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Central Arizona - Phoenix
Long-Term Ecological Research
(CAP LTER)

Fifth Annual Poster Symposium

February 19, 2003
Memorial Union, Arizona Room
Arizona State University

Session 1: CAP LTER Core Monitoring

Core monitoring for CAPII - an interactive virtual poster display.
Diane Hope and Corinna Gries pdf

Session 1: Ecological Surveys and Experiments

Small-scale spatial patterns of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal infectivity in an experimental urban landscaped site.
Lane Butler, Sean Whitcomb, and Jean Stutz

K-12 student contributions to the CAP LTER project.
Monica Elser and Charlene Saltz pdf

Multiple-scale spatial variation of terrestrial ecosystems in an urbanized desert environment.
G. Darrel Jenerette and Jianguo Wu (see abstract in program and contact Darrel Jenerette for more information)

Ecological stoichiometry of horticulture: Consequences of pruning and irrigation for plant and soil chemistry.
David B. Lewis, Linda B. Stabler, and Chris Martin pdf

Leaf morphology of four landscape taxa in response to irrigation volume and pruning frequency.
Darin K. Mahkee and Chris A. Martin pdf

Comparing trophic dynamics in urban and desert ecosystems using arthropod communities on brittlebush (Encelia farinosa).
Wendy A. Marussich and Stanley H. Faeth pdf

Soil microbial communities in urban ecosystems compared to nearby native grasslands and agriculture.
Rebecca McCulley and Jason Kaye pdf

Home range sizes of Cactus Wrens (Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus) at Arizona State University.
Matthew Ross, David Jennings, Christopher Putnam, Thomas Small, and Pierre Deviche pdf

The r(iparian) factor: A comparison of Phoenix and Tucson avifauna.
Diana Stuart, Madhusudan Katti, and Will R. Turner pdf

Small-scale spatial patterns of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal diversity in an experimental urban landscaped site.
Sean Whitcomb and Jean Stutz 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 Stutz

Session #1.: Land Use and Landscape: Assessment and Influence on Spatial Distributions

Urban land use and surface cover: Effects on soil temperatures.
Sarah B. Celestian and Chris A. Martin pdf

The distribution of bird species diversity in the Phoenix metro area: Visualizing the spatial patterns of diversity in an expanding urban matrix.
Madhusudan Katti and Peter McCartney pdf

A rephotographic survey of landscape change and persistence for the Greater Phoenix 2100 project.
Mark Klett, Matthew Alan Lord, and Michael Lundgren pdf

Remote sensing and landscape metrics for global ecological monitoring.
Maik Netzband and William L. Stefanov pdf

Assessment of landscape fragmentation associated with urban centers using ASTER data.
William L. Stefanov pdf

Session #1: Water Management and Water Quality

Management strategy to reduce tastes and odors in Phoenix's water supply.
Lawrence A. Baker, Paul Westerhoff, and Milton Sommerfeld pdf

Physiologial studies of MIB- and geosmin-producing cyanobacteria isolated from the Phoenix drinking water supply system.
Alan Fortuna, Qiang Hu, Milton Sommerfeld, and Paul Westerhoff pdf

Measuring bedrock topography using gravity to understand subsidence along a portion of the CAP canal in northeast Scottsdale.
Paul A. Ivanich, James A. Tyburczy, J Ramón Arrowsmith, and Mimi Diaz pdf

Landscape ecological classification and analysis of a 100-year floodplain corridor in the Phoenix metropolitan region.
Laura Musacchio

Nutrient cycling along an urban desert lake chain: The effects of anthropogenic modifications of Indian Bend Wash.
W. John Roach and Nancy B. Grimm (see abstract in program and contact John Roach for more information)

Session #2: CAP LTER Data/Information Manegement

A virtual tour of CAP LTER.
Corinna Gries, Shalini Prasad and Cindy Zisner pdf

The Southwest Environmental Information Network.
Peter McCartney, Corinna Gries, Robin Schoeninger, Amy Sundermier, and Ed Gilbert pdf

