Daryl L. Moorhead
Department of Earth, Ecology and Environmental
Sciences, University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio 43606-9987; Phone: 419-530-2017;
FAX: 419-530-4421; Email: dmoorhe@uoft02.utoledo.edu
EDUCATION:
Ph.D. Ecology (March 1985), University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
Dissertation title: Development and application of an upland boreal forest
succession model.
M.S. Biology (December 1981), Texas A&M
University, College Station. Thesis title: The effects of atrazine on the algal
communities of some laboratory streams.
B.S. Botany and with distinction in Zoology (Cum
Laude, June 1978), Ohio State University, Columbus. Honors thesis title:
Follicular development and ovulation frequency in white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus).
PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT:
2000-present Associate
Professor, Department of Earth, Ecology and Environmental Sciences,
University of Toledo
1999-2000 Associate
Professor, Department of Biology, University of Toledo
1994-1999 Associate
Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University
1990-1994 Assistant
Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University
1989-1990 Associate
Research Scientist, Systems Ecology Research Group, San Diego State
University
1986-1989 Assistant
Research Scientist, Systems Ecology Research Group, San Diego State
University
1984-1986 Postdoctoral
Fellow, Desert Research Group, New Mexico State University
PROFESSIONAL AND HONORARY
SOCIETIES. AWARDS:
Sigma Xi, Soil Ecology
Society of America, Ecological Society of America; Dean’s Merit Award
2000-2001, University of Toledo
UNIVERSITY CLASSES TAUGHT:
Human Ecology: Non-majors
environmental science
Environmental
Problems Laboratory: Non-majors science laboratory
Introductory Botany:
Non-majors, laboratory science
Introductory
Ecology: Biology majors core course requirement
Honors
Introductory Ecology: Biology majors core course requirement
Advanced
Ecology: Principles of ecology for graduate students
Foundations
of Ecology: Graduate course exploring conceptual milestones in ecology
Systems
Ecology: Graduate course in systems ecology
Graduate Seminar: Graduate
seminar in ecology
Graduate Special Topics:
Graduate advanced topics in ecology
GRADUATE STUDENTS DIRECTED
(17 total):
Ms. Özlen Konu Grantham (MS;
1992), Mr. Craig Wolf (MS; 1996), Mr. Max Westerfield (MS; 1996), Mr. Shane
Davis (MS; withdrew), Ms. Carla Gutherie (MS; 1999), Ms. Jamie Schmeling (MS;
2001), Ms. Laura Burnett (MS; 2000), Ms. Mandy Comes (MS; 2003), Mr. Tony Kufel
(MS; withdrew), Ms. Susan Tran (MS; 2004), Ms. Kerry McKenna (PhD; 2006), Mr.
Qinglin Li (PhD; 2006), Mr. Ryan Argo (MS; 2006), Mr. Tom Weicht (PhD; in
progress), Ms. Sarah Petree (MS; in progress), Mr. John Herman (PhD; in
progress), Ms. Erin Hammer (MS; in progress)
GRADUATE STUDENT COMMITTEES (32
total):
Joel Grise (MS), Yan Wu
(MS), John Carey (MS), Doris Anders (PhD), Gerardo Camilo (PhD), Qishui Zhang
(PhD), Javier Alvarez (PhD), Judy York (PhD), Dianne Hall (PhD), Brian Croyle
(MS), Richard Stephens (MS), Michelle Secrest (MS), Jennifer Jefferies (MS),
Steve Presley (PhD), Stephen Cox (PhD), Lynn Hamilton (PhD), Johanna Sholtis
(PhD), Chris Bloch (PhD), Kerry McKenna (MS), Julie Blakley (MS), Kelly Driscol
(MS), Kathleen Britton (MS), Marcy Gallo (MS), Rachael Amonetta (MS), Roberta
Veluci (MS), Siyan Ma (PhD), Brian Darby (MS), Jacob LaCroix (Phd), Amy
Concilio (MS), Melanie McLaughlin (MS), Matt Neilson (PhD), Josh Brown (PhD),
Nan Lu (PhD)
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT
RESEARCH (14 total):
Sunil Ganjoo (1990), Pamela
Yeh (Clark Scholar 1992), Anthony Boucher (1993), Lottie Lynd (1993), Ryan
Butler (1994), Richard Pannel (1995), Casey Norris (1995), Kara Endlich (1996),
Sarah Dunkle (1996), Mary Roberson (1996-1997), James Furgeson (1996-1997),
Sara Dukie (2001), Lori Stasnak (200-2001), Josh Morris (2002-2003)
REFEREED PUBLICATIONS (70
total):
Harder, J. D. and D. L. Moorhead. 1980. Development of corpora lutea
and plasma progesterone levels associated with the onset of the breeding season
in white-tailed deer (Odocoileus
virginianus). Biology of Reproduction 22:185-91.
Moorhead, D. L. and R. J. Kosinski. 1986. The effect of atrazine on the productivity of artificial stream
algal communities. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
37:330-336.
Moorhead, D. L., J. F. Reynolds and W. G. Whitford. 1986. A conceptual
model for primary productivity, decomposition and nitrogen cycling in the
Chihuahuan creosotebush desert. Tree Physiology 2:215-222.
Moorhead, D. L., D. W. Freckman, J. F. Reynolds and W. G. Whitford.
1987. A simulation model of a bacterial feeding nematode (Acrobeloides sp.) population dynamics. Pedobiologia 30:361-372.
Moorhead, D. L., F. M. Fisher and W. G. Whitford. 1988. Kangaroo rat
mounds form nitrogen rich patches in Chihuahuan desert ecosystems. American
Midland Naturalist 120:443-447.
Moorhead, D. L., and J. F. Reynolds. 1989. Mechanisms of surface litter
decomposition in the northern Chihuahuan desert: A reinterpretation. Journal of
Arid Environments 16:157-163.
Moorhead, D. L. and J. F. Reynolds. 1989. The contribution of abiotic
processes to buried litter decomposition in the northern Chihuahuan desert.
Oecologia 79:133-135.
Moorhead, D. L., J. F. Reynolds and P. J. Fonteyn. 1989. Patterns of
stratified soil water loss in a Chihuahuan Desert community. Soil Science
148:244-249.
Moorhead, D. L. and J. F. Reynolds. 1991. A general model of litter
decomposition in the northern Chihuahuan Desert. Ecological Modelling
59:197-219.
Moorhead, D. L. and J. F. Reynolds. 1992. Modeling the contributions of
decomposer fungi in nutrient cycling. Chapter 35. pp. 691-714 In G. C. Carroll and D. T. Wicklow (eds)
The fungal community: Its organization and role in the ecosystem. Marcel
Dekker.
Moorhead, D. L., C. A. Kroehler, A. E. Linkins and J. F. Reynolds.
1993. Dynamics of extracellular phosphatase activities in Eriophorum vaginatum tussocks. Arctic and Alpine Research 25:50-55.
Moorhead, D. L. and J. F. Reynolds. 1993. Changing carbon chemistry
during decomposition of creosotebush fine litter in the northern Chihuahuan
Desert. American Midland Naturalist 130:83-89.
Moorhead, D. L. and J. F. Reynolds. 1993. Effects of climate change on
decomposition in arctic tussock tundra: A modeling synthesis. Arctic and Alpine
Research 25:403-412.
Grantham, Ö. K., D. L. Moorhead and M. R. Willig. 1993. Feeding
preferences of Marisa cornuarietis:
Phytochemistry as a determinant of diet choice. Journal of the North American
Benthological Society 12:431-437
Moorhead, D. L. and T. R. Callaghan. 1994. Potential effects of
increasing UV-B radiation on litter decay and site fertility. Biology and
Fertility of Soil 18:19-26.
