Biogeochemistry Section
The 12th Wetland Biogeochemistry Symposium (WBS), organized by the Biogeochemistry Section of SWS, will be held in Prague, Czech Republic from 3-8 July 2011. Visit the conference website (www.sws2011.com) or contact Nat Weston (nathaniel.weston@villanova.edu) for more information. The Biogeochemistry Section has organized these WBS activities:
Plenary: Chris Freeman, Wolfson Peatland Carbon Capture Laboratory, Bangor University
Symposium: Peatlands and Global Change: Effects of Environmental Changes on Biogeochemistry
Chair: Luca Bragazza (WSL-Swiss Federal Research Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research, Lausanne, Switzerland and Department of Biology and Evolution, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy)
Symposium: The role of Humic Substances in Wetland Soils
Chair: Jason Keller (Chapman University, USA)
Symposium: Nutrient Limitation in Wetlands: Concepts and Indicators
Chairs: Scott Neubauer (University of South Carolina, Baruch Marine Field Laboratory, Georgetown, SC, USA),
PV Sundareshwar (South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, SD, USA)
Symposium: Hot-Spots and Hot-Moments in Wetland Biogeochemistry
Chair: Eric Struyf (University of Antwerp, Department of Biology, Ecosystem Management Research Group, Wilrijk, Belgium)
Symposium: Carbon in Peatlands: Identifying Key Processes required by Earth System Models
Chairs: Joanna Clark (Walker Institute for Climate Systems Research and Soils Research Centre, Geography and Environmental Science, School of Human and Environmental Sciences, University of Reading, Reading, UK),
Angela Gallego-Sala (Department of Earth and Ecosystem Sciences, Division of Physical Geography and Ecosystems Analysis, Lunds Universitet, Lund, Sweden and Department of Geography, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK)
Symposium: Climate Change and Biogeochemical Cycling in Coastal Wetlands (Organized Jointly with the Global Change Section)
Chairs: Nathaniel Weston (Department of Geography and the Environment, Villanova University, PA USA),
Ariana-Sutton Grier (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
