Session: Decompostition (ESA/SER Joint Meeting (August 5 -- August 10, 2007))

Tuesday, August 7, 2007: 5:00 PM-6:30 PM

Exhibit Halls 1 and 2, San Jose McEnery Convention Center

PS 24-22

Effects of ultraviolet radiation on the early stages of litter decomposition in three contrasting grassland ecosystems
Leslie Brandt, USDA Forest Service; Jennifer Y. King, University of California, Santa Barbara; Daniel G. Milchunas, Colorado State University; Robert L. Sinsabaugh, University of New Mexico; Sarah E. Hobbie, University of Minnesota; William Parton, Colorado State University

PS 24-23

Comparison of decomposition rates in Arctic tundra in response to increased nutrient availability and air temperature
Heather M. Rueth, Grand Valley State University; Gaius Shaver, Marine Biological Laboratory; James Laundre, MBL

PS 24-24

Interannual climate variation influences Quercus spp, but not Acer rubrum, leaf litter decomposition in a mixed-oak forest
Jared L. DeForest, Ohio University; Jiquan Chen, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH 43606

PS 24-25

The role of soil organisms controlling aboveground litter decomposition in the semiarid Patagonian steppe, Argentina
Patricia I. Araujo, University of Buenos Aires, IFEVA-CONICET; Amy T. Austin, University of Buenos Aires, IFEVA-CONICET

PS 24-26

Effects of carbon quality additions on soil enzymatic activity and litter decomposition in a mixed southern beech forest in Patagonia, Argentina
Marina Gonzalez-Polo, CONICET; Amy T. Austin, University of Buenos Aires, IFEVA-CONICET

PS 24-27

Differences in litter quality among fine root orders may lead to variability in root decomposition rates in a Pinus palustris forest
Noah A. Jansen, Joseph W. Jones Ecological Research Center; Robert J. Mitchell, Joseph W. Jones Ecological Research Center; Shibu Jose, University of Missouri

PS 24-28

Fine root decomposition in ponderosa pine forests
Valerie J. Kurth, University of Minnesota; Kevin C. Grady, Northern Arizona University; Stephen C. Hart, University of California, Merced

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