Monday, October 17, 2011: 9:30 AM

Henry Gonzalez Convention Center, Room 212A, Concourse Level

Henry Janzen, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge Research Centre, Lethbridge, AB, Canada, Edward Gregorich, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada and Roberta Helgason, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saskatoon, SK, Canada

The demands and stresses of a changing world will affect the dynamics of carbon and nutrients in soil. The turnover of soil carbon and nutrients, in turn, will influence the resilience of ecosystems and their response to coming changes. Many of the pertinent processes are mediated by microbial communities in the soil. In this paper, we review briefly some of the effects of global changes on soil dynamics, and then pose some questions for soil microbiologists to ponder in addressing the challenges that may arise.

See more from this Division: S03 Soil Biology & Biochemistry
See more from this Session: Symposium--Advanced Techniques for Assessing and Interpreting Microbial Community Function: I

122-5 Soil Dynamics In a Changing World: Some Microbial Mysteries to Explore.