Emily S. Bernhardt, Associate Professor  

Emily S. Bernhardt

Education:
PhD Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell, 2001
B.S. Biology, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, 1996

Office Location: FFSC: 3313
Office Phone: (919) 660-7318
Email Address: emily.bernhardt@duke.edu
Web Page: http://www.bernhardtlab.weebly.com
Additional Web Page: http://www.researcherid.com/rid/D-9940-2011

Specialties:
Ecology and Population Biology
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Research Categories: ecosystem ecology and biogeochemistry

Current projects: 1. Coupled C, N and S cycling in coastal plain wetlands: how will climate change and salt water intrusion alter ecosystem dynamics? NSF Ecosystems 2010-2013, 2. Farm fields to wetlands: biogeochemical consequences and climate feedbacks due to sea level rise in coastal plain agricultural landscapes. DOE NICCR 2008-2011, 3. Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology, Center for Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology, Ecological Research Theme Leader, NSF & EPA, 4. Reconciling human and natural systems for the equitable provision of ecosystem services in the Triangle of North Carolina. NSF ULTRA, 5. Environmental impacts of mountain top mining. Foundation for the Carolinas.

Research Description: I am broadly interested in the capacity of ecosystems to retain nutrients and energy, particularly in the face of human accelerated environmental change. My research primarily focuses on how ecosystem carbon and nutrient cycles are altered by climate and land cover change. The majority of my research to date has taken place in aquatic ecosystems, I think about biogeochemistry in a watershed context and am working in upland and floodplain soils as well as stream channels and wetlands in my current research.

Areas of Interest:
Biogeochemistry
Ecosystem Ecology
Stream Ecology
Wetlands Ecology
Urban Ecology
Restoration Ecology

Representative Publications   (More Publications)

  1. Palmer, M.A., E.S. Bernhardt, W.H. Schlesinger, K.N. Eshleman, E. Foufoula-Georgiou, M.S. Hendryx, A.D. Lemly, G.E. Likens, O.L. Loucks, M.E. Power, P.S. White, and P.R. Wilcock, Environmental and Human Health Consequences of Mountaintop Removal Mining, Science, vol. 327 (January, 2010), pp. 148-149 [148] .
  2. Phillips, R.P., E.S. Bernhardt and W.H. Schlesinger, Effects of elevated CO2 and N availability on root exudation in loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) seedlings, Tree Physiology, vol. 29 (2009), pp. 1513-1523 .
  3. Bernhardt, E.S., G.E. Likens, R.O. Hall, Jr., D.C. Buso, S.G. Fisher, T.M. Burton, J.L. Meyer, W.H. McDowell, M.S. Mayer, W.B. Bowden, S.E.G. Findlay, K.H. Macneale, R.S. Stelzer, W.H. Lowe, Can’t See the Forest for the Stream? The capacity of instream processing to modify terrestrial nitrogen exports., BioScience, vol. 52 (2005), pp. 219-230 .
  4. Bernhardt, E.S., M.A. Palmer, J.D.Allan, G.Alexander, K. Barnas, S. Brooks, J. Carr, S. Clayton, C. Dahm, J. Follstad-Shah, D. Galat, S. Gloss, P. Goodwin, D. Hart, B. Hassett, R. Jenkinson, S.Katz, G.M.Kondolf, P. S. Lake, R. Lave, J. L.Meyer, T.K. O’Don, Synthesizing U.S. River Restoration Efforts, Science, vol. 308 (2005), pp. 636-637 [636] .
  5. Bernhardt, E.S., G.E. Likens, D.C. Buso, and C.T. Driscoll., Instream uptake dampens the effect of major disturbance on watershed nitrogen export, Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, vol. 100 no. 18 (2003), pp. 10304-10308 .

Curriculum Vitae

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