Wednesday, August 6, 2008: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
101 B, Midwest Airlines Center
COS 75 - Nitrogen Cycling II
1:30 PMCOS 75-1Fixation by adult legume trees linked to soil nitrate in a lowland tropical forest
Alex R. Barron, Princeton University, Lars O. Hedin, Princeton University
1:50 PMCOS 75-2Patterns of N uptake in understory plants based on natural abundance and tracer 15N
Linda H. Pardo, USDA Forest Service, Etienne Dambrine, INRA, Bernd Zeller, INRA, Yann Baronnier, INRA, Jean-Luc Dupouey, INRA, Erwin Ulrich, Office National des Forets
2:10 PMCOS 75-3Sorghum halepense and endophytic N-fixing bacteria: Ecosystem engineers altering soil biogeochemistry
Marnie E. Rout, University of Montana, T.H. Chrzanowski, The University of Texas at Arlington
2:30 PMCOS 75-4Nitrogen dynamics in urban grasslands and forests
Peter M. Groffman, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Richard V. Pouyat, USDA Forest Service, Candiss O. Williams, Purdue University, Lawrence E. Band, University of North Carolina
2:50 PMCOS 75-5Leaf uptake of gaseous nitrogen dioxide: The influence of root nitrogen sources, concentrations, and enzyme expression
Dena M. Vallano, Cornell University, Jed P. Sparks, Cornell University
3:10 PM Break
3:20 PMCOS 75-6Carbon and sulfide as controls on nitrogen cycling in freshwater sediments
Amy J. Burgin, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Stephen K. Hamilton, Michigan State University
3:40 PMCOS 75-7Nitrous oxide production from bacteria and fungi in a semi-arid grassland soil from central New Mexico
Matthew R. Opdyke, Point Park University, Peggy H. Ostrom, Michigan State University, Nathaniel E. Ostrom, Michigan State University, Robert L. Sinsabaugh, University of New Mexico, Chelsea L. Crenshaw, Utah State University
4:00 PMCOS 75-8Controls of anthropogenic nitrogen input and export for catchments in the Central Valley, California, USA
Daniel J. Sobota, Washington State University - Vancouver, John A. Harrison, Washington State University - Vancouver
4:20 PMCOS 75-9Seasonal variation in nitrogen retention processes in a coupled terrestrial-aquatic ecosystem: A tracer experiment
Christine L. Goodale, Cornell University, Steve A. Thomas, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Jed P. Sparks, Cornell University, Guinevere Fredriksen, Cornell University, Carmody K. McCalley, Cornell University
4:40 PMCOS 75-10The role of microbes in interspecific plant competition for nitrogen
Stephanie Yelenik, University of California, Santa Barbara, Benjamin Colman, University of California, Santa Barbara, Janneke Hille Ris Lambers, University of Washington, Jonathan M. Levine, University of California, Santa Barbara

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