Session: Detritus And Decomposition (2017 ESA Annual Meeting (August 6 -- 11))

1:30 PM

COS 8-1

The role of phylogeny and functional traits in determining wood decomposition rates across 25 tropical tree species
Gbadamassi G.O. Dossa, Kunming Institute of Botany, Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, World Agroforestry Centre, East & Central Asia Regional Office, Kunming; Ekananda Paudel, Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Kunming Institute of Botany, World Agroforestry Centre, East & Central Asia Regional Office, Kunming; Kunfang Cao, Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, College of Forestry, Guangxi University; Douglas A. Schaefer, Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology; Jianchu Xu, Kunming Institute of Botany, World Agroforestry Centre, East & Central Asia Regional Office, Kunming; Rhett D. Harrison, World Agroforestry Centre, Kunming Institute of Botany

1:50 PM

COS 8-2

Vegetation effects on plant litter decomposition in Pacific coast tidal marshes
Christopher N. Janousek, Oregon State University; Kevin J. Buffington, Oregon State University; Karen M. Thorne, U. S. Geological Survey; Bruce D. Dugger, Oregon State University; Glenn R. Guntenspergen, US Geological Survey; John Y. Takekawa, U.S. Geological Survey, Audubon California

2:10 PM

COS 8-3

Soil wetting-respiration integrates microbial and extracellular carbon sources across a lithologic gradient
Eric W. Slessarev, University of California, Santa Barbara; Yang Lin, University of California; Peter M. Homyak, University of California, Santa Barbara; Joshua P. Schimel, University of California, Santa Barbara

2:30 PM

COS 8-4

Drought and nitrogen deposition effects on microbial community composition and function during Fagus grandifolia leaf litter decomposition
Joseph D. Taura, Kent State University; Christopher Blackwood, Kent State University; Laura G. Leff, Kent State University

2:50 PM

COS 8-5

Variation in resource stoichiometry signals differential carbon to nutrient limitation for stream consumers across biomes
Kaitlin J. Farrell, University of Georgia; Amy D. Rosemond, University of Georgia; Ballantyne Ford IV, University of Georgia; John Kominoski, Florida International University; Sophia M. Bonjour, Southern Illinois University; Janine Rüegg, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Kansas State University; Lauren E. Koenig, University of New Hampshire; Christina L. Baker, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks; Matt T. Trentman, University of Notre Dame, Kansas State University; Tamara K. Harms, University of Alaska; Kenneth R. Sheehan, USGS, University of New Hampshire

3:10 PM

COS 8-

Break

3:20 PM

COS 8-6

The influence of bark on wood decay and fungal and bacterial communities in terrestrial and aquatic environments in a wet tropical forest
Jennifer M. Jones, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Shawn P. Brown, Oregon State University; James W. Dalling, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Astrid Ferrer, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Katy D. Heath, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

3:40 PM

COS 8-7

Deep peat deposits in Baja California Sur mangroves record slow rate of organic matter decomposition
Matthew T. Costa, UC San Diego; Octavio Aburto-Oropeza, University of California San Diego; Emma L. Aronson, University of California Riverside; Jon K. Botthoff, UC Riverside; Exequiel Ezcurra, University of California, Riverside

4:00 PM

COS 8-8

Microbial diversity in decaying wood strongly explains enzyme patterns and element bioavailability
Harald Kellner, TU Dresden - IHI Zittau; Sabrina Leonhardt, TU Dresden - IHI Zittau; Elisa Stengel, TU Dresden - IHI Zittau; Julia Moll, Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ; Björn Hoppe, Julius Kühn-Institute - Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants; Claus Bässler, Bavarian Forest National Park; Francois Buscot, Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ; Martin Hofrichter, TU Dresden - IHI Zittau

4:20 PM

COS 8-9

Effects of species and location on litter decomposition of Coffea sp. in Chiapas, Mexico
Lauren Schmitt, University of Michigan; Ivette Perfecto, University of Michigan

4:40 PM

COS 8-10

Hydrology contributes to the inter-annual variability of litter breakdown in forested reference streams: Bioassessment implications
Alex C.Y. Yeung, University of British Columbia; David P. Kreutzweiser, Natural Resources Canada; John S. Richardson, University of British Columbia

COS 8 - Detritus And Decomposition