Biocrust News
We took a trip to study crusts in southern utah in late July
We presented our initial results at a very ‘Crusty’ meeting at Flagstaff Arizona, September 25th 2011
Schedule:
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 – Morning Sessions
Biennial Conference: Past, Present, and Future
Time: 8:15 AM – 9:15 AM
Location: Humphreys
Moderator: Laura Foster Huenneke, Northern Arizona University
Biological Soil Crusts: Understanding, modeling, and restoring their function in ecosystems,
Part I
Location: Agassiz
Moderator: Matthew Bowker, U.S. Geological Survey
9:40-10:00 AM MATTHEW BOWKER, T. Arundel – Maps of the biological soil crust
potential of the Colorado Plateau: A resource prepared for the Bureau
of Land Management ecoregional assessment
10:00-10:20 AM JAYNE BELNAP, M. Bowker – Interactions between biocrust
microtopography and ecosystem function
10:20-10:40 AM NICHOLE BARGER, H. Guenther, M. Miller, J. Herrick – Fire mitigation
practices in piñon-juniper woodlands: Soil erosion increases related to
declines in biological soil crust communities
10:40-11:00 AM STEVEN WARREN, L. St. Clair, J. Johansen – Effects of prescribed fire on
biological soil crust and their subsequent recovery in a juniper
woodland
11:00-11:20 AM COLBY BRUNGARD, J. Boettinger – Spatial prediction of biological soil
crust classes in and around Canyonlands National Park: Implications for
biological soil crust management on the Colorado Plateau
11:20-11:40 AM TRENT NORTHEN, N. Klitgord, U. Nunes da Rocha, S. Axen, L. Rajeev, E.
Luning, N. Bouskill, B. Bowen, C. Kerfeld, J. Fortney, R. Salve, E. Brodie,
A. Mukhopadhyay, F. Garcia-Pichel – Resolving community and
metabolic dynamics and carbon flux in Colorado Plateau biological soil
crusts
11:40-12:00 PM Open Questions
Biological Soil Crusts: Understanding, modeling, and restoring their function in ecosystems,
Part II
Location: Agassiz
Moderator: Matthew Bowker, U.S. Geological Survey
1:30-1:50 PM NICOLE DECRAPPEO – Using biological soil crusts to assess the suitability
of degraded rangeland sites for restoration
1:50-2:10 PM LINDSAY CHIQUIONE, M. Bowker, L. Stark, S. Abella – Biological soil crust
rehabilitation on disturbed gypsiferous soils
2:10-2:30 PM TAMARA ZELIKOVA, D. Housman, E. Grote, D. Neher, J. Belnap –
Biocrust response to three years of experimental warming
2:30-2:50 PM GREGORY CAPORASO, B. Prithiviraj, S. Bates, R. Knight – Recovery of
biological soil crust-like microbial communities in previously submerged
soils of Glen Canyon
2:50-3:10 PM FERRAN GARCIA-PICHEL, R. Potrafka, V. Loza, P. Mateo, S. Bates, T.
Soule – Microbial biodiversity and function in biological soil crusts:
Among the good, the bad and the ugly, some like it hot
3:10-3:30 PM Panel Discussion
3:30-3:50 PM Open
The poster session was intense:
We took a side trip and observed very nice mature crusts outside of Sedona AZ
It is very clear how sensitive these crusts are to foot traffic
