S03 Soil Biology & Biochemistry Session: Symposium--Soil Processes and Ecosystem Services (ASA, CSSA and SSSA Annual Meetings (Cincinnati, OH- Oct. 21

Symposium--Soil Processes and Ecosystem Services

Oral Session

S03 Soil Biology & Biochemistry

Soil organic matter influences many soil functions and ecosystem services. The role of soil processes in influencing ecosystem services will be examined.

Cosponsor(s):

S11 Soils & Environmental Quality, S07 Forest, Range & Wildland Soils, Land Management & Conservation, Environmental Quality
Organic Management Systems Community

Tuesday, October 23, 2012: 8:10 AM-11:40 AM

Duke Energy Convention Center, Room 260-261, Level 2

Organizers:

Mary Stromberger and Raymond R. Weil

8:10 AM

Introductory Remarks

8:15 AM

274-1

Soil Ecosystem Services: A Task Force Report for a SSSA Position Paper.
Nicholas Comerford, University of Florida; Mary Stromberger, Colorado State University; Lawrence Morris, University of Georgia; Alan J. Franzluebbers, USDA-ARS; Daniel Markewitz, University of Georgia-Athens; Rebecca Moore, University of Georgia

8:40 AM

274-2

Methods to Link Microorganisms to Their Ecosystem Services.
Veronica Acosta-Martinez, USDA-ARS

9:05 AM

274-3

Education and Advocacy of Soil Ecosystem Services.
Karl Glasener, ASA-CSSA-SSSA

9:30 AM

Break

9:45 AM

274-4

Soil Economics: What Are Soil Ecosystem Services Worth?.
Rebecca Moore, University of Georgia

10:10 AM

274-5

Microbial Ecosystem Services of Soil Formation.
Stephanie Yarwood, University of Maryland

10:35 AM

274-6

Mycorrhizal Fungi As Restorers of Degraded Lands.
Ryan Busby, US Army ERDC-CERL

11:00 AM

274-7

Delivery of Hydrologic and Microbial Services by Indigenous Shrub Rhizospheres to Agroecosystems of the Sahel.
Richard P. Dick, The Ohio State University

11:25 AM

Discussion

11:40 AM

Adjourn

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