Publications contributed to the program of the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies

Book

Lovett, G. M., C. G. Jones, M. G. Turner, and K. C. Weathers (eds.).   2005.   Ecosystem Function in Heterogeneous Landscapes. Springer-Verlag, New York, Inc.   489 pp.

Book--In Press

Weathers, K. C., D. L. Strayer, and G.E. Likens (eds.).   2009.   Fundamentals of Ecosystem Science.   Academic Press, Inc.  

Book Review

Weathers, K. C.   1993.   [The Earth in Transition: Patterns and Processes of Biotic Impoverishment, G. M. Woodwell (ed.), 1990, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge and New York, 530 pp.]   Q. Rev. Biol.   68:129-130.

Published Papers

Thomas, R.Q., C.D. Canham, K.C. Weathers, and C.L. Goodale   2010.   Increased tree carbon storage in response to nitrogen deposition in the U.S. Nature Geoscience   3:13-17.

Weand, M.P., M.A. Arthur, G.M. Lovett, F. Sikora and K.C. Weathers   2010.   The phosphorous status of northern hardwoods differs by species but is unaffected by nitrogen fertilization. Biogeochemistry.   97:159-181

Carey, C. C., K. C. Weathers, and K. L. Cottingham.   2009.   Increases in phosphorus at the sediment-water interface may accelerate the initiation of cyanobacterial blooms in an oligotrophic lake. Proceedings of the International Society of Theoretical and Applied Limnology.   30(8):1185-1188.

Ewing, H., K.C. Weathers, P.H. Templer, T.E. Dawson, M.K. Firestone, A.E. Elliott, and V.K.S. Boukili   2009.   Fog water and ecosystem function: Heterogeneity in a California redwood forest. Ecosystems   12:417-433. DOI: 10.1007/s10021-009-9232-x

Fenn, M. E., J. O. Sickman, A. Bytnerowicz, D. W. Clow, N. P. Molotch, J. E. Pleim, G. S. Tonnesen, K. C. Weathers, P. E. Padgett, and D. H. Campbell.   2009.   Methods for measuring atmospheric nitrogen deposition inputs in arid and montane ecosystems of western North America. Pp. 179-228In: A. H. Legge (ed.). Developments in Environmental Science Series vol. 9: Relating Atmospheric Source Apportionment to Vegetation Effects: Establishing Cause Effect Relationships.   Elsevier, Amsterdam.  

Fenn, M. E., J. O. Sickman, A. Bytnerowicz, D. W. Clow, N. P. Molotch, J. E. Pleim, G. S. Tonnesen, K. C. Weathers, P. E. Padgett, and D. H. Campbell.   2009.   Methods for measuring atmospheric nitrogen deposition inputs in arid and montane ecosystems of western North America.In: A. H. Legge (ed.). Developments in Environmental Science Series: Relating Atmospheric Source Apportionment to Vegetation Effects: Establishing Cause Effect Relationships.   Elsevier, Amsterdam.  

Kelly, V. R., K. C. Weathers, G. M. Lovett, and G. E. Likens.   2009.   Effect of Climate Change between 1984 and 2007 on Precipitation Chemistry at a Site in Northeastern USA. Environ. Sci. Technol.   43(10):3461-3466. DOI: 10.1021/es8033473.

Lovett, G.M., T.H. Tear, D.C. Evers, S.E.G. Findlay, B.J. Cosby, J.K. Dunscomb, C.T. Driscoll, K.C. Weathers.   2009.   Effects of Air Pollution on Ecosystems and Biological Diversity in the Eastern United States. Year in Ecology and Conservation Biology 2009   1162: 99-135

Ponette-González, A., K.C. Weathers, and L.M. Curran.   2009.   Water inputs across a tropical montane landscape in Veracruz, Mexico: synergistic effects of land cover, rain and fog seasonality, and interannual precipitation variability. Global Change Biology   16: 946-963. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.01985.x

Carey, C. C, K. C. Weathers and K. L. Cottingham.   2008.   Gloetrichia echinulata in an oligotrophic lake: helpful insights from eutrophic lakes.   J. Plank. Res.   30:893-904.

Christenson, L. M., G. M. Lovett, K. C. Weathers, M. A. Arthur.   2008.   The influence of tree species, nitrogen fertilization, and soil C to N ratio on gross soil nitrogen transformations. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J.   73(2): 638-646. DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2008.0049.

