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1 WEBB Bibliography : Luquillo, PR Articles Buss H.L., Bruns M.A., Schultz M.J., Moore J., Mathur C.F., and Brantley S.L. (2005) The coupling of biological iron cycling and mineral weathering during saprolite formation, Luquillo Mountains, Puerto Rico. Geobiology, 3, Buss H.L., Sak P.B., Webb S.M., and Brantley S.L. (2008) Weathering of the Rio Blanco quartz diorite, Luquillo Mountains, Puerto Rico: Coupling oxidation, dissolution, and fracturing. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 72, Derry L. A., Pett-Ridge J. C., Kurtz A. C., Troester J. (2006) Ge/Si and 87 Sr/ 86 Sr tracers of weathering reactions and hydrologic pathways in a tropical granitoid system. Journal of Geochemical Exploration 88, Fletcher R.C., Buss H.L., and Brantley S.L. (2006) A spheroidal weathering model coupling porewater chemistry to soil thicknesses during steady state erosion. EPSL, 244, Peters, N E; Shanley, J B; Aulenbach, B T; Webb, R M; Campbell, D H; Hunt, R; Larsen, M C; Stallard, R F; Troester, J; Walker, J F. (2006) Water and solute mass balance of five small, relatively undisturbed watersheds in the U.S. Science of The Total Environment, 358, Pett-Ridge J. C., Barrows J. K., Derry L.A. (2009) Ca/Sr and 87 Sr/ 86 Sr ratios as tracers of Ca and Sr cycling in the Rio Icacos watershed, Luquillo Mountains, Puerto Rico. Chem. Geol. In Press. Pett-Ridge, J.C., L. A. Derry, and A. C. Kurtz. (2009) Sr isotopes as a tracer of weathering processes and dust inputs in a tropical granitoid watershed, Luquillo Mountains, Puerto Rico. Geochim. Cosmochim Acta 73, Shanley, J.B., M.A. Mast, D.H. Campbell, G.R. Aiken, D.P. Krabbenhoft, R.J. Hunt, J.F. Walker, P.F. Schuster, A. Chalmers, B.T. Aulenbach, N.E. Peters, M. Marvin-DiPasquale, D.W. Clow, and M.M. Shafer (2008). Comparison of total mercury and methylmercury cycling at five sites using the small watershed approach. Environmental Pollution 154, Submitted or In Preparation Buss H.L., Mathur R., White A.F., and Brantley S.L. Iron and phosphorus cycling in deep saprolite, Luquillo Mountains, Puerto Rico. Submitted to Chemical Geology. Lebedeva, M.I., Fletcher, R.C. and Brantley, S.L., Mathematical model of steady-state regolith production at a constant erosion rate. Submitted to Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 1

2 Minyard M.L., Bruns M.A., Liermann L.J., Buss H.L., and Brantley S.L. Bacterial community composition and mineral associations at the saprolite interface with quartz diorite bedrock, Luquillo Experimental Forest, Puerto Rico. In prep. for Geobiology. Scholl, M.A., Shanley, J.B., Zegarra, J.P. and Coplen, T.B. A new explanation for the stable isotope amount effect using NEXRAD echo tops: Luquillo Mountains, Puerto Rico, Submitted to Water Resources Research. Scholl, M.A. and Shanley, J.B., Isotopic signatures of precipitation quantify the importance of different climate patterns to the hydrologic budget: an example from the Luquillo Mountains, Puerto Rico, in Webb, R. and Semmens, D., eds., Planning for an Uncertain Future: Monitoring, Integration, and Adaptation, USGS SIR, In prep. (abstract - proceedings of the 3rd Interagency Conference on Research in the Watersheds, September 2008) Shanley JB, Engle MA, Krabbenhoft DP, Brunette R, Scholl M, Olson ML, Troester JW, van der Jagt G. High mercury wet deposition at a pristine site in Puerto Rico. In prep. for ES&T. Shanley, J.B., McDowell W., Stallard R.F. Long-term controls on solute and sediment fluxes from a rapidly weathering tropical watershed. In prep. Water Quality of the Luquillo Mountains, Puerto Rico, Stallard R.F. and Murphy S.F., eds., USGS Scientific Investigations Report. See table of contents on later page. Theses Buss H.L. (2006) Biogeochemical Weathering of Iron-Silicate Minerals, Ph.D. Thesis, The Pennsylvania State University, 203 pp. Lugolobi F. (2008) Ph.D. Thesis, Boston University. Pett-Ridge, J.C. (2007) Mineral aerosol inputs, nutrient sources, and weathering processes in tropical soils of Puerto Rico and the Hawaiian Islands, Ph.D. Thesis, Cornell Univ., 231 pp. Conference Proceedings Buss, H L; Bruns, M A; Williams, J Z; White, A F; Brantley, S L. (2006) Biogeochemical Cycling of Iron and Phosphorous in Deep Saprolite. EOS Transactions, AGU. 87 (52) Suppl. 26. Buss, H L; Williams, J Z; White, A F; Brantley, S L. (2007) Apatite weathering and phosphorus availability in deep regolith, Luquillo Mountains, Puerto Rico. EOS Transactions, AGU, 88 (25). Buss H.L., Webb S.M., Sak P.B., Brantley S.L. (2007) Mineral weathering rates coupled to bedrock fracturing and saprolite formation. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta. 71, A138. 2

