Hello Colleagues, We would like to invite you to submit abstracts to a session at AGU this December entitled: GC046: Altered Nutrient Cycling in High-Latitude Ecosystems. We have included the abstract below and more information on our session can be found at: https://fallmeeting.agu.org/2013/scientific-program/session-search/sessions/gc046-altered-nutrient-cycling-in-high-latitude-ecosystems-2/. Abstracts are due on August 8th, and can be submitted at: https://fallmeeting.agu.org/2013/account/. Please feel free to contact us with questions. Apologies for cross-postings.
Have a wonderful day, Kyle Whittinghill, [email protected] Tamara Harms, [email protected] Michelle Mack, [email protected] William Bowden, [email protected] Mike Weintraub, [email protected] *GC046: Altered Nutrient Cycling in High-Latitude Ecosystems* Despite strong nutrient limitation at high-latitudes, less attention is paid to climate change impacts on nutrient cycling than to direct effects on carbon cycling. In addition to a potential source of nutrients with permafrost thaw, climate change may alter disturbance regimes (i.e., fire), hydrology (i.e.. water tables) and vegetation communities (i.e., shrub expansion). These factors influence nutrient inputs, cycling and transport. In this session, we propose to explore how changing climate alters nutrient dynamics in permafrost-dominated ecosystems. We welcome presentations on the cycling of N, P and other nutrients, especially those on disturbance effects, terrestrial-aquatic linkages and growing season controls on productivity. -- Kyle Whittinghill, Postdoctoral Fellow Earth Systems Research Center & Department of Natural Resources & the Environment University of New Hampshire 208 Morse Hall Durham, NH 03824 Office: 603-862-4434 Cell: 651-247-3296
