2012 LTER ASM - CAP

Detecting the sensitivity of desert herbaceous plant responses to co-occurring atmospheric compounds

ecook — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 04:41:56 +0000

Poster Number:

379

Presenter/Primary Author:

Elizabeth Cook

Co-Authors:

Sharon J Hall

Cities occupy a small land area globally, yet atmospheric compounds generated from human-dominated ecosystems have significant impacts on protected lands within and beyond urban boundaries. D

Student Poster:

Yes

Greenhouse gas emissions from a constructed wetland system in Phoenix, AZ

jramos1 — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 09:39:33 +0000

Poster Number:

365

Presenter/Primary Author:

Jorge Ramos

Co-Authors:

Eric Chapman

Co-Authors:

Nicholas A. Weller

Wetlands support ecological functions that result in valuable services to society, including the purification of water through processes such as denitrification, plant uptake, and soil retention.

Student Poster:

Yes

Boom-bust episodes alter plant species diversity patterns in arid urban landscapes

jripplinger — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 22:17:56 +0000

Poster Number:

353

Presenter/Primary Author:

Julie Ripplinger

Co-Authors:

Janet Franklin

We often think of cities as designed ecosystems, where biophysical drivers are superseded by human decisions. But what happens during times of economic crisis?

The Science of Water Art: A Citizen Science Project

hvins — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 23:10:10 +0000

Poster Number:

329

Presenter/Primary Author:

Holly Vins

Co-Authors:

Colin Kunzweiler

Co-Authors:

Christopher Roberts

Co-Authors:

Melissa Beresford

Co-Authors:

Amber Wutich

Co-Authors:

Alexandra Brewis

The Science of Water Art project is a collaborative work that brings together professionals, c

Student Poster:

Yes

Urban land-use institutions and parcel-scale change in Phoenix, Arizona, 1915-2012

jtuccillo — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 16:45:21 +0000

Poster Number:

292

Presenter/Primary Author:

Joseph Tuccillo

Co-Authors:

Kevin Kane

Co-Authors:

Yun Ouyang

Co-Authors:

Abigail York

We seek to analyze how individual landowner decisions at the parcel level drive Phoenix’s macro-level land use patterns.

Photo-oxidation of soot black carbon in central Arizona

ghamilton — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 18:46:17 +0000

Poster Number:

257

Presenter/Primary Author:

George Hamilton

Co-Authors:

Hilairy E. Hartnett

Soot black carbon (BC) is the product of incomplete combustion of fossil fuels and biomass.

Student Poster:

Yes

Plant community changes and related nutrient retention within an aridland constructed wastewater treatment wetland

nweller — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 00:07:52 +0000

Poster Number:

252

Presenter/Primary Author:

Nicholas Weller

Co-Authors:

Daniel L. Childers

Co-Authors:

Laura Turnbull

Student Poster:

Yes

The Social-Ecology of Residential Landscape Management: Complex Causes, Effects, and Tradeoffs in the Sonoran Desert of Phoenix, AZ

klarson3 — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 17:01:17 +0000

Poster Number:

187

Presenter/Primary Author:

Kelli Larson

Co-Authors:

Jaleila Brumand

The ubiquity of lawns in the U.S. and elsewhere leads to significant demands on water resources, among other implications for society and ecology in cities.

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

ymarusenko — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 01:44:54 +0000

Poster Number:

127

Presenter/Primary Author:

Yevgeniy Marusenko

Co-Authors:

Ferran Garcia-Pichel

Co-Authors:

Sharon J. Hall

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

Student Poster:

Yes

Site Poster: CAP LTER – Urban Sustainability in the Dynamic Environment of Central Arizona

dchilders — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 21:51:54 +0000

Poster Number:

110

Presenter/Primary Author:

Daniel Childers

Co-Authors:

Stevan Earl

Co-Authors:

Marcia Nation

The Central Arizona–Phoenix (CAP) LTER Program is based in the central Arizona region and focuses on the greater Phoenix metropolitan area and surrounding Sonoran Desert.