B43A:
Advancing Understanding of Hydrological and Biogeochemical Interactions in Terrestrial Ecosystems Through Large-Scale Model Systems Posters

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Session ID#: 23926

Session Description:
The current understanding of the critical zone is limited by our observational capacity. Natural systems are the integrated result of interactions among water, microbes, plants, and porous geological media over wide spatial and temporal scales that are difficult to reproduce in the laboratory and resolve in the field. Large-scale model systems and controlled experimental facilities bridge the laboratory and field scale and have the potential to yield critical insights into complex terrestrial ecosystem processes.

This session will be of interest to the growing scientific community using large-scale model systems to understand pore- to landscape-scale biogeochemical and hydrological processes. We expect contributions on 1) experimental infrastructure description; 2) experimentation and hypothesis testing; 3) extrapolation to real world; and 4) questions that potentially can be answered using terrestrial ecosystem research infrastructures. This session will facilitate discussion of the unique technical challenges of these facilities and breakthroughs in their application for interdisciplinary investigation.

Primary Convener:  Laura K Meredith, University of Arizona, School of Natural Resources and the Environment, Tucson, AZ, United States
Conveners:  Antonio Alves Meira Neto, Colorado State University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Fort Collins, United States, Werner Gerwin, BTU Cottbus, Cottbus, Germany and Greg Barron-Gafford, University of Arizona, School of Geography, Development & Environment, Tucson, AZ, United States
Chairs:  Antonio Alves Meira Neto, Colorado State University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Fort Collins, United States and Laura K Meredith, University of Arizona, Biosphere 2, Tucson, AZ, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Greg Barron-Gafford, University of Arizona, School of Geography, Development & Environment, Tucson, AZ, United States
Co-Organized with:
Biogeosciences, and Hydrology

Cross-Listed:
  • A - Atmospheric Sciences
  • GC - Global Environmental Change
  • H - Hydrology
Index Terms:

