199

Towards An Ecophysiological Understanding of Microbial Communities in Soil: Stress Responses and Climate Change.

Teri Balser, University of Wisconsin-Madison

200

Schuyler S. Korban, University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign; Lila Vodkin, University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign; Ksenija Gasic, University of Illinois; Delkin Gonzales, University of Illinois; Jyothi Thimmapuram, University of Illinois; George Gong, University of Illinois; Herb Aldwinckle, Cornell University; Mickael Malnoy, Cornell University; Yuepeng Han, University of Illinois; Sandy Clifton, Washington University; Lucinda Fulton, Washington University; Deana Pape, Washington University; John Martin, Washington University; Brenda Theising, Washington University; Michael Wisniewski, USDA-ARS; Gennaro Fazio, USDA-ARS; Natalie Carroll, Purdue University; Kathryn Orvis, Purdue University; Peter Goldsbrough, Purdue University; Lei Liu, University of Illinois

699-3

201

Enhancing Nitrogen Use Efficiency in Corn through Introgression of Low N Tolerance from Eastern Gamagrass.

Mary Eubanks, Duke University; Daniel Richter Jr., Duke University

699-4

202

New Methods for Measuring Terrestrial Denitrification.

Peter Groffman, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies; Madhura Kulkarni, Cornell University; Amy Burgin, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies

699-5

203

Fate and Transport of Reproductive Hormone.

Francis Casey, North Dakota State University; Tom DeSutter, North Dakota State University Soil Science Laboratory; Eakalak Khan, North Dakota State University; Peter Oduor, North Dakota State University; Heldur Hakk, Animal Metabolism Unit, Bioscience Research Lab; Gerald L. Larsen, Animal Metabolite and Ag. Chemical Unit

699-6

204

Organic Nitrogen Cycling Along a Temperate Forest Fertility Gradient.

David Rothstein, USDA-NRCS

699-7

205

Acquisition of a Direct Mercury Analyzer.

Tom DeSutter, North Dakota State University; Francis Casey, North Dakota State University

699-8

206

Humic Acids Influence Microbial Respiration and Methanogenesis in Wetland Soils.

J. Patrick Megonigal, Smithsonian Env Res Center; Jason Keller, Smithsonian Env Res Center; Pamela Weisenhorn, University of Minnesota

699-9

207

Calcium Silicate Suppresses Disease Leaf Lesions on Wheat when Applied as a Liming Agent.

M. Provance-Bowley, Rutgers State University Accounts Payable; Joseph Heckman, Rutgers State University Accounts Payable

699-10

208

Coupled Heat and Water Transfer in Soil.

Joshua L. Heitman, North Carolina State University; Robert Horton, Iowa State University; Tusheng Ren, China Agricultural University; Robert P. Ewing, Iowa State University; Tyson Ochsner, USDA-ARS; Thomas Sauer, USDA-ARS; Dedrick Davis, Iowa State University; Xinhua Xiao, Iowa State University

699-11

209

Centrifugal Determination of Unsaturated Soil Hydraulic Properties.

Edmund Perfect, University of Tennessee; Elmer Van den Berg, University of Tennessee; Melanie Mayes, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

699-12

210

Gene Discovery for Maize Responses to Nitrogen.

Stephen P. Moose, University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign; Devin M. Nichols, University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign; Jeff B. Church, University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign; Juliann R. Seebauer, University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign; Ed Buckler, USDA-ARS; Nengyi Zhang, Institute for Genomic Diversity; Abe Ayodeji, International Institute for Tropical Agriculture; Abebe Menkir, International Institute for Tropical Agriculture; Fred E. Below, University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign

699-13

211

Terrestrial Ecosystem Response to Atmospheric and Climatic Change (TERACC): An International Network of Global Change Scientists.

Lindsey Rustad, US Forest Service - Northern Research Station

699-14

212

The Role of Photodegradation in Grassland Ecosystems.

Jennifer Y. King, University of Minnesota; Leslie A. Brandt, University of Minnesota; Daniel G. Milchunas, Colorado State University; Sarah E. Hobbie, University of Minnesota; Robert Sinsabaugh, University of New Mexico; E. Carol Adair, University of Minnesota; William J. Parton, Colorado State University

699-15

213

Online Lessons in Soil Science Education.

Martha Mamo, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Timothy Kettler, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; James A. Ippolito, USDA-ARS-NWISRL; Ron Reuter, Oregon State University; Dennis McCallister, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Dann Husmann, University of Nebraska; Erin Blankenship, University of Nebraska

699-16

214

Pedological Thresholds at the Arid/Hyperarid Boundary in the Atacama Desert.

Ronald Amundson, University of California-Berkeley; Stephanie Ewing, University of California-Berkeley; Justine Owen, University of California; Guillermo Chong, Universidad Catolica Del Norte; William Dietrich, University of California

699-17

215

Networking Long-term Soil Experiments for Bottom-Up Estimation of Global Soil Change.

Michael Hofmockel, Switchback; Daniel Richter, Duke Univ.

699-18

216

Acquisition of Biogeochemical Anaytical Instrumentation for Enhanced Interdisciplinary Research and Training at Arkansas State University.

