Tuesday, August 4, 2009: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
Sendero Blrm II, Hyatt
COS 24 - Detritus and Decomposition
8:00 AMCOS 24-1Inorganic nitrogen additions to maize litter with different C/N ratios: Impacts on litter and soil organic matter decomposition
Amy E. Kochsiek, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Johannes M.H. Knops, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
8:20 AMCOS 24-2Towards reconciling the contrasting effects of substrate versus externally supplied nitrogen on litter decomposition
Sarah E. Hobbie, University of Minnesota, E. Carol Adair, National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis
8:40 AMCOS 24-3Interactions between salmon carcasses and genetically distinct leaf litters in streams
Carri J. LeRoy, The Evergreen State College, Walton M. Andrews, The Evergreen State College, Dylan G. Fischer, The Evergreen State College, Lisa Belleveau, The Evergreen State College, Tracey Scalici, The Evergreen State College, Joseph Tracy, The Evergreen State College, Clyde Barlow, The Evergreen State College
9:00 AMCOS 24-4Altered organic matter dynamics in urban stream ecosystems
Elizabeth B. Sudduth, Duke University, Brooke A. Hassett, Duke University, Emily S. Bernhardt, Duke University
9:20 AMCOS 24-5Fungal community composition in relation to litter quality and decomposition stage
Kathleen Treseder, University of California Irvine, James Borneman, University of California Riverside, Arundhati Majumder, University of California Irvine, Jingxiao Ye, University of California Riverside
9:40 AM Break
9:50 AMCOS 24-6Interspecific variation in leaf litter tannins drives decomposition in a humid tropical forest in French Guiana
Sylvain Coq, Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive (CEFE), CNRS, Jean-Marc Souquet, UMR Sciences pour l'Oenologie, INRA, Emmanuelle Meudec, UMR Sciences pour l'Oenologie, INRA, Véronique Cheynier, UMR Sciences pour l'Oenologie, INRA, Stephan Hättenschwiler, Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive (CEFE), CNRS
10:10 AMCOS 24-7Structure of a detritial food web: Relative influence of biomass vs. nutrient inputs
Terrence P. McGlynn, California State University, Deborah A. Clark, University of Missouri, Steven F. Oberbauer, Florida International University
10:30 AMCOS 24-8Succession of microbial communities on plant litter highly correlated with litter chemistry and decomposition rate
Sarah R. Bray, Transylvania University, Kaoru Kitajima, University of Florida, Michelle C. Mack, University of Florida
10:50 AMCOS 24-9The role of elevated selenium in leaf litter decomposition
Colin F. Quinn, Colorado State University, Elizabeth A.H. Pilon-Smits, Colorado State University
11:10 AMCOS 24-10Sudden Oak Death as a novel mechanism of coarse woody debris dynamics in coast redwood forests
Richard C. Cobb, University of Califorina Davis, Maggie (Nga) Chan, University of Califorina Davis, Heather K. Mehl, University of Califorina Davis, Daivd M. Rizzo, University of Califorina Davis

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