PARENT SESSIONMonday, August 7, 8:00-11:30 am
Symposium 3 - Integrating microbial ecology into the general science of ecology: opportunities and challenges
Ballroom B, Ballroom Level, Cook Convention Center
Organized by: BJM Bohannan (bohannan@stanford.edu)
The integration of microbial ecology into the general science of ecology has become both a major challenge and an exciting opportunity for ecologists; this symposium will present successful examples of such integration and address how this integration can be accelerated in the future.
| 8:00 AM | Bohannan, Brendan*,1, 1 Stanford University, Stanford, CA, Unity and diversity in ecology. |
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| 8:15 AM | Andrews, John*,1, 1 University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, Comparative ecology of microorganisms and macroorganisms. |
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| 8:40 AM | Brown, James*,1, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, Metabolic theory and microbial ecology. |
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| 9:05 AM | , Break. |
| 9:15 AM | Huisman, Jef*,1, Passarge, Jutta1, Stomp, Maayke1, 1 University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands, The paradox of the plankton revisited. |
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| 9:40 AM | Martin, Andrew*,1, 1 University of Colorado, Boulder, Co, The generation of prokaryote and eukaryote diversity. |
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| 10:05 AM | , Break. |
| 10:15 AM | Hughes Martiny, Jennifer*,1, 1 Brown University, Providence, RI, Community and ecosystem consequences of microbial diversity. |
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| 10:40 AM | Tiedje, James*,1, 1 Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, The future of microbial ecology. |
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| 11:05 AM | , Summary and discussion. |