Anne E. Giblin

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Anne E. Giblin
Alma materB.S.: Biology, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 1975 Ph.D.: Ecology, Boston University Marine Program, Woods Hole, MA, 1982
AwardsPhi Lambda Upsilon Chemical Honor Society,

Aldo Leopold Leadership Fellowship 2001,

American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow 2013
Scientific career
Fieldsecosystem ecology, biogeochemistry, nutrient cycling
InstitutionsEcosystem Center, Marine Biological Laboratory
Website https://www.mbl.edu/ecosystems/faculty/giblin/

Anne E. Giblin is a marine biologist who researches the cycling of elements nitrogen, sulfur, iron and phosphorus. She is a Senior Scientist and Acting Director of the Ecosystem Center at the Marine Biological Lab.

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Education

Giblin earned her Bachelor of Science in Biology at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, in Troy, NY in 1975. She went on to earn her Ph.D. in ecology at the Boston University Marine Program, in Woods Hole, MA, in 1982. [1] Giblin did her graduate work in the Massachusetts Great Sippewissett Marsh, studying trace metal solubility in salt marsh sediments which were contaminated with sewage sludge. [2]

Career and research

Gilbin's research primarily focuses on the cycling of elements such as nitrogen, sulfur, iron, and phosphorus in the environment. The majority of Giblin's research is focused around the circulation of these elements in different redox (reduction-oxidation) conditions in soils and sediments. Another dominant theme in her work is to comprehend if sediment processes act as a buffer or act to exacerbate anthropogenic inputs of nutrients to the environment. For example, much of her work focuses on the nitrogen cycle, and the effects ecosystems may have if there are high nutrient inputs from wastewater or fertilizer. [3]

Gilbin is the lead PI of the Plum Island Ecosystems Long Term Ecological Research Site (PIE LTER). The Plum Island Ecosystems is composed of estuaries and watersheds located in northeastern Massachusetts. The three rivers that make up the ecosystem are the Ipswich River, Parker River, and the Rowley River. [4] The goal of this research site is to develop an understanding of the long-term effect's sea-level rise linked to climate change may have on the watershed. The knowledge gathered through this research site is used in policy and land management with the initiative to protect the natural resources of the coastal zone. [5]

Giblin is also works at the Arctic Long-Term Ecological Research (ARC LTER). The project is located on the north slope of Alaska. Similar to PIE LTER, this project was created to study anthropogenic as well as natural environmental change on ecosystems. Giblin conducted a long-term fertilization experiment in a pair of lakes and observed their recovery, to anticipate the effects of what will happen with a longer growing season. Data from this project could inform the management of the landscape. [6]

Giblin has also worked have had to do with acid deposition on the sulfur cycle of lakes, the movement of trace metals in salt marsh sediments, nitrogen inputs and hydrologic disturbances to estuaries and Arctic lakes. [7]

Awards and honors

Grants:  Giblin's research is supported by numerous grants from the National Science Foundation and the USGS [11] [12]

Publications  

Giblin's publications include the following:

  1. Responses of Arctic Tundra to Experimental and Observed Changes in Climate, 1995, Ecological Society of America. [13]
  2. Resource-based niches provide a basis for plant species diversity and dominance in arctic tundra, 2002, Nature international journal of science. [14]
  3. Methods for Measuring Denitrification: Diverse approaches to a difficult problem, 2006, Ecological society of America [15]
  4. Global Change and the Carbon Balance of Arctic Ecosystems: Carbon/nutrient interactions should act as major constraints on changes in global terrestrial carbon cycling, June 1992, BioScience, Volume 42, Issue 6 [16]
  5. 15N natural abundances and N use by tundra plants, 1996, Oecologia [17]

