Site Science
The effect of cover crop biomass on row-crop yields in a rotational system is mediated through topographical features
Poster Number: 130 Presenter/Primary Author: Juan Munoz The use of cover crops provides important benefits to soil quality and row-crop production in rotational agricultural systems.
Elevation as a Predictor of Marsh Vulnerability to Sea-level Rise along the Eastern Shore of Virginia
Poster Number: 128 Presenter/Primary Author: Talia Dibbell To evaluate vulnerability of salt marshes to sea level rise at the Virginia Coast Reserve (VCR) LTER, experiments are under way to identify the optimum elevation for growth of Spartina alternif
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.
Effects of residential development on breeding bird communities and habitats in the Southern Blue Ridge Mountains
Poster Number: 125 Presenter/Primary Author: Scott Pearson Residential development is a leading force of landscape change in Southern Appalachia. Housing construction alters the abundance and spatial distribution of habitat, and these changes will fa
