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Perakis, Steven S.

Perakis, Steven S.
Supervisory Research Ecologist
Email: sperakis@usgs.gov
Ph: 541-758-8786; Fax:
3200 SW Jefferson Way
Corvallis, OR 97331

Education:
B.S. (1990) University of Pennsylvania
M.S. (1994) University of Washington
Ph.D. (2000) Cornell University
Postdoc (2001) Stanford University

Expertise/Specialty:
Forest biogeochemistry and ecosystem studies, watershed science, riparian forests, global change, nutrient cycling, forest soil fertility, stable isotopes

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Perakis, S.S., Hedin, L.O., 2007, State factor relationships of dissolved organic carbon and nitrogen losses from unpolluted temperate forest watersheds: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 112, p. 7. [Highlight] [FullText] copyrighted material courtesy of American Geophysical Union reproduced by permission Catalog No: 1635
Perakis, S.S., Maguire, D.A., Bullen, T.D., Cromack, K., Waring, R.H., Boyle, J.R., 2006, Coupled nitrogen and calcium cycling in forests of the Oregon Coast Range: Ecosystems, v. 9, p. 63-74. [Highlight] [FullText] Catalog No: 1418
Perakis, S.S., Compton, J.E., Hedin, L.O., 2005, Nitrogen retention across a gradient of 15N additions to an unpolluted temperate forest soil in Chile: Ecology, v. 86, no. 1, p. 96-105. [Highlight] [FullText] Catalog No: 1301
Rastetter, E.B., Perakis, S.S., Shaver, G.R., Agren, G.I., 2005, Terrestrial C sequestration at elevated CO2 and temperature- the role of dissolved organic N loss: Ecological Applications, v. 15, no. 1, p. 71-86. [Highlight] [FullText] Catalog No: 1310
Perakis, S.S., Hedin, L.O., 2002, Nitrogen loss from nonpolluted South American forests mainly via dissolved organic compounds: Nature, v. 415, p. 416-419. [Abs] [FullText] Catalog No: 1503
Perakis, S.S., 2002, Nutrient limitation, hydrology and watershed nitrogen loss: Hydrological Processes, v. 16, no. 17, p. 3507-3511. [Highlight] [FullText] Catalog No: 1172
Perakis, S.S., Hedin, L.O., 2001, Fluxes and fates of nitrogen in soil of an unpolluted old-growth temperate forest, southern Chile: Ecology, v. 82, no. 8, p. 2245-2260. [FullText] Catalog No: 1504
Cleveland, C.C., Townsend, A.R., Schimel, D.S., Fisher, H., Howarth, R.W., Hedin, L.O., Perakis, S.S., Von Fischer, J.C., Elseroad, A., Wasson, M.F., 1999, Global patterns of terrestrial biological nitrogen (N2) fixation in natural ecosystems: Global Biogeochemical Cycles, v. 13, no. 2, p. 623-645. [FullText] Catalog No: 1860

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