2017 ESA Annual Meeting (August 6 -- 11)

1:30 PM

COS 8-1

The role of phylogeny and functional traits in determining wood decomposition rates across 25 tropical tree species
Gbadamassi G.O. Dossa, Kunming Institute of Botany; Ekananda Paudel, World Agroforestry Centre, East & Central Asia Regional Office, Kunming; Kunfang Cao, Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology; Douglas A. Schaefer, Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology; Jianchu Xu, World Agroforestry Centre, East & Central Asia Regional Office, Kunming; Rhett D. Harrison, Kunming Institute of Botany

1:50 PM

COS 8-2

Vegetation effects on plant litter decomposition in Pacific coast tidal marshes
Christopher N. Janousek, Oregon State University; Kevin J. Buffington, Oregon State University; Karen M. Thorne, U. S. Geological Survey; Bruce D. Dugger, Oregon State University; Glenn R. Guntenspergen, US Geological Survey; John Y. Takekawa, U.S. Geological Survey

2:10 PM

COS 8-3

Soil wetting-respiration integrates microbial and extracellular carbon sources across a lithologic gradient
Eric W. Slessarev, University of California, Santa Barbara; Yang Lin, University of California; Peter M. Homyak, University of California, Santa Barbara; Joshua P. Schimel, University of California, Santa Barbara

2:30 PM

COS 8-4

Drought and nitrogen deposition effects on microbial community composition and function during Fagus grandifolia leaf litter decomposition
Joseph D. Taura, Kent State University; Christopher B. Blackwood, Kent State University; Laura G. Leff, Kent State University

2:50 PM

COS 8-5

Variation in resource stoichiometry signals differential carbon to nutrient limitation for stream consumers across biomes
Kaitlin J. Farrell, University of Georgia; Amy D. Rosemond, University of Georgia; Ford Ballantyne IV, University of Georgia; John Kominoski, Florida International University; Sophia M. Bonjour, Southern Illinois University; Janine Rüegg, Kansas State University; Lauren E. Koenig, University of New Hampshire; Christina L. Baker, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks; Matt T. Trentman, Kansas State University; Tamara K. Harms, University of Alaska; Kenneth R. Sheehan, University of New Hampshire

3:10 PM

COS 8-

Break

3:20 PM

COS 8-6

The influence of bark on wood decay and fungal and bacterial communities in terrestrial and aquatic environments in a wet tropical forest
Jennifer M. Jones, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Shawn P. Brown, Oregon State University; James W. Dalling, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Astrid Ferrer, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Katy D. Heath, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

3:40 PM

COS 8-7

Deep peat deposits in Baja California Sur mangroves record slow rate of organic matter decomposition
Matthew T. Costa, UC San Diego; Octavio Aburto-Oropeza, University of California San Diego; Emma L. Aronson, University of California, Riverside; Jon K. Botthoff, UC Riverside; Exequiel Ezcurra, University of California, Riverside

4:00 PM

COS 8-8

Microbial diversity in decaying wood strongly explains enzyme patterns and element bioavailability
Harald Kellner, TU Dresden - IHI Zittau; Sabrina Leonhardt, TU Dresden - IHI Zittau; Elisa Stengel, TU Dresden - IHI Zittau; Julia Moll, Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ; Björn Hoppe, Julius Kühn-Institute - Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants; Claus Bässler, Bavarian Forest National Park; Francois Buscot, Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ; Martin Hofrichter, TU Dresden - IHI Zittau

4:20 PM

COS 8-9

Effects of species and location on litter decomposition of Coffea sp. in Chiapas, Mexico
Lauren Schmitt, University of Michigan; Ivette Perfecto, University of Michigan

4:40 PM

COS 8-10

Hydrology contributes to the inter-annual variability of litter breakdown in forested reference streams: Bioassessment implications
Alex C.Y. Yeung, University of British Columbia; David P. Kreutzweiser, Natural Resources Canada; John S. Richardson, University of British Columbia

COS 8 - Detritus And Decomposition

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