B41E:
Toward Unifying Principles for Wetland Restoration in Light of Chemical and Microbial Ecology Posters


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Session ID#: 50998

Session Description:
The socio-economic value of wetland functions is high, providing ~40% of global renewable ecosystem services, although wetlands occupy ~ 9% of the Earth’s terrestrial surface. A central goal of wetland restoration ecology is to predict the outcomes of specific restoration actions. For various ecosystem functional attributes, we need predictability in the rates of change and understanding of the consequences of restoration. Wetland restoration strategies manipulate microbial activity and biogeochemistry by decelerating decomposition rates attributed to depleted levels of molecular oxygen. Restoration aimed to enhance carbon sequestration, however, frequently fail to establish the desired outcome. Microbial communities are central to biogeochemical function, and relating microbial community dynamics to biochemical and physical variables can generate insights into the ecological drivers of restoration success.

We invite studies that evaluate wetland function restoration through microbial and biogeochemical approaches, with emphasis on carbon stabilization mechanisms, greenhouse gas production, taxonomic versus functional ecology.

Primary Convener:  Taniya RoyChowdhury, Woodwell Climate Research Center, Falmouth, United States
Convener:  Stephanie Yarwood, University of Maryland College Park, Environmental Science and Technology, College Park, United States
Primary Liaison:  Taniya RoyChowdhury, Woodwell Climate Research Center, Falmouth, United States
Chairs:  Taniya RoyChowdhury, Woodwell Climate Research Center, Falmouth, United States and Stephanie Yarwood, University of Maryland College Park, Environmental Science and Technology, College Park, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Taniya RoyChowdhury, Woodwell Climate Research Center, Falmouth, United States
Index Terms:

0404 Anoxic and hypoxic environments [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
0428 Carbon cycling [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
0481 Restoration [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
0497 Wetlands [BIOGEOSCIENCES]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

The Role of Wetland Processes in the Global Carbon Cycle and Climate Change (Invited) (345893)
William Joseph Mitsch, Florida Gulf Coast University, Everglades Wetland Research Park, Naples, FL, United States, Ulo Mander, University of Tartu, Institute of Ecology & Earth Sciences, Department of Geography, Tartu, Estonia, Blanca Bernal, Winrock International, Ecosystem Services, Arlington, United States, Rattan Lal, Ohio State Univ, School of Environment and Natural Resources, Columbus, OH, United States and Li Zhang, University of Arizona, Department of Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences, Tucson, AZ, United States
Greenhouse gas fluxes in restored and natural freshwater depressional wetlands (433478)
Graham Arthur Stewart, University of Maryland College Park, College Park, MD, United States, Michael Williams, UMCES-CBL, Solomons, United States and Margaret Palmer, National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC), Annapolis, United States
Effects of Grazer Exclusion on Carbon Cycling in Created Freshwater Wetlands (442447)
Delanie Spangler1, Carmody K McCalley2, Anna Christina Tyler3 and Evan Neil Squier1, (1)Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, United States, (2)Rochester Institute of Technology, School of Life Sciences, Rochester, NY, United States, (3)Rochester Institute of Technology, Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences, Rochester, United States
Effects of prior land use, carbon availability and hydrology on nitrogen cycling in created freshwater wetlands (442571)
Michael Bruce McGowan1, Thulfiqar Al Graiti1, Sonia Huang1, Nathan C Eddingsaas1, Carmody K McCalley2 and Anna Christina Tyler3, (1)Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, United States, (2)Rochester Institute of Technology, School of Life Sciences, Rochester, NY, United States, (3)Rochester Institute of Technology, Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences, Rochester, United States
The Influence of Herbivory on Submerged Macrophytes and Nitrogen Availability in Created Wetlands. (447096)
Evan Neil Squier1, Anna Christina Tyler2, Delanie Spangler1, Carmody K McCalley3 and Nathan C Eddingsaas1, (1)Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, United States, (2)Rochester Institute of Technology, Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences, Rochester, United States, (3)Rochester Institute of Technology, School of Life Sciences, Rochester, NY, United States
Interactions Between Hydrology and Antecedent Land Use on Carbon Quantity, Quality and Metabolism in Restored Wetlands (447567)
Benjamin T Hamilton1, Carmody K McCalley2, Nathan C Eddingsaas1 and Anna Christina Tyler3, (1)Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, United States, (2)Rochester Institute of Technology, School of Life Sciences, Rochester, NY, United States, (3)Rochester Institute of Technology, Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences, Rochester, United States
Multiple Microbial Guilds Mediate Soil Methane Cycling Along a Wetland Salinity Gradient Spanning the San Francisco Bay – Delta Region (463778)
Wyatt Hartman1,2, Susanna Theroux3, Connor Morgan-Lang4, Jinglie Zhou2 and Susannah G Tringe5, (1)Trace Genomics, Inc., Burlingame, CA, United States, (2)DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, CA, United States, (3)Southern California Coastal Water Research Project, Costa Mesa, CA, United States, (4)University of British Columbia, Bioinformatics, Vancouver, BC, Canada, (5)DOE Joint Genome Institute, Berkeley, CA, United States
Stormwater Ponds as Hotspots of Biodiversity and Biogeochemistry: A Comparison of Natural and Created Wetland Ponds (465012)
Kerry Kuntz, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, United States, Nicole L Kinlock, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, United States, Anna Christina Tyler, Rochester Institute of Technology, Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences, Rochester, United States and Michael B Burkett, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, United States

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