2018 ESA Annual Meeting (August 5 -- 10)

COS 94 - Biogeochemistry: Linking Community Structure And Ecosystem Function II

Thursday, August 9, 2018: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
354, New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center
8:00 AM
From the ground to a tropical forest canopy: microbial community assembly and microclimate regulate decomposition
Evan Gora, University of Louisville; Jane M. Lucas, University of Oklahoma; Stephen P. Yanoviak, University of Louisville
8:20 AM
Can patterns of nitrogen allocation and strategies of symbiotic nitrogen fixation explain the success of legumes in diverse plant communities?
Efrat Sheffer, Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Hila Bakhshian, Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Anil B. Pokhrel, Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Tania Masci, Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Guy Dovrat, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
8:40 AM
Location, more than depth, influences soil microbial cycling of greenhouse gases
Keshav Arogyaswamy, University of California, Riverside; Emma L. Aronson, University of California Riverside
9:00 AM
How resources capture rate is related to resource partitioning in water limited annual plant communities
Guy Dovrat, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Efrat Sheffer, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Yagil Osem, Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Center
9:20 AM
Microbial communities as carbon conductors: Elucidating universal traits across litter types
Renee B Johansen, Los Alamos National Laboratory; Michaeline Nelson Albright, Los Alamos National Laboratory; Deanna Lopez, Los Alamos National Laboratory; Laverne Gallegos-Graves, Los Alamos National Laboratory; Andreas Runde, Los Alamos National Laboratory; Thomas Yoshida, Los Alamos National Laboratory; John Dunbar, Los Alamos National Laboratory
9:40 AM
9:50 AM
Multiple development pathways determine structural complexity and carbon storage in forests of the northeastern U.S
Dominik Thom, University of Vermont; William S. Keeton, University of Vermont
10:10 AM
The population and community ecology of transient carbon accumulation in terrestrial ecosystems
Jonathan M. Levine, ETH Zurich; Simon P. Hart, University of Queensland; Janneke HilleRisLambers, University of Washington; William Petry, ETH Zurich; Jacob Usinowicz, ETH Zurich; Tom Crowther, ETH
10:30 AM
Effects of alder- and salmon-derived nutrients on aquatic microbial community structure and metabolism in sub-arctic lakes
Denise A. Devotta, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Angela Kent, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Patrick Walsh, US Fish and Wildlife Service; Jennifer M. Fraterrigo, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; David M. Nelson, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science; Feng Sheng Hu, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
10:50 AM
Pasture integrated crop rotations alter microbial biodiversity and function reducing potential nitrate leaching
Jeth Walkup, West Virginia University; Chansotheary Dang, West Virginia University; Rene N Miller, West Virginia University; Ember Morrissey, West Virginia University
11:10 AM
Crayfish on drugs: Effects of a common anti-depressant on crayfish behavior and subsequent biogeochemical impacts
Alexander J. Reisinger, University of Florida, Cary Institute; Lindsey Sargent Reisinger, Central Michigan University, University of Florida; Erinn Richmond, Monash University; Emma Rosi, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
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