Year: 2017
Type: article
Abstract: Green roofs, which generally consist of an engineered substrate paired with drought-tolerant vegetation, are rapidly expanding in coverage worldwide.As engineered ecosystems that are installed in a unique environment on top of a roof, it is unclear how green roof ecosystem components (i.e., plants, substrate, microbes) interact and develop over time and what influence this has on urban biogeochemical cycles.I evaluated the microbial and plant communities on several green roofs as well as the changes in important nutrient stocks and flows over annual and decadal timescales.I focused on Buffam.Ishi, you have been an amazing role model and support system.I admire your love for the scientific method and will miss our hours-long whiteboard discussions.I particularly appreciate you pushing me to be a better scientist, writer, and person, and for standing by me when I was stressed (e.g. after losing all of my samples in international customs), frustrated (e.g. when trying to figure out why my R code was not working), and confused (well this happened a lot).It has been a joy working with you, from my days as a young technician in your lab to my current status as a wrinkly old man.You have truly helped me grow, and I cannot thank you enough.I look forward to continued collaboration!I especially want to thank my committee members Kristy Hopfensperger, Steve Matter, Brad Rowe, and Jodi Shann.Kristy, thank you for being a mentor in the lab and classroom and for investing countless hours advising me in the Preparing Future Faculty Program.Steve, thank you for answering all of my statistical questions and for expanding my ecological horizons.Brad, thank you for sharing your knowledge
Author: Mark E. Mitchell
Institution: University of Cincinnati
Language: English
Topic: Urban Heat Island Mitigation
Subfield: Environmental Engineering
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
SDGs: Life on land, Climate action
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2803455201