GSA Annual Meeting in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA - 2018

Session No. 134
Monday, 5 November 2018: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 133 (Indiana Convention Center)

T103. Springs: Groundwater-Influenced Ecosystems, Gaining Streams, and Wetlands

GSA Hydrogeology Division; GSA Karst Division; GSA Geobiology & Geomicrobiology Division; GSA Limnogeology Division

 

Abraham E. Springer, Susan Swanson and Brad David Wolaver, Advocates
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Start Time
1:30 PM
HOW HAS CLIMATE CHANGE ALTERED NETWORK CONNECTIVITY IN A MOUNTAIN STREAM NETWORK?
WARD, Adam S., School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, SCHMADEL, Noah, U.S. Geological Survey, National Center, Reston, VA 20192, WONDZELL, Steven M., Pacific Northwest Research Station, U.S. Forest Service, 3625 93rd SW, Olympia, WA 98512 and JOHNSON, Sherri, U.S. Forest Service, Corvallis, OR
1:45 PM
LIFE IN THE RAIN SHADOW: UNDERSTANDING SOURCES OF RECHARGE AND GROUNDWATER FLOWPATHS TO GROUNDWATER DEPENDENT ECOSYSTEMS IN THE PANAMINT RANGE, DEATH VALLEY, CALIFORNIA, USA
GLEASON, Carolyn L.1, FRISBEE, Marty D.1, MEYERS, Zachary P.1, RADEMACHER, Laura2, PORDEL, Khaled3, FRIEL, Ariel D.4, HEDLUND, Brian P.4 and SADA, Donald W.5, (1)Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Purdue University, 550 Stadium Mall Drive, West Lafayette, IN 47907, (2)Dept of Geological & Environmental Sciences, University of the Pacific, 3601 Pacific Avenue, Stockton, CA 95211, (3)Natural Resource and Environmental Science, University of Nevada Reno, 1664 N. Virginia Street, Fleischmann Agriculture, Room 217, Reno, NV 89557, (4)School of Life Sciences and Nevada Institute of Personalized Medicine, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4004, (5)Division of Hydrologic Sciences, Desert Research Institute, 2215 Raggio Pkwy, Reno, NV 89512-1095
2:00 PM
INTEGRATING HYDROGEOLOGY AND AQUATIC ECOLOGY: EVIDENCE THROUGH THE STRUCTURE OF BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATE COMMUNITIES AND WATER GEOCHEMISTRY IN THE OWENS VALLEY, CA
PORDEL, Khaled1, SADA, Donald W.2, UMEK, John2, MEYERS, Zachary P.3, FRISBEE, Marty D.3, WARIX, Sara R.4 and RADEMACHER, Laura K.5, (1)Natural Resource and Environmental Science, University of Nevada Reno, 1664 N. Virginia Street, Fleischmann Agriculture, Room 217, Reno, NV 89557, (2)Division of Hydrologic Sciences, Desert Research Institute, 2215 Raggio Pkwy, Reno, NV 89512-1095, (3)Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Purdue University, 550 Stadium Mall Drive, West Lafayette, IN 47907, (4)School of Life Sciences and Nevada Institute of Personalized Medicine, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4004, (5)Dept of Geological and Environmental Sciences, University of the Pacific, 3601 Pacific Avenue, Stockton, CA 95211
2:15 PM
OLD GROUNDWATER SUSTAINS GROUNDWATER-DEPENDENT VEGETATION DURING THE 2011-2017 CALIFORNIA DROUGHT
MEYERS, Zachary P.1, FRISBEE, Marty D.1, RADEMACHER, Laura K.2 and STEWART-MADDOX, Noah S.3, (1)Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Purdue University, 550 Stadium Mall Drive, West Lafayette, IN 47907, (2)Dept of Geological and Environmental Sciences, University of the Pacific, 3601 Pacific Avenue, Stockton, CA 95211, (3)Idaho Water Resources Research Institute, 322 East Front Street, Boise, ID 83702
2:30 PM
MICROBIAL DIVERSITY AND COMMUNITY STRUCTURE OF DESERT SPRINGS ACROSS HYDROGEOCHEMICAL GRADIENTS IN THE SOUTHERN HYDROGRAPHIC GREAT BASIN
FRIEL, Ariel D.1, MEYERS, Zachary P.2, GLEASON, Carolyn2, WARIX, Sara R.3, SEYMOUR, Cale O.1, FRISBEE, Marty D.2, RADEMACHER, Laura K.4 and HEDLUND, Brian P.5, (1)School of Life Sciences, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4004, (2)Purdue University, Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, 550 Stadium Mall Drive, West Lafayette, IN 47907, (3)Department of Geosciences, Idaho State University, 921 S. 8th Avenue, Pocatello, ID 83209, (4)Dept of Geological & Environmental Sciences, University of the Pacific, 3601 Pacific Avenue, Stockton, CA 95211, (5)School of Life Sciences, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4004; Nevada Institute of Personalized Medicine, Las Vegas, NV 89154
2:45 PM
SCALED AND ECOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES FOR GROUNDWATER SURFACE WATER INTERACTIONS IN TWO NORTH AMERICAN DESERTS (Invited Presentation)
SADA, Donald W.1, PORDEL, Khaled2 and UMEK, John1, (1)Division of Hydrologic Sciences, Desert Research Institute, 2215 Raggio Pkwy, Reno, NV 89512-1095, (2)Natural Resource and Environmental Science, University of Nevada Reno, 1664 N. Virginia Street, Fleischmann Agriculture, Room 217, Reno, NV 89557
 