Sinsabaugh, R. L. and D. L. Moorhead. 1994. Resource allocation to
extracellular enzyme production: A model for nitrogen and phosphorus control of
litter decomposition. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 26:1305-1311.
Zak, J. C., M. R. Willig, D. L. Moorhead and H. G. Wildman. 1994.
Functional diversity of microbial communities: A quantitative approach. Soil
Biology and Biochemistry 26:1101-1108.
Sinsabaugh, R. L., D. L. Moorhead and A. E. Linkins. 1994. The enzymic
basis of plant litter decomposition: Mechanisms underlying an ecological
process. Applied Soil Ecology 1:97-111.
Moorhead, D. L. and R. A. Wharton, Jr. 1994. Primary production model
of benthic microbial mats in Lake Hoare, Antarctica. Antarctic Journal
29:241-243.
Grantham, Ö. K, D. L. Moorhead and M. R. Willig. 1995. Foraging
strategy of the giant rams-horn snail, Marisa
cornuarietis: An interpretive model. Oikos 72:333-342.
Moorhead, D. L., R. L. Sinsabaugh, A. E. Linkins and J. F. Reynolds.
1996. Decomposition processes: Modelling approaches and applications. Science
of the Total Environment. 183:137-149
Moorhead, D. L. and J. F. Reynolds. 1996. Modeling decomposition in
arctic ecosystems. Chapter 16. pp. 347-367. In
J. F. Reynolds and J. D. Tenhunen (eds) Landscape function: Implications for
ecosystem response to disturbance, A case study in arctic tundra.
Springer-Verlag, Ecological Studies Series Vol. 120.
Reynolds J., J. Tenhunen, P. Leadley, H. Li, D. Moorhead, B. Ostendorf
and F. S. Chapin, III. 1996. Patch and landscape models of arctic tundra:
Potentials and limitations. Chapter 14. pp. 293-324. In J. F. Reynolds and J. D. Tenhunen (eds) Landscape function:
Implications for ecosystem response to disturbance, A case study in arctic
tundra. Springer-Verlag, Ecological Studies Series Vol. 120.
Reynolds, J. F., P. R. Kemp, B. Acock, J.-L. Chen and D. L. Moorhead.
1996. Limitations and uncertainties in modeling the effects of elevated CO2
on plants and ecosystems. Chapter 19. pp. 347-380. In G. W. Koch and H. Mooney (eds) Terrestrial ecosystem response to
elevated CO2. Academic Press. Physiological Ecology Series.
Hall, D. L., D. L. Wood, D. L. Moorhead, and R. W. Sites. 1996. The
efficiency of combining flotation and staining techniques when sorting benthic
invertebrates. Entomological News
107:33-35.
Moorhead, D. L., A. E. Linkins and K. R. Everett. 1996. Road dust
alters extracellular enzyme activities in tussock tundra soils, Alaska, USA.
Arctic and Alpine Research 28:346-351.
Willig, M. R., D. L. Moorhead, S. B. Cox and J. C. Zak. 1996.
Functional diversity of soil bacterial communities in the tabonuco forest: The
interaction of anthropogenic and natural disturbance. Biotropica
28(4a):471-483.
Sinsabaugh, R. L. and D. L. Moorhead. 1996. Synthesis of litter quality
and enzymic approaches to decomposition modelling. Chapter 27. pp. 363-375. In G. Cadisch and K. Giller (eds) Driven
by Nature: Plant litter quality and decomposition. CAB International.
Moorhead, D. L., D. McKnight and C. Tate. 1996. McMurdo Dry Valleys
LTER: Stream discharge as a function of ambient temperature and incoming
shortwave radiation in Taylor Valley, Antarctica. Antarctic Journal of the US.
31:196-197.
Moorhead, D. L. and A. E. Linkins. 1997. Elevated CO2 alters
belowground exoenzyme activities in tussock tundra. Plant and Soil 189:321-329.
Moorhead, D. L., W. S. Davis and R. A. Wharton. 1997. Carbon dynamics
of aquatic microbial mats in the Antarctic dry valleys: A modelling synthesis.
pp. 181-196 IN W. B. Lyons, C. Howard-Williams and I. Hawes (editors) Ecosystem
Processes in Antarctic Ice-free Landscapes. A. A. Balkema, Brookfield, VT. 281
pp.
Moorhead, D. L., C. F. Wolf and R. A. Wharton. 1997. Impact of light
regimes on productivity patterns of benthic microbial mats in an Antarctic
lake: A modelling study. Limnology and Oceanography 42:83-91
Moorhead, D. L., D. McKnight and C. Tate. 1998. Modeling nitrogen
transformations in Antarctic streams. American Geophysical Union. American
Geophysical Union. Antarctic Research Series. 72:141-151.
Lyons, W. B., K. A. Welch, K. Neumann, J. K. Toxey, R. McArthur, C.
Williams, D. McKnight and D. Moorhead. 1998. Geochemical linkages among
glaciers, streams and lakes within the Taylor Valley, Antarctica. American
Geophysical Union. Antarctic Research Series. 72:77-92
Moorhead, D. L. and J. C. Priscu. 1998. Linkages among ecosystem
components within the McMurdo Dry Valleys: A synthesis. American Geophysical
Union. Antarctic Research Series. 72:351-363.
Moorhead, D. L., W. S. Davis and C. F. Wolf. 1998. Coliform densities
in urban playas of West Texas. Journal of Environmental Health. 60:14-18.
Moorhead, D. L., M. Westerfield and J. C. Zak. 1998. Plants retard
litter decay in a nutrient-limited soil: A case of exploitative competition?
Oecologia 4:530-536
Moorhead, D. L., D. L. Hall and M. R. Willig. 1998. Succession of
macroinvertebrates in playas of the Southern High Plains, USA. Journal of the
North American Benthological Society 17:430-442.
Wolf, C. F., D. L. Moorhead and M. R. Willig. 1999. Urban playas of the
Southern High Plains: The Influence of water quality on macroinvertebrate
diversity and community structure. pp. 667-689. in D. P. Batzer, R. B. Rader
and S. A. Wissinger (eds) Invertebrates in freshwater wetlands of North
America: Ecology and management. John Wiley & Sons, NY.
Hall, D. L., R. W. Sites, E. B. Fish, T. R. Mollhagen, D. L. Moorhead,
and M. R. Willig. 1999. Playas of the Southern High Plains: Their
macroinvertebrate fauna. pp. 635-665. in D. P. Batzer, R. B. Rader and S. A.
Wissinger (eds) Invertebrates in freshwater wetlands of North America: Ecology
and management. John Wiley & Sons, NY.
Roberson, M., and D. L. Moorhead. 1999. Consumption of three garden
plants in West Texas by Helix aspersa. Southwestern Naturalist 44:90-93.
Roberson, M., and D. L. Moorhead. 1999. Growth patterns and
morphological features of juvenile Helix aspersa from West Texas. Southwestern
Naturalist 44:93-96.
Moorhead, D. L., B. Currie, E. Rastetter, W. Parton and M. Harmon.
1999. Climate and litter quality controls on decomposition: An analysis of
modeling approaches. Global Biogeochemical Cycles13:575-589.
Moorhead, D. L., P. T. Doran, A. G. Fountain, W. B. Lyons, D. M.
McKnight, J. C. Priscu, R. A. Virginia and D. H. Wall. 1999. Ecological
legacies: Impacts on ecosystems of the McMurdo Dry Valleys. BioScience
49:1009-1019.
Fountain, A.G., W. B. Lyons, M. B. Burkins, G. L.
