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I<\/span> grew up in Virginia during the 1980\u2019s and 1990\u2019s and lived right on the Chesapeake Bay. When I was a kid, we could collect bushels of oysters from the mud flats behind my house. Through a combination of nutrients and disease those oysters died out by the time I was a teenager. Since then, researchers, managers, and oystermen have been working hard to restore the oyster populations in the Chesapeake Bay. I am witnessing a similar but different phenomenon here in the Mississippi Sound and Mobile Bay. I am passionate about my work because I love the Bay and the outdoors and personally know what it was like to lose an important resource when I was growing up.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n I have a bachelor\u2019s degree in Anthropology from the University of Colorado, Boulder and a Masters and PhD degree from the University of Georgia and University of Florida in Biological Engineering. Before coming to Auburn University, I was also an Associate Professor in the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering at Mississippi State and Associate Director of the Northern Gulf Institute.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/aaes.auburn.edu\/wrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/03\/Anna-Linhoss-headshot-16×9-1.jpg” alt=”Dr. Anna Linhoss” title_text=”Anna-Linhoss-headshot-16×9″ _builder_version=”4.13.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.13.1″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n Photo Credit: Megan Bean \/ \u00a9 Mississippi State University<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.5.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.5.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.5.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.13.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n I am interested in simulating large-scale coastal hydrology and ecosystems. My research focuses on how hydrology affects ecological systems, how to model those interactions, and how to assess and make sense of the model results.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n One project that I am very interested in right now is understanding how humans are affecting salinity in the Mississippi Sound and Mobile Bay and how those changes affect species like oysters and dolphins. The Mississippi Sound and Mobile Bay are estuaries where freshwater mixes with seawater. These areas are particularly important for fish and wildlife. The Bonnet Carr\u00e9 Spillway is a freshwater diversion that protects New Orleans from Mississippi River flooding. The freshwater that is diverted through the Bonnet Carr\u00e9 Spillway flows into the Mississippi Sound.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/aaes.auburn.edu\/wrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/03\/Mississippi-Sound-Figure.png” alt=”Bonnet Carre Spillway Figure ” title_text=”Mississippi-Sound-Figure” _builder_version=”4.13.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.13.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n The Bonnet Carr\u00e9<\/span> Spillway brings pulses of freshwater to the Mississippi Sound. Credit: Anna Linhoss<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.13.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Opening the spillway causes dramatic changes in salinity and can kill oysters, fish, dolphins, and shrimp. This is a complex issue because we must protect New Orleans from flooding, but we also need to protect our ecosystems and critical species. My research on this problem involves using hydrodynamic models to understand how management scenarios affect flow, salinity, and ecosystem health in the Mississippi Sound and Mobile Bay.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/aaes.auburn.edu\/wrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/03\/Simulated-Salinity-2018-Anna-Linhoss.png” alt=”Simulated Salinity in Mobile Bay, Mississippi Sound, and Lake Pontchartrain in 2018″ title_text=”Simulated-Salinity-2018-Anna-Linhoss” _builder_version=”4.13.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.13.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Simulated salinity throughout Mobile Bay, Mississippi Sound, and Lake Pontchartrain on 4\/20\/2018. Credit: Anna Linhoss<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.6.5″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”40px||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.13.1″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”1px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n I believe that Mobile Bay and Alabama\u2019s coastline<\/span> are going to become a stronger focus of interest in the coming decade. Coastal areas are being affected by so many things: sea-level rise, nutrient loading, water diversions, eroding barrier islands, and development. I have personally <\/span>witnessed<\/span> big conservation movements occurring in the Chesapeake Bay, Mississippi Sound, and Florida\u2019s Biscayne Bay. <\/span>I think that Alabama\u2019s coastline and Mobile Bay<\/span> are due for a strong wave of conversation interest and effort.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.6.5″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”40px||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.13.1″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”1px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Ecology of a Cracker Childhood:<\/strong><\/a> This book tells the story of a poor girl growing up in rural Georgia who became an ecologist with a passion for saving longleaf pines. It alternates chapters describing her childhood and the ecosystem she grew up in.<\/span><\/p>\nDescribe your current research activities.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n
In your view, what are future priorities for Alabama water resources research?<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n
What are 2 media pieces you think everyone should read\/watch and why?<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n