96th ESA Annual Meeting (August 7 -- 12, 2011)

Seasonal influence over earthworm populations exposed to long-term elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide in a sweetgum plantation
Yaniria Sánchez-de León, University of Puerto Rico at Utuado; Miquel A. Gonzalez-Meler, University of Illinois at Chicago; David Wise, University of Illinois at Chicago; Javier Lugo-Pérez, University of Puerto Rico at Utuado; Richard Norby, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Soil carbon storage and dynamics in the western Gulf Coastal Plain as impacted by forest management
Julie A. Foote, Texas A&M University; Thomas W. Boutton, Texas A&M University; D. Andrew Scott, USDA Forest Service

Short and long term environmental effects on N-mineralization rates in arid ecosystems of Biosphere 2
Christine Sookhdeo, Rider University; Sarah Tepler, Biosphere 2, University of Arizona; Mitchell Pavao-Zuckerman, University of Arizona

Soil respiration in an upland tropical rainforest
Scott Pitz, Johns Hopkins University; Katalin Szlavecz, Johns Hopkins University; Lijun Xia, Johns Hopkins University; Chih-Han Chang, Johns Hopkins University; Michael J. Bernard, Johns Hopkins University; Doug Carlson, Johns Hopkins University; Jayant Gupchup, Johns Hopkins University; Peter Houlihan, Johns Hopkins University

The effect of introduced canopy tree species in a tropical, wet, montane forest on the taxonomic diversity and abundance of microbial communities
Hannah B. Lynch, Stanford University

Changes in soil C, N, and P storage following woody plant invasion of grassland
Ilsa B. Kantola, Texas A&M University; Thomas W. Boutton, Texas A&M University; Timothy R. Filley, Purdue University; C. Thomas Hallmark, Texas A&M University

Annual grass invasion in a semi-arid shrubland affects seasonal N retention but not N mineralization patterns
Marguerite Mauritz, San Diego State University; David Lipson, San Diego State University

The effects of forest age, earthworm abundance, and leaf litter types on mesofauna and soil properties in Mid-Atlantic deciduous forests
Chih-Han Chang, Johns Hopkins University; Michael J. Bernard, Johns Hopkins University; Katalin Szlavecz, Johns Hopkins University; Natalie Bray, Johns Hopkins University; Melissa K. McCormick, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center; Lijun Xia, Johns Hopkins University; Scott Pitz, Johns Hopkins University; Dennis F. Whigham, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center; Jay O'Neill, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

Fine root biomass and soil respiration reflect belowground carbon allocation in response to nutrient limitation in New Hampshire northern hardwoods
Kikang Bae, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry; Ruth D. Yanai, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry; Timothy J. Fahey, Cornell University; Melany C. Fisk, Miami University of Ohio

Enzyme activity in hyporheic soils of Piedmont streams
Janet S. Macfall, Elon University; Danielle N. Whitman, Elon University

Spatial scale, biogeochemistry, and the structure of tropical brown food webs
Michael Kaspari, University of Oklahoma

PS 66 - Biogeochemistry: Aboveground-Belowground Interactions