Shifts in riverine biofilms induced by WUI-fires and wastewater effluent
The current age is increasingly being described as the pyrocene, where large biogeographic shifts are induced by more intense and frequent ¾«Í¯ÓûÅ®. Concurrently, due in part to the increasing extent of the wildland-urban interface, where people live in close proximity to wildland vegetation, there have been a number of recent ¾«Í¯ÓûÅ® where wildfire has intersected cities and burned homes and other human infrastructure. While it is expected that WUI-fires may generate a different toxicant profile than wildland-fires, the impact of WUI-fires on aquatic systems has been under characterized. This presentation will detail benchtop experiments to determine the effects of WUI-fire ash and wastewater effluent, a common co-occurring anthropogenic input, on microbial community structure.
Presentation by William Johnson, Graduate Student, Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering, ¾«Í¯ÓûÅ® Boulder
Cresten Mansfeldt,ÌýAssistant Professor,ÌýEnvironmental Engineering, ¾«Í¯ÓûÅ® Boulder