Colorado mountains
 

Patterns of inorganic inputs and movements of nutrients through soils, groundwater and surface waters

Nitrogen, phosphorus and other mineral nutrients are cycled through the ecosystem by way of decay and disturbances such as fire and flood. In excessive quantities nitrogen and other nutrients can have far-reaching and harmful effects on the environment.

Cover Crops Have the Greatest Influence on Belowground Ecosystem Processes Along a Gradient of Cropping System Diversity

Poster Number:  340 Presenter/Primary Author:  Brendan O'Neill Row crop agriculture dominates most of the landscape of the U.S. upper mid-west, and along with constant pressure to increase production are calls to reduce inputs harmful to air, soil and water.

Effects of forest disturbances on stream nitrate concentrations in sites participating in StreamChemDB

Poster Number:  327 Presenter/Primary Author:  Alba Argerich Land use practices and natural disturbances in forested headwater catchments affect stream water chemistry with the potential to influence downst

The relationships between SOM quality and decomposition across a gradient of increasing shrub abundance in the Alaskan Arctic

Poster Number:  325 Presenter/Primary Author:  Jennie DeMarco Warming arctic temperatures are shifting dominant vegetation from graminoids to deciduous shrubs whose functional traits can alter the quality of soil organic matter (SOM) via litter inputs and roo

 
 
Background Photo by: Nicole Hansen - Jornada (JRN) LTER