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2015 GSA Annual Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland, USA (1-4 November 2015)

Session No. 54
Sunday, 1 November 2015: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 308 (Baltimore Convention Center)

T29. Restoring the Nation’s Largest Estuary: Lessons Learned from Efforts to Address Changes in Water Quality and Ecosystem Structure and Function within the Context of Landscape Change and Climate Variability in the Chesapeake Bay and Its Watershed

GSA Geology and Society Division; GSA Hydrogeology Division; GSA Environmental and Engineering Geology Division; GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division
Christopher P. Carlson, Scott W. Phillips, Joel D. Blomquist, Lewis C. Linker and William C. Dennison, Session Chairs
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Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
54-1
1:40 PM
NEW INSIGHTS IN RESTORING THE NATION’S LARGEST ESTUARY: SCIENCE-BASED EVIDENCE FOR WATER-QUALITY IMPROVEMENTS, CHALLENGES, AND OPPORTUNITIES IN THE CHESAPEAKE BAY ECOSYSTEM
PHILLIPS, Scott W., US Geological Survey, 5522 Research Park Drive, Baltimore, MD 21228 and DENNISON, William C., University of Maryland, Center for Environmental Science, P.O. Box 775, Cambridge, MD 21613, swphilli@usgs.gov
54-2
1:55 PM
FORESTS AND WATER POLICIES IN THE CHESAPEAKE:  WHERE WE STAND AND FUTURE PLANS
CLAGGETT, Sally, USFS, Chesapeake Bay Program, 410 Severn Ave, Ste 112, Annapolis, MD 21403, sclaggett@fs.fed.us
54-3
2:10 PM
COMPARING OBSERVED CHANGES IN NUTRIENT AND SEDIMENT FLUX TO CHESAPEAKE TRIBUTARIES WITH PROCESS-BASED MODEL PREDICTIONS
BLOMQUIST, Joel D., US Geological Survey, 5522 Research Park Drive, Baltimore, MD 21228, MOYER, Douglas L., U.S. Geological Survey, Virginia Water Science Center, 1730 East Parham Road, Richmond, VA 23228, KEISMAN, Jennifer L.D., USGS, Baltimore, United States, MD 20228, SEKELLICK, Andrew J., USGS, 5522 Research Park Drive, Baltimore, MD 21228 and SWEENEY, Jeff, USEPA, Chesapeake Bay Program Office, 410 Severn Ave, Annapolis, MD 21403; USEPA, Chesapeake Bay Program Office, 410 Severn Ave, Annapolis, jdblomqu@usgs.gov
54-4
2:25 PM
COMPARING NUTRIENT INPUTS, LAND USE CHANGES, AND IMPLEMENTATION OF BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES ACROSS SPACE AND TIME HELPS EXPLAIN CHANGES IN NUTRIENT LOADS TO CHESAPEAKE BAY
KEISMAN, Jennifer L.D., USGS, Baltimore, United States, MD 20228, BLOMQUIST, Joel D., US Geological Survey, 5522 Research Park Drive, Baltimore, MD 21228, DEVEREUX, Olivia, Devereux Environmental Consulting, Silver Spring, MD 20901, JOHNSTON, Matthew, University of Maryland, Annapolis, MD 21403, LAMOTTE, Andrew, U.S. Geological Survey, Baltimore, MD 21228, SEKELLICK, Andrew J., USGS, 5522 Research Park Drive, Baltimore, MD 21228 and SWEENEY, Jeff, USEPA, Chesapeake Bay Program Office, 410 Severn Ave, Annapolis, MD 21403, jkeisman@usgs.gov
54-5
2:40 PM
IMPROVED UNDERSTANDING OF NITROGEN FATE AND TRANSPORT IN SUPPORT OF EXPLAINING WATER-QUALITY TRENDS IN THE CHESAPEAKE BAY WATERSHED
ATOR, Scott W., U.S. Geological Survey, MD-DE-DC Water Science Center, 5522 Research Park Drive, Baltimore, MD 21228 and GARCIA, Ana Maria, U.S. Geological Survey, North Carolina Water Science Center, 3916 Sunset Ridge Road, Raleigh, NC 27607, swator@usgs.gov
54-6
2:55 PM
LONG-TERM EXPORT OF NITROGEN, PHOSPHORUS, AND SEDIMENT IN THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER BASIN: ANALYSIS OF DECADAL-SCALE TRENDS AND SUB-BASIN MASS BALANCES
ZHANG, Qian, Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218, BALL, William P., Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218; Chesapeake Research Consortium, 645 Contees Wharf Road, Edgewater, MD 21037 and MOYER, Douglas L., U.S. Geological Survey, Virginia Water Science Center, 1730 East Parham Road, Richmond, VA 23228, qzhang19@jhu.edu
54-7
3:10 PM
SEDIMENT TRANSPORT AND CAPACITY CHANGE IN THREE RESERVOIRS, LOWER SUSQUEHANNA RIVER BASIN, PENNSYLVANIA AND MARYLAND 1900–2012
