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Name:  Valett, Maurice H.
Telephone: 540.231.2065; Fax: 540.231.9307
Email: mvalett@vt.edu
Internet: http://www.biol.vt.edu/faculty/valett/
Organization:
Department of Biological Sciences
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, Virginia 24061

Position at Coweeta LTER: Principal Investigator
Specialty: Stream Processes
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Education:
BS, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA, 1982
MS, University of Montana, Missoula, MT 1985
PhD, Arizona State University, 1991

Appointments:
Professor of Ecology, Virginia Tech, 1998-Present
Research Assistant Professor, University of New Mexico 1994-1998
Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of New Mexico, 1991-1994

Publications (Five as examples of research foci):
Valett, H.M., S.A. Thomas, P.J. Mulholland, J.R. Webster, C.N. Dahm, C.S. Fellows, C.L. Crenshaw, and C.G. Peterson. In press. Exogenous and endogenous control of nitrate uptake in headwater streams. Ecology.

Brookshire, E.N.J., H.M. Valett, S.A. Thomas, and J.R. Webster. 2007. Atmospheric N deposition increases organic N loss from temperate forest watersheds. Ecosystems 10:252-262.

Earl, S.R., H.M. Valett, and J.R. Webster. 2007. Comparison of nitrogen spiraling in stream ecosystems quantified using stable isotope tracers and nutrient addition experiments. Limnology and Oceanography 52:1718-1723.

Burcher, C.L., H.M. Valett, and E.F. Benfield. 2007. The land-cover cascade: relationships coupling land and water. Ecology 88:228-242.

Valett, H.M., C.L. Crenshaw and P.F. Wagner. 2002. Stream nutrient uptake, forest succession, and biogeochemical theory. Ecology 83: 2888-2901.