97th ESA Annual Meeting (August 5 -- 10, 2012)

1:30 PM

COS 4-1

Experimental evidence for over-fixation in temperate nitrogen fixing legume species
Duncan N. L. Menge, Princeton University; Amelia A. Wolf, Columbia University; Jennifer L. Funk, Chapman University

1:50 PM

COS 4-2

Nutrient supply from fishes impacts phase shifts in a Caribbean coral reef ecosystem
Deron E. Burkepile, Florida International University; Jacob E. Allgeier, University of Georgia; Andrew Shantz, Florida International University; Catharine Pritchard, Florida International University; Nathan Lemoine, Florida International University; Laura Bhatti, Florida International University; Craig A. Layman, North Carolina State University

2:10 PM

COS 4-3

High nitrogen slows decomposition of lignin-rich litter: Interactive effects of tissue and fertilizer nitrogen
Steven Perakis, US Geological Survey; Joselin Matkins, Sagebrush Steppe Regional Landtrust; David E. Hibbs, Oregon State University

2:30 PM

COS 4-4

Effects of nutrient and light availability on nitrogen fixation in tropical dry forest legume seedlings
Maria G. Gei, University of Minnesota; Jennifer S. Powers, University of Minnesota

2:50 PM

COS 4-5

Controls on long-term patterns in soil oxygen availability in upland humid tropical forests
Whendee L. Silver, University of California, Berkeley; Daniel Liptzin, University of Colorado; Maya Almarez, University of California, Berkeley

3:10 PM

COS 4-

Break

3:20 PM

COS 4-6

Spatial-temporal characterization of carbon dioxide and methane emissions from four electric power-producing reservoirs in the southeastern U.S.
Allison M. Fortner, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Jennifer J. Mosher, Stroud Water Research Center; Arthur J. Stewart, Xcel Engineering Inc.; Jana R. Phillips, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Patrick J. Mulholland, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Mark S. Bevelhimer, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

3:40 PM

COS 4-7

Nitrogen immobilization in soil as a function of soil and plant traits in salt marsh and mangrove ecosystems: A test of the rapid N stabilization hypothesis
David B. Lewis, University of South Florida; Kristine L. Jimenez, University of South Florida; Amr Abd-Elrahman, University of Florida; Michael G. Andreu, University of Florida; Robert J. Northrop, University of Florida; Naveen Anne, University of Florida; Carolyn A. Cheatham Rhodes, University of Florida

4:00 PM

COS 4-8

Tree functional traits organize hydrological and biogeochemical dynamics in tropical rainforest
Jack Brookshire, Montana State University; Steve A. Thomas, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

4:20 PM

COS 4-9

Modeling interacting microbial and litter quality constraints on decomposition: The intersection of metabolic, stoichiometric and ecoenzymatic theories
Daryl L. Moorhead, University of Toledo; Robert L. Sinsabaugh, University of New Mexico; Gwenaëlle Lashermes, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique

4:40 PM

COS 4-10

Resolving the aquatic nitrogen cycle: Benthic anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox) in coastal Rhode Island
Jeremy Rich, Brown University; Lindsay Brin, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada; Amber Hardison, Brown University; Michaeline Nelson, Brown University; Jane Tucker, Marine Biological Laboratory; Anne E. Giblin, Marine Biological Laboratory

COS 4 - Biogeochemistry: New Paradigms In Biogeochem Cycling