Biogeochemistry and Environmental Biocomplexity Spring 2006 Seminar Series Friday afternoons - 4PM - Morison Room, Corson Hall Beverages and snacks provided
Feb. 3 Soil-plant relationships in lowland tropical forests Joseph B. Yavitt, Cornell University
Feb. 10 The changing template: Nutrient cycling in human dominated rivers Emily H. Stanley, University of Wisconsin
Feb. 17 Life at the edge: Integrating littoral zones into models of nutrient and energy dynamics in lakes Yvonne Vadeboncoeur, Wright State University
Feb. 24 Streams and their catchments - functional filters or effective gutters? Emily Bernhardt, Duke University
Mar. 3 Mechanisms of plant and ecosystem response to atmospheric change; with particular reference to findings in Free-Air Concentration Enrichment Stephen P. Long, University of Illinois Urbana
Mar. 10 Spatial heterogeneity and dissolved organic matter dynamics in an arctic tundra catchment: linking DOM chemistry, bioavailability and bacterial community composition Kristin E. Judd, Institute of Ecosystem Studies
Mar. 17 CO 2 Mitigation: Fall 2005 Biogeochemistry Workshop Update Student Presentations, Cornell University
Mar. 24 SPRING BREAK
Mar. 31 Spatial Models of N dynamics in Douglas-fir forests Christina Tonitto, Cornell University
Apr. 7 Climate change impacts: California grasslands to the global scale Chris Field, Carnegie Institution of Washington
Apr. 14 Environmental texture in space and time: Population responses and community consequences Steve Jackson, University of Wyoming
Apr. 21 Tropical forests and global warming: a positive feedback? Deborah Clark, University of St. Louis
Apr. 28 The temperature sensitivity of decomposition of soil organic matter Eric A. Davidson, The Woods Hole Research Center
May 5 Human impacts on biogeochemical processes in tropical ecosystems: From microbial to continental scales Jennifer Powers, University of Minnesota
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