Friday, August 6, 2010: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
336, David L Lawrence Convention Center
COS 114 - Plant Physiology
8:00 AMObservations on the relationship between above- and below-ground anthocyanins in Galax urceolata growing in sunny and shady locations
Howard S. Neufeld, Appalachian State University, Derick B. Poindexter, Appalachian State University, Paula F. Murakami, USDA Forest Service, Paul G. Schaberg, USDA Forest Service
8:20 AMProvenance-level variation in mobile carbon pools corresponds to variation in ecophysiology, growth, and survival in Pinus flexilis seedlings from forest to alpine
Keith Reinhardt, Idaho State University, Cristina Castanha, Berkeley Lab, Matthew J. Germino, Idaho State University, Lara M. Kueppers, University of California, Merced
8:40 AMComparisons in morphology, anatomy, and water relations of three evergreen shrubs in an eastern temperate forest understory
Sheri A. Shiflett, Virginia Commonwealth University, Donald R. Young, Virginia Commonwealth University
9:00 AMXylem transport of root-derived CO2: Is this pathway of respired CO2 important throughout the growing season
Doug Aubrey, University of Georgia, Robert O. Teskey, University of Georgia
9:20 AMComparing plant water relations and hydraulics between two halophytic Mojave Desert shrub species
Daisha C. Ortega, California State University Fullerton, H. Jochen Schenk, California State University, Fullerton
9:40 AMBreak
9:50 AMXylem embolism repair under negative pressure in shrubs from arid to humid environments
Susana Espino, California State University Fullerton, Lauren M. Velasco, California State University Fullerton, Elizabeth C. Hessom, California State University Fullerton, Daisha C. Ortega, California State University Fullerton, Kerri Mocko, University of Connecticut, Hugo Martinez-Cabrera, University of Connecticut, Cynthia S. Jones, University of Connecticut, H. Jochen Schenk, California State University Fullerton
10:10 AMOzone-induced decreases in photosynthesis and transpiration: Modifying Farquhar and Ball-Berry models
Danica L. Lombardozzi, Cornell University, Gordon Bonan, NCAR, Samuel Levis, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Jed P. Sparks, Cornell University
10:30 AMPlant Xylem as a membrane contactor:  A physical mechanism for embolism repair under negative pressure
H. Jochen Schenk, California State University Fullerton, Susana Espino, California State University Fullerton
10:50 AMBest of both worlds: Gas exchange and hydraulics of shade and drought tolerant species Ruscus aculeatus and R. microglossum (Ruscaceae)
Alexandria Pivovaroff, Whittier College, Rasoul Sharifi, University of California, Los Angeles, Lawren Sack, University of California, Los Angeles, Philip W. Rundel, University of California, Los Angeles
11:10 AMEco-evolutionary differences in light utilization traits help explain phytoplankton distribution patterns
Elena Litchman, Michigan State University, Anne Schwaderer, Michigan State University, Kohei Yoshiyama, Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo, Paula de Tezanos Pinto, Michigan State University, Nathan G. Swenson, Michigan State University, Christopher A. Klausmeier, Michigan State University

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