93rd ESA Annual Meeting (August 3 -- August 8, 2008)

COS 1 - Aquatic-Terrestrial Linkages I

Monday, August 4, 2008: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
102 D, Midwest Airlines Center
1:30 PM
Litter processing in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems: Importance of species composition and trait persistence
John S. Kominoski, University of Georgia; Catherine M. Pringle, University of Georgia; Becky A. Ball, Arizona State University at the West Campus; Dave. C Coleman, University of Georgia; Mark D. Hunter, University of Michigan; Brady J. Mattsson, University of Georgia
1:50 PM
The fate of organic carbon pulses from watersheds to lakes in northern Wisconsin
Paul Hanson, University of Wisconsin; David P. Hamilton, University of Waikato; Emily H. Stanley, University of Wisconsin
2:10 PM
Spatial patterns of ecosystem subsidies from lake to land in northern Iceland
Philip Townsend, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Claudio Gratton, University of Wisconsin - Madison
2:30 PM
Modeling water and nutrient discharges from coastal plain subwatersheds of Chesapeake Bay
Xuyong Li, State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology; Donald E. Weller, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center; Thomas E. Jordan, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
2:50 PM
Farms, fish, phosphorus, and phytoplankton: Improved agricultural practices lead to increased phytoplankton biomass in a eutrophic reservoir
Michael J. Vanni, Miami University; William H. Renwick, Miami University; María J. González, Miami University
3:10 PM
3:20 PM
Ecological thresholds governing the fate and transport of phosphorus from watershed to lake
Daniel B.G. Collins, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Stephen R. Carpenter, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Jonathan A. Foley, University of Minnesota; Monica G. Turner, University of Wisconsin - Madison
4:00 PM
Interactions between demography and habitat availability determine abundances in amphibian metacommunities
Amber A. Burgett, Washington University in St. Louis; Jonathan M. Chase, Biodiversity Synthesis Laboratory