B41B:
Biogeochemistry of Rivers and Soils in the Urban Ecosystem and Their Climate Impacts Posters


Session ID#: 8010

Session Description:
Urban water resources risk being increasingly degraded as populations shift to cities and impervious surfaces, combined-flow sewers and non-point source contaminants rise. There is burgeoning interest in reclaiming urban waterways, reducing what has been termed "urban stream syndrome". In addition, soil carbon dynamics in urban ecosystems are understudied and are not represented in global climate models. In this session we will focus on what is known, and not known, about the changing biogeochemistry of urban rivers, the carbon exchange between soil and atmosphere in urban ecosystems, and the influence they may have on global climate.  Studies investigating mitigation efforts are also welcome.
Primary Convener:  Maggie Mae Bowman, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States
Conveners:  Lucy Hutyra, Boston University, Earth & Environment, Boston, MA, United States, Stephen E MacAvoy, American University, Department of Environmental Science, Washington, DC, United States and Stephen A Macko, Univ Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, United States
Chairs:  Stephen A Macko, Univ Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, United States, Stephen E MacAvoy, American University, Department of Environmental Science, Washington, DC, United States, Lucy Hutyra, Boston University, Earth & Environment, Boston, MA, United States and Maggie Mae Bowman, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Maggie Mae Bowman, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States

Cross-Listed:
  • GC - Global Environmental Change
Index Terms:

0428 Carbon cycling [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
0439 Ecosystems, structure and dynamics [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
0470 Nutrients and nutrient cycling [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
0493 Urban systems [BIOGEOSCIENCES]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Surprises and mysteries in urban soils (Invited) (60272)
Peter M Groffman, Cary Inst Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, United States
Assessing Changes in Water Chemistry Along the Mountain to Urban Gradient (82120)
Rachel S Gabor1, Paul D Brooks2, Bethany T Neilson3, Michelle L Barnes4, Trinity Stout4, Mallory R Millington2, Andrew Gelderloos2, Hyrum Tennant3 and David Eiriksson5, (1)The Ohio State University, School of Environment and Natural Resources, Columbus, OH, United States, (2)University of Utah, Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, Salt Lake City, UT, United States, (3)Utah State University, Utah Water Research Laboratory, Logan, United States, (4)Utah State University, Logan, UT, United States, (5)University of Utah, Global Change and Sustainability Center, Salt Lake City, UT, United States
Influence of Land Cover and Climate on CO2 and CH4 fluxes from Urban Soils (67407)
Rose Marie Smith, University of Maryland College Park, College Park, MD, United States, Peter M Groffman, Cary Inst Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, United States, Sujay Kaushal, University of Maryland, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center (ESSIC) and Department of Geology, College Park, MD, United States, Arthur Gold, University of Rhode Island, Natural Resources Science, Kingston, RI, United States and Joshua N Cole, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Center for Urban Environmental Research and Education, Baltimore, MD, United States
Urban and Suburban Influences on Water Chemistry in Washington DC: Impervious Surfaces and Urban Stream Syndrome (74010)
Stephen E MacAvoy, American University, Department of Environmental Science, Washington, DC, United States and Emily Petersen, American University, Washington, DC, United States
Urban Evolution: The Role of Water and Adaptation (Invited) (74422)
Sujay Kaushal, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, United States
Soil Biogeochemical Properties and Erosion Source Prediction Model Summary for the Buffalo Bayou Watershed, Houston, Texas (75834)
Iftekhar Ahmed, Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, TX, United States
Identification and characterization of land use driven nitrogen fluxes using stable isotopes and reactive hydrologic modeling (81740)
Matthew T O'Connell, University of Virginia Main Campus, Charlottesville, VA, United States and Stephen A Macko, Univ Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, United States
Impacts of Modernizing Urban Stormwater Systems on Nutrient and Carbon Dynamics (Invited) (60856)
Gabriel Michael Filippelli, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, Department of Earth Sciences, Indianapolis, IN, United States, Pierre-Andre Jacinthe, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, United States and Greg Druschel, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN, United States
Greenhouse Gas Dynamics in Streams and Riparian Floodplains located within Forested Landscapes of the US Northeast: Impact of Key Floodplain Geomorphic Features on Greenhouse Gas Production in a Forested Watershed in Northern New York State, USA. (82465)
Satish Prasad Serchan, Student, Corvallis, OR, United States; SUNY-ESF, Syracuse, NY, United States and Philippe Vidon, Desert Research Institute, Reno, NV, United States
Salinization Enhances Mobilization of Nutrients from Sediments to Streams (82987)
Shahan Haq1, Sujay Kaushal1, Steven Hohman2, Jonathan Coplin2 and Shuiwang Duan2, (1)University of Maryland, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center (ESSIC) and Department of Geology, College Park, MD, United States, (2)University of Maryland College Park, College Park, MD, United States
Local Alterations to the Nitrogen Cycle as Indicated by Tree Ring and Foliage Stable Isotopes, Xi’an China (85820)
Stephani Michelsen-Correa, University of Washington Seattle Campus, School of Environmental and Forest Science, Seattle, WA, United States and Hui Qian, Chang'an University, Xi'an, China

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