Geothermal ecosystems

Special session is devoted to geothermal ecosystems, organized by Jon S. Ólafsson, Gisli M. Gíslason, Edda S. Oddsdóttir, Snædís Björnsdóttir, Bjarni D. Sigurdsson.

The session takes place in Askja on Saturday Nov. 7th. starting at 11:00.

L7 Vistkerfi jarðhitasvæða / Geothermal ecosystems    Fundarstjóri / chair Bryndís Marteinsdóttir
    E75 Geothermally heated stream ecosystems as model in climate warming studies
Jón S. Ólafsson(1), Jonathan P. Benstead(2), Wyatt F. Cross(3), Benoit L. Demars (4), Nikolai Friberg(5), Gísli M. Gíslason(6), Eoin O‘Gorman(7), Rakel Guðmundsdóttir(6), Elísabet R. Hannesdóttir(1,6), James M. Hood(3), Alex D. Huryn(2), James R. Junker(3), Ragnhildur Þ. Magnúsdóttir(1), Daniel Nelson(2), Jill Welter(8) and Guy Woodward(7)
    E76 Impacts of warming in sentinel systems: from genes to ecosystems
Guy Woodward (1), Bruno Gallo (1), Eoin O’Gorman (1), Rebecca Kordas (1), Jòn Olafsson (3), Gísli Már Gíslason (2), Nikolai Friberg (5), Stephen Brooks (4), Thomas Bell (1).
    E77 Understanding the effect of warming on productivity, species composition, and nutrient cycling in river ecosystems
J.R. Welter (1), W.F. Cross (2), J.P. Benstead (3), A.D. Huryn (3), J.M. Hood (2), T.W. Williamson (2), D. Nelson (3), P.C. Furey (1), J.R. Junker (2), P.W. Johnson (3), J.S. Olafsson (4), G.M. Gislason (5)
    E78 Temperature dependence of resource availability determines energy flow through food webs
Eoin O’Gorman (1), Lei Zhao (1), Dan Reuman (2), Guy Woodward (1)
    E79 The effects of environmental temperature and thermal adaptation on predator-prey interactions: a novel approach using a geothermal system
Louise Archer (1,2), Bruno Gallo (1), Rebecca L. Kordas (1), Björn C. Rall (3), Esra Sohlström (4), Eoin J. O’Gorman (1)
    E80 Thermal sensitivity and adaptive ability of freshwater macroinvertebrates from geothermally heated streams
Rebecca L Kordas, Eoin O’Gorman, Guy Woodward, and Samraat Pawar
 
       
      L8 Vistkerfi jarðhitasvæða II / Geothermal ecosystems II    Fundarstjóri / chair Jón S. Ólafsson
    E81 Migration of brown trout in the Hengladalur geothermally affected stream system
Ólafur Patrick Ólafsson (1), Gísli Már Gíslason (2), Guðni Guðbergsson (3)
    E82 Surface and subsurface macroinvertebrate community differences across a thermal gradient in Icelandic streams.
Daniel P Govoni (1, 2), Bjarni Kristófer Kristjánsson (2), Jón S. Ólafsson (3), Mark S. Wipfli (1)
    E83 Enhanced plant growth from an outdoor intensive shallow bottom heat system using waste geothermal hot water and steam condensate
R. Dell (1,2,4), C.S. Wei (1), W. Foley (2,4), N. Mitchell (2), Runar Unnthorsson (3)
    E84 Plant populations in a warmer world: a natural experiment
Bryndís Marteinsdóttir (1), Johan Ehrlén (2)
    E85 Elevated levels of sulphur and trace metals revealed in ecosystems in relation to geothermal power plants in Iceland- ecological implications.
Thecla Mutia (1,2,3), Thráinn Friðriksson (5), Sigurður Magnússon (6) and Ingibjörg Svala Jónsdóttir (1, 4)
    E86 The microbial mats of Vonarskarð
Snædís H. Björnsdóttir (1,2), Sólveig K. Pétursdóttir (2), Andri Stefánsson (1), Nicole S. Keller (1), Haukur Jóhannesson (3), Guðmundur Óli Hreggviðsson (1,2)
 
       
      L9 Vistkerfi jarðhitasvæða III / Geothermal ecosystems III    Fundarstjóri / chair Ólafur Patrick Ólafsson
    E87 Description and comparison of microbial metagenomes in a subglacial lake under the Vatnajökull ice cap, East Skaftárketill
Viggó Þór Marteinsson1,2, Pauline Vannier1, Gregory Farrant1, Eyjólfur Reynisson1, Eric Gaidos 3 and Þorsteinn Þorsteinsson 4
    E88 Cultivation methods comparison to grow thermophilic microorganisms from coastal hydrothermal vents
Pauline Vannier, Maxime Tourte, Eyjólfur Reynisson, Alexandra Klonowski and Viggó Þór Marteinsson
    E89 Metagenomic analysis of microbial communities at a coastal geothermal area (Reykjanes, NW Iceland)
René Groben, Eyjólfur Reynisson, Pauline Vannier, Alexandra Klonowski & Viggó Þór Marteinsson
    E90 Generation and Compositional Analysis of a Metagenome Database from an Intertidal Habitat
Elísabet Eik Guðmundsdóttir, Ólafur H. Friðjónsson, Sigmar K. Stefánsson, Sólveig K. Pétursdóttir, Guðmundur Óli Hreggviðsson