B43L:
Freshwater Salinization Syndromes: Causes, Consequences, and Management Posters


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Session ID#: 52730

Session Description:
Salinization of fresh water is a global, continental, regional, and local water quality issue impacting many aquatic ecosystems around the world.  Anthropogenic inputs of salts and accelerated weathering from a variety of causes increase a syndrome of impacts in humid regions including watersheds impacted by urbanization, agriculture, and mining. Fresh waters in arid regions have elevated salinity due to irrigation and hydrologic modifications.  Coastal watersheds are impacted by sea level rise and saltwater incursion. We invite submissions on the sources of salinity, the physical or chemical controls on salinization (or alkalinization), the interactive impacts of climate change on salinization, or the biogeochemical and ecological impacts of salinization (e.g. effect on nutrient cycling, metals, organics, and microbial structure). We also invite research on management or innovative solutions to control salinization and protect environmental and public health.
Primary Convener:  Shahan Haq, University of Maryland, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center (ESSIC) and Department of Geology, College Park, MD, United States
Convener:  Sujay Kaushal, University of Maryland, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center (ESSIC) and Department of Geology, College Park, MD, United States
Primary Liaison:  Shahan Haq, University of Maryland, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center (ESSIC) and Department of Geology, College Park, MD, United States
Chairs:  Shahan Haq, University of Maryland, Dept of Geology and ESSIC, College Park, MD, United States and Sujay Kaushal, University of Maryland, Department of Geology and Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, College Park, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Sujay Kaushal, University of Maryland, Department of Geology and Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, College Park, United States

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

0493 Urban systems [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
0496 Water quality [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
1803 Anthropogenic effects [HYDROLOGY]
1806 Chemistry of fresh water [HYDROLOGY]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Land Use Drivers of Freshwater Salinization in the U.S., 1992-2012 (Invited) (366050)
Edward Stets, U.S. Geological Survey, Water Mission Area, Mounds View, MN, United States
Freshwater Salinization Syndrome: Seasonal Patterns and Processes (384717)
Joseph George Galella, University of Maryland College Park, College Park, United States and Sujay Kaushal, University of Maryland, Department of Geology and Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, College Park, United States
Controls on base cations and nutrients in urban and suburban locations in the Anacostia River, Washington DC. (407553)
Stephen E MacAvoy, American University, Department of Environmental Science, Washington, DC, United States
Base Cations Increase the Persistence of Escherichia coli in Freshwater (411101)
Stephen DeVilbiss, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, School of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Blacksburg, VA, United States, Meredith Steele, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, United States and Brian Badgley, Virginia Tech, School of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Blacksburg, VA, United States
Hydrometeorlogical Variables as Drivers of Episodic Saltwater Intrusion in Freshwater Dependent Coastal Landscapes. (418303)
Justine A Neville, North Carolina State University Raleigh, Raleigh, NC, United States and Ryan E Emanuel, North Carolina State University, Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, Raleigh, NC, United States
Effects of Episodic Salinization on Carbon, Nutrients, Base Cations, and Trace Metals Fluxes Across Urban Metropolitan Regions (420324)
Shahan Haq, University of Maryland College Park, Dept of Geology and ESSIC, College Park, MD, United States, Sujay Kaushal, University of Maryland, Department of Geology and Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, College Park, United States and Shuiwang Duan, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, United States
Artificial Drainage and the Altered Vulnerability of Freshwater-Dependent Coastal Landscapes to Saltwater Intrusion (426933)
Ryan E Emanuel1, Abinash Bhattachan2, Marcelo Ardon1, Emily S Bernhardt3, Steven M Anderson4, Matthew G. Stillwagon5, Emily Ury6, Todd BenDor7 and Justin P Wright4, (1)North Carolina State University Raleigh, Forestry and Environmental Resources, Raleigh, NC, United States, (2)Texas Tech University, Geosciences, Lubbock, United States, (3)Duke University, Biology, Durham, NC, United States, (4)Duke University, Durham, NC, United States, (5)North Carolina State University Raleigh, Raleigh, United States, (6)Environmental Defense Fund, New York, United States, (7)University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, City and Regional Planning, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

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