SERC Publications 2002

  1. Ainsworth, E. A.; Davey, P.; Hymus, A.; Chiappirini, G.; Drake, C., and Long, S. P. Long term response of photosynthesis to elevated carbon dioxide in a Florida scrub oak ecosystem. Ecological Applications. 2002; 12:1267-1275.

  2. Baker, Matthw Elliott. Characterizing riparian ecosystem composition and structure in Lower Michigan. Ann Arbor, MI: Univeristy of Michigan; 2002.

  3. Coats, D. W. Dinoflagellate life-cycle complexities. Journal of Phycology. 2002; 38:417-419.

  4. Coats, D. W. and Park, M. G. Parasitism of photosynthetic dinoflagellates by three strains of Amoebophrya (Dinophyta): parasite survival, infectivity, generation time, and host specificity. Journal of Phycology. 2002; 38:520-528.

  5. Coley, P. D.; Massa, M.; Lovelock, C. E., and Winter, K. Effects of elevated CO2 on foliar chemistry for saplings of nine species of tropical trees grown in open-top chambers. Oecologia. 2002; 133:62-69.

  6. Crooks, J. A. Predators of the invasive mussel Musculita senhousia. Pacific Science. 2002; 56:49-56.

  7. Crooks, Jeffrey A. Characterizing ecosystem-level consequences of biological invasions: the role of ecosystem engineers. Oikos. 2002; 97:153-166.

  8. Davis, J. L. D. and Levin, L. A. Importance of pre-recruitment life-history stages to population dynamics of the woolly sculpin, Clinocottus analis. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 2002; 234:229-246.

  9. Davis, J. L. D.; Levin, L. A., and Walther, S. Artificial armored shorelines: introduction of open coast communities into a southern California bay. Marine Biology. 2002; 140:1249-1262.

  10. Day, Thomas A. and Neale, Patrick J. Effects of UV-B radiation on terrestrial and aquatic primary producers. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics. 2002; 33:371-396.

  11. Dijkstra, P.; Hymus, G.; Colavito, D.; Vieglais, D. A.; Cundari, C. M.; Johnson, D. P.; Hungate, B. A.; Hinkle, C. R., and Drake, B. G. Elevated atmospheric CO2 stimulates aboveground biomasss in a fire-regenerated scrub-oak ecosystem. Global Change Biology. 2002; 8:90-103.

  12. Dilustro, J. J.; Day, F. P.; Drake, B. G., and Hinkle, C. R. Abundance, production and mortality of fine roots under elevated atmospheric CO2 in an oak-scrub ecosystem. Environmental and Experimental Botany. 2002; 48:149-159.

  13. Drake, L. A.; Ruiz, G. M.; Galil, B. S.; Mullady, T. L.; Friedman, D. O., and Dobbs, F. C. Microbial ecology of ballast water during a trans-oceanic voyage and the effects of open-ocean exchange. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 2002; 233:13-20.

  14. Ewe, S. M. L. and Sternberg, L. da S. L. Seasonal water-use patterns by the invasive exotic, Schinus terebinthifolius, in native and disturbed communities. Oecologia. 2002; 133:441-448.

  15. Feller, I. C. The role of herbivory by wood-boring insects in mangrove ecosystems in Belize. Oikos. 2002; 97:167-176.

  16. Freedman, A.; Cavender-Bares, J.; Kebabian, P. L.; Bhaskar, R.; Scott, H., and Bazzaz. Remote sensing of solar-excited plant fluorescence as a measure of photosynthetic rate. Photosynthetica. 2002; 40:127-132.

  17. Gallegos, C. L. and Jordan, T. E. Impact of the Spring 2000 phytoplankton bloom in Chesapeake Bay on optical properties and light penetration in the Rhode River, Maryland. Estuaries. 2002; 25:508-518.

  18. Gallegos, C. L. and Neale, P. J. Partitioning spectral absorption in case 2 waters: discrimination of dissolved and particulate components. Applied Optics. 2002; 41:4220-4233.

  19. Goodison, M. R. Temporal and spatial distribution patterns of oligotrich ciliates and their morphologically distincet resting cysts in the Rhode River subestuary of Chesapeake Bay, USA. College Park, MD: University of Maryland, College Park; 200279 p.

  20. Gunderson, J. H.; John, S. A., and Bowman, W. C. Coats D. W. Multiple strains of the parasitic dinoflagellate Amoebophrya exist in Chesapeake Bay. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 2002; 49:469-474.

  21. Haddon, A. M. and Drew, C. Tales of the blue crab: teacher guide. Smithsonian Environmental Research Center; 2002: 26.

