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Aquatic Ecology Lab at The Evergreen State College
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Selected Publications:

 

11. Fischer, D.G., S.C. Hart, C.J. LeRoy, T.G. Whitham. 2007. Decoupled fine root production and total belowground carbon allocation in Populus forests. New Phytologist (in press).

10. Schweitzer, J.A., J.K. Bailey, D.G. Fischer, C.J. LeRoy, S.C. Hart, and T.G. Whitham. 2007. Soil microbial communities are heritable plant traits. Ecology (in press).

9. Schweitzer, J.A., M.D. Madritch, J.K. Bailey, C.J. LeRoy, D.G. Fischer, B. Rehill, R.L. Lindroth, S.C. Hart, T.G. Whitham, and S.C. Wooley. 2007. Ecological impacts of condensed tannins in plants: a genes-to-ecosystem approach. Phytochemistry (in press).

8. LeRoy, C.J., T.G. Whitham, S.C. Wooley, and J.C. Marks. 2007. Within-species variation in foliar chemistry influences leaf-litter decomposition in a Utah river. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 26:426-438. pdf

7. Whitham, T.G., J.K. Bailey, J.A. Schweitzer, S.M. Shuster, R.K. Bangert, C.J. LeRoy, E. Lonsdorf, G.J. Allan, S.P. DiFazio, B.M. Potts, D.G. Fischer, C.A. Gehring, R.L. Lindroth, J.C. Marks, S.C. Hart, G.M. Wimp, and S.C. Wooley. 2006. A framework for community and ecosystem genetics: from genes to ecosystems. Nature Reviews Genetics 7:510-523. pdf

6. LeRoy, C.J., T.G. Whitham, P. Keim, and J.C. Marks. 2006. Plant genes link forests and streams. Ecology 87(1): 255-261. pdf

5. LeRoy, C.J., and J.C. Marks. 2006. Litter quality, stream condition, and litter diversity influence decomposition rates and macroinvertebrate communities. Freshwater Biology 51: 605-617. pdf

4. Kovacs, Z.I., C.J. LeRoy, D.G. Fischer, S. Lubarsky, and W. Burke. 2006. How do aesthetics affect our ecology? Journal of Ecological Anthropology 10:61-65. pdf

3. Whitham, T.G., E. Lonsdorf, J.A. Schweitzer, J.K. Bailey, D.G. Fischer, S.M. Shuster, R.L. Lindroth, S.C. Hart, G.J. Allan, C.A. Gehring, P. Keim, B.M. Potts, J.C. Marks, B.J. Rehill, S.P. DiFazio, C.J. LeRoy, G.M. Wimp, and S. Woolbright. 2005. “All effects of the gene on the world”: Extended phenotypes, feedbacks and multi-level selection. ÉcoScience 12: 5-7. pdf

2. Flaccus, K., J. Vlieg, J.C. Marks and C.J. LeRoy. 2004. Restoring Fossil Creek. The Science Teacher 71(6):36-40. pdf

1. LeRoy, C., S. Determann, T. Wallace, M. Blake and T. Salem. 2000. Hanley Hall renovation project. Proceedings of the Air and Waste Management Association Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT.

LeRoy, C.J., D.G. Fischer and J.A. Schweitzer. What drives leaf litter decomposition globally? A meta-analysis. (in prep).

Schweitzer, J.A., J.K. Bailey, D.G. Fischer, C.J. LeRoy, T.G. Whitham, and S.C. Hart. Trees build nests: Heritability of plant-soil feedbacks. (in prep).

 

Illustrations:

In: Loeser, M.R., B.H. McRae, M.M. Howe, and T.G. Whitham. 2006. Litter hovels as havens for riparian spiders in an unregulated river. Wetlands 26:13-19. pdf

 

Catching leaves in Utah

 

 
leaves

Helicopsyche sp., Photo M.E. Worthen