Dana, P. T. Doran, K. J. Lewis, D. M. McKnight, D. L. Moorhead, A. N. Parsons,
J. C. Priscu, D.H. Wall, R.A. Wharton Jr., and R. A. Virginia. 1999. Physical
controls on the Taylor Valley Ecosystem, Antarctica. Bioscience 49:961-971
Moorhead, D. L., and R. L. Sinsabaugh. 2000. Simulated patterns of
litter decay predict patterns of extracellular enzyme activities. Applied Soil
Ecology 14:71-79
Hawes, I., D. Moorhead, D. Sutherland, J. Schmeling
and A-M. Schwarz. 2001. Benthic primary production in two perennially
ice-covered Antarctic lakes: comparisons of annual accumulation predicted from
photosynthesis models with estimates from internal growth markers. Antarctic
Science 13:18-27
Lyons, W. B., K. A. Welch, J. C. Priscu, J.
Laborn-Parry, D. Moorhead and D. M. McKnight. 2001. The McMurdo Dry Valleys
long-Term Ecological Research program: New understanding of the biogeochemistry
of the dry valley lakes: A review. Polar Geography 25:202-217
Moorhead, D. L. D. W. Wall, R. A. Virginia and A. N.
Parsons. 2002. Distribution and life cycle of Scottnema lindsayae (Nematoda) in
Antarctic soils: A modeling analysis of temperature responses. Polar Biology
25: 118-125
Doran, P. T., J. C. Priscu,
W. B. Lyons, D. M. McKnight, A. G. Fountain, R. A. Virginia, D. H. Wall, A. N.
Parsons, C. P. McKay, G. D. Clow, D. Moorhead and C. H.Fritzen. 2002. Recent
climate cooling and ecosystem response in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica.
Nature 415:517-520
Walsh, J. E., P. T. Doran,
J. C. Priscu, W. B. Lyons, A. G. fountain, D. M. McKnight, D. L. Moorhead, R.
A. Virginia, D. H. Wall, G. D. Clow, C. H. Fritsen, C. P. Mckay and A. N.
Parsons. 2002. Recent Temperature Trends in the Antarctic. Nature 418:291-292.
Moorhead, D. L., J. E. Barrett, R. A. Virginia, D. W. Wall
and D. Porazinska. 2003. Organic matter and soil biota of upland wetlands in
Taylor Valley, Antarctica. Polar Biology. 26:567-576.
Hall, D. L., M. R. Willig,
D. L. Moorhead, R. W. Sites, E. B. Fish and T. R. Mollhagen. 2004. Aquatic macroinvertebrate diversity in playa
wetlands: the role of landscape and island biogeographic characteristics.
Wetlands 24:77-91
Weicht, T. R.
and D. L. Moorhead. 2004. The impact of anhydrobiosis on the persistence of Scottnema lindsayae (Nematoda): a modeling analysis of population
stability thresholds. Polar Biology 27:507-512.
McKnight,
D.M., R. L. Runkel, C. M. Tate, J. H. Duff, and D.
L. Moorhead. 2004. Inorganic N and P dynamics of Antarctic glacial
meltwater streams as controlled by hyporheic exchange and benthic autotrophic
communities. JNABS 23:171–188.
Moorhead, D., J. Schmeling
and I. Hawes. 2005. Contributions of benthic microbial mats to net primary
production in Lake Hoare, Antarctica. Antarctic Science 17:33-45
Yee, S. H., M. R. Willig and
D. L. Moorhead. 2005. Tadpole shrimp structure macroinvertebrate communities in
playa lake microcosms. Hydrobiologia 541:139-148.
Concilio, A. S. Ma, Q. Li, J. LeMoine, J. Chen, M. North, D. Moorhead,
and R. Jensen. 2005. Soil respiration response to prescribed
burning and thinning in mixed-conifer and hardwood forests. Canadian
Journal of Forest Research 35(7): 1581-1591
Doran PT, Priscu JC, Lyons WB, et al. 2005. Comment on “El Nino
suppresses Antarctic warming” by N. Bertler et al. Geophysical Research Letters
32:7
McKenna, K., Moorhead, D. L., E. Roberts and J. Laybourn-Parry. 2006.
Simulating energy flow through a pelagic food web in Lake Fryxell, Antarctica.
Ecological Modelling 192:457-472.
Burnett, L. D. Moorhead, I. Hawes and C.
Howard-Williams. 2006. Environmental factors associated with deep chlorophyll
maxima in dry valley lakes, South Victoria Land, Antarctica. Arctic, Antarctic
and Alpine Research 38:179-189
Moorhead, D. L. and R. L. Sinsabaugh. 2006. A theoretical model of
litter decay and microbial interaction. Ecological Monographs 76:151-174
Choi, W. I., D. L. Moorhead and D. A. Neher.
2006. A modeling study of soil
temperature and moisture effects on population dynamics of Paronychiurus kimi
(Collembola: Onychiuridae). Biology and Fertility of Soils 43:69-75
Tran, S. L., and
D. L. Moorhead. 2006. A note on effective basking trap size. Herpetological
Review 37:307.
Doran P. T., J. C.
Priscu, W. B. Lyons, J. E. Walsh, A. G. Fountain, D. M.
McKnight, D. L. Moorhead, R. A. Virginia, D. H. Wall, G. D.
Clow, C. H. Fritsen, C. P. McKay, A. N. Parsons. 2005.
Comment on “El Nino suppresses Antarctic warming” by N. Bertler et al.
Geophysical Research Letters 32:7
Barrett, J. E.; Virginia, R.
A.; Hopkins, D. W.; Aislabie, J.; Bargagli, R.; Bockheim, J. G.; Campbell, I.
B.; Lyons, W. B.; Moorhead, D. L.; Nkem, J. N.; Sletten, R. S.; Steltzer, H.;
Wall, D. H.; Wallenstein, M. D. 2006. Terrestrial ecosystem processes of
Victoria Land, Antarctica. Soil Biology
& Biochemistry 38(10, Sp. Iss. SI). p.3019-3034
Moorhead, D. L. Mesoscale
dynamics of ephemeral wetlands in the Antarctic Dry Valleys: Implications to
production and distribution of organic matter. Ecosystems (in press)
Barrett, J.E., R.A. Virginia, W.B. Lyons, D.M.
McKnight, J.C. Priscu, P.T. Doran, A.G. Fountain, D.H. Wall and D.L. Moorhead.
2007. Stoichometric evolution of the Antarctic Dry Valley Ecosystems. Journal
of Biophysical Research. 112, G01010, doi:10.1029/2005JG000141.
Tran, S. L., D. L. Moorhead,
and K. C. McKenna. Habitat Selection by Native Turtles in a Lake Erie Wetland,
USA, American Midland Naturalist (in press)
Qinglin Li, Jiquan Chen,
Daryl L. Moorhead, DeForest Jared, Randy Jensen, and Rachel Henderson Effects
of timber harvest on carbon pools in Ozark forests. Canadian Journal of Forest
Research (in press)
MISCELLANEOUS PUBLICATIONS
(5 total):
West, D. C. and D. L. Moorhead. 1983. Forest succession models and
their application to problems of air pollution. pp. 105-119. In Air Pollution and the Productivity of
the Forest. Izaak Walton League of America. Washington, D. C. 344 pp.
Reynolds, J. F., D. Bachelet, P. Leadley and D. Moorhead. 1986.
Assessing the effects of elevated carbon dioxide on plants: Towards the
development of a generic plant growth model. U.S. Dept. Energy. Carbon Dioxide
Research Division. Washington D.C. Response of Vegetation to Carbon Dioxide
Series. No. 028. 210 pp.
Moorhead, D. L. 1987. Development and application of an upland boreal
forest succession model. Oak Ridge National Laboratory. ORNL/TM-9771. Oak
Ridge, Tennessee.
