Xavier Zapata-Rios
Hydrology PhD student at University of Arizona
MS, Hydrogeology, Florida International University, 2009
Catchment storage dynamics, water sources, flow paths, and water residence times in the critical zone.
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CZO Publications
Papers/Books
2018
A net ecosystem carbon budget for snow dominated forested headwater catchments: linking water and carbon fluxes to critical zone carbon storage. Perdrial J., Brooks P.D., Swetnam T., Lohse K.A., Rasmussen C., Litvak M., Harpold A.A., Zapata-Rios X., Broxton P., Mitra B., Meixner M., Condon K., Huckle D., Stielstra C., Vázquez-Ortega A., Lybrand R., Holleran M., Orem C., Pelletier J., Chorover J. (2018): Biogeochemistry 138{3): 225–243 Cross-CZO
2017
Geochemical evolution of the Critical Zone across variable time scales informs concentration-discharge relationships: Jemez River Basin Critical Zone Observatory. McIntosh J.C., Schaumberg C., Perdrial J., Harpold A., Vázquez-Ortega A., Rasmussen C., Vinson D., Zapata-Rios X., Brooks P.D., Meixner T., Pelletier J., Derry L., Chorover J. (2017): Water Resources Research 53(5): 4169–4196 Cross-CZO National
2016
Influence of terrain aspect on water partitioning, vegetation structure, and vegetation greening in high elevation catchments in northern New Mexico. Zapata-Rios X., Brooks P.D., Troch P.A., McIntosh J. and Guo Q. (2016): Ecohydrology 9(5): 782-795 Cross-CZO National
2016
Influence of climate variability on water partitioning and effective energy and mass transfer in a semi-arid critical zone. Zapata-Rios X., Brooks P.D., Troch P.A., McIntosh J., and Rasmussen C. (2016): Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 20: 1103-1115
2015 (In Review)
Variable Groundwater Contributions Influence Nutrient Cycling in Montane Headwater Catchments. Harpold, A., Brooks, P., Perdrial, J., Lohse, K., McIntosh, J., Meixner, T., Zapata-Rios, X., Vazquez-Ortega, A., and J. Chorover (2015): Water Resources Research
2015
Climate and landscape as drivers of carbon storage in forested headwater catchments: Insights from a complete C budget. Perdrial, J., Brooks, P., Swetnam, T., Lohse, K., Rasmussen, C., Litvak, M., Harpold, A., Zapata-Rios, X., Broxton, P., Mitra, B., Meixner, T., Condon, K., Huckle, D., Stielstra, C., Vazquez-Ortega, A., Lybrand, R., Holleran, M., Orem, C., Pelletier, J., and J. Chorover (2015): Global Change Biology
2015
Rare Earth Elements as Reactive Tracers of Biogeochemical Weathering in Forested Rhyolitic Terrain. Vázquez-Ortega A., Perdrial J., Harpold A., Zapata-Ríos X., Rasmussen C., McIntosh J., Schaap M., Pelletier J.D., Brooks P.D., Amistadi M.K., Chorover J. (2015): Chemical Geology 391: 19-32 Cross-CZO
2015
Climatic and landscape controls on water transit times and silicate mineral weathering in the critical zone. Zapata-Rios X., McIntosh J., Rademacher L., Troch P.A., Brooks P.D., Rasmussen R., Chorover J. (2015): Water Resources Research 51(8): 6036-6051
2014
Stream water carbon controls in seasonally snow-covered mountain catchments: impact of inter-annual variability of water fluxes, catchment aspect and seasonal processes. Perdrial J.N., McIntosh J., Harpold A., Brooks P.D., Zapata-Rios X., Ray J., Meixner T., Kanduc T., Litvak M., Troch P.A., Chorover J. (2014): Biogeochemistry 118(1-3): 273-290 Cross-CZO
Papers and books that explicitly acknowledge a CZO grant are highlighted in PALE ORANGE.
Other CZO Publications
2015
The Influence of Climate and Landscape on Hydrological Processes, Vegetation Dynamics, Biogeochemistry and the Transfer of Effective Energy and Mass to the Critical Zone. Zapata-Rios X. (2015): Disertation in Hydrology. University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, 192 pp
2014
Co-evolution of Climate, Soil, and Vegetation and their interplay with Hydrological Partitioning at the Catchment Scale (Invited). Zapata-Rios X., Brooks P., Troch P., McIntosh J. (2014): Abstract EP22B-04 presented at 2014 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, 15-19 Dec.
2013
Pedon Scale Soil Moisture and Water Fluxes Dynamics During Extremely Dry Years in a High Elevation Snow Dominated Landscape. Zapata-Rios X., Troch P.A., McIntosh J. (2013): Abstract presented at AGU Chapman Conference on Soil-mediated Drivers of Coupled Biogeochemical and Hydrological Processes Across Scales, Biosphere 2, Tucson, Arizona, 21-24 October 2013 (Poster)
2012
Quantifying Variation in Solute Sources and Nutrient Cycling in Montane Headwater Catchments. Harpold A. A., Brooks P. D., Perdrial J. N., McIntosh J. C., Meixner T., Zapata X., Chorover J. (2012): Abstract B22D-06 presented at 2012 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 3-7 Dec (Talk) Cross-CZO
2012
Carbon and water, the energy for weathering and chemical denudation. Perdrial J. N., Rasmussen C., McIntosh J. C., Zapata X., Harpold A. A., Vazquez A., Porter C. M., Brooks P. D., Meixner T., Mitra B., Troch P. A.,, Chorover J. (2012): Abstract EP41I-05 presented at 2012 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 3-7 Dec (Talk) Cross-CZO
2012
Rare earth elements as reactive tracers of biogeochemical weathering in the Jemez River Basin Critical Zone Observatory. Vazquez A., Perdrial J. N., Harpold A. A., Zapata X., Rasmussen C., McIntosh J. C., Schaap M. G., Pelletier J. D., Amistadi M., Chorover J. (2012): Abstract H53I-1651 presented at 2012 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 3-7 Dec (Poster). Cross-CZO
2012
The Effect of Terrain Aspect on Interannual Variability of Hydrologic Response In Mountainous Catchments in New Mexico. Zapata X., Troch P.A., McIntosh J.C., Broxton P.D., Brooks P.D. (2012): Abstract B23H-0541 presented at 2012 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 3-7 Dec (Poster)
2011
Temporal and spatial dynamics of carbon and nitrogen in headwater snow-dominated catchments, Jemez Mountains, New Mexico . Dannemann, F.K., Zapata, X., McIntosh, J.C., Perdrial, J.N., Brooks, P.D. Chorover, J., Lohse, K.A., Fricke, H.C. (2011): AGU Fall Meeting Presentations (Poster) Abstract B33G-0557.
2011
Non-linear feedbacks between climate change, hydrologic partitioning, plant available water, and carbon cycling in montane forests . P.D. Brooks, M.E. Litvak, A.A. Harpold, N.P. Molotch, J.C. McIntosh, P.A. Troch, X. Zapata (2011): AGU Fall Meeting Presentations (Invited) Abstract GC34A-08. Cross-CZO
2011
Sources and Amounts of Nitrogen Deposited in Sky-Island Ecosystems. Zapata, X., McIntosh, J.C., Sorooshian, A., Lohse, K.A., Brooks, P.D., Troch, P.A., Chorover, J., Heidbuechel, I. (2011): AGU Fall Meeting Presentations (Poster) Abstract B13G-0652.
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