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| 8:50 AM |
Introductory remarks |
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| 9:00 AM |
Melanie Poole, Connecticut College – Plant community structure and soil properties along stream corridors of cranberry bogs since discontinuation of agriculture |
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| 9:15 AM |
Holly Engel, Clarkson University – An assessment of the stages of stream restoration along the Coonamessett River cranberry bogs |
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| 9:30 AM |
Daniel Feinberg, Hamilton College – Wood decomposition after five years in anaerobic nitrate rich groundwaters: Implications for lifetime of Nitrex Permeable Reactive Barriers |
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| 9:45 AM |
Brendan O'Leary, Allegheny College – Impacts of Nitrex Permeable Reactive Barriers on anthropogenic nutrient limitation of estuarine microalgae and bacteria |
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| 10:00 AM |
Austin Ritter, Middlebury College – Response of salt marsh ponds to chronic eutrophication |
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| 10:15 AM |
Coffee Break
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| 10:45 AM |
David Dodge, Middlebury College – Importance of anaerobic processes and alternative electron acceptors in peat decomposition and marsh subsidence at Plum Island Sound |
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| 11:00 AM |
Brian Suh, Haverford College – The search for novel Integron expression along a heavy metal gradient |
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| 11:15 AM |
Lolly Lim, Brown University – Tracing anthropogenic nutrient inputs into coastal plain ponds on an urban-rural gradient using stable isotopes |
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| 11:30 AM |
Ian Yue, Wheaton College – Tracing anthropogenic nitrogen inputs into Cape Cod coastal plain ponds using stable isotopes and water budget modeling |
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| 11:45 AM |
Sarah Narramore, Lafayette College – Long-term effects of soil warming on labile carbon availability and microbial community respiration and composition |
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| 12:00 Noon |
Luncheon
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| 1:30 PM |
George Allen, Oberlin College – Nutrient retention rates along productivity isoclines: Consequences of thermodynamics in algal microcosms |
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| 1:45 PM |
Alice Carter, Northwestern University – Microbial diversity, productivity and efficiency as responses to pH oscillation frequency |
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| 2:00 PM |
Melissa Campbell, Clark University - Uptake of different concentrations of amino acids by plant roots. |
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| 2:15 PM |
Miranda Sinnott-Armstrong, Brown University – Effects of fire frequency and seasonality on nitrogen and phosphorus cycling in Truro soil |
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| 2:30 PM |
Sarah Berry, Carleton College – Ground-surface water DOC interactions with bacterial production in coastal plain ponds |
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| 2:45 PM |
Meghan Short, Brown University – Contrasting nutrient dynamics of litter decomposition in a deciduous forest and pond ecosystem |
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| 3:00 PM |
Ken Foreman, SES Program Director - Semester Retrospective |
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There will be a refreshments and a celebratory
awards ceremony after the symposium.
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