Reynolds, J. F., J. W. Skiles and D. L. Moorhead. 1987. Response of
vegetation to carbon dioxide: SERECO: A model for the simulation of ecosystem
response to elevated CO2. Parts I-III. U.S. Dept. Energy. Carbon
Dioxide Research Division. Washington D.C. Response of Vegetation to Carbon
Dioxide Series. No. 041. 127 pp.
Moorhead, D., T. Bridgeman and J. Morris. Changes in Water Quality of Maumee Bay 1928-2003. In M. Munawar and R. Heath (eds) Checking
The Pulse of Lake Erie. AEHMS-Ecovision World Monograph Series (in
press)
MANUSCRIPTS IN REVIEW (2
total):
Christoffersen, K. S., E.
Jeppesen, D. L. Moorhead, and L. J. Tranvik. Food web relationships and community structures in lakes. Chapter 15. In
W. Vincent and
J. Laybourn-Parry (eds). the Ecology of High Latitude Lakes. Polar Limnology Series. The Oxford
University Press
MANUSCRIPTS IN PREPARATION (5 total):
Moorhead, D. L.. A. Treonis, and T. Weicht.
Pulse-reserve dynamics of dry valley ecosystems; Continuity in a discontinuous
environment. Ecosystems
McKenna, K., Moorhead, D. L.,
Christian, R. and J. Laybourn-Parry. An ecological network analysis of pelagic
food webs near the limits to life. Ecology
Moorhead,
D. L., T. Bridgeman and T. Bollin. Spatial-temporal patterns in water quality
of Maumee Bay 1974-1999: New data and new methods. Journal of Great Lakes
Researc
Herman, J., and D. L. Moorhead Tribolium: Disturbance-mediated competitive indeterminacy. Nature
McKenna, K., Moorhead, D.
L., E. M. Bell, W. A. Marshall and J. Laybourn-Parry. Carbon dynamics in the
pelagic food web of Ace Lake, Antarctica: Top-down versus bottom-up controls.
Ecological Modelling
PRESENTED PAPERS (91 total):
Harder, J. D. and D. L. Moorhead. 1979. Multiple luteal cycles,
progesterone levels and onset of breeding in Odocoileus virginianus. Society of Mammalogists annual meeting.
Oregon State University. June 17-21.
Moorhead, D. L. and R. J. Kosinski. 1981. The effects of the herbicide
atrazine on the community metabolism of laboratory streams. Texas Academy of
Science annual meeting. University of Texas. March 19-21.
Reynolds, J. F., D. L. Moorhead and W. G. Whitford. 1985. A conceptual
model for primary productivity, decomposition and nitrogen cycling in the
Chihuahuan creosotebush desert. IUFRO Symposium. Knoxville, Tennessee.
November.
Moorhead, D. L., D. W. Freckman, J. F. Reynolds and W. G. Whitford.
1986. A model of soil nematode population dynamics and energetics. ESA annual meeting. State University of New
York-Syracuse. August 10-17.
Moorhead, D. L., D. Bachelet and J. F. Reynolds. 1986. A simulation
model of soil moisture and temperature regimes in a Chihuahuan desert
ecosystem. ASA-CSA-SSSA annual meeting.
New Orleans. November 30-December 7.
Bachelet, D., J. F. Reynolds and D. L. Moorhead. 1986. Water and
nutrient-dependent phenological model for arid system vegetation types. Soil
Science Society Conference. New Orleans. November 30-December 7.
Moorhead, D. L., J. F. Reynolds and W. G. Whitford. 1987. A general
model of soil microarthropod population dynamics in the northern Chihuahuan
desert: Effects of moisture and temperature. Pacific Division of the AAAS
annual meeting. San Diego. June 14-18.
Moorhead, D. L., J. F. Reynolds and W. G. Whitford. 1987. A process
model of decomposition and nitrogen mineralization in a northern Chihuahuan desert
ecosystem. ESA annual meeting. Minneapolis. August 10-15.
Moorhead, D. L. and J. F. Reynolds. 1988. A generic model of soil
nematode and microarthropod population dynamics. ESA annual meeting. Ohio State
University, Columbus. August 14-18.
Moorhead, D. L. and J. F. Reynolds. 1988. Modeling freeze-thaw dynamics
of an arctic tundra soil system. ASA-CSSA-SSSA annual meeting. Anaheim.
November 27-December 2.
Moorhead, D. L., J. F. Reynolds and A. W. Linkins. 1989. A model of
decomposition processes in a cold-dominated, acid tundra ecosystem. ESA annual
meeting. University of California-Davis. August 6-10.
Moorhead, D. L., J. F. Reynolds, J. D. Tenhunen and N. S. Urquhart.
1989. The general arctic simulator: A tool for examining disturbance effects on
arctic landscapes. AAAS Arctic Science Conference. University of
Alaska-Fairbanks. September 14-16.
Moorhead, D. L. 1991. Strategies for modeling playa systems.
Southwestern and Rocky Mountain Region of AAAS. Texas Tech University. May
15-17.
Zak, J., D. Anders, D. Moorhead and R. Sinsabaugh. 1991.
Interrelationships between fungal community dynamics and activity during wood
decomposition in deserts. Mycological Society of America meeting. San Antonio.
August 4-9.
Moorhead, D., C. Kroehler, A. E. Linkins and J. F. Reynolds. 1991.
Temporal dynamics of acid phosphatase in Eriophorum
vaginatum tussocks. ESA annual meeting. San Antonio. Aug 4-9.
Moorhead, D. L. 1992. Changes in the carbon chemistry of creosotebush
litter during decomposition. SW American Naturalists meeting. Junction, Texas.
April 9-11.
Konu, Ö, and D. L. Moorhead. 1992. An energy allocation model for Marisa cornuarietis. SW American
Naturalists meeting. Junction, Texas. April 9-11.
Wolf, C., and D. L. Moorhead. 1992. Modelling phosphorus dynamics for
trophic state indices. SW American Naturalists meeting. Junction, Texas. April
9-11.
York, J. D., D. L. Moorhead, M. R. Willig and R. W. Sites. 1992. A
general model of disturbance effects on naucorid populations in the South Llano
River. SW American Naturalists meeting. Junction, Texas. April 9-11.
Moorhead, D. L. 1992. Effects of increased UV radiation on aquatic and
terrestrial ecosystems: Decomposition and Nutrient Cycling. Scientific
Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE) workshop. Corisa-Tramariglio,
Sardinia. 28 September-3 October.
Moorhead, D. L. 1993. Potential effects of increased UV radiation on
litter decay and site fertility. SW-ASA meeting. Tulsa, OK. Feburary 2-3.
Moorhead, D. L. 1993. Litter decay in the desert: Same processes, different
emphases. Jornada Desert Research Symposium. Las Cruces, NM. May 19-20.
Moorhead, D. L. and J. Zak. 1993. Time after time: Linking spatial and
temporal patterns. Jornada Desert Research Symposium. Las Cruces, NM. May
19-20.
Moorhead, D. L. and J. F. Reynolds. 1993. Effects of climate change on
decomposition in arctic tussock tundra: A modeling synthesis. ESA annual
meeting. Madison, Wisconsin. July 31- August 4.
Moorhead, D. L. and R. A. Wharton. 1993. Algal mat production in an
antarctic lake: Results of a preliminary model. LTER all scientists meeting and
international summit. Estes Park, Colorado. September 18-24.
Moorhead, D. L., R. L. Sinsabaugh, A. E. Linkins and J. F. Reynolds.
1994. Decomposition processes: Modelling approaches and applications. NATO
Advanced Research Workshop. Ecosystem modeling: Delineating the possible from
the impossible. Bischofsgrün, Germany. February 20-25.
Moorhead, D. L., R. L. Sinsabaugh, A. E. Linkins and J. F. Reynolds.
1994. Effects of global changes on belowground nutrient cycling: A conceptual
and modelling synthesis. SW American Naturalists meeting. Emporia, Kansas.
