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Lindsey Rustad
Title: Team Leader / Research Ecologist
Unit: Center for Research on Ecosystem Change
Previous Unit: Ecological processes: A basis for managing forests and protecting water quality in New England
Address: Northern Research Station
271 Mast Road
Durham, NH 03824
Phone: 603 -868-7406
E-mail: Contact Lindsey Rustad
Education
- 1988 - Ph.D. University of Maine - Plant Science
- 1983 - M.F.S. Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies - Forest Science
- 1980 - B.A. Cornell University - Philosophy
Civic & Professional Affiliations
- Soil Science Society of America
- Ecological Society of America
Current Research
Overarching research interests: Effects of anthropogenic disturbances on forested ecosystems of Northeastern North America, with an emphasis on acidic deposition and climate change.
Examples:
- NE Forests 2100: The effects of climate change on forest ecosystems of the northeastern United States and Eastern Canada.
- A cross site study of fine root response to experimentally elevated N deposition.
- Understanding the impacts of ice storms on forest ecosystems of the northeastern United States and Eastern Canada. (pilot stage)
- Decadal-scale effects of experimental N additions on biogeochemical processes at the Bear Brook Watershed in Maine.
Why is This Important
An overwhelming scientific consensus exists that 20th century human activities have induced dramatic and unprecedented changes in the earth's chemical and physical environment. As such, the response of terrestrial ecosystems to this global phenomenon has been the subject of intense scientific scrutiny over the past several decades. Although much has been learned about terrestrial ecosystem response to these perturbations (e.g. climate change, acidic deposition), urgent and immediate needs remain to continue to build a sound scientific basis for regional, national and international policies regulating such things as carbon sequestration, greenhouse gas emissions, and atmospheric deposition of nitrogen, sulfur, and mercury. In order to meet these complex needs in a timely fashion, a growing consensus exists within the scientific community that it will be necessary to better integrate observational, experimental, and modeling techniques into a unified multidisciplinary approach to understanding ecosystem response to global change.
Future Research
- Continued synthesis of existing data and efforts to increase communication and collaboration amongst regional, national and international global change scientists.
- Evaluation of the effects of ice storms on forests of the northeastern United States.
- Evaluation of the single and interactive effects of chronic N additions and drought on fine root dynamics in northern forest ecosystems.
Featured Publications
- Pardo, L.H.; Templer, P.H.; Goodale, C.L.; Duke, S.; Groffman, P.M.; Adams, M.B.; Boeckx, P.; Boggs, J.; Campbell, J.; Colman, B.; Compton, J.; Emmett, B.; Gundersen, P.; Kjonaas, J.; Lovett, G.; Mack, M.; Magill, A.; Mbila, M.; Mitchell, M.J.; McGee, G.; McNulty, S.; Nadelhoffer, K.; Ollinger, S.; Ross, D.; Rueth, H.; Rustad, L.; Schaberg, P.; Schiff, S.; Schleppi, P.; Spoelstra, J.; Wessel, W. 2006. Regional assessment of N saturation using foliar and root δ15N
- Elvir, Jose Alexander; Rustad, Lindsey; Wiersma, G. Bruce; Fernandez, Ivan; White, Alan S.; White, Gregory J. 2005. Eleven-year response of foliar chemistry to chronic nitrogen and sulfur additions at the Bear Brook Watershed in Maine
- Fernandez, Ivan J.; Rustad, Lindsey E.; Norton, Stephen A.; Wiersma, G. Bruce; Kahl, J. Stephen. 2005. The Bear Brook Watershed in Maine ? Decadal Responses to Whole Forest Ecosystem Manipulations
- Jefts, Sultana; Fernandez, Ivan J.; Rustad, Lindwey E.; Dail, D. Bryan. 2004. Decadal responses in soil N dynamics at the Bear Brook Watershed in Maine, USA
- Fernandez, Ivan J.; Rustad, Lindsey E.; Norton, Stephen A.; Kahl, Jeffrey S.; Cosby, Bernard J. 2003. Experimental Acidification Causes Soil Base-Cation Depletion at the Bear Brook Watershed in Maine
Additional Online Publications
- Rustad, L.E.; Campbell, J.L.; Marion, G.M.; Norby, R.J.; Mitchell, M.J.; Hartley, A.E.; Cornelissen, J.H.C.; Gurevitch, J. 2001. A meta-analysis of the response of soil respiration, net nitrogen mineralization, and aboveground plant growth to experimental ecosystem warming
Last Modified: 08/19/2009