Gutiérrez, A. G., O. Barbosa, D. A. Christie, E. del-Val, H. A. Ewing, C. G. Jones, P. A. Marquet, K. C. Weathers, and J. J. Armesto.   2008.   Regeneration patterns and persistence of the fog-dependent Fray Jorge forest in semiarid Chile during the past two centuries. Global Change Biol.   14:161–176.

Hancock, J. E., M. A. Arthur, K. C. Weathers, and G. M. Lovett.   2008.   Carbon cycling along a gradient of beech bark disease impact in the Catskill Mountains, New York.   Can. J. For. Res.   38 (5): 1267-1274.

Kelly, V. R., G. M. Lovett, K. C. Weathers, S.E.G Findlay, D. L. Strayer, D. J. Burns, and G. E. Likens.   2008.   Long-term sodium chloride retention in a rural watershed: Legacy effects of road salt on stream water concentrations. Environ. Sci. Technol.   42:410–415.

Nelson, S.J., K.B. Johnson, K.C. Weathers, C.S. Loftin, I.J. Fernandez, J.S. Kahl, and D.P. Krabbenhoft.   2008.   A comparison of winter mercury accumulation at forested and no-canopy sites measured with different snow sampling techniques.   Applied Geochemistry   23 (3): 384-398

Robertson, G.P…, K.C. Weathers, J.A. Wiens, and W.W. Wilhelm.   2008.   Sustainable biofuels redux.   Science   322(5898):49-50

Templer, P. H., M. A. Arthur, G. M. Lovett, and K. C. Weathers.   2007.   Plant and soil natural abundance d15N: Indicators of relative rates of nitrogen cycling in temperate forest ecosystems. Oecologia   153(2):399-406.

Uriarte, M., H. A. Ewing, V. T. Eviner, and K. C. Weathers.   2007.   Constructing a broader and more inclusive value system in science. BioScience   57(1):71-78.

del-Val, E., J. J. Armesto, O. Barbosa, D. A. Christie, A. G. Gutiérrez, C. G. Jones, P. A. Marquet, and K. C. Weathers.   2006.   Rain forest islands in the Chilean semiarid region: Fog-dependency, ecosystem persistence and tree regeneration. Ecosystems   9:598-608.

Groffman, P. M., J. S. Baron, T. Blett, A. J. Gold, I. Goodman, L. H. Gunderson, B. M. Levinson, M. A. Palmer, H. W. Paerl, G. D. Peterson, N. L. Poff, D. W. Rejeski, J. F. Reynolds, M. G. Turner, K. C. Weathers, and J. Wiens.   2006.   Ecological thresholds: The key to successful environmental management or an important concept with no practical application?   Ecosystems   9:1-13.

Lovett, G. M., C. D. Canham, M. A. Arthur, K. C. Weathers, and R. D. Fitzhugh.   2006.   Forest ecosystem responses to exotic pests and pathogens in eastern North America. BioScience   56:395-405.

Uriarte, M., K. Weathers, and V. Eviner.   2006.   Power clashes limit science and reflect archaic values.   Nature   439:18.

Weathers, K. C., G. E. Likens, T. J. Butler, and A. Elliott.   2006.   Acid rain. pp. 1549-1561. In: W. Rom (ed.). Environmental and Occupational Medicine, 4th edition.   Lippincott-Raven Publishers, Philadelphia.  

Weathers, K. C., S. M. Simkin, G. M. Lovett, and S. E. Lindberg.   2006.   Empirical modeling of atmospheric deposition in mountainous landscapes. Ecol. Appl.   16:1590-1607.

Fitzgerald, N., and K. C. Weathers.   2005.   Comparison of trace metal variations in a buffered and poorly-buffered stream in the Shawangunk Mountain range.   Northeast. Geol. Environ. Sci.   27(2):113-122.

Kelly, V. R., G. M. Lovett, K. C. Weathers, and G. E. Likens.   2005.   Trends in atmospheric ammonium concentrations in relation to atmospheric sulfate and local agriculture.   Environ. Pollut.   135:363-369.

Lovett, G. M., C. G. Jones, M. G. Turner, and K. C. Weathers.   2005.   Conceptual frameworks: Plan for a half-built house. pp. 463-470. In: G. M. Lovett, C. G. Jones, M. G. Turner, and K. C. Weathers (eds.). Ecosystem Function in Heterogeneous Landscapes. Springer-Verlag, New York, Inc.  