April 21-24
Grantham, Ö. K., D. L. Moorhead and M. R. Willig. Foraging Strategy of
the Giant Rams-Horn Snail, Marisa
cornuarietis: An Interpretive Model. SW American Naturalists meeting.
Emporia, Kansas. April 21-24.
Willig, M. R., J. C. Zak and D. L. Moorhead. Functional diversity of
soil microbiota in the Chihuahuan Desert. SW American Naturalists meeting.
Emporia, Kansas. April 21-24.
Sinsabaugh, R. L., M. C. Carreiro and D. L. Moorhead. 1994. An enzymic
resource allocation model for nitrogen and phosphorus control of litter
decomposition. ESA meeting. Knoxville, Tennessee. August.
Reynolds, R. F., P. R. Kemp and D. L. Moorhead. 1994. Response of
semiarid-arid transition zones to elevated CO2 and climate change.
VI International Congress of Ecology. Manchester, England. August 20-26.
Kemp, P. R., J. F. Reynolds and D. L. Moorhead. 1994. Predicting
grassland responses to historic and future climate change and elevated CO2.
VI International Congress of Ecology. Manchester, England. August 20-26.
Moorhead, D. L., A. E. Linkins and J. F. Reynolds. 1994. Elevated CO2
Alters Belowground Nutrient Dynamics in Tussock Tundra. VI International
Congress of Ecology. Manchester, England. August 20-26.
Moorhead, D. L., and M. Westerfield. 1995. Prairie grasses retard
litter decay in nutrient-poor soils. Driven by Nature: Plant litter quality and
decomposition. Wye, England. September 17-20.
Cox, S. B., M. R. Willig, D. L. Moorhead and S. Harrell. 1995.
Functional diversity of aquatic bacterial in playa lakes: Physical, chemical,
biological and biocidal correlates. ESA annual meeting. Snowbird, Utah. July
30-August 3.
Hall, D. L., M. R. Willig, R. W. Sites, D. L. Moorhead, T. R. Mollhagen
and E. B. Fish. 1995. Patterns in the structure of benthic macroinvertebrate
assemblages of playa lakes: Landscape and island biogeographic perspectives.
ESA annual meeting. Snowbird, Utah. July 30-August 3.
Willig, M. R., D. L. Hall, D. L. Moorhead, T. R. Mollhagen and E. B.
Fish. 1995. Variation in water quality among playa lakes: A multivariate
approach and landscape perspective. ESA annual meeting. Snowbird, Utah. July
30-August 3.
Harrell, S. M., M. R. Willig, D. L. Moorhead and S. B. Cox. 1995.
Functional diversity of aquatic bacteria in playa lakes: Landscape patterns.
ESA annual meeting. Snowbird, Utah. July 30-August 3.
Wolf, C. F. and D. L. Moorhead. 1996. Macroinvertebrate species
diversity and community composition in urban playas of Lubbock, Texas. SW
American Naturalists meeting. MacAllen, Texas. April 18-20.
Davis, W. S., D. L. Moorhead and C. F. Wolf. 1996. Factors regulating
coliforms in urban impoundments. SW American Naturalists meeting. MacAllen,
Texas. April 18-20.
Pannell, R., D. L. Moorhead and M. Roberson. 1996. Diet preferences of
the giant rams horn snail. SW American Naturalists meeting. MacAllen, Texas.
April 18-20.
Roberson, M. and D. L. Moorhead. 1996. Consumption of three plant
species by the common garden snail. SW American Naturalists meeting. MacAllen,
Texas. April 18-20.
Moorhead, D. L. 1996. Exploitative competition between plants and
decomposers in a nutrient-limited soil. SW American Naturalists meeting.
MacAllen, Texas. April 18-20.
Harrell, S. M., M. R. Willig, S. B. Cox and D. L. Moorhead. 1996. Functional diversity of aquatic bacteria in
playa lakes: Spatial organization and landscape characteristics. SW American
Naturalists meeting. MacAllen, Texas. April 18-20.
Hall, D. L., M. R. Willig, R. W. Sites, D. L. Moorhead, T. R. Mollhagen
and E. B. Fish. 1996. Macroinvertebrate associations of playa lakes: Landscape
and island biogeographic influences. SW American Naturalists meeting. MacAllen,
Texas. April 18-20.
Hall, D. L., M. R. Willig, R. W. Sites, D. L. Moorhead, T. R. Mollhagen
and E. B. Fish. 1996. Macroinvertebrate assemblages of playa lakes: Landscape
and island biogeographic influences. NABS annual meeting. Kallispell, Montana
(scheduled)
Cox, S. B., M. R. Willig, D. M. Moorhead and J. C. Zak. 1996.
Functional diversity of soil bacterial communities in the tabonuco forest: the
interaction of anthropogenic and natural disturbance. ESA annual meeting. Rhode
Island, August
Willig, M. R., S. B. Cox, D. L. Moorhead and J. C. Zak. 1996.
Functional characteristics of bacterial communities in the tabonuco forest of
Puerto Rico: the role of antrhopogenic and natural disturbance. ESA annual
meeting. Rhode Island, August
Harrell, S. M., M. R. Willig, S. B. Cox and D. L. Moorhead. 1996.
Spatial organization of functional diversity of aquatic bacteria: a landscape
perspective. ESA annual meeting. Rhode Island, August
Moorhead, D. L., D. McKnight and C. Tate. 1997. A model of nitrogen
uptake by microbial mats in an antarctic stream. ASLO annual meeting. Santa Fe,
NM
Guthrie, C. G. and D. L. Moorhead. 1998. A modeling analysis of habitat
selection between interspecific competitors exhibiting distinct preferences.
SWAN annual meeting. Albuquerque, NM, April
9-11
Moorhead, D. L. and C. G. Guthrie. 1998. Evaluating fitness for
competing species based on a model of density-dependent habitat selection. SWAN
annual meeting. Albuquerque, NM, April 9-11
Guthrie, C. G. and D. L. Moorhead. 1998. Centrifugal community
organization: A modeling analysis of density-dependent hyabitat selection
between interspecific competitors. Evolution Society annual meeting. Vancouver,
BC, June 20-23
Moorhead, D. L. and C. G. Guthrie. 1998. Centrifugal
community organization: Quantifying fitness for two competing species.
Evolution Society annual meeting. Vancouver, BC, June 20-23
Guthrie, C. G. and D. L. Moorhead. 1998. A modeling analysis of habitat
selection between interspecific competitors exhibiting shared preferences.
Ecology Society annual meeting. Baltimore, MD, August 2-6
Moorhead, D. L. and C. G. Guthrie. 1998. Relationship between habitat
preference and fitness for two competing species exhibiting shared preferences.
Ecology Society annual meeting. Baltimore, MD, August 2-6
Moorhead, D., D. Wall and R. Virginia. (SCAR) 1998. Modeling population
dynamics of Scottnema lindsayae (Nematoda) in dry valley soils: Impacts of soil
temperature. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research VII. SCAR International
Biology Symposium. 28 August - 4 September
Moorhead, D. (SCAR) 1998. Long-term data: Insights to structure and
function of dry valley ecosystems. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
VII. SCAR International Biology Symposium. 28 August - 4 September
Hall, D. L., M. R. Willig, D. L. Moorhead, R. W. Sites, E. B. Fish and
T. R. Mollhagen. 1999. Landscape and island biogeographic influences on species
diversity of playa lakes. North
American Benthological Society annual meeting. 25-28 May
Burnett, L. L. and D. L. Moorhead. 2000. Dynamics of the deep
chlorophyll maximum in lakes of the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Ecology
Society annual meeting. Snowbird, UT, August 4-11
Moorhead, D., E. Roberts, J. Layborn-Parry and J. Schmeling. 2000.
