96th ESA Annual Meeting (August 7 -- 12, 2011)

COS 99 - Ecosystem Function I

Thursday, August 11, 2011: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
16A, Austin Convention Center
8:00 AM
Temporal dynamics of phytoplankton resource limitation, community composition, and toxin production in a large, deep, tropical lake
Jessica Corman, Arizona State University; Emily Carlson, University of California, Davis; Sudeep Chandra, University of Nevada, Reno; Margaret Dix, Universidad del Valle de Guatemala; Eliska Rejmánková, University of California, Davis; Amber Roegner, University of California, Davis; Jana Vésela, University of South Bohemia; James J. Elser, Arizona State University
8:20 AM
Shrub encroachment lengthens the memory of soil respiration to antecedent soil conditions
Jessica M. Cable, University of Alaska; Kiona Ogle, Arizona State University; Greg A. Barron-Gafford, University of Arizona; Lisa Patrick Bentley, University of Arizona; Russell L. Scott, USDA-ARS; Travis E. Huxman, University of California, Irvine
8:40 AM
Quantifying endogenous and exogenous legacy effects (ecological memory) of soil respiratory efflux in response to abiotic and biotic drivers in a semiarid shrubland
Greg A. Barron-Gafford, University of Arizona; Jessica M. Cable, University of Alaska; Lisa Patrick Bentley, University of Arizona; Russell L. Scott, USDA-ARS; Travis E. Huxman, University of California, Irvine; Kiona Ogle, Arizona State University
9:00 AM
Estimating oxidative ratio in US agricultural ecosystems
Morgan E. Gallagher, Rice University; Caroline A. Masiello, Rice University, Houston, TX; William C. Hockaday, Baylor University; Jeff A. Baldock, CSIRO Land and Water; Sieglinde Snapp, Michigan State University; Claire McSwiney, Kellogg Biological Station
9:20 AM
High-precision determination of the N+/Ar+ ratio in soil gases for measuring denitrification
Rebecca J. Fox, Horn Point Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science; Thomas R. Fisher, Horn Point Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science; Todd M. Kana, Horn Point Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science; Anne B. Gustafson, Horn Point Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science; Thomas E. Jordan, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
9:40 AM
9:50 AM
The search for the missing nitrogen: Estimating denitrification in whole watersheds from N2 fluxes through agricultural drainage ditches
Thomas E. Jordan, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center; Allyson L. Bullock, Smithsonian Institution; Dana C. Brenner, Smithsonian Institution; Thomas R. Fisher, Horn Point Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science; Anne B. Gustafson, Horn Point Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science; Rebecca J. Fox, Horn Point Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science; Joseph J. Miklas, Smithsonian Institution
10:10 AM
Enhanced belowground carbon cycling in perennial bioenergy crops
Kristina J. Anderson-Teixeira, University of Illinois; Michael Masters, University of Illinois; Marcelo Zeri, Centro de Ciência do Sistema Terrestre; Christopher K. Black, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Evan H. DeLucia, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
10:50 AM
Temperate forests tend to cool the land surface: Mechanisms controlling radiometric surface temperature change in managed ecosystems
Paul C. Stoy, Montana State University; Gaby G. Katul, Duke University; Jehn-Yih Juang, National Taiwan University; Kimberly A. Novick, Indiana University; Mario B.S. Siqueira, Universidade de Brasília; Sabina Dore, Northern Arizona University; Thomas E. Kolb, Northern Arizona University; Mario C. Montes-Helu, Northern Arizona University; Russell L. Scott, USDA-ARS
11:10 AM
Latent and sensible heat fluxes in a short hydroperiod Everglades wetland
Jessica L. Schedlbauer, West Chester University; Steven F. Oberbauer, Florida International University; Gregory Starr, University of Alabama; Kristine L. Jimenez, University of South Florida