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Metabolic Basis of Ecology (GRS)

Gordon Research Seminar

The Metabolic Basis of Ecology and Evolution in a Changing World

July 21 - 22, 2012
Chairs April Hayward and James C. Stegen

Conference Description

The Gordon Research Seminar on Metabolic Basis of Ecology is a unique forum for graduate students, post-docs, and other scientists with comparable levels of experience and education to present and exchange new data and cutting edge ideas.

The focus of this meeting is on exploring how Metabolic Theory might be used to better understand the mechanisms and constraints affecting the eco-evolutionary responses of biological systems to anthropogenic disturbances such as climate change, eutrophication, and species invasions and extinctions.

Related Meeting

This GRS will be held in conjunction with the "Metabolic Basis of Ecology" Gordon Research Conference (GRC). Those interested in attending both meetings must submit an application for the GRC in addition to an application for the GRS. Refer to the associated GRC program page for more information.

Conference Program

SATURDAY
1:00 pm - 5:00 pmArrival and Check-in
3:30 pm - 3:45 pmIntroductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome by the GRS Conference Chair
3:45 pm - 4:30 pmMetabolism & Anthropogenic Stressors - An Overview
Discussion Leaders: April Hayward (Rescan Environmental Services Ltd.) and Melanie Moses (Faculty Mentor; University of New Mexico)
3:45 pm - 4:20 pmJohn Delong (Yale University)
"Metabolism and Anthropogenic Stressors - An Overview"
4:20 pm - 4:30 pmDiscussion
4:30 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session I
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmClimate Change
Discussion Leaders: Andrew Hein (University of Florida) and Joel G. Kingsolver (Faculty Mentor; University of North Carolina)
7:30 pm - 8:00 pmJames Hood (Montana State University)
"Influence of Temperature on Whole-stream Nitrogen Uptake Rates: A Unique Natural Experiment"
8:00 pm - 8:10 pmDiscussion
8:10 pm - 8:40 pmSarah Diamond (North Carolina State University)
"Physiological and trait-based approaches to understanding species’ responses to climate change"
8:40 pm - 8:50 pmDiscussion
8:50 pm - 9:20 pmLara Garcia-Corral (IMEDEA-CSIC-UIB)
"Temperature-dependence of Planktonic Metabolism in the Subtropical North Atlantic"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pmDiscussion
SUNDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 amEutrophication
Discussion Leader: James Stegen (Pacific Northwest National Lab) and James Elser (Faculty Mentor; Arizona State University)
9:00 am - 9:30 amSamraat Pawar (UCLA Medical Center)
"Understanding Multi-Trophic Effects of Resource Enrichment Across Organisms and Environments"
9:30 am - 9:40 amDiscussion
9:40 am - 10:10 amNicole Goulding-Wagner (Trent University)
"Nutritional Indicators and their uses in Ecology"
10:10 am - 10:20 amDiscussion
10:20 am - 10:50 amKrista Capps (University of Maine)
"Nutrient Limitation in the Wake of Invasion: The Potential Influence of Invader Body Stoichiometry on Nutrient Dynamics in Novel System"
10:50 am - 11:00 amDiscussion
11:00 am - 12:30 pmPoster Session II
Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 2:30 pmSpecies Invasions, Extinctions, and Diversity
Discussion Leaders: Daniel McGlinn (Utah State University) and Morgan Ernest (Faculty Mentor; Utah State University)
1:30 pm - 1:50 pmJes Hines (EAWAG: Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology)
"Metabolic Influences on Food Web Structure"
1:50 pm - 2:00 pmDiscussion
2:00 pm - 2:20 pmSarah Supp (Utah State University)
"Experimental Macroecological Approach Tests the Influence of Biotic Interactions, Species Richness, and Abundance as Determinants of the Species Abundance Distribution"
2:20 pm - 2:30 pmDiscussion
2:30 pm - 3:00 pmEvaluation Period
Fill out GRS Evaluation Forms
3:00 pmGordon Research Seminar ends. For those attending the associated Gordon Research Conference, please check in at the GRC Office beginning at 4:00 pm.

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