Lovett, G. M., C. G. Jones, M. G. Turner, and K. C. Weathers.   2005.   Ecosystem function in heterogeneous landscapes. pp. 1-4. In: G. M. Lovett, C. G. Jones, M. G. Turner, and K. C. Weathers (eds.). Ecosystem Function in Heterogeneous Landscapes. Springer-Verlag, New York, Inc.  

Smith, M. F., V. T. Eviner, K. C. Weathers, M. Uriarte, H. A. Ewing, J. M. Jeschke, P. M. Groffman, and C. G. Jones.   2005.   Creating individual awareness about responsible conduct in research: A case study of one institution's approach for researchers and administrators. J. Research Administration   36(1):21-25.

Templer, P. H., G. M. Lovett, K. C. Weathers, S. E. G. Findlay, and T. E. Dawson.   2005.   Influence of tree species on forest nitrogen retention in the Catskill Mountains, New York, USA.   Ecosystems   8:1-16.

Cadenasso, M. L., K. C. Weathers, and S. T. A. Pickett.   2004.   Integrating food web and landscape ecology: Subsidies at the regional scale. pp. 263-267. In: G. A. Polis, M. E. Power, and G. Huxel (eds.). Food Webs at the Landscape Level.   University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois.  

Cadenasso, M. L., S. T. A. Pickett, and K. C. Weathers.   2004.   Effect of boundaries and edges on flux of nutrients, detritus, and organisms. pp. 154-168. In: G. A. Polis, M. E. Power, and G. Huxel (eds.). Food Webs at the Landscape Level.   University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois.  

Driscoll, C. T., G. B. Lawrence, A. J. Bulger, T. J. Butler, C. S. Cronan, C. Eagar, K. F. Lambert, G. E. Likens, J. L. Stoddard, and K. C. Weathers.   2004.   Acidic deposition in the northeastern United States: Sources and inputs, ecosystem effects and management strategies. pp. 159-190. In: J. M. Gunn, R. J. Steedman, and R. A. Ryder (eds.).   Boreal Shield Watersheds, Section III: Biological Effects and Management Reactions. Lewis Publishers.  

Lovett, G. M., K. C. Weathers, M. A. Arthur, and J.C. Schultz.   2004.   Nitrogen cycling in a northern hardwood forest: Do species matter? Biogeochemistry   67:289-308.

Simkin, S. M., D. N. Lewis, K. C. Weathers, G. M. Lovett, and K. Schwarz.   2004.   Determination of sulfate, nitrate, and chloride in throughfall using ion-exchange resins.   Water Air Soil Pollut.   153:343-354.

Aber, J., E. S. Bernhardt, F. Dijkstra, R. H. Gardner, K. H. Macneale, W. J. Parton, S. T. A. Pickett, D. L. Urban, and K. C. Weathers.   2003.   Standards of practice for review and publication of models: Summary of discussion. pp. 204-210. In: C. D. Canham, J. J. Cole, and W. K. Lauenroth (eds.). Models in Ecosystem Science.   Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey.  

Cadenasso, M. L., S. T. A. Pickett, K. C. Weathers, and C. G. Jones.   2003.   A framework for a theory of ecological boundaries. BioScience   53:750-758.

Cadenasso, M. L., S. T. A. Pickett, K. C. Weathers, S. Bell, T. L. Benning, M. M. Carreiro, and T. E. Dawson.   2003.   An interdisciplinary and synthetic approach to ecological boundaries.   BioScience   53:717-722.

Caraco, N. F., J. J. Cole, G. E. Likens, G. M. Lovett, and K. C. Weathers.   2003.   Variation in NO3 export from flowing waters of vastly different sizes: Does one model fit all? Ecosystems   6(4):344-352.

Griffin, J. M., G. M. Lovett, M. A. Arthur, and K. C. Weathers.   2003.   The distribution and severity of beech bark disease in the Catskill Mountains, NY. Can. J. For. Res.   33:1754-1760.

Hogan, K., and K. C. Weathers.   2003.   Psychological and ecological perspectives on the development of systems thinking. pp. 233-260. In: A. R. Berkowitz, C. H. Nilon, and K. S. Hollweg (eds.). Understanding Urban Ecosystems: A New Frontier for Science and Education.   Springer-Verlag New York, Inc.  

Driscoll, C. T., G. B. Lawrence, A. J. Bulger, T. J. Butler, C. S. Cronan, C. Eagar, K. F. Lambert, G. E. Likens, J. L. Stoddard, and K. C. Weathers.   2002.   Response to W. E. Sharpe's "Acid deposition explains sugar maple decline in the East."   BioScience   52:5-6.

