Faculty Profile
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Lipson lab web site: www.rohan.sdsu.edu/~dlipson/ Research Interests: Soil microbial ecology.
Major research questions: (1) What factors determine the composition of
soil microbial communities? (2) How does microbial community
structure affect biogeochemical
processes and the functioning of terrestrial ecosystems? (3) How do
changes in atmosphere and climate impact the structure and function of
soil microbial communities? Other major themes include
plant-microbe interactions, and the cycling of carbon and nitrogen, and
life in cold environments. Graduate students currently being accepted (Ecology MS , Microbiology MS, Joint Doctoral Program in Ecology with UC Davis, Joint Doctoral Program in Biology with UCSD) Selected Publications: Monson* R.K., Lipson* D.A., Burns S.P., Turnipseed A.A.,
Delany A., Williams M.W., Schmidt S.K. (2006) High sensitivity to
climate in the early-spring carbon cycle of a forest ecosystem. Nature
(in press) (*both authors contributed equally) Lipson D.A., Blair M., Grieve K., Barron-Gafford G., Murthy R. (2006) Relationships between microbial community structure and soil processes under elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide. Microbial Ecology (in press) Lipson D.A., Wilson R.A., Oechel W.C. (2005) Effects of elevated atmospheric CO2 on soil microbial biomass, activity and diversity in a chaparral ecosystem. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 71:8573-8580. Lipson, D.A.,
and Schmidt, S.K. (2004) Seasonal Changes in an Alpine Soil Bacterial
Community. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 70: 2867-2879 Schadt, C.W.,
Martin, A.P., Lipson, D.A., Schmidt, S.K. (2003) Seasonal Dynamics of
Previously Unknown Fungal Lineages in Tundra Soils. Science 301:
1359-1361 Lipson, D.A., Schadt, C.W., Monson, R.K. and Schmidt,
S.K. (2002) Changes in microbial community structure and function
following snow melt in an alpine soil. Microbial Ecology 43:307-314 |
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