James O. Sickman

Assistant Professor of Hydrology

• Office: 212 Science Laboratories 1
• Phone: (951) 827-4552
• james.sickman@ucr.edu
• Curriculum Vitae

Academic Degrees:

• Ph.D., Watershed Biogeochemistry, U.C. Santa Barbara, 2001
• M.A., Aquatic and Ecosystem Science, U.C. Santa Barbara, 1991
• B.A., Aquatic Biology, U.C. Santa Barbara, 1983

Specialization:

• Watershed hydrology and biogeochemistry, application of stable and radioisotopes to environmental science.

Research Group:

• Graduate Students

  Andrea Albertin (University of Florida) (Ph.D., Soil and Water Sciences program)

  Nutrient factors controlling the distribution and abundance of algae in Florida springs

  Andrea Heard (Ph.D., Soil and Water Sciences program)

  Peter Homyak (Ph.D., Soil and Water Sciences program)

  Phosphorus biogeochemistry of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems of the Sierra Nevada

  William Vicars (Ph.D., Soil and Water Sciences program)

  Atmospheric aerosols and deposition in the Sierra Nevada: Implications for aquatic ecosystems

• Other

  Guntram von Kiparski - Lecturer and Postdoctoral Research Associate

  Hydrologic fluxes of carbon from melting permafrost in central Alaska

Representative Publications:

• Engel, D., J.O. Sickman, J.M. Melack, C. Moore, A.E. Esperanza and J. Keeley. 2008. The biogeochemical legacy of prescribed fire in a mixed conifer forest of Sequoia National Park: A sixteen year record of watershed balances. JGR-Biogeosciences Vol. 113: doi:10.1029/2006JG000391 16p.
• Sickman, J.O., M.J. Zanoli and H. Mann. 2007. Effects of Urbanization on Organic Carbon Loads in Rivers. Water Resources Research Vol. 43: W11422, doi:10.1029/2007WR005954 15p.
• MacIntyre, S. J.O. Sickman, G.W. Kling, and S. Goldthwait. 2006. Pathways of nutrient supply in a small, ultra-oligotrophic arctic lake during summer stratification. Limnology and Oceanography 51: 1107-1124.
• Sickman, J.O., D. Clow and J.M. Melack. 2003. Evidence for nutrient enrichment of high-elevation lakes in the Sierra Nevada, California. Limnology and Oceanography 48(5): 1885-1892.
• Sickman, J.O., A. Leydecker, Chang, C.C.Y., C. Kendall, J.M. Melack, D.M. Lucero and J.P. Schimel. 2003. Mechanisms underlying export of N from high-elevation catchments during seasonal transitions. Biogeochemistry 64: 1-32.
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Courses Taught:

• ENSC 163 Physical Hydrology
• ENSC 218 Isotopes in Ecology and Environmental Science
• ENSC 2XX Global Change and the Earth System

Graduate Program Affiliations and Research Focus Areas:

• Research Focus Areas

  • Soil and Water Sciences

• Program

  • Environmental Sciences

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