Monday, May 18, 2009: 1:30 PM-3:15 PM
Ford Ballroom
Organic Matter Processing I
Moderator:John S. Kominoski
1:30 PMTesting the potential effects of climate change on an ecosystem function in streams
Santiago Larrañaga, John S. Richardson
1:45 PMUse of cotton strips to evaluate organic-matter decomposition in streams
Scott D. Tiegs, Simone D. Langhans, Janine Rüegg, Klement Tockner, Gary A. Lamberti, Mark O. Gessner
2:00 PMAccelerated rates of detrital processing exacerbate winter carbon-limitation of an Arctic spring-stream ecosystem
James B. Ramsey, Jonathan P. Benstead, Alexander D. Huryn, Stephanie M. Parker
2:15 PMEcohydraulics of wood transport in streams: Empirical models from the north shore of Lake Superior
Eric C. Merten, Jacques C. Finlay, Heinz G. Stefan, Raymond M. Newman, Bruce Vondracek, Lucinda B. Johnson
2:30 PMMicrobial community structure in streams differs between leaf species with strongly contrasting breakdown rates
Molli M. Newman, Mark R. Liles, Jack W. Feminella
2:45 PMThe keystone role of fungi in nutrient-mediated organic matter transformations
Cynthia J. Tant, Amy D. Rosemond, Andrew S. Mehring, Kevin A. Kuehn, John M. Davis
3:00 PMRiparian forest composition affects stream organic matter processing dynamics
John S. Kominoski, Laurie B. Marczak, Xavier Pinto, John S. Richardson
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