COS 30 - Biogeochemistry: Linking Community Structure And Ecosystem Function II

Tuesday, August 7, 2012: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
B115, Oregon Convention Center
8:00 AM
 Effects of wetland plant communities on denitrification rates:  A meta-analysis
Mary K. Alldred, Stony Brook University; Stephen B. Baines, Stony Brook University
8:20 AM
 The role of soil chemistry and parent material in determining microbial community composition and activity in temperate coniferous forests
Nicholas P. Rosenstock, Lund University; Anna Rosling, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences; Anders Tunlid, Lund University; Håkan Wallander, Lund University
8:40 AM
 Climate change, death, and decomposition: Xylem vessel length influences both mortality and decay among Ozark forest trees
Brad Oberle, The George Washington University; Jonathan A. Myers, Washington University in St. Louis; Juan Carlos Penagos, University of Missouri, St. Louis; Jonathan Sweeny, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Kiona Ogle, Arizona State University; Amy Zanne, The George Washington University
9:00 AM
 Functional differences among decomposer communities explain litter chemistry controls over decay
Jenny M. Talbot, University of Minnesota; Kabir Peay, Stanford University; Kathleen K. Treseder, University of California, Irvine
9:20 AM
 Biofilm responses to nutrient enrichment using salmon carcass analog in central Idaho streams
Jonathan D. Ebel, Michigan Technological University; Amy M. Marcarelli, Michigan Technological University; Andre E. Kohler, Shoshone-Bannock Tribes
9:40 AM
9:50 AM
 Landscape history and contemporary environmental drivers of microbial community structure and function
Adam E. Altrichter, Biology and the Built Environment Center, Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Oregon; John E. Barrett, Virginia Polytechnic and State University; Kevin M. Geyer, Virginia Tech; Cristina Takacs-Vesbach, University of New Mexico; Michael N. Gooseff, Pennsylvania State University
10:10 AM
 Metabolic ecology meets ecological stoichiometry: Predicting nutrient excretion rates of aquatic animals in the field
Michael J. Vanni, Miami University; Peter B. McIntyre, University of Wisconsin
10:30 AM
 Mapping soil lead speciation and soil microbial response at an abandoned firing range in Oak Ridge, TN
Tarah Sullivan-Guest, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Christopher W. Schadt, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Nick Basta, The Ohio State University; Philip Jardine, University of Tennessee
10:50 AM
 Microbial community structure and ecosystem function: Linking methane production rate to methanogen community structure in peatland soils
Steven A. McAllister, University of Oregon; Scott D. Bridgham, University of Oregon; Qusheng Jin, University of Oregon; Brendan J.M. Bohannan, University of Oregon
11:10 AM
 Dissecting the link between community composition and function in the laboratory: Denitrification in pure and mixed cultures
Sarah C. Brower, Kent State University; Xiaozhen Mou, Kent State University; Laura G. Leff, Kent State University