Monday, August 6, 2007: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
J2, San Jose McEnery Convention Center
COS 2 - Climate change and carbon cycling I
1:30 PMCOS 2-1“Fast limits to peat bog growth”: A dynamic, mechanistic simulation of interacting peat carbon, hydrology, and thermal dynamics
Takeshi Ise, Harvard University, Allison L. Dunn, Harvard University, Steven C. Wofsy, Harvard University, Paul R. Moorcroft, Harvard University
1:50 PMCOS 2-2The carbon balance of North American wetlands
Scott D. Bridgham, University of Oregon, J. Patrick Megonigal, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Jason K. Keller, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Norman B. Bliss, SAIC, USGS Center for Earth Resources Observation and Science, Carl Trettin, USDA Forest Service
2:10 PMCOS 2-3Plant response to elevated CO2 and nitrogen drives soil accretion in a high salt marsh
J. Adam Langley, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, J. Patrick Megonigal, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
2:30 PMCOS 2-4Snowfall, snow depth, and melt impacts on carbon cycling at the Great Basin Desert and Sierra Nevada ecotone
Michael E. Loik, University of California, Alden B. Griffith, University of California, Holly Alpert, University of California
2:50 PMCOS 2-5Effect of variation in winter and early spring temperature on carbon storage by coniferous and deciduous forests in the northeastern United States
Julian L. Hadley, Harvard University, Paul Kuzeja, Harvard University
3:10 PM Break
3:20 PMCOS 2-6Soil carbon dioxide efflux in forested ecosystems: The comparison of evergreen vs. deciduous watersheds
Brian D. Kloeppel, University of Georgia, Robert M. Hubbard, USDA Forest Service, Chelcy Ford, USDA Forest Service, James Vose, USDA Forest Service, Gregory L. Zausen, University of Georgia
3:40 PMCOS 2-7Towards a rhizocentric view: The importance of root exudation in forests exposed to elevated CO2
Richard P. Phillips, Duke University, Emily S. Bernhardt, Duke University
4:00 PMCOS 2-8Relationships between forest fine woody and coarse woody debris carbon stocks across latitudinal gradients in the United States as an indicator of climate change effects
Christopher W. Woodall, USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station
4:20 PMCOS 2-9Effects of interannual climate variability on terrestrial carbon flux in the southern USA in concert with land-cover change
Hua Chen, University of Illinois at Springfield, Hanqin Tian, Auburn University, Mingliang Liu, Auburn University, Zhang Chi, Auburn University, Guangsheng Chen, Auburn University, Sufen Pan, Auburn University, Jerry Mellillo, The Ecosystem Center, Marine Biological Lab
4:40 PMCOS 2-10Effect of precipitation and elevated temperature on soil greenhouse gas fluxes in multiple ecosystems
Jamie R. Brown, Northern Arizona University, Paul Dijkstra, Northern Arizona University, Joseph C. Blankinship, Northern Arizona University, Jeffery S. Coyle, Northern Arizona University, Bruce A. Hungate, Northern Arizona University

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