COS 105
Effects Of Multiple Global Changes On Communities And Ecosystems

Thursday, August 8, 2013: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
L100D, Minneapolis Convention Center
1:30 PM
COS 105-1
 Extraordinary algal blooms in Chesapeake Bay following a year of tropical storms and record warm temperatures
Todd A. Egerton, Old Dominion University; Katherine C. Filippino, Old Dominion University; Harold G. Marshall, Old Dominion University
1:50 PM
COS 105-2
 Plant diversity effects on soil food webs are stronger than those of elevated CO2 and N deposition in a long-term grassland experiment
Nico Eisenhauer, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena; Tomasz Dobies, Poznań University of Life Sciences; Simone Cesarz, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena; Sarah E. Hobbie, University of Minnesota; Ross Meyer, University of Minnesota; Kally Worm, University of Minnesota; Peter B. Reich, University of Minnesota
2:10 PM
COS 105-3
 Climate change and grazing interact to affect flower production in the Mongolian steppe
Laura A. Spence, University of Pennsylvania, PIRE Mongolia Project (http://mongolia.bio.upenn.edu/); Pierre Liancourt, Institute of Botany; Bazartseren Boldgiv, National University of Mongolia; Brent Helliker, University of Pennsylvania; Peter S. Petraitis, University of Pennsylvania; Brenda B. Casper, University of Pennsylvania
2:30 PM
COS 105-4
 Linking the abundance of mobile aquatic macrofauna to land cover and shoreline alteration in coastal estuarine habitats
Matthew S. Kornis, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; Denise Breitburg, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center; Lori Davias, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center; Keira Heggie, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center; Heather Soulen, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center; Donna M. Bilkovic, Virginia Institute of Marine Science; Rochelle Seitz, Virginia Institute of Marine Science; Richard Balouskus, University of Delaware; Timothy E. Targett, University of Delaware; Ryan S. King, Baylor University; Steve Giordano, NOAA Chesapeake Biological Office; Jim Uphoff Jr., Maryland Department of Natural Resources; John M. Jacobs, NOAA
2:50 PM
COS 105-5
 Drivers of riparian forest change in Mapungubwe National Park, South Africa
Jesse B. Nippert, Kansas State University; Tony Swemmer, South African Ecological Observation Network (SAEON); Robert Taylor, South African Ecological Observation Network; Tim O'Connor, South African Ecological Observation Network (SAEON)
3:10 PM
COS 105-
 Break
3:20 PM
COS 105-6
 The role of nutrient, light, and soil-moisture limitation on root allocation across global grasslands
Elsa Cleland, University of California - San Diego; Rachell Abbott, University of California, San Diego; Elizabeth T. Borer, University of Minnesota; Elizabeth J. DeLorenze, U.S. Geological Survey; Nicole M. DeCrappeo, U.S. Geological Survey, DOI Northwest Climate Science Center; Ellen Esch, University of California - San Diego; Scott Gressard, University of California, San Diego; W. Stanley Harpole, Iowa State University; Chris Kopp, University of California, San Diego; Eric M. Lind, University of Minnesota; Eric W. Seabloom, University of Minnesota; Nutrient Network, Multiple Institutions
3:40 PM
COS 105-7
 Linking climate, biodiversity and wildlife tourism in African national parks – a quantitative approach
Claudia Gruenewald, Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK-F); Thomas Hickler, Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK-F); Steven I. Higgins, Goethe University; Robert B. O'Hara, Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre; Katrin Böhning-Gaese, Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK-F)
4:00 PM
COS 105-8
 Managing multiple stressors to enhance the resilience in threatened marine habitats
Elisabeth Marieke Strain, University of Bologna; Laura Airoldi, University of Bologna
4:20 PM
COS 105-9
 Elevated CO2 magnifies the effect of eutrophication and shifts phytoplankton community composition
Etienne Low-Décarie, McGill University; Graham Bell, McGill University; Gregor F. Fussmann, McGill University
4:40 PM
COS 105-10
 Impact of woody encroachment on soil-plant-herbivore interactions in the Kafue Flats floodplain ecosystem
Wilma J. Blaser, ETH Zurich; Griffin K. Shanungu, Zambia Wildlife Authority; Chuma Simukonda, Zambia Wildlife Authority; Peter J. Edwards, ETH Zurich; Harry Olde venterink, ETH Zurich
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