Dear Isogeochemers;

        If you are working in the field of riverine / terrestrial-riverine
carbon or nutrient cycling please consider submitting an abstract to
our special session. Isotope studies are especially welcome. New
Orleans in the spring should be a nice change of pace from most
locations.
Cheers;
Jay Brandes
Marine Sciences Institute
The University of Texas at Austin

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and

Michael McClain
Department of Environmental Studies
Florida International University

Tracers of organic matter cycling in river systems
225th ACS International Meeting
New Orleans, Louisiana
March 23-27, 2003.


ABSTRACT SUBMISSION
 From mid-September, 2002 to November 22, 2002 at http://oasys.acs.org/

Session information:
Rivers have many roles in global carbon and elemental cycles- as
transport
mechanisms for terrestrial matter, bioreactors, and ecosystems. Rivers
deliver the bulk of  terrestrial organic carbon to the oceans.
Transport of
pollutants, nutrients and other materials by rivers can create problems
in
regions far removed from sources. The river ecosystems themselves can
have
important economic, social and ecological impacts upon the communities
that
live near them. Studies examining the origins, cycling and transport of
carbon and related elements in River and other freshwater systems are
welcomed. Examples include, but are not limited to: Anthropogenic
influences
on Carbon inputs to river systems, dissolved organic matter cycling in
freshwaters, Fates of riverine material in nearshore environments and
transfer of carbon from terrestrial environments to streams and rivers.

MEETING INFORMATION
http://www.chemistry.org/meetings/neworleans2003
http://www.acs.org