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Biography
Paul Mayer is an Ecologist with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency at the National Risk Management Research Laboratory in Oklahoma. Paul received a B.S. in Zoology from North Dakota State, an M.S. in Wildlife Biology from the University of Missouri, a Ph.D. in Conservation Biology from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, and has worked as a biologist with the US Fish and Wildlife Service. Paul's research interests are in ecological indicators, ecosystem restoration, invasion ecology, and avian ecology. Paul is currently studying: 1) effects of stream restoration on carbon supply and denitrification processes in urban streams of the Chesapeake Bay region, 2) dispersal and invasion dynamics of Eastern Redcedar, and 3) the role of detritivores on nitrogen flux.
Email: mayer.paul@epa.govSelected Publications:
Mayer, P.M., S.K. Reynolds, M.D. McCutchen, and T.J. Canfield. 2007. Meta-analysis of nitrogen removal in riparian buffers. Journal of Environmental Quality 36:1172-1180.
Groffman, P.M., A.M. Dorsey, and P.M. Mayer. 2005. N processing within geomorphic structures in urban streams. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 24:613-625.
Mayer, P.M., S.K. Reynolds, M.D. McCutchen, and T.J. Canfield. 2005. Riparian Buffer Width, Vegetative Cover, and Nitrogen Removal Effectiveness: A Review of Current Science and Regulations. EPA/600/R-05/118. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Washington, D.C. http://www.epa.gov/ada/download/reports/600R05118/600R05118.pdf
Mayer, P.M., S.J. Tunnell, D.M. Engle, E.E. Jorgensen, and P. Nunn. 2005. Invasive grass alters litter decomposition by influencing macrodetritivores. Ecosystems 8:200-209.
Horncastle, V. J., E. C. Hellgren, P. M. Mayer, D. M. Engle, and D. M. Leslie, Jr. 2004. Differential frugivory of eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana) by avian and mammalian guilds: Implications for tree invasion. American Midland Naturalist 152:255-267.
Mayer, P.M., R.O. Megard, and S.M. Galatowitsch. 2004. Plankton respiration and biomass as functional indicators of recovery in restored prairie wetlands. Ecological Indicators 4:245-253.
Mayer, P.M., E. Striz, R. Shedlock, E. Doheny, and P. Groffman. 2003. The effects of ecosystem restoration on nitrogen processing in an urban mid-Atlantic piedmont stream. Pp. 536-541 in Renard, Kenneth G., McElroy, Stephen A., Gburek, William J., Canfield, H. Evan and Scott, Russell L., eds. First Interagency Conference on Research in the Watersheds, October 27-30, 2003. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. http://www.tucson.ars.ag.gov/icrw/Proceedings/Mayer.pdf
Mayer, P.M. and S.M. Galatowitsch. 2001. Assessing ecosystem integrity of restored prairie wetlands from species production-diversity relationships. Hydrobiologia 443:177-185.
Mayer, P.M. and S.M. Galatowitsch. 1999. Diatom communities as ecological indicators of recovery in restored prairie wetlands. Wetlands 19:765-774.
Staus, N. and P.M. Mayer. 1999. Arthropods and predation of artificial nests in the Bahamas: Implications for subtropical avifauna. Wilson Bulletin 111:561-564.
Ryan, M.R., B.G. Root, and P.M. Mayer. 1993. Status of piping plovers in the Great Plains of North America: a demographic simulation model. Conservation Biology 7:581-585.
Root, B.G., M.R. Ryan, and P.M. Mayer. 1992. Piping plover survival in the Great Plains. Journal of Field Ornithology. 63:10-15.
Mayer, P. M. and M. R. Ryan. 1991. Electric fences reduce predation on piping plover nests and chicks. Wildlife Society Bulletin 19:59-63.
Mayer, P.M. and M.R. Ryan. 1991. Survival rates of artificial piping plover nests in American avocet colonies. Condor 93:753-755.
Mayer, P.M. and G.T. Allen. 1987. Reinforced artificial aeries for prairie falcons. Wildlife Society Bulletin 15:207 209.