94th ESA Annual Meeting (August 2 -- 7, 2009)

Tuesday, August 4, 2009: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM

Sendero Blrm II, Hyatt

Presider:

Kathleen K. Treseder, University of California, Irvine

8:00 AM

COS 24-1

Inorganic 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 AM

COS 24-2

Towards reconciling the contrasting effects of substrate versus externally supplied nitrogen on litter decomposition
Sarah E. Hobbie, University of Minnesota; E. Carol Adair, University of Vermont

8:40 AM

COS 24-3

Interactions 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 AM

COS 24-4

Altered organic matter dynamics in urban stream ecosystems
Elizabeth B. Sudduth, Duke University; Brooke A. Hassett, Duke University; Emily S. Bernhardt, Duke University

9:20 AM

COS 24-5

Fungal 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

COS 24-

Break

9:50 AM

COS 24-6

Interspecific 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 of Functional Ecology and Evolution

10:10 AM

COS 24-7

Structure of a detritial food web: Relative influence of biomass vs. nutrient inputs
Terrence P. McGlynn, California State University Dominguez Hills; Deborah A. Clark, University of Missouri-St. Louis & University of Virginia; Steven F. Oberbauer, Florida International University

10:30 AM

COS 24-8

Succession 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 AM

COS 24-9

The role of elevated selenium in leaf litter decomposition
Colin F. Quinn, Colorado State University; Elizabeth A.H. Pilon-Smits, Colorado State University

11:10 AM

COS 24-10

Sudden 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 California, Davis; Daivd M. Rizzo, University of Califorina Davis

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COS 24 - Detritus and Decomposition