Program Abstracts (pdf)
Biogeochemical and Geophysical Processes
Inorganic aerosol generation from freeways in the greater Phoenix area. James Anderson, Gordon Moore, Rudolpho Rodriguez and Hua Xin
NOx emissions and uptake by urban soils. (pdf) Sharon Hall, Nancy B. Grimm, S. L. Collins, Kris Gade, Diane Hope, G. Darrel Jenerette, Ann Kinzig, John D. Schade, R. Sponseller, Jill R. Welter, Wanli Wu, Tracy Johns, Matt Luck, Roy Erickson, and Cathy Kochert
Measuring bedrock topography using gravity to understand subsidence along a portionof the CAP canal in northeast Scottsdale. (pdf) Paul A. Ivanich, James A. Tyburczy, and J Ramon Arrowsmith
Material transport in storm runoff from urban catchments. (pdf) David Lewis, Wanli Wu, and Nancy Grimm
Correlating bioaerosols with PM2.5 and PM10 concentrations. (pdf) Jordan Peccia, Ann M. Dillner, and Justin Borenson
Analysis of atmospheric particles deposited onto mesquite leaves in the Central Arizona – Phoenix LTER area. (pdf) Dana Perry, James Anderson, and Peter Buseck
Contrasting diel patterns of water chemistry from three lakes in Indian Bend Wash. (pdf) W. John Roach and Nancy B. Grimm
Spatial patterns of impervious surface cover in the Cave Creek watershed, Phoenix. (pdf) Wanli Wu, Jiangou Wu, Diana Stuart, and Jayme Harris
Land Use and History
Reconstructing prehistoric streamflow in the Salt River: An error analysis. (pdf) Wendy Bigler
Land use trajectories. (pdf) Santiago Lopez, Mike Zoldak, C. Scott Smith, Jana Fry, and Charles Redman
Time, space, and stability: Investigating landscape responses to climate variability in the Southwest. (pdf) Steve Swanson
Desert fire history and effects on the Phoenix, Arizona, metropolitan area. (pdf) Elizabeth Wentz, Sharolyn Anderson, William Stefanov, and John Briggs
Experimental use of Unsupervised Classification Method for examining spatio-temporal landuse patterns. (pdf) Mike Zoldak, Santiago Lopez, C. Scott Smith, Jana Fry, and Charles Redman
Climate and Water
The Phoenix evening transition: A climate perspective. (pdf) Anthony Brazel and Nancy Selover
Occurrence and treatment of algae-related taste and odor metabolites in Arizona reservoirs and urban canals. Mario Esparza, Qiang Hu, Paul Westerhoff, Milton Sommerfeld, Larry Baker, Tom Dempster, Mari Rodriguez, Samanth Dawson, Kirsten Hintze, Michelle Cummings, and Marisa Males
Influence of growth conditions on production and release of the taste and odor compound geosmin by a cyanobacterium isolated from the Phoenix water supply. Qiang Hu, Milton Sommerfeld, Thomas Dempster, Paul Westerhoff, Larry Baker, and My-Linh Nguyen
Effects of urbanization on pollen frequency distribution patterns in the Phoenix metropolitan area. (pdf) Glenn Stuart
Local variability of solar reception in CAP LTER. (pdf) Roger Tomalty and Anthony Brazel
Modeling
Landscape structure of the Phoenix metropolitan region: Evaluation of an urban growth model. (pdf) Sheryl Berling-Wolff and Jianguo Wu
Assessment of temporal and spatial characteristics of nitrogen dry deposition in the Phoenix metropolitan area. (pdf) Susanne Grossman-Clarke, Diane Hope, Peter Hyde, Will Stefanov, Harindra S. Fernando, and Nancy B. Grimm
The use of GIS and visualization tools to interpret microclimate change alolng the Phoenix East Valley urban fringe. (pdf) Brent Hedquist and Anthony Brazel
Modeling fine scale spatial heterogeneity of carbon and nitrogen dynamics in the Central Arizona Phoenix region. G. Darrel Jenerette and Jianguo Wu
