ Optics. 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.
Wiggert, J., Pan, C., Dinniman, M., Lau, Y., Fitzpatrick, P., OBrien, S., et al. (2017). Impact of Circulation, Transport, and Exchange Variability in the Northern Gulf of Mexico on Shelf Ecosystem Dynamics. In 2017 OCB Summer Workshop. Woods Hole, MA : 06/26/17-06/29/17: 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.

2016

Arnone, R. A., Vandermeulen, R., Soto Ramos, I. M., Cambazoglu, M. K., Jacobs, G. A., Howden, S. D., et al. (2016). Ocean Weather – Interaction of physical and bio-optical processes across a river plume dominated shelf in the Gulf of Mexico. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2016. New Orleans, LA : 02/21/16-02/26/16.
Arnone, R. A., Vandermeulen, R., Soto Ramos, I. M., Cambazoglu, M. K., Jacobs, G. A., Howden, S. D., et al. (2016). Defining Dynamic Bio-optical/Physical Events across the Mississippi Shelf and the influence of River Plumes for Water Mass Transport. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16.
Cambazoglu, M. F., Soto Ramos, I. M., Howden, S. D., Dzwonkowski, B., Fitzpatrick, P., & Arnone R.A. (2016). Inflow of saline offshore waters into Mississippi Sound and Mobile Bay in October 2015. In Bays and Bayous Symposium. Biloxi, MS : 11/30/16-12/01/16: 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.
Parra, S. M., Book J., Vandermeulen, R., Howden, S. D., Moum, J. N., Weidemann, A. D., et al. (2016). Temperature, Salinity, and Mixing Variability East of the Mississippi River Delta in Autumn. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16: Poster.
Parra, S. M., Book, J. W., Vandermeulen, R., Howden, S. D., Moum, J. N., Weidemann, A. D., et al. (2016). Hydrodynamics of river plumes in the Mississippi Bight. In 18th Physics of Estuaries and Coastal Seas Conference. Scheveningen, The Netherlands : 10/09/16-10/16/16: Poster.
Soto Ramos, I. M., Arnone, R., Cambazoglu, M. K., Jacobs, G., Vandermeulen, R. A., & Howden, S. D. (2016). Characterization of the 3-Dimensional Mississippi River Plume Using a High Resolution Circulation Model Coupled with Ocean Color Imagery and Field Data. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2016. New Orleans, LA : 02/21/16-02/26/16: Poster.