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

1:30 PM

COS 23-1

Testing the effects of chemistry of organic matter inputs on soil carbon dynamics in an un-confounded experiment
Ann E. Russell, Iowa State University; Dan C. Olk, USDA-ARS

1:50 PM

COS 23-2

Effects of chimerism in bacterial social performance
Helena Mendes-Soares, Indiana University; Kimberly I-Chen Chen, Indiana University; Kara Fitzpatrick, Indiana University; Gregory J. Velicer, Indiana University

2:10 PM Cancelled

COS 23-3

Extracellular enzyme activity in soils from a temperate forest climate manipulation study demonstrate significant seasonal trends
Carley J. Kratz, Michigan Technological University; Andrew J. Burton, Michigan Technological University; Erik A. Lilleskov, US Forest Service, Northern Research Station

2:30 PM

COS 23-4

Patterns in forest soil chemistry across Eastern U.S. national parks
Kate Miller, National Park Service, Northeast Temperate Network; Stephanie Perles, National Park Service, Eastern Rivers and Mountains Network

2:50 PM

COS 23-5

The persistence of soil microbes: Active community composition and capability to respond to litter addition after 10-years of no-inputs
Stephanie Yarwood, University of Maryland; Elizabeth A. Brewer, Oregon State University; Rockie R. Yarwood, Oregon State University; Kate Lajtha, Oregon State University; David D. Myrold, Oregon State University

3:10 PM

COS 23-

Break

3:20 PM

COS 23-6

Following carbon through the soil food web: Do long-term burning practices affect carbon trophic dynamics in grasslands?
E. Ashley Shaw, Colorado State University; Karolien Denef, Colorado State University; M. Francesca Cotrufo, Colorado State University; Diana H. Wall, Colorado State University

3:40 PM

COS 23-7

Interactions between litter quality, surface area, and the microbial community in two contrasting soils during the earliest stage of decay
Zachary L. Rinkes, University of Toledo; Jared L. DeForest, Ohio University; A. Stuart Grandy, University of New Hampshire; Daryl L. Moorhead, University of Toledo; Michael N. Weintraub, University of Toledo

4:00 PM

COS 23-8

The effects of intensive rotational grazing on soil carbon sequestration and greenhouse gas emissions in the northeastern United States
Alexandra R. Contosta, University of New Hampshire; Serita D. Frey, University of New Hampshire; Ruth Varner, University of New Hampshire; Brian Godbois, University of New Hampshire

4:20 PM

COS 23-9

The origin of chemical complexity during plant litter decomposition
Kyle Wickings, University of New Hampshire; A. Stuart Grandy, University of New Hampshire; Sasha C. Reed, U.S. Geological Survey; Cory C. Cleveland, University of Montana

4:40 PM

COS 23-10

Variation in abundance of soil fauna trophic groups with depth, season, and litter quality: Implications for the study of decomposition
Martijn L. Vandegehuchte, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL; Uffe N. Nielsen, University of Western Sydney; E. Ashley Shaw, Colorado State University; Jennifer L. Soong, Colorado State University; Zachary A. Sylvain, Colorado State University; Cecilia M. Tomasel, Colorado State University; M. Francesca Cotrufo, Colorado State University; Diana H. Wall, Colorado State University

COS 23 - Soil Ecology