2009 Portland GSA Annual Meeting (18-21 October 2009)

Session No. 260
Wednesday, 21 October 2009: 9:00 AM-6:00 PM
Hall A (Oregon Convention Center)

T141. What Does Biology Have to Do With It? Biota in Weathering, Nutrient Cycling, Mineral Surface Interactions, and Mineral Precipitation (Posters)

GSA Geobiology & Geomicrobiology Division

Authors will be present from 4 to 6 PM.

 

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QUANTIFYING NITROGEN CYCLING ON SURFACE MINED LANDS USING NATURAL D15N ABUNDANCES AND FUNGAL RELATIONSHIPS: AN EXPLORATORY STUDY
JARVIS, Stephanie K., Geology, Biology, The College of Wooster, C-1916, 1189 Beall Ave, Wooster, OH 44691, FOX, James F., Civil Engineering, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40526, JONES, Alice, Environmental Research Institute, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY 40475 and ROWE, Harold, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX 77019, sjarvis11@wooster.edu, sjarvis11@wooster.edu
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THE MICROBIAL POOL AND SOIL CARBON CYCLING ON RECLAIMED SURFACE MINE SITES
EVANS, Guy N., Geology, the College of William and Mary, 110 University Drive, CSU 5919, Williamsburg, VA 23186, FOX, James F., Civil Engineering, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40526 and JONES, Alice, Environmental Research Institute, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY 40475, guynevans@yahoo.com, guynevans@yahoo.com
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COMPARISON OF SOIL PROPERTIES CONTAINING THE WHITE FRINGED PRAIRIE ORCHID (PLATANTHERA PRAECLARA) IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI PRAIRIES AND ADJACENT AGRICULTURAL FIELDS
HARTMAN, Kurt M.1, VOLTZ, Michael1, SIGMON, Mickey1, KOY, Karen A.2 and ASHLEY, David3, (1)Biology, Missouri Western State University, 4525 Downs Drive, St. Joseph, MO 64507, (2)Biology, Missouri Western State University, 4525 Downs Drive, Saint Joseph, MO 64507, (3)Dept. of Biology, Missouri Western State University, 4525 Downs Drive, St. Joseph, MO 64507, khartman3@missouriwestern.edu, khartman3@missouriwestern.edu
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BACTERIAL-VIRAL INTERACTIONS AND MINERAL PRECIPITATION
KYLE, Jennifer E. and FERRIS, F. Grant, Geology, Univ. Toronto, 22 Russell Street, Department of Geology, Toronto, ON M5S3B1, Canada, jennifer.kyle@utoronto.ca, jennifer.kyle@utoronto.ca
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BIOGENIC CYCLING OF SILICON IN SOILS IN A MARINE TERRACE CHRONOSEQUENCE, SANTA CRUZ, CALIFORNIA
VIVIT, Davison, U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd., Building 15, Menlo Park, CA 94025, EVETT, Rand R., Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, 137 Mulford Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720-3114, SCHULZ, Marjorie S., US Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025 and WHITE, Art F., US Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Road MS420, Menlo PArk, CA 94025, dvvivit@usgs.gov, dvvivit@usgs.gov
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URANIUM IMMOBILIZATION BY THE ACTIVITIES OF MICROBIAL PHOSPHATASES
MARTINEZ, Robert J.1, SALOME, Kathleen2, WU, Cindy3, HAZEN, Terry C.3, ANDERSEN, Gary L.3, TAILLEFERT, Martial2 and SOBECKY, Patricia A.1, (1)Biology, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35404, (2)Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, (3)Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, rmartinez@bama.ua.edu, rmartinez@bama.ua.edu
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THE MECHANISM OF ARSENITE OXIDATION IN SOIL COLUMN EXPERIMENTS
YUE, Ziming, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Alabama, 202 Bevill Building, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0338, DONAHOE, Rona J., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Alabama, 201 7th Ave, Room 2003 Bevill Building, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0338 and EDMONDS, Jennifer, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0206, rdonahoe@geo.ua.edu, rdonahoe@geo.ua.edu
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