V. Steven Green, Arkansas State Univ.; Alan Christian, Arkansas State Univ.; Jennifer Bouldin, Arkansas State Univ.; Robyn Hannigan, Arkansas State Univ.

699-19

217

Abiotic Inactivation of Extracellular Biochemicals in Soil.

Alan T. Stone, Johns Hopkins University; Zhi Shi, Johns Hopkins University

699-20

218

New Challenges for the Third Decade of Whole-Ecosystem Experimental Manipulations at the Bear Brook Watershed in Maine (BBWM).

Ivan J. Fernandez, University of Maine; Stephen A. Norton, University of Maine; Lindsey E. Rustad, USDA-FS (Forest Service); G. Bruce Wiersma, University of Maine; Kevin S. Simon, University of Maine

699-21

219

Combined Atmospheric Ca2+ and Mg2+ Wet Deposition within the Continental United States and Implications for Soil Inorganic Carbon Sequestration.

Elena Mikhailova, Clemson University; Atul Kale, Clemson University; Megan Goddard, Google Earth; Christopher Post, Clemson University; Mark Schlautman, Clemson University; John Galbraith, Virginia Tech

699-22

220

Development of Multi-Functional Heat Pulse Probe for Soil Monitoring of Natural and Managed Ecosystems.

Jan Hopmans, University of California-Davis; Gerard J. Kluitenberg, Kansas State University; Jirka Simunek, University of California-Riverside; Ben Shaw, University of California; Greg Pasternack, University of California Davis; Atac Tuli, University of California-Davis; Tamir Kamai, University of California, Davis

699-23

221

Aluminum Control of Organic Carbon Cycling in Temperate Conifer Forest Ecosystems.

Craig Rasmussen, University of Arizona; Katherine Heckman, University of Arizona; Amy Welty-Benard, Northern Arizona University; Egbert Schwartz, Northern Arizona University; Jon Chorover, University of Arizona

699-24

222

A Novel Approach to Arid Soil Dating: Extraction and 40Ar/39Ar Geochronology of Pedogenic Sepiolite and Palygorskite.

Colin Robins, University of Nevada Las Vegas; Brenda Buck, University of Nevada Las Vegas; Terry Spell, University of Nevada Las Vegas; Deborah Soukup, University of Nevada Las Vegas

699-25

223

Carbon Flux and Transformation Across the Arctic Coastline of Alaska.

Chien-Lu Ping, University of Alaska Fairbanks; Gary Michaelson, University of Alaska Fairbanks; Lorene Lynn, University of Alaska Fairbanks; Torre Jorgenson, ABR. Inc.; Fugen Dou, Universiti of California-Davis

699-26

224

Interactive Effects of Resources and Stress on Soil Microbial Communities and Processes.

Dad Roux-Michollet, University of California-Santa Barbara; Shurong Xiang, Environment Canada; Josh Schimel, University of California-Santa Barbara; Patricia Holden, University of California-Santa Barbara

699-27

225

Intricacies of Colloid Retention in Unsaturated Soils.

Tammo Steenhuis, Cornell University; Yuniati Zevi, Unversity of Delaware; Veronica Morales, Cornell University; Ekrem Cakmak, Cornell University; Anthony Salvucci, Cornell University; Evelyn Aparicio Medrano, University of Delft; Brian Richards, Cornell University; Anthony Hay, Cornell University; Bin Gao, Florida State University

699-28

227

Impact of Mineral Surface Modification on As(III) Oxidation by Mn(IV) Oxides.

Matthew Ginder-Vogel, University of Delaware; Jason Fischel, University of Delaware; Donald L. Sparks, University of Delaware

699-29

228

Synthesis and Characterization of Nano-Mn(IV) Oxide Phases.

Jason Fischel, University of Delaware; Matthew Ginder-Vogel, University of Delaware; Donald L. Sparks, University of Delaware

699-30

229

Chemical Characterization of Phosphorus in Soils Amended with Biosolids and DWTRs.

Sarah Poulter-Miller, Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville; Tiequan Zhang, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada; Daniel Huff, Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville; Zhongqi He, USDA-ARS; Zhi-Qing Lin, Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville

699-31

230

Identifying Orthologous Regions among Aegilops tauschii, Brachypodium distachyon and Rice through Comparative Sequence Analyses.

Alicia N. Massa, University of Georgia; Yong Q. Gu, USDA-ARS Western Regional Center; Ming-cheng Luo, University of California; Humphrey Wanjugi, USDA-ARS Western Regional Center; Kenong Xu, University of California; Olin Anderson, USDA-ARS Western Regional Center; Jan Dvorak, University of California; Pablo Rabinowicz, University of Maryland School of Medicine; John Vogel, USDA-ARS Western Regional Center; Katrien M. Devos, University of Georgia

699-32

231

NSF Center for Advanced Forestry Systems.

T.R. Fox, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ; B. Goldfarb, North Carolina State University; H. Lee Allen, North Carolina State University; G.T. Howe, Oregon State University; C.A. Michler, Purdue University

699-33

232

MRI: Acquisition of Equipment to Support Research and Education in Natural Resources.

