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T109. Wetlands: Form, Function and History I

 
CHANGES TO THE PEATLAND CARBON CYCLE DUE TO EXTREME CLIMATE EVENTS
OLSON, Donna1, NOORMETS, Asko2, KOLKA, Randy1, and CHEN, Jiquan3, (1) USDA Forest Service - Northern Research Station, Center for Research on Ecosystem Change, 1831 Hwy. 169 E, Grand Rapids, MN 55744, dmolson@fs.fed.us, (2) North Carolina State University & Eastern Forest Environmental Threat Assessment Center, USDA FS, Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, Venture Center II, Suite 300, Campus Box 7260, 920 Main Campus Drive, Raleigh, NC 27695, (3) Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Toledo, Mail Stop 604, Toldeo, OH 43606-3390
 
CELL-BASED SIMULATION OF PEAT ACCUMULATION IN NORTHERN PEATLANDS
WESTERVELT, Claire D., Department of Earth Sciences, University of Maine, 5790 Bryand Global Sciences Center, Orono, ME 04473, claire.westervelt@maine.edu, REEVE, Andrew S., Department of Earth Sciences, University of Maine, 5790 Bryand Global Sciences Center, Orono, ME 04469, and GLASER, Paul H., Department of Geology & Geophysics, University of Minnesota, Pillsbury Hall, Minneapolis, MN 55455
 
THE CHALLENGE OF CLASSIFYING ANCIENT FRESHWATER WETLANDS: AN EXAMPLE FROM THE PLIOCENE-PLEISTOCENE GUADIX BASIN (S. SPAIN)
PLA-PUEYO, Sila1, GIERLOWSKI-KORDESCH, Elizabeth H.2, CANDY, Ian1, and VISERAS, César3, (1) Dpt. of Geography, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, Surrey, TW20 0EX, United Kingdom, sila.pla@gmail.com, (2) Geological Sciences, Ohio University, 316 Clippinger Labs, Athens, OH 45701-2979, (3) Dpto. de Estratigrafía y Paleontología, Universidad de Granada, Av. Fuentenueva s/n, Granada, 18002, Spain
 
CHANNEL PLANFORM, GEOMETRY, AND BIOTIC FACTORS OF AN IRREGULAR STREAM IN AN APPALACHIAN MOUNTAIN WETLAND
STINE, Melanie B., Geography, Texas State University - San Marcos, 601 University Drive, San Marcos, TX 78666, ms1789@txstate.edu
 
CLIMATIC VARIABILITY AS A TRIGGER FOR RAPID STATE SHIFTS IN KETTLE ECOSYSTEMS: IMPLICATIONS FOR ECOSYSTEM RESPONSES TO CLIMATE CHANGE
IRELAND, Alex W., Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lehigh University, 1 West Packer Avenue, Bethlehem, PA 18015, awi207@lehigh.edu, BOOTH, Robert K., Earth & Environmental Science, Lehigh University, 31 Williams Drive, Bethlehem, PA 18015, HOTCHKISS, Sara C., Botany Department, University of Wisconsin, 430 Lincoln Drive, Madison, WI 53706, and SCHMITZ, Jennifer, Limnology & Marine Science Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 347 Birge Hall, 430 Lincoln Drive, Madison, WI 53706
 
HOLOCENE WETLAND RECORDS FROM THE MOJAVE DESERT
REHEIS, Marith, U.S. Geological Survey, Box 25046, MS 980, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, mreheis@usgs.gov, PIGATI, Jeffrey, U.S. Geological Survey, MS-980, Federal Center, Box 25046, Denver, CO 80225, BRIGHT, Jordon, Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Gould-SimpsonBuilding #77, 1040 E 4th St, Tucson, AZ 86011, HONKE, Jeffrey, U.S. Geol Survey, Box 25046, MS 980, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, and MCGEEHIN, John P., U.S. Geol Survey, 954 National Center, Reston, VA 20192
 
A GROUNDWATER-FED MEGA WETLAND: A PERENNIAL SOURCE OF WATER FOR HOMININS, UPPER BED II, OLDUVAI GORGE, TANZANIA
ASHLEY, Gail M., Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers Univ, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854-8066, gmashley@rci.rutgers.edu
 
GEOPHYSICS IN STUDYING HYDROGEOLOGICAL PARAMETERS THAT CONTROL CRAYFISH BURROWS DISTRIBUTION IN WETLANDS
HAZZARD, Sarah1, MUTITI, Samuel2, and SKELTON, Chris1, (1) Biological and Environmental Sciences, Georgia College and State University, Milledgeville, GA 31061, sarah.hazzard@bobcats.gcsu.edu, (2) Biological and Enviromental Sciences, Georgia College and State University, Milledgeville, GA 31061
 
