Tuesday, November 14, 2006: 7:50 AM
Indiana Conv. Center, Room 108, First Floor
202: Symposium--Towards a Predictive Understanding of Belowground Ecosystem Responses to Global Change
Sponsor:S07 Forest, Range & Wildland Soils
Presidings:Lindsey Rustad, USDA Forest Service--NES
Elise Pendall, Univ of Wyoming
Joshua Schimel, EEM Biology
7:50 AM Introductory Remarks 
8:00 AM202-1Do We Know Enough about Fine Root Dynamics of Woody Plants to Predict their Response to Natural and Anthropogenic Stresses?. 
Mark G. Johnson, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Paul T. Rygiewicz, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, David T. Tingey, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Christian P. Andersen, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Donald L. Phillips, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
8:25 AM202-2Effects of Altered Water Regimes on Forest Root Systems. 
J. D. Joslin, Belowground Forest Research
8:50 AM202-3Root System Responses to Chronic N Additions.
Andrew Burton, Michigan Tech. Univ.
9:15 AM202-4Mycorrhizal Fungi and Their Influence on Soil Dynamics.
Kathleen K. Treseder, Univ of California Irvine, Katie M. Turner, Stanford Univ
9:40 AM Break
9:55 AM202-5The Temperature Sensitivity of Decomposition of Soil Organic Matter: Moving Beyond Q10.
Eric A. Davidson, The Woods Hole Research Center
10:20 AM202-6Microbial Stress-Response Physiology: Influences on Whole-Ecosystem C and N Flows. 
Joshua Schimel, EEM Biology
10:45 AM202-7Soil Microbial Response to Elevated CO2. 
Adrien C. Finzi, Boston Univ
11:10 AM202-8Effects of Increased Nitrogen Inputs on Soil Microbes: Implications for Decomposition and N Cycling. 
Matthew D. Wallenstein, Colorado State Univ
11:35 AM Discussion
11:50 AM Lunch Break
1:05 PM202-9Microbial Determinants of Soil Carbon Response to Climate Warming. 
Teri C. Balser, Univ of Wisconsin
1:30 PM202-10What to Expect with Global Warming. 
William Schlesinger, Duke Univ.
1:55 PM Break
2:10 PM Introduction
2:15 PM202-11Assessing Root Turnover with Isotopic Measurements. 
Erik A. Hobbie, Complex Systems Research Center
2:30 PM202-12New Approaches for Capturing Soluble Root Exudates: Effects of Elevated CO2, N and Mycorrhizal Species on Rates and Composition. 
Richard Phillips, Duke Univ
2:45 PM202-13Live Reports from the Soil Grain -- the Promise and Challenge of Microbiosensors.
Zoe Cardon, Univ of Connecticut, Patrick Herron, Univ of Connecticut, Catalina Arango Pinedo, Univ of Connecticut, Zane Haider, Univ of Connecticut, Daniel Gage, Univ of Connecticut
3:00 PM202-14Soil Moisture Alters Rhizosphere Effects on Soil C Decomposition in Two Different Soil Types. 
Feike Dijkstra, Environmental Studies, Weixin Cheng, Environmental Studies
3:15 PM Adjourn to Poster Session

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