LANGLAND, Michael, US Geological Survey, 215 Limekiln Rd, New Cumberland, PA 17070, langland@usgs.gov
54-8
3:25 PM
TOWARDS UNDERSTANDING AND PREDICTING SUSPENDED SEDIMENT LAG TIMES IN THE CHESAPEAKE BAY WATERSHED
PIZZUTO, James1, SKALAK, Katherine2, MAHAN, Shannon A.3, KEELER, Jeremy4, KARWAN, Diana5 and BENTHEM, Adam2, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Delaware, 255 Academy St, Newark, DE 19716-2544, (2)U.S. Geological Survey, National Research Program, 430 National Center, Reston, VA 20192, (3)U.S. Geological Survey, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, (4)Dept. of Geological Sciences, University of Delaware, 255 Academy Street, Newark, DE 19716, (5)Dept. of Forest Hydrology and Watershed Management, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108, pizzuto@udel.edu
54-9
3:40 PM
QUANTIFYING SEDIMENT TRANSPORT PROCESSES, RATES, AND STORAGE IN CHESAPEAKE BAY WATERSHEDS
SKALAK, Katherine1, NOE, Gregory B.2, HUPP, Cliff R.2, BENTHEM, Adam1, PIZZUTO, James3 and KARWAN, Diana4, (1)U.S. Geological Survey, National Research Program, 430 National Center, Reston, VA 20192, (2)U.S. Geological Survey, 430 National Center, Reston, VA 20192, (3)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Delaware, 255 Academy St, Newark, DE 19716-2544, (4)Dept. of Forest Hydrology and Watershed Management, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108, kskalak@usgs.gov
54-10
3:55 PM
CHESAPEAKE BAY CLIMATE EXTREMES AND VARIABILITY: A RECENT PAST, PRESENT, AND NEAR FUTURE ANALYSIS
POHL, Kari1, COLES, Victoria2, HOOD, Raleigh2, ALLEN, Jenny3 and WOOD, Bob4, (1)Center for Environmental Science, University of Maryland, 2020 Horns Point Road, Cambridge, MD 21613, (2)Center for Environmental Science, University of Maryland, Cambridge, MD 21613, (3)Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve-Maryland, Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Annapolis, MD 21401, (4)NOS/NCCOS, NOAA, Oxford, MD 21654, kpohl@gso.uri.edu
54-11
4:10 PM
ANALYSIS OF LONG-TERM HYDROLOGIC RECORDS IN CHESAPEAKE BAY WATERSHED
RICE, Karen C., USGS and University of Virginia, Department of Environmental Sciences, P.O. Box 400123, Charlottesville, VA 22904 and MOYER, Douglas L., U.S. Geological Survey, Virginia Water Science Center, 1730 East Parham Road, Richmond, VA 23228, kcrice@usgs.gov
54-12
4:25 PM
MODELING THERMAL EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE FROM LANDFORM PREDICTORS OF GROUNDWATER INFLUENCE IN CHESAPEAKE BAY HEADWATER STREAMS
JOHNSON, Zachary C., HITT, Nathaniel P. and SNYDER, Craig D., USGS, Leetown Science Center, 11649 Leetown Road, Kearneysville, WV 25430, zjohnson@usgs.gov
54-13
4:40 PM
MADE CLEAR ICCE COMMUNITY PROJECT: INCREASING CAPACITY IN THE CHESAPEAKE BAY AND ITS WATERSHED THROUGH REGIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE WORKSHOPS
COLLARD, Laura Johnson, Maryland Association for Environmental and Outdoor Education, 7761 Waterloo Rd, Jessup, MD 20794, LITTLE, Samuel, Parks & People Foundation, 800 Wyman Park Drive, Suite 010, Baltimore, MD 21211 and HARCOURT, Patrica, Made Clear, UMCES, Baltimore, MD 21532, director@maeoe.org
54-14
4:55 PM
DEVELOPING A GLOBAL NETWORK OF MONITORING SCIENTISTS
DENNISON, William C., University of Maryland, Center for Environmental Science, P.O. Box 775, Cambridge, MD 21613, PHILLIPS, Scott W., US Geological Survey, 5522 Research Park Drive, Baltimore, MD 21228 and KELSEY, Heath, Integration and Application Network, Univ. of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, PO Box 775, 202 Horn Point Rd., Cambridge, MD 21613, dennison@umces.edu
54-15
5:10 PM
SUCCESSES & CHALLENGES IN CHESAPEAKE BAY SCIENCE COMMUNICATIONS
ENLOE, Margaret, Chesapeake Bay Program, 410 Severn Avenue, Communications Office, Annapolis, MD 21403; Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, 501 6th St., Annapolis, MD 21403, menloe@chesapeakebay.net
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