THE UNIQUE DEVELOPMENTAL HISTORY OF PATAGONIAN PEATLANDS
LOISEL, Julie, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Lehigh University, 1 West Packer Avenue, Bethlehem, PA 18015-3001, jul208@lehigh.edu and YU, Zicheng, Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Lehigh University, 1 West Packer Avenue, Bethlehem, PA 18015
 
THE EFFECTS OF BEAVER DAMMING ON GROUNDWATER FLOW THROUGH A WETLAND SYSTEM, BEAVER MEADOW, NY
FEINER, Katie, Department of Geology, University at Buffalo, 411 Cooke Hall, Buffalo, NY 14260, kfeiner@buffalo.edu and LOWRY, Christopher, Department of Geology, University at Buffalo, 411 Cooke Hall, Buffalo, NY 14260
 
EVALUATING THE IMPACTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE ON PLAYA FORM AND FUNCTION
BOWEN, Mark W.1, JOHNSON, William C.2, and HERRING, Chelsy A.1, (1) Geography and Urban Planning, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, 800 Algoma Blvd, Sage Hall 4461, Oshkosh, WI 54901, bowenm@uwosh.edu, (2) Dept. of Geography, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, Rm. 213, Lawrence, KS 66045
 
RECONSTRUCTED HYDROLOGICAL CHANGES DURING THE LITTLE ICE AGE, LAKE SOLAI WETLANDS, KENYA
GOMAN, Michelle F., Dept of Geography and Global Studies, Sonoma State University, 1801 East Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, CA 94928, goman@sonoma.edu, ASHLEY, Gail M., Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers Univ, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854-8066, OWEN, R. Bernhart, Dept of Geography, Hong Kong Baptist Univ, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, China, HOVER, Victoria C., Geology, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, PO Box 44530, Lafayette, LA 70504-4530, and MAHARJAN, Dev K., Geoscience, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4010
 
TRACING WETLAND FORMATION BY GEOLOGICAL AND ANTHROPOGENIC FACTORS IN THE MAYA LOWLANDS
LUZZADDER-BEACH, Sheryl1, BEACH, Timothy P.2, GUDERJAN, Thomas H.3, BROKAW, Nicholas V.4, WALLING, Stanley5, DOCTOR, Katarina Z.1, FLOOD, Jonathan M.1, and KRAUSE, Samantha M.6, (1) Geography and Geoinformation Science, George Mason University, 238 Research I, MSN 6C3, 4400 University Drive, Fairfax, VA 22030-4444, slbeach@gmu.edu, (2) Science, Technology, and International Affairs, Georgetown University, 301 ICC, 37th and O Streets, NW, Washington, DC 20057, (3) Sociology-Anthropology, University of Texas-Tyler, 3900 University Blvd, Tyler, TX 75799, (4) Institute for Tropical Ecosystem Studies, University of Puerto Rico-Río Piedras, P.O. Box 70377, San Juan, PR 00936-8377, (5) Department of Social Sciences, Community College of Philadelphia, 1700 Spring Garden Street, Philadelphia, PA 19130, (6) Maya Research Program, 1910 East Southeast Loop 323 #296, Tyler, TX 75701
 
THE PANTANAL WETLANDS - FORM, FUNCTION AND HISTORY
MCGLUE, Michael M., US Geological Survey, Denver, CO 80225, mmcglue@usgs.gov, KUERTEN, Sidney, Universidade Estadual de Mato Grosso do Sul, Jardim MS, 13506-900, Brazil, PAROLIN, Mauro, Faculdade Estadual de Ciências e Letras de Campo Mourão, Campo Mourão PR, 87302-060, Brazil, SILVA, Aguinaldo, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul - Campus do Pantanal, Corumbá MS, 79304-020, Brazil, ZANI, Hiran, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, São José dos Campos SP, 12227-010, Brazil, and ASSINE, Mario L., Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho, Rio Claro SP, 13506-900, Brazil
 
