Thursday, August 7, 2008: 5:00 PM-6:30 PM
Exhibit Hall CD, Midwest Airlines Center
PS 58 - Ecosystem Function
PS 58-58		Using leaf-level gas exchange and soil flux to estimate the carbon exchange in a mixed conifer and hardwood forest Laurel K. Salzman, University of California Riverside, Michael Allen, University of California Riverside, Louis Santiago, University of California Riverside
PS 58-59		Effects of forest patch size and climatic variability on litterfall dynamics in a fog-dependent ecosystem Daniela I. Manuschevich, Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity and Center for Advanced Studies in Ecology and Biodiversity, Olga Barbosa, Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity and Center for Advanced Studies in Ecology and Biodiversity, Aurora Gaxiola, Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity and Center for Advanced Studies in Ecology and Biodiversity, Pablo A. Marquet, Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity and Center for Advanced Studies in Ecology and Biodiversity, Juan J. Armesto, Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity and Center for Advanced Studies in Ecology and Biodiversity
PS 58-60		Impacts of disturbance and land-use change on forest carbon dynamics Kenneth Clark, USDA Forest Service, John Hom, USDA Forest Service, Nicholas Skowronski, USDA Forest Service, Mathew Patterson, USDA Forest Service
PS 58-61		Forest aboveground biomass and productivity following experimental canopy gap creation in a northern hardwood forest – 1st year results Jacob H. Dyer, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Stith T. Gower, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Craig G. Lorimer, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Jodi A. Forrester, University of Wisconsin-Madison, David J. Mladenoff, University of Wisconsin-Madison
PS 58-62		Mass invariance of population nitrogen flux by terrestrial mammalian herbivores Christopher Habeck, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Timothy D. Meehan, University of Wisconsin, Madison
PS 58-63		Altered precipitation patterns due to climate change: Modeling the ecological effects on a tallgrass prairie ecosystem David L. Hoover, University of Connecticut, Guiling L. Wang, University of Connecticut, Zoe G. Cardon, Marine Biological Lab
PS 58-64		High-elevation primary production determined by seasonal precipitation patterns Aaron B. Berdanier, Colorado State University, Julia A. Klein, Colorado State University
PS 58-65		Coastal river otter effects on terrestrial plant productivity of Prince William Sound, Alaska: The competing effects of marine-derived nutrient deposition and disturbance Aaron M. Roe, University of Wyoming, Carolyn B. Meyer, University of Wyoming, Merav Ben-David, University of Wyoming
PS 58-66		Water balance in a tropical rainforest at Los Tuxtlas, Mexico Dulce M. Moreno-Miranda, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Javier Álvarez-Sánchez, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Manuel Maass, Centro de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
PS 58-67		Tree root throw and sediment transport: Field and modeling studies in a Canadian Rocky Mountain Forest J. M. Gallaway, University of Calgary, E. a.. Johnson, University of Calgary, Y. E. Martin, University of Calgary
PS 58-68		Effects of plant functional traits on nitrous oxide and methane emissions from a North Carolina restored wetland Eileen Thorsos, Duke University, Ariana Sutton-Grier, Duke University, Robert B. Jackson, Duke University, Justin Wright, Duke University
PS 58-69		Can carbon isotopes be used to predict watershed scale evapotranspiration? Thomas G. Pypker, Michigan Technological University, Holly R. Barnard, Oregon State University, Mark Hauck, Oregon State University, Elizabeth W. Sulzman, Oregon State University, Michael Unsworth, Oregon State University, Adam M. Kennedy, Oregon State University, Barbara J. Bond, Oregon State University
PS 58-70		Rapid development of indirect effects in ecological networks Stuart R. Borrett, Univeristy of North Carolina Wilmington, Stuart J. Whipple, Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, Bernard C. Patten, University of Georgia
PS 58-71		Riparian litter dynamics along the Colorado River below Glen Canyon Dam associated with a high flow (1175 m3/s) release Barbara E. Ralston, U.S. Geological Survey, Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center, Theodore A. Kennedy, U.S. Geological Survey, Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center
PS 58-72		Evidence for P-limitation of microbial growth in hardwood forest soil, Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, NH Kevan J. Minick, Miami University of Ohio, Melany C. Fisk, Miami University of Ohio, Peter M. Groffman, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
PS 58-73		Hyperspectral reflectance as an indicator of marine-terrestrial nutrient exchange in the antarctic terrestrial ecosystem in the Antarctic Peninsula at a latitudinal gradient Santonu Goswami, University of Texas at El Paso, Paulo Olivas, Florida International University, Mark Lara, University of Texas at El Paso, Sandra Villarreal, University of Texas at El Paso, Jose Herrera, University of Texas at El Paso, Michele Philips, El Paso Independent School District, Amorita Armendariz, University of Texas at El Paso, Izrael Del Soto, University of Texas at El Paso, Craig E. Tweedie, University of Texas at El Paso

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