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References

  1. ↑ "Anne Giblin | Northeast Climate Science Center". necsc.umass.edu. Retrieved 2019-09-14.
  2. ↑ Giblin, Anne E.; Luther, George W.; Valiela, Ivan (1986-10-01). "Trace metal solubility in salt marsh sediments contaminated with sewage sludge". Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 23 (4): 477–498. Bibcode:1986ECSS...23..477G. doi:10.1016/0272-7714(86)90005-3. ISSN   0272-7714.
  3. ↑ "Dr. Anne E. Giblin | GulfBase". www.gulfbase.org. Retrieved 2019-09-15.
  4. ↑ "About Plum Island Ecosystems LTER | Plum Island Ecosystems". pie-lter.ecosystems.mbl.edu. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
  5. ↑ "Anne E. Giblin". The Ecosystems Center. 2012-05-31. Archived from the original on 2019-09-10. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
  6. ↑ "Arctic Long Term Ecological Research | Member of the U.S. Long Term Ecological Research Network". arc-lter.ecosystems.mbl.edu. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
  7. ↑ "Dr. Anne E. Giblin | GulfBase". www.gulfbase.org. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
  8. ↑ "About the Society | Phi Lambda Upsilon" . Retrieved 2019-09-14.
  9. ↑ Giblin, Anne. "MBL scientist Anne Giblin named 2013 AAAS Fellow". Advancement of Science. Retrieved 2019-09-14.
  10. ↑ "AAAS Honorary Fellows". American Association for the Advancement of Science. Retrieved 2019-09-16.
  11. ↑ "Arctic Long Term Ecological Research | Member of the U.S. Long Term Ecological Research Network". arc-lter.ecosystems.mbl.edu. Retrieved 2019-09-14.
  12. ↑ "Welcome to Plum Island Ecosystems LTER | Plum Island Ecosystems". pie-lter.ecosystems.mbl.edu. Retrieved 2019-09-14.
  13. ↑ Chapin, F. Stuart; Shaver, Gaius R.; Giblin, Anne E.; Nadelhoffer, Knute J.; Laundre, James A. (1995). "Responses of Arctic Tundra to Experimental and Observed Changes in Climate". Ecology. 76 (3): 694–711. Bibcode:1995Ecol...76..694C. doi:10.2307/1939337. ISSN   1939-9170. JSTOR   1939337.
  14. ↑ Murray, Georgia; Laundre, James A.; Kwiatkowski, Bonnie L.; Kielland, Knut; Giblin, Anne E.; Fry, Brian; Rastetter, Edward B.; Nadelhoffer, Knute J.; Shaver, Gaius R. (January 2002). "Resource-based niches provide a basis for plant species diversity and dominance in arctic tundra". Nature. 415 (6867): 68–71. Bibcode:2002Natur.415...68M. doi:10.1038/415068a. ISSN   1476-4687. PMID   11780117. S2CID   4359036.
  15. ↑ Groffman, Peter M.; Altabet, Mark A.; Böhlke, J. K.; Butterbach-Bahl, Klaus; David, Mark B.; Firestone, Mary K.; Giblin, Anne E.; Kana, Todd M.; Nielsen, Lars Peter (2006). "Methods for Measuring Denitrification: Diverse Approaches to a Difficult Problem". Ecological Applications. 16 (6): 2091–2122. doi:10.1890/1051-0761(2006)016[2091:MFMDDA]2.0.CO;2. hdl: 1912/1425 . ISSN   1939-5582. PMID   17205891.
  16. ↑ Rastetter, E. B.; Oechel, W. C.; Nadelhoffer, Knute J.; Giblin, Anne E.; Chapin, F. Stuart; Billings, W. D.; Shaver, Gaius R. (1992-06-01). "Global Change and the Carbon Balance of Arctic EcosystemsCarbon/nutrient interactions should act as major constraints on changes in global terrestrial carbon cycling". BioScience. 42 (6): 433–441. doi:10.2307/1311862. ISSN   0006-3568. JSTOR   1311862.
  17. ↑ Nadelhoffer, K.; Shaver, G.; Fry, B.; Giblin, A.; Johnson, L.; McKane, R. (1996-08-01). "15N natural abundances and N use by tundra plants". Oecologia. 107 (3): 386–394. Bibcode:1996Oecol.107..386N. doi:10.1007/BF00328456. ISSN   1432-1939. PMID   28307268. S2CID   13071855.
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