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Name: Coleman, Dave
Organization:
Institute of Ecology, 102 Ecology Annex
University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia 30602-2360
Position at
Coweeta LTER:
Principal Investigator (Retired)
Specialty:
Microbial Ecology, Soil Ecology
Habitat: Forest, Riparian
Organism: Microbiota, Nematodes,
Mesofauna, Roots
Core Area(s): Organic
Matter/Decomposition
Education:
B.A., Reed College, Portland, Oregon, Biology, 1960
M.A., University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, Biology, 1963
Ph.D., University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, Biology (Ecology), 1964
Appointments:
Distinguished Research
Professor, University of Georgia, 1993-Present
Research Professor, University of Georgia, 1985-1993
Professor, Colorado State University, 1983-1985
Associate Professor, Colorado State University, 1978-1983
Senior Research Ecologist, Colorado State University, 1972-1985
Assistant Professor and Research Associate, University of Georgia,
1965-1971
Publications
(Five as examples of research foci):
Knoepp, J.D., D.C. Coleman, D.A. Crossley, Jr., and J.S. Clark.
2000. Biological indices of soil quality: an ecosystem case study of
their use. Forest Ecology & Management 138:357-368.
Hansen, R.A., and D.C. Coleman. 1998.
Litter complexity and composition are determinants of the diversity and
species composition of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) in
litterbags. Applied Soil Ecology 9:17-23.
Crossley, D.A. Jr. and D.C. Coleman.
1999. Microarthropods. Pages C59-C65 in M. Sumner, ed. The handbook of
soil science. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL
Wright, C.J., and D.C. Coleman. 2000.
Cross-site comparison of soil microbial biomass, soil nutrient status, and
nematode trophic groups. Pedobiologia 44:2-23.
Bardgett R.D., J.M. Anderson,
V. Behan-Pelletier, L. Brussaard, D.C. Coleman, C. Ettema, A. Moldenke,
J.P. Schimel, and
D.H. Wall. 2001. The influence of soil biodiversity on hydrological
pathways and the transfer of materials between terrestrial and aquatic
systems. Ecosystems 4:421-429.
Synergistic Activities:
1. Convened
“Invertebrates as Webmasters” symposium, and edited volume (see above).
Organized synthesis workshop on Soil and Sediment mesofauna at LTER
All-Scientists’ meeting, August 3, 2000.
2. Convened follow up workshop on
Decomposition and SOM biogeochemistry, Athens, GA, Dec. 8&9, 2000, with
synthesis paper submitted to Soil Biol. Biochem. by December 2001.
3. Co-edited Standard Soil Methods volume in LTER series, Oxford Univ. Press,
1999.
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