B099
Scientific Surprises from Sensors: What Have We Learned About Ecosystem Science from Advancement of in situ Sensors?

Session ID#: 77154

Session Description:
Historically, understanding how ecosystem processes and biogeochemical fluxes respond to and recover from environmental change was limited by low-temporal resolution sampling that fails to capture natural variability, extreme weather events, and other disturbances. However, ecosystem processes vary over short timescales. Furthermore, recent advancements in sensor technology have allowed unprecedented examinations that alter our understanding of the timing, variability, and magnitude of ecosystem processes and biogeochemical fluxes. As such, sensor data enable scientists to identify new areas of research and test paradigms in ecosystem science. For example, high frequency dissolved oxygen and carbon dioxide sensors are providing unique perspectives on patterns in aerobic and anaerobic stream metabolism and connections with the terrestrial environment. We invite contributions highlighting novel conclusions about ecosystem processes thanks to high-frequency sensor data. We encourage submissions using sensors to advance paradigms and provide unique perspectives in terrestrial, freshwater, or marine ecosystem ecology or biogeochemistry.
Index Terms:

0414 Biogeochemical cycles, processes, and modeling [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
0439 Ecosystems, structure and dynamics [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
0452 Instruments and techniques [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
1895 Instruments and techniques: monitoring [HYDROLOGY]

Primary Convener:  Andrew Robison, University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Durham, NH, United States
Conveners:  Erin R Hotchkiss, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Biological Sciences, Blacksburg, VA, United States and Christopher Thomas Whitney, University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Durham, NH, United States
Primary Liaison:  Andrew Robison, University of Virginia Main Campus, Charlottesville, VA, United States
 
Synchronous and asynchronous changes in fluorescent dissolved organic matter along a perennial-intermittent streamflow transition (495037)
Rebecca L Hale1, Sarah Godsey2, Jenna Dohman3 and Sara Warix2, (1)Idaho State University, Biological Sciences, Pocatello, ID, United States, (2)Idaho State University, Geosciences, Pocatello, ID, United States, (3)Idaho State University, Geosciences, Idaho Falls, ID, United States
 
On Becoming a Sensor Connoisseur: Lessons on Discriminating When High Frequency Data Are Desirable (Invited) (496032)
Matthew J Cohen, Univ Florida-SFRC, Gainesville, FL, United States and Robert Thomas Hensley, University of Florida, Ft Walton Beach, FL, United States
 
Terrestrial Carbon Dioxide Dominates Headwater Stream Emissions: Lessons Learned from One Year of SIPCO2 Sensor Deployment (497286)
Andrew Robison, University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Durham, NH, United States and Wilfred M Wollheim, Univ New Hampshire, Durham, NH, United States
 
How does streambed dissolved oxygen vary with hydrologic exchange: An evaluation from 15 months of high frequency measurements in the East River, CO (502888)
Erin McKenna Cantrell1, Michael N Gooseff1, Ruby N Ghosh2, Michael J Freeman3, Dean D Shooltz2 and Charles McIntire3, (1)University of Colorado at Boulder, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, Boulder, CO, United States, (2)Opti O2, Okemos, MI, United States, (3)Opti O2, LLC, Okemos, MI, United States
 
From tropics to tundra; in-situ sensors reveal patterns and processes in aquatic nitrate across the NEON network (521811)
Robert Thomas Hensley, National Ecological Observatory Network, Boulder, CO, United States and NEON Aquatics Team
 
Cryptic high recycling of organic matter in coral carbonate sands revealed by aquatic eddy covariance (552557)
Alireza Merikhi, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, United States, Peter Berg, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, United States and Markus H Huettel, Florida St Univ, Tallahassee, FL, United States
 
Patterns and drivers of global riverine hypoxia (567213)
Joanna Blaszczak1, Alice M Carter2, Christopher L. Dutton3, Lluís Gómez-Gener4, Nancy B Grimm5, Jud W Harvey6, Ashley M Helton7, Lauren Koenig7, Francine H Mejia8 and Matthew J Cohen9, (1)University of Nevada Reno, Reno, NV, United States, (2)Duke University, Durham, NC, United States, (3)Yale University, New Haven, United States, (4)Umea University, Umea, Sweden, (5)Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States, (6)USGS, Reston, VA, United States, (7)University of Connecticut, Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, Storrs, CT, United States, (8)USGS Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center, Cascadia Field Station, Seattle, WA, United States, (9)Univ Florida-SFRC, Gainesville, FL, United States
 
