CHRISTOPHER NEILL
Associate Scientist
Tel: 508-289-7481 | Fax: 508-457-1548 | E-mail: cneill@mbl.edu
Ph.D. University of Massachusetts Amherst 1992
M.S. University of Massachusetts Amherst 1988
B.S. Cornell University 1980
Recent Publications:
In press. Germer, S., C. Neill, A. V. Krusche, S. Gouveia Neto and H. Elsenbeer. Seasonal and within-event dynamics of rainfall and throughfall chemistry in an open tropical rainforest in Rondônia, Brazil. Biogeochemistry.
In press. Chaves, J., C. Neill, H. Elsenbeer, A. Krusche, S. Germer and S. Gouveia Neto. The magnitude and origin of channel flows in Amazon forest and pasture watersheds. Hydrological Processes.
In press. Neill, C., W. A. Patterson, III and David W. Crary, Jr. Responses of soil carbon, nitrogen and cations to the frequency and seasonality of prescribed burning in a Cape Cod oak-pine forest. Forest Ecology and Management.
2007. McHorney, R. M. and C. Neill. Alteration of water levels in a Massachusetts coastal plain pond subject to municipal ground water withdrawals. Wetlands 27:366-380.
2007. Neill, C. The challenge of managing disturbance regimes, terrestrial communities and rare species in a suburbanizing region: the Northeastern U.S. coastal sandplain. Biological Conservation 136: 1-3.
2007. Neill, C., B. Von Holle, Kneill_amazon_soil.html. R. Collins, C. Treat and M. Dean. Historical influences on the vegetation and soils of the Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts coastal sandplain: Impneill_amazon_watershed.htmland restoration. Biological Conservation 136: 17-32.
2006. Neill, C., H. Elsenbeer, A. V. Krusche, J. L. Lehmann, D. Markewitz and R. O de Figueiredo. Hydrological and biogeochemical processes in a changing Amazon: Results from small watershed studies and the Large-Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment. Hydrological Processes 20: 2467-2476.
2006. Neill, C., L. A. Deegan, S. M. Thomas, C. L. Haupert, A. V. Krusche, V. M. Ballester and R. L. Victoria. Deforestation alters channel hydrauliimages/modeling.jpgl characteristics of small lowland Amazonian streams. Hydrological Processes 20: 2563-2580.
2006. Neill, C., M. C. Piccolo, C. C. Cerri, P. A. Steudler and J. M. Melillo. Soil solution and nitrogen oxide losses during clearing of lowland Amazon forest for cattle pasture. Plant and Soil 281: 233-245.