Kelly, V. R., G. M. Lovett, K. C. Weathers, and G. E. Likens.   2002.   Trends in atmospheric concentration and deposition compared to regional and local pollutant emissions at a rural site in southeastern New York, USA.   Atmospheric Environment   36:1569-1575.

Lovett, G. M., K. C. Weathers, and M. A. Arthur.   2002.   Control of nitrogen loss from forested watersheds by soil carbon:nitrogen ratio and tree species composition. Ecosystems   5:712-718

Driscoll, C. T., G. B. Lawrence, A. J. Bulger, T. J. Butler, C. S. Cronan, C. Eagar, K. Fallon Lambert, G. E. Likens, J. L. Stoddard, and K. C. Weathers.   2001.   Acidic deposition in the northeastern United States: sources and inputs, ecosystem effects, and management strategies.   BioScience   51:180-198.

Lovett, G. M., K. C. Weathers, M. A. Arthur.   2001.   Is nitrate in stream water an indicator of forest ecosystem health in the Catskills. In: M. S. Adams (ed.). Catskill Ecosystem Health.   Purple Mountain Press, Fleischmanns, New York.   pp. 23-30.

Weathers, K. C., M. L. Cadenasso, and S. T. A. Pickett.   2001.   Forest edges as nutrient and pollutant concentrators: potential synergisms between fragmentation, forest canopies, and the atmosphere.   Conserv. Biol.   15:1506-1514.

West, A. J., S. E. G. Findlay, D. A. Burns, K. C. Weathers, and G. M. Lovett.   2001.   Catchment-scale variation in the nitrate concentration of groundwater seeps in the Catskill Mountains, New York, U.S.A.   Water Air Soil Pollut.   132:389-400.

Lovett, G. M., K. C. Weathers, and W. Sobczak.   2000.   Nitrogen saturation and retention in forested watersheds of the Catskill Mountains, New York. Ecol. Appl.   10:73-84.

Weathers, K. C., G. M. Lovett, G. E. Likens, and N. F. M. Caraco.   2000.   Cloudwater inputs of nitrogen to forest ecosystems in southern Chile: forms, fluxes, and sources.   Ecosystems   3:590-595.

Weathers, K. C., G. M. Lovett, G. E. Likens, and R. Lathrop.   2000.   The effect of landscape features on deposition to Hunter Mountain, Catskill Mountains, New York.   Ecol. Appl.   10:528-540.

Weathers, K. C.   1999.   Critical research and policy needs in acid deposition and ecosystem response--Next steps. Acid deposition and ecosystem response in New York State. Environmental Monitoring, Evaluation, and Protection in New York: Linking Science and Policy.   NYSERDA.   27.

Weathers, K. C.   1999.   The importance of cloud and fog to the maintenance of ecosystems.   Trends Ecol. Evol.   14:214-215

Likens, G. E., K. C. Weathers, T. J. Butler, and D. C. Buso.   1998.   Solving the acid rain problem.   Science   282(5396):1991-1992.

Weathers, K. C., and G. E. Likens.   1998.   Acid rain. In: W. N. Rom (ed.). Environmental and Occupational Medicine, 3rd edition.   Lippincott-Raven Publishers, Philadelphia.   pp. 1549-1561.

Weathers, K. C., and G. M. Lovett.   1998.   Acid deposition research and ecosystem ecology: synergistic successes. In: M. L. Pace and P. M. Groffman (eds.). Successes, Limitations and Frontiers in Ecosystem Science.   Springer-Verlag New York, Inc.   pp. 195-219.

Weathers, K. C., G. M. Lovett, G. E. Likens, and N. Caraco.   1998.   Cloud water in southern Chile: whence come the nutrients? In: R. S. Schemenauer and J. Bridgman (eds.).   First International Conference on Fog and Fog Collection. IDRC, Ottawa, Canada.   pp. 313-315.

Weathers, K. C., and G. E. Likens.   1997.   Clouds in southern Chile: an important source of nitrogen to nitrogen-limited ecosystems?   Environ. Sci. Technol.   31(1):210-213.

Weathers, K. C., G. M. Lovett, and G. E. Likens.   1995.   Cloud deposition to a spruce forest edge.   Atmospheric Environment   29(6):665-672.

