Session: Impact of Urbanization on Wetland Soils Oral (includes student competition)

Division: SSSA Division: Urban and Anthropogenic Soils

Title: Impact of Urbanization on Wetland Soils Oral (includes student competition)

Lead Community Sponsor:
Cosponsor: SSSA Division: Wetland Soils
Community Cosponsor:
Format: Oral Topical Session
Keywords: biogeochemical cycles, urbanization and wetlands

Session Description: As a consequence of urbanization, wetlands are subject to increasing pollution from anthropogenic inputs including agriculture and urban surface runoff, land use change, deposition and wastewater inputs amongst many others. How these alterations affect soils processes, including microbial biological productivity, primary production, sediment accretion, as well as soil structure and composition, is not well understood. The aim of this session is to promote a greater understanding of anthropogenic impacts on wetland biogeochemical processes, and ultimately to provide essential information to the public and policy makers in the context of economically relevant and pressing environmental issues.