Daniel Kelting, Paul Smith's Col. of Arts & Sci.

699-34

233

Grazer-Mycorrhizal Interactions in Tallgrass Prairie: Effects on Carbon and Nitrogen Partitioning and Sequestration.

Charles W. Rice, Kansas State University; Paul White, Kansas State University - Plant Pathology; Ping Hu, Kansas State University - Agronomy; Priscilla Mfombep, Kansas State University; Tim Todd, Kansas State University - Agronomy; Gail Wilson, Kansas State University - Agronomy

699-35

234

Short- and Long-term Impacts of Hurricane Katrina on Lake Pontchartrain Ecosystem: Observation and Model Investigations.

Aixin Hou, Louisiana State University - Agronomy & Environmental Management; Chunyan Li, Louisiana State University - Agronomy & Environmental Management

699-36

235

Microbial Controls on Humification in Diverse Forest Systems.

William R. Horwath, University of California, Davis; Heather Throckmorton, University of California, Davis

699-37

236

The University of Arizona, National Science Foundation Water Quality Center.

Ian Pepper, University of Arizona

699-38

237

An Empirical Paleosol-Landscape Model of a Dissected Coastal Plain, Cenomanian Dunvegan Formation, Alberta and British Columbia, Canada.

Paul McCarthy, University of Alaska

699-39

238

Data Source and Data Quality Effects on Vadose Zone Transport Modeling.

Marcel G. Schaap, University of Arizona; Mike Tzung-Mow Yao, GeoSystems Analysis; Aaron R. Graham, University of Arizona; Zhufeng Fang, University of Arizona; Peter Wierenga, University of Arizona; Shlomo P. Neuman, University of Arizona

699-40

239

Sorption of Pathogenic Prion Protein to Soil Components.

Joel Pedersen, University of Wisconsin; Christen M. Bell, University of Wisconsin; Debbie McKenzie, University of Wisconsin; Judd M. Aiken, University of Wisconsin

699-41

240

Transposon-Mediated Functional Genomics in Barley.

Peggy G. Lemaux, University of California, Berkeley; Jaswinder Singh, University of California, Berkeley; Shibo Zhang, University of California, Berkeley; P. Phillip Bregitzer, National Small Grains Germplasm Research Facility; Patrick Hayes, Oregon State University; Victoria Carollo Blake, USDA-ARS-Western Regional Research Center

699-42

241

The CIRTL Network: Shaping, Connecting, and Supporting the Future National STEM Faculty.

Bruce Herbert, Texas A&M University

699-43

242

Eastern Alliance in Science, TEchnology, Engineering and Mathematics.

Samantha Langley-Turnbaugh, University of Southern Maine; Lynn Lovewell, University of Southern Maine

699-44

243

A Radiation Hybrid System for the Genetic and Physical Mapping of the Corn Genome.

Adrian O. Stec, University of Minnesota; Howard W. Rines, University of Minnesota; Ralf G. Kynast, Royal Botanical Gardens; Ron J. Okagaki, University of Minnesota; Mark W. Galatowitsch, University of Minnesota; Paul A. Huettl, Pioneer Hi Bred International; Morrison S. Jacobs, Monsanto Company; Jayanti Suresh, University of Minnesota; Matthew D. Walch, Pioneer Hi Bred International; Candida B. Cabral, University of Minnesota; Ronald L. Phillips, University of Minnesota

699-45

244

Evidence for Enhanced Biogeochemical Cycling at Soil Interfaces in the Vadose Zone.

David J. Hansen, Texas A&M University; Jennifer T. Mcguire, Texas A&M University; Binayak Mohanty, Texas A&M University

699-46

245

Fate of Selected Fluorotelomer Compounds in Soils and Aqueous Systems.

Linda S. Lee, Purdue University; Laurel Royer, Purdue University; Kavitha Dasu, Purdue University; Nadia Carmosini, Purdue University

699-47

246

Cytochrome P450-Mediated Brassinosteroid Inactivation.

LE Thornton, The College of New Jersey; S. Rupasinghe, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Z Wen, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; MA Schuler, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Michael Neff, Washington State University

699-48

247

Evaluating Two-Domain Models for Physical Non-Equilibrium Flow and Transport in Three Different Column Setups.

Binayak Mohanty, Texas A&M University; Bhavna Arora, Texas A&M University; Jennifer T. Mcguire, Texas A&M University

699-49

248

NSF REU Site- Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Molecular Genetics and Genomics at Delaware State University.

Venu Kalavacharla, Delaware State University; Harbinder Dhillon, Delaware State University; Leonard Davis, Delaware State University; Lynn Everett, Wesley College; Vincent Fondong, Delaware State University; Dennis McIntosh, Delaware State University; Gulnihal Ozbay, Delaware State University; Stephen Taylor, Delaware State University; Barbara Wiggins, Delaware Technical & Community College

699-50

249

Microbial Population Dynamics during PCB Bioremediation in Soils and Sediments.

Elisa D'Angelo, University of Kentucky

2008 Joint Annual Meeting (5-9 Oct. 2008): National Science Foundation Poster Session

699 National Science Foundation Poster Session