From June 10th to 14th, the 2018 Canadian Geophysical Union (CGU), Canadian Soil Science Society (CSSS), and Computational Infrastructure in Geodynamics (CIG) Joint Annual Meeting was held in Niagara Falls. The multidisciplinary conference featured presentations, lectures, and posters on topics from hydrology to geodynamics. More information about the conference can be found on the conference website.
Ecohydrology group members were involved in the following sessions presented at the conference:
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K.J. Van Meter, P. Van Cappellen, N.B. Basu. Past, Present, and Future: Quantification of Long-Term Phosphorus Legacies in Canada's Grand River Watershed. 2018 CGU Joint Meeting, 10-14 June 2018, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada.
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N.B. Basu, K.J. Van Meter, P. Van Cappellen. Landscape Legacies: Long-Term Nitrogen Trajectories in Human-Impacted Watersheds [INVITED]. 2018 CGU Joint Meeting, 10-14 June 2018, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada.
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D. Byrnes, K.J. Van Meter, N.B. Basu. Biogeochemical Asynchrony: Anthropogenic and Landscape Drivers of Nutrient Seasonality Across the Great Lakes Basin and Beyond. 2018 CGU Joint Meeting, 10-14 June 2018, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada.
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S. Saraswati, M. Strack, C. Parsons. Impacts of access roads on enzyme activities of boreal forested peatlands. 2018 CGU Joint Meeting, 10-14 June 2018, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada.
- K. Grant, M.L. Macrae, F. Rezanezhad, W.V. Lam. Phosphorus transport in frozen and unfrozen soil under no-till agricultural management with different fertilizer application strategies. 2018 CGU Joint Meeting, 10-14 June 2018, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada.
- C. J. Ackley, S. Tank, W. L. Quinton, F. Rezanezhad, C. McCarter. Influence of a low severity wildfire on runoff flow path and pore water chemistry of a peat plateau, Scotty Creek, NWT. 2018 CGU Joint Meeting, 10-14 June 2018, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada.
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A. Werenka, K. Van Meter, B. Tolson, N. Basu. Too Much Phosphorous: Is Investment in Biogas Plants a Viable Alternative for Water Quality Improvement? 2018 CGU Joint Meeting, 10-14 June 2018, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada.
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K.N. Grant, M.L. Macrae, F. Rezanezhad, W.-T. V. Lam. Mobilization of Phosphorus in frozen and unfrozen soil under no-till agricultural management with different fertilizer application strategies. 2018 CGU Joint Meeting, 10-14 June 2018, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada.
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M.-I. Samson, K. Van Meter, N. Basu. The urban metabolism of the Greater Toronto Area: a study of nitrogen and phosphorus across an urban, suburban, and rural continuum. 2018 CGU Joint Meeting, 10-14 June 2018, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada.
The following posters were presented at the conference:
- F. Rezanezhad, T. Milojevic, D. Oh, C. Smeaton, C. T. Parsons, C. McCarter and P. Van Cappellen. Soil hydrogeochemical processes under changing winter conditions. 2018 CGU Joint Meeting, 10-14 June 2018, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada.
- A. Mellage, C. M. Smeaton, A. Furman, E. A. Atekwana, F. Rezanezhad and P. Van Cappellen. Monitoring subsurface microbial processes with non-invasive geophysical methods: results from sand column experiments. 2018 CGU Joint Meeting, 10-14 June 2018, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada.
- A. Bieniada, L. Hug, C. Parsons, P. Van Cappellen, M. Strack. Methanogenic and methanotrophic communities in extracted and restored peatlands. 2018 CGU Joint Meeting, 10-14 June 2018, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada.
Ecohydrology researchers also organized the following sessions during the conference:
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CGU_H_08: Coupled
Hydrological
and
Biogeochemical
Functions,
Part
I:
Wetland
Ecosystems
Conveners: Colin McCarter, Fereidoun Rezanezhad, Maria Strack, Jonathan Price, Carl Mitchell -
CGU_H_09: Coupled
Hydrological
and
Biogeochemical
Functions,
Part
II:
Terrestrial
Ecosystems
Conveners: Fereidoun Rezanezhad, Colin McCarter, Tobias Weber, Merrin Macrae, Nandita Basu, Philippe Van Cappellen
Thank you to the organizers of the conference for an excellent event!
The complete program for the event can be found on the conference website.