We would like to invite y'all to a lively discussion on plants, water and ecosystems. Only recently have we begun to understand that fog and dew contribute significantly to global hydrological cycles, climate, and plant water and carbon relations from tropical cloud forests to arid deserts. This session brings together scientists working at multiple scales from water vapor nucleation at the leaf level to ecosystem modelling of fog patterns.
The session is on Wednesday, August 12th from 1:30-5pm. Here is our fantastic lineup: 1:30 PM - The value of wet leaves Todd E. Dawson, University of California, Berkeley 1:50 - Hydraulic activation: Establishment and effects of liquid water bridges across the stomata Juergen Burkhardt, University of Bonn; Shyam Pariyar, University of Bonn; Mauricio Hunsche, University of Bonn 2:10 PM - If a dew falls in a forest and no one is around, how do we sense it? Max Berkelhammer, University of Illinois at Chicago 2:30 PM - Radiative cooling and latent dew formation in plant canopies Brent Helliker, University of Pennsylvania; Christopher J. Still, Oregon State University; Youngil Kim, Oregon State University; Andrew D. Richardson, Harvard University; Donald Aubrecht, Harvard University 2:50 PM - Life in the treetops: Ecophysiological strategies in canopy epiphyte communities along a microclimate gradient in the tropical montane cloud forest Sybil Gotsch, Franklin and Marshall College; Nalini Nadkarni, University of Utah; Alexander Darby, Franklin and Marshall College; Andrew Glunk, Franklin and Marshall College; Mackenzie Dix, Franklin and Marshall College; Kenneth Davidson, Franklin and Marshall College; Todd E. Dawson, University of California, Berkeley 3:10 PM Break 3:20 PM - Fog effects on carbon and water balance of tropical cloud forest trees Rafael Oliveira, Universidade Estadual de Campinas; Cleiton B Eller, Universidade Estadual de Campinas; Paulo R. Bittencourt, University of Campinas; Fernanda V. Barros, University of Campinas; Caroline S. Müller, University of Campinas; Stephen O. Burgess, University of Western Australia 3:40 PM - Ecophysiological cloud-vegetation linkages in southern Appalachian mountain cloud forests at leaf to ecosystem scales Keith Reinhardt, Idaho State University; Z. Carter Berry, University of New Hampshire; Ryan E. Emanuel, NC State University; Daniel M. Johnson, University of Idaho 4:00 PM - Summer fog and plant flammability along the California coast Nathan C. Emery, University of California Santa Barbara; Carla D’Antonio, University of California 4:20 PM - Investigating the hydrology of tropical cloud forest and coastal fog ecosystems using water stable isotopes Martha Scholl, U.S. Geological Survey; Maoya Bassiouni, U.S. Geological Survey; Jaivime Evaristo, University of Saskatchewan 4:40 PM - Cloud and fog interactions with coastal forests in the California Channel Islands Christopher J. Still, Oregon State University; Sara A. Baguskas, University of California; Park Williams, Columbia University; Bharat Rastogi, Oregon State University; Mariah Carbone, University of New Hampshire; Doug Fischer, ARCADIS-US We hope to see you there! Feel free to contact myself ([email protected]) or Dr. Carter Berry ([email protected]) for any questions. Cheers, Nathan Emery PhD Candidate UC Santa Barbara @FoggyIdeas ESA Session link: http://eco.confex.com/eco/2015/webprogram/Session10524.html