3:05 PM
Break
3:20 PM
CLASSIFYING SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT TYPES OF SPRINGS ECOSYSTEMS WITH PHYSICAL, BIOLOGICAL, AND ANTHROPOGENIC-IMPACT INVENTORY DATA IN THE GRAND CANYON ECOREGION
SPRINGER, Abraham E., School of Earth and Sustainability, Northern Arizona University, NAU Box 4099, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, SINCLAIR, David, School of Earth Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, Northern Arizona University, NAU Box 4099, Flagstaff, AZ 86011 and STEVENS, Lawrence E., Springs Stewardship Institute, Museum of Northern Arizona, 3100 N Ft Valley Rd, Flagstaff, AZ 86001
3:35 PM
LINKING HYDROGEOLOGY AND ECOLOGY USING REFERENCE SPRINGS IN WISCONSIN
GRAHAM, Grace1, SWANSON, Susan2 and HART, Dave1, (1)Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey, University of Wisconsin-Extension, Madison, WI 53705, (2)Beloit College, Beloit, WI 53511
3:50 PM
HYDROLOGIC MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT OF GROUNDWATER-FED WETLANDS IN THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS
WILCOX, Jeffrey D., Department of Environmental Studies, University of North Carolina Asheville, One University Heights, CPO #2330, Asheville, NC 28804 and REID, Rebekah, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Asheville Ecological Services Field Office, 160 Zilicoa St., Asheville, NC 28801
4:05 PM
IMPACTS OF THE GEOMETRY & CLIMATIC SENSITIVITY OF BRINE-TO-FRESHWATER INTERFACES ON GROUNDWATER-FED WETLANDS IN ARID BASINS
MCKNIGHT, Sarah, Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 627 North Pleasant St, 233 Morrill Science Center, Amherst, MA 01002, MA 01002, BOUTT, David F., Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts, Morrill Science Center, 611 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01003 and MUNK, LeeAnn, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Alaska, 3101 Science Circle, Anchorage, AK 99508
4:20 PM
TRACE ELEMENT SALINIZATION OF THE JEMEZ RIVER, NEW MEXICO: GEOTHERMAL SPRING AND MAJOR TRIBUTARY INPUTS
GOLLA, Jon K., CROSSEY, Laura J., KARLSTROM, Karl E. and ALI, Abdul-Mehdi S., Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131
4:35 PM
WATER DEVELOPMENT WITHIN SMALL HIGH/EXCEPTIONAL QUALITY WATERSHEDS: NOT ROUTINE
PARIZEK, Richard R., Department of Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, PARIZEK, Katarin A., Richard R. Parizek and Associates, 751 McKee Street, State College, PA 16803 and PARIZEK, Byron R., Mathematics and Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University, DuBois, PA 15801
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