Colorado mountains
 

Cryosphere

Hydrochemical response of alpine watersheds to snowmelt.

Poster Number:  176 Presenter/Primary Author:  Danielle Perrot This study explores the stream hydrochemical response to snowmelt in alpine environments in the context of variable source area (VSA) dynamics and nitrate.

Climate Change, Permafrost Melt, and Increased Nitrate Export, Green Lakes Valley, Colorado

Poster Number:  171 Presenter/Primary Author:  Mark Williams Alpine ecosystems are particularly susceptible to disturbance due to their short growing seasons, sparse vegetation, thin soils, and a harsh climate.

Unique traits of an ultra low-diversity bacterial and fungal high-elevation (> 6000 m) cold desert mineral soil community

Poster Number:  159 Presenter/Primary Author:  Ryan Lynch High-elevation, plant and glacier free soils rank among the most physiochemically extreme and oligotrophic terrestrial environments.  The mountain topogr

 
 
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