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2010 SES Student Independent Research Symposium

December 17, 2010
MBL Lillie Auditorium

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Time: Speaker and Topic:

8:50 AM Introductory remarks

9:00 AM Melanie Poole, Connecticut College – Plant community structure and soil properties along stream corridors of cranberry bogs since discontinuation of agriculture

9:15 AM Holly Engel, Clarkson University – An assessment of the stages of stream restoration along the Coonamessett River cranberry bogs

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

9:45 AM Brendan O'Leary, Allegheny College – Impacts of Nitrex Permeable Reactive Barriers on anthropogenic nutrient limitation of estuarine microalgae and bacteria

10:00 AM Austin Ritter, Middlebury College – Response of salt marsh ponds to chronic eutrophication

10:15 AM
Coffee Break

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

11:00 AM Brian Suh, Haverford College – The search for novel Integron expression along a heavy metal gradient

11:15 AM Lolly Lim, Brown University – Tracing anthropogenic nutrient inputs into coastal plain ponds on an urban-rural gradient using stable isotopes

11:30 AM Ian Yue, Wheaton College – Tracing anthropogenic nitrogen inputs into Cape Cod coastal plain ponds using stable isotopes and water budget modeling

11:45 AM Sarah Narramore, Lafayette College – Long-term effects of soil warming on labile carbon availability and microbial community respiration and composition

12:00 Noon
Luncheon

1:30 PM George Allen, Oberlin College – Nutrient retention rates along productivity isoclines: Consequences of thermodynamics in algal microcosms

1:45 PM Alice Carter, Northwestern University – Microbial diversity, productivity and efficiency as responses to pH oscillation frequency

2:00 PM Melissa Campbell, Clark University - Uptake of different concentrations of amino acids by plant roots.

2:15 PM Miranda Sinnott-Armstrong, Brown University – Effects of fire frequency and seasonality on nitrogen and phosphorus cycling in Truro soil

2:30 PM Sarah Berry, Carleton College – Ground-surface water DOC interactions with bacterial production in coastal plain ponds

2:45 PM Meghan Short, Brown University – Contrasting nutrient dynamics of litter decomposition in a deciduous forest and pond ecosystem

3:00 PM Ken Foreman, SES Program Director - Semester Retrospective

There will be a refreshments and a celebratory
awards ceremony after the symposium.

 

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