Award Abstract # 1033451
Collaborative research: Greenhouse gas balance of urban temperate wetlands

NSF Org: CBET
Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems
Recipient: OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, THE
Initial Amendment Date: August 18, 2010
Latest Amendment Date: April 23, 2013
Award Number: 1033451
Award Instrument: Continuing Grant
Program Manager: Bruce Hamilton
CBET
 Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems
ENG
 Directorate for Engineering
Start Date: September 1, 2010
End Date: August 31, 2015 (Estimated)
Total Intended Award Amount: $164,696.00
Total Awarded Amount to Date: $185,625.00
Funds Obligated to Date: FY 2010 = $100,237.00
FY 2011 = $59,121.00

FY 2012 = $5,338.00

FY 2013 = $20,929.00
History of Investigator:
  • Gil Bohrer (Principal Investigator)
    bohrer.17@osu.edu
  • William Mitsch (Co-Principal Investigator)
Recipient Sponsored Research Office: Ohio State University
1960 KENNY RD
COLUMBUS
OH  US  43210-1016
(614)688-8735
Sponsor Congressional District: 03
Primary Place of Performance: Ohio State University
1960 KENNY RD
COLUMBUS
OH  US  43210-1016
Primary Place of Performance
Congressional District:
03
Unique Entity Identifier (UEI): DLWBSLWAJWR1
Parent UEI: MN4MDDMN8529
NSF Program(s): EnvS-Environmtl Sustainability
Primary Program Source: 01001011DB NSF RESEARCH & RELATED ACTIVIT
01001112DB NSF RESEARCH & RELATED ACTIVIT

01001213DB NSF RESEARCH & RELATED ACTIVIT

01001314DB NSF RESEARCH & RELATED ACTIVIT
Program Reference Code(s): 016E
Program Element Code(s): 764300
Award Agency Code: 4900
Fund Agency Code: 4900
Assistance Listing Number(s): 47.041

ABSTRACT

The goal of this project is to measure Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions from wetlands and quantify the effects of weather, vegetation structure, and water level dynamics on components of the GHG budget of the wetland systems. To do this a combination of experimental and modeling tasks will be employed. Two distinct urban temperate wetland ecosystems, one in Ohio, a freshwater wetland, and one in New Jersey, a tidal salt marsh, will be studied. Methods combine direct measurements of CO2 and CH4 in the air over the two wetland systems, measurements of CH4 emissions in chambers, and measurements of wetland vegetation structure and ecophysiology in the context of an existing biosphere-atmosphere model. As the two wetlands to be investigated have been constructed or restored, all aspects of ecological engineering will be assessed for their effects on GHG emissions. The data collected in the wetlands will be used to parameterize the GHG emission module in the ecosystem model. This can be used as a planning tool to predict GHG budgets in different climates, wetland designs, and management practices. In addition to two Ph.D. candidates, two undergraduate students participating in the Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) will be trained in climate change science through this project.

Bruce K. Hamilton
6/29/10

PUBLICATIONS PRODUCED AS A RESULT OF THIS RESEARCH

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Batson, Jacqulyn A.; Mander, Uelo; Mitsch, William J. "Denitrification and a Nitrogen Budget of Created Riparian Wetlands" JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY , v.41 , 2012 , p.2024-2032
Bernal, B. and Mitsch, W.J. "Comparing carbon sequestration in temperate freshwater wetland communities" Climate Change Biology , v.18 , 2012 , p.1636
Bernal, B. and W.J. Mitsch "Carbon sequestration in two created riverine wetlands in the Midwestern United States" Journal of Environmental Quality , v.42 , 2013 , p.1236
Bernal, B. and W.J. Mitsch "Comparing carbon sequestration in temperate freshwater wetland communities" Global Change Biology , v.18 , 2012 , p.1636
Bernal, Blanca; Mitsch, William J. "Comparing carbon sequestration in temperate freshwater wetland communities" GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY , v.18 , 2012 , p.1636-1647
Brooker MR, Bohrer G, Mouser PJ. "Variations in potential CH4 flux and CO2 respiration from freshwater wetland sediments that differ by microsite location, depth and temperature" Ecological Engineering , v.in pres , 2014 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2014.05.028
Brooker, M. R., Bohrer, G., Mouser, P.J. "Variations in potential CH4 flux and CO2 respiration from freshwater wetland sediments that differ by microsite location, depth and temperature" Ecological Engineering , v.72 , 2014 , p.84 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2014.05.028
Mitsch, W.J., B. Bernal, A.M. Nahlik, U. Mander, L. Zhang, C.J. Anderson, S.E. Jørgensen, and H. Brix "Wetlands, carbon, and climate change" Landscape Ecology , v.28 , 2013 , p.583
Mitsch, W.J., Cronk, J.K. and L. Zhang "Creating a living laboratory on a college campus for wetland research?The Olentangy River Wetland Research Park, 1991 to 2012 (Editorial)" Ecological Engineering , v.72 , 2014 , p.1 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2014.09.120
Mitsch, W.J., Nedrich, S. M., Harter, S., Anderson, C., Nahlik, A.M. and B. Bernal. "Sedimentation in created freshwater riverine wetlands: A comparison of methods over 15 years in created flow-through wetlands" Ecological Engineering , v.72 , 2014 , p.25 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2014.09.116
Mitsch, W.J., Zhang, L., Waletzko, E. and B. Bernal "Validation of the ecosystem services of created wetlands: Two decades of plant succession, nutrient retention, and carbon sequestration in experimental riverine marshes" Ecological Engineering , v.72 , 2014 , p.11 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2014.09.108
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