2018 ESA Annual Meeting (August 5 -- 10)

COS 75 - Biogeochemistry: Linking Community Structure And Ecosystem Function I

Wednesday, August 8, 2018: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
339, New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center
1:30 PM
Microbial enzymatic and decomposition responses to climate change in Southern California
Steven Allison, University of California, Irvine; Sydney I. Glassman, University of California, Irvine; Bahareh Sorouri, University of California, Irvine; Claudia Weihe, University of California, Irvine; Michael Goulden, 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
1:50 PM
An experimental investigation of the hydrology of an ephemeral wetland in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica and the hydroecological consequences
Diane McKnight, University of Colorado; Nicholas Schulte, University of Colorado; Adam Wlostowski, University of Colorado; Byron J. Adams, Brigham Young University; Uffe N. Nielsen, Western Sydney University; Diana Wall, Colorado State University; Rhea M. M. Esposito, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies; Michael N. Gooseff, University of Colorado
2:10 PM
Carbon assimilation is phylogenetically clustered in soil prokaryotes for both complex and simple substrates
Chansotheary Dang, West Virginia University; Rene N Miller, West Virginia University; Jeth Walkup, West Virginia University; Bruce A. Hungate, Northern Arizona University; Ember Morrissey, West Virginia University
2:30 PM
Exploring the dark side of biodiversity and ecosystem function (BEF) in plantation ecosystems
Alison D. Munson, Université Laval; Rim Khlifa, Université Laval
2:50 PM
Interactions between litter and soil chemistry drives carbon substrate preference of microbial communities
Nanette Raczka, West Virginia University; Ember Morrissey, West Virginia University; Edward R. Brzostek, West Virginia University
3:10 PM
3:20 PM
Long term studies reveal relative importance of plants and soil on microbial C-N cycling
Kirsten S. Hofmockel, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Iowa State University; Allison Thompson, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Robert Starke, Pacific Northwest National; Sheryl L. Bell, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
3:40 PM
Bacterial carbon-use- efficiency predicted from genome-scale metabolic models is phylogenetically structured and declines with genome size and GC content
Mustafa Saifuddin, Boston University; Jennifer M. Bhatnagar, Boston University; Daniel Segre, Boston University; Adrien C. Finzi, Boston University
4:00 PM
Incorporating microbial “omics” information into a soil biogeochemical model: A novel model scheme to regulate microbial functions and soil carbon dynamics
Melanie A. Mayes, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Yang Song, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Qiuming Yao, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Chongle Pan, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Gangsheng Wang, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Xiaojuan Yang, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Benjamin L. Turner, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute; S. Joseph Wright, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute; Eric Johnston, Georgia Institute of Technology; Minjae Kim, Georgia Institute of Technology; Konstantinos T. Konstantinidis, Georgia Institute of Technology; Ryan K. Quinn, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Debjani Sihi, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Malak M. Tfaily, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Ljiljana Pasa-Tolic, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
4:20 PM
The role of marine subsidies in nearshore beachgrass production along the Pacific Northwest coast
Vanessa Constant, Oregon State University; Sally D. Hacker, Oregon State University; Francis Chan, Oregon State University
4:40 PM
Plant phenology and spatial distribution influences nitrogen cycling function
Alonso Favela, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Angela Kent, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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