Dear colleague,
We are very pleased to invite you to our EGU General Assembly 2016 session:
*Soil and root microenvironments: multi-scale imaging and analysis of
(a)biotic processes
*http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2016/session/20947
Conveners: Hannes Schmidt, Carsten W. Mueller, Evgenia Blagodatskaya
The complexity of soils reaches from the ecosystem scale down to
individual micro-aggregates and primary soil particles. Large-scale
processes (e.g. C cycling) are mainly driven by micro-scale interactions
between roots, microbiota, organic matter, and mineral particles. The
spatial arrangement of these components as well as the activity of
biotic participants induces strong physico-chemical gradients that make
soil microenvironments highly dynamic systems.
The interlinked multicomponent complexity of soil microenvironments
requires conceptual and experimental approaches capable of resolving
processes on a wide range of scales (cm - sub μm). This oral session
aims to demonstrate the current progress in analyzing biotic and/or
abiotic processes in soil microenvironments with a special focus on
imaging techniques. Contributions that present state-of-the-art methods
to localize, monitor, and quantify gradients in dynamic environments
(e.g. rhizosphere) in situ are especially appreciated.
The deadline for the receipt of abstracts is 13 Jan 2016, 13:00 CET. In
case you would like to apply for support, please submit no later than 01
Dec 2015.
http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2016/abstractsubmission/20947
Do not hesitate to contact us in case of any questions.
We are looking forward to meeting you in Vienna.
Hannes, Carsten, and Evgenia
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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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