Wednesday, August 4, 2010: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
406, David L Lawrence Convention Center
COS 60 - Biogeochemistry: Aboveground-Belowground Interactions
1:30 PMThe molecular ecology of hyporheic zones: using NMR and DNA fingerprinting to link dissolved organic matter and microbial communities in headwater streams
CM Febria, University of Toronto, D. Dudley Williams, University of Toronto Scarborough
1:50 PMThe power of Green Energy: plant trait influences on microbial competition and greenhouse gas production
Ariana E. Sutton-Grier, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, J. Patrick Megonigal, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
2:10 PMIrradiance and soil resources influence seedling growth in a wet tropical forest understory
Ellen K. Holste, Michigan State University, Richard K. Kobe, Michigan State University, Corine F. Vriesendorp, Field Museum of Natural History
2:30 PMFoliar 15N natural abundance indicates changes in nitrogen source pools over a 70-year wildfire chronosequence
Stephen D. LeDuc, US Environmental Protection Agency, Zhanna Yermakov, Chicago Parks Department, David E. Rothstein, Michigan State University
2:50 PMNanomaterials in the environment: The effect of realistic silver nanoparticle exposures on terrestrial ecosystem dynamics
Benjamin P. Colman, Duke University, Emily S. Bernhardt, Duke University, Christina Aranout, Duke University, Claudia K. Gunsch, Duke University, Bonnie M. McGill, Duke University, Curtis J. Richardson, Duke University, Justin P. Wright, Duke University, Liyan Yin, Wuhan Botanical Garden
3:10 PMBreak
3:20 PMPlants inhibit nitrification response to calcium additions in a northern hardwood forest
Peter M. Groffman, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Melany C. Fisk, Miami University of Ohio, Kevan J. Minick, Miami University of Ohio
3:40 PMAssessment of roots, rhizomes, and soil respiration in disturbed, organic-rich salt marsh soils
Cathleen Wigand, US EPA, Earl Davey, US EPA, Roxanne Johnson, US EPA, Charles Roman, National Park Service
4:00 PMThe role of the northern pocket gopher in a primary successional landscape at Mount St. Helens
Raymond P. Yurkewycz, Washington State University Vancouver
4:20 PMCANCELLED - The effects of selective logging on the soil biogeochemistry of a Bolivian Tropical Forest
Nataly L. Ascarrunz, Colorado State University, Dan Binkley, COlorado State University
4:40 PMExtracellular enzyme activity on plant roots: a widespread phenomenon?
Michael Elk, University of Toledo, Michael N. Weintraub, University of Toledo

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