Research Terms
Sustainable Agriculture Ground Water Surface Water Water Chemistry Soil Science Soil Chemistry Ecology Estuarine Ecology Limnology Marine Biology Biogeography Ecosystems Agricultural Ecosystems Aquatic Ecosystems Coastal Ecosystems Forest Ecosystems Riparian Ecosystems Terrestrial Ecosystems Wetland Ecosystems Forest Ecology Terrestrial Ecology Wetlands Ecology Environmental Chemistry Environmental Restoration Urban Planning Water Pollution Water Quality Global Environmental Change Food Chemistry or Analysis Biology Evolution Environmental Genetics Invertebrates Urban Studies
Keywords
Biogeochemistry Carbon Ecosystems Human-Environment Interactions Mangroves Nutrient Cycling Salt Marshes Soil Urban Ecology Wetlands
Industries
Food Processing & Technology Sustainable Agriculture Marine Science
Peer-reviewed articles in indexed, refereed journals
24) Marton JM, Creed IF, Lewis DB, Lane CR, Basu NB, Cohen MJ, and Craft CB. 2015. Geographically isolated wetlands are important biogeochemical reactors on the landscape. BioScience 65:408-418.
23) Lewis DB and Feit SJ. 2014. Connecting carbon and nitrogen storage in rural wetland soil to groundwater abstraction for urban water supply. Global Change Biology 21:1704-1714.
22) Lewis DB, Castellano MJ, and Kaye JP. 2014. Forest succession, soil carbon accumulation, and rapid nitrogen storage in poorly-remineralized soil organic matter. Ecology 95:2687-2693.
21) Lewis DB, Kaye JP, and Kinzig AP. 2014. Legacies of agriculture and urbanization in labile and stable organic carbon and nitrogen in Sonoran Desert soils. Ecosphere 5:article 59.
20) Anne NJP, Abd-Elrahman AH, Lewis DB, and Hewitt NA. 2014. Modeling soil parameters using hyperspectral image reflectance in subtropical coastal wetlands. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation 33:47-56.
19) Schipanski ME, Smith RG, Pisani Gareau TL, Jabbour R, Lewis DB, Barbercheck ME, Mortensen DA, and Kaye JP. 2014. Multivariate relationships influencing crop yields during the transition to organic management. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 189:119-126.
18) Lewis DB, Brown JA, and Jimenez KL. 2014. Effects of flooding and warming on soil organic matter mineralization in Avicennia germinans mangrove forests and Juncus roemerianus salt marshes. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 139:11-19.
17) Castellano MJ, Lewis DB, and Kaye JP. 2013. Response of soil nitrogen retention to the interactive effects of soil texture, hydrology, and organic matter. Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences 118:280-290 (DOI: 10.1002/jgrg.20015).
16) Nilsson KA, Rains MC, Lewis DB, and Trout KE. 2013. Hydrological characterization of 56 geographically isolated wetlands in west-central Florida using a probabilistic method. Wetlands Ecology and Management 21:1-14 (DOI: 10.1007/s11273-012-9275-1).
15) Lewis DB and Kaye JP. 2012. Inorganic nitrogen immobilization in live and sterile soil of old-growth conifer and hardwood forests: implications for ecosystem nitrogen retention. Biogeochemistry 111:169-186 (DOI: 10.1007/s10533-011-9627-6).
14) Lewis DB, Kaye JP, Jabbour R, and Barbercheck ME. 2011. Labile carbon and other soil quality indicators in two tillage systems during transition to organic agriculture. Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems 26:342-353.
13) Lewis DB and Grimm NB. 2007. Hierarchical regulation of nitrogen export from urban catchments: interactions of storms and landscapes. Ecological Applications 17:2347-2364.
12) Lewis DB, Grimm NB, Harms TK, and Schade JD. 2007. Subsystems, flowpaths, and the spatial variability of nitrogen in a fluvial ecosystem. Landscape Ecology 22:911-924.
11) Lewis DB, Kaye JP, Gries C, Kinzig AP, and Redman CL. 2006. Agrarian legacy in soil nutrient pools of urbanizing arid lands. Global Change Biology 12:703-709.
10) Lewis DB, Schade JD, Huth AK, and Grimm NB. 2006. The spatial structure of variability in a semi-arid, fluvial ecosystem. Ecosystems 9:386-397.
9) Schade JD and Lewis DB. 2006. Plasticity in resource allocation and nitrogen use efficiency in riparian vegetation: implications for nitrogen retention. Ecosystems 9:740-755.
8) Hrabik TR, Greenfield BK, Lewis DB, Pollard AI, Wilson KA, and Kratz TK. 2005. Landscape-scale variation in taxonomic diversity in four groups of aquatic organisms: the influence of physical, chemical, and biological properties. Ecosystems 8:301-317.
7) Shochat E, Lerman SB, Katti M, and Lewis DB. 2004. Linking optimal foraging behavior to bird community structure in an urban-desert landscape: field experiments with artificial food patches. The American Naturalist 164:232-243.
6) Greenfield BK, Lewis DB, and Hinke JT. 2002. Shell damage in salt marsh periwinkles (Littoraria irrorata [Say, 1822]) and resistance to future attacks by blue crabs (Callinectes sapidus [Rathbun, 1896]). American Malacological Bulletin 17:141-146.
5) Lewis DB and Eby LA. 2002. Spatially heterogeneous refugia and predation risk in intertidal salt marshes. Oikos 96:119-129.
