H31D:
Biophysical Functions of Soil: Exploring the Hidden Frontiers Posters

Wednesday, 17 December 2014: 8:00 AM-12:20 PM
Chairs:  Teamrat A Ghezzehei, University of California Merced, Merced, CA, United States and Dani Or, ETH Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Primary Conveners:  Teamrat A Ghezzehei, Univ. of California, Merced, Merced, CA, United States
Co-conveners:  Dani Or, ETH Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Stanislaus J Schymanski, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland and Andrea Carminati, Georg-Aug.University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
OSPA Liaisons:  Teamrat A Ghezzehei, University of California Merced, Merced, CA, United States

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

644
 
The Effects of Vegetation Succession and Landscape on the Evolution of Soil Properties: A Chronosequence Study Along the Proglacial Area of Skaftafellsjökull Glacier, SE Iceland
Olga Kolbrún Vilmundardóttir1, Guðrún Gísladóttir1,2 and Rattan Lal1,3, (1)University of Iceland, Institute of Life and Environmental Sciences, Reykjavik, Iceland, (2)University of Iceland, Institute of Earth Sciences, Reykjavík, Iceland, (3)Ohio State Univ, Columbus, OH, United States
645
 
Examining Suitable Soil Regimes for Reestablishment of Camassia Quamash (Blue Camas), Flathead Indian Reservation
Jenna M Davis, University of Florida, Ft Walton Beach, FL, United States and Ashley M Bald, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, United States
646
 
Biological Dimensions of Crack Morphology in Dryland Soils
Keita F DeCarlo, Marcus Spiegel and Kelly K Caylor, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, United States
647
 
Preliminary Investigation of Plant Communities within Camassia quamash Habitats on the Flathead Indian Reservation
Minerva Ringland, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States and Brandon Diller, Salish Kootenai College, Natural Resources, Pablo, MT, United States
648
 
Hydration and diffusion dynamics shape microbial community composition and function in soil aggregates.
Ali Ebrahimi and Dani Or, ETH Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
649
 
Roots at the Percolation Threshold
Eva Kroener1, Mutez Ali Ahmed1, Anders Kaestner2, Peter Vontobel2, Mohsen Zarebanadkouki1 and Andrea Carminati1, (1)Georg-August-Universitaet Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany, (2)Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen, Switzerland
650
 
Rewetting Rate of Dry Rhizosphere Limited by Mucilage Viscosity and Mucilage Hydrophobicity
Stacey Reeder1, Mohsen Zarebanadkouki2, Eva Kroener3, Mutez Ali Ahmed3, Andrea Carminati4 and Stanley Kostka1, (1)Organization Not Listed, Washington, DC, United States, (2)University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany, (3)Georg-August-Universitaet Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany, (4)Georg-Aug.University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
651
 
The Dependence of Peat Soil Hydraulic Conductivity on Dominant Vegetation Type in Mountain Fens
Audrey C Crockett1, Michael J Ronayne2 and David J. Cooper2, (1)Colorado State University, Geosciences, Fort Collins, CO, United States, (2)Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States
652
 
Water from Air: an Overlooked Source of Moisture in Arid and Semiarid Regions
Theresa Ann McHugh1, Ember M Morrissey1, Sasha Reed2, Egbert Schwartz1 and Bruce A Hungate1, (1)Center for Ecosystem Science and Society, Flagstaff, AZ, United States, (2)Southwest Biological Science Center Moab, Moab, UT, United States
653
 
Impact of Soil Texture on Soil Ciliate Communities
Jessica Furrer Chau1, Shaniqua Brown2, Ermias Habtom2, Felicia Brinson2, Martin Epps3 and Radavica Scott2, (1)Benedict College, Physics and Engineering, Columbia, SC, United States, (2)Benedict College, Biology, Chemistry and Environmental Health Science, Columbia, SC, United States, (3)Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, United States
654
 
Soil bioturbation by earthworms and plant roots- mechanical and energetic considerations 
Siul Ruiz, Dani Or and Stanislaus J Schymanski, ETH Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
655
 
Mucilage exudation facilitates root water uptake in dry soils
Andrea Carminati, Eva Kroener, Maire Holz, Mohsen Zarebanadkouki and Mutez Ali Ahmed, Georg-August-Universitaet Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany
 
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