A 200-YEAR RECORD OF REGIME SHIFTS, LAND-USE CHANGE, AND MANAGEMENT FROM A PRAIRIE WETLAND
THEISSEN, Kevin M., Geology, University of St. Thomas, Mail# OWS 153, 2115 Summit Ave, Saint Paul, MN 55105, kmtheissen@stthomas.edu, HOBBS, Will, St. Croix Watershed Research Station, Science Museum of Minnesota, 16910 152nd St. North, Marine-on-St. Croix, MN 55047, HOBBS, Joy M. Ramstack, St. Croix Watershed Research Station, Science Museum of Minnesota, 16910 152nd St. North, Marine on St. Croix, MN 55047, ZIMMER, Kyle, Dept. of Biology, University of St. Thomas, Mail # OWS 390, 2115 Summit Avenue, Saint Paul, MN 55105, DOMINE, Leah M., Biology, University of St. Thomas, 2115 Summit Avenue OWS 390, Saint Paul, MN 55105, COTNER, James B., Dept of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota, 100 Ecology Building, Saint Paul, MN 55108, and SUGITA, Shinya, Tallinn University, Uus-Sadama 5, Tallinn, 10120, Estonia
 
SIMULATING PEATLAND SURFACE MOVEMENT MEASURED USING GPS IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA
REEVE, A.S., Department of Earth Sciences, University of Maine, 5790 Bryand Global Sciences Center, Orono, ME 04469, asreeve@maine.edu, GLASER, Paul H., Geology & Geophysics, University of Minnesota, Pillsbury Hall, Minneapolis, MN 55455, and ROSENBERRY, Donald, U.S. Geological Survey, MS 413,Bldg. 53, Box 25046, Denver, CO 80225
 
RECORD OF CLIMATE CHANGE IN A TROPICAL GROUNDWATER-FED WETLAND, KISIMA NGEDA, EYASI BASIN, TANZANIA
SHILLING, Andrea, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University, 610 Taylor Road, Wright Geological Laboratory, Piscataway, NJ 08854, amshilli@eden.rutgers.edu, ASHLEY, Gail M., Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers Univ, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854-8066, and GOMAN, Michelle F., Dept of Geography and Global Studies, Sonoma State University, 1801 East Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, CA 94928
 
SIGNATURE OF 2008 SPRING FLOOD IN THE LOWER WHITE RIVER FLOODPLAIN, ARKANSAS
BHATTACHARYA, Ruchi, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701, rbhattac@uark.edu, HAUSMANN, Sonja, Geosciences, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701, and HUBENY, J. Bradford, Department of Geological Sciences, Salem State University, 352 Lafayette Street, Salem, MA 01970
 
TOWARDS A PALEO-METHANE FLUX PROXY: COMBINING CARBON AND HYDROGEN ISOTOPE RATIOS OF BIOMARKERS
NICHOLS, Jonathan, Biology and Paleoenvironment, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, 101D Paleomagentics, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, NY 10964, jnichols@ldeo.columbia.edu, ISLES, Peter, Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05401, and PETEET, Dorothy, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, NY 10964
 
EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES OF EVAPOTRANSPIRATION IN SMALL STAND WETLANDS
BEEBE, D. Alex, Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, Clemson University, 340 Brackett Hall, Clemson, SC 29634, donaldb@clemson.edu, CASTLE, James W., Dept. of Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, Clemson University, 340 Brackett Hall, Clemson, SC 29634-0919, and RODGERS, John H. Jr, School of Agricultural, Forest and Environmental Sciences, Clemson University, 261 Lehotsky Hall, Clemson, SC 29634-0317
 
MIOCENE-PLIOCENE TUFAS AND PALUSTRINE LIMESTONES, OPACHE FORMATION, ATACAMA DESERT, CHILE
DE WET, Carol B., Earth and Environment, Franklin and Marshall College, P.O. Box 3003, Lancaster, PA 17604, cdewet@fandm.edu, GODFREY, Linda, Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, and DE WET, Andrew P., Earth & Environment, Franklin & Marshall College, PO Box 3003, Lancaster, PA 17604-3003
 
INVESTIGATING FLOW PATTERNS AND MECHANISMS FOR FREE PHASE GAS VARIABILITY IN A MAINE PEATLAND
BON, C.E.1, REEVE, A.S.2, SLATER, Lee3, COMAS, Xavier4, SCHAFER, Karina V.R.5, and YU, Zhongjie3, (1) Department of Earth Sciences, University of Maine, 5790 Bryand Global Sciences Center, Orono, ME 04473, christiaan.bon@maine.edu, (2) Department of Earth Sciences, University of Maine, 5790 Bryand Global Sciences Center, Orono, ME 04469, (3) Earth & Environmental Sciences, Rutgers University, 101 Warren St, Smith 136, Newark, NJ 07102, (4) Geosciences, Florida Atlantic University, 3200 College Drive, Davie, FL 33314, (5) Biology, Rutgers University, 195 University Ave, Newark, NJ 07102
 
