Dear Colleagues, We are calling for your attention to the special session
B038. *Integrating microbial processes into ecosystem models of carbon and nitrogen cycling.* Biogeochemical cycling in terrestrial environments depends strongly on the structure and function of microbial communities. However, there remains uncertainty in the literature regarding how complex microbial assemblages transform carbon and nitrogen across environmental gradients. To further exacerbate the problem, mechanistic representation of interactions between microbes, vegetation, and abiotic processes are also absent from regional and global scale ecosystem models. This session intends to provide a forum for discussion of how physiological and molecular microbial data can be integrated into terrestrial ecosystem models to better represent how microbial processes influence biogeochemical cycling. *Scientific section: Biogeosciences.* * * *Conveners:* *Nicholas Bouskill1 ([email protected]),* *Jinyun Tang2 ([email protected]),* *William Riley2 ([email protected]),* *Eoin Brodie1 ([email protected]).* * * *1**Ecology Department, Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94702.* *2**Climate Science Department, Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94702.* The aim of this session is to provide a forum for researchers in all aspects of terrestrial ecosystem biogeochemistry to exchange their studies on measurements and modeling that strive to integrate the microbial process in the carbon and nitrogen dynamics. The deadline for abstracts is 8 August 23:59 EDT/03:59 +1 GMT. Look forward to your contribution and meeting you in San Francisco. -- Jinyun Tang Earth Sciences Division Climate and Carbon Sciences Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Berkeley, CA 94720 tel: 510 486-5792, fax: 510 486-7070
