Session: Detritus and Decomposition (93rd ESA Annual Meeting (August 3 -- August 8, 2008))

8:00 AM

Leaf litter decomposition process in forest ecosystem: A comparison of methods
Maria Francesca Cotrufo, Seconda Università di Napoli; Daniela Piermatteo, Seconda Università di Napoli; Fabio Marzaioli, Seconda Università di Napoli; Jerome Ngao, Seconda Università di Napoli

8:20 AM

COS 110-2

Coarse woody debris surface CO₂ flux within experimental canopy gaps in a northern hardwood forest
Jodi A. Forrester, University of Wisconsin; Jennifer L. Stoffel, Upper Iowa University; David J. Mladenoff, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Stith T. Gower, University of Wisconsin Madison

8:40 AM

COS 110-3

Invertebrate herbivore and detritivore effects on microbial community composition and leaf decomposition rates under light gaps and closed canopies in a tropical forest
Chelse M. Prather, University of Houston; Gary E. Belovsky, University of Notre Dame; Sharon A. Cantrell Rodríguez, Universidad del Turabo; Grizelle González, USDA Forest Service

9:00 AM

COS 110-4

Nitrogen dynamics of fine root decomposition in western Oregon
Tiffany L. van Huysen, UC Davis; Mark E. Harmon, Oregon State University; Steven Perakis, US Geological Survey

9:20 AM

COS 110-5

The effect of differences in the active microbial community on decomposition on cedar and pine litter on native sandy prairie
Nathan J. Mellor, Colorado State University; Sherri J. Morris, Bradley University; Richard Conant, Colorado State University; Eldor A. Paul, Colorado State University

9:40 AM

COS 110-

Break

9:50 AM

COS 110-6

Crayfish effects on fine particulate organic matter bioavailability
Justin J. Montemarano, Kent State University; Mark W. Kershner, Kent State University

10:10 AM

COS 110-7

Unique microbial communities under three forest types decompose aspen leaf litter by different metabolic pathways: A metabolomic analysis using high resolution mass spectrometry - MOVED TO COS 17-3
Matthew D. Wallenstein, Colorado State University; Edward Ayres, National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON); Heidi Steltzer, Fort Lewis College; Matthew Lewis, Colorado State University

10:30 AM

COS 110-8

Photochemical mineralization to carbon dioxide as a mechanism for plant litter decomposition in arid ecosystems
Leslie Brandt, USDA Forest Service; Jennifer Y. King, University of California, Santa Barbara; Cassandra Bohnet, University of Northern Iowa

10:50 AM

COS 110-9

Effects of resource limitation and seasonal variation on the turnover of organic matter by Chironomidae (Diptera) in southern Apalachain streams
Angela Romito, University of Georgia; Sue Eggert, University of Georgia; J. Bruce Wallace, University of Georgia; Jeffrey M. Diez, University of California, Riverside

COS 110 - Detritus and Decomposition