Session: Biogeochemistry: Linking Community Structure And Ecosystem Function I (2017 ESA Annual Meeting (August 6 -- 11))

8:00 AM

COS 29-1

Investigating decomposer bacterial communities along an elevation gradient
Sydney I. Glassman, University of California, Irvine; Claudia Weihe, University of California, Irvine; Steven Allison, University of California, Irvine; Adam C. Martiny, University of California, Irvine; Kathleen K. Treseder, University of California, Irvine; Jennifer B.H. Martiny, University of California, Irvine

8:20 AM

COS 29-2

Drivers of spatial heterogeneity in nitrogen processing among three alpine plant communities in the Rocky Mountains
Amber C. Churchill, University of Colorado Boulder; Joshua B. Grinath, Florida State University; Aidan Beers, University of Colorado; William D. Bowman, University of Colorado

8:40 AM

COS 29-3

Reaching beyond the edge: Influences of an invasive N-fixing tree beyond its canopy
Carla D'Antonio, University of California Santa Barbara; Stephanie G. Yelenik, U.S. Geological Survey

9:00 AM

COS 29-4

Alternative plant strategies influence the relationship between plant traits and net primary productivity
Ellie M. Goud, Cornell University; Jed P. Sparks, Cornell University

9:20 AM

COS 29-5

Anthropogenic N deposition modifies fine-root decay by altering bacterial communities
William Argiroff, University of Michigan; Rima A. Upchurch, University of Michigan; Donald R. Zak, University of Michigan

9:40 AM

COS 29-

Break

9:50 AM

COS 29-6

Canopy foliar nitrogen heterogeneity influences denitrification rates in a tropical lowland forest
Fiona Soper, University of Montana; Megan K. Nasto, University of Montana; Benjamin W. Sullivan, University of Nevada, Reno; Brooke B. Osborne, Brown University; Stephen Porder, Brown University; Cory C. Cleveland, University of Montana

10:10 AM

COS 29-7

Does prey stoichiometry influence copepod swimming behaviors across its ontogeny?
Emily M. Herstoff, Stony Brook University; Stephen B. Baines, Stony Brook University; Cedric L. Meunier, Alfred Wegener Institute; Maarten Boersma, Alfred Wegener Institute

10:30 AM

COS 29-8

Integrating biogeochemistry and biodiversity: Exploring the unknowns
Nicholas L. Rodenhouse, Wellesley College; Matthew P. Ayres, Dartmouth College; Scott W. Bailey, USFS; John J. Battles, University of California, Berkeley; John Campbell, United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service; Melany C. Fisk, Miami University; Kara Gonzales, State University of New York; Mark B. Green, Plymouth State University; Peter M. Groffman, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies; Gary Lovett, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies; Winsor Lowe, University of Montana; Emma Rosi-Marshall, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies; Linda H. Pardo, USDA Forest Service; Pamela Templer, Boston University

10:50 AM Cancelled

COS 29-9

Soil nitrogen determines greenhouse gas emissions from northern peatlands under concurrent warming and vegetation shifting (widthdrawn)
Junwei Luan, International Centre for Bamboo and Rattan; Jianghua Wu, Grenfell Campus, Memorial University of Newfoundland; Shirong Liu, Chinese Academy of Forestry; Nigel Roulet, McGill University; Mei Wang, Grenfell Campus, Memorial University of Newfoundland

11:10 AM

COS 29-10

Liming alters soil microbial community structure and function in northern mixed hardwood forests
Bhavya Sridhar, Cornell University; Spencer J. Debenport, Cornell University; Timothy J. Fahey, Cornell University; Christine L. Goodale, Cornell University; Daniel H. Buckley, Cornell University

COS 29 - Biogeochemistry: Linking Community Structure And Ecosystem Function I