Friday, August 10, 2007: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
J3, San Jose McEnery Convention Center
COS 144 - Detritus and decomposition
8:00 AMCOS 144-1Resource quality in a soil food web: Is nitrogen or labile carbon more important for soil nematodes?
Justin L. Bastow, University of California, Davis
8:20 AMCOS 144-2Chemical quality of litter as a driver of detrital community assemblage in mineral soil
Yolima Carrillo, University of Georgia, Becky Ball, University of Georgia, Carl Jordan, University of Georgia, Marirosa Molina, ERD, EPA
8:40 AMCOS 144-3Effects of solar radiation on litter decomposition in semi-arid grasslands: More to the ultraviolet than meets the eye?
Amy T. Austin, University of Buenos Aires, Carlos L. Ballare, University of Buenos Aires
9:00 AMCOS 144-4Interactions between photodegradation and litter thickness in a California annual grassland
Hugh A. L. Henry, University of Western Ontario, Kathleen Brizgys, Carnegie Institution, Christopher B. Field, Carnegie Institution
9:20 AMCOS 144-5Plant biochemistry and microbial community composition interactions determine litter decomposition dynamics
Kathryn L. Amatangelo, Stanford University, Theodore K. Raab, Stanford University, Jason C. Neff, University of Colorado, Mark P. Waldrop, United States Geological Survey, Peter M. Vitousek, Stanford University
9:40 AM Break
9:50 AMCOS 144-6The tropical litter continuum: Convergence of analytical techniques
Theodore K. Raab, Stanford University, Jason C. Neff, University of Colorado, Marc Kramer, University of California, Reinhard Jetter, University of British Columbia, Peter M. Vitousek, Stanford University
10:10 AMCOS 144-7Influence of catchment suburbanization on leaf litter decomposition and microbial activity in four streams of southeastern New Hampshire
Anna Bourakovsky, University of New Hampshire, William H. McDowell, University of New Hampshire, Gretchen M. Gettel, University of New Hampshire
10:30 AMCOS 144-8Three lines of evidence indicating that the sensitivity of organic matter decomposition to warming varies indirectly with its quality
Richard T. Conant, Colorado State University, Rhad Drijber, University of Nebraska, Michelle L. Haddix, Colorado State University, William J. Parton, Colorado State University, Eldor A. Paul, Colorado State University, Alain F. Plante, University of Pennsylvania, Johan Six, University of California - Davis, J. Megan Steinweg, Colorado State University

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