Session: Biogeochemistry: Biogeo Patterns Along Environmental Gradients (101st ESA Annual Meeting (August 7 -- 12, 2016))

1:30 PM

COS 1-1

Variability in permafrost depth and potential biogeochemical indicators in Alaskan peatlands
John E Anderson, Geospatial Research Lab; Robyn A. Barbato, US Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Lab; Thomas Douglas, Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory; Stephen Newman, Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory

1:50 PM

COS 1-2

Historical patterns of atmospheric nitrogen deposition across the western United States determined from herbaria lichen specimens
Sarah M. Anderson, Washington State University; Shannon E. Albeke, University of Wyoming; David Williams, University of Wyoming; Jill A. McMurray, Air Resource Management Program; R. Dave Evans, Washington State University

2:10 PM

COS 1-3

Lagged effects of precipitation drive plant community composition responses to ecosystem engineering
Joshua B. Grinath, University of Colorado Boulder, Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory; Nicolas Deguines, University of Washington, University of California Berkeley; Laura R. Prugh, University of Washington; Justin S. Brashares, University of California, Berkeley; Katharine N. Suding, University of Colorado, Boulder, University of Colorado

2:30 PM

COS 1-4

Relation between tree abundance and intra-annual rainfall variability in tropical savannas: Global patterns and ecological causes
Xiangtao Xu, Princeton University; David M. Medvigy, Princeton University; Ignacio Rodriguez-Iturbe, Princeton University

2:50 PM

COS 1-5

Soil properties drive carbon-water relations across a climate gradient in Sierra Nevada forests
Toby M. Maxwell, University of California, Davis; Lucas C.R. Silva, University of California, Davis; William R. Horwath, University of California, Davis

3:10 PM

COS 1-

Break

3:20 PM

COS 1-6

Nutrient cycling efficiency compared across sites, elements, and forest types
Ruth D. Yanai, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry; Timothy J. Fahey, Cornell University; Byung Bae Park, Chungnam National University; James B. Shanley, USGS; Scott W. Bailey, USFS; Richard A. Hallett, USDA Forest Service; Donald S. Ross, University of Vermont

3:40 PM

COS 1-7

Biotic control on carbonate dissolution in a low relief patterned landscape in South Florida
Xiaoli Dong, Duke University; James B. Heffernan, Duke University

4:00 PM

COS 1-8

Higher carbon-to-nitrogen ratios in soils dominated by ectomycorrhizal-associated trees do not equate to greater soil carbon storage
Matthew E. Craig, Indiana University; Benjamin L. Turner, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute; Norman A. Bourg, Smithsonian Institution - National Zoological Park; William J. McShea, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute at the National Zoological Park; Richard Phillips, Indiana University

4:20 PM

COS 1-9

Microbial community structure across a tidal wetland salinity gradient
Georgios Giannopoulos, Virginia Commonwealth University; Dong Yoon Lee, Virginia Commonwealth University; Olivia De Meo, Virginia Commonwealth University; Gabriella Balasa, Virginia Commonwealth University; Scott Neubauer, Virginia Commonwealth University; Bonnie Brown, Virginia Commonwealth University; Rima Franklin, Virginia Commonwealth University

4:40 PM

COS 1-10

Watershed elevation determines the impacts of terrestrial and marine-derived nutrients on freshwater systems
Denise A. Devotta, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Jennifer M. Fraterrigo, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Patrick Walsh, US Fish and Wildlife Service; Stacey Lowe, US Fish and Wildlife Service; Daniel E. Schindler, University of Washington; Tim Sands, Alaska Department of Fish and Game; Feng Sheng Hu, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

COS 1 - Biogeochemistry: Biogeo Patterns Along Environmental Gradients