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John M. Stark is affiliated with Utah State University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences. Within these fields, their work spans several subfields, including environmental chemistry, soil science, civil and structural engineering, ecology, and nature and landscape conservation.

The main topics covered in John M. Stark's research include:

  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
  • Soil and Unsaturated Flow
  • Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
  • Rangeland and Wildlife Management
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology

John M. Stark has published research papers in several journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Biogeochemistry
  • Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • Journal of Ecology
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Journal of Environmental Quality

Recent papers by Stark illustrate varied aspects of soil and ecosystem dynamics:

  • "Physical mechanisms for soil moisture effects on microbial carbon-use efficiency in a sandy loam soil in the western United States" (2020), published in Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • "Plant community effects on soil moisture and nitrogen cycling in a semi-arid ecosystem" (2022), published in Biogeochemistry
  • "The effect of plant invasion on soil microbial carbon-use efficiency in semi-arid grasslands of the Rocky Mountain West" (2021), published in Journal of Ecology
  • "Unraveling mechanisms underlying effects of wetting-drying cycles on soil respiration in a dryland" (2023), published in Biogeochemistry
  • "Soil temperature and moisture as key controls of phosphorus export in mountain watersheds" (2024), published in The Science of The Total Environment

Among frequent collaborators are Megan K. Nasto, Kirsten Butcher, Jeanette M. Norton, Kendallyn A. Morris, and Peter Saetre, reflecting an interdisciplinary approach to soil and ecosystem research.

Best Publications

  • Water Pulses and Biogeochemical Cycles in Arid and Semiarid Ecosystems

    Amy T. Austin;Laura Yahdjian;John M. Stark;Jayne Belnap

  • Nitrogen Mineralization, Immobilization, and Nitrification

    Stephen C. Hart;John M. Stark;Eric A. Davidson;Mary K. Firestone

  • CONTROLS ON NITROGEN CYCLING IN TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS: A SYNTHETIC ANALYSIS OF LITERATURE DATA

    Mary S. Booth;John M. Stark;Edward B. Rastetter

  • Mechanisms for soil moisture effects on activity of nitrifying bacteria.

    John M. Stark;M. K. Firestone

  • High rates of nitrification and nitrate turnover in undisturbed coniferous forests

    John M. Stark;Stephen C. Hart

  • Diffusion method to prepare soil extracts for automated nitrogen-15 analysis

    P. D. Brooks;John M. Stark;B. B. McInteer;T. Preston

  • Diffusion Technique for Preparing Salt Solutions, Kjeldahl Digests, and Persulfate Digests for Nitrogen-15 Analysis

    John M. Stark;Stephen C. Hart

  • Microbial Production and Consumpution of Nitrate in an Annual Grassland

    E. A. Dividson;J. M. Stark;M. K. Firestone

  • Ammonia-oxidizing bacteria are more responsive than archaea to nitrogen source in an agricultural soil

    Yang Ouyang;Jeanette M. Norton;John M. Stark;Jennifer R. Reeve

  • Overlapping resource use in three Great Basin species: implications for community invasibility and vegetation dynamics

    Mary S. Booth;Martyn M. Caldwell;John M. Stark

  • Plant Species Effects and Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling in a Sagebrush -- Crested Wheatgrass Soil

    Jian Chen;John M. Stark

  • Microbial dynamics and carbon and nitrogen cycling following re-wetting of soils beneath two semi-arid plant species

    Peter Saetre;Peter Saetre;John M. Stark

  • Regulation and Measurement of Nitrification in Terrestrial Systems

    Jeanette M. Norton;John M. Stark

  • Ammonium availability and temperature control contributions of ammonia oxidizing bacteria and archaea to nitrification in an agricultural soil

    Yang Ouyang;Jeanette M. Norton;John M. Stark

  • Kinetic characteristics of ammonium-oxidizer communities in a California oak woodland-annual grassland

    John M. Stark;Mary K. Firestone

  • Causes of Soil Nutrient Heterogeneity at Different Scales

    John M. Stark

  • Soil History as a Primary Control on Plant Invasion in Abandoned Agricultural Fields

    Andrew Kulmatiski;Karen H. Beard;John M. Stark

  • Modeling the temperature response of nitrification

    John M. Stark

  • Microbial growth efficiencies across a soil moisture gradient assessed using 13C-acetic acid vapor and 15N-ammonia gas

    Patrick M. Herron;John M. Stark;Carson Holt;Toby Hooker

  • Ecosystem Impacts of Exotic Annual Invaders in the Genus Bromus

    Matthew J. Germino;Jayne Belnap;John M. Stark;Edith B. Allen

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeanette M. Norton
Jeanette M. Norton Utah State University
Stephen C. Hart
Stephen C. Hart University of California, Merced
Mary K. Firestone
Mary K. Firestone University of California, Berkeley
Karen H. Beard
Karen H. Beard Utah State University
Andrew Kulmatiski
Andrew Kulmatiski Utah State University
David R. Smart
David R. Smart University of California, Davis
Martyn M. Caldwell
Martyn M. Caldwell Utah State University
Jayne Belnap
Jayne Belnap United States Geological Survey
Bruce Bugbee
Bruce Bugbee Utah State University
Ronald J. Ryel
Ronald J. Ryel Utah State University

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