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Recent Publications by our Lab

(click on names for personal information and click on [abstract] link for abstract!)

Schadt, C.W., R.B. Mullen and S.K. Schmidt. 2001. Isolation and phylogenetic identification of a dark-septate fungus associated with the alpine plant Ranunculus adoneus. New Phytologist 150: 747-755. [abstract]

Ley, R.E., D.A. Lipson and S.K. Schmidt. 2001. Microbial biomass levels in barren and vegetated high altitude talus soils. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 65: 111-117. [abstract]

Schmidt, S.K., A.E. West, P.D. Brooks, L. Smith, C. Jaeger, M.C. Fisk and E. Holland. 2001. Soil-atmosphere gas exchange across an alpine tundra landscape, In Alpine Dynamics: The structure and function of an alpine ecosystem. (W. Bowman and T. Seastedt, eds.). Oxford University Press.

Gonzalez, G., R.E. Ley, S.K. Schmidt, X. Zou and T.R. Seastedt. 2001. Soil ecological interactions: Comparisons between tropical and subalpine forests. Oecologia (In Press). [abstract]

Lipson, D.A., S.K. Schmidt and R.K. Monson. 2000. An empirical model of amino acid transformations in alpine soil. Soil Biol. Biochem. 33: 189-198. [abstract]

Fisk, M.C., P.D. Brooks and S.K. Schmidt. 2001. Nitrogen cycling in an alpine ecosystem. In Alpine Dynamics: The structure and function of an alpine ecosystem, Niwot Ridge, Colorado. (W. Bowman and T. Seastedt, eds.). Oxford University Press.

Schmidt, S.K. and D.A. Lipson. 2001. Kinetics of Microbial Processes and Population Growth in Soil. IN Encyclopedia of Environmental Microbiology. Wiley Publ., New York

Lipson, D.A., S.K. Schmidt and R.K. Monson. 2000. Carbon availability and temperature control the post-snowmelt decline in alpine soil microbial biomass. Soil Biol. Biochem. 32: 441-448. [abstract]

Schmidt, S.K. and K.M. Scow. 2001. Use of Bioreactors and Microcosms to assess the biodegradation potential of soils. IN Manual of environmental microbiology (2nd. ed.). (M.V. Walter et al., eds.). American Society for Microbiology Press, Washington D.C.

Schmidt, S.K., D.A. Lipson and T.K. Raab. 2000. Effects of willows (Salix brachycarpa) on populations of salicylate-mineralizing microorganisms in alpine soils. J. Chem. Ecol. 26: 2049-2057. [abstract]

Colores, G.M. and S.K. Schmidt. 1999. Colonization of contaminated soil by an introduced bacterium: effects of initial pentachlorophenol levels on the survival of Sphingomonas chlorophenolica strain RA2. J. Indust. Microbiol. & Biotechnol. 23: 326-331. [abstract]

West, A.E. and S.K. Schmidt. 1999. Acetate stimulates atmospheric CH4 oxidation by an alpine tundra soil. Soil Biol. Biochem. 31: 1649-1655. [abstract]

Schmidt, S.K. and R. Ley. 1999. Microbial competition and bioavailability limit the expression of allelochemicals in natural soils. In Principles and Practices in Plant Ecology: Allelochemical Interactions. (S. Inderjit, K.M. Dakshini & C.L. Foy, eds.). CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida. [abstract]

Lipson, D.A., S.K. Schmidt, C.W. Schadt and R.K. Monson. 1999. Ectomycorrhizal transfer of amino acid-N to the alpine sedge, Kobresia myosuroides. New Phytol. 142: 163-167. [abstract]

Lipson, D.A., T.K. Raab, S.K. Schmidt and R.K. Monson. 1999. Variation in competitive abilities of plants and microbes for specific amino acids. Biol. Fertil. Soils 29: 257-261. [abstract]

Jaeger, C.H., R.K. Monson, M.C. Fisk and S.K. Schmidt. 1999. Seasonal partitioning of nitrogen by plants and soil microorganisms in an alpine ecosystem. Ecology 80: 1883-1891. [abstract]

Lipson, D.A., S.K. Schmidt and R.K. Monson. 1999. Links between microbial population dynamics and nitrogen availability in an alpine ecosystem. Ecology 80: 1623-1631 (full text). [abstract]

West, A.E., P.D. Brooks, M.C. Fisk, L. Smith, E. Holland, C.H. Jaeger, S. Babcock, R. Kai and S.K. Schmidt. 1999. Landscape patterns of CH4 fluxes in an alpine tundra ecosystem. Biogeochemistry 45: 243-264. [abstract]

