Call for Abstracts Goldschmidt 2010 Conference (http://www.goldschmidt2010.org/index) June 13-18, 2010 Knoxville, TN, USA
"the Biogeochemistry and Geomorphology of Biological Invasion" presented within the Frontiers in Biogeochemistry sessions (http://www.goldschmidt2010.org/themes?theme=16). Abstract submissions will begin January 1, 2010 with a deadline of February 21, 2010. Invasive species can have a profound impact upon geochemical, microbiological, and geomorphic processes. These impacts are manifested at all ecosystem scales from soil mineralogical and microbial community structure to regional hydrology, plant community structure, and sediment transport. While the degree and direction of perturbations are routinely reported, it is challenging to quantify how the rates and coupled effects of geochemical, microbiological, and geomorphic processes are altered by invasion. In fact, the coupling of geochemical and geomorphic processes to biological invasion may be a key factor needed to address a common critique of ecosystem studies in that they neglect the population dynamics of organisms that have significant feedbacks with their own habitat. This session invites papers that address these emerging challenges in understanding the impacts to and adaptations of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems resulting from the natural or anthropogenic introduction of invasive species. We are honored to have Dr Patrick Bohlen, Director of the MacArthur Agro-ecology Research Center as our keynote speaker, and Dr Thomas Boutton, Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, Texas A&M University as our invited speaker. Please join us for this exciting cross disciplinary gathering of scientists. We sincerely hope you can join us for this meeting. If you have specific questions please contact us. Timothy Filley, PhD Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Purdue University 550 Stadium Mall Dr West Lafayette, IN 47907 USA Mass Spec Lab-765-494-3274 office-765-494-6581 http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~filley/Home.html Kyungsoo Yoo Assistant Professor University of Delaware Plant and Soil Sciences Dept. Dept. of Geological Sciences Tel: 302-831-1376 Fax: 302-831-0605 http://copland.udel.edu/~kyoo/
