Jose A. Amador

jam7740u@postoffice.uri.edu

University of Rhode Island

Department of Natural Resources Science 

Coastal Institute in Kingston, #109

1 Greenhouse Road

Kingston, RI 02881

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Dr. Amador's research focuses on three different areas: the interaction of soil microbial processes, soil fauna, and soil physical properties in nutrient cycling; controls on spatial and temporal variability of nutrient cycling in soil; and the interplay between microbial degradation of organic contaminants and soil biogeochemical processes. Dr. Amador's primary research interests are in soil microbiology, soil ecology, and biogeochemistry.

Gorres, J.H., J.B. Lyons, M. DiChiaro, and J.A. Amador. 1998. "Spatial and temporal patterns of biological activity in a forest and an old field." Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 30:219-230.

Amador, J.A., A. Glucksman, J.B. Lyons, and J.H. Gorres. 1997. "Spatial distribution of soil phosphatase activity within a riparian forest." Soil Science, 162:808-825.

Gorres, J.H., M.C. Savin, and J.A. Amador. 1997. "Dynamics of carbon and nitrogen mineralization, microbial biomass, and nematode abundance within and outside the burrow walls of aneciearthworms (Lumbricus terrestris)." Soil Science, 162:666-671.