Thursday, August 9, 2007: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
Blrm Salon I, San Jose Marriott
COS 112 - Nutrient cycling and ecosystem function in forest ecosystems
8:00 AMCOS 112-1Litter nutrients in tropical secondary forests in response to climate variability
Katherine L. Tully, University of Virginia, Deborah Lawrence, University of Virginia
8:20 AMCOS 112-2Seasonal variation of nutrient resorption in nine canopy trees of a Costa Rican rainforest
Tana E. Wood, University of Virginia, Deborah Lawrence, University of Virginia
8:40 AMCOS 112-3Fertilization and storage of inorganic and organic nitrogen and phosphorus in Hawaiian forest plants
Rebecca Ostertag, University of Hawaii at Hilo
9:00 AMCOS 112-4Effects of river type and microtopography and seasonality on soil phosphorus pools in forested floodplains of the southeastern United States
Megan E. McGroddy, West Virginia University, Mark R. Walbridge, USDA-ARS
9:20 AMCOS 112-5Dominant mechanisms of inorganic phosphorus retention in floodplain forest soils in the southeastern United States
John A. Navaratnam, West Virginia University, Megan E. McGroddy, West Virginia University, Mark R. Walbridge, West Virginia University
9:40 AM Break
9:50 AMCOS 112-6Dissolved organic nitrogen losses from forested watersheds across the southern Appalachians
Emily Bernhardt, Duke University, Brian J. Roberts, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Patrick J. Mulholland, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, E.N. Jack Brookshire, Princeton University
10:10 AMCOS 112-7Rainfall simulation sediment and nutrient dynamics in different forest types in the Lake Tahoe basin
Joshua S.E. Meidav, University of California, Michael G. Barbour, University of California
10:30 AMCOS 112-8Effects of N, P, and C additions to the belowground processes of white oak and sugar maple
Candice M. Smith, Indiana University, J. C Randolph, Indiana University, James Bever, Indiana University
10:50 AMCOS 112-9The effects of forest thinning practices and altered nutrient supply on soil trace gas fluxes in Colorado
Mark A. Gathany, Colorado State University, Ingrid C. Burke, Colorado State University
11:10 AMCOS 112-10Marine aerosols alter soil processes in coastal forests
Jana E. Compton, US EPA, NHEERL, Western Ecology Division, M. Robbins Church, US EPA, NHEERL, Western Ecology Division, Yuko Asano, The University of Tokyo

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