Wickland, K.P., R.G. Striegl, S.K. Schimdt and M.A. Mast. 1999. Methane flux in subalpine wetland and unsaturated soils in the southern Rocky Mountains. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 13: 101-113.[abstract]

Fisk, M.C., S.K. Schmidt and T. Seastedt. 1998. Topographic patterns of above- and belowground production and nitrogen cycling in alpine tundra. Ecology 79: 2253-2266. [abstract]

West, A.E. and S.K. Schmidt. 1998. Wetting stimulates atmospheric CH4 oxidation by alpine tundra soil. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 24: 349-353. [abstract]

Mullen, R.B., S.K. Schmidt and C.H. Jaeger III. 1998. Nitrogen uptake during snowmelt by the snow buttercup, Ranunculus adoneus. Arctic & Alpine Res. 30: 121-125. [abstract]

Brooks, P.D., M.W. Williams and S. K. Schmidt. 1998. Inorganic N and microbial biomass dynamics before and during spring snowmelt. Biogeochemistry 43: 1-15 [abstract]

Brooks, P.D., S.K. Schmidt and M.W. Williams. 1997. Winter production of CO2 and N2O from alpine tundra: environmental controls and relationship to inter-system C and N fluxes. Oecologia 110: 403-413. [abstract]

Colores, G.M., S.K. Schmidt and M.C. Fisk. 1996. Estimating the biomass of microbial functional groups using rates of growth-related soil respiration. Soil Biol. Biochem. 28: 1569-1577.

Schmidt, S.K. and K.M. Scow. 1996. Use of soil bioreactors and microcosms in bioremediation research. Chapter 16, IN Manual of environmental microbiology. (M.V. Walter, ed.). American Society for Microbiology Press, Washington D.C. [abstract]

Fisk, M.C. and S.K. Schmidt. 1996. Microbial responses to excess nitrogen in alpine tundra soils. Soil Biol. Biochem. 28: 751-755. [abstract]

Bowman, W.D., J.C. Schardt and S.K. Schmidt. 1996. Symbiotic N₂ fixation in alpine tundra: Ecosystem input and variation in fixation rates among communities. Oecologia 108: 345-350. [abstract]

Hess, T.F., S.K. Schmidt and G.M. Colores. 1996. Maintenance energy model for microbial degradation of toxic chemicals in soil. Soil Biol. Biochem. 28: 907-915. [abstract]

Brooks, P.D., M.W. Williams and S.K. Schmidt. 1996. Microbial activity under alpine snowpacks. Biogeochemistry 32: 93-113 [abstract]

Fisk, M.C. and S.K. Schmidt 1995. Nitrogen mineralization and microbial biomass N dynamics in three alpine tundra communities. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 59: 1036-1043. [abstract]

Schmidt, S.K., G.M. Colores, T.F. Hess and P.M. Radehaus. 1995. A simple method for quantifying activity and survival of microorganisms involved in bioremediation processes Appl. Biochem. Biotechnol. 54: 259-270. [abstract]

Brooks, P.D., M.W. Williams, D.A. Walker and S.K. Schmidt. 1995. The Niwot Ridge snow fence experiment: biogeochemical responses to changes in the seasonal snowpack. pp. 293-302. In Biogeochemistry in seasonally covered catchments, (K.A. Tonnessen, M.W. Williams and M. Tranter, eds.) IAHS Publications. [abstract]

Hess, T.F. and S.K. Schmidt. 1995. Improved procedure for obtaining statistically valid parameter estimates from soil respiration data. Soil Biol. Biochem. 27: 1-7. [abstract]

Brooks, P.D., M.W. Williams and S.K. Schmidt. 1995. Snowpack controls on soil nitrogen dynamics in the Colorado alpine. pp. 283-292. IN Biogeochemistry in seasonally covered catchments, (K.A. Tonnessen, M.W. Williams and M. Tranter, eds.) IAHS Publications. [abstract]

Colores, G.M., P.M. Radehaus and S.K. Schmidt. 1995. Use of a pentachlorophenol degrading bacterium to bioremediate heavily contaminated soil. Appl. Biochem. Biotechnol. 54: 271-275. [abstract]

Neff, J.C., W.D. Bowman, E.A. Holland, M.C. Fisk and S.K. Schmidt. 1994. Fluxes of nitrous oxide and methane from nitrogen amended soils in the Colorado Alpine. Biogeochemistry 27: 23-33 [abstract]

Brooks, P.D., S.K. Schmidt, D. Sommerfeld and R. Musselman. 1994. Distribution and abundance of microbial biomass in Rocky Mountain spring snowpacks. Proc. E. Snow Conference. 50: 301-306.

