Pattern and control of organic matter accumulation in surface layers and sediments
The entire ecosystem relies on the recycling of organic matter (and the nutrients it contains), including dead plants, animals, and other organisms. Decomposition of organic matter and its movement through the ecosystem is an important component of the food web.
Net Ecosystem Exchange, Soil Respiration, and the Age of Respired Carbon from High-Elevation Alpine Tundra
Poster Number: 178 Presenter/Primary Author: John Knowles Carbon dioxide (CO2) is increasing in the contemporary atmosphere as a result of an imbalance between anthropogenic and natural CO2 emissions and biospheric and oceanic CO
Soil aggregates and organic matter dynamics in short, medium and long term cover crops based land use system
Poster Number: 172 Presenter/Primary Author: Wakene Chewaka Introducing cover crops to corn and soybean cropping systems have both ecological and agricultural benefits.
Tools for assessing EML data package quality
Poster Number: 165 Presenter/Primary Author: Margaret O'Brien Since 2009, the LTER Information Managers Committee (IMC) has been developing a system of quality standards for EML data packages to assure that PASTA-components of the LTER Network Information Sys
Variation in carbon cycling impacts of an invasive grass (Microstegium vimineum) across an urban-rural gradient in Southern Appalachian forests
Poster Number: 157 Presenter/Primary Author: Matt Craig Although there is broad recognition that invasive species can alter ecosystem processes, little is known about how other factors influence such impacts.
Understanding litter decomposition in drylands: Is litter abrasion an important abiotic factor?
Poster Number: 156 Presenter/Primary Author: Melanie Peterson Drylands comprise approximately 40% of the global land cover and about 20% of the global soil organic carbon (C) pool (Lal, 2004).
