2015

On underestimation of global vulnerability to tree mortality and forest die-off from hotter drought in the Anthropocene. Allen C.D., Breshears D.D., and McDowell N.G (2015): Ecosphere 6(8): art129

2015

Sunlight and soil-litter mixing: drivers of litter decomposition in drylands. Barnes P.W., Throop H.L., Archer S.R., Breshears D.D., McCulley R.L., and Tobler M.A. (2015): Progress in Botany 76: 273-302

2015

Complex terrain in the Critical Zone: How topography drives ecohydrological patterns of soil and plant carbon exchange in a semiarid mountainous system. Barron-Gafford G., Minor R., Heard M., Sutter L., Yang J., Potts D. (2015): Abstract H23J-01 presented at 2015 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, 14-18 Dec.

2015

Recent tree die-off has little effect on streamflow in contrast to expected increases from historical studies. Biederman J.A., Somor A.J., Harpold A.A., Gutmann E.D., Breshears D.D., Troch P.A., Gochis D.J., Scott R.l., Meddens A.J.H., and Brooks P.D. (2015): Water Resources Research 51(12): 9775-9789 Cross-CZO

2015

Hydrological partitioning in the critical zone: Recent advances and opportunities for developing transferable understanding of water cycle dynamics. Brooks P.D., Chorover J., Fan Y., Godsey S.E., Maxwell R.M., McNamara J.P., and Tague C. (2015): Water Resources Research 51 (9): 6973-6987 Cross-CZO

2015

Quantifying the effects of vegetation structure on snow accumulation and ablation in mixed-conifer forests. Broxton P. D., Harpold A. A., Biederman J. A., Troch P. A., Molotch N. P., and Brooks P. D. (2015): Ecohydrology 8(6): 1073-1094 Cross-CZO

2015

Mineral nutrient mobilization by plants from rock: influence of rock type and arbuscular mycorrhiza. Burghelea C., Zaharescu D.G., Dontsova K., Maier R., Huxman T., Chorover J. (2015): Biogeochemistry 124(1-3): 187-203

2015

Lithologic Control on Secondary Clay Mineral Formation in the Valles Caldera, New Mexico. Caylor E., Rasmussen C., Dhakal P. (2015): Abstract EP31B-1000 presented at 2015 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, 14-18 Dec.

2015

2015 Catalina-Jemez CZO Annual Report for NSF EAR-1331408 entitled "Transformative Behavior of Energy, Water and Carbon in the Critical Zone II: Interactions between Long- and Short-term Processes that Control Delivery of Critical Zone Services". Chorover J.D., Breshears D.D., McIntosh J.C., Pelletier J.D., Rasmussen C. (2015): Jemez-Catalina CZO, University of Arizona

2015

Key Edaphic Properties Largely Explain Temporal and Geographic Variation in Soil Microbial Communities across Four Biomes. Docherty K.M., Borton H.M., Espinosa N., Gebhardt M., Gil-Loaiza J., Gutknecht J.L.M., Maes P.W., Mott B.M., Parnell J.J., Purdy G., Rodrigues P.A.P., Stanish L.F., Walser O.N., Gallery R.E. (2015): PLoS ONE 10(11): e0135352

2015

Effects of redox fluctuations on microbial community ecology post-wildfire in a high elevation mixed-conifer catchment in northern New Mexico. Fairbanks D., Green K., Murphy M., Shepard C., Chorover J., Rich V., Gallery R. (2015): Abstract B23C-0627 presented at 2015 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, 14-18 Dec.

2015

Critical Zone Services: Expanding Context, Constraints, and Currency beyond Ecosystem Services. Field J.P., Breshears D.D., Law D.J., Villegas J.C., López-Hoffman L., Brooks P.D., Chorover J., Barron-Gafford G.A., Gallery R.E., Litvak M.E., Lybrand R.A., McIntosh J.C., Meixner T., Niu G-Y., Papuga S.A., Pelletier J.D., Rasmussen C.R., and Troch P.A (2015): Vadose Zone Journal 14(1)

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

2015

Soil moisture response to snowmelt timing in mixed-conifer subalpine forests. Harpold A. A., Molotch N. P., Musselman K. N., Bales R. C., Kirchner P. B., Litvak M. and Brooks P. D. (2015): Hydrological Processes 29(12): 2782–2798 Cross-CZO

2015

Laser vision: lidar as a transformative tool to advance critical zone science. Harpold, A. A., Marshall, J. A., Lyon, S. W., Barnhart, T. B., Fisher, B. A., Donovan, M., Brubaker, K. M., Crosby, C. J., Glenn, N. F., Glennie, C. L., Kirchner, P. B., Lam, N., Mankoff, K. D., McCreight, J. L., Molotch, N. P., Musselman, K. N., Pelletier, J., Russo, T., Sangireddy, H., Sjöberg, Y., Swetnam, T., and West, N. (2015): Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 19, 2881-2897 Cross-CZO National

2015

Quantifying soil and critical zone variability in a forested catchment through digital soil mapping. Holleran M., Levi M., and Rasmussen C. (2015): SOIL 1(1): 47-64

2015

Common Critical Zone Observatory (CZO) Infrastructure and Measurements. J. Chorover, S. Anderson, A. K. Aufdenkampe, R. C. Bales, S. L. Brantley, W. Dietrich, P. Kumar, K. A. Lohse, W. McDowell, D. Richter, T. White (2015): A Guide Prepared By CZO PIs, May 05, 2015 Cross-CZO National

