GC23G:
Impacts of Global Change on Deltas and Coastal Wetland Ecosystems: Scientific Advances in Support of Socioecological Resilience II

Tuesday, 16 December 2014: 1:40 PM-3:40 PM
Chairs:  Zachary D Tessler, City College of New York, New York, NY, United States, Wenhong Li, Duke Univ-Nicholas School, Durham, NC, United States and Yoshiki Saito, Geological Survey Japan / AIST, Tsukuba Ibaraki, Japan
Primary Conveners:  Zachary D Tessler, City College of New York, New York, NY, United States
Co-conveners:  Wenhong Li, Duke Univ-Nicholas School, Durham, NC, United States, Yoshiki Saito, Geological Survey Japan / AIST, Tsukuba Ibaraki, Japan and Ge Sun, USDA Forest Svc, Eastern Forest Environmental Threat Assessment Center, Raleigh, NC, United States
OSPA Liaisons:  Zachary D Tessler, City College of New York, New York, NY, United States

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

1:40 PM
GC23G-01
 
Monitoring the exchanges of water, solids, and solutes between channels and islands of Wax Lake Delta, Louisiana: Key to defining the resiliency of this coastal environment
David C Mohrig1, Matthew R Hiatt2, Anastasia Piliouras3, John B Shaw2, Richard Wayne Wagner2, Paola Passalacqua2 and Wonsuck Kim3, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States, (2)University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States, (3)University of Texas, Austin, TX, United States
1:55 PM
GC23G-02
 
The Impacts of Armoring Our Deltas: Mapping and Modeling Large-Scale Deltaplain Aggradation
Irina Overeem1, Stephanie Higgins2, James P Syvitski1, Albert J Kettner3 and Robert Brakenridge4, (1)University of Colorado at Boulder, CSDMS/INSTAAR, Boulder, CO, United States, (2)University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States, (3)University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, United States, (4)University of Colorado, CSDMS, Boulder, CO, United States
2:10 PM
GC23G-03
 
Deltaic responses to dam regulation on river system: Example of the Yellow River, China
Houjie Wang1, Naishuang Bi1, Yoshiki Saito2, Xiao Wu1 and Aimei Wang1, (1)Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China, (2)Geological Survey Japan / AIST, Tsukuba Ibaraki, Japan
2:25 PM
GC23G-04
 
Shoreline changes at the mouths of the Mekong River delta over the last 50 years: fluctuating sediment supply and shoreline cells
Edward Anthony1, Manon Besset1, Guillaume Brunier1, Philippe Dussouillez1, Franck Dolique2, Van Lap Nguyen3 and Marc Goichot4, (1)CEREGE, Aix-en-Provence Cedex, France, (2)Université Antilles-Guyane, Schoelcher, Martinique, (3)Inst. Res. Geogr., VAST, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam, (4)WWF, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
2:40 PM
GC23G-05
 
Beyond the Dams: Linking Rural Smallholder Soil and Water Management Practices in Tropical Deltas to Sea Level Rise Vulnerability
Kimberly G Rogers1, James P Syvitski1 and Eduardo S Brondizio2, (1)University of Colorado at Boulder, CSDMS/INSTAAR, Boulder, CO, United States, (2)Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, United States
2:55 PM
GC23G-06
 
Development and Carbon Fluxes of Tropical Peat Domes
Alex Cobb1, Alison Hoyt1, Laure Gandois2, Nur Salihah Su'ut3, Kamariah Abu Salim4, Joffre Ali Ahmad5, Jamilah Jalil5, Mahmud Yussof3 and Charles Harvey6, (1)Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART), Singapore, Singapore, (2)CNRS, EcoLab, Castanet Tolosan, France, (3)Brunei Heart of Borneo Centre, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei, (4)Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei, (5)Brunei Forestry Department, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei, (6)Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States
3:10 PM
GC23G-07
 
Radiative Forcing and Balance of the World’s Wetlands
Scott D Bridgham, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, United States and Patrick Megonigal, Smithsonian Env Research Ctr, Edgewater, MD, United States
3:25 PM
GC23G-08
 
Linking Inundation Patterns and Dynamics in a Permafrost Landscape to Hydrologic, Thermal, Biogeochemical and Ecosystem Processes
Cathy Jean Wilson1, Larry D Hinzman2, Go Iwahana2, Mark J Lara2, Anna Liljedahl2, Scott L Painter1, Vladimir E Romanovsky2 and Stan D Wullschleger3, (1)Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States, (2)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States, (3)Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, United States
 
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