Florida Coastal Everglades LTER - Personnel Profiles

Chris Lopes

FCE Site Role
Masters Student

Advisor
Dr. James Fourqurean

Affiliation
Florida International University

Research
Nutrient dynamics across altering seagrass and coral reef biotopes, and how it affects community structure

FCE Working groups
Carbon Fluxes, Detritus & Microbes

Contact
- Mailing address:
- Department of Biological Sciences
- Florida International University
- 11200 SW 8th Street
- Miami, FL 33199
- Email: clope130@fiu.edu

FCE Publications (7)
Journal Articles
Howard, J., C. Lopes, S. Wilson, V. McGee-Absten, C. Carrion, and J.W. Fourqurean. 2021. Decomposition rates of surficial and buried organic matter and the lability of soil carbon stocks across a large tropical seagrass landscape. Estuaries and Coasts 44: 846-866.

Van Dam, B., C. Lopes, P. Polsenaere, R.M. Price, A. Rutgersson, and J.W. Fourqurean. 2021. Water temperature control on CO2 flux and evaporation over a subtropical seagrass meadow revealed by atmospheric eddy covariance. Limnology and Oceanography 66: 510-527.

Van Dam, B., M. Zeller, C. Lopes, A.R. Smyth, M.E. Bottcher, C. Osburn, T. Zimmerman, D. Profrock, J.W. Fourqurean, and H. Thomas. 2021. Calcification-driven CO2 emissions exceed “Blue Carbon” sequestration in a carbonate seagrass meadow. Science Advances 7: eabj1372.

Van Dam, B., P. Polsenaere, A. Barreras-Apodaca, C. Lopes, Z. Sanchez-Mejia, T. Tokoro, T. Kuwae, L. Gutierrez Loza, A. Rutgersson, J.W. Fourqurean, and H. Thomas. 2021. Global trends in air-water CO2 exchange over seagrass meadows revealed by atmospheric eddy covariance. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 35: e2020GB006848.

Zeller, M., B. Van Dam, C. Lopes, and J. Kominoski. 2020. Carbonate-associated organic matter is a putative FDOM source in a subtropical seagrass meadow. Frontiers in Marine Science - Marine Biogeochemistry DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2020.580284.

Van Dam, B., C. Lopes, C. Osburn, and J.W. Fourqurean. 2019. Net heterotrophy and carbonate dissolution in two subtropical seagrass meadows. Biogeosciences 16: 4411-4428.

Howard, J., A. Perez, C. Lopes, and J.W. Fourqurean. 2016. Fertilization changes seagrass community structure but not blue carbon storage: results from a 30-year field experiment. Estuaries and Coasts 39: 1422-1434.

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Chris Lopes