Dear colleagues, Please consider submitting an abstract to a multidisciplinary session connecting riverine geomorphology and ecology at the AGU Fall Meeting (San Francisco, December 13-17).
H87: Non-equilibrium Drivers in Mediterranean Climate River and Riparian Ecosystems The session addresses impacts and threats to the ecology and physical functioning of semi-arid and Mediterranean river systems globally. Confirmed speakers include: Matt Kondolf (Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning, UC Berkeley) Juliet Stromberg (School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University) Cliff Hupp (USGS) Francisca Aguiar (School of Agriculture, Technical University of Lisbon) Abstracts are due Sept. 2, 2010. More information can be found at http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm10/program/abstract_submissions.php Please forward this link to anyone whom you think might be interested. Session Description: Riverine/riparian ecosystems in Mediterranean climate regions face pressure from non-equilibrium physical drivers such as climate change, flow regulation and land use. Research to date on hydrological, geomorphological and ecological change in these semi-arid environments has revealed key gaps in our knowledge, particularly on the interdependence of physical processes with ecological communities. We solicit papers that examine actual or potential climatological and human causes of change in Mediterranean-climate river ecosystems, including hydrology, sediment regimes, and ecosystem response. Papers that examine vegetation/hydrogeomorphic influences and their feedbacks are particularly welcome. Conveners: John Stella (SUNY Syracuse, Environmental Science and Forestry, [email protected]) Jacob Bendix (Syracuse University, [email protected]) Hervé Piégay (National Centre for Scientific Research, [email protected]) Peter Downs (University of Plymouth, [email protected])