2015

Determining the Role of Hydraulic Redistribution Regimes in the Critical Zone. Lee E., Kumar P., Barron-Gafford G., Scott R., Hendryx S., Sanchez-Canete E. (2015): Abstract H53E-1701 presented at 2015 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, 14-18 Dec. Cross-CZO

2015

Chapter 8 – Ecohydrology and the Critical Zone: Processes and Patterns Across Scales. Moore G., McGuire K., Troch P., Barron-Gafford G. (2015): Developments in Earth Surface Processes 19: 239-266

2015

Soil Microbial Nitrogen Cycling Responses to Wildfire in a High Elevation Forested Catchment in Jemez Mountains, NM. Murphy M., Fairbanks D., Chorover J., Rich V., Gallery R., Boyer J. (2015): Abstract B23C-0626 presented at 2015 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, 14-18 Dec.

2015

Quantifying the time scale of elevated geomorphic response following wildfires using multi-temporal LiDAR data: An example from the Las Conchas fire, Jemez Mountains, New Mexico. Orem C.A. and Pelletier J.D. (2015): Geomorphology 232: 224–238

2015

Scaling Critical Zone analysis tasks from desktop to the cloud utilizing contemporary distributed computing and data management approaches: A case study for project based learning of Cyberinfrastructure concepts. Pelletier J., Swetnam T., Merchant N., Callahan N., Lyons E. (2015): Abstract IN43B-1730 presented at 2015 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, 14-18 Dec.

2015

Chapter 6 – Soil Geochemistry in the Critical Zone: Influence on Atmosphere, Surface- and Groundwater Composition. Perdrial J., Thompson A., Chorover J. (2015): Developments in Earth Surface Processes 19: 173–201 Cross-CZO

2015

Quantifying Topographic and Vegetation Effects on the Transfer of Energy and Mass to the Critical Zone. Rasmussen C., Pelletier J.D., Troch P.A., Swetnam T.L., and Chorover J. (2015): Vadose Zone Journal 14 (11)

2015

The effects of catastrophic wildfire on water quality along a river continuum. Reale J.K., Van Horn D.J., Condon K.E., and Dahm C.N. (2015): Freshwater Science 34(4): 1426-1442

2015

Concentration-Discharge Relationships of Al, Transition Metals, and Rare Earth Elements in the Santa Catalina Mountains- Jemez River Basin Critical Zone Observatory. Redfield S., Chorover J, Trostle K. (2015): Abstract H21C-1379 presented at 2015 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, 14-18 Dec.

2015

Probabilistic modeling of soil development variability with time. Shepard C., Schaap M., Rasmussen C. (2015): Abstract EP31B-1009 presented at 2015 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, 14-18 Dec.

2015

Climatic and landscape influences on soil moisture are primary determinants of soil carbon fluxes in seasonally snow-covered forest ecosystems. Stielstra C.M., Lohse K.A., Chorover J., McIntosh J.C., Barron-Gafford G.A., Perdrial J.N., Litvak M., Barnard H.R., Brooks P.D. (2015): Biogeochemistry 123(3): 447–465 Cross-CZO

2015

Topographic Control of Aboveground Carbon Pools Across an Environmental Gradient, Eastern Slope of the Rocky Mountains, Colorado. Swetnam T., Brooks P., Gallo E., Barnard H., Harpold A. (2015): Abstract H21C-1382 presented at 2015 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, 14-18 Dec. Cross-CZO

2015

Discriminating disturbance from natural variation with LiDAR in semi-arid forests in the southwestern USA. Swetnam T.L., Lynch A.M., Falk D.A., Yool S.R., and Guertin D.P. (2015): Ecosphere 6(6): art97

2015

Consequences of mixing assumptions for time-variable travel time distributions. van der Velde Y., Heidbüchel I., Lyon S.W., Nyberg L., Rodhe A., Bishop K. and Troch P.A. (2015): Hydrological Processes 29(16): 3460–3474

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

Sensitivity of regional evapotranspiration partitioning to variation in woody plant cover: insights from experimental dryland tree mosaics. Villegas J.C., Dominguez F., Barron-Gafford G.A., Adams H.D., Guardiola-Claramonte M., Sommer E.D., Selvey A.W., Espeleta J.F., Zou C.B., Breshears D.D. and Huxman T.E. (2015): Global Ecology and Biogeography 24(9): 1040-1048

2015

Examining the Impacts of Wildfire on Throughfall and Stemflow Chemistry and Flux at Plot and Catchment Scales. White A., Swetnam T., McIntosh J., Meixner T., Brooks P., Chorover J. (2015): Abstract H13Q-07 presented at 2015 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, 14-18 Dec.

2015

Examining the Impacts of Wildfire on Throughfall and Stemflow Chemistry and Flux at Plot and Catchment Scales. White A.M. (2015): MS Thesis in Hydrology. University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, 51 pp

2015

Chapter 2 – The Role of Critical Zone Observatories in Critical Zone Science. White T., Brantley S., Banwart S., Chorover J., Dietrich W., Derry L., Lohse K., Anderson S., Aufdendkampe A., Bales R., Kumar P., Richter D., McDowell B. (2015): Developments in Earth Surface Processes 19: 15–78 Cross-CZO National

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

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