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Stuart Fisher School of Life Sciences Arizona State University PO Box 874501 Tempe AZ 85287 (480) 965-4734 s.fisher@asu.edu Dr. Fisher studies the control of ecosystem structure and function using the stream-riparian system of deserts as a model. He is especially interested in the influence of long-term regimes of flood and drought in shaping streams at several levels of organization, including adaptations of organisms to disturbance, seasonal and disturbance effects on community structure, and ecosystem stability measured in terms of energy flow and nutrient cycling. Recently, Dr. Fisher and his students have been exploring the relationship between ecosystem spatial configuration and ecosystem functioning (e.g., nutrient cycling patterns, productivity, response to disturbance). Dr. Fisher teaches a graduate course in ecosystem ecology and several seminars in ecology. Select Publications Sponseller, R A, and S. G. Fisher. 2008. The influence of drainage networks on patterns of soil respiration in a desert catchment. Ecology. Fisher, S. G, J. Heffernan, R. Sponseller, and J. R. Welter, 2007. Functional ecomorphology: feedbacks between for and function in fluvial landscape ecosystems. J. Geomorphology. Bernhardt, E, G. E. Likens, R. Hall, D. Buso, S. G. Fisher, T. Burton, J. Meyer, W. McDowell, M. Mayer, B. Bowden, S. Findlay, K. MacNeale, R. Stelzer, and W. Lowe. 2005. Can't see the forest for the stream? In-stream processing and terrestrial nitrogen exports. BioScience Sponseller, R. A., and S. G. Fisher. 2005. Drainage size, stream intermittency, and ecosystem function in a Sonoran desert landscape. Ecosystems. Welter, J W, S. G. Fisher, and N. B. Grimm. 2005. Nitrogen transport and retention in an arid land watershed: influence of storm characteristics on terrestrial-aquatic linkages. Biogeochemistry. Active CAP-LTER Projects CAP-LTER Publications Published CAP-LTER Datasets Contact CAP LTER | Webmaster Central Arizona - Phoenix Long-Term Ecological Research Global Institute of Sustainability | Arizona State University PO Box 875402 | Tempe AZ 85287-5402 (480) 965-2975 | FAX (480) 965-8087 Acknowledgment and Disclaimer