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Joseph C. von Fischer is affiliated with Colorado State University in the United States. Their research aligns primarily with Environmental Science, with a focus on addressing complex interactions within ecological and atmospheric systems.

The scientist's work extensively covers subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Soil Science, Environmental Engineering, and Ocean Engineering.

Main research topics highlighted in their publications include Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, Coal Properties and Utilization, Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, and Atmospheric Chemistry and Aerosols.

Joseph C. von Fischer has contributed to several peer-reviewed journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Global Change Biology
  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Elementa Science of the Anthropocene
  • Journal of Environmental Quality

Selected recent papers provide insight into the scope of their research:

  • "A National Estimate of Methane Leakage from Pipeline Mains in Natural Gas Local Distribution Systems," 2020, Environmental Science & Technology
  • "Embracing a new paradigm for temperature sensitivity of soil microbes," 2020, Global Change Biology
  • "Methane mapping, emission quantification, and attribution in two European cities: Utrecht (NL) and Hamburg (DE)," 2020, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • "Environmental Injustices of Leaks from Urban Natural Gas Distribution Systems: Patterns among and within 13 U.S. Metro Areas," 2022, Environmental Science & Technology
  • "Using isotope pool dilution to understand how organic carbon additions affect N2O consumption in diverse soils," 2022, Global Change Biology

Frequent collaborators of Joseph C. von Fischer include:

  • Zachary D. Weller
  • Emily R. Stuchiner
  • Steven P. Hamburg
  • Kendalynn A. Morris
  • Ben Bond-Lamberty

Best Publications

  • Global patterns of terrestrial biological nitrogen (N2) fixation in natural ecosystems

    Cory C. Cleveland;Alan R. Townsend;David S. Schimel;Hank Fisher

  • THERMODYNAMIC CONSTRAINTS ON NITROGEN TRANSFORMATIONS AND OTHER BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESSES AT SOIL-STREAM INTERFACES

    Lars O Hedin;Joseph C von Fischer;Nathaniel E Ostrom;Brian P Kennedy

  • THERMODYNAMIC CONSTRAINTS ON NITROGENTRANSFORMATIONS AND OTHER BIOGEOCHEMICALPROCESSES AT SOIL–STREAM INTERFACES

    Lars O. Hedin;Joseph C. von Fischer;Nathaniel E. Ostrom;Brian P. Kennedy

  • Contrasting above‐ and belowground sensitivity of three Great Plains grasslands to altered rainfall regimes

    Kevin R. Wilcox;Joseph C. von Fischer;Jennifer M. Muscha;Mark K. Petersen

  • Rapid, Vehicle-Based Identification of Location and Magnitude of Urban Natural Gas Pipeline Leaks.

    Joseph C. von Fischer;Daniel Cooley;Sam Chamberlain;Adam Gaylord

  • Nitrogen cycling and water pulses in semiarid grasslands: are microbial and plant processes temporally asynchronous?

    Feike A. Dijkstra;David J. Augustine;Paul Brewer;Joseph C. von Fischer

  • A National Estimate of Methane Leakage from Pipeline Mains in Natural Gas Local Distribution Systems.

    Zachary D. Weller;Steven P. Hamburg;Joseph C. von Fischer

  • Climate controls on C3 vs. C4 productivity in North American grasslands from carbon isotope composition of soil organic matter

    Joseph C. Von Fischer;Larry L. Tieszen;David S. Schimel

  • Isotopologue data reveal bacterial denitrification as the primary source of N2O during a high flux event following cultivation of a native temperate grassland.

    Nathaniel E. Ostrom;Robin Sutka;Peggy H. Ostrom;A. Stuart Grandy

  • Separating methane production and consumption with a field-based isotope pool dilution technique

    Joseph C. von Fischer;Joseph C. von Fischer;Lars O. Hedin;Lars O. Hedin

  • Controls on soil methane fluxes: Tests of biophysical mechanisms using stable isotope tracers

    Joseph C. von Fischer;Lars O. Hedin

  • In situ measures of methanotroph activity in upland soils: A reaction‐diffusion model and field observation of water stress

    Joseph C. von Fischer;Gregory Butters;Paul C. Duchateau;Roger J. Thelwell;Roger J. Thelwell

  • Carbon isotope characterization of vegetation and soil organic matter in subtropical forests in Luquillo, Puerto Rico

    Joseph C. von Fischer;Larry L. Tieszen

  • NITROGEN TRANSFORMATIONS AND NO3− REMOVAL AT A SOIL–STREAM INTERFACE: A STABLE ISOTOPE APPROACH

    Nathaniel E. Ostrom;Lars O. Hedin;Joseph C. von Fischer;G. Philip Robertson

  • Vegetation height and other controls of spatial variability in methane emissions from the Arctic coastal tundra at Barrow, Alaska

    Joseph C. von Fischer;Robert C. Rhew;Gregory M. Ames;Bailey K. Fosdick;Bailey K. Fosdick

  • Embracing a new paradigm for temperature sensitivity of soil microbes.

    Charlotte J Alster;Joseph C von Fischer;Steven D Allison;Kathleen K Treseder

  • Elevated CO2 and warming effects on CH4 uptake in a semiarid grassland below optimum soil moisture

    Feike A. Dijkstra;Feike A. Dijkstra;Jack A. Morgan;Joseph C. von Fischer;Ronald F. Follett

  • A meta-analysis of temperature sensitivity as a microbial trait.

    Charlotte J. Alster;Zachary D. Weller;Joseph C. von Fischer

  • Late quaternary temperature record from buried soils of the North American Great Plains

    Lee Nordt;Joseph von Fischer;Larry Tieszen

  • Methane mapping, emission quantification, and attribution in two European cities: Utrecht (NL) and Hamburg (DE)

    Hossein Maazallahi;Hossein Maazallahi;Julianne M. Fernandez;Malika Menoud;Daniel Zavala-Araiza;Daniel Zavala-Araiza

  • Temperature Sensitivity as a Microbial Trait Using Parameters from Macromolecular Rate Theory.

    Charlotte J. Alster;Peter Baas;Matthew D. Wallenstein;Nels G. Johnson

  • An open source algorithm to detect natural gas leaks from mobile methane survey data

    Zachary D. Weller;Duck Keun Yang;Joseph C. von Fischer

Frequent Co-Authors

Lars O. Hedin
Lars O. Hedin Princeton University
G. Philip Robertson
G. Philip Robertson Michigan State University
Nathaniel E. Ostrom
Nathaniel E. Ostrom Michigan State University
Matthew D. Wallenstein
Matthew D. Wallenstein Colorado State University
David J. Augustine
David J. Augustine Agricultural Research Service
Feike A. Dijkstra
Feike A. Dijkstra University of Sydney
Steven P. Hamburg
Steven P. Hamburg Environmental Defense Fund
Larry L. Tieszen
Larry L. Tieszen United States Geological Survey
Stefan K. Arndt
Stefan K. Arndt University of Melbourne
Justin D. Derner
Justin D. Derner Agricultural Research Service

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