355 Impacts of Land /Soil Change on Human and Ecosystem Services

Oral Session
S11 Soils & Environmental Quality
Ecosystem services is an emerging area in research. This proposal will explore the role of ecosystem services with respect to land use and human population.
Cosponsor(s):

Soil Chemistry

Wednesday, November 4, 2009: 9:55 AM-11:15 AM
Convention Center, Room 334, Third Floor

Organizer:
Steven Hodges
9:55 AM
Introductory Remarks
10:00 AM
Producing Ecosystem Services On Agricultural Land: From Concept to Commodity.
Patrick Bohlen, MacArthur Agro-Ecology Res. Center; Sarah Lynch, World Wildlife Fund; Len Shabman, Resources for the Future; Sanjay Shukla, Univ. of Florida; Mark Clark, Univ. of Florida
10:15 AM
Ecosystem Services Provided by Agroecosystems: Applying Scientific Outcomes to Develop Nitrogen Management Policy.
Christina Tonitto, Cornell Univ.; Elizabeth Marshall, World Resources Inst.; Laurie Drinkwater, Cornell Univ.
10:30 AM
Changing Land Use and Trends of Water Quality for Lake Manatee, Florida.
Lu Han, NanKai Univ.; Craig Stanley, Univ. of Florida, IFAS; Gurpal Toor, Univ. of Florida; Suiliang Huang, NanKai Univ.
10:45 AM
Land Use and Climatic Controls of Soil Organic Carbon in Diverse Ecoregions of Costa Rica.
Paula Chacon, Ohio State Univ.; Rattan Lal, Ohio State Univ.; Frank Calhoun, Ohio State Univ.; Norman Fausey, Ohio State Univ.; Humberto Leblanc, EARTH Univ.
11:00 AM
Measuring the Interactive Effects of Warming and Wetting On Soil C and N Losses and Microbial Communities Following Forest Harvesting.
Marshall D. McDaniel, Pennsylvania State Univ.; Jason Kaye, Pennsylvania State Univ.; Margot W. Kaye, Pennsylvania State Univ.; Bruce Kimball, U.S. Water Conservation Lab.
11:15 AM
Adjourn