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Research to Action Symposium: Ecosystem Services Portland State University October 25, 2013 a small but mighty tool for education and research in ecosystem ecology. Erin Shortlidge PhD Candidate, Eppley Lab Department of Biology and Center for Life in Extreme Environments Habitat for numerous invertebrates, fungi and bacteria Each moss patch is a stand-alone ecosystem Primary productivity Nurse ground for other plants Climate control and water relations Nitrogen-fixing symbionts Carbon sequestration Mosscosms Student environmental awareness, awe, and comprehension was apparent in the classroom, and in the field Mosscosms: a model ecological curriculum for inquiry-‐based learning. in prep, E. Shortlidge and J. Hashimoto one idea two professors two grad students 26 upper-level undergrads (and moss love) Research to Action BI457, Field Sampling Methods in Ecology • July 2013 What can moss teach us about air pollution in Portland? Portland s most abundant street tree moss: Orthotrichum lyellii How much nitrogen is in O. lyellii tissue? BI457, Field Sampling Methods in Ecology • July 2013 Ecosystem service thinking requires ecosystem-level understanding. Acknowledgements: Sarah Eppley, Todd Rosens9el, Andrew Rice, Terry Rolfe, Jim Hashimoto, da Vinci Arts Middle School Students PSU BI457 Students
