VCR-LTER 1994 Compilation of Past Year's Research Summaries

***Under Construction***

The following summaries, tables, and figures discuss ongoing unpublished research and are NOT for citation. For more information, contact the individual authors.

note to authors: send any corrections (including address information) to Dave Richardson; dlr2n@virginia.edu .

Table of Contents

• BELOW GROUND MARSH GRASS PRODUCTION AND DECAY ALONG A TIDAL/ELEVATIONAL GRADIENT. Linda Blum and Robert Christian.
  
  
• NUTRIENT MONITORING IN THE WATER COLUMN. Giuseppe Castaldelli, James Spitler, Karen Wu, Jennifer Aiosa, Linda Blum and Robert R. Christian.
  
  
• DEPOSITION OF SEDIMENT ON A VEGETATED MARSH SURFACE. T. Christiansen and P.L. Wiberg.
  
  
• OVERVIEW OF BELOWGROUND ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH AND FERTILIZATION EXPERIMENTS ON THE HOG ISLAND CHRONOSEQUENCE. Frank P. Day.
  
  
  • PLANT RESPONSE TO NITROGEN FERTILIZATION ACROSS A VIRGINIA COAST RESERVE DUNE CHRONOSEQUENCE. Frank T. Day.
    
    
  • NITROGEN AVAILABILITY AND N MINERALIZATION RATES ALONG A COMMUNITY CHRONOSEQUENCE ON HOG ISLAND, VIRGINIA COAST RESERVE. Bharatha Lakshimi and Frank P. Day.
    
    
  • THE INFLUENCES OF MICROENVIRONMENT AND NITROGEN AVAILABILITY ON ROOT DECOMPOSITION AND NITROGEN DYNAMICS ON A BARRIER ISLAND CHRONOSEQUENCE. Christine E. Conn and Frank P. Day.
    
    
  • FINE ROOT PRODUCTION ALONG A CHRONOSEQUENCE OF BARRIER ISLAND COMMUNITIES. Mark J. Stevenson and Frank P. Day.
    
    
  • THE EFFECT OF NITROGEN FERTILIZATION ON THE PHENOLOGY OF ROOTS IN A BARRIER ISLAND DUNE ECOSYSTEM: A MINIRHIZOTRON ANALYSIS. Everett P. Weber and Frank P. Day.
    
    
  • ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS AND NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION ALONG A BARRIER ISLAND DUNE CHRONOSEQUENCE. John J. Dilustro and Frank P. Day.
  
  
• HIGH MARSH-FOREST TRANSITIONS IN A BRACKISH MARSH: THE EFFECTS OF SLOPE. Joseph I. Hmieleski.
  
  
• LEAD ISOTOPE DATING OF MARSH CORES: PRELIMINARY RESULTS. Jessica A. Kastler and Scott E. Robinson.
  
  
• THE EFFECT OF DOC SOURCES ON BACTERIAL CARBON CYCLING IN TIDAL CREEKS. Katherine MacMillin and Linda Blum.
  
  
• GENETIC VARIATION AND ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY OF MAINLAND AND INSULAR POPULATIONS OF MARSH RICE RATS ORYZOMYS PALUSTRIS AND WHITE-FOOTED MICE PEROMYSCUS LEUCOPUS. Nancy D. Moncrief and Raymond D. Dueser.
  
  
• PHYSICO-CHEMICAL SUBSTRATE PARAMETERS AND NUTRIENT FLUX IN NATURALLY-DEVELOPING BARRIER ISLAND MARSHES. D.T. Osgood and J.C. Zieman.
  
  
• THE SALT FLATS OF THE VCR-LTER: A SYNTHESIS. Marcio C.F.V. Santos and J.C. Zieman.
  
  
• THE USE OF NITROGEN STABLE ISOTOPES TO ASSESS THE SOURCES AND DISTRIBUTION OF INORGANIC NITROGEN IN THE GROUND WATER OF AN AGRICULTURAL AREA LOCATED ON THE EASTERN SHORE OF VIRGINIA. Robert J. Tapper.
  
  
• ACETATE MINERALIZATION AS A MEASURE OF SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA ROOT ENHANCEMENT OF MICROBIAL ACTIVITY. Rebecca Tirrell and Linda Blum.
  
  
• DISTANCES FROM TIDAL CREEEK AND THEIR EFFECT ON NUTRIENT CHEMISTRY AND SALINITY IN SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA AND JUNCUS ROEMERIANUS. Jamey T. Watt, Robert Christian and Linda Blum.