4) Lewis DB. 2001. Trade-offs between growth and survival: responses of freshwater snails to predacious crayfish. Ecology 82:758-765.
3) Lewis DB and Magnuson JJ. 2000. Landscape spatial patterns in freshwater snail assemblages across Northern Highland catchments. Freshwater Biology 43:409-420.
2) Reed-Andersen T, Bennett EM, Jorgensen BS, Lauster G, Lewis DB, Nowacek D, Riera JL, Sanderson BL, Stedman R. 2000. Distribution of recreational boating across lakes: do landscape variables affect recreational use? Freshwater Biology 43:439-448.
1) Lewis DB and Magnuson JJ. 1999. Intraspecific gastropod shell strength variation among north temperate lakes. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 56:1687-1695.
Book chapters (underwent anonymous peer review)
5) Castellano MJ, Lewis DB, Andrews DM, McDaniel MD. 2012. Coupling biogeochemistry and hydropedology to advance carbon and nitrogen cycling science. In: Lin H (editor) “Hydropedology: Synergistic Integration of Soil Science and Hydrology,” Academic Press, Elsevier B.V. (pages 711–735).
4) Lewis DB, Harms TK, Schade JD, and Grimm NB. 2009. Biogeochemical function and heterogeneity in arid-region riparian zones. In: Stromberg JC and Tellman B (editors) “Ecology and Conservation of the San Pedro River,” University of Arizona Press, Tucson (Chap. 18, pages 323-341).
3) Armstrong DE, Lauster GH, Sanderson BL, Lewis DB, and Frost TM. 2006. Jumping in: within-lake processes and dynamics. In: JJ Magnuson et al. (editors) “Long Term Dynamics of Lakes in the Landscape,” Oxford University Press, New York (pages 187-213).
2) Kratz TK, Webster KE, Riera JL, Lewis DB, and Pollard AI. 2006. Making sense of the landscape: geomorphic legacies and the landscape position of lakes. In: JJ Magnuson et al. (editors) “Long-term Dynamics of Lakes in the Landscape,” Oxford University Press, New York (pages 49-66).
1) Grimm NB, Arrowsmith JR, Eisinger C, Heffernan J, MacLeod A, Lewis DB, Prashad L, Rychener T, Roach WJ, and Sheibley RW. 2004. Effects of urbanization on nutrient biogeochemistry of aridland streams. In: R DeFries, G Asner, and R Houghton (editors) “Ecosystem Interactions with Land Use Change,” Geophysical Monograph Series, Vol. 153. American Geophysical Union, Washington, D.C. (pages 129-146).
Technical reports and proceedings
2) Lewis DB. 2002. Stoichiometry and load of nutrients and metals discharged from urban catchments by storms. Pp. 49-55 in “Discharged urban waters: Ressource [sic] or Risk? Proceedings Volume 1.” Proceedings of the First World Wide Workshop for Junior Environmental Scientists. Domaine de Chérioux, Vitry sur Seine, France, 21-24 May 2002.
1) Scheele CEH, Lathrop RC, Marshall DW, Decker EL, Lewis DB, and Snyder SD. 1999. A survey of swimmer’s itch-causing cercariae and their intermediate snail host species in Devil’s Lake Wisconsin. Prepared for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and the Friends of Devil’s Lake State Park.
Florida Association of Environmental Soil Scientists, Member; 2014 - 2014
Ecological Society of America, Member; 1996 - 2015
Postdoctoral scholar, Penn State University; 2005 - 2009
Postdoctoral scholar, Arizona State University; 2000 - 2005
Urban development, power relations, and water redistribution as drivers of wetland change in the Tampa Bay Region Socioecosystem; Annual meeting; Ecological Society of America; 2011
Sensitivity of nitrogen storage in soil organic matter to wetland hydroperiod and vegetation; Annual meeting; Society of Wetland Scientists South Atlantic Chapter; 2013
Nitrogen immobilization in soil as a function of soil and plant traits in salt marsh and mangrove ecosystems: a test of the rapid N stabilization hypothesis; Annual meeting; Ecological Society of America; 2012
Urban development, power relations, and water redistribution as drivers of wetland change in the Tampa Bay Region Socioecosystem; Annual meeting; US Region - International Assoc. for Landscape Ecology; 2011
Rapid immobilization of inorganic nitrogen in stable soil organic matter of forest ecosystems: reviving the successional N retention hypothesis; Annual meeting; Ecological Society of America; 2010
Ecohydrology and urbanization: understanding social drivers of change in aquatic ecosystems; Environmental and Water Resources Engineering seminar series; University of South Florida; 2011
Interactive effects of simulated sea-level rise and warming on microbial carbon and nitrogen cycling in mangrove and salt marsh soils (lead: J Brown); Undergraduate Research and Arts Colloquium; University of South Florida; 2012
The power of perceptions: hydroecological change and water redistribution in Tampa Bay (lead: RK Zarger); All-Scientists Meeting; Long-Term Ecological Research Area (LTER) Network; 2012
The power of perceptions: hydroecological change and water redistribution in Tampa Bay (lead: RK Zarger); Annual meeting; Society for Applied Anthropology; 2012
Estimating forest biophysical parameters in the spatially heterogeneous urban-rural gradient of the Tampa bay area using Hyperion and Landsat images (lead: N. Anne); Annual meeting; American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing; 2012
Hydrological and vegetative influences on soil organic carbon and nitrogen pools in isolated wetlands of West-central Florida (lead: SJ Feit); Annual meeting; Ecological Society of America; 2011
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