H53G:
Water Quality and Watersheds: From Scientific Innovations to Actions I


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Session ID#: 62693

Session Description:
Hydrologists, biogeochemists, ecologists, and watershed scientists continue to push the envelope within and across their disciplines, generating innovative hydrological and water quality science (e.g., related to nutrients and emerging contaminants) using novel measurement and modeling approaches. Recent advances in in-situ sensor and remote sensing technologies, for example, are generating “big” environmental data with unprecedented temporal resolution and spatial coverage. Access to these data streams has provided strides in scientific understanding and modeling capabilities. However, converting scientific information to real-world action that contributes to improved on-the-ground environmental and water quality management, and fulfills broader impacts of federally funded scientific research, remains a challenge. In this session, we encourage presentations that highlight research at varying stages that aims to apply novel measurements, models, and scientific innovations in hydrology and water quality to real world management solutions across multi-scale watersheds.
Primary Convener:  Tim P Covino, Montana State University, Department of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences, Bozeman, MT, United States
Conveners:  Jonathan M Duncan, Pennsylvania State University, Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, University Park, United States, Heather E Golden, US Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research & Development, Cincinnati, United States and Noel R Aloysius, University of Missouri, Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Columbia, United States
Primary Liaison:  Tim P Covino, Montana State University, Department of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences, Bozeman, MT, United States
Chairs:  Jonathan M Duncan, Pennsylvania State University, Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, University Park, United States and Noel R Aloysius, University of Missouri, Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Columbia, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Jonathan M Duncan, Pennsylvania State University, Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, University Park, United States

Cross-Listed:
  • B - Biogeosciences
Index Terms:

0414 Biogeochemical cycles, processes, and modeling [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
0496 Water quality [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
1879 Watershed [HYDROLOGY]
1880 Water management [HYDROLOGY]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Flows influence export of sediment and solute chemical constituents in mid-Atlantic watersheds (Invited) (346865)
Diana L Karwan1, Lucy Rose1, James Eugene Pizzuto2, Katherine Skalak3 and Adam Benthem4, (1)University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Department of Forest Resources, Saint Paul, United States, (2)University of Delaware, Dept. of Earth Sciences, Newark, DE, United States, (3)U.S. Geological Survey, Water Mission Area-Earth System Processes Division, Reston, United States, (4)U.S. Geological Survey, Pembroke, MA, United States
Developing longitudinal models of 20-year water quality in Texas gulf region—A hybrid of remote sensing and machine learning approach (373669)
Runzi Wang, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, United States, Gang Zhao, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China and Ming-Han Li, Michigan State University, School of Planning, Design and Construction, East Lansing, MI, United States
δ15N of Chironomidae: an index of nitrogen sources and processing within watersheds as part of EPA’s National Aquatic Resource Surveys (382134)
J Renee Brooks, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Pacific Ecological Systems Division, Corvallis, United States, Jana Compton, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Corvallis, United States, Alan Herlihy, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Pacific Ecological Systems Division, Freshwater Ecology Branch, Corvallis, OR, United States, Daniel J Sobota, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, Portland, United States, Amanda Nahlik, US Environmental Protection Agency, Pacific Ecological Systems Division, Corvallis, United States and Marc Weber, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water, Corvallis, United States
Riparian Vegetation Controls Assimilatory NO3-N Uptake in Anthropogenically Impacted River Networks (383238)
Michael Rode, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research UFZ Magdeburg, Department Aquatic Ecosystem Analysis, Magdeburg, Germany and Xiaoqiang Yang, Helmholtz Centre for Environmenal Research-UFZ, Aquatic Ecosystem Analysis and Management, Magdeburg, Germany
Detecting Preferential Water Transport Artificial Drain Lines Using Distributed Temperature Sensing in No-till and Reduced-till Systems (371528)
Erin S Brooks1, Dillon Shults2, Kent Keller3 and Robert Heinse2,4, (1)University of Idaho, Soil and Water Systems, Moscow, ID, United States, (2)University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, United States, (3)Washington State University, School of the Environment, Pullman, United States, (4)University of Idaho-PSES, Moscow, ID, United States
Modeling nutrient runoff given the Runoff Risk Advisory Forecast (RRAF) in the Great Lakes Region (430623)
Asmita Murumkar1, Jay Martin2, Margaret McCahon Kalcic2, Grey Evenson2, Anna Apostel3, Jeffrey Kast2, Dustin Goering4, Abram DaSilva5, Andrea Thorstensen4, Chelsie Boles6, Todd Redder6 and Rem Confesor7, (1)The Ohio State University, Department of Extension, Columbus, United States, (2)The Ohio State University, Department of Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Columbus, OH, United States, (3)University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, United States, (4)NOAA/NWS/North Central River Forecast Center, Chanhassen, MN, United States, (5)Ohio River Forecast Center (NOAA-National Weather Service), Detriot, United States, (6)LimnoTech, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, (7)National Center for Water Quality Research, Heidelberg University, Tiffin, OH, United States
Concentration-Transit Length: A new relationship linking hydrology and biogeochemistry for science-based management of wetland-dominated landscapes (Invited) (411979)
Irena F Creed, University of Saskatchewan, School of Environment and Sustainability, Saskatoon, SK, Canada and Ali Ameli, University of Western Ontario, Department of Biology, London, ON, Canada
Are Microplastic Methods Comparable and Do They Reflect Reality? (348963)
Win Cowger, Moore Institute for Plastic Pollution Research, Long Beach, United States, James J Guilinger, Idaho State University, Idaho Falls, ID, United States and Andrew B Gray, University of California Riverside, Environmental Science, Riverside, CA, United States

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