Session #2: Environmental and Socioeconomic Interaction

Toxic tracts: A historical geography of environmental inequality in Phoenix, Arizona.
Bob Bolin, Scott Smith, Ed Hackett, Sara Grineski, Tim Collins, Deepa Vuppaladadium, and Jennie Kronenfeld pdf

Time of transition: The effects of change in hunter-gatherer societies.
Victoria Goodman pdf

The Phoenix Area social survey: Community and environment in a desert metropolis.
Sharon Harlan, Tom Rex, Larissa Larsen, Edward Hackett, Andrew Kirby, Shapard Wolf, Amy Nelson, Robert Bolin, Diane Hope, and Nancy Jones pdf

Neighborhood ecosystems: Human-vegetation-climate interactions in a desert metropolis.
Nancy Jones, Anthony Brazel, Christopher Eisinger, Sharon Harlan, Brent Hedquist, Sara Grineski, Darrel Jenerette, Larissa Larsen, Matthew Lord, John Parker, Lela Preshad, Nancy Selover, William L. Stefanov, and Danielle Zeigler pdf

Living in the city: Resources, predation, foraging behavior, and population dynamics.
Madhusudan Katti, Eyal Shochat, and J. Marty Anderies pdf

Landscape vegetation in small urban parks and surrounding neighborhoods: Are socioeconomic characteristics a useful predictor of vegetation taxa richness and abundance?
Chris A. Martin, Paige Warren, and Ann Kinzig pdf

Land use and socioeconomic modeling at MAG.
Mark Roberts, Mele Koneya, Peter Burnett, Rita Walton, Don Worley, and Anubhav Bagley pdf

Investigating environmental and social heterogeneity in a landscape perspective: A Hohokam case study.
Hoski Schaafsma, Kris Gade, Michelle Elliott, Destiny Crider, Cathryn Meegan, and Steve Swanson pdf

Carbon and water relations of Nerium oleander in simulated urban landscapes.
Linda B. Stabler and Chris A. Martin pdf

Long-term cultural and ecological responses to changes in climate in central Arizona AD 900-AD 1200.
Steve Swanson, Destiny Crider, Cathryn Meegan, Michelle Elliott, Kris Gade, and Hoski Schaafsma pdf

Human socioeconomic factors predict avian diversity in two cities.
Paige Warren, Ann Kinzig, Mary Cox, Morgan Grove, Chris Martin, and Charles Nilon pdf

Session #2: Local Climate and Atmospheric Deposition

Temporal patterns of "Unhealthy" to "Hazardous" concentration maxima for coarse particles (PM10) in southwest Phoenix during typical low wind speed connections.
James Anderson, H. Joe S. Fernando, Peter Hyde, Raymond Redman, and Hua Xin

Aerosol nutrient deposition measured by eddy-correlation mass spectrometry.
Daniel A. Gonzales and Jonathan O. Allen pdf

Modeling temporal and spatial characteristics of nitrogen dry deposition in the Phoenix metropolitan area.
Susanne Grossman-Clarke, Diane Hope, Sang-Mi Lee, H. Joe S. Fernando, Peter G. Hyde, William L. Stefanov, and Nancy B. Grimm pdf

Effects of urban land cover modifications in a mesoscale meteorological model on surface temperature and heat fluxes in the Phoenix metropolitan area.
Susanne Grossman-Clarke, Joseph A. Zehnder, and William L. Stefanov pdf

The importance of dry deposition to the nitrogen mass balance of an arid urban ecosystem.
Diane Hope, Susanne Grossman-Clarke, Sang-Mi Lee, H. Joe S. Fernando, Peter G. Hyde, William L. Stefanov, and Nancy B. Grimm pdf

Perspectives on a decade of climate in the CAP LTER region.
Margot Kaye, Anthony Brazel, Maik Netzband, and Madhusudan Katti pdf

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