Current research projects include study of mechanisms controlling bacterial community abundance, productivity, and structure in tidal marsh creeks; impacts of microbial processes on water quality; organic matter accretion in salt marsh sediments; and rhizosphere effects on organic matter decay in anaerobic sediments.

Selected Recent Publications

Buffam, I.D., J.N. Galloway, L.K. Blum, and K.J. McGlathery. 2001. A stormflow/baseflow comparison of dissolved organic matter concentrations and bioavailability in an Appalachian stream during storms. Biogeochemistry 53:269-306.

Lowit, M.B., L. K. Blum, and A. L. Mills. 2000. Determining replication for discrimination among microbial communities in environmental samples using community-level physiological profiles. FEMS - Microbiology Ecology 32:97-102.

Newell, S.Y., L.K. Blum, R.E. Crawford, T.Dai, and M. Dionne. 2000. Autumnal biomass and potential productivity of salt marsh fungi from 29° to 43° north latitude along the United States Atlantic Coast. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 66(1):180-185.