B42B:
The Role for a Network of Long-Term Monitoring Sites in Canada for Advancing Environmental Science and Policy I

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Session ID#: 6869

Session Description:
In an era of fiscal restraint, governments and other granting agencies often look to reductions in funding or closure of long-term monitoring sites to balance budgets.  While the reduction or closure of long-term monitoring facilities may meet immediate fiscal needs, valuable data is lost that is important for answering current and emerging science and policy questions.  This session will highlight the innovative research done at long-term monitoring sites across Canada that has advanced scientific theory, altered resource management practices and/or influenced local, regional or national environmental policies. The session will also consider how creating better linkages among long-term monitoring sites into a formal network might be helpful for achieving common goals.
OSPA Liaison:  Kara L Webster, Canadian Forest Service, Great Lakes Forestry Centre, Sault Ste. Marie, ON, Canada
Chairs:  Kara L Webster, Canadian Forest Service, Great Lakes Forestry Centre, Sault Ste. Marie, ON, Canada and Catherine Eimers, Trent University, Trent School of the Environment, Peterborough, ON, Canada
Primary Convener:  Kara L Webster, Canadian Forest Service, Great Lakes Forestry Centre, Sault Ste. Marie, ON, Canada
Convener:  Catherine Eimers, Trent University, Trent School of the Environment, Peterborough, ON, Canada
Index Terms:

0414 Biogeochemical cycles, processes, and modeling [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
0439 Ecosystems, structure and dynamics [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
0470 Nutrients and nutrient cycling [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
1813 Eco-hydrology [HYDROLOGY]
Co-Sponsor(s):
  • AS - Atmospheric Sciences
  • H - Hydrology

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

B42B-01
Unlocking the Power of Many – Why Inter-Catchment Comparisons Can Advance Our Understanding of Forest Hydrological Resilience to Climate Warming (Invited) (36082)
Irena F Creed, University of Western Ontario, Department of Biology, London, ON, Canada, Taehee Hwang, Indiana University Bloomington, Geography, Bloomington, IN, United States and Chris Brimacombe, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada
B42B-02
The role of long-term monitoring in meeting science and policy needs: Lessons from 35 years of research at the Turkey Lakes Watershed (33471)
Kara L Webster, Canadian Forest Service, Great Lakes Forestry Centre, Sault Ste. Marie, ON, Canada, Paul W Hazlett, Canadian Forest Service, Sault Ste. Marie, ON, Canada and Ray Semkin, Environment Canada, Burlington, ON, Canada
B42B-03
Long-term Observations of the Recovery from Acid Deposition in Central Ontario (33819)
S.a. Watmough, Trent University, Trent School of the Environment, Peterborough, ON, Canada
B42B-04
Long-term monitoring in Kejimkujik National Park Nova Scotia reveals increasing aluminium concentrations in rivers (Invited) (36219)
Shannon M Sterling, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
B42B-05
Long term monitoring of forested catchments in Québec, Canada (Invited) (35927)
Daniel Houle, Quebec Ministry of Natural Resources MRN, Forest Research, Quebec City, QC, Canada
B42B-06
The Value of Long-term Gauged Watershed Experiments in Forest Hydrology: lessons from the South African Experience. (34627)
David Findlay Scott, The University of British Columbia, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Kelowna, BC, Canada
B42B-07
The Role of Long-Term Observatories and Networks for Advancing the Frontiers of Science: Linking Networks and Promoting Scientific Engagement Nationally and Internationally. (36719)
Charlotte L Roehm, National Ecological Observatory Network, Boulder, CO, United States
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