3 Buss H.L., Williams J.Z., White A.F., Brantley S.L. (2007) Apatite weathering and phosphorus availability in deep regolith, Luquillo Mountains, Puerto Rico. Proceedings AGU 2007 J.A. Buss H. L., White A. F., Vivit D., Blum A. E., Dessert C., J. Gaillardet (2008) Mineral weathering in a deep volcaniclastic saprolite, Luquillo Mountains, Puerto Rico. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 72, A124. Chabaux F., Blaes E., Pelt E., Dosseto A., Buss H., White A. and Brantley S. (2008) Rate of spheroidal weathering determined by U-series nuclides (Rio Icacos basin, Puerto Rico). Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 72, A145. Dosseto A., Turner S.P., Buss H.L., Chabaux F. (2007) The timescale of sediment transport in a small tropical watershed. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta. 71, A232. Kurtz A.C., Pett-Ridge J.C., Lugolobi F., Derry L.A., Troester J. (2005) Solute sources in a tropical granitoid watershed, Luquillo, Puerto Rico. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta., 69, Suppl Lugolobi F., Kurtz A.C., Salvucci G.D. (2006) Silica sources and water flowpaths during storm events at Rio Icacos, Puerto Rico. EOS Transactions, AGU. 87 (52) Suppl. 26. Minyard M.L., Bruns M.A., Liermann L., Brantley S., Buss, H.L. (2008) Bacterial and mineral associations at the saprolite interface with quartz diorite bedrock, Luquillo Experimental Forest, Puerto Rico. Abstracts with Programs GSA, 40, 37. Murphy, S.F. and Stallard, R.F., in press, Primary factors affecting water quality and quantity in four watersheds in Eastern Puerto Rico: Proceedings of The Third Interagency Conference on Research in the Watersheds, Estes Park, Colorado, September 9-11, Pett-Ridge, J.C. and Derry, L.A. (2006) U-series disequilibrium investigation of a weathering profile in a tropical granitoid watershed, Luquillo, Puerto Rico. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 70, A487. Scholl MA, Giambelluca TW, Gingerich SB, Shanley JB (2006) Use of stable isotope ratios to estimate the cloud-water component of the water balance in localities with orographic clouds. EOS Transactions, AGU. 87 (52) Suppl. 26. Scholl M.A., Shanley J.B., Troester J.W. (2006) Stable isotope measurements of rain, could water, and streams in the Luquillo Mountains, Puerto Rico. Abstracts with Programs GSA, 38, 97. Scholl MA, Shanley JB, Zegarra JP (2007) Seasonal patterns of precipitation isotopic composition in the Luquillo Mountains, Puerto Rico. EOS Transactions, AGU, 88 (52) Suppl. Vol

4 Shanley, J.B., McDowell W., Stallard R.F. (2006). Long-term controls on solute and sediment fluxes from a rapidly weathering tropical watershed. EOS Transactions, AGU. 87 (52) Suppl. 26. Shanley, J.B., Engle, M.A., Krabbenhoft, D.P., Scholl, M.A., Brunette, R., Olson, M.L., and Van der Jagd, G. High Hg Wet Deposition in Puerto Rico. Annual National Atmospheric Deposition Program meeting, Madison, WI, Oct ,

5 Water Quality and Landscape Processes of Eastern Puerto Rico, Focusing on Four Humid- Tropical Forested and Developed Catchments USGS Scientific Investigations Report Sheila F. Murphy and Robert F. Stallard, editors TABLE OF CONTENTS PROLOGUE by Sheila F. Murphy and Robert F. Stallard CHAPTER 1- Environmental Setting, by Sheila F. Murphy, Robert F. Stallard, Matthew C. Larsen, and William A. Gould CHAPTER 2- Hydrology and Climate, by Sheila F. Murphy and Robert F. Stallard CHAPTER 3- Atmospheric Chemical Inputs, by Robert F. Stallard CHAPTER 4- Water Chemistry, by Robert F. Stallard and Sheila F. Murphy CHAPTER 5- Landslides and Sediment Budgets, by Matthew C. Larsen CHAPTER 6- Effects of earthworms on slopewash, surface runoff, and fine litter transport on a humid tropical forested hillslope, by Matthew C. Larsen, Zhigang Liu, and Xiaoming Zou CHAPTER 7- Weathering and Landscape, by Robert F. Stallard CHAPTER 8- Weathering Processes in the Rio Icacos Watershed, Luquillo Mountains, Puerto Rico, by Heather Buss, Art F. White and Susan L. Brantley CHAPTER 9- Land Cover, Land Use, Population Dynamics, and Land Use Change in Northeastern Puerto Rico, by William A. Gould, Sebastian Martinuzzi, and Isabel K. Parés-Ramos APPENDIX A- Analytical Procedures APPENDIX B- Data Processing APPENDIX C- CD of data 5

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