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Rocky Mountain Research Station

240 West Prospect

Fort Collins, CO 80526

(970) 498-1100

 

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Chemistry

Chemistry, in its most basic definition, is the science that deals with the composition and properties of substances as well as various elementary forms of matter. It explores chemical properties, reactions, phenomena, etc. Within the RMRS, studies are being conducted in such categories as, fire chemistry, water chemistry, precipitation, streamflow and snowpack chemistry, soil chemistry, atmospheric chemistry, etc.

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Charles Rhoades
Research Biogeochemist

See Also: Biogeochemistry, Entomology, Stream-Riparian Environments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fort Collins Forestry Sciences Lab   

Interests:

  • Biogeochemistry

  • Water quality and nutrient export

  • Snowpack and streamwater chemistry

  • Alpine biogeochemistry

  • Linkage between terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems

  • Role of upland and riparian soils and vegetation in regulating nitrogen and carbon retention

  • Anthropogenic disturbance alterating processes

  • Biogeochemical linkages in bark beetle outbreak on stream water nutrient export

  • Riparian corridor protection for effectively maintaining aquatic condition

  • Snow redistribution on alpine biogeochemistry and soil development

  • Wildfire on stream water chemistry

  • Forest nitrogen retention and forest fuel reduction treatments on soil productivity and water quality

Geographical Areas: Fraser Experimental Forest Watersheds, Colorado; Central Rocky Mountains of Colorado; Central Kentucky; Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky; Northwestern Alaska; Central Missouri Oak Savanna.

 

 
Featured Science

Influence of absorption by environmental water vapor on radiation transfer in wildland fires

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Relating Soil Chemistry and Plant Relationships in Wooded Draws of the Northern Great Plains

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Geologic and tributary influences on the chemistry of a headwater stream

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Fire Sciences Lab, Fire Chemistry Project

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Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Canadian Forest Service

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