
Spring sampling of the Tanana River |
Jeremy B.
Jones
Associate
Professor of Biology (Ecology)
Institute of Arctic Biology
Department of Biology and Wildlife
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Fairbanks, Alaska 99775
907-474-7972
907-474-6967 (fax)
ffjbj@uaf.edu
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RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Ecosystem ecology; organic matter
and nutrient dynamics in stream ecosystems; global change and CO2
evasion from aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems; microbial ecology of
streams.
My
research examines the consequences of spatial and temporal heterogeneity
(i.e., patchiness) on ecosystem functioning, microbial transformations of
carbon and nitrogen, and organic matter dynamics in stream ecosystems.
This research addresses questions at a range of spatial scales, from
microbial interactions to global warming. A central theme to my research
has been the role of hydrology in stream ecosystems, both surface and
subsurface, in linking ecosystem patches and governing microbial
processes. My approach incorporates experimental testing of explicit
hypotheses and descriptive study. Current research in my laboratory
examines nitrogen and carbon cycling in streams and watersheds, CO2
evasion from watersheds to the atmosphere, and the role of ants in soil
development and nitrogen cycling in arid land soils. |