Education and Data Management
The Arizona State University Herbarium Vascular Plant Image Library online. (pdf) Shannon Doan, Gretchen Buegge, J. Jeremy Buegge, Edward Gilbert, and Leslie R. Landrum
Ecology Explorers: Program components. (pdf) Monica Elser and Charlene Saltz
Virtual floras. (pdf) Edward Gilbert, Jeremy Buegge, Peter McCartney, Corinna Gries, and Leslie Landrum
EML: Submission and discovery of ecological metdata. (pdf) Corinna Gries, Peter McCartney, Robin Schoeninger, and Amy Sundermier
Hands-on learning about urban sprawl. (pdf) John Harner, Michael Kuby, and Patricia Gober
Greater Phoenix 2100 Regional Atlas. (pdf) Ray Quay
Human Dimensions
Community-based research: Environmental conditions, human health, and the quality of life. (pdf) Bob Bolin, Anthony Brazel, Tim Collins, Sara Grineski, Edward Hackett, and Maureen O’Donnell
Humans structure the ecosystem properties of cities: Findings from the’200 Survey.” (pdf) Diane Hope, Corinna Gries, Steve Carroll, Wiexing Zhu, William F. Fagan, Charles L. Redman, Nancy B. Grimm, Any Nelson, Ann Kinzig, and Chris Martin
Contrasting socio-ecological relationships between China and the United States: Water footprints for cities in two distinct cultures. Darrel Jenerette, Susan Goldsmith, Wendy Marussich, John Roach, and Wanli Wu
Sunbelt toxics: Industrial polluters in Phoenix, Arizona. (pdf) Amy Nelson, Bob Bolin, Edward Hackett, Scott Smith, and Sara Grineski
The development of environmental injustices in Phoenix, Arizona. (pdf) Amy Nelson, Bob Bolin, Scott Smith, Maureen O’Donnell, and Edward Hackett
Labor market dynamics in a postindustrial city: A spatial and sectoral analysis of employment changes in the Phoenix MSA. (pdf) Amy Nelson, Sharon Harlan, Diane Sicotte, and Fang Yang
A hazardous undertaking: The social construction of environmental contamination claims. (pdf) Diane Sicotte
Neighborhood socioeconomic status predicts ecological characteristics of small urban parks. (pdf) Paige S. Warren and Ann P. Kinzig
Plants and Animals
Effects of commercial parking lots on size of six landscape trees. (pdf) Sarah B. Celestian and Chris A. Martin
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal species composition, richness, and abundance in the Phoenix metropolitan area. (pdf) Jamaica Cousins, Sean A. Whitcomb, and Jean C. Stutz
Environmental and socioeconomic influences on the Phoenix avifauna. (pdf) Madhusudan Katti, Eyal Shochat, Diana Stuart, Jomarie Lemmer, and Beverly Rambo
Seventy-eight years of ground-arthropod sampling in the greater Phoenix area: Results from the first three years. (pdf) Eyal Shochat, Stanley Faeth, William Fagan, Maggie Tseng, Jennie Rambo, and Richard Cassalata
Differences in bird foraging behaviour between Sonoran Desert and urban habitats: A field experiment with seed trays. (pdf) Eyal Shochat, Susannah Lerman, Christopher Putnam, and Madhusudan Katti
Irrigation volume and pruning frequency affect water use efficiency of two Southwest landscape shrubs. (pdf) L. Brooke Stabler and Chris A. Martin
Preliminary classification of desert plant communities using Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM) data. (pdf) Arthur Stiles and Samuel Scheiner
Pruning effects on root length density, root biomass, and arbuscular mycorrhizal colonization in two shrubs in a simulated xeric landscaped yard. (pdf) Sean Whitcomb and Jean C. Stutz