The Catchment Science: Interactions of Hydrology, Biology & Geochemistry Gordon Research Conference will be held in conjunction with the Catchment Science: Interactions of Hydrology, Biology & Geochemistry Gordon Research Seminar. Those interested in attending both meetings must submit an application for the GRS in addition to an application for the GRC. Please refer to the Catchment Science: Interactions of Hydrology, Biology & Geochemistry GRS web page for more information.
Observing, predicting, and understanding the consequences and feedbacks of environmental thresholds are crucial for predicting future changes in catchment systems across interacting hydrological, biological and geochemical processes. This GRC will focus on new research, including thresholds, early warning indicators, and resilience using long-term data, experimental studies, theory, and modeling approaches to study the behavior of catchments systems under changing conditions such as climate variability or land use/cover changes.
The topics and speakers for the conference sessions are displayed below (italics denote discussion leaders). The Conference Chair is currently developing their detailed program, which will include the complete meeting schedule, as well as the talk titles for all speakers. The detailed program will be available by February 14, 2015. Please check back for updates.
- Thresholds in Time and Space: Exploring at the Big Picture (Erika Marin-Spiotta, John Stoddard / Irena Creed)
- Conceptual Frameworks: Are Thresholds and Resilience Useful Frameworks for Understanding Catchment Behavior? (Vazken Andreassian, Patricia Soranno / Kathryn Cottingham / Brian McGlynn / Tim Peterson / Richard Pouyat)
- Dynamical Thresholds in Water Quality (Vazken Andreassian, Patricia Soranno / James Kirchner)
- Observations: What's To Be Learned from Catchment Experiments and Models? (Gary Lovett, Ilja van Meerveld / Christine Alewell / Louise Bracken)
- Where Observations Fall Short (Gary Lovett, Ilja van Meerveld / Emily Stanley)
- Predicting Thresholds Under the Wings of Change (Stacey Archfield, Daniele Penna / Jill Baron / Markus Hrachowitz / Hilary McMillan / Stefan Gerber)
- Is It Possible to Predict Surprises? (Stacey Archfield, Daniele Penna / Michael Pace)
- From Vertical to Horizontal Frontiers: Exploring Resilience and Elasticity in Catchments (Diane McKnight, Tom Harmon / Jan Fleckenstein / Alberto Montanari / Stephen Sebestyen / Beverley Wemple)
- Frontiers in Time and Space: Practical Applications of Thresholds (Diane McKnight, Tom Harmon / Jennifer Tank)