Dear colleagues, We would like to invite you to submit an abstract to our 2018 AGU session on the effects of watershed and stream restoration. We welcome empirical studies focusing on a wide range of interventions used to mitigate the effects of land use change, including stream restoration, storm water management (green infrastructure or LID), and agricultural management practices.
*Link*: https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm18/prelim.cgi/Session/51583 *Abstract:* Disturbances associated with urbanization, agriculture, and extraction industries are known to profoundly affect the distribution, abundance, and diversity of aquatic organisms (vegetation, macroinvertebrates, or fish). These disturbances affect habitat conditions in the aquatic environment, including geomorphology (channel form, sediment composition and mobility, substrate permeability), hydrology (flow regime, spatial patterns in flow characteristics), and water quality (temperature and dissolved oxygen), complicating efforts for ecosystem restoration. Successful river and watershed restoration requires identification of the key habitat conditions limiting ecological response and the implementation of appropriate restoration designs. This session welcomes presentations that link stream and watershed restoration design to habitat conditions and their ecological outcomes. We encourage studies that employ novel approaches to habitat assessment and ecological monitoring, and multi-stressor studies investigating factors driving changes in aquatic communities in degraded stream ecosystems. Thanks for your interest and we hope to see you in December! Rosemary Fanelli (USGS) Matthew Cashman (USGS) Karen Prestegaard (University of Maryland) Robert Grabowski (Cranfield University)
