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Erin R. Hotchkiss

Publications & Presentations

 

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Hotchkiss, E.R., A.J. Ulseth, et al. Drivers of dissolved organic matter uptake in freshwater ecosystems. In Preparation.

 

Hotchkiss, E.R. Modeling dissolved organic carbon availability and processing in streams. In Preparation.

 

Hotchkiss, E.R. and R.O. Hall. Use of δ18O-O2 to understand diel patterns of ecosystem respiration in three Wyoming streams. In Preparation.

 

Hubbard, K.A., L.K. Lautz, M.J. Mitchell, B. Mayer and E.R. Hotchkiss. Evaluating nitrate uptake and spiraling in a Rocky Mountain stream using a 15N tracer and ambient nitrate chemistry. In Preparation.

 

Hotchkiss, E.R. and R.O. Hall. Linking calcification by exotic snails to stream CO2 cycling. In Press, Oecologia.

 

Solomon, C.T., E.R. Hotchkiss, J.M. Moslemi, A.J. Ulseth, E.H. Stanley, R.O. Hall and A.S. Flecker. 2009. Sediment size and nutrients regulate denitrification in a tropical stream. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 28(2): 480-490. PDF

 

Hotchkiss, E.R., A.K. Davis, J.J. Cherry and S. Altizer. 2005. Mycoplasmal conjunctivitis and the behavior of wild house finches (Carpodacus mexicanus) at bird feeders. Bird Behavior 17: 1-8. PDF

  

Conference Presentations

Hotchkiss, E.R. and R.O. Hall. May 2009. How accurate is the use of O2 as a proxy for CO2 fixation and respiration in stream ecosystems? North American Benthological Society. Grand Rapids, MI. 

 

Hotchkiss, E.R. and R.O. Hall. January 2009. Are carbon and oxygen cycles directly linked?  A comparison of dissolved O2 cycling with δ13C fixation rates in stream biofilms. American Society of Limnology and Oceanography. Nice, France. Poster.

 

Hotchkiss, E.R. and R.O. Hall. May 2008. Use of δ18O-O2 to model diel community respiration rates in streams. North American Benthological Society. Salt Lake City, UT. 

 

Hotchkiss, E.R., C.T. Solomon, R.O. Hall and A.S. Flecker. August 2007. Nutrient availability and substrate type limit benthic denitrification in a tropical Andean stream. Ecological Society of America & Society for Ecological Restoration Conference. San Jose, CA. Poster.

 

Hotchkiss, E.R. and R.O. Hall. June 2007. Linking exotic snails and carbon cycling in Kelly Warm Springs, Grand Teton National Park. North American Benthological Society Conference. Columbia, SC.

 

Flecker, A.S., J.E. Allgeier, R.O. Hall, P.B. McIntyre, B.W. Taylor, C.T. Solomon, A.J. Ulseth and E.R. Hotchkiss. June 2006. Subsistence fishing by humans as a major nitrogen flux in tropical Andean stream ecosystems. North American Benthological Society Conference. Anchorage, AK.

 

Hotchkiss, E.R., A.K. Davis, S. Altizer and J.J Cherry. March 2004. Mycoplasmal conjunctivitis and the feeding behavior of house finches in Atlanta, GA. Southeastern Ecology and Evolution Conference. Atlanta, GA. Poster.

 

Hotchkiss, E.R., M.J. Kemp, J.L. Tank, S.E. Eichler, L.G. Wall and C.P. Arango. June 2003. Land use effects on nitrification in Michigan headwater streams. North American Benthological Society Conference. Athens, GA. Poster.

 

Arango, C.P., J.L. Tank, M.J. Kemp, L.G. Wall, S.E. Eichler and E.R. Hotchkiss. June 2003. Benthic denitrification rates on heterogeneous substrata in streams draining forested and agricultural landscapes. North American Benthological Society Conference. Athens, GA. Poster.

  

Invited Seminars

 

Hotchkiss, E.R., R.O. Hall and E. Anoszko. September 2008. Successful establishment of an exotic snail, Melanoides tuberculata, in Grand Teton National Park. Aquatic Invasive Species Workshop. UW-NPS Research Station, Grand Teton National Park, WY.

 

Hotchkiss, E.R. and R.O. Hall. March 2008. Diel calculations of stream community respiration using δ18O-O2. Interuniversity Center for Aquatic Ecosystem Research. Lunz am See, Austria.

  

Other Publications and Presentations

 

Hotchkiss, E.R. and R.O. Hall. September 2009. Use of δ13C and δ18O-O2 to quantify the relative roles of temperature and carbon availability as drivers of stream ecosystem respiration. South Dakota/Wyoming Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) Conference. Rapid City, SD. Poster.

 

Hotchkiss, E.R. and R.O. Hall. April 2009. Does temperature alone explain higher daytime respiration rates in stream ecosystems? Graduate Student Research Symposium. University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY.

 

Hotchkiss, E.R., A. Sylvester, J. Stepans and B. Kissack. January 2009.  Bringing science into the classroom: Inquiry-based learning through summer research experiences for science education majors. Wyoming Math and Science Teachers Conference. Casper College, Casper, WY.

 

Hotchkiss, E.R. and R.O. Hall. October 2008. Linking carbon and oxygen cycling in streams: Evaluating the assumptions at the base of stream food webs.  Department of Zoology and Physiology. University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY.

 

Lehnertz, T. and E.R. Hotchkiss. April 2008. Integrating Scientific Research Experience into the High School Chemistry Classroom. Undergraduate Research Symposium. University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY.

 

Hotchkiss, E.R. and R.O. Hall. April 2008. Diel calculations of stream community respiration using oxygen-18. Graduate Student Research Symposium. University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY.

 

Hotchkiss, E.R. 2008. Lab Manual for Animal Biology, 2nd Edition.  Eds. A.C. Krist, B. Rintz, D.P. Gorski and N.B. Wolf. Fountainhead Press, Inc.

 

Hotchkiss, E.R. November 2007. Linking carbon and oxygen cycling in streams: δ18O-O2 as a tracer of community respiration. Department of Zoology and Physiology. University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY.

 

Anoszko, E. and E.R. Hotchkiss. September 2007. Melanoides tuberculata and native invertebrate diversity in Kelly Warm Springs, Wyoming. Fall Research Symposium. Gustavus Adolphus College, Saint Peter, MN.

 

Hotchkiss, E.R. 2007. Linking exotic snails to carbon cycling in Kelly Warm Springs, Grand Teton National Park. M.S. Thesis, University of Wyoming.

 

Hotchkiss, E.R., C.M. Pringle and M. Ardon. 2003. Effects of nitrogen and phosphorus on larval chironomid growth rates in the laboratory, Costa Rica.  Organization for Tropical Studies, Research Experience for Undergraduates: 27-37.

 

Research presented at Estación Biológica La Selva in August 2003. Puerto Viejo de Sarapiqui, Costa Rica. 

 

Hotchkiss, E.R. and L. Gunter. 2002. A study of genetic diversity due to spatial and temporal differences among southern ‘Alamo’ switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) sites: Abstract. Journal of Undergraduate Research 2: 118. 

 

Poster presented at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in August 2001.  Oak Ridge, TN.