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

Guthrie, C. G. and D. L. Moorhead. 2002. Density-dependent habitat selection: evaluating isoleg theory. Oikos 97:184-194

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

Neher, D. A., T. R. Weicht, D. L. Moorhead and R. L. Sinsabaugh. 2004. Effects of elevated CO2 on nematode communities in forest soils. Functional Ecology 18:584-591.

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):

 

Gessner, M, D Moorhead, E Chauvet, R Sinsagaugh and J Webster. Data analysis and modeling approaches to understanding litter decomposition in aquatic ecosystems. In M Gessner (ed) Methods in ecology: Litter decomposition in aquatic environment. Blackwell Scientific, Methods in Ecology Series (in review)

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