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Current Research at the Mountain Research Station
| Researcher | Institution | Research Topic |
| Aaron Roberts | University of North Texas | EcoPhysiology of Carotenoids in Alpine Plankton |
| Anne Henry | University of Colorado | Nitrogen concentration in lichens as a proxy for N deposition |
| Anya Byers | University of Colorado | Ecohydrology of Lodgepole Pine Forests: Connecting Transpiration to Subsurface Flow Paths and Storage within a Subalpine Catchment |
| Bill Bowman | University of Colorado | Anthropogenic N deposition effects on alpine ecosystems |
| Bill Morris/ Dan Doak | Duke University/ Univ of Wyoming | Comparative demography of arctic/alpine plants |
| Robert S. Anderson | University of Colorado | CZO: Boulder Creek Critical Zone Observatory--Weathered Profile Development in a Rocky Environment and Its Influence on Watershed Hydrology and Biogeochemistry |
| Brent Helliker | University of Pennsylvania | Taking the temperature of a tree: novel insights on tree-leaf temperature via the oxygen isotope ratio of tree rings |
| Brett Woods | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | Life History Traits of High Elevation Marmots |
| Cesar Nufio | University of Colorado | Grasshoppers & Plants in the sub-alpine |
| Chris Ray | University of Colorado | Physiological, behavioral and demographic response of the American pika (Ochotona princeps) to variations in climate and microclimate |
| Clara Chew | University of Colorado | Development of GPS as a snow and soil moisture sensor |
| Courtney Naff | University of Colorado | Unraveling the diverse community of microbial organisms associated with Red Snow |
| Danielle Perrot | University of Colorado | Quantifying the combined effects of forest litter and aeolian dust deposition on snow surface albedo |
| David Bowling | University of Utah | Long-Term Assessment of Isotopic Exchange of Carbon Dioxide in a Subalpine Forest (Niwot Ridge AmeriFlux site) |
| David P. Dethier | Williams College | Geomorphology of the Front Range critical zone using a variety of techniques, including ground- penetrating radar (GPR) and shallow seismic refraction (SSR) |
| Dean E. Anderson | U.S. Geological Survey | Carbon dioxide, water vapor, and heat exchanges above and within a subalpine forest |
| Diane McKnight/ Deena Garland | University of Colorado | Effects of Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition on Phytoplankton Dynamics in an Alpine Lake |
| Diana Oliveras / Carol Kearns | University of Colorado | Boulder County Bumblebees: Population monitoring and conservation genetics |
| Diane Ebert-May | Michigan State University | Niwot Ridge: 40-year plant community sample |
| Katharine Suding | University of California Berkeley | Mechanisms and effects of shrub invasion in the alpine tundra |
| Erik Rissler | NEON | Domain 13 Core Site |
| Eve Gasarch | University of Colorado | Controls on Alpine Plant Communities |
| Hope Humphries | University of Colorado | Land Cover Map of Niwot Ridge and Green Lakes Valley |
| Jeremy Smith | University of Colorado | Climate Effects on Subalpine Tree Mortality |
| Jessica J. King | University of Colorado | Multiscale nonlinear domain decomposition method for modeling the impact of climate change on groundwater resources |
| John Knowles | University of Colorado | Spatio-temporal Patterns of Soil Respiration and Age of Respired Carbon from High-Elevation Alpine Tundra |
| John Lovell | Colorado State University | Local adaptation in Boechera |
| Lara Kueppers | University of California, Merced | Subalpine and alpine species range shifts with climatic change: temperature and soil moisture manipulations to test species and population responses |
| Leah Meromy | University of Colorado | Alpine and Sub-alpine Snowpack: Climate Warming Experiment |
| Mark W. Williams | University of Colorado | Hydrology and Biogeochemistry of Alpine Areas |
| Matthias Leopold | Technische Universität München | shallow subsurface observations (geophysics and geomorphology) |
| Michael G. Ryan and Brianna Miles | USDA - Forest Service | Impacts of Mountain Pine Beetle and Spruce Beetle on Forest Carbon and Water Balance |
| Michael S. Robeson | University of Colorado | Determining how the spatial scale of bdelloid rotifer communities are affected by biotic an abiotic factors |
| Morgan Zeliff | University of Colorado | Spatial and Temporal Investigations of Groundwater in an Alpine Watershed |
| Nicole Trahan | University of Colorado | Carbon cycling dynamics in response to pine beetle infection and climate variation |
| Nathan Rock | University of Colorado | Boulder Creek Critical Zone Observatory |
| Nel Caine | University of Colorado | Surface hydrologic studies of Green Lakes Valley |
| Paul D. Brooks | University of Arizona | Quantifying the Effects of Large-Scale Vegetation Change on Coupled Water, Carbon, and Nutrient Cycles: Beetle Kill in Western Montane Forests |
| Peter Blanken | University of Colorado | Carbon fluxes at the Niwot Ridge AmeriFlux site |
| Pieter Johnson | University of Colorado | Comparison of parasite prevalence of zooplankton in Sub-Alpine verses Alpine Lakes |
| Scott Ferrenberg/ Jeff Mitton | University of Colorado | Mountain pine beetle responses to climate change |
| Rory Cowie | University of Colorado | Isotopic variations of precipititation and snowmelt |
| Teresa B. Chapman | University of Colorado | Mountain pine beetle and fire influences on the regeneration of lodgepole pine in northern Colorado |
| Tiffany Duhl | National Center for Atmospheric Research | Mountain Pine Beetle effects on pine emissions of VOC |
Research: Climate Change
Climate change may have profound effects on mountain forests and alpine tundra, and the benefits they provide to surrounding communities such as water, recreation, and forage. Warming of 2-5 °C is expected in the Rocky Mountains over the next 50 years.
Since 2009, a warming experiment run on Niwot Ridge by the University of California, Merced has been experimentally determining what...
