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In Print: Recent publications by Nicholas School faculty and staff

Richard T. DiGiulio, professor of environmental toxicology

  • The Toxicology of Fishes, eds. R. Di Giulio and D.E. Hinton, CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group, Boca Raton, FL, 2008
  • “Reactive Oxygen Species and Oxidative Stress,” In: Di Giulio, R.T., and D.E. Hinton, eds. The Toxicology of Fishes, CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group, Boca Raton, FL, 2008 (lead author w/J. Meyer)
  • “Ecotoxicology,” In: Klaassen, C.D., ed. Casarett and Doull’s Toxicology: The Basic Science of Poisons, 7th edition. McGraw-Hill, N.Y., 2008 (lead author)

Robert B. Jackson, Nicholas Professor of Global Environmental Change and professor of biology

  • “Fine Root Dynamics in a Loblolly Pine Forest are Influenced by Free-Air-CO2 -Enrichment (FACE): a Six Year Minirhizotron Study,” Global Change Biology, 2008 (coauthor w/R. Oren et al.)

Clinton N. Jenkins, research associate

  • “Protection of Mammal Diversity in Central America,” Conservation Biology, 2008 (lead author)
  • “Mapping and Exploring the Distribution of the Vulnerable Grey-winged Cotinga Tijuca condita,” Oryx, 2008, (coauthor w/S. Pimm et al.)

Gabriel Katul, professor of hydrology and micrometeorology

  • “The Role of Vegetation in Determining Carbon Sequestration Along Ecological Succession in the Southeastern United States,” Global Change Biology, 2008 (coauthor w/P. Stoy, M. Siqueira, J-Y. Juang, K. Novick, H. McCarthy, C. Oishi, R. Oren et al.)

Peter G. McCornick, director of water policy, Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions

  • “Perspectives on the Interactions between Energy and Water,” In: Water-Energy-Food-Environment Interface: Synergies and Conflicts, a special issue of the Water Policy Journal, 2008 (coauthor)
  • “Water-Food-Energy-Environment Tradeoffs: Issues and Case Studies,” In: Water-Energy-Food-Environment Interface: Synergies and Conflicts, a special issue of the Water Policy Journal, 2008 (lead author)

Marie Lynn Miranda, associate professor of environmental sciences & policy

  • “Spatial Analysis of the Etiology of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis among 1991 Gulf War Veterans,” NeuroToxicology, 2008 (lead author w/M.A. Overstreet Galeano, E. Tassone et al.)
  • “Environmental Justice Implications of Reduced Reporting Requirements of the Toxics Release Inventory Burden Reduction Rule,” Environmental Science and Technology, 2008 (lead author w/M. Keating, S. Edwards)

Lydia Olander, senior associate director, Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions

  • “Reference Scenarios for Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Support of REDD: a Review of Data and Methods,” Environmental Research Letters, March 2008 (lead author w/ J. Swenson, B. Murray et al.)

Ram Oren, professor of ecology

  • Forest Ecosystems, The John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 2nd Ed., 2008 (coauthor)
  • “Irreconcilable Differences: Fine Root Lifespans and Soil Carbon Persistence,” Science, 2008 (coauthor)
  • “Actual and Potential Transpiration and Carbon Assimilation in an Irrigated Poplar Plantation,” Tree Physiology, 2008 (coauthor w/H-S. Kim et al.)
  • “Fertilization Effects on Mean Stomatal Conductance are Mediated Through Changes in the Hydraulic Attributes of Mature Norway Spruce Trees,” Tree Physiology, 2008
  • “Olevi Kull’s Lifetime Contribution to Ecology,” Tree Physiology, 2008 (lead author)
  • “Mycorrhizal and Rhizomorph Dynamics in a Loblolly Pine Forest during Five Years of Free-Air CO2-enrichment (FACE),” Global Change Biology, 2008 (coauthor)

Curtis J. Richardson, professor of resource ecology

  • The Everglades Experiments: Lessons for Ecosystem Restoration, (Ecological Studies Series, Vol. 201), New York: Springer XVIII, April 2008

Kenneth H. Reckhow, professor of water resources

  • “Assessing Water Quality Standard Violations,” Environmental Science & Technology, 2008 (coauthor w/A.D. Gronewold PhD ‘08 lead, R. Wolpert et al.); Note: Featured on journal cover.
  • “Adaptive Implementation in the TMDL Program: A New Approach,” In: Water Practices. Volume 2, Number 1, 2008 (coauthor)
  • “Eutrophication Risk Assessment using Bayesian Calibration of Processbased Models: Application to a Mesotrophic Lake,” Ecological Modeling, 2008 (coauthor w/S.S. Qian, E.C. Lamon et al.)
  • “Monitoring Environmental Outcomes and Adaptive Management,” In: Environmental Modeling and Software, Elsevier Ltd., Jakeman, A.J., Voinov, A., Rizzoli, A.E. and Chen, S.H. eds.

Raphael D. Sagarin, assistant research professor, Nicholas School, and associate director for ocean coastal policy, Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions

  • “Remembering the Gulf: Changes to the Marine Ecology of the Sea of Cortez since the Steinbeck and Ricketts expedition of 1940,” Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment Online, 2008 (lead author)

Jim E. Salzman, Samuel F. Mordecai Professor of Law and Nicholas Institute Professor of Environmental Policy

  • Natural Resources Law and Policy, Foundation Press, 2nd ed., 2008, (coauthor w/J. Rasband and M. Squillace)
  • “Population Growth and Sustainability,” In: John Dernbach, ed., Still Stumbling Toward Sustainability, Environmental Law Institute, 2008 (co-author w/A. Ehrlich)

Martin D. Smith, associate professor

  • “Econometric Modeling of Fisheries with Complex Life Histories: Avoiding Biological Management Failures,” Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2008 (lead author w/J. Zhang et al.)
  • “Bioeconometrics: Empirical Modeling of Bioeconomic Systems,” Marine Resource Economics, 2008 (author)
  • “An Empirical Approach to Ecosystembased Fishery Management,” Ecological Economics, 2008 (coauthor)

Heather Stapleton, assistant professor of environmental science

  • “Serum PBDE Levels in Occupationally Exposed Individuals in the United States,” Environmental Science & Technology, 2008 (lead author)
  • “Measurement of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers on Hand Wipes: Estimating Exposure from Hand to Mouth Contact,” Environmental Science & Technology, 2008 (lead author)
  • “Photo Degradation of Decabromodiphenyl Ether (BDE 209) in House Dust by Natural Sunlight,” Environmental Chemistry & Toxicology, 2008 (lead author)
  • “Linking PBDEs in House Dust to Consumer Products Using X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF),” Environmental Science & Technology, 2008 (coauthor)

Jonathan B. Wiener, Perkins Professor of Law and professor of environmental policy

  • “Climate Change Policy, and Policy Change in China,” UCLA Law Review, July 2008 (author)