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.

Niche differentiation of ammonia-oxidizing microbial communities and their function in soil

Poster Number:  127 Presenter/Primary Author:  Yevgeniy Marusenko Soil archaea and bacteria are known to oxidize ammonia to nitrite in a key step of nitrification, which may be affected by N inputs from natural (e.g., mineralization) or anthropogenic (e.g., atmos

Phosphorus incubations in an oligotrophic alpine lake and copper sulfate treatment of a eutrophic montane lake

Poster Number:  126 Presenter/Primary Author:  Steven Crisp Two types of lakes were studied during the summer of 2012 in the Rocky Mountains. The first is Green Lake 4 in the Boulder Creek Watershed.

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