Shultz, A. S., M. H. Begemann, D. A. Schmidt, and K. C. Weathers.   1993.   Longitudinal trends in pH and aluminum chemistry of the Coxing Kill, Ulster County, New York.   Water Air Soil Pollut.   69:113-125.

Weathers, K. C., G. M. Lovett, and G. E. Likens.   1992.   The influence of a forest edge on cloud deposition. In: S. E. Schwartz and W. G. N. Slinn (coordinators). Precipitation Scavenging and Atmosphere-Surface Exchange. Vol. 3--The Summers Volume: Applications and Appraisals.   Hemisphere Publishing Corporation.   pp. 1415-1423.

Kimball, K. D., R. Jagels, G. A. Gordon, K. C. Weathers, and J. Carlisle.   1988.   Differences between New England coastal fog and mountain cloud water chemistry.   Water Air Soil Pollut.   39:383-393.

Weathers, K. C., G. E. Likens, F. H. Bormann, J. S. Eaton, K. D. Kimball, J. N. Galloway, T. G. Siccama, and D. Smiley.   1988.   Chemical concentrations in cloud water from four sites in the eastern United States. In: M. H. Unsworth and D. Fowler (eds.). Acidic Deposition at High Elevation Sites.   Kluwer Academic publishers.   pp. 345-357.

Weathers, K. C., G. E. Likens, F. H. Bormann, S. H. Bicknell, B. T. Bormann, B. C. Daube, Jr., J. S. Eaton, J. N. Galloway, W. C. Keene, K. D. Kimball, W. H. McDowell, T. G. Siccama, D. Smiley, and R. Tarrant.   1988.   Cloudwater chemistry from ten sites in North America.   Environ. Sci. Technol.   22(8):1018-1026.

Daube, B., Jr., K. D. Kimball, P. A. Lamar, and K. C. Weathers.   1987.   Two new ground-level cloud water sampler designs which reduce rain contamination.   Atmospheric Environment   21(4):893-900.

Weathers, K. C., and T. G. Siccama.   1986.   A comparison of nutrient concentrations in two poisonous and three nonpoisonous species of sumac (Rhus spp.).   Am. Midl. Nat.   116:209-212.

Weathers, K. C., G. E. Likens, F. H. Bormann, J. S. Eaton, W. B. Bowden, J. Andersen, D. A. Cass, J. N. Galloway, W. C. Keene, K. D. Kimball, P. Huth, and D. Smiley.   1986.   A regional acidic cloud/fog water event in the eastern United States.   Nature   319:657-658.

Papers--In Press

Griffin , J. M., G. M. Lovett, G. R. Robinson, K. C. Weathers, M. A. Arthur, M. Kudish.   2009.   Beech bark disease in the Catskill Mountains of New York, U.S.A.: Effects of forest history and influence on sugar maple abundance.   Can. J. For. Res.  

Miscellaneous Publications

Cassirer, K. and K. C. Weathers.   2008.   Why you should care about ozone warnings. Poughkeepsie Journal   17 August

Nelson, S. J., J. S. Kahl, I. J. Fernandez, K. D. Sheehan, A. Gyrgo Diamond, K. B. Johnson, and K. C. Weathers.   2007.   Final report: Understanding atmospheric deposition to complex landscapes at Acadia National Park, Maine, 2002-2005.   National Park Service, Northeast Region, Technical Report NPS/NER/NRTR-2007/080.  

Weathers, K. C.   2007.   May 13. Forests critical to clean water.   Poughkeepsie Journal  

Burns, D. A., M. R. McHale, C. T. Driscoll, G. M. Lovett, K. C. Weathers, M. J. Mitchell, and K. M. Roy.   2005.   An assessment of recovery and key processes affecting the response of surface waters to reduced levels of acid precipitation in the Adirondack and Catskill Mountains.   Final Report 05-03, New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, Albany, New York.  

Driscoll, C. T., G. B. Lawrence, A. J. Bulger, T. J. Butler, C. S. Cronan, C. Eagar, K. Fallon Lambert, G. E. Likens, J. L. Stoddard, and K. C. Weathers.   2001.   Acid rain revisited: advances in scientific understanding since the passage of the 1970 and 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments. Hubbard Brook Research Foundation.   Science Links Publication.   Vol. 1, No. 1. pp. 1-20.

Pardo, L.M… Weathers, K.C., et al.   .   Assessment of effects of N deposition and empirical critical loads for nitrogen for ecoregions of the United States.   U.S.D.A. Forest Service General Technical Report   200 pp.

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