  22. Hungate, B. A.; Reichstein, M.; Dijkstra, P.; Johnson, D. Hymus G., and Tenhunen, J. D. Drake B. G. Evapotranspiration and soil water content in a scrub-oak woodland under carbon dioxide enrichment. Global Change Biology. 2002; 8:289-298.

  23. Hymus, G. J.; Pontailler, J.-Y.; Stiling, P. J.; Hinkle, C. R., and Drake, B. G. Seasonal variability in the effect of elevated CO2 on ecosystem leaf area index in a Florida scrub-oak ecosystem. Global Change Biology. 2002; 8:931-940.

  24. Hymus, G. J.; Snead, T. G.; Johnson, D.; Hungate, B. A., and Drake, B. G. Acclimation of photosynthesis and respiration to elevated atmospheric CO2 in two scrub oaks. Global Change Biology. 2002; 8:317-328.

  25. Jay, J. A.; Murray, K. J.; Gilmour, C. C. Mason R. P.; Morel, F. M. M.; Roberts, A. L., and Hemond, H. F. Mercury methylation by Desulfovibrio desulfuricans ND132 in the presence of polysulfides. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 2002; 68:5741-5745.

  26. Johansson, M. and Coats, D. W. Ciliate grazing on the parasite Amoebophrya sp. decreases infection of the red-tide dinoflagellates Akashiwo sanguinea. Aquatic Microbial Ecology. 2002; 28:68-78.

  27. Kendall, M. S.; Wolcott, D. L.; Wolcott, T. G., and Hines, A. H. Influence of male size and mating history on sperm content of ejaculates of the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus (Rathbun). Marine Ecology Progress Series. 2002; 230:255-240.

  28. Kindlmann, P.; Willems, J. H., and Whigham, D. F. Trends and fluctuations and underlying mechanisms in terrestrial orchid populations. Leiden, The Netherlands: Backhuys Publishers; 2002.

  29. King, R. S. and Richardson, C. J. Evaluating subsampling approaches and macroinvertebrate taxonomic relolution for wetland bioassessment. Journal of the North American Benthological Society. 2002; 21:150-171.

  30. Klamer, M.; Roberts, M. S.; Levine, L. H.; Drake, B. G., and Garland, J. L. Influence of elevated CO2 on the fungal community in a coastal scrub oak forest soil investigated with terminal-restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 2002; 68:4370-4376.

  31. Klugel, D. and van der Heijden. Making a science connection: bringing Smithsonian science and environmental education to schools nationwide. Water Resources Impact. 2002; 4:6-9.

  32. Kushlan, J. A.; Steinkamp, M. J.; Parsons, K. C.; Capp, J.; Cruz, M. A.; Coulter, M.; Davidson, I.; Dickson, L.; Edelson, N.; Elliot, R.; Erwin, R. M.; Hatch, S.; Kress, S.; Mildko, R.; Miller, S.; Mills, K.; Paul, R.; Phillips, R.; Siliva, J. E.; Sydeman, B.; TRapp, J.; Wheeler, J., and Wohl, K. Waterbird conservation for the Americas: the North American waterbird conservation plan, Version 1. Washington, D.C.: Waterbird Conservation for the Americas; 2002.

  33. Lefsky, M. A.; Cohen, W. B.; Harding, D. J.; Parker, G. G.; Acker, S. A., and Gower, S. T. Lidar remote sensing of aboveground biomass in three biomes. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 2002; 11:393-400.

  34. Lefsky, M. A.; Cohen, W. B.; Parker, G. G., and Harding, D. J. Lidar remote sensing for ecosystem studies. BioScience. 2002; 52:19-30.

  35. Levinson, L. and Boyd, E. Creeks, creatures and canopies: an environmental education program for children in grades K-3. Smithsonian Environmental Research Center; 2002.

  36. Lipcius, R. and Stockhausen, W. Concurrent decline of the spawning stock, recruitment, larval abundance, and size of the blue crab Callinectes sapidus in Chesapeake Bay. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 2002; 226:45-61.

  37. Litchman, E.; Neale, P. J., and Banaszak, A. T. Increased sensitivity to ultraviolet radiation in nitrogen-limited dinoflagellates: photoprotection and repair. Limnology and Oceanography. 2002; 47:86-94.

  38. Lopez-Ortiz, R.; Ventosa-Febles, E. A.; Reitsma, L. R.; Hengstenberg, D., and DeLuca, W. Increasing nest success in yellow-shouldered blackbird Agelaius xanthomas in southwest Puerto Rico. Biological Conservation. 2002; 108:259-263.

  39. Lovelock, C. E. and Ball, M. C. Influence of salinity on photosynthesis of halophytes. Lauchli, A. and Luttge, U., editors. Salinity: environment - plants - molecules. Kluwer Academic Publishers; 2002; pp. 315-339.

