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

PS 60-182

Interactions between soil nutrient and organic matter content, tree density, and grass cover in Brazilian Cerrado
Shelley Lawrence, California State University; George L. Vourlitis, California State University; Francisco de Almeida Lobo, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso; Carmen Ortiz, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Brazil

PS 60-183

Black carbon decreases soil activity of biomass degrading enzymes and increases protease activity
Mark D. Coleman, University of Idaho; Dan L. Smith, University of Idaho; Shan Shan, University of Idaho

PS 60-184

Is urbanization only skin deep? Deep soil cores in an arid urban ecosystem
Sarah M. Moratto, Arizona State University; Rebecca L. Hale, University of Utah; David Huber, Idaho State University; Nancy B. Grimm, Arizona State University

PS 60-185

Separate effects of flooding and anoxia on soil biogeochemistry and greenhouse gas emissions
Gavin McNicol, University of California, Berkeley; Whendee L. Silver, University of California, Berkeley

PS 60-186

Differential priming of soil carbon driven by soil depth and root impacts on carbon lability
Marie-Anne de Graaff, Boise State University; Shay Gillette, Boise State University; Julie D. Jastrow, Argonne National Laboratory; Stan D. Wullschleger, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

PS 60-187

Soil landscape development in the short-grass steppe ecosystem- assessing the vulnerability of soils to climate change
Shawn W. Salley, Colorado State University; Patrick H. Martin, Colorado State University; Alan K. Knapp, Colorado State University; Eugene F. Kelly, Colorado State University

PS 60-188

The effects of calcium and nitrogen amendments on soil organic matter dynamics in pine forest stands at Sand Ridge State Forest
Azeem A. Rehman, Bradley University; Joseph D. Taura, Kent State University; Jason A. Koch, Bradley University; Molly Johnson, Bradley University; Kelly D. McConnaughay, Bradley University; Eldor A. Paul, Colorado State University; Sherri J. Morris, Bradley University

PS 60-189

Doubled organic matter levels increase soil respiration from intensively managed loblolly pine plantations
Anthony S. Hartshorn, Montana State University; A. Bondurant, James Madison University; J. Vallotton, James Madison University; Zakiya H. Leggett, Weyerhaeuser Company; Eric B. Sucre, Weyerhaeuser Company

Cancelled

PS 60-190

Evidence for the influence of different dairy practices on seasonal nitrous oxide (N₂O) fluxes and fungal and bacterial N₂O contributions
Mark A. Anthony, University of New Hampshire; Alexandra R. Contosta, University of New Hampshire

PS 60-191

Nitrous oxide production via ammonium oxidation at low oxygen availability in agricultural soils
Xia Zhu, UCDavis; William Horwath, University of California, Davis

PS 60-192

Restoration and prescribed fire in longleaf pine ecosystems: Impacts on black carbon storage in soils
Daniel Markewitz, The University of Georgia; J. Claire Ike, The University of Georgia; Lindsay R. Boring, Joseph W. Jones Ecological Research Center

PS 60-193

Cropping phase and seasonal effects on population dynamics and relative contributions of ammonia oxidizing archaea and bacteria to soil nitrification potential activities
Anne E. Taylor, Oregon State University; Lydia H. Zeglin, Department of Crop and Soil Science; Thomas A. Wanzek, Oregon State University; David D. Myrold, Oregon State University; Peter J. Bottomley, Department of Crop and Soil Science

PS 60-194

PS 60-195

In situ seed germination and mycorrhizal associations of the endangered terrestrial orchid Spiranthes parksii
Martha C. Ariza, Texas A&M University; William E. Rogers, Texas A&M University; Fred E. Smeins, Texas A&M University; J. Ryan Hammons, Texas A&M University

PS 60-196

Effects of elevated nitrogen on the interaction between microbial activity and plant litter chemistry during decomposition of Acer saccharum litter
Mallory P. Ladd, University of Toledo; Zachary L. Rinkes, University of Toledo; Michael N. Weintraub, University of Toledo

PS 60-197

Respiration and biomass dynamics during the early stage of Acer rubrum leaf litter decay
Heather M. Thoman, University of Toledo; Zachary L. Rinkes, University of Toledo; Michael N. Weintraub, University of Toledo

PS 60 - Soil Ecology