Mullen, R.B. and S.K. Schmidt. 1993. Mycorrhizal infection, phosphorus uptake, and phenology in Ranunculus adoneus : Implications for the functioning of mycorrhizae in alpine systems. Oecologia 94: 229-234. [abstract]




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Soil-atmosphere gas exchange across an alpine tundra landscape, In Alpine Dynamics: The structure and function of an alpine ecosystem. (W. Bowman and T. Seastedt, eds.). Oxford University Press. Gonzalez, G., R.E. Ley, S.K. Schmidt, X. Zou and T.R. Seastedt. 2001. Soil ecological interactions: Comparisons between tropical and subalpine forests. Oecologia (In Press). [abstract] Lipson, D.A., S.K. Schmidt and R.K. Monson. 2000. An empirical model of amino acid transformations in alpine soil. Soil Biol. Biochem. 33: 189-198. [abstract] Fisk, M.C., P.D. Brooks and S.K. Schmidt. 2001. Nitrogen cycling in an alpine ecosystem. In Alpine Dynamics: The structure and function of an alpine ecosystem, Niwot Ridge, Colorado. (W. Bowman and T. Seastedt, eds.). Oxford University Press. Schmidt, S.K. and D.A. Lipson. 2001. Kinetics of Microbial Processes and Population Growth in Soil. IN Encyclopedia of Environmental Microbiology. Wiley Publ., New York Lipson, D.A., S.K. Schmidt and R.K. Monson. 2000. Carbon availability and temperature control the post-snowmelt decline in alpine soil microbial biomass. Soil Biol. Biochem. 32: 441-448. [abstract] Schmidt, S.K. and K.M. Scow. 2001. Use of Bioreactors and Microcosms to assess the biodegradation potential of soils. IN Manual of environmental microbiology (2nd. ed.). (M.V. Walter et al., eds.). American Society for Microbiology Press, Washington D.C. Schmidt, S.K., D.A. Lipson and T.K. Raab. 2000. Effects of willows (Salix brachycarpa) on populations of salicylate-mineralizing microorganisms in alpine soils. J. Chem. Ecol. 26: 2049-2057. [abstract] Colores, G.M. and S.K. Schmidt. 1999. Colonization of contaminated soil by an introduced bacterium: effects of initial pentachlorophenol levels on the survival of Sphingomonas chlorophenolica strain RA2. J. Indust. Microbiol. & Biotechnol. 23: 326-331. [abstract] West, A.E. and S.K. Schmidt. 1999. Acetate stimulates atmospheric CH4 oxidation by an alpine tundra soil. Soil Biol. Biochem. 31: 1649-1655. [abstract] Schmidt, S.K. and R. Ley. 1999. Microbial competition and bioavailability limit the expression of allelochemicals in natural soils. In Principles and Practices in Plant Ecology: Allelochemical Interactions. (S. Inderjit, K.M. Dakshini & C.L. Foy, eds.). CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida. [abstract] Lipson, D.A., S.K. Schmidt, C.W. Schadt and R.K. Monson. 1999. Ectomycorrhizal transfer of amino acid-N to the alpine sedge, Kobresia myosuroides. New Phytol. 142: 163-167. [abstract] Lipson, D.A., T.K. Raab, S.K. Schmidt and R.K. Monson. 1999. Variation in competitive abilities of plants and microbes for specific amino acids. Biol. Fertil. Soils 29: 257-261. [abstract] Jaeger, C.H., R.K. Monson, M.C. Fisk and S.K. Schmidt. 1999. Seasonal partitioning of nitrogen by plants and soil microorganisms in an alpine ecosystem. Ecology 80: 1883-1891. [abstract] Lipson, D.A., S.K. Schmidt and R.K. Monson. 1999. Links between microbial population dynamics and nitrogen availability in an alpine ecosystem. Ecology 80: 1623-1631 (full text). [abstract] West, A.E., P.D. Brooks, M.C. Fisk, L. Smith, E. Holland, C.H. Jaeger, S. Babcock, R. Kai and S.K. Schmidt. 1999. Landscape patterns of CH4 fluxes in an alpine tundra ecosystem. Biogeochemistry 45: 243-264. [abstract] Wickland, K.P., R.G. Striegl, S.K. Schimdt and M.A. Mast. 1999. Methane flux in subalpine wetland and unsaturated soils in the southern Rocky Mountains. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 13: 101-113.[abstract] Fisk, M.C., S.K. Schmidt and T. Seastedt. 