Illuminating genes-to-ecosystems-to-genes feedbacks in model ecosystems
Illuminating genes-to-ecosystems-to-genes feedbacks in model ecosystems
Session ID#: 123680
Session Description:
An increasing number of model ecosystems have accumulated long-term biogeochemical and multi-omic data, providing a new opportunity for characterizing genes-to-ecosystems and ecosystems-to-genes feedbacks. This session will examine how teams across diverse habitats have unveiled such feedback mechanisms in their systems, through interdisciplinary unions of field & experimental observations, theory, & modeling. Ecosystems undergoing rapid change, both anthropogenic and natural, will be included, to help participants identify commonalities and differences based on characteristics of habitat and disturbance. Specific examples are: thawing permafrost peatland where climate change is altering biotic feedbacks and the global warming footprint, temperate wetlands impacted by increasing nutrient inputs due to landuse change, and marine environments adapting to more acidic and warmer waters.
Co-Sponsor(s):
- ESA: Ecological Society of America -
- EGU: European Geosciences Union -
- SSSA: Soil Science Society of America -
Index Terms:
0414 Biogeochemical cycles, processes, and modeling [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
0465 Microbiology: ecology, physiology and genomics [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
0466 Modeling [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
1622 Earth system modeling [GLOBAL CHANGE]
Primary Convener: Ruth K Varner, University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Durham, NH, United States
Conveners: Virginia Isabel Rich, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States, Zhen Li, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States and Ahmed Zayad, Ohio State University Main Campus, Department of Microbiology, Columbus, OH, United States
Primary Liaison: Ruth K Varner, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, United States
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