Hydrological Regulation of Stream DOC in Northern Catchments
1th - 15th April 2010, Vindeln, Sweden
This workshop focussed on hydro-climatic variability and biogeochemistry in northern catchments comprising sensitive boreal, subartic and sub-alpine environments in context of a changing climate. Such inter-site comparison might help to gain a comprehensive, interdisciplinary and regional understanding of recent effects of climate change. A major goal of this workshop was to try and understand how catchment DOC is being affected by any climatic and hydrological change. Discussion from the workshop highlighted the importance of climatic, catchment characteristics and hydrological dynamics in controlling DOC response from over 10 experimental watersheds. In addition, a number of unifying concepts were identified as a basis for integrating hydro-climatic and biogeochemical functioning in catchments. Such concepts are storage, flux, age, antecedent conditions, connectivity and memory of catchments.
Programme
Introduction
- Doerthe Tetzlaff: Introduction to the North-Watch International Network
- Hjalmar Laudon: Hydrological regulation of stream DOC in northern catchments
- Sean Carey: Hydro-climatic differences of the North-Watch experimental sites.
Invited speaker presentations
- Kevin Bishop: Following flow-pathways back to the fountain of DOC: Does it lead us to an ultimate, exhaustible source - or just more plumbing
- Heleen de Wit: Regulation of DOC by climate and atmospheric deposition on various temporal scales - Use of long-term data records from headwater catchments
- Pirkko Kortelainen: DOC pathways from boreal headwater catchments downstream to the coast along variable land use cover. Click here for References
- Martyn Futter: Dissolved organic matter dynamics in the boreal landscape mosaic: insights from Canada and Fennoscandia
- Jamie Shanley: Pattern and process of DOC and DOC quality in forested landscapes
Synthesis
- Chris Soulsby: Workshop II synthesis
Workshop Attendees
Workshop attendees - (left-right): Hjalmar Laudon, Jim Buttle, Chris Soulsby, Prikko Kortelainen,
Heleen de Wit, Jamie Shanley, Doerthe Tetzlaff, Jan Seibert, Martyn Futter, Kevin Bishop.
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