COS 126 - Biogeochemistry: Biogeo Patterns Along Environmental Gradients I

Thursday, August 9, 2012: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
F150, Oregon Convention Center
8:00 AM
 Improving estimates of in-stream nitrogen transformations by applying spatiotemporal variability in a semi-arid agricultural stream
Leif G. Moon-Nielsen, Washington State University; Cailin Huyck Orr, Washington State University
8:20 AM
 Non-linear nitrous oxide (N2O) response to N fertilizer during switchgrass establishment
Leilei Ruan, Michigan State University; G. Philip Roberston, Michigan State University
8:40 AM
 Biodiversity of nitrogen fixers facilitate tropical forest carbon recovery
Sarah A. Batterman, Princeton University; Jefferson Hall, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute; Michiel van Breugel, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institution; Lars Hedin, Princeton University
9:00 AM
 Hydrological and land use controls on the export of carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus from two contrasting Midwestern US watersheds
Lesley B. Knoll, Miami University / Lacawac Sanctuary; Michael J. Vanni, Miami University; William H. Renwick, Miami University; Elizabeth K. Dittman, North Carolina State University
9:20 AM
 Determining ecological indicators of anthropogenic nitrate deposition in a desert ecosystem using stable isotopes of nitrogen and oxygen
Michael D. Bell, University of California, Irvine; James O. Sickman, UC Riverside; Andrzej Bytnerowicz, USDA Forest Service; Edith B. Allen, University of California, Riverside
9:40 AM
9:50 AM
 Vegetation controls soil CO2 flux in a complex moist Appalachian Watershed
Daniel L. Welsch, Canaan Valley Institute; Sarah Deacon, Canaan Valley Institute; Joshua T. Saville, Canaan Valley Institute
10:10 AM
 Rock type and topography drive soil phosphorus status in the Luquillo Mountains of Puerto Rico
Stephen Porder, Brown University; Susanna Mage, Brown University
10:30 AM
 Special - The Savanna Patterns of Energy and Carbon Integrated Across the Landscape Campaign
Jason Beringer, Monash University; L. B. Hutley, Charles Darwin University; J. Hacker, Flinders University; R. Leuning, CSIRO; Stefan Arndt, University of Melbourne; R. Amiri, Monash University; L. Bannehr, Hochschule Anhalt; Lucas A. Cernusak, Charles Darwin University; S. Grover, Charles Darwin University; C. Hensley, Monash University; D. J. Hocking, Monash University; P. R. Isaac, Monash University; H. Jamali, University of Melbourne; K. Kanniah, University Technology Malaysia; S. Livesley, University of Melbourne; B. Neininger, Zurich University of Applied Sciences; K. T. Paw U, University of California; W. B. Sea, CSIRO; D. Straten, Hochschule Anhalt; N. J. Tapper, Monash University; R. A. Weinmann, Charles Darwin University; S. Wood, Monash University; S. J. Zegelin, CSIRO
10:50 AM
 Land cover interacts with hydrologic variability to determine N export from urban watersheds of metropolitan Sacramento, CA
James B. McConaghie, University of California, Davis; Weiqi Zhou, University of California, Davis; Mary L. Cadenasso, University of California, Davis
11:10 AM
 Nitrogen cycling “hotspots”: An approach for watershed scale assessments
Peter Baas, University of Georgia; Jacqueline E. Mohan, University of Georgia; Daniel Markewitz, The University of Georgia; Jennifer D. Knoepp, USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station