McMurdo LTER Publications
Biogeochemistry, terrestrial. In: Encyclopedia of the Antarctic Vol 1.Vol 1. Encyclopedia of the Antarctic Vol 1. New York: Routledge Press; 2006:154-155. doi:LTER.
. Factors promoting microbial diversity in the McMurdo Dry Valleys. In: Life in Antarctic Deserts and other Cold Dry Environments: Astrobiological Analogues.Vol 5. Life in Antarctic Deserts and other Cold Dry Environments: Astrobiological Analogues. Cambridge University Press; 2010:221-257. doi:10.1017/CBO9780511712258.008.
. The legacy of aqueous environments on soils of the McMurdo Dry Valleys: contexts for future exploration of martian soils. In: Life in Antarctic Deserts and other Cold Dry Environments.Vol 5. Life in Antarctic Deserts and other Cold Dry Environments. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press; 2010:78 - 109. doi:10.1017/CBO9780511712258.003.
. Pedogenic carbonate distribution within glacial till in Taylor Valley, Southern Victoria Land, Antarctica. In: Paleoenvironmental Record and Applications of Calcretes and Palustrine Carbonates. Paleoenvironmental Record and Applications of Calcretes and Palustrine Carbonates. Geological Society of America; 2006:89-103. doi:10.1130/2006.2416(06).
. Bacterial community composition of divergent soil habitats from a polar desert. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 2014;89(2):490-494. doi:10.1111/1574-6941.12306.
. Bacterial Community Structure Along Moisture Gradients in the Parafluvial Sediments of Two Ephemeral Desert Streams. Microbial Ecology. 2011;61(3):543 - 556. doi:10.1007/s00248-010-9782-7.
. Biogeochemical stoichiometry of Antarctic Dry Valley ecosystems. Journal of Geophysical Research. 2007;112:G01010+12. doi:10.1029/2005JG000141.
Biotic interactions are an unexpected yet critical control on the complexity of an abiotically driven polar ecosystem. Communications Biology. 2019;2(1). doi:10.1038/s42003-018-0274-5.
Catch and release: Hyporheic retention and mineralization of N-fixing Nostoc sustains downstream microbial mat biomass in two polar desert streams. Limnology and Oceanography Letters. 2018;3(4):357 - 364. doi:10.1002/lol2.10087.
. Causes and characteristics of electrical resistivity variability in shallow (<4 m) soils in Taylor Valley, East Antarctica. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface. 2023;128(2):e2022JF006696. doi:10.1029/2022JF006696.
Characterization of Growing Bacterial Populations in McMurdo Dry Valley Soils through Stable Isotope Probing with 18O-water. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 2014;89(2):415-425. doi:10.1111/1574-6941.12349.
Connectivity: Insights from the U.S. Long Term Ecological Research Network. Ecosphere. 2021;12(5):e03432. doi:10.1002/ecs2.v12.510.1002/ecs2.3432.
Controls on the spatial dimensions of wetted hydrologic margins of two antarctic lakes. Vadose Zone Journal. 2007;6(4):841-848. doi:10.2136/vzj2006.0161.
Counting carbon: Quantifying biomass in the McMurdo Dry Valleys through orbital and field observations. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 2021;42(22):8597 - 8623. doi:10.1080/01431161.2021.1981559.
Co-variation in soil biodiversity and biogeochemistry in Northern and Southern Victoria Land, Antarctica. Antarctic Science. 2006;18:535-548. doi:10.1017/S0954102006000587.
Decadal ecosystem response to an anomalous melt season in a polar desert in Antarctica. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 2017;1(9):1334-1338. doi:10.1038/s41559-017-0253-0.
Decline in a dominant invertebrate species contributes to altered carbon cycling in a low-diversity soil ecosystem. Global Change Biology. 2008;14:1734-1744. doi:LTER.
. Ecological stoichiometry drives the evolution of soil nematode life history traits. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 2023;177:108891. doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2022.108891.
Effects of Human Trampling on Populations of Soil Fauna in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Conservation Biology. 2008;22(6):1544-1551. doi:10.1111/j.1523-1739.2008.01034.x.
Environmental controls over bacterial communities in polar desert soils. Ecosphere. 2013;4(10):art127. doi:10.1890/ES13-00048.1.
. Estimating microbial mat biomass in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica using satellite imagery and ground surveys. Polar Biology. 2020. doi:10.1007/s00300-020-02742-y.
. Evaluating alternative metacommunity hypotheses for diatoms in the McMurdo Dry Valleys using simulations and remote sensing data. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 2020;8. doi:10.3389/fevo.2020.521668.
. Evidence for dispersal and habitat controls on pond diatom communities from the McMurdo Sound Region of Antarctica. Polar Biology. 2016. doi:10.1007/s00300-016-1901-6.
Experimentally increased snow accumulation alters soil moisture and animal community structure in a polar desert. Polar Biology. 2010;33(7):897 - 907. doi:10.1007/s00300-010-0766-3.
Factors Controlling Soil Microbial Biomass and Bacterial Diversity and Community Composition in a Cold Desert Ecosystem: Role of Geographic Scale. PLoS ONE. 2013;8(6):e66103. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0066103.s003.