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,

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,

Mar. 3 Mechanisms of plant and 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 , bioavailability and bacterial community composition Kristin E. Judd, Institute of Ecosystem Studies

Mar. 17 CO 2 Mitigation: Fall 2005 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 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 : From microbial to continental scales Jennifer Powers, University of Minnesota

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