0414 Biogeochemical cycles, processes, and modeling [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
0439 Ecosystems, structure and dynamics [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
1813 Eco-hydrology [HYDROLOGY]
1895 Instruments and techniques: monitoring [HYDROLOGY]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Spatial and temporal heterogeneity of microbial life in artificial landscapes (229056)
Roopkamal Kaur, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States, Aditi Sengupta, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States, Laura K Meredith, University of Arizona, School of Natural Resources and the Environment, Tucson, AZ, United States and Peter A A Troch, University of Arizona, Biosphere 2, Tucson, AZ, United States
Design, construction and performance of an experimental watershed to support a fen peatland for mine landscape reclamation (Invited) (234846)
Jonathan S Price, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada, Richard M Petrone, University of Waterloo, Geography and Environmental Management, Waterloo, ON, Canada, Maria Strack, Wetland Soils and Greenhouse Gas Exchange Lab, University of Waterloo, Geography and Environmental Management, Waterloo, ON, Canada and David J Cooper, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States
The Chicken Creek catchment as observatory for early-stage landscape development (238559)
Wolfgang Schaaf1, Werner Gerwin2, Ina Pohle3 and Thomas Johannes Maurer1, (1)Brandenburg University of Technology, Cottbus, Germany, (2)BTU Cottbus, Cottbus, Germany, (3)Brandenburg Technical University Cottbus, Cottbus, Germany
Controlled experiments of hillslope co-evolution at the Biosphere 2 Landscape Evolution Observatory: toward prediction of coupled hydrological, biogeochemical, and ecological change (Invited) (247045)
Till H M Volkmann1, Aditi Sengupta2, Luke Pangle3, Nate Abramson1, Greg Barron-Gafford4, David D Breshears5,6, Aaron Bugaj1, Jon Chorover7, Katerina Dontsova8, Matej Durcik9, Ty P A Ferre9, Ciaran J Harman10, Edward Hunt1, Travis E Huxman11, Minseok Kim10, Raina M Maier12, Katarena Matos13, Antonio Alves Meira Neto14, Laura K Meredith5, Russell K Monson5, Guo-Yue Niu9, Jon D Pelletier15, Craig Rasmussen12, Joaquin Ruiz1,15, Scott R Saleska16, Marcel G Schaap12, Michael Sibayan1, Markus Tuller17, Joost L M Van Haren18, Yadi Wang12, Xubin Zeng9 and Peter A Troch1,9, (1)University of Arizona, Biosphere 2, Tucson, AZ, United States, (2)Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States, (3)Georgia State University, Department of Geosciences, Atlanta, United States, (4)University of Arizona, School of Geography, Development & Environment, Tucson, AZ, United States, (5)University of Arizona, School of Natural Resources and the Environment, Tucson, AZ, United States, (6)University of Arizona, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Tucson, AZ, United States, (7)University of Arizona, Department of Environmental Science, Tucson, United States, (8)University of Arizona, Environmental Science and Biosphere 2, Tucson, AZ, United States, (9)University of Arizona, Department of Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences, Tucson, AZ, United States, (10)Johns Hopkins University, Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering, Baltimore, MD, United States, (11)University of California, Irvine, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Irvine, United States, (12)University of Arizona, Department of Soil, Water and Environmental Science, Tucson, AZ, United States, (13)University of Colorado Boulder, Geography, Boulder, United States, (14)Colorado State University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Fort Collins, United States, (15)University of Arizona, Department of Geosciences, Tucson, AZ, United States, (16)University of Arizona, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Tucson, AZ, United States, (17)University of Arizona, Department of Environmental Science, Tucson, AZ, United States, (18)University of Arizona, Biosphere 2, Tucson, United States
Environmental Impacts of Large Scale Biochar Application Through Spatial Modeling (260588)
Isaiah Huber, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, United States and Sotirios Archontoulis, Iowa State University, Ames, United States
Investigation of Hydrological Response of Three Identical Artificial Hillslopes at the Landscape Evolution Observatory (283249)
Katarena Matos, University of Colorado Boulder, Geography, Boulder, United States, Antonio Alves Meira Neto, Colorado State University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Fort Collins, United States, Peter A A Troch, University of Arizona, Biosphere 2, Tucson, AZ, United States and Till Volkmann, Accenture, Applied Intelligence, Kronberg im Taunus, Germany
An electrical resistivity-based method for investigation of subsurface structure (283474)
David Litwin, Johns Hopkins University, Environmental Health and Engineering, Baltimore, MD, United States, Antonio Alves Meira Neto, Colorado State University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Fort Collins, United States, Peter A A Troch, University of Arizona, Biosphere 2, Tucson, AZ, United States and Ty P.A. Ferre, Univ Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States
Measuring volatile organic compounds and stable isotopes emitted from trees and soils of the Biosphere 2 Rainforest (289289)
John C Meraz1, Laura K Meredith1, Joost L M Van Haren2 and Till H M Volkmann3, (1)University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States, (2)University of Arizona, Biosphere 2, Tucson, United States, (3)Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
Noninvasive methods for dynamic mapping of microbial populations across the landscape (295179)
Laura K Meredith1,2, Aditi Sengupta3, Peter A Troch2,4 and Till H M Volkmann2, (1)University of Arizona, School of Natural Resources and the Environment, Tucson, AZ, United States, (2)University of Arizona, Biosphere 2, Tucson, AZ, United States, (3)Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States, (4)University of Arizona, Department of Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences, Tucson, AZ, United States
Projected effects of vegetation and organic matter on soil carbon dynamics after rainfall in a model basalt landscape. (299023)
Joost L M Van Haren1, Enrique P. Sanchez-Canete2, Sabrina Juarez3, Elizabeth L Howard4, Katerina Dontsova5, Jean-François Le Galliard6, Greg Barron-Gafford7, Till Volkmann8 and Peter A Troch4, (1)University of Arizona, Honors College, Tucson, AZ, United States, (2)University of Granada, Applied Physics, Granada, Spain, (3)CNRS, ECOTRON Ile-­‐De-­‐France, Foljuif, France, (4)University of Arizona, Biosphere 2, Tucson, AZ, United States, (5)University of Arizona, Environmental Science and Biosphere 2, Tucson, AZ, United States, (6)CNRS, ECOTRON Ile-­‐De-­‐France, St-Pierre-lès-Nemours, France, (7)University of Arizona, School of Geography, Development & Environment, Tucson, AZ, United States, (8)Accenture, Applied Intelligence, Kronberg im Taunus, Germany
Carbon and nitrogen accumulation and fluxes on Landscape Evolution Observatory (LEO) slopes (300765)
Katerina Dontsova, University of Arizona, Environmental Science and Biosphere 2, Tucson, AZ, United States, Michael Volk, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States, Corinne Webb, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA, United States, Edward Hunt, University of Arizona, Biosphere 2, Tucson, AZ, United States, Malak M Tfaily, University of Arizona, Environmental Science, Tucson, AZ, United States, Joost L M Van Haren, University of Arizona, Biosphere 2, Tucson, United States, Aditi Sengupta, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States, Jon Chorover, University of Arizona, Department of Environmental Science, Tucson, United States, Peter Troch, Biosphere 2, Tucson, AZ, United States and Joaquin Ruiz, Univ of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States

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