| Week |
Topic |
|
Hydraulics of GW-SW Interaction |
| 1/14 - 1/18 |
Introduction; Groundwater flow and
transport |
| 1/21 - 1/25 |
Flow and transport in surface
water; Effects of groundwater extraction on surface water
Reading:
USGS circular (11 Mb!) |
| 1/28 - 2/1 |
Quantifying and modeling
stream-hyporheic interactions (Ch 1,2 in J&M) (meet on Friday) |
|
Biogeochemistry of GW-SW Interaction |
| 2/4 - 2/8 |
Stream chemistry and riparian zones
(Ch 3 in J&M) Floods and GW-SW
biogeochemistry (Ch 4 in J&M)
Paper discussion leaders: Blair
Stanley (floods), Ellie Pate (stream chem and riparian zones)
|
| 2/11 - 2/15 |
GW and stream ecosystem function
(Ch 5 in J&M) GW and stream
nutrient spiraling (Ch 6 in J&M)
Paper discussion leaders: Megan
Andring (ecosystem function), Brian Cowan (nutrient spiraling)
|
| 2/18 - 2/22 |
Landscape scale effects of GW-SW
interactions on biological patterns (Ch 7 in J&M)
Paper discussion leaders: Eric Hirsch,
Carson Werner
|
|
Nutrient cycles and
GW-SW interactions |
| 2/25 - 2/29 |
Nitrogen (Ch 8 in J&M)
Phosphorus (Ch 9 in J&M)
Paper discussion leaders: Brian Cowan
(Nitrogen), Gabriel Trejo (Nitrogen), Megan Andring (Phosphorus)
|
| 3/3 - 3/7 |
Guest presentations by: Dr. Dean
Hendrickson, Brad Wolaver and MoonSu Kim |
|
3/7 - 3/12
|
Field activity
(tentatively Cuatro Cienegas Mexico) |
|
3/17 - 3/21 |
Paper discussion leader: Megan
Andring (phosphorus in urban streams)
Discuss and compile results of Cuatro
Cienegas trip and plan final report |
|
3/24 - 3/28 |
A review of transient-storage
modeling: focus on the USGS OTIS code
Paper discussion leaders: Aymeric
Peyret, Travis Swanson
Link:
http://co.water.usgs.gov/otis/ |
|
3/31 - 4/4 |
Dissolved organic carbon (Ch 10 in
J&M) Anoxia and anaerobic
phenomena (Ch 11 in J&M)
Paper discussion leaders: Travis
Swanson (DOC), Gabriel Trejo (DOC), Jeffrey Thompson (anoxia) |
|
Ecology of GW-SW interactions |
| 4/7 - 4/11 |
Microbiology of hyporheic zones (Ch
12 in J&M) Meiofauna and macrofauna of
hyporheic zones (Ch 13, 14 in J&M)
Paper discussion leaders:
Carson Werner (meiofauna and macrofauna), Ellie Pate (microbiology) |
| 4/14 - 4/18 |
Macrophytes and gw-sw exchange (Ch
15 in J&M) Surficial biology
(Ch 16 in J&M)
Paper discussion leaders: Shadiyat
Bello (surficial biology), Blair Stanley (macrophytes)
|
| 4/21 - 4/25
|
GW-SW interactions and fish habitat
(supplement) Paper discussion
leaders: Eric Hirsch
|
| 4/28 - 5/2 |
Potential topic: Submarine
groundwater discharge and saltwater intrusion (supplement)
Paper discussion leaders: Aymeric Peyret, Thom Sample
|
Pictures from our spring break field
activity in Cuatro Cienegas, Mexico are posted
here.
The class' final report is available
here.
