Emma Aronson
Assistant Professor, UC Riverside
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PhD, Microbial Ecology, University of Pennsylvania, 2011
I research Soil Microbial Ecology, Biogeochemistry, and Invasion Ecology. At the SSCZO location, I am currently studying microbial biodiversity and transport on wind into soils in order to understand the assembly of microbial communities and vectors for microbial dispersal.
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CZO Publications
Papers/Books
2019
Ecological and genomic attributes of novel bacterial taxa that thrive in subsurface soil horizons. Brewer, Tess E., Emma L. Aronson, Keshav Arogyaswamy, Sharon A. Billings, Jon K. Botthoff, Ashley N. Campbell, Nicholas C. Dove, Dawson Fairbanks, Rachel E. Gallery, Stephen C. Hart, Jason Kaye, Gary King, Geoffrey Logan, Kathleen A. Lohse, Mia R. Maltz, Emilio Mayorga, Caitlin O’Neill, Sarah M. Owens, Aaron Packman, Jennifer Pett-Ridge, Alain F. Plante, Daniel D. Richter, Whendee L. Silver, Wendy H. Yang, Noah Fierer (2019): mBio Oct 2019, 10 (5) e01318-19 Cross-CZO National
2017
Dust outpaces bedrock in nutrient supply to montane forest ecosystems. Aciego, S.M.; Riebe, C.S.; Hart, S.C.; Blakowski, M.A.; Carey, C.J.; Aarons, S.M.; Dove, N.C.; Botthoff, J.K.; Sims, K.W.; Aronson, E.L. (2017): Nature Communications
2016
Microbial community structure of subalpine snow in the Sierra Nevada, California. Carey, C.J., S.C. Hart, S.M. Aciego, C.S. Riebe, M.A. Blakowski, E.L. Aronson (2016): Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research. 48(4):685-701. 2016
2016
Meta-analysis reveals ammonia-oxidizing bacteria respond more strongly to nitrogen addition than ammonia-oxidizing archaea . Carey, C.J., Dove, N.C., Beman, J.M., Hart, S.C., Aronson E.L. (2016): Soil Biology and Biogeochemistry. 99. DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2016.05.014.
Papers and books that explicitly acknowledge a CZO grant are highlighted in PALE ORANGE.
Other CZO Publications
2016
Towering trees have big effects on miniscule microbes: The influence of giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) on underlying soil microbial communities. Hart, S. C., Carey, C., Glassman, S., Chung, J., Bruns, T., Aronson, E., (2016): ESA Annual Meeting 2016
2015
Aeolian transported and deposited microbial communities differ along an elevation gradient in the Southern Sierra CZO. Aronson, E., Riebe, C.S., Aciego, S., Blakowski, M., Hart, S.C., Carey, C. (2015): Ecology Society of America Annual Meeting. Baltimore, Maryland.
2015
Aeolian and soil microbial communities differ at multiple elevations in the Southern Sierra CZO. Aronson, E.L., Carey, C., Riebe, C., Aciego, S., Blakowski, M., Hart, S.C. (2015): Soil Ecology Society Biennial Meeting. Colorado Springs, Colorado
2015
The role pf elevation and time in structuring soil microbial communities in the Sierra Nevada, California . Carey, C.J., Hart, S.C, Riebe, C.S., Aciego, S., Blakowski, M., Aronson, E. (2015): Ecology Society of America Annual Meeting. Baltimore, Maryland
2015
Tools and perspectives for a unified approach to understanding microbial ecology in the critical zone. Gallery R., Aronson E., Fairbanks D., Murphy M., Rich V., Hart S. (2015): Abstract EP31A-0985 presented at 2015 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, 14-18 Dec. Cross-CZO
2014
Altitudinal contrasts in drought-driven aeolian microbial inputs to montane soil ecology: impacts of a 500year drought in the Sierra Nevada, California. Aronson, E., Carey, C., Riebe, C., Aciego, S., Hart, S. (2014): AGU Fall Meeting
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News
Gobi Desert Dust Helps Sustain California’s Sierra Nevada
28 Mar 2017 - A team of researchers found that dust provides a much greater amount of nutrients to vegetation in the Sierra Nevada than previously thought.
NSF: Dust contributes valuable nutrients to Sierra Nevada forest ecosystems
28 Mar 2017 - NSF Press Release: New research finding provides insight into role dust may play as ecosystems change
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Events
ESA Annual Meeting 2016
The Ecological Society of America's Annual Meeting in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Fort Lauderdale, Florida .
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