Dear Colleagues,
We are very pleased to invite you to our EGU General Assembly 2015
session *BG 2.7: “Biogeochemical processes – are natural systems
regulated at ‘hot spots’?” *(co-listed in**in Soil System Science 4 –
Soil Biology, Microbiology and Biodiversity)
http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2015/session/17670
Conveners: Carsten W. Mueller, Thilo Eickhorst, Markus Steffens and Sven
Marhan**
The complexity of soils and sediments extends from the ecosystem to
individual micro-meter sized aggregates. Within these particles
nanometer-scale interactions between microbiota, organic matter and
mineral particles are thought to control important ecosystem functions
like the long-term fate of organic carbon, nutrients and pollutants.
Large scale phenomena are controlled at small ‘hot spots’.
We invite both conceptual and methodological approaches to study biotic
and abiotic processes at various scales starting at the nm-scale. A
special emphasize will also be given to state of the art experimental
techniques (e.g. microcosms, labeling studies) to pinpoint small scale
processes in intact environments. Thus contributions on novel techniques
(VIS-NIR, µ-CT, NanoSIMS, XANES, FISH e.g.) which enable the in-situ
analysis of soil and sediment properties, biogeochemical processes, and
microbial interactions in intact environments are highly welcome. To
answer questions of representativeness and upscaling we want also
include work on spatial statistics and modelling.
*Solicited speaker: Philippe Baveye, AgroParisTech,
France*([email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>)
The deadline for abstract submission is 07^th of January 2015.
Scientists who wish to apply for *financial support* must be the contact
author of their contribution, and they must submit an abstract by *28
November 2014*.
Do not hesitate to contact us in case of any questions.
We are looking forward to meeting you in Vienna.
Carsten, Thilo, Markus and Sven
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Dr. Carsten W. Mueller
TU München
Lehrstuhl für Bodenkunde
Emil-Ramann Strasse 2
(former: Am Hochanger 2)
85354 Freising
Germany
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