Wednesday, August 8, 2007: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
Blrm Salon IV, San Jose Marriott
COS 81 - Climate change: community response
1:30 PMCOS 81-1Reorganization of phytoplankton communities linked to physical forcing
Monika Winder, University of California
1:50 PMCOS 81-2Global change and algal diversity - a laboratory long-term experiment
Tanja Burgmer, University of Cologne, Helmut Hillebrand, University of Cologne
2:10 PMCOS 81-3Migration models for coastal transition communities subject to sea level rise
Loretta L. Battaglia, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, William J. Platt, Lousiana State University
2:30 PMCOS 81-4Hurricanes, fire, and coastal pine forests in a rising sea: The Florida Keys
Michael S. Ross, Florida International University, K. Zhang, Florida International University, J P Sah, Florida International University, R. Glenn Ford, University of California, Santa Cruz, Joseph J. O'Brien, USDA Forest Service
2:50 PMCOS 81-5Towards understanding sea-level rise: Interactions between precipitation, ocean water intrusion, and coastal dune vegetation
Tara L. Greaver, US Environmental Protection Agency, Leonel Sternberg, University of Miami
3:10 PM Break
3:20 PMCOS 81-6Vegetation and soil-snow interactions in themokarst slumps in the western Arctic
Trevor C. Lantz, University of British Columbia, Steven V. Kokelj, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Sarah E. Gergel, University of British Columbia, Greg H. Henry, University of British Columbia
3:40 PMCOS 81-7Vegetation types differ in their response to recurrent soil freeze-thaw cycles
Juergen Kreyling, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Carl Beierkuhnlein, University of Bayreuth, Anke Jentsch, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ
4:00 PMCOS 81-8Windows of opportunity for woody plant encroachment in a Sonoran Desert grassland
Víctor Resco de Dios, University of Wyoming, Jake F. Weltzin, University Of Tennessee, Travis E. Huxman, University of Arizona, Nathan Pierce, University of Arizona, Wei Sun, University of Wyoming, David G Williams, University of Wyoming
4:20 PMCOS 81-9Rapid plant community responses to nighttime warming in a desert grassland
Joseph E. Fargione, University of Minnesota, Scott L. Collins, University of New Mexico, William T. Pockman, University of New Mexico, James R. Elliott, University of New Mexico, Chelsea L. Crenshaw, University of New Mexico, Etsuko Nonaka, University of New Mexico
4:40 PMCOS 81-10A 70-year review of landscape change across the Sierra Nevada
James H. Thorne, University of California, Solomon Dobrowski, Center for Spatial Technologies and Remote Sensing, Hugh D. Safford, USDA-Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Region; University of California-Davis, Department of Environmental Science and Policy

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