Algal Bloom dynamics: insights from in-vivo sensors and the limitations of common proxy measurements. (584723)
McNamara Rome, Boston, MA, United States and Edward Beighley, Northeastern University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Boston, MA, United States
 
Novel Insights from High-frequency, In-situ Primary Productivity and Physical Exchange Rates in a Seagrass-dominated Coastal Ecosystem (Invited) (586988)
Matthew Herman Long, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, Woods Hole, MA, United States, Richard Carl Zimmerman, Old Dominion University, Ocean, Earth & Atmospheic Sciences, Norfolk, VA, United States and David Burdige, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, United States
 
A dissolved oxygen and temperature measuring system enabling annual-scale high-resolution studies of ecological and biogeochemical dynamics (587182)
Eric Mollon1, Ruby N Ghosh1, Reza Loloee2, Dean D Shoolz1, Michael J Freeman1, Terry Ball2 and Charles McIntire1, (1)Opti O2, LLC, Okemos, MI, United States, (2)Opti O2, LLC, Okemos, United States
 
Tracking Dynamics of Soil Nitrogen Cycling with High Temporal Resolution (587341)
Joanne H Shorter1, Joseph R Roscioli2, Laura K Meredith3 and Juliana Gil-Loaiza3, (1)Aerodyne Research Inc., Billerica, MA, United States, (2)Aerodyne Research Inc, Billerica, MA, United States, (3)University of Arizona, School of Natural Resources and the Environment, Tucson, AZ, United States
 
Diel Nitrate Regimes of Streams and Rivers; Using High-Frequency Data to Find Patterns at the 24-Hour Scale (599685)
Catherine Chamberlin and James B. Heffernan, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States
 
Using sensors to analyze carbon and nitrogen dynamics across a stream network at multiple temporal scales (600058)
Hannah Fazekas, University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Durham, NH, United States, Adam Wymore, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States and William H McDowell, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, United States
 
Exploring Fast Nitrogen, Carbon, and VOC Dynamics During Simulated Drought and Rewetting Events (600469)
Joseph R Roscioli1, Joanne H Shorter1, Jordan E. Krechmer1, Laura K Meredith2 and Juliana Gil-Loaiza2, (1)Aerodyne Research Inc., Billerica, MA, United States, (2)University of Arizona, School of Natural Resources and the Environment, Tucson, AZ, United States
 
Ecosystem recovery from a major hurricane: insights from high-frequency aquatic sensors (601598)
Adam Wymore, University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Natural Resources and the Environment, Durham, NH, United States, James B Shanley, USGS, Montpelier, VT, United States and William H McDowell, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, United States
 
Taking nitrogen by storm: Insights from sensors and spatial sampling (610782)
Eliza Balch, University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Durham, NH, United States; Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, United States, Wilfred M Wollheim, University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, Durham, NH, United States; Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans and Space (EOS), University of New Hampshire (UNH), Durham, NH, United States, Adam Wymore, University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Natural Resources and the Environment, Durham, NH, United States and Anne Lightbody, University of New Hampshire, Earth Sciences, Durham, NH, United States
 
Aquatic Sensors Reveal Ongoing Changes in Stream Nitrate Dynamics in a Tropical Montane Forest (624483)
William H McDowell1, Carla López-Lloreda2, Adam Wymore3 and Jody Potter3, (1)University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Durham, NH, United States, (2)University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras Campus, San Juan, PR, United States, (3)University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, United States
 
Flow variation and the biogeochemistry of desert streams (627594)
Tamara Harms, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States and John L Sabo, Arizona State University, Future H2O, Knowledge Enterprise Development, Tempe, AZ, United States
 
High-Frequency Data Reveal Patterns of Dissolved Organic Matter Production and Nitrate Removal Within a Low-Head Coastal Reservoir (632767)
Christopher Thomas Whitney, University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Durham, NH, United States and Wilfred M Wollheim, Univ New Hampshire, Durham, NH, United States
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