Extreme Climate Event Impacts on Aquatic Biogeochemical Cycles and Fluxes

http://chapman.agu.org/extremeclimate/

Six Sessions

• Session 1: Defining extreme climate events (ECE) and measuring, recording, and sampling their impacts

• Session 2: Export, transport, and transformation of C, N, and P through the fluvial/aquatic network from the source to the sea

• Session 3: Long term impacts and recovery of ecosystems; lessons from past extreme events

• Session 4: Changes in aquatic ecosystem structure, functions, and services

• Session 5: Differences in ECE impacts across forested, agricultural and urban landscapes

• Session 6: Watershed management practices and aquatic restoration strategies to mitigate impacts of extreme climate events

Conveners & Organizing Committee

Conference Schedule

• Oral sessions in the morning 8.00 am - noon.

• Poster session in the afternoon 1.30 –3.00 pm

• Free time 3.00 – 7.00 pm• Breakout Group Discussions 7.00 –

8.30 pm• All day field trip – midweek

Conference Location

Meeting will be held at the San Juan Marriott Resort and Stellaris CasinoHotel located along the beach in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Additional details about the hotel are available from the conference web site.

Field Trip

All day, 9 am to 6pm to:

• Urban site in San Juan• El Yunque National Forest• Bisley Experimental Watersheds• USGS gage on Rio Mameyes• Interpretive talks by scientists while

hiking along tropical trails.• Scenic Yokahu Tower

Conference Abstracts, Registration & Funding

Abstract submissions closed Sep 21, 2016

Registration will open in November and deadline is Dec 14. Registration fee is $700 for regular attendees and $550 for students.Limited travel funding is available from support from USDA-NIFA, NSF-EPSCoR, USGS and Critical Zone Observatory (CZO) program.

Conference Publications

Synthesis papers and contributed articles will be published in the journal of Biogeochemistry.

Shreeram InamdarProfessor & Watershed BiogeochemistUniversity of Delaware

Bill McDowellProfessor & Aquatic EcologistUniversity of New Hampshire

James ShanleySenior Scientist & HydrologistUSGS, Vermont

Elizabeth MinorProfessor & Aquatic BiogeochemistUniversity of Minnesota

Ji-Hyung ParkProfessor & Watershed BiogeochemistEwha Womans University, South Korea

Arthur GoldProfessor and HydrologistUniversity of Rhode Island

Andrew SharpleyDistinguished Professor & Soil Scientist University of Arkansas

Hjalmar LaudonProfessor & Forest Landscape Biogeochemist, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Margaret PalmerProfessor & Stream Restoration Ecologist University of Maryland

Sujay KaushalAssociate Professor & Aquatic Biogeochemist University of Maryland

Rosemary FanelliDoctoral Student & Stream Restoration Ecologist, University of Maryland

Grizelle GonzalezEcologist, International Institute of Tropical Forestry, Research

Key Conference Questions

• How do we define extreme weather events?

• What have we learned from past extreme events? What are the long-term consequences of extreme weather events on aquatic ecosystems?

• How do extreme events influence the export, transport and cycling (or transformation) of C, N, and P along the aquatic continuum extending from the source/headwaters to the sea?

• How are ecosystem structure, functions, and services altered by extreme weather events?

• What is the coupled impact of land use (current and legacy) and extreme events? How do impacts and ecosystem recovery differ for forested, agricultural and urban landscapes?

• Will existing land management strategies and restoration paradigms work for extreme weather events? How are these being adapted to changes in extreme event frequency and intensity?

30 Invited Speakers; ~ 100 Posters

• Melinda Smith, Department of Biology, Colorado State University. • Richard Katz, NCAR.• Lindsay Rustad, US Forest Service. • Clifford Dahm, University of New Mexico• Thomas Bianchi, University of Florida. • Peter Raymond, Yale University.• Nobuhito Ohte, Kyoto University. • Sarah Godsey, Idaho State University

• Peter Groffman, CUNY Advanced Science Research Center and Brooklyn College Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences.• Cathy Eimers, Trent University. • Charles Driscoll, Syracuse University.• Robert Hirsch, USGS. • Hans Paerl-University of North Carolina. • Nancy Rabalais, Louisiana State University. • Jinjun Kan, Stroud Water Research Center. • Cristina Takacs-Vesbach, University of New Mexico. • Marguerite A. Xenopoulos, Trent University.

• Susana Bernal, CEAB-CSIC. • Philippe Vidon, SUNY – ESF.• Eran Hood, University of Alaska Southeast. • Amy Burgin, University of Nebraska. • Nancy Grimm, Arizona State University. • Ellen Wohl, Colorado State University • Emily Bernhardt, Duke University. • Andrew Sharpley, University of Arkansas. • Jennifer Leah Tank, University of Notre Dame.