Scott D. Bridgham
Center for Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
5289 University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403-5289
Tel: (541) 346-1466; Fax: (541) 346-2364
Education
1991
Ph.D. School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC
1986
M.S. Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.,
1982
B.A. University of Maine, Orono, with Highest Honors
1980
B.A. University of Maine, Orono, with Highest Honors
Research Interests
Carbon and nutrient cycling, wetland ecology, trace gas production, climate change, biogeochemistry, microbial ecology, plant community structure, plant-nutrient interactions, invasion ecology, restoration.
Employment History
Associate Professor, Center for Ecology and Environmental Biology and Environmental Studies Program, University of Oregon, 2003 - present.
Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, 2001 - 2002.
Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, 1994 –2001.
Research Associate, Natural Resources Research Institute, University of Minnesota, Duluth, 1992 - 1994.
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Natural Resources Research Institute, University of Minnesota, Duluth, 1991 - 1992. Advisors: Carol Johnston and John Pastor.
Research Assistant, School of the Environment, Duke University, 1986 - 1991.
Research and Teaching Assistant, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavioral Biology, University of Minnesota, 1983 - 1986.
Field Research Technician, USDA Forest Service, Orono, ME, 1978 -1979.
Professional Service/Activities
Milton Ellis Award for Academic Distinction in English--1980, University of Maine.
Eugene A. Jordan Memorial Scholarship for Outstanding Academic Achievement in Zoology-1982, University of Maine.
National Science Foundation Grant for Improving Doctoral Dissertation Research--1988 - 1991.
Department of Energy Global Change Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowship--Sept. 1991 - Aug. 1993.
National Science Foundation CAREER Award, 9/96 - 8/2001.
Editorial Board of Soil Science Society of America Journal, 1994-1997.
Editorial Board of Wetlands, 1997-2000.
Chair of the Division S-10, Wetland Soils, of the Soil Science Society of America, 2001-2002.
Editorial Board of Biogeochemistry, 2004-current.
Publications
Bridgham, S. D. and C. J. Richardson. 1992. Mechanisms controlling soil respiration (CO2 and CH4) in southern peatlands. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 24:1089-1099.
Bridgham, S. D., C. A. Johnston, J. Pastor, and K. Updegraff. 1995. Potential feedbacks of northern wetlands on climate change. BioScience 45:262-274.
Bridgham, S. D., K. Updegraff, and J. Pastor. 1998. Carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus mineralization in northern wetlands. Ecology 79:1545-1561.
Updegraff, K., S. D. Bridgham, J. Pastor, and P. Weishampel. 1998. Hysteresis in the temperature response of carbon dioxide and methane production in peat soils. Biogeochemistry 43:253-272.
Bridgham, S. D., J. Pastor, K. Updegraff, T. J. Malterer, K. Johnson, C. Harth, and J. Chen. 1999. Ecosystem control over temperature and energy flux in northern peatlands. Ecological Applications 9: 1345-1358.
Weltzin, J. F., J. Pastor, C. Harth, S. D. Bridgham, K. Updegraff, and C. T. Chapin. 2000. Response of bog and fen plant communities to warming and water-table manipulations. Ecology 81: 3464-3478.
Updegraff, K., S. D. Bridgham, J. Pastor, P. Weishampel, and C. Harth. 2001. Response of CO2 and CH4 emissions in peatlands to warming and water-table manipulation. Ecological Applications11: 311-326.
Weltzin, J. F., S. D. Bridgham, J. Pastor, J. Chen, and C. Harth. 2003. Potential effects of warming and drying on peatland plant community composition. Global Change Biology 9:1-11.
Pastor, J., J. Solin, S. D. Bridgham, K. Updegraff, C. Harth, P. Weishampel, and B. Dewey. 2003. Global warming and the export of dissolved organic carbon from boreal peatlands. Oikos 100: 380-386.
Vile, M. A., S. D. Bridgham, R. K. Wieder, and M. Novák. 2003. Atmospheric sulfur deposition alters pathways of gaseous carbon production in peatlands. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 17:1058-1064.
Vile, M. A., S. D. Bridgham, and R. K. Wieder. 2003. Response of anaerobic carbon mineralization rates to sulfate amendments in a boreal peatland. Ecological Applications 13:720-734.
Bridgham, S. D., and C. J. Richardson. 2003. Endogenous versus exogenous nutrient control over decomposition in North Carolina peatlands. Biogeochemistry 65:151-178.
Keller, J. K., J. R. White, S. D. Bridgham, and J. Pastor. 2004. Climate change effects on carbon and nitrogen mineralization in peatlands through changes in soil quality. Global Change Biology 10:1053-1064.
Keller, J. K., S. D. Bridgham, C. T. Chapin, C. M. Iversen. 2005. Limited effects of six years of fertilization on carbon mineralization dynamics in a Minnesota fen. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 37(6):1197-1204.
Pendall, E., S. Bridgham, P. J. Hanson, B. Hungate, D. W. Kicklighter, D. W. Johnson, B. E. Law, Y. Luo, J. P. Megonigal, M. Olsrud1, M. G. Ryan, and S. Wan. In Press. Belowground process responses to elevated CO2 and temperature: a discussion of observations, measurement methods, and models. New Phytologist.
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