93rd ESA Annual Meeting (August 3 -- August 8, 2008)

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 F. 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, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry; Olga Barbosa, Universidad Austral de Chile; Aurora Gaxiola, Universidad Católica de Chile, Instituto de Ecologia y Biodiversidad; Pablo A. Marquet, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile; Juan J. Armesto, Institute of 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; David J. Mladenoff, University of Wisconsin-Madison

PS 58-62

Mass invariance of population nitrogen flux by terrestrial mammalian herbivores
Christopher Habeck, Kutztown University; Timothy D. Meehan, The Nature Conservancy

PS 58-63

Altered precipitation patterns due to climate change: Modeling the ecological effects on a tallgrass prairie ecosystem
David L. Hoover, U.S. Geological Survey; Guiling L. Wang, University of Connecticut; Zoe Cardon, Marine Biological Laboratory

PS 58-64

High-elevation primary production determined by seasonal precipitation patterns
Aaron B. Berdanier, Duke 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, The Nature Conservancy; Rob Jackson, Stanford and Duke universities; 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, University of Colorado; 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, University of North Carolina Wilmington; Stuart J. Whipple, University of Georgia; 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

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; 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, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Paulo Olivas, Florida International University; Mark Lara, University of Illinois; Sandra Villarreal, University of Texas at El Paso; Jose Herrera, National Science Foundation; 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, El Paso

PS 58 - Ecosystem Function