2012 LTER ASM - None

Linking the near- surface camera-based phenological metrics with leaf chemical and spectroscopic properties

Jim Tang — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 20:09:45 +0000

Poster Number:

398

Presenter/Primary Author:

Jim Tang

Co-Authors:

Xi Yang

Co-Authors:

John Mustard

Co-Authors:

Johanna Schmitt

Plant phenology is an important indicator of climate change.

Predator: prey size relationships of marine zooplankton: Testing the 10:1 hypothesis with stable isotopes

mlandry — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 22:25:17 +0000

Poster Number:

395

Presenter/Primary Author:

Michael Landry

Co-Authors:

Lisa Della Ripa

Co-Authors:

Moira Décima

Co-Authors:

Christina Bradley

Co-Authors:

Brian Popp

Size-based theories of energy flow in marine plankton ecosystems, as well as numerous conceptual models, assume that predators and prey are linked, on average, by a body length ratio of 10:1.

Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve

jcorney — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 14:32:20 +0000

Poster Number:

384

Presenter/Primary Author:

David Tilman

Co-Authors:

Jeffrey Corney

Co-Authors:

Mary Spivey

The Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve (CCESR)—formerly the Cedar Creek Natural History Area—is a renowned ecological research and education facility located in central Minnesota, approximately

Nitrous Oxide Fluxes As a Function of Diffusion and Profile Concentrations in the Upper Meter of an Agricultural Soil

ishcherbak — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 18:00:16 +0000

Poster Number:

382

Presenter/Primary Author:

Iurii Shcherbak

Co-Authors:

G. Philip Robertson

Nitrous oxide (N₂O) production in arable soils is a major part of agricultural GHG emissions but not much is known about subsurface sources of N₂O.

Student Poster:

Yes

KBS LTER: Field Crop Ecology

jkunkle — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 18:32:42 +0000

Poster Number:

370

Presenter/Primary Author:

Justin Kunkle

Co-Authors:

G.P. Robertson

Co-Authors:

K.L. Gross

Co-Authors:

S.K. Hamilton

Co-Authors:

D.A. Landis

Co-Authors:

T.M. Schmidt

Co-Authors:

S.S. Snapp

Co-Authors:

S.M. Swinton

Co-Authors:

J.E. Doll

The KBS LTER site is in a diverse, rural-to-semirural landscape typical of the U.S. Great Lakes and upper Midwest regions.

Potential Roles of Gypsophilic fungal endophytes at the Sevilleta LTER

aporras-alfaro — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 21:55:04 +0000

Poster Number:

351

Presenter/Primary Author:

Terri Tobias

Co-Authors:

Andrea Porras-Alfaro

Co-Authors:

Srivathsan Raghavan

Co-Authors:

Timothy Lowrey

Co-Authors:

Margaret Garcia

Gypsophilic soils are mainly composed of calcium sulfate and plants in this environment form associations with a diverse community of mycorrhizal and other endophytic fungi.

Isolation of Fungi from Healthy and Blue-Stain Infected Piñon at the Sevilleta LTER

aporras-alfaro — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 21:37:59 +0000

Poster Number:

349

Presenter/Primary Author:

Andrea Porras-Alfaro

Co-Authors:

Zachary T. Gossage

Co-Authors:

Joanna Redfern

Co-Authors:

Paulette Ford

Co-Authors:

William Pockman

Co-Authors:

Nate McDowell

Co-Authors:

Donald Natvig

Piñon trees in piñon-juniper woodlands in the Southwest have been showing increase mortality due in part to major droughts that have been impacting this area.

Soil and endophytic fungal associations with grama at the Sevilleta LTER

aporras-alfaro — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 21:34:16 +0000

Poster Number:

348

Presenter/Primary Author:

Andrea Porras-Alfaro

Co-Authors:

Donald O Natvig

Co-Authors:

Robert Sinsabaugh

Co-Authors:

Jose Herrera

Plant and soil fungi are fundamental in different ecological processes.

Thermophilic Fungi in Biological Soil Crust at the Sevilleta LTER

aporras-alfaro — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 21:31:50 +0000

Poster Number:

347

Presenter/Primary Author:

Andrea Porras-Alfaro

Co-Authors:

Katrina Sandona

Co-Authors:

Donald O. Natvig

Co-Authors:

Amy Powell

Co-Authors:

Miriam Hutchinson

Co-Authors:

Zachary Gossage

Biological soil crust are common in arid ecosystems, they are mainly form by the association of a community of microorganisms including fungi, lichens and cyanobacteria.

Characterization of Endophytic Cellulose Degrading Fungi at the Sevilleta LTER site.

aporras-alfaro — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 21:27:45 +0000

Poster Number:

345

Presenter/Primary Author:

Andrea Porras-Alfaro

Co-Authors:

Zachary T. Gossage

Co-Authors:

Carolyn Weber

Co-Authors:

Cheryl Kuske

Very few microorganisms are currently used in bioethanol production and the discovery of novel species with the capacity to degrade cellulose could impact directly the biofuel industry.