Carbon fluxes within the pelagic food web of an Antarctic lake: Even slower
than expected. Ecology Society annual meeting. Snowbird, UT, August 4-11
Schmeling, J. D., and D. L.
Moorhead. 2000. Carbon flow dynamics in benthic microbial mats of Lake Hoare,
Antarctica. Ecology Society annual meeting. Snowbird, UT, August 4-11
Hall D. L., Willilg M. R., Moorhead D. L., Sites R. W., Fish E. B.,
Mollhagen T. R., 2001. Landscape and island biogeographic influences on
macroinvertebrate diversity in playa lakes. Ecology Society annual meeting,
Moorhead, D, I Hawes, C
Howard-Williams. 2001. Organic matter in upland wetlands of Taylor Valley,
Antarctica: A pulse-reserve system. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
(SCAR), IV International Biology working group meeting, Amsterdam, 27 August –
2 September
Chen, J. and D. L.
Moorhead. 2001. Carbon flux and storage in mixed oak forests of the Ozark
landscape. Missouri Department of Conservation, Jefferson City, MO, 17-18
October
Moorhead, D., E. Roberts, J.
Layborn-Parry and J. Schmeling. 2002. Carbon fluxes within the pelagic food web
of an Antarctic lake: even slower than expected. Network Analysis Workshop,
Sevilleta Field Station, NM, 1-3 March
Moorhead, D., and I. Hawes.
2002. Intermittent production and erosion of organic matter from small
ponds of the Antarctic dry valleys. ASLO, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada,
10-14 June
Moorhead, D., T. Bridgeman, J. Morris. 2003. Changes in water quality
of Maumee Bay, Lake Erie: 1974-2002. International Association of Great Lakes
Research (IAGLR). Chicago, Illinois, 22-26 June.
Comes, M.L. and D. L. Moorhead. 2003. Changing avian biodiversity in
the Maumee River watershed. International Association of Great Lakes Research
(IAGLR). Chicago, Illinois, 22-26 June.
McKenna, K. C. and D. L. Moorhead. 2003. Response of native turtles to
habitat variation in the Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge. International
Association of Great Lakes Research (IAGLR). Chicago, Illinois, 22-26 June.
Moorhead, D. L. and R. Sinsabaugh. 2003. Modeling impacts of N- and
polyphenolic inhibition on litter decay. ESA annual meeting. Savannah, Georgia.
3-8 August
Weicht, T. and D. L. Moorhead. 2003. Impacts of Temperature and
Moisture Regimes on Population Dynamics of Scottnema
lindsayae, an Antarctic soil nematode. ESA annual meeting. Savannah,
Georgia. 3-8 August
McKenna, K. C., D. L. Moorhead, J. Layborn-Parry, and
E. Roberts. 2003. Structural changes in the pelagic food web of Lake Fryxell,
Antarctica. ESA annual meeting. Savannah, Georgia. 3-8 August
Tran, S., D. Moorhead and K. McKenna. 2004. Native
Turtles in Lake Erie Wetlands: A Case
Study in Habitat Selection. International Association for Great Lakes Research, May 24-28,
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Tran, S., D. Moorhead and K. McKenna. 2004.
Differential habitat use by two native turtle species in a Lake Erie wetland. Midwest Ecology and
Evolution Conference (MEEC), March 5-7, South Bend, Indiana
Tran, S., D. Moorhead and K. McKenna. 2004.
Differential habitat use by two native turtle species in a Lake Erie wetland. Western Great Lakes Research
Conference, National Park Service, March 16-17, 2004, St. Paul, Minnesota
McKenna, K. C. D. L. Moorhead and J. Laybourn-Parry.
2004. Impacts of trophic structure on simulated carbon flow in a pelagic food
web in Lake Fryxell, Antarctica. ESA annual meeting. Portland, Oregon. August
1-5
Weicht, T. and D. L.
Moorhead and I. Brown. 2004. Temperature-sensitivity of Panagrolaimus davidi: A model of population dynamics for a
bactivorous Antarctic nematode. ESA annual meeting. Portland, Oregon. August
1-5
McKenna, K, D Moorhead, R Christian and J Laybourn-Parry. 2004. Network analysis on the patterns of carbon flow in
the pelagic food web of Antarctic Lakes.
Ecosystem Complexity Workshop, Bled, Slovenia,
September 25-26
McKenna, K, D Moorhead, R Christian and J Laybourn-Parry. 2005. Network analysis of carbon flow in the
pelagic food web of Lake Fryxell, Antarctica: Impacts of alternative trophic
structure. American Society of Limnology &
Oceanography (ASLO), Salt Lake City, UT. February 20-25
Moorhead, D. 2005. Modeling
transitions between microbial versus litter control of decomposition. Soil
Ecology Society biannual meeting. Chicago, Illinois. May 22-25
Moorhead, D, T. Bridgeman
and T Bolin. 2005. Changing Water Quality in Maumee Bay 1974-1999 International Association
of Great Lakes Research (IAGLR) Conference on Great Lakes Research, Ann Arbor,
Michigan. May 23-27
Moorhead D. 2005. Alternating role of
ephemeral wetlands in Antarctic dry valleys: Organic matter production and
export. American Society of
Limnology & Oceanography (ASLO), Santiago de Compostela, Spain. June 18-25
McKenna, K, D Moorhead, R
Christian and J Laybourn-Parry. 2005. Trophic structure and patterns of carbon flow in the
pelagic food web of Ace Lake, Antarctica. American Society of Limnology & Oceanography
(ASLO), Santiago de Compostela, Spain. June 18-25
Moorhead, D and R. Sinsabaugh. 2005. Linking microbial guilds to decomposition: A new modeling approach. ESA annual meeting. Montreal, Ontario. August 6-11
McKenna, K. C. D. L. Moorhead and J. Laybourn-Parry. 2005. Impacts of trophic structure on simulated carbon flow in pelagic food webs of two Antarctic lakes. ESA annual meeting. Montreal, Ontario. August 6-11
Choi, W-I, D Moorhead, D Neher and M Ryoo. 2005. A modeling study of soil temperature and moisture effects on population dynamics of Paronychiurus kimi (Collembola: Onychiuridae).. ESA annual meeting. Montreal, Ontario. August 6-11
Chen, C, Q Li, J DeForest, R Jensen, D Moorhead, and M Johanson. 2005. Effects of Forest Management on Carbon Pools of an Ozark Landscape. ESA annual meeting. Montreal, Ontario. August 6-11
Argo, DR and DL Moorhead. Habitat use of two native turtle species in the Ottawa Naitonal Wildlife Refuge. Ohio Reptile Research and Conservation Conference. Columbus, Ohio. 8 March 2006
Herman,
J and D Moorhead. 2006. Limit Values and Underlying Mechanisms of Litter Decay.
Soil Science Society of America annual meeting, Indianapolis, IN. November
12-16
Weicht,
T, J Gorres, D Moorhead, and D Neher. 2006. A Grid-Based Autonomous Agent Model
of Hierarchical Soil Structure and Bacterivorous Nematodes. Soil Science
Society of America annual meeting, Indianapolis, IN. November
12-16
Hammer, EL, JE Herman, DL
Moorhead and MN Weintraub. 2007. Impacts of
garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata)
on microbial community function in Ohio forest soils. Moab, Utah. April 29 -
May 2
PARTICIPATION IN WORKSHOPS
(21 total):
1986. Invited participant in Carbon Dioxide Plant Modeling Workshop.
Presented "Developing a modular approach to a generic ecosystem model.”
Raleigh, North Carolina. Sponsored by U.S. Dept. of Energy, Office of Carbon
Dioxide Research. March.
