H54G:
Water Quality and Watersheds: From Scientific Innovations to Actions II


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Session ID#: 62699

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, 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
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:

Optimizing wetland restoration to minimize phosphorous loading at a regional scale (376879)
Nitin Singh1, Jesse Gourevitch1, Beverley Coghill Wemple2, Keri Watson3, Donna M Rizzo4 and Taylor Ricketts1, (1)University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, United States, (2)University of Vermont, Geography & Geosciences; Water Resources Institute, Burlington, VT, United States, (3)Sewanee The University of the South, Sewanee, TN, United States, (4)University of Vermont, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Burlington, United States
Temporal variations in nutrient loads from an urban river catchment into the Dianchi Lake, China (391973)
Chengxin Qin1, Pengfei Du2, Zhiyi Li1 and Pengcheng Xie1, (1)Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, (2)Tsinghua University, School of Environment, Beijing, China
Mitigating nuisance phytoplankton blooms in Lake Winnipeg: can watershed connectivity assessments lead to targeted action? (392904)
Genevieve Ali, University of Manitoba, Manitoba's Watershed Systems Research Program, Winnipeg, MB, Canada and Carolyn English, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
How landscape source, sink, and transport interactions mediate nitrogen and phosphorus across a large river basin (409931)
Samson G Mengistu1, Heather E Golden2, Charles R. Lane3, Scott G Leibowitz4, Jay Christensen2, Jana Compton5, Ellen D'Amico6, Amy G Prues6, Marc Weber7 and Ryan A Hill5, (1)US EPA, ORD, Cincinnati, United States, (2)US Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research & Development, Cincinnati, United States, (3)US Environmental Protection Agency, Athens, United States, (4)U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (retired), Corvallis, OR, United States, (5)U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Corvallis, United States, (6)Pegasus Technical Services, Cincinnati, OH, United States, (7)U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water, Corvallis, United States
Understanding emerging contaminants in the environment: Moving from fear to empowerment (443987)
Heather E Gall1, Kathryn Hayden2, Tamie L Veith3 and Faith Kibuye2, (1)Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, University Park, PA, United States, (2)Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, University Park, PA, United States, (3)USDA-ARS, Pasture Systems and Watershed Management Research Unit, University Park, PA, United States
Use of Social Science to Improve the Transfer of Physical-Science Innovations to Actions (451775)
Brian Neff, USGS Central Region Office, Lakewood, CO, United States

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