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Microbial Ecology

Calcium-amended soils exhibit altered bacterial community structure at Hubbard brook experimental forest (HBEF), USA

Poster Number:  179 Presenter/Primary Author:  Swathi Turlapati Soil Ca depletion due to acidic deposition related soil chemistry changes has led to the decline of forest productivity and carbon sequestration in the northeastern USA.

Unique traits of an ultra low-diversity bacterial and fungal high-elevation (> 6000 m) cold desert mineral soil community

Poster Number:  159 Presenter/Primary Author:  Ryan Lynch High-elevation, plant and glacier free soils rank among the most physiochemically extreme and oligotrophic terrestrial environments.  The mountain topogr

Impacts of land-use change on carbon and nitrogen cycling: a cross-site opportunity

Working Group Reports Final reports:  Report of LTER ASM Working Group.pdf Increasing human demands for food, energy, and space has resulted in the conversion of forest and grasslands to intensively used lands. Session:  Working Group Session 3 Tuesday Room Assignment:  Longs Peak - Chasm Lake (60)

Dissolved organic matter and sea ice dynamics may explain changes in microbial community structure along the western Antarctic Peninsula

Poster Number:  150 Presenter/Primary Author:  Catherine M. Luria The western Antarctic Peninsula (WAP) experiences extreme seasonal changes in sea-ice and light, with intense phytoplankton blooms in spring and summer.

 
 
Background Photo by: Nicole Hansen - Jornada (JRN) LTER