Printed Program (PDF) - Ecological Society of America

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2 and A Soltes3 , (1)NCSU, (2)North Carolina
State University, (3)Inter-Faith Food Shuttle. Laying the
groundwork for soil science education through urban
agriculture service-learning.
4:20 PM OOS 2-9 Krasny, ME, Cornell University. A socialecological
systems view on learning in community
gardens.
4:40 PM OOS 2-10 Aloisio, JM and JD Lewis, Fordham
University. Growing media affects edible plant production
and leachate on a simulated rooftop farm.
OOS 3 - Natural Gas: Ecology, Environment, and
Economics
A105, Oregon Convention Center
Organized by: N Phillips, S Cleveland, RW Howarth, RB Jackson
Moderator: N Phillips
The goal of this Organized Oral Session is to examine the range
of ecological, environmental, and economic interactions associated
with the entire Natural Gas Process Chain.
1:30 PM OOS 3-1 Ackley, R, Gas Safety Inc. Reading the urban
landscape: Clues to gas leak damage to vegetation.
1:50 PM OOS 3-2 Cleveland, S, Conservation Law Foundation.
Policy levers to spur a cleaner natural gas distribution
system.
2:10 PM OOS 3-3 Crosson, E, Picarro, Inc.. Fast identification
of methane sources in complex urban settings.
2:30 PM OOS 3-4 Down, A1 , RB Jackson1 , J Karr1 , E
Crosson2 , R Ackley3 and N Phillips4 1:30 PM OOS 4-1 Wilson, AM
, (1)Duke University,
(2)Picarro, Inc., (3)Gas Safety Inc., (4)Boston University.
Fingerprinting and accounting urban methane leaks.
2:50 PM OOS 3-5 Hendrick, M, C Carroll and N Phillips, Boston
University. Novel soil ecosystems created by natural gas
leaks.
3:10 PM Break
3:20 PM OOS 3-6 Stout, S, USDA Forest Service. Research
at the USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station
concerning the forest effects of oil and gas development.
3:40 PM OOS 3-7 Farrell, L, Pipeline Safety Coalition. Public
outreach, and awareness to enhance environmental, and
public safety in natural gas infrastructure.
4:00 PM OOS 3-8 Howarth, RW, R Santoro and A Ingraffea,
Cornell University. Global warming and natural gas: The
role of methane.
4:20 PM OOS 3-9 Jackson, RB, A Vengosh, A Down, NR
4:40 PM
Warner, SG Osborn, K Zhao and T Darrah, Duke
University. Ecological and environmental dimensions of
shale gas extraction.
OOS 3-10 Klemow, KM and DA Bruns, Wilkes
University. Achieving an accurate public understanding
of shale gas impacts: Opportunities for scientists and
educators.
OOS 4 - Change On the Edge: Exploring Ecosystem
Implications for Altered Climate Drivers When the
Plants Are Not Growing
C124, Oregon Convention Center
Organized by: SA Sistla (sistla@lifesci.ucsb.edu), KM Buckeridge
Moderator: JP Schimel
Variation in climate drivers during periods when plants are
senesced is a potentially important control on ecosystem function.
By, incorporating studies ranging from Mediterranean to tundra
ecosystems, this session seeks to identify unifying principles that
distinguish systems that are sensitive to these changes from those
which are more easily perturbed.
1 , JA Silander Jr. 1 and AM
Latimer2 , (1)University of Connecticut, (2)University
of California Davis. Climatic controls on ecosystem
resilience: Post-fire regeneration in the Cape Floristic
Region of South Africa.
1:50 PM OOS 4-2 Hanan, EJ1 , JP Schimel1 , C D’Antonio2 ,
C Tague3 and DA Roberts4 , (1)University of California,
Santa Barbara, (2)University of California Santa Barbara,
(3)University of Calfornia, Santa Barbara, (4)University of
California at Santa Barbara. Biogeochemical response to
2:10 PM
fire in Mediterranean-type watersheds.
OOS 4-3 Durán, J, JL Morse and PM Groffman, Cary
Institute of Ecosystem Studies. Climate variation and
soil microbial biomass and activity in northern hardwood
forests.
2:30 PM OOS 4-4 Groffman, PM, Cary Institute of Ecosystem
Studies. Soil freezing perturbation to nitrogen cycling in
the northern hardwood forest.
2:50 PM OOS 4-5 Strickland, MS, Yale University. The
interaction between climate and the microbial community
determines litter decomposition.
3:10 PM Break
3:20 PM OOS 4-6 Henry, HAL and AV Malyshev, University
of Western Ontario. Frost damage and winter nitrogen
uptake by the grass Poa pratensis: Consequences for
vegetative versus reproductive growth.
3:40 PM OOS 4-7 Reinmann, AB and PH Templer, Boston
University. Effects of changes in winter snowpack on
above- and belowground carbon fluxes in a mixedhardwood
forest.
4:00 PM OOS 4-8 Natali, SM, EAG Schuur and EE Webb,
University of Florida. Shifting carbon dynamics in a
warmer world: Increasing respiration from frozen soils.
4:20 PM OOS 4-9 Weintraub, MN1 , H Steltzer2 , PF Sullivan3 ,
JP Schimel4 , MD Wallenstein5 , A Darrouzet-Nardi1 and
AA Segal3 , (1)University of Toledo, (2)Fort Lewis College,
(3)University of Alaska, (4)University of California, Santa
Barbara, (5)Colorado State University. The influence of
spring temperatures and snow depth on arctic tundra
plant growth and soil nutrient dynamics.
4:40 PM OOS 4-10 Sistla, SA1 , EB Rastetter2 and JP Schimel1 ,
(1)University of California, Santa Barbara, (2)Marine
Biological Lab. Exploring the consequences of winter
versus summer permafrost soil warming using a microbial
physiology-explicit decomposition model.
OOS 5 - Preparing for ESA’s 2015 Centennial: Why
Does Understanding History Matter to Our Future?
A106, Oregon Convention Center
Organized by: JC Mulroy (mulroy@denison.edu)
Moderator: DH Knight
We present powerful examples of ongoing research that illuminate
the role of history in helping us chart a successful direction for
individual ecologists, our science, ESA, and the planet.
1:30 PM OOS 5-1 Jackson, ST, University of Wyoming.
Humboldt’s 1807 essay on the geography of plants: The
roots of global ecology and biogeography.
1:50 PM OOS 5-2 Slack, NG, The Sage Colleges. G. Evelyn
2:10 PM
Hutchinson, ecosystem ecologist and passionate
environmentalist.
OOS 5-3 Huston, MA1 and SL Flader2 2:30 PM
, (1)Texas State
University, (2)University of Missouri. An ecological whodone-it:
Aldo Leopold, William Albrecht, and/or Hans
Jenny in Missouri (1930 – 1950)?.
OOS 5-4 Aney, WW, Senior Wildlife Ecologist.
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