Member Since 2006
Nandita B. Basu
Professor and Canada Research Chair in Global Water Sustainability and Ecohydrology, University of Waterloo
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Nitrogen legacies and water quality implications in intensive agricultural areas: A Mississippi River Basin case study
ONLINE POSTER SESSION FOR HYDROLOGY I
hydrology | 22 january 2024
IDHAYACHANDHIRAN ILAMPOORANAN, Kimberly J. Van Met...
Intensive agriculture and land-use changes across the Mississippi River Basin (MRB) have degraded the soil and water resources over the last century. ...
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Wildfire alters stream nutrient concentration-discharge relationships
FIRE IMPACTS ON WATERSHED HYDROLOGY, BIOGEOCHEMISTRY, AND BIODIVERSITY I POSTER
global environmental change | 14 december 2023
Tyler B. Hampton, Ashley Rust, Samuel Saxe, Terri ...
Numerous studies have documented changes to both flow and water quality regimes in streams following wildfires. Fewer studies have shown how water qua...
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Science for Water Solutions
WITHERSPOON LECTURE
hydrology | 14 december 2023
Nandita B. Basu
Over the last decade, the world has witnessed a sharp increase in water-related environmental challenges - from increasing intensity of floods, drough...
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Past trajectories and future horizons of water quality in the Chesapeake Bay reservoir systems
ADVANCEMENTS IN WATERSHED MODELING TO SUPPORT WATER MANAGEMENT IV ORAL
hydrology | 14 december 2023
Shuyu Y. Chang, Qian Zhang, Nandita B. Basu, Kimbe...
Human-made dams and reservoirs have been practiced for millennia, playing vital roles in irrigation, flooding control, hydroelectric power generation,...
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Disconnectivity matters: Small ephemeral wetlands are hotspots of landscape-scale nutrient retention
FRONTIERS IN WATER QUALITY I POSTER
hydrology | 13 december 2023
Frederick Y. Cheng, Junehyeong Park, Mukesh Kumar,...
Wetlands protect downstream waters by filtering excess nitrogen (N) generated from agricultural and urban activities. Many small ephemeral wetlands, a...
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Sustainable Phosphorus: Balancing Food Security and Ecosystem Health
MULTISECTOR DYNAMICS: ENERGY-WATER-LAND INTERACTIONS AT MULTIPLE SCALES II POSTER
global environmental change | 13 december 2023
Danyka K. Byrnes, Shuyu Y. Chang, Nandita B. Basu,...
Phosphorus (P) is a critical nutrient for food production. After its discovery by an alchemist in the 17th century, scientists began to be aware of th...
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Beyond flood control: Assessment of nutrient retention in urban stormwater best management practices
URBAN HYDROLOGY AND WATER QUALITY: TOWARD SUSTAINABLE URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT AND GOVERNANCE II POSTER
hydrology | 13 december 2023
Emily Ury, Frederick Y. Cheng, Ruchi Bhattacharya,...
The retention of nutrients and other pollutants is an added benefit of urban stormwater Best Management Practices (BMPs). Though nutrient retention in...
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Using Remote Sensing to Quantify Wetland Restoration Potential in the Prairie Pothole Region
WETLANDS TO WETLANDSCAPES: ROLE OF WETLANDS TO ENHANCE WATERSHED SERVICES I ORAL
hydrology | 13 december 2023
Tyler B. Hampton, Emma Cheriegate, Timothy Frankst...
The Prairie Pothole Region (PPR), which spans an area of approximately 700,000 km2 across the USA and Canada, has experienced dramatic historical and ...
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