Response of microbial community
to different season of burn in Southwestern mesquite/grasslands.
Realized Major Research
Outputs
Malusa, John, Steven T. Overby, and Roderic A. Parnell. 2003. Potential for travertine formation: Fossil Creek, Arizona. Applied Geochemistry 18:1081-1093. Full text PDF
Classen, A.T., S.I. Boyle, K. Haskins, S. Overby, and S.C. Hart. 2003. Community-level physiological profiles of bacteria and fungi: plate type and incubation temperature influences on contrasting soils. FEMS Microbial Ecology 44:319-328. Full text PDF
Daniel G. Neary, Steven T. Overby, and Stephen C. Hart. 2002. Soil carbon in arid and semi-arid forest ecosystems. pp. 293-310. In J.M. Kimble, Linda S. Heath, Richard A. Birdsey, and R. Lal (eds.) The Potential of U.S. Forest Soils to Sequester Carbon and Mitigate the Greenhouse Effect. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. Full text PDF
Steven T. Overby, Stephen C.
Hart, and Daniel G. Neary. 2002. Impacts of Natural Disturbance on Soil Carbon
Dynamics in Forest Ecosystems. pp. 159-172. In J.M. Kimble, Linda S.
Heath, Richard A. Birdsey, and R. Lal (eds.) The Potential of U.S. Forest
Soils to Sequester Carbon and Mitigate the Greenhouse Effect. CRC Press, Boca
Raton, FL. Full text PDF
Key Assignments
Chemical Hygiene Officer
(1988-2000)
Radiation Safety Officer
(1988-Present)
Outcomes of Past Research
and Technology Transfer
Technical advisement for
decommissioning of the Childs-Irving hydroelectric power plant on Fossil
Creek, Arizona.
Developed and wrote the Chemical
Hygiene Plan for the Flagstaff Laboratory, Rocky Mountain Research Station.
Anticipated Outcome of
Current Efforts
Provide managers with information
on below-ground impacts from fuels reduction, prescribed fire, and wildfire in
Southwestern ecosystems.