456 Urban Soils: Functions, Evolution, and Services

Oral Session
SSSA Division: Urban and Anthropogenic Soils
Soils provide a set of primary functions of utmost importance in the urban ecosystems. However, the knowledge about urban soils is still fragmentary and rarely taken into account in describing the functioning and management of urban ecosystems. The goal of this session is to present our current state of understanding about the diversity, functioning, and evolution of urban soils and highlight their role as service providers in the cities in the context of global change (e.g. biomass production, climate regulation, water quality, biodiversity). This session is proposed in the frame of the working group SUITMA (Soils in Urban, Industrial, Traffic, Mining and Military Areas) of the International Union of Soil Science (IUSS), which was created in 1998 to increase soil science research and influence in urban and more generally strongly anthropized areas.
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Urban and Anthropogenic Soils

Wednesday, November 5, 2014: 10:35 AM-2:30 PM
Long Beach Convention Center, Room 102C

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Organizers:
Jean Louis Morel and Gurpal S Toor
Presider:
Jean Louis Morel
10:35 AM
Introductory Remarks
10:40 AM
Ecosystem Services Provided By Soils of Urban, Industrial, Traffic, Mining and Military Areas (SUITMAs).
Jean-Louis Morel, University of Lorraine - INRA; Claire Chenu, AgroParisTech; Klaus Lorenz, The Ohio State University
11:00 AM
Ecosystem Carbon Storage Along a 100-Year Chronosequence of Suburban Households.
Jennifer Y. King, University of California-Santa Barbara; Cinzia Fissore, Whittier College; Joseph P. McFadden, University of California; Sarah E. Hobbie, University of Minnesota
11:20 AM
Development of an Infiltration Index and Its Application to Site Assessment in the Piedmont Region of the Southeastern USA.
Amanda Mae Liesch, North Carolina State University; Josh Heitman, North Carolina State University; Aziz Amoozegar, North Carolina State University; David L. Lindbo, North Carolina State University; Helena Mitasova, North Carolina State University
11:40 AM
Dynamic Soil Properties of Urban Soils in New York City.
Hermine Huot, City University of New York - Brooklyn College; Roxanne Walker, City University of New York - Brooklyn College; Richard K Shaw, USDA-National Resources Conservation Service; Michael A Wilson, USDA-National Resources Conservation Service; Theodore R Muth, City University of New York - Brooklyn College; Zhongqi Cheng, City University of New York - Brooklyn College
12:00 PM
Break
12:50 PM
A 1:12,000 Scale Soil Survey of New York City.
Richard Shaw, USDA-NRCS; Jacob Isleib, USDA-NRCS; Olga Vargas, USDA-NRCS; Donald Parizek, USDA-NRCS; Edwin Muniz, USDA-NRCS; Michael A Wilson, USDA-National Resources Conservation Service; Zhongqi Cheng, City University of New York - Brooklyn College; Hermine Huot, CUNY-City University of New York
1:10 PM
Soil Microbial Diversity in Urban Environments: Preliminary Results from New York City Soils.
Alonso J Cordoba, City University of New York - Brooklyn College; Zhongqi Cheng, City University of New York - Brooklyn College; Richard K Shaw, USDA-National Resources Conservation Service; Michael A Wilson, USDA-National Resources Conservation Service; Hermine Huot, City University of New York - Brooklyn College; Theodore R Muth, City University of New York - Brooklyn College
1:50 PM
Effect of Some Common Anthropogenic Activities on the Urban Soils of a'seeb Oman.
Baby Shaharoona, Sultan Qaboos University; Said AL-Ismaily, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman; Ruqaiya Al Kindi, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman; Ahmed Al Mayahi, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman; Nadhira Al Harrasi, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman; Abdullah Al Sulaimi, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman; Hamed AL-Busaidi, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman
2:10 PM
The Use of Biosolid Amendments to Promote the Establishment and Persistence of Perennial Grasses Along Rhode Island Highways.
Edwin Fava, University of Rhode Island; Jose A Amador, University of Rhode Island; Rebecca N. Brown, University of Rhode Island; Angela Possinger, Cornell University
2:30 PM
Adjourn