Dear colleagues, The next Chesapeake Modeling Symposium will focus on "Interfacing between modeling, management and the public", and will convene in Annapolis, MD, during May 21-22, 2012. We would like to bring to your attention and invite the submission of abstracts to the following Session that addresses Biogeochemical Cycles at Land-Estuarine Interfaces. Please pass this information on to any colleagues you think might be interested.
Abstract submission deadline: 15 March 2012 For more information visit the web site: http://www.chesapeakemeetings.com/CheMS2012/ We look forward to seeing you at the conference! Maria Tzortziou Raleigh R. Hood Patrick J. Neale Kevin Rose Session: Measuring and modeling biogeochemical cycles at land-estuarine interfaces: Current status, needed improvements, and applications to decision making and estuarine resource management. Among our biologically and economically most valuable natural resources, estuaries are hot-spots of biogeochemical exchanges. Due to their location, estuarine systems are also particularly vulnerable to climate variability, coastal urban development, land-use changes and other anthropogenic disturbances. Despite recent advances in modeling biogeochemical cycles in coastal and open ocean waters, a large gap still exists in our ability to accurately model and predict changes in the sources, quality and fate of carbon, nutrients and pollutants in estuarine margin ecosystems. Improved understanding and predictive modeling of biogeochemical processes and exchanges in shallow waters and at the land-estuarine interface is imperative for effective management of estuarine resources and decision-making support. It is also crucial for gaining insights into how future changes will affect estuarine biogeochemical cycles, metabolism and ecosystem functioning, and subsequently the role of wetlands and estuaries in regional and global carbon cycling and atmospheric CO2 control. This session aims to bring together experimentalists, modelers, managers and stakeholders to exchange information and understanding on current ‘state-of-the-art”, missing components, and future directions in integrated observations and modeling of biogeochemical cycles in Chesapeake Bay estuarine margin ecosystems. Highlighted topics include: accounting for non-point sources of carbon and nutrients in management-oriented modeling efforts; effects of photochemistry on estuarine biogeochemical cycles; implications of climate-related, hydrological and land-use changes on terrigenous carbon cycling and CO2 fluxes; integration of enhanced estuarine biogeochemical models in environmental management, vulnerability assessments, and decision support tools. ================================= Maria Tzortziou, PhD ESSIC/University of Maryland College Park NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Code 614, Building 33, Room E415 Greenbelt, MD, 20771 Email: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Tel: 301 614 6048 =================================
