Tuesday, August 3, 2010: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
334, David L Lawrence Convention Center
COS 20 - Ecosystem Function
8:00 AM	COS 20-1		Physiological causes of the age-related decline in pine forest productivity John. E. Drake, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Evan H. DeLucia, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
8:20 AM	COS 20-2		Analyzing the rain-use efficiency: New insights by meta-analysis and quantile regression Jan C. Ruppert, University of Cologne, Anja Linstädter, University of Cologne
8:40 AM	COS 20-3		Soil heterogeneity of abandoned gas well pads in the Piceance Basin of western Colorado Tamera J. Minnick, Mesa State College, Richard D. Alward, Aridlands Natural Resource Consulting, Mackenzie Gibson, Mesa State College, Seth Wilson, Mesa State College
9:00 AM	COS 20-4		Vegetation diversity and heterogeneity on abandoned gas well pads in the Piceance Basin of western Colorado Richard D. Alward, Aridlands Natural Resource Consulting, Tamera J. Minnick, Mesa State College, Seth Wilson, Mesa State College, Mackenzie Gibson, Mesa State College
9:20 AM	COS 20-5		Aboveground net primary production responses to water availability in the Chihuahuan Desert: the importance of legacy effects Lara G. Reichmann, Brown University, Osvaldo E. Sala, Brown University, Debra P.C. Peters, USDA Agricultural Research Service
9:40 AM			Break
9:50 AM	COS 20-6		Changes in leaf litter chemistry and extracellular enzyme activity during decomposition of natural leaf mixtures at two northwest Ohio forests John E. Herman, Coastal Carolina Community College, Daryl L. Moorhead, University of Toledo, Michael N. Weintraub, University of Toledo
10:10 AM	COS 20-7		CANCELLED - Are N Immobilization-Mineralization Dynamics in Foliar Litter related to patterns of stream nitrate exports? A Study in an Appalachian Forest Kathryn B. Piatek, West Virginia University, Mary Beth Adams, USDA Forest Service
10:30 AM	COS 20-8		Are humans decreasing the frequency and/or magnitude of ecological synergies?  A review and case study employing multiple nutrient enrichment in Bahamian estuaries Jacob E. Allgeier, University of Georgia, Amy D. Rosemond, University of Georgia, Craig A. Layman, Florida International University
10:50 AM	COS 20-9		High dissolved-inorganic-carbon uptake in closed ecological systems: Is this why ‘cosms tend to demonstrate carbon limitation, unlike lakes? Frieda B. Taub, University of Washington.
11:10 AM	COS 20-10		Long-term responses of soil microbial community structure and function to changes in precipitation in a Chihuahuan Desert grassland: Impacts towards understanding  Soil responses to global climate change Colin Bell, Texas Tech University, V. Acosta-Martinez, USDA-ARS, Nancy E. McIntyre, Texas Tech University, Stephen B. Cox, Texas Tech University, David T. Tissue, University of Western Sydney, John Zak, Texas Tech University

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