1998. Topographic patterns of above- and belowground production and nitrogen cycling in alpine tundra. Ecology 79: 2253-2266. [abstract] West, A.E. and S.K. Schmidt. 1998. Wetting stimulates atmospheric CH4 oxidation by alpine tundra soil. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 24: 349-353. [abstract] Mullen, R.B., S.K. Schmidt and C.H. Jaeger III. 1998. Nitrogen uptake during snowmelt by the snow buttercup, Ranunculus adoneus. Arctic & Alpine Res. 30: 121-125. [abstract] Brooks, P.D., M.W. Williams and S. K. Schmidt. 1998. Inorganic N and microbial biomass dynamics before and during spring snowmelt. Biogeochemistry 43: 1-15 [abstract] Brooks, P.D., S.K. Schmidt and M.W. Williams. 1997. Winter production of CO2 and N2O from alpine tundra: environmental controls and relationship to inter-system C and N fluxes. Oecologia 110: 403-413. [abstract] Colores, G.M., S.K. Schmidt and M.C. Fisk. 1996. Estimating the biomass of microbial functional groups using rates of growth-related soil respiration. Soil Biol. Biochem. 28: 1569-1577. Schmidt, S.K. and K.M. Scow. 1996. Use of soil bioreactors and microcosms in bioremediation research. Chapter 16, IN Manual of environmental microbiology. (M.V. Walter, ed.). American Society for Microbiology Press, Washington D.C. [abstract] Fisk, M.C. and S.K. Schmidt. 1996. Microbial responses to excess nitrogen in alpine tundra soils. Soil Biol. Biochem. 28: 751-755. [abstract] Bowman, W.D., J.C. Schardt and S.K. Schmidt. 1996. Symbiotic N₂ fixation in alpine tundra: Ecosystem input and variation in fixation rates among communities. Oecologia 108: 345-350. [abstract] Hess, T.F., S.K. Schmidt and G.M. Colores. 1996. Maintenance energy model for microbial degradation of toxic chemicals in soil. Soil Biol. Biochem. 28: 907-915. [abstract] Brooks, P.D., M.W. Williams and S.K. Schmidt. 1996. Microbial activity under alpine snowpacks. Biogeochemistry 32: 93-113 [abstract] Fisk, M.C. and S.K. Schmidt 1995. Nitrogen mineralization and microbial biomass N dynamics in three alpine tundra communities. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 59: 1036-1043. [abstract] Schmidt, S.K., G.M. Colores, T.F. Hess and P.M. Radehaus. 1995. A simple method for quantifying activity and survival of microorganisms involved in bioremediation processes Appl. Biochem. Biotechnol. 54: 259-270. [abstract] Brooks, P.D., M.W. Williams, D.A. Walker and S.K. Schmidt. 1995. The Niwot Ridge snow fence experiment: biogeochemical responses to changes in the seasonal snowpack. pp. 293-302. In Biogeochemistry in seasonally covered catchments, (K.A. Tonnessen, M.W. Williams and M. Tranter, eds.) IAHS Publications. [abstract] Hess, T.F. and S.K. Schmidt. 1995. Improved procedure for obtaining statistically valid parameter estimates from soil respiration data. Soil Biol. Biochem. 27: 1-7. [abstract] Brooks, P.D., M.W. Williams and S.K. Schmidt. 1995. Snowpack controls on soil nitrogen dynamics in the Colorado alpine. pp. 283-292. IN Biogeochemistry in seasonally covered catchments, (K.A. Tonnessen, M.W. Williams and M. Tranter, eds.) IAHS Publications. [abstract] Colores, G.M., P.M. Radehaus and S.K. Schmidt. 1995. Use of a pentachlorophenol degrading bacterium to bioremediate heavily contaminated soil. Appl. Biochem. Biotechnol. 54: 271-275. [abstract] Neff, J.C., W.D. Bowman, E.A. Holland, M.C. Fisk and S.K. Schmidt. 1994. Fluxes of nitrous oxide and methane from nitrogen amended soils in the Colorado Alpine. Biogeochemistry 27: 23-33 [abstract] Brooks, P.D., S.K. Schmidt, D. Sommerfeld and R. Musselman. 1994. Distribution and abundance of microbial biomass in Rocky Mountain spring snowpacks. Proc. E. Snow Conference. 50: 301-306. Mullen, R.B. and S.K. Schmidt. 1993. Mycorrhizal infection, phosphorus uptake, and phenology in Ranunculus adoneus : Implications for the functioning of mycorrhizae in alpine systems. Oecologia 94: 229-234. [abstract]