Hello Colleagues, Michelle Mack and I are co-convening a session at AGU this December entitled: GC003: Altered Nutrient Cycling in High-Latitude Ecosystems and wewould like to invite you to submit abstracts. Please forward information about our session to students and colleagues who may be interested. Abstracts are due on August 8th, and can be submitted at: http://agu-fm12.abstractcentral.com/. Please feel free to contact us with questions. Apologies for cross-postings.
Have a wonderful weekend, Michelle Mack and Kyle Whittinghill [email protected] [email protected] GC003: Altered Nutrient Cycling in High-Latitude Ecosystems http://fallmeeting.agu.org/2012/session-search/single/altered-nutrient-cycling-in-high-latitude-ecosystems/ Session Description: Despite strong nutrient limitation at high-latitudes, less attention is paid to climate change impacts on nutrient cycling than to direct effects on carbon cycling. In addition to a potential source of nutrients with permafrost thaw, climate change may alter disturbance regimes (i.e. fire), hydrology (i.e. water tables), and vegetation communities (i.e. shrub expansion). These factors influence nutrient inputs, cycling, and transport. In this session, we propose to explore how changing climate alters nutrient dynamics in permafrost-dominated ecosystems. We welcome presentations on the cycling of N, P, and other nutrients, especially those on disturbance effects, terrestrial-aquatic linkages, and growing season controls on productivity. -- Kyle Whittinghill, Postdoctoral Fellow Complex Systems Research Center Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans and Space University of New Hampshire 208 Morse Hall Durham, NH 03824 Office: 603-862-4434 Cell: 651-247-3296