  40. Lovelock, C. E. and Miller, R. Heterogeneity in inoculum potential and effectiveness of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. Ecology. 2002; 83:823-832.

  41. Lovelock, C. E. and Robinson, S. R. Surface reflectance properties of Antarctic moss and their relationship to plant species, pigment composition and photosynthetic function. Plant, Cell and Environment. 2002; 25:1239-1250.

  42. Marra, P. P. and Reitsma, R. Neighborhood Nestwatch: science in the city. Wild Earth. 2002(Winter 2001-2002):28-29.

  43. McKee, K. L.; Feller, I. C.; Popp, M., and Wanek, W. Mangrove isotopic fractionation (15N and 13C) across a nitrogen versus phosphorus limitation gradient. Ecology. 2002; 83:1065-1075.

  44. Megonigal, J. P. and Schlesinger, W. H. Methane-limited methanotrophy in tidal freshwater swamps. Global Biogeochemical Cycles . 2002; 16:1088, doi:10.1029/2001GB001594.

  45. Miller, A. W.; Hewitt, C. L., and Ruiz, G. M. Invasion success: does size really matter? Ecology Letters. 2002; 5:159-162.

  46. Miller, H. L. Photosynthetic response of Scandinavian kelp forests to stratospheric ozone depletion: University of Texas; 2002186 pp.

  47. Misson, L.; Rasse, D. P.; Vincke, C.; Aubinet, M., and Francois, L. M. Predicting transpiration from forest stands in Belgium for the 21st century. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 2002; 111:265-282.

  48. Murphy, K. R.; Ritz, D., and Hewitt, C. L. Heterogeneous zooplankton distribution in a ship's ballast tanks. Journal of Plankton Research. 2002; 24:729-734.

  49. Neale, P. J. and Fritz, J. J. Experimental exposure of plankton suspensions to polychromatic ultraviolet radiation for determination of spectral weighting functions. Conference on Ultraviolet Ground and Space-based Measurments, Models and Effects 2002 San Diego Calif. Ultraviolet ground-and- space-based measurements, models, and effects: 30 July- August 2001, San Diego, USA / James R. Slusser, et al, Editors. Bellingham, WA: Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE); 2002; pp. 291-296.

  50. Neubauer, S. C.; Constantine, J. A.; Anderson, I. C., and Kuehl, S. A. Sediment deposition and accretion in a mid-Atlantic (U.S.A.) tidal freshwater marsh. Estuarine, Coastal, and Shelf Science. 2002; 54:713-727.

  51. Neubauer, S. C.; Emerson, D., and Megonigal, J. P. Life at the energetic edge: Kinetics of circumneutral iron oxidation by lithotrophic iron-oxidizing bacteria isolated from the wetland-plant rhizosphere. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 2002; 68:3988-3995.

  52. Otto, D.; Rasse, D. P.; Kaplan, J., and Francois, L. M. Biospheric carbon stocks reconstructed at the Last Glacial Maximum: comparison between general circulation models using prescribed and computed sea surface temperatures. Global Planetary Change. 2002; 117:117-138.

  53. Pandolfi, J. M.; Lovelock, C. E., and Budd, A. F. Character release following extinction in a Caribbean reef coral species complex. Evolution. 2002; 56:479-501.

  54. Park, M. G.; Cooney, S. K.; Kim, J. S., and Coats, D. W. Effects of parasitism on diel vertical migration, phototaxis/geotaxis, and swimming speed of the bloom-forming dinoflagellate Akishiwo sanguinea. Aquatic Microbial Ecology. 2002; 29:11-18.

  55. Park, M. G.; Cooney, S. K.; Yih, W., and Coats, D. W. Effects of two strains of the parasitic dinoflagellate Amoebophrya on growth, photosynthesis, light absorption, and quantum yield of bloom-forming dinoflagellates. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 2002; 227:281-292.

  56. Parker, G. G.; Chapotin, S. M., and Davis, M. Canopy light transmittance in an age sequence of Douglas-fir/western hemlock stands. Tree Physiology. 2002; 22:147-157.

  57. Rasmussen, H. N. and Whigham, D. F. Phenology of roots and mycorrhiza in five orchid species differing in phototrophic strategy. New Phytologist. 2002; 154:797-807.

  58. Rasse, D. P. Nitrogen deposition and atmospheric CO2 interactions on fine root dynamics in temperate forests: a theoretical model analysis. Global Change Biology. 2002; 8:486-503.

  59. Rasse, D. P.; Stolaki, S.; Peresta, G., and Drake, B. G. Patterns of canopy-air CO2 concentration in a brackish wetland: analysis of a decade of measurements and the simulated effects on the vegetation. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 2002; 114:59-73.

  60. Ribblett, S. G. The functional significance of protists in the decomposition of stream leaf litter. College Park, MD: University of Maryland College Park; 200242 pp.

