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Central Arizona - Phoenix
Long-Term Ecological Research
(CAP LTER)
Fourth Annual Poster Symposium

January 17, 2002
Memorial Union, Arizona Room
Arizona State University


Abstracts (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

Session 1: 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.
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 pdf

Measuring bedrock topography using gravity to understand subsidence along a portionof the CAP canal in northeast Scottsdale.
Paul A. Ivanich, James A. Tyburczy, and J Ramon Arrowsmith pdf

Material transport in storm runoff from urban catchments.
David Lewis, Wanli Wu, and Nancy Grimm pdf

Correlating bioaerosols with PM2.5 and PM10 concentrations.
Jordan Peccia, Ann M. Dillner, and Justin Borenson pdf

Analysis of atmospheric particles deposited onto mesquite leaves in the Central Arizona - Phoenix LTER area.
Dana Perry, James Anderson, and Peter Buseck pdf

Contrasting diel patterns of water chemistry from three lakes in Indian Bend Wash.
W. John Roach and Nancy B. Grimm pdf

Spatial patterns of impervious surface cover in the Cave Creek watershed, Phoenix.
Wanli Wu, Jiangou Wu, Diana Stuart, and Jayme Harris pdf

Session 1: Land Use and History

Reconstructing prehistoric streamflow in the Salt River: An error analysis.
Wendy Bigler pdf

Land use trajectories.
Santiago Lopez, Mike Zoldak, C. Scott Smith, Jana Fry, and Charles Redman pdf

Time, space, and stability: Investigating landscape responses to climate variability in the Southwest.
Steve Swanson pdf

Desert fire history and effects on the Phoenix, Arizona, metropolitan area.
Elizabeth Wentz, Sharolyn Anderson, William Stefanov, and John Briggs pdf

Experimental use of Unsupervised Classification Method for examining spatio-temporal landuse patterns.
Mike Zoldak, Santiago Lopez, C. Scott Smith, Jana Fry, and Charles Redman pdf

Session 1: Climate and Water

The Phoenix evening transition: A climate perspective.
Anthony Brazel and Nancy Selover pdf

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 [pdf not yet available]

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 [pdf not yet available]

Effects of urbanization on pollen frequency distribution patterns in the Phoenix metropolitan area.
Glenn Stuart pdf

Local variability of solar reception in CAP LTER.
Roger Tomalty and Anthony Brazel pdf

Session 1: Modeling

Landscape structure of the Phoenix metropolitan region: Evaluation of an urban growth model.
Sheryl Berling-Wolff and Jianguo Wu pdf

Assessment of temporal and spatial characteristics of nitrogen dry deposition in the Phoenix metropolitan area.
Susanne Grossman-Clarke, Diane Hope, Peter Hyde, Will Stefanov, Harindra S. Fernando, and Nancy B. Grimm pdf

The use of GIS and visualization tools to interpret microclimate change alolng the Phoenix East Valley urban fringe.
Brent Hedquist and Anthony Brazel pdf

Modeling fine scale spatial heterogeneity of carbon and nitrogen dynamics in the Central Arizona Phoenix region.
G. Darrel Jenerette and Jianguo Wu (see abstract in program and contact Darrel Jenerette for more information)

Session 2: Education and Data Management

The Arizona State University Herbarium Vascular Plant Image Library online.
Shannon Doan, Gretchen Buegge, J. Jeremy Buegge, Edward Gilbert, and Leslie R. Landrum pdf

Ecology Explorers: Program components.
Monica Elser and Charlene Saltz pdf (loads slow please be patient, multiple pages)

Virtual floras.
Edward Gilbert, Jeremy Buegge, Peter McCartney, Corinna Gries, and Leslie Landrum pdf

EML: Submission and discovery of ecological metdata.
Corinna Gries, Peter McCartney, Robin Schoeninger, and Amy Sundermier pdf

Hands-on learning about urban sprawl.
John Harner, Michael Kuby, and Patricia Gober pdf

Greater Phoenix 2100 Regional Atlas.
Ray Quay pdf

Session 2: Human Dimensions

Community-based research: Environmental conditions, human health, and the quality of life.
Bob Bolin, Anthony Brazel, Tim Collins, Sara Grineski, Edward Hackett, and Maureen O'Donnell pdf

Humans structure the ecosystem properties of cities: Findings from the'200 Survey."
Diane Hope, Corinna Gries, Steve Carroll, Wiexing Zhu, William F. Fagan, Charles L. Redman, Nancy B. Grimm, Any Nelson, Ann Kinzig, and Chris Martin pdf

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 (see abstract in program and contact Darrel Jenerette for more information)

Sunbelt toxics: Industrial polluters in Phoenix, Arizona.
Amy Nelson, Bob Bolin, Edward Hackett, Scott Smith, and Sara Grineski pdf

The development of environmental injustices in Phoenix, Arizona.
Amy Nelson, Bob Bolin, Scott Smith, Maureen O'Donnell, and Edward Hackett pdf

Labor market dynamics in a postindustrial city: A spatial and sectoral analysis of employment changes in the Phoenix MSA.
Amy Nelson, Sharon Harlan, Diane Sicotte, and Fang Yang pdf

A hazardous undertaking: The social construction of environmental contamination claims.
Diane Sicotte pdf

Neighborhood socioeconomic status predicts ecological characteristics of small urban parks.
Paige S. Warren and Ann P. Kinzig pdf

Section 2: Plants and Animals

Effects of commercial parking lots on size of six landscape trees.
Sarah B. Celestian and Chris A. Martin pdf

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal species composition, richness, and abundance in the Phoenix metropolitan area.
Jamaica Cousins, Sean A. Whitcomb, and Jean C. Stutz pdf

Environmental and socioeconomic influences on the Phoenix avifauna.
Madhusudan Katti, Eyal Shochat, Diana Stuart, Jomarie Lemmer, and Beverly Rambo pdf

Seventy-eight years of ground-arthropod sampling in the greater Phoenix area: Results from the first three years.
Eyal Shochat, Stanley Faeth, William Fagan, Maggie Tseng, Jennie Rambo, and Richard Cassalata pdf

Differences in bird foraging behaviour between Sonoran Desert and urban habitats: A field experiment with seed trays.
Eyal Shochat, Susannah Lerman, Christopher Putnam, and Madhusudan Katti pdf

Irrigation volume and pruning frequency affect water use efficiency of two Southwest landscape shrubs.
L. Brooke Stabler and Chris A. Martin pdf

Preliminary classification of desert plant communities using Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM) data.
Arthur Stiles and Samuel Scheiner pdf

Pruning effects on root length density, root biomass, and arbuscular mycorrhizal colonization in two shrubs in a simulated xeric landscaped yard.
Sean Whitcomb and Jean C. Stutz pdf


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