Session: Soils in Ecological Restoration Oral (includes student competition)

Division: SSSA Division: Forest, Range and Wildland Soils

Title: Soils in Ecological Restoration Oral (includes student competition)

Lead Community Sponsor:
Cosponsor: SSSA Division: Soil Biology and Biochemistry, SSSA Division: Urban and Anthropogenic Soils, SSSA Division: Pedology
Community Cosponsor:
Format: Oral Topical Session
Keywords: Carbon fixation, Microbial communities, Mine reclamation and Soil biogeochemical cycling

Session Description: Soils are the foundation of every ecosystem and recovery of their function is required for successful ecological reclamation and restoration. Functional parameters such as carbon fixation, quantity, and quality, microbial community structure and diversity, and biogeochemical cycling should be considered during restoration. In the reclamation environment, these must be carefully designed to meet the requirements of the organisms that existed pre-disturbance. One way to ensure success of restoration/reclamation would be to compare these parameters to their equivalents in reference ecosystems recovering from disturbance.