COS 134 - Ecosystem Management

Thursday, August 9, 2012: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
E142, Oregon Convention Center
8:00 AM
 Introducing the term 'ecosystem'
Robert Hudson, University of Saskatchewan
8:20 AM
 Abiotic factors impacting seedling regeneration of Rhizophora mangle in Turneffe Atoll, Belize
Heather L. Hayden, Portland State University; Elise F. Granek, Portland State University
9:20 AM
 Ecological sites: Another way to look at greater sage-grouse habitat
Amarina E. Wuenschel, University of Wyoming; Ann L. Hild, University of Wyoming; Ginger B. Paige, University of Wyoming; Matthew J. Holloran, Wyoming Wildlife Consultants LLC
9:40 AM
9:50 AM
 Direct measurement of phytoplankton growth rate in a eutrophic river reveals phytoplankton response to altered flow regimes
William T. Stringfellow, University of the Pacific; Jeremy Hanlon, University of the Pacific; Mark S. Brunell, University of the Pacific; Chelsea Spier, University of the Pacific; Carol Kendall, U.S. Geological Survey; Sharon Borglin, Berkeley National Laboratory; Gary M. Litton, University of the Pacific
10:10 AM
 Carbon accumulation across a chronosequence of land conversion to grazing dairies
Megan Machmuller, University of Georgia; K. Taylor Cyle, University of Georgia; Marc Kramer, University of California; Nick Hill, University of Georgia; Aaron Thompson, University of Georgia, Athens
10:30 AM
 Factors contributing to carbon fluxes from bioenergy harvests in the U.S. Northeast: An analysis using field data
Anna M. Mika, University of Vermont; William S. Keeton, University of Vermont
10:50 AM
 Greenhouse gas dynamics of managed grasslands: A life cycle model approach
Marcia DeLonge, University of California, Berkeley; Rebecca Ryals, Brown University; Whendee L. Silver, University of California, Berkeley
11:10 AM
 Organic matter removal in loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) plantations increased ground layer diversity 16 years after treatment
Kimberly Howard, Alabama A&M University; Luben D. Dimov, Alabama A&M University; Zakiya H. Leggett, Weyerhaeuser Company; Eric B. Sucre, Weyerhaeuser Company; L. Lynne Weninegar, Columbia High School