EXAMPLES OF TECHNICAL PUBLICATIONS            See complete vita

Journal Articles (out of ~70)  

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1.     Baker, L., B. Wilson, D. Fulton and B. Horgan.  In press.  Disproportionality as a framework to target nutrient reduction from urban landscapes (invited paper).  Cities and the Environment.

2.     Baker, L.A., J. Schussler and S. Snyder. 2008. Drivers of changes in lake clarity.  J. Lake and Reservoir Management 24: 30-40.

3.     Baker, L.A., et al. 2007. Symposium: effect of human choices on characteristics of human ecosystems. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, Oct. 2007, 404-409.

4.     Baker, L. A. and P.L. Brezonik. 2007. Using whole-system mass balances to craft novel approaches for pollution reduction: examples at scales from households to urban regions. In: Cities of the Future: Towards Integrated Sustainable Water and Landscape Management, edited by V. Novotny and P. Brown, IWA Publishing, London.

5.     Schussler, J., L. Baker and H. Chester-Jones. 2007. Whole-system phosphorus model for analysis of P management in watersheds. Ecological Engineering 29:294-304.

6.     Xu, Y., L. Baker, and P. Johnson. 2007. Effect of land use changes on temporal trends in groundwater nitrate concentrations in and around Phoenix, Arizona, Ground Water 27(2): 49-56.

7.     Baker, L.A., P. Hartzheim, S. Hobbie, K. Nelson, J. King. 2007.  Influence of consumption choices on C, N and P fluxes through households. Urban Ecosystems 10:97-117.

8.     Kaye, J., P. Groffman, N. Grimm, L. Baker, and R. Pouyat. 2006.  A distinct urban biogeochemistry?  Trends in Research in Ecology and Evolution 4: 192-199.

9.     Baker, L. Perils and pleasures of multidisciplinary research. 2006. Urban Ecosystems 9: 45-47.

10. Baker, L.A., P. Westerhoff, M. Sommerfeld. 2006 An adaptive management strategy using multiple barriers to control tastes and odors.  J. American Water Works Association 98 (6): 113-126.

11. Baker, L.A., T. Brazel, N. Selovar, C. Martin, F. Steiner, N. McIntyre, A. Nelson, L. Musacchio. 2002. Urbanization and warming of Phoenix (Arizona, USA): Impacts, Feedbacks, and Mitigation. Urban Ecosystems 6: 183-203.

12. Nyguen, My Lin, L. Baker, and P. Westerhoff.  2002. Sources of DOC and DBP precursors in western U.S. watersheds and reservoirs.  J. Am. Water Works Assoc. 94(5): 98-112.

13. Baker, L.A., D. Hope, Y. Xu, Lisa Lauver,  J. Edmonds. 2001a.  Nitrogen mass balance for the Central Arizona-Phoenix ecosystem. Ecosystems 4(6): 582-602.

14. Gerke, S., L. Baker, Y. Xu.  2001. Sequential model of nitrogen transformations in a treatment wetland receiving lagoon effluent.  Water Research 35 (16): 3857-3866.

15. Baker, L.A., and P. Westerhoff . 2000. Chapter 6: Low-tech system to treat and reuse wastewater on the U.S.-Mexican border. In: Westerhoff, P. (ed.). Water Issues on the U.S.-Mexico Border, San Diego: San Diego State University Press.

16. Whitmer, S., and L. Baker.  2000. Loss of bromide in a wetland tracer experiment.  J. Environmental Quality 29: 2042-2045.

17. Lauver, L., and L. Baker.  2000. Mass balance for wastewater nitrogen in the Central Arizona-Phoenix ecosystem.  Water Research  34: 2754-2760

18. Pinney, M., P. Westerhoff, L. Baker. 2000. Transformations of dissolved organic carbon through constructed wetlands.  Water Research 34: 1897-1911.

19. Farnsworth-Lee, L., and L.A. Baker.  2000. Conceptual model of aquatic plant decay and ammonia toxicity for shallow lakes.  J. Env. Eng. (ASCE), 126(3): 199-207.

20. Johnson, J.S., L.A. Baker and P. Fox.  1999.  Geochemical transformations during artificial recharge of groundwater: soil-water interactions of inorganic constituents.  Water Research 33: 196-2006.

21. Baker, L.A. 1998.  Design considerations and applications for wetland treatment of high-nitrate waters.  Water Science Technology 38: 389-395.

22. Ingersoll, T. and L.A. Baker.  1998. Nitrate removal in wetland microcosms.  Water Research 32: 766-684.

23. Baker, L.A. 1996.  Lakes and Reservoirs.  Chapter 9 in Handbook of Water Resources, edited by L. Mays, McGraw-Hill Books, pp 9-1 to 9-56.

24. Baker, L.A., A. Herlihy, and P. Kaufmann.  1991a. Acidic lakes and streams in the United States: role of acidic deposition. Science 252: 1151-1154.  Also, Baker et al., Reply to Krug and Warnick, Science 253: 1334-1335.

25. Baker, L.A. J.M. Eilers, R.B. Cook, P.R. Kaufmann, and A.T. Herlihy.  1991.  Interregional comparison of surface water chemistry and biogeochemical processes. Chapter 17 in Acidic Deposition and Aquatic Ecosystems, edited by Don Charles, Springer-Verlag, New York, pp. 567-613.

 

Technical Reports and Manuals

1.     Gulliver, J. and J. Anderson (eds) Assessment of Stormwater Best Management Practices, 2007.  online at http://wrc.umn.edu/outreach/stormwater.  Chapters:

• Baker, L., B. Wilson, J. Gulliver, O. Moshiri, A.J. Erickson and R. Hozalsky. Chapter 2:   Stormwater Processes.
  
• Baker, L. and B. Ashelon. 2007. Chapter 6: Analysis of Soils and Water
• Baker, L., R. Hozalksi, and  J. Gulliver  2007. Chapter 7: Source Reduction.
• Nieber, J., A.J. Erickson, L. Baker, and J. Gulliver and R. Hozalsky.   Chapter 9:  Infiltration Practices.

2.     Thompson, K., W. Christofferson, D. Robinette, J. Curl, L. Baker, J.Brereton, K.Reich 2005. Characterizing and Managing Salinity Loadings in Reclaimed Water Systems, American Water Works Association Research Foundation, Denver, CO.

3.  Sommerfeld, M., Westerhoff, P., and L. Baker. 2002. Guidance Manual for Reducing MIB and Geosmin in Water Supplies in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area.  City of Phoenix, July 2002.  ~60 pp.

4.     Westerhoff, P., M. Sommerfeld, and L. Baker.  2002.  Reducing Taste and Odor and Other Algae-Related Problems for Surface Water Supplies in Arid Environments.  Final Report to the City of Phoenix, July 2002.  300+ pp.

5.     NAPAP. 1991. 1990 Integrated Assessment: Report to Congress.  (Primary Technical Contributor” to the Aquatic Assessment chapter). Prepared by NAPAP Integrated Task Group for the U.S. Congress.  NAPAP, 722 Jackson Place, Washington, D.C.

6.     Baker, L.A., P.R. Kaufmann, A.T. Herlihy, and J.M. Eilers.  1990.  Current Acid-Base Status of Surface Waters. State-of-Science Report #9, National Acid Precipitation Assessment Program, 722 Jackson Place, Washington, DC. 367 pp.