EP33B:
Natural and Anthropogenic Disturbances in River Corridors: Quantifying Responses and Restoring Riverine Processes I
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Session ID#: 61695
Session Description:
Rivers experience a broad range of natural and anthropogenic disturbances that influence geomorphic processes and ecosystem function. Particularly pressing anthropogenic disturbances have been dam construction throughout the 18th-20th centuries, breaching of poorly maintained and/or aging dams, and more recently dam removal in the US. While these disturbances can dramatically impact riverine ecosystems, it is increasingly understood that plants and animals alter local processes in ways that frequently enhance their survival and impact river function. Understanding biophysical interactions is critical for managing and restoring riverine ecosystems in response to natural and anthropogenic disturbances, particularly in the face of climate change. This session explores two nested topics: (1) geomorphic and hydrologic responses to dams and dam removal/breaching (especially studies that link physical and ecosystem responses to these disturbances) and, more broadly, (2) process-based studies that quantify the mechanics of complex biophysical interactions in natural, impacted, and/or restored river systems.
Primary Convener: Dorothy Merritts, Franklin & Marshall College, Department of Earth and Environmental Science, and The Chesapeake Watershed Initiative, Lancaster, United States
Conveners: Mathias J Collins, NOAA, Gloucester, MA, United States, Lee Harrison, NOAA, Santa Cruz, United States and John M Buffington, US Forest Service, Boise, ID, United States
Primary Liaison: John M Buffington, US Forest Service, Boise, ID, United States
Chairs: Dorothy Merritts, Franklin & Marshall College, Department of Earth and Environmental Science, and The Chesapeake Watershed Initiative, Lancaster, United States and Lee Harrison, NOAA, Santa Cruz, United States
OSPA Liaison: Lee Harrison, NOAA, Santa Cruz, United States
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Abstracts Submitted to this Session:
Noah P Snyder1, Mathias J Collins2, Samantha Dow3, Kyung Yoon Kim4, James Michael LeNoir3 and Xinyi Zeng3, (1)Boston College, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Chestnut Hill, MA, United States, (2)NOAA, Gloucester, MA, United States, (3)Boston College, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Chestnut Hill, MA, United States, (4)Boston College, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Chestnut Hill, United States
Jennifer Bountry, Bureau of Reclamation Denver, Denver, CO, United States, Timothy J Randle, Bureau of Reclamation, Denver, CO, United States and Andrew C Ritchie, U.S. Geological Survey, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Santa Cruz, United States
Frank J Magilligan, Dartmouth College, Geography, Hanover, NH, United States, Maura O'Brien, USGS Columbia Environmental Research Center, Columbia, MO, United States, Mackenzie Marti, Illinois State Geological Survey, Champaign, IL, United States and Carl E Renshaw, Dartmouth College, Department of Earth Sciences & Thayer School of Engineering, Hanover, NH, United States
Alan Kasprak, USGS Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center, Flagstaff, AZ, United States, Joel B Sankey, USGS, Southwest Biological Science Center, Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center, Flagstaff, AZ, United States, Daniel Buscombe, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, United States, Joshua Caster, US Geological Survey, Southwest Biological Science Center, Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center, Flagstaff, AZ, United States, Laura Durning, Northern Arizona University, School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems, Flagstaff, AZ, United States, Amy E East, USGS San Diego Field Station, San Diego, United States and Paul Grams, US Geological Survey, Southwest Biological Science Center, Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center, Flagstaff, United States
Amy E East1, Kurt J Jenkins2, Patricia J Happe3, Jennifer Bountry4, Timothy J Beechie5, Mark C Mastin6, Joel B Sankey7 and Timothy J Randle4, (1)USGS San Diego Field Station, San Diego, United States, (2)U.S. Geological Survey, Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center, Port Angeles, WA, United States, (3)National Park Service, Olympic National Park, Port Angeles, WA, United States, (4)Bureau of Reclamation, Denver, CO, United States, (5)NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center, Seattle, WA, United States, (6)U.S. Geological Survey, Tacoma, WA, United States, (7)USGS, Southwest Biological Science Center, Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center, Flagstaff, AZ, United States
John C Stella, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Sustainable Resources Management, Syracuse, NY, United States, LI Kui, University of California, Santa Barbara, Marine Science Institute, Santa Barbara, CA, United States; SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Environmental Science, Syracuse, NY, United States, Rebecca Manners Diehl, University of Vermont, Department of Geography and Geosciences, Burlington, VT, United States, Andrew C Wilcox, University of Montana, Geosciences, Missoula, MT, United States, Anne Lightbody, University of New Hampshire, Earth Sciences, Durham, United States and Leonard S Sklar, Concordia University, Department of Geography, Planning and Environment, Montreal, QC, Canada; Simon Fraser University, School of Environmental Sciences, Burnaby, BC, Canada
Richard Williams, University of Glasgow, School of Geographical and Earth Sciences, Glasgow, G12, United Kingdom, Hamish J. Moir, cbec eco-engineering UK Ltd, Inverness, Scotland, United Kingdom and Joseph M Wheaton, Utah State University, Logan, UT, United States
Erin N Bray, California State University Northridge, Northridge, CA, United States, Ryan R Morrison, Colorado State University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Fort Collins, United States and Mark C Stone, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Biological Systems Engineering, Lincoln, United States
