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Overview

Ivan J. Fernandez is a researcher affiliated with the University of Maine in the United States. Their work primarily focuses on environmental science and related fields, contributing significantly to the understanding of soil, forest ecology, and biogeochemical processes.

Fernandez's main fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Their subfields of focus are:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Soil Science
  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Insect Science
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation

The primary topics addressed in Fernandez's research include:

  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
  • Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
  • Forest Management and Policy
  • Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology

Fernandez has authored several recent papers. These include:

  • "Reversal of Forest Soil Acidification in the Northeastern United States and Eastern Canada: Site and Soil Factors Contributing to Recovery" (2020) published in Soil Systems
  • "Differences in microbial community response to nitrogen fertilization result in unique enzyme shifts between arbuscular and ectomycorrhizal-dominated soils" (2021) published in Global Change Biology
  • "Maines Climate Future 2020 Update web" (2020) published in Digital Commons - UMaine (University of Maine)
  • "Fire reduces riverine DOC concentration draining a watershed and alters post-fire DOC recovery patterns" (2020) published in Environmental Research Letters
  • "Identifying Key Environmental Factors Explaining Temporal Patterns of DOC Export From Watersheds in the Conterminous United States" (2021) published in Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences

Frequent publication venues where Fernandez's work appears include:

  • Soil Science Society of America Journal
  • Biogeochemistry
  • Forest Ecology and Management
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Carbon Management

Fernandez collaborates regularly with a number of coauthors. Frequent coauthors are:

  • Sarah J. Nelson
  • Joshua J. Puhlick
  • Joseph E. Carrara
  • Kaizad Patel
  • Aaron R. Weiskittel

The scope of Fernandez's work spans various aspects of ecosystem science, with notable emphasis on nutrient dynamics, forest biodiversity, soil chemistry, and post-disturbance ecological processes such as fire effects. Their research contributes to understanding environmental changes and management implications within forested and soil ecosystems.

Best Publications

  • Nitrogen Saturation in Temperate Forest Ecosystems

    John Aber;William McDowell;Knute Nadelhoffer;Alison Magill

  • Nitrogen fertilization decreases forest soil fungal and bacterial biomass in three long-term experiments

    Matthew D. Wallenstein;Steven McNulty;Ivan J. Fernandez;Johnny Boggs

  • Temperature sensitivity of soil enzyme kinetics under N-fertilization in two temperate forests

    Madeleine M. Stone;Marissa S. Weiss;Christine L. Goodale;Mary Beth Adams

  • Sulphate, Nitrogen and Base Cation Budgets at 21 Forested Catchments in Canada, the United States and Europe

    Shaun A. Watmough;Julian Aherne;Christine Alewell;Paul Arp

  • Consequences of climate change for biogeochemical cycling in forests of northeastern North America

    John L. CampbellJ.L. Campbell;Lindsey E. RustadL.E. Rustad;Elizabeth W. BoyerE.W. Boyer;Sheila F. ChristopherS.F. Christopher

  • Declining Acidic Deposition Begins Reversal of Forest-Soil Acidification in the Northeastern U.S. and Eastern Canada.

    Gregory B. Lawrence;Paul W. Hazlett;Ivan J. Fernandez;Rock Ouimet

  • Molecular composition and biodegradability of soil organic matter: a case study comparing two new England forest types.

    Tsutomu Ohno;Thomas B. Parr;Marie−Cécile I. Gruselle;Ivan J. Fernandez

  • Experimental Acidification Causes Soil Base-Cation Depletion at the Bear Brook Watershed in Maine

    Ivan J. Fernandez;Lindsey E. Rustad;Stephen A. Norton;Jeffrey S. Kahl

  • Experimental soil warming effects on CO2 and CH4 flux from a low elevation spruce–fir forest soil in Maine, USA

    Lindsey E. Rustad;Ivan. J. Fernandez

  • Characterization of α-amylase activity in five species of Mediterranean sparid fishes (Sparidae, Teleostei)

    I Fernández;F.J Moyano;M Dı́az;T Martı́nez

  • Experimental inducement of nitrogen saturation at the watershed scale

    Jeffrey S. Kahl;Stephen A. Norton;Ivan J. Fernandez;Knute J. Nadelhoffer

  • Does elevated nitrogen deposition or ecosystem recovery from acidification drive increased dissolved organic carbon loss from upland soil? A review of evidence from field nitrogen addition experiments

    Chris D. Evans;Christine L. Goodale;Simon J. M. Caporn;Nancy B. Dise

  • Soil Carbon Dioxide Characteristics under Different Forest Types and after Harvest

    Ivan J. Fernandez;Yowhan Son;Chuck R. Kraske;Lindsey E. Rustad

  • Changes in Canopy Processes Following Whole-Forest Canopy Nitrogen Fertilization of a Mature Spruce-Hemlock Forest

    E. Gaige;D. B. Dail;D. Y. Hollinger;E. A. Davidson

  • Generality of fractal 1/f scaling in catchment tracer time series, and its implications for catchment travel time distributions

    Sarah E. Godsey;Wenche Aas;Thomas A. Clair;Heleen A. de Wit

  • Effects of soil acidification and forest type on water soluble soil organic matter properties

    Tsutomu Ohno;Ivan J. Fernandez;Syuntaro Hiradate;Jessica F. Sherman

  • Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness in Preventing Outpatient, Inpatient, and Severe Cases of Laboratory-Confirmed Influenza

    Jesús Castilla;Pere Godoy;Ángela Domínguez;Iván Martínez-Baz

  • Deconstruction of the chemical effects of road salt on stream water chemistry

    Charles F. Mason;Stephen A. Norton;Ivan J. Fernandez;Lynn E. Katz

  • Forest floor carbon pools and fluxes along a regional climate gradient in Maine, USA

    Jeffrey A. Simmons;Ivan J. Fernandez;Russell D. Briggs;Mairin T. Delaney

  • Evaluating Combined Load Forecasting in Large Power Systems and Smart Grids

    C. E. Borges;Yoseba K. Penya;Ivan Fernandez

  • Threshold application rates of wood ash to an acidic forest soil

    Jeffrey S. Kahl;Ivan J. Fernandez;Lindsey E. Rustad;John Peckenham

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen A. Norton
Stephen A. Norton University of Maine
Lindsey E. Rustad
Lindsey E. Rustad US Forest Service
Jeffrey S. Kahl
Jeffrey S. Kahl Thomas College
Aaron R. Weiskittel
Aaron R. Weiskittel University of Maine
Myron J. Mitchell
Myron J. Mitchell SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
M. R. Adams
M. R. Adams University of Illinois at Chicago
Charles T. Driscoll
Charles T. Driscoll Syracuse University
Aria Amirbahman
Aria Amirbahman University of Maine
Gregory B. Lawrence
Gregory B. Lawrence United States Geological Survey
Mark B. David
Mark B. David University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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