1986. Co-hosted Workshop on Uncertainty Analysis in Ecological
Modeling. New Mexico State University. Sponsored by U.S. Dept. of Energy,
Office of Carbon Dioxide Research. July.
1986. Co-hosted Chihuahuan Desert Ecosystem Modeling Workshop. San
Diego State University. Sponsored by National Science Foundation. October.
1988. Invited participant in Carbon Dioxide Workshop: The Effects of
Elevated Carbon Dioxide on Plants and Ecosystems. Presented "A generic
model of litter decomposition processes.” San Diego State University. Sponsored
by U.S. Dept. of Energy, Office of Carbon Dioxide Research. January.
1988. Invited participant in R4D Project Review. Presented
"Decomposition processes in a cold-dominated soil system.” Annapolis,
Maryland. Sponsored by U.S. Dept. of Energy, Arctic Research Division. April.
1991. Invited participant in Antarctic Workshop: Terrestrial and
Aquatic Ecosystems of the Antarctic Dry Valleys. Institute of Ecosystem Studies
Workshop, Millbrook, NY. Sponsored by National Science Foundation.
1992. Invited participant at International Scientific Committee on
Problems of the Environment (SCOPE) Workshop: Effects of increased UV radiation
on aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. Presented “Potential effects of
increasing UV-B radiation on litter decay and site fertility.”
Corisa-Tramariglio, Sardinia, Italy. September 28-October 3.
1994. Invited participant at NATO Advanced Research Workshop. Ecosystem
modeling: Delineating the possible from the impossible. Presented
“Decomposition processes: Modelling approaches and applications.” Bischofsgrün,
Germany. February 20-25.
1996. Participant in LIDET: Long-term Intersite Decomposition
Experiment Team Workshop. Presented “Climate and litter quality controls on
decomposition: An analysis of modeling approaches.” University of New Mexico
field station. Socorro, New Mexico. March 24-25.
1996. Invited participant at the Mathematics for Undergraduate Life
Sciences Students Conference. Presented “Interactive models add intuitive
insight to classroom presentations of ecological relationships.” Iowa State
University. Ames, Iowa. May 17-18.
1996. Invited participant at the International Workshop on Polar Desert
Ecosystems. Presented “Carbon dynamics of aquatic microbial mats in the
Antarctic Dry Valleys: A modeling synthesis.” National Institute of Water and
Atmospheric Research, Ltd. Christchurch, New Zealand. July 1-4.
1996. Member of Coordination Committee for SOLA: “Science on-line, Antarctica.”
University of Nevada—Reno, Reno, Nevada. September 24-26.
1997. Member of Ecological Committee on FIFRA Risk Assessment Methods
(ECOFRAM). US-EPA, Office of Pesticides Program. June 1997-June 1998.
2000. Legacies workshop at the Long-Term Ecological Research network
All Scientist Meeting (ASM)
2001. Network analysis workshop, funded by the LTER network office,
Sevilleta LTER, New Mexico
2003. Legacies workshop, funded by the LTER network office, Sevilleta
LTER, New Mexico
2004. Microbial impacts on ecosystem processes. National Center for
Ecological Assessment and Synthesis (NCEAS), Santa Barbara, California
2004. Carbon flux and
storage in mixed oak forests of the Ozark landscape. Missouri Department of
Conservation. MOFEP workshop, Jefferson City, Missouri, 27-30 November 2004
2005. Synthesis of Soil
Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning in Victoria Land, Antarctica: An NSF
Sponsored Workshop, Jekyll Island, Georgia. 21-23 April
2005. Lessons from
large-scale manipulations of ecosystems and landscapes. Ecological Society of
America annual meeting. Montreal, Canada. 7 August
2006. MICDIF—Linking
microbial diversity and ecosystem functions across scales and interfaces.
Vienna, Austria. August 20-25
SEMINARS (30 total):
1985. The effects of soil moisture and temperature regimes on upland
boreal forest succession patterns. Biology Department, New Mexico State
University.
1985. Productivity, decomposition and nutrient cycling in a desert
creosotebush ecosystem: A synthesis of available data. Jornada Long Term
Ecological Research Site information meeting, New Mexico State University.
1986. A model of nematode population dynamics as affected by
temperature and moisture. Biology Department, San Diego State University.
January.
1988. A simulation model of soil freeze-thaw dynamics in an arctic
tundra ecosystem. Department of Energy, Arctic Research Division meeting, San
Diego State University. January.
1988. A general model of litter decomposition and heterotroph
population dynamics. Department of Energy, Arctic Research Division meeting,
San Diego State University. January.
1988. Carbon and nitrogen flows in a warm desert ecosystem:
Decomposition processes. Department of Biology, California State
University—Northridge. April.
1989. Modeling decomposition processes in an arctic tundra and a desert
ecosystem. United States Department of the Interior, Environmental Protection
Agency. Corvallis. March.
1989. Belowground decomposition processes in a desert ecosystem: A
modeling synthesis. Institute of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens. April.
1989. A modeling synthesis of decomposition processes in a semi-arid
ecosystem. Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock.
May.
1991. Modeling decomposition in extreme environments: Arctic tundra and
shrub desert ecosystems. Department of Biology, Clarkson University, Potsdam,
NY. January.
1991. A general model of decomposition processes in contrasting
environments. Department of Biology, Southwest Texas State University, San
Marcos. November.
1992. Effects of global climate change on arctic tussock tundra: A
modeling synthesis. College of
Sciences, Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY. May.
1993. Pattern and process of litter decay: Hierarchical perspectives.
Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock. September.
1995. Life at the edge: An Antarctic Long-Term Ecological Research
Project. Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock.
September.
1996. Impacts of disturbance
and landuse patterns on the biological diversity of microbial communities in
soil and water. University of Illinois—Urbana. April
1998. Structure and function of ephemeral aquatic ecosystems: Case
studies from urban, rural and polar environments. Department of Biological
Sciences, University of Toledo. April.
1998. A simulation
model of density-dependent habitat selection. Department of Biological
Sciences, University of Toledo. April.
1999. Contemporaneous Disequillibria in Antarctic Ecosystems: The Role
of Legacies in Long-Term Dynamics. Department of Biological Sciences,
University of Toledo, April
1999. Resource legacies: Inter-millennial links between ecosystems in
the antarctic dry valleys. Department of Biological Sciences, Bowling Green
University, December
2000. Uncertain controls on bacterial contamination of urban waters in
West Texas, Department of Geography and Urban Planning, University of Toledo,
January
2000. A model of carbon fluxes within the pelagic
food web of an Antarctic lake. National Institute of Water and Atmospheric
Research, Christchurch, New Zealand, May.
2000. A model of nitrogen uptake in an Antarctic stream. National
Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Christchurch, New Zealand, May.
2000. Long-term biotic and abiotic controls on ecosystem dynamics in the
Antarctic Dry Valleys. Department of Earth, Ecology and Environmental Sciences.
University of Toledo.
2002. The C:N Stoichiometry of the pelagic food web in Lake Fryxell,
Taylor Valley, Antarctica. Department of Earth, Ecology and Environmental
Sciences. University of Toledo.
2005. The Edge of Life: Survival
in Antarctic Lakes. Lake Erie Center Seminar Series, University of Toledo,
September.
2005. The Edge of Life: Ecosystems in Antarctic Dry Valleys. Department
of Biology, Lakehead University, Ontario, October.
2005. The Changing Water Quality in Maumee Bay. Department of Geology,
Bowling Green State University, November
2006. Complexities of decay: An emergent process. Faculty seminar at
IIASA, Vienna, Austria. August 22
2006. Complexities of decay: An emergent process. Biology Department
seminar at University of Vienna, Austria. August 23
GRANT SUPPORT (ca.
