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Site Science

Is the missing nitrogen source (or sink) at Hubbard Brook statistically significant? Quantifying Uncertainty in Ecosystem Studies (QUEST)

Poster Number:  306 Presenter/Primary Author:  Ruth Yanai Nutrient budgets for forested ecosystems have rarely included error analysis, making it difficult to establish the significance of the results.  At the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, the N

Nitrous Oxide (N2O) production by Rhizosphere fungi from Nitrogen fertilized grasslands

Poster Number:  304 Presenter/Primary Author:  Sara Lopez The use of nitrogen (N) fertilizers has created international concern as denitrification of fertilizer-derived nitrate could result in higher rates of N2O release to the atmosphere.

Effects of ocean acidification on bioerosion of burrowing bivalves in Moorea, French Polynesia.

Poster Number:  303 Presenter/Primary Author:  Lauren Valentino Anthropogenic pCO2 causing ocean acidification (OA) is predicted to decrease ocean surface pH by 0.14–0.35 units by 2100.

Beyond beach width - integrating ecological zones and function of sandy beach ecosystems

Poster Number:  302 Presenter/Primary Author:  Jenifer Dugan Sandy beaches receive large subsidies of drift kelp and macrophytes from kelp forests.  Rapid processing of this macroalgal wrack by intertidal invertebrates (shredders) and its subsequent dec

 
 
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