Poster # 137. Lichter, John^*,1, Hardison, Justin², Stemmler, Elizabeth², Reblin, Jaret¹, ¹ Biology Department and Environmental Studies Program, Brunswick, Maine² Chemistry Department, Brunswick, Maine The legacy of intense deer browsing on plant and microbial community composition and diversity.

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Poster # 138. AUBREY, DOUGLAS^*,1, WAIT, D. ALEXANDER¹, ANDERSON, WENDY², ¹ Southwest Missouri State University, Springfield, MO² Drury University, Springfield, MO Soil chemistry and plant species richness on marine desert islands: seabird influence and spatial heterogeneity.

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Poster # 139. Clausnitzer, David^*,1, Pyke, David¹, Belnap, Jayne², Graham, Timothy², Phillips, Susan², ¹ USGS Forest and Range Ecosystem Science Cener, Corvallis, OR² USGS Forest and Range Ecosystem Science Center, Moab, UT Soil enzyme activity gradients in a Great Basin piosphere.

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Poster # 140. Hardwick, Elaine^*,1, McCormick, Warren¹, Tomforhde, Paul, ¹ Minnesota Sate University, Mankato, Mankato, MN Metabolic potential and phylogenetic analysis of phenol-degrading bacteria cultured from freshwater sediment phenol-enrichment microcosms.

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Poster # 141. Yan, Meichun^*,1, Luo, Yiqi¹, ¹ University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK Measurement of soil respiration: A literature review.

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Poster # 142. ADL, Sina^*,1,2, Coleman, David¹, ¹ University of Georgia, Athens, GA² Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Succession and recolonization trends by protozoa in litter decomposition between sites.

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Poster # 143. Reed, Heather^*,1, Seastedt, Timothy¹, ¹ University of Colorado, Boulder, CO Soil biota effects on decomposition in burned and unburned tallgrass prairie.

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Poster # 144. Stevenson, Bryan^*,1, ¹ Landcare Research, Hamilton, New Zealand Does vegetation type drive soil microbial functional response?

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Poster # 145. Chatterjee, Keya^*,1, Lawrence, Deborah¹, Mills, Aaron¹, ¹ University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia Tree species effects on soil microbial communities and soil properties.

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Poster # 146. Madson, Stephanie^*,1, Coleman, David¹, ¹ Institute of Ecology, Athens, GA Response of soil microarthropods (Acari, Collembola) to two-age forest regeneration in the southern Appalachians.

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Poster # 147. Rodriguez-Zaragoza, Salvador^*,1,2, Ojalvo-Mayzlish, Einav¹, Steinberger, Yosef¹, ¹ Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan, Ramat-Gan, Israel² Facultad de Estudios Superiores Iztacala, UNAM, Tlalnepantla, Estado de Mexico, Mexico Seasonal dynamics of amoebae population in the Zygophyllum dumosum rhizosphere, Negev Desert, Israel.

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Poster # 148. RYSER, JANINE^*,1, STOECKLI, VERONIKA², SCHMID, BERNHARD¹, ¹ Institut für Umweltwissenschaften, Universität Zürich, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland² Eidg. Institut für Schnee und Lawinenforschung (SLF/ENA), CH-7260 Davos-Dorf, Switzerland Microbial diversity and activity in soils of the Swiss Alps: Influence of ski-run preparation.

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Poster # 149. DAVELOS, ANITA^*,1, KINKEL, LINDA¹, XIAO, KUN¹, RODGERS, MATTHEW¹, ¹ University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN Do some prairie plants enhance indigenous soil microbial antagonists to protect against disease?

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