$13,634,000 total):
1990-1991 Moorhead,
D., An analysis of litter carbon dynamics during decomposition in the northern
Chihuahuan Desert. TTU-ORS (REF). $4,400
1991-1996 M. E. Harmon, J.
Melillo, W. J. Parton, D. Moorhead, E. Rastetter and J. D. Aber.
Long-term Intersite Experiments of Leaf and Fine Root Decomposition. NSF
BSR-9108329. $450,227
1992-1994 Moorhead,
D., R. Sinsabaugh and A. E. Linkins. Exoenzyme activities underlying
lignocellulose degradation: A modeling synthesis. USDA. $86,248
1992-1995 Reynolds, R. F., P.
R. Kemp, J.-L. Chen, D. L. Moorhead and R. Whitney. Modeling the
response of plants and ecosystems to CO2 and climate change.
DOE/OHER grant DE-FG60386ER60490. $1,275,000
1992 Moorhead,
D. L., Developing a core computer-teaching facility in the department of
biological sciences, TTU. Higher
Education Assistance Funds, State of Texas. $20,700
1993-1999 Wharton, R., D.
Freckman, B. Lyons, D. McKnight, D. Moorhead and C. Tate. An Antarctic
Dry Valley Long Term Ecological Research Site. NSF DPP-921173. $3,514,000
1993 Moorhead,
D. L., Biodiversity and microbiology of urban playas: City of Lubbock. TTU-ORS.
$4,470
1993 Zak, J. C. and
D. L. Moorhead. The importance of woodrat middens to the functioning of
desert ecosystems: Associated nitrogen dynamics. TTU-ORS. $3,630
1993-1995 Willig, M. R, D. L.
Moorhead, T. R. Mollhagen and E. B. Fish. Integrated indicators of
stress in playa lakes: Wetland ecosystems in a sea of aridity and agriculture.
EPA. $299,850
1993 Moorhead,
D. L. and M. R. Willig. Expanding the core computer-teaching facility in the
department of biological sciences: Adding a network server. Higher Education Assistance Funds, State of
Texas. $2,849
1994 Moorhead,
D. L. and M. R. Willig. Expanding the computer-teaching capabilities within
biological sciences. Higher Education
Assistance Funds, State of Texas. $17,749
1995-1996 Co-Investigator
with Schlesinger, W. and G. Hendrey (project directors) Forest-atmosphere
carbon transfer and storage (FACTS-I): Joint Duke/Brookhaven free-atmospheric
carbon dioxide exchange (FACE) facility. DOE-OHER. $1,050,000 (Phase
I—Construction)
1996-1997 Co-Investigator
with Schlesinger, W. and G. Hendrey (project directors) Forest-atmosphere
carbon transfer and storage (FACTS-II): Joint Duke/Brookhaven free-atmospheric
carbon dioxide exchange (FACE) facility. DOE-OHER. $950,000 (Phase II—Science
Program)
1997 Moorhead,
D. L. and R. Strauss. Adding PC-compatibility to the core computer-teaching
facility in the department of biological sciences. Higher Education Assistance Funds, State of Texas. $15,447
1999-2005 Lyons B., P. Doran,
D. Freckman, A. Fountain, D. McKnight, D. Moorhead and J. Priscu.
2000-2006. An Antarctic Dry Valley Long Term Ecological Research Site. NSF
DPP-921173. $4,199,999
1999-2001 Sinsabaugh,
R., D. Nehrer and D. Moorhead. Impact of atmospheric CO2
enrichment on rhizosphere function. USDA 9804651. $298,000
1999-2001 Moorhead,
D. L. Ecosystem dynamics in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica: A modeling
synthesis. NSF-International Programs. $24,000
1999
Moorhead, D. L. Linking interspecific competition to habitat selection with a
coupled Lotka-Volterra model. University Research Awards and Fellowships. $9000
1999
Czajkowski, K, T.
Bailey and D. Moorhead. Integration of social, physical and ecological
research to address interdisciplinary environmental problems in pursuit of
future funding. Lake Erie Center,
University of Toledo. $10,000
2000
Moorhead, D. L.
Database and synthesis of environmental characteristics of the Maumee river
Watershed and Maumee Bay. University of Toledo Research Awards and Fellowships
Program (RAFP). $8,982
2000 Neher, D., A.
Spongberg, D. Moorhead, S. Goldman, J. Gray, S. Leisner, R. Sayre and D.
Verma. Biotechnology for phytoremediation of heavy metal contaminated soils in
Ohio. Ohio Plant Biotechnology Consortium. $40,000
2000-2003 Sinsabaugh, R. , D.
Moorhead and D. Zak. Mechanics of soil carbon sequestration by nitrogen
deposition. US-DOE $600,000.
2001-2004 Goldman, S., R.
Sinsabaugh,, D. Moorhead and J. Bridgeman. Western basin water quality
monitoring program. US-EPA $468,000
2002-2005
Chen,
J and D Moorhead. 2002-2005. Carbon flux and storage in mixed oak forests of
the Ozark Landacape. Missouri Department of Conservation MOFEP $119,122.
2001
2003 Moorhead, D. Response of Native Turtles
in the Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge to Habitat Variation and an Exotic
Invader, Trachemys scripta elegans University
of Toledo Research Awards and Fellowships Program (URAF). $9000
2004-2006
Sinsabaugh,
R. , D. Moorhead and D. Zak. Mechanics controlling soil carbon
sequestration under atmospheric nitrogen deposition. US-DOE $200,000.
2005-2007 Moorhead,D. Interacting microbial x chemical x nitrogen controls on
litter-to-humus transformation. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA),
Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES), National
Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program (NRICGP). $89,599
OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
2006-present Director,
Stranahan Arboretum. 14 August
2005 Panelist
for NSF Program, Ecology of Infectious Diseases. 11-12 May
2004 Member,
Lake Erie Center Advisory Committee
2003-present Member,
Advisory committee, Urban Affairs Center, University of Toledo
2000-2003 Member,
Executive committee, Plant and Environmental Sciences Research Centers,
University of Toledo
2000-present Member,
Department of Earth, Ecology and Environmental Sciences Graduate Student
Selection Committee, University of Toledo
1999-present Member,
interdepartmental organizing committee for Department of Earth, Ecology and
Environmental Sciences, University of Toledo
1999-present Member,
users group, Plant Sciences Research Center, University of Toledo
1999-present Member,
Department of Biological Sciences Computer Coordination Committee, University
of Toledo
1999-present Member,
Department of Biological Sciences Graduate Student Selection Committee,
University of Toledo
1999 Member,
Department of Biological Sciences Vision Graphic Committee
1998-1999 Member,
Department of Biological Sciences Environmental Sciences Faculty Awards
Committee, Texas Tech University (TTU)
1995-1999 Chairman,
Department of Biological Sciences Environmental Sciences Course Committee, TTU
1994-1999 Member,
Environmental Technology Managememt Program Advisory Board, TTU
1990-1999 Member,
Ecology Research Group, Department of Biological Sciences, TTU
1990-1998 Member,
Institute of Environmental Studies, TTU
1995-1998 Member,
Department of Biological Sciences Tenure and Promotion Committee, TTU
1994-1998 Chairman,
Ecology Research Group, Department of Biological Sciences, TTU
1994-1995 Member,
Department of Biological Sciences Graduate Student Selection Committee, TTU
1990-1998 Chairman,
Department of Biological Sciences Computer Coordination Committee, TTU
1991-1994 Member,
Department of Biological Sciences Seminar Committee, TTU
1992 Member,
Southwestern Association of Naturalists Organizing Committee
1992 Member,
National Science Foundation Dissertation Improvement Awards Program review
panel
1990-1991 Executive
Board Member, Institute of Environmental Studies, Texas Tech University
1988-1990 Member
of Systems Ecology Research Group Advisory Council, San Diego State University