  61. Riedel, G. F. and Valette-Silver, N. Differences in the bioaccumulation of arsenic by oysters from southeast coastal U. S. and Chesapeake Bay: Environmental versus genetic control. Chemosphere. 2002; 49:27-37.

  62. Ruiz, G. M. and Hewitt, C. L. Toward understanding patterns of coastal marine invasions: a prospectus. in: Leppakoski, E. S. Olenin and S. Gollasch, Editors. Invasive aquatic species of Europe. Dordrecht ; Boston: Kluwer Academic Press; 2002; pp. 529-547.

  63. Ruiz, G. M.; Miller, A. W.; Lion, K.; Steves, B.; Arwine, A.; Collinetti, E., and Wells, E. Status and trends of ballast water management in the United States: First biennial report of the National Ballast Information Clearinghouse. 2002.

  64. Secor, D. H.; Hines, A. H., and Place, A. R. Japanese hatchery-based stock enhancement: Lessons for the Chesapeake Bay blue crab. College Park, MD: Maryland Sea Grant Program; 2002; UM-SF-TS-2002-02. 46 pp.(UMSG Program. Publications).

  65. Smalley, G. W. Mixotrophy in the red-tide dinoflagellate Ceratium furca, with emphasis on feeding biology and ecology . College Park, MD: University of Maryland, Horn Point Lab, Marine Estuarine Environmental Science Graduate Program; 2002185 p.

  66. Smalley, G. W. and Coats, D. W. Ecology of the red-tide dinoflagellates Ceratium furca: distribution, mixotrophy, and grazing impact on ciliate populations of Chesapeake Bay. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 2002; 49:64-74.

  67. Sobrino, G. C. Efecto del incremento de radiacion UV y CO2 sobre el crecimiento y fotosintesis de diferentes especies de microalgas marinas (Effects of UV radiation and CO2 on the growth and photosynthesis of different marine microalgae). Cadiz, Spain: Universidad de Cadiz; 2002267 pp.

  68. Stililng, P.; Cattell, M.; Moon, D. C.; Rossi, A.; Hungate, B. A.; Hymus, G., and Drake, B. G. Elevated atmospheric CO2 lowers herbivore abundance but increases leaf abscission rates. Global Change Biology. 2002; 8:658-667.

  69. Terwilliger, V. J.; Betancourt, J. L.; Leavitt, S. W., and Van de Water, P. K. Leaf cellulose oD and o18O trends with elevation differ in direction among co0occurring, semi-arid plant species . Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta. 2002; 66:3887-3900.

  70. van der Heijden, A. Java History Trail guide: an history overview. Edgewater, MD: Smithsonian Environmental Research Center; 2002.

  71. Vann, C. D. and Megonigal, J. P. Productivity responses of Acer rubrum and Taxodium distichum seedlings to elevated CO2 and flooding. Environmental Pollution. 2002; 116:S31-S36.

  72. Walters, S. Effects of changes in land-use/land-cover and moisture levels on connectivity: modeling characteristic habitat scales from the perspective of the organism. College Park, MD: University of Maryland, College Park; 2002.

  73. Walton, W. C.; MacKinnon, C.; Rodriguez, L.; Proctor, C.; Thresher, R., and Ruiz, G. M. Effect of an invasive crab upon a marine fishery: green crab Carcinus maenas, predation upon a venerid clam Katelysia scalarina, in Tasmania (Australia). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 2002; 272:171-189.

  74. Warner, K.; Gilmour, C. C., and Capone, D. Reductive dechlorination of 2,4-dichlorophenol and related microbial processes under limiting and non-limiting sulfate concentration in anaerobic mid-Chesapeake Bay sediments . FEMS Microbial Ecology. 2002; 40:159-165.

  75. Webster, M. S.; Marra, P. P.; Haig, S. M.; Bensch, S., and Holmes, R. T. Links between worlds: unraveling migratory connectivity. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 2002; 17:76-83.

  76. Whigham, D. F.; O'Neill, J.; McCormick, M.; Smith, C.; Rasmussen, H. R.; Caldwell, B., and Daniell, T. Interactions between decomposing wood, mycorrhizas, and terrestrial orchid seeds and protocorms. Kindlmann, P.; Willems, J. H., and Whigham, D. F., editors. Trends and fluctuations and underlying mechanisms in terrestrial orchid populations. Leiden, The Netherlands: Backhuys Publishers; 2002; pp. 117-131.

  77. Whigham, Dennis; Pittek, Mary; Hofmockel, Kirsten H.; Jordan, Thomas, and Pepin, Antoinette L. Biomass and nutrient dynamics in restored wetlands on the Outer Coastal Plain of Maryland, USA. Wetlands. 2002; 22:562-574.