H23H:
Plants as Builders and Plumbers of the Critical Zone I Posters
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Session ID#: 24933
Session Description:
The critical zone (CZ) – Earth's permeable veneer from the tops of trees to the bottom of groundwater aquifers – is a constantly evolving layer where rock, soil, water, air, and living organisms interact, regulating habitats and determining the availability of life-sustaining resources, including food production and water quality. Like an elaborate piece of industrial machinery, plants build the CZ by altering the physical architecture and chemistry of the subsurface. Like a complex network of pipes, plants plumb the CZ by impacting reservoirs and pathways of water and nutrients. We solicit contributions that explore plants’ effects on the CZ and the CZ’s effects on plants. We are interested in abstracts contributing to understanding the evolving relationships of plants and the CZ over multiple timescales: (1) complex plant-CZ relationships that regulate the flows of energy, water, carbon and nutrients and (2) how plant-CZ interactions and organization shape landscapes and sculpt soils.
Primary Convener: Jaivime A Evaristo, PhD, University of Nevada Reno, Reno, NV, United States
Conveners: Shirley A Papuga, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States, Diana L Karwan, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Department of Forest Resources, Saint Paul, United States and Kathleen A Lohse, Idaho State University, Department of Biological Sciences, Pocatello, United States
Chairs: Jaivime A Evaristo, PhD, University of Nevada Reno, Reno, NV, United States and Diana L Karwan, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Department of Forest Resources, Saint Paul, United States
OSPA Liaison: Kathleen A Lohse, Idaho State University, Department of Biological Sciences, Pocatello, United States
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Abstracts Submitted to this Session:
Ying Fan, Rutgers University New Brunswick, New Brunswick, NJ, United States and Gonzalo Miguez-Macho, University of Santiago de Compostela, CRETUS, Non-Linear Physics Group, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Jill A Marshall, University of Arkansas, Geosciences, Fayetteville, AR, United States, Robert S Anderson, Department of Geological Sciences and INSTAAR, Boulder, United States, Todd E Dawson, University of California Berkeley, Integrative Biology, Berkeley, CA, United States, William E Dietrich, University of California Berkeley, Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Berkeley, United States and J. Toby Minear, CIRES/University of Colorado, Boulder, United States
Sharon A Billings1, Daniel deB. Richter Jr2, Daniel Hirmas3, Christoph Lehmeier4, Samik Bagchi5, Zachary Scott Brecheisen6, Pamela L Sullivan7, Kyungjin Min8, Emma Hauser9, Rena Stair5 and Rebecca Flournoy5, (1)University of Kansas, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Kansas Biological Survey and Center for Ecological Research, Lawrence, KS, United States, (2)Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, United States, (3)Texas Tech University, Department of Plant and Soil Science, Lubbock, TX, United States, (4)University of Kansas, Lawrence, United States, (5)University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, United States, (6)The University of Oklahoma, Norman, United States, (7)Oregon State University, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Corvallis, OR, United States, (8)University of California Merced, Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Merced, CA, United States, (9)University of Montana, Department of Ecosystem and Conservation Sciences, Missoula, United States
P. Zion Klos, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United States, Michael Goulden, University of California, Irvine, CA, United States, Clifford S Riebe, University of Wyoming, Laramie, United States, Christina (Naomi) Tague, UC Santa Barbara, Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, Santa Barbara, United States, Anthony T O'Geen, University of California Davis, Department of Land, Air and Water Resources, Davis, United States, Brady Flinchum, University of Newcastle, School of Environmental and Life Sciences, Callaghan, Australia, Safeeq Khan, University of California Merced, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Merced, CA, United States, Martha H Conklin, University of California Merced, Merced, United States, Stephen C Hart, University of California Merced, Life and Environmental Sciences, Merced, CA, United States, Asmeret Asefaw Berhe, University of California Merced, Life and Environmental Sciences Department, Merced, United States, Peter C Hartsough, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, United States, Steve Holbrook, Virginia Tech, Department of Geosciences, Blacksburg, United States and Roger C Bales, University of California Merced, Merced, CA, United States
Mario Bretfeld1, Brent E Ewers2, Jefferson S Hall1, Fred L Ogden3, Daniel Patrick Beverly4 and Heather Nicole Speckman5, (1)Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Panama, (2)University of Wyoming, Botany, Laramie, United States, (3)NOAA Affiliate, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Office of Water Prediction, National Water Center, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States, (4)Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, United States, (5)University of Wyoming, WyCEHG, Laramie, WY, United States
Xiaonan Tai, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, United States, David Scott Mackay, University at Buffalo, Department of Geography, Buffalo, NY, United States, Brent E Ewers, University of Wyoming, Botany, Laramie, United States, Andy Parsekian, University of Wyoming, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Laramie, WY, United States, John Sperry, University of Utah, School of Biological Sciences, Salt Lake City, UT, United States, Daniel Patrick Beverly, Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, United States, Heather Nicole Speckman, University of Wyoming, WyCEHG, Laramie, WY, United States, Noriaki Ohara, University of Wyoming, Civil and Architectural Engineering, Laramie, WY, United States, Nadia Fantello, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, United States, Thijs Kelleners, University of Wyoming, Department of Ecosystem Science & Management, Laramie, United States and Andrew Thomas Fullhart, University of Wyoming, Ecosystems Science and Management, Laramie, WY, United States
Molly R Cain, Indiana University, School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Bloomington, IN, United States, Adam S Ward, Oregon State University, Department of Biological and Ecological Engineering, Corvallis, OR, United States and Markus Hrachowitz, Delft University of Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Department of Water management, Delft, Netherlands
Christopher Heckman, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United States and Christina (Naomi) Tague, UC Santa Barbara, Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, Santa Barbara, United States
Scott T Allen, ETH Zurich, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Dept of Environmental Systems Science, Zurich, Switzerland, James W Kirchner, ETH Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Department of Environmental Systems Science, Zurich, Switzerland, Sabine Braun, Institute for Applied Plant Biology, Schönenbuch, Switzerland, Rolf T Siegwolf, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland and Gregory R Goldsmith, Chapman University, Schmid College of Science and Technology, Orange, United States
Paul D Brooks, University of Utah, Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, Salt Lake City, UT, United States, Tyson Lee Swetnam, University of Arizona, CyVerse, Tucson, United States, Holly R Barnard, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, Boulder, United States, Kamini Singha, Colorado School of Mines, Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, Golden, CO, United States, Adrian Harpold, University of Nevada Reno, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Science, Reno, NV, United States and Marcy E Litvak, University of New Mexico, Department of Biology, Albuquerque, United States
Daniel deB. Richter Jr, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, United States, Jason Austin, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States, Robert S Anderson, Department of Geological Sciences and INSTAAR, Boulder, United States, Allan R Bacon, University of Florida, School of Forest Resources and Conservation, Ft Walton Beach, FL, United States, Susan L Brantley, Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, Earth & Environmental Systems Institute, University Park, PA, United States, Zachary Scott Brecheisen, The University of Oklahoma, Norman, United States, Paul A Schroeder, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, UNITED STATES, Anna Wade, EPA, Cincinatti, OH, United States, W. Steven Holbrook, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Geosciences, Blacksburg, VA, United States, Virginia Marcon, Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, Department of Geosciences, University Park, PA, United States and Aaron Thompson, University of Georgia, Crop and Soil Sciences, Athens, GA, United States
