Institution: Vassar College
Department: Biology Department
24 Raymond Avenue
Poughkeepsie NY 12604
Hubbard Brook Role: Investigator, Scientific Coordinating Committee
LynnChristenson

Research Interests

Plant/Soil/Animal Interactions and the Impact of Pollution on Soils and Vegetation. Integrated Terrestrial Ecosystem Processes, Climate Change and biodiversity.

Hubbard Brook Publications by this Author

Groffman, P. M., Driscoll, C. T., Durán, J., Campbell, J. L., Christenson, L. M., Fahey, T. J., Fisk, M. C., Fuss, C., Likens, G. E., Lovett, G., Rustad, L., & Templer, P. H. (2018). Nitrogen oligotrophication in northern hardwood forests. Biogeochemistry, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-018-0445-y
Durán, J., Morse, J. L., Rodríguez, A., Campbell, J. L., Christenson, L. M., Driscoll, C. T., Fahey, T. J., Fisk, M. C., Mitchell, M. J., Templer, P. H., & Groffman, P. M. (2017). Differential sensitivity to climate change of C and N cycling processes across soil horizons in a northern hardwood forest. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 107, 77–84. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2016.12.028
Christenson, L., Clark, H., Livingston, L., Heffernan, E., Campbell, J., Driscoll, C., Groffman, P., Fahey, T., Fisk, M., Mitchell, M., & Templer, P. H. (2017). Winter Climate Change Influences on Soil Faunal Distribution and Abundance: Implications for Decomposition in the Northern Forest. Northeastern Naturalist, 24(sp7), B209–B234. https://doi.org/10.1656/045.024.s721
Sorensen, P. O., Templer, P. H., Christenson, L., Duran, J., Fahey, T., Fisk, M. C., Groffman, P. M., Morse, J. L., & Finzi, A. C. (2016). Reduced snow cover alters root-microbe interactions and decreases nitrification rates in a northern hardwood forest. Ecology, 97(12), 3359–3368. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.1599
Durán, J., Morse, J. L., Groffman, P. M., Campbell, J. L., Christenson, L. M., Driscoll, C. T., Fahey, T. J., Fisk, M. C., Likens, G. E., Melillo, J. M., Mitchell, M. J., Templer, P. H., & Vadeboncoeur, M. A. (2016). Climate change decreases nitrogen pools and mineralization rates in northern hardwood forests. Ecosphere, 7(3), n/a-n/a. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.1251
Fuss, C. B., Driscoll, C. T., Groffman, P. M., Campbell, J. L., Christenson, L. M., Fahey, T. J., Fisk, M. C., Mitchell, M. J., Templer, P. H., Durán, J., & Morse, J. L. (2016). Nitrate and dissolved organic carbon mobilization in response to soil freezing variability. Biogeochemistry, 131(1–2), 35–47. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-016-0262-0
Christenson, L. M., Mitchell, M. J., Groffman, P. M., & Lovett, G. M. (2014). Cascading Effects of Climate Change on Forest Ecosystems: Biogeochemical Links Between Trees and Moose in the Northeast USA. Ecosystems, 17(3), 442–457. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-013-9733-5
Durán, J., Morse, J. L., Groffman, P. M., Campbell, J. L., Christenson, L. M., Driscoll, C. T., Fahey, T. J., Fisk, M. C., Mitchell, M. J., & Templer, P. H. (2014). Winter climate change affects growing-season soil microbial biomass and activity in northern hardwood forests. Global Change Biology, 20(11), 3568–3577. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.12624
Groffman, P. M., Rustad, L. E., Templer, P. H., Campbell, J. L., Christenson, L. M., Lany, N. K., Socci, A. M., Vadeboncoeur, M. A., Schaberg, P. G., Wilson, G. F., Driscoll, C. T., Fahey, T. J., Fisk, M. C., Goodale, C. L., Green, M. B., Hamburg, S. P., Johnson, C. E., Mitchell, M. J., Morse, J. L., … Rodenhouse, N. L. (2012). Long-Term Integrated Studies Show Complex and Surprising Effects of Climate Change in the Northern Hardwood Forest. BioScience, 62(12), 1056–1066. https://doi.org/10.1525/bio.2012.62.12.7
Christenson, L. M., Mitchell, M. J., Groffman, P. M., & Lovett, G. M. (2010). Winter climate change implications for decomposition in Northeastern forests: Comparisons of sugar maple litter to herbivore fecal inputs. Global Change Biology, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.02115.x.
Rodenhouse, N. L., Christenson, L. M., Parry, D., & Green, L. E. (2009). Climate change effects on native fauna of northeastern forests. Canadian Journal of Forestry, 39, 249–263. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1139/X08-160
Campbell, J. L., Mitchell, M. J., Mayer, B., Groffman, P. M., & Christenson, L. M. (2007). Mobility of nitrogen-15-labeled nitrate and sulfur-34 labeled sulfate during snowmelt. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J., 71, 1934–1944.
Christenson, L. M. (2007). The biogeochemistry of moose and soil freezing: Multiple interactions influence on nitrogen cycling in a northern hardwood forest (HBR.07-35) [PhD Thesis]. SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry.
Campbell, J. L., Mitchell, M. J., Groffman, P. M., Christenson, L. M., & Hardy, J. P. (2005). Winter in northeastern North America: A critical period for ecological processes. Frontiers in Ecology, 3(6), 314–322.