Emily S. Bernhardt, Assistant 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: ebernhar@duke.edu
Web Page: http://www.bernhardtlab.weebly.com

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

Current projects: 1. Potential for the recovery of biogeochemical function in degraded stream ecosystems, 2. Effects of Elevated CO2 on Root and Rhizosphere carbon and nitrogen cycling , 3. Thermodynamic and hydrologic controls over biogeochemical fluxes in floodplain landscapes, 4. Form, Function and Fate of Dissolved Organic Nitrogen in stream ecosystems

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 controls of carbon and nitrogen cycling in streams and soils. While the majority of my research to date has taken place in aquatic systems, I think about biogeochemistry in a watershed context and am working in riparian and upland soils as well as stream channels in my current research. Most recently I have grown interested in taking advantage of large scale river restoration projects to understand how stream and riparian ecosystems function.

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

Representative Publications   (More Publications)   (search)

  1. Bernhardt, E.S. and M.A. Palmer, Restoring streams in urbanizing landscapes, Freshwater Biology, vol. 52 (2007), pp. 738-751 .
  2. Bernhardt, E.S., J. Barber, J.S. Pippen, L.A. Taneva, J. Andrews, and W.H. Schlesinger, Long-term effects of free air CO2 enrichment (FACE) on soil respiration, Biogeochemistry, vol. 77 (2006), pp. 91-116 .
  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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