THE EFFECT OF SEDIMENT TRANSPORT AND HYDROLOGIC CONDITIONS ON WETLAND BED MORPHOLOGY
MAHMOUDI, Mehrnoosh, GARCIA, Reinaldo, and MIRALLES-WILHELM, Fernando, Earth and Environment, Florida International University, 11200 SW 8th St, PC # 344, Miami, FL 33199, nmahm001@fiu.edu
 
THE PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF GEOLOGY TO THE MITIGATION AND REGULATION OF ISOLATED WETLANDS
KEYWORTH, Amy J.1, BOLICH, Richard E.2, and KANE, Evan O.2, (1) NC Department of Environment and Natural Resources (NC DENR), Division of Water Quality, 1636 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1636, amy.keyworth@ncdenr.gov, (2) Ncdenr, Division of Water Quality, 1636 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1636
 
CARBON CONTENT OF SEDIMENT IN PIERMONT MARSH, HUDSON RIVER ESTUARY
HAROON, Areej1, CHOWDHURY, Amira1, FENG, Shiying1, FERNANDEZ, Rossibel1, LOPEZ, Cristal1, REYES, Nunny2, and NEWTON, Robert3, (1) The Young Women's Leadership School of East Harlem, 105 east 106th street, New York, NY 10029, i_khan17@hotmail.com, (2) Hunter College, 695 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10065, (3) Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, P. O. Box 1000, Palisades, NY 10964
 
LOCALIZED HABITAT OF FISH AMIDST LIMITED INUNDATION
TORRES, Tiffany1, CHEN, Connie2, CASTELAN, Katherine3, LOPEZ, Anthony4, SANCHEZ, Adonis5, MATZA, Jesse6, MITTIGA, Andrew3, and NEWTON, Robert7, (1) The Young Women's Leadership School of East Harlem, 105 east 106th street, New York, NY 10029, torres.tiffany25@gmail.com, (2) University of Maryland College Park, 7965 Baltimore Avenue College Park, MD 20742, (3) The Young Women's Leadership School of East Harlem, 105 east 106th street, New York City, NY 10029, (4) New York Harbor School, 550 Wheeler Avenue Governors Island, New York City, NY 11231, (5) Curtis High School, 105 Hamilton Avenue, New York, NY 10301, (6) Suffern High School, 49 Viola Road, Suffern, NY 10901, (7) Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, P. O. Box 1000, Palisades, NY 10964
 
A STUDY OF PHYTOPLANKTON ABUNDANCE IN PIERMONT MARSH
MATTHEW, Omari, Colby College, 4000 Mayflower Hill, Waterville, ME 04901, omatthew@colby.edu, LORA, Kayla, The Young Women's Leadership School of Harlem, 105 East 106th Street, New York, NY 10029, PETERS, Ameena, New York Harbor School, 550 Wheeler Avenue Governors Island, New York, NY 11231, DANUSI, Fazoziyat, Curtis High School, 105 Hamilton Avenue, New York, NY 10301, and NEWTON, Robert, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, P. O. Box 1000, Palisades, NY 10964
 
A HIGH-RESOLUTION MULTI-PROXY RECORD OF LATE PLEISTOCENE AND HOLOCENE CLIMATE CHANGE FROM GREAT MARSH, SOUTHEASTERN PA
GRAND PRE, Candace A.1, WALTER, Robert C.1, MERRITTS, Dorothy J.1, MOSER, Amy C.1, BERNHARDT, Christopher2, POTAPOVA, Marina3, and HILGARTNER, WIlliam B.4, (1) Department of Earth and Environment, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA 17603, candace.grandpre@fandm.edu, (2) United States Geological Survey, 926A National Center, Reston, VA 20192, (3) Department of Biodiversity, Earth and Environmental Science, The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19103, (4) Engineering Programs for Professionals, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218
 
THE HISTORICAL PRESENCE OF WILD RICE DEMONSTRATED BY LAKE CORE PHYTOLITHS
REGIER, Margo E., Beloit College, Beloit, WI 53511, regierm@beloit.edu, BENN, Deshawn, Upper Iowa University, Fayette, IA 52142, LUSTECK, Robert, LacCore/ Limnological Research Center, University of Minnesota, 500 Pillsbury Dr. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, HOWES, Thomas, Fond du Lac Reservation Resource Management, 1720 Big Lake Rd, Cloquet, MN 55720, MISQUADACE, Shelden, Cloquet, MN 55720, MYRBO, Amy, LacCore/Limnological Research Center, Newton Horace Winchell School of Earth Sciences, University of Minnesota, 500 Pillsbury Dr SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, and THOMPSON, Robert, Department of Anthropology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455
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