Biogeochemistry
Remote sensing of canopy nitrogen as a window to the functioning of ecosystems
Poster Number: 343 Presenter/Primary Author: Scott Ollinger How plants interact with sunlight is central to the existence of life and provides a window to the functioning of ecosystems. Although the basic properties of leaf spectra have been known for
Iron redox cycling: unexplored mechanisms for soil organic matter decomposition
Poster Number: 341 Presenter/Primary Author: Whendee Silver Iron (Fe) oxide minerals have long been known to protect soil organic carbon (C) from microbial decomposition, especially in humid tropical soils abundant in both Fe and C.
Regional Consequences of Changing Climate-Disturbance Interactions for the Resilience of Alaska's Boreal Forest
Poster Number: 337 Presenter/Primary Author: Roger Ruess Rapid environmental change in interior Alaska over the past century has altered the interrelationships among physical, biological and social drivers of the regional system.
Microbial mat nutrient storage in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica
Poster Number: 321 Presenter/Primary Author: Tyler Kohler Microbial mats from Antarctic Dry Valley streams are important nutrient and carbon subsidies to Dry Valley lakes and soils, either transported by wind or flow.
Mechanisms of soil C storage in bioenergy cropping systems
Poster Number: 318 Presenter/Primary Author: Lisa Tiemann Soils often accrue carbon (C) when land is converted from grain based row crops such as corn to perennial bioenergy crops.
