COS 7
Ecosystem Function

Monday, August 10, 2015: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
321, Baltimore Convention Center
1:30 PM
"One physical system": Tansley's ecosystem as Earth's critical zone
Daniel deB. Richter, Duke University; Sharon A. Billings, University of Kansas
2:10 PM
Patterns of dissolved oxygen dynamics in a Pacific Northwest slough and tide channel
James H. Power, U.S. EPA; David Beugli, Willapa-Grays Harbor Oyster Growers Association; TChris Mochon Collura, U.S. EPA, Western Ecology Division, Pacific Coastal Ecology Branch; Jody Stecher, U.S. EPA, Western Ecology Division, Pacific Coastal Ecology Branch
2:30 PM
Long-term interactive effects of elephants, fire, and rainfall determine woody plant biomass and carbon storage in African savanna
Adam F.A. Pellegrini, Princeton University; Robert M. Pringle, Princeton University; Lars O. Hedin, Princeton University; Navashni Govender, South African National Parks
2:50 PM
Leaf and root decomposition of native and non-native woody species in temperate deciduous forests
Insu Jo, Syracuse University; Douglas A. Frank, Syracuse University; Jason Fridley, Syracuse University
3:10 PM
3:20 PM
Biocrust-specific contribution to soil organic carbon under contrasting grazing intensities in grasslands of Mexico
Dody Morales-Sánchez, Instituto Potosino de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica; Elisabeth Huber-Sannwald, Instituto Potosino de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica; David Smart, University of Davis California; Tulio Arredondo-Moreno, Instituto Potosino de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica, A.C.; José Luis Flores-Flores, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí; Lina Riego-Ruiz, Instituto Potosino de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica
3:40 PM
Landscape context effects the ecosystem-service delivery of temperate biogenic reefs
F. Joel Fodrie, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Jonathan H. Grabowski, Northeastern University; Antonio B. Rodriguez, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Michael F. Piehler, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Ashley Smyth, Virginia Institute of Marine Science
4:00 PM
Is co-limitation of primary production in headwater streams by light and nutrients a product of aggregate single-factor limitation?
Dana Richard Warren, Oregon State University; Matthew Kaylor, Oregon State University; Emily M. Purvis, UC Berkeley
4:20 PM
Landscape setting affects the structure and function of oyster reefs
Danielle A. Keller, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Rachel K. Gittman, Northeastern University; Justin T Ridge, UNC-CH; Michelle C. Brodeur, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Matt D. Kenworthy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Antonio B. Rodriguez, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; F. Joel Fodrie, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
4:40 PM Cancelled
COS 7-10
The amputated limb study: Effects of movement from canopy to forest floor on temperate rainforest epiphyte and arboreal soil communities (widthdrawn)
Nalini Nadkarni, University of Utah; William Brazelton, University of Utah; Dennis Aubrey, The Evergreen State College
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