Session: Ecosystem Function II (97th ESA Annual Meeting (August 5 -- 10, 2012))

1:30 PM

Soil metatranscriptomics reveals changes in expression of transcripts encoding lignocellulolytic enzymes in the forest floor of a temperate forest under increased N deposition
Linda T.A. Van Diepen, University of New Hampshire; W. Kelley Thomas, University of New Hampshire; Serita Frey, University of New Hampshire

1:50 PM

COS 107-2

Use of plant hydraulic theory to predict plant controls over mass and energy fluxes in response to changes in soils, elevation and mortality
Brent E. Ewers, University of Wyoming; D. Scott Mackay, SUNY-Buffalo; Elise Pendall, University of Wyoming; John M. Frank, Rocky Mountain Research Station, U.S. Forest Service; David E. Reed, University of Wyoming; William J. Massman, Rocky Mountain Research Station, U.S. Forest Service; Timothy Llewellyn Aston, University of Wyoming; Julia L. Angstmann, University of Wyoming; Kusum Nathani, University of Wyoming; Bhaskar Mitra, University of Arizona

2:10 PM

COS 107-3

Size matters: The contribution of mega-infauna to the food webs and ecosystem services of an Oregon estuary
Theodore H. DeWitt, U.S. EPA; Stephan R. Pacella, Oregon State University; Christina L. Folger, U.S. EPA; Peter M. Eldridge, U.S. EPA

2:30 PM

COS 107-4

BEFdata: A platform for onsite data gathering and online data amalgamation in collaborative research projects
Karin Nadrowski, University Leipzig; Xiaojuan Liu, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Keping Ma, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Lutz Maicher, Fraunhofer-Zentrum für Mittel- und Osteuropa (MOEZ); Xiangcheng Mi, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Michael Prilop, University Leipzig; Sophia Ratcliffe, University Leipzig; Daniel Seifarth, University Leipzig; Karl Welter, University Leipzig; Christian Wirth, University of Leipzig

2:50 PM

COS 107-5

Dead leaves and the dirty ground: Sediment pollution reduces detrital resource availability to consumers in agricultural stream food webs
Francis J. Burdon, University of Canterbury; Jon S. Harding, University of Canterbury; Angus R. McIntosh, University of Canterbury

3:10 PM

COS 107-

Break

3:20 PM

COS 107-6

Species-specific mediation of temperature and community interactions by multiple foundation species
Jennifer A. Dijkstra, Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve; Jacqueline Boudreau, Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve; Michele Dionne, Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve

3:40 PM

COS 107-7

Linked disturbance interactions in Alaska: The effects of spruce bark beetle outbreaks on subsequent wildfire dynamics
Winslow D. Hansen, University of Wisconsin, Madison; T. Scott Rupp, University of Alaska, Fairbanks; F. Stuart Chapin III, University of Alaska Fairbanks; David L. Verbyla, University of Alaska Fairbanks; Helen T. Naughton, University of Montana

4:00 PM

COS 107-8

Effects of detritivore density on detritus processing rates and nutrient feedbacks on benthic algae in shallow aquatic habitats
Scott A. Wissinger, Allegheny College; Amanda J. Klemmer, University of Canterbury; Emily J. Thornton, Allegheny College; Marieke Perchik, Allegheny College

4:20 PM

COS 107-9

Decomposition in the Santa Catalina Mountains: A study of the effects of litter type and invertebrate exclusion among plant biomes across an elevation gradient
Wallace M. Meyer III, Pomona College

4:40 PM

COS 107-10

Gap filling strategies for annual estimates of soil respiration
Nuria Gomez-Casanovas, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Kristina Anderson-Teixeira, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Marcelo Zeri, Centro de Ciência do Sistema Terrestre; Carl J. Bernacchi, University of Illinois; Evan H. DeLucia, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

COS 107 - Ecosystem Function II