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Department of Earth and Environmental Science

Frederick N Scatena

Peer Reviewed Publications
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1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985
2006

Heartsill-Scalley T., Scatena F.N., Estrada C., McDowell W.H., Lugo A.E., 2006. Disturbance and long-term patterns of rainfall and throughfall nutrient fluxes in a subtropical forest in Puerto Rico. Journal of Hydrology, in press

Wei Wu, Hall CAS., Scatena FN., 2006 Modeling the impact of land use change on the stream flows at the meso-scale watershed level in North-Eastern Puerto Rico. Hydrological Processes, in press.

Wei Wu, Hall C.A.S., Scatena F.N., Quackenbush L.J., 2006. Spatial modeling of evapotranspiration in the Luquillo Experimental Forest of Puerto Rico using Remotely-sensed data. Journal of Hydrology 328:733-752

Blanco J.F., Scatena F.N., 2006. The Spatial Arrangement of Neritina virginea during upstream migration. River Research and Applications.

Holwerda F., Burkard R., Eugster W., Scatena F.N., Meesters A.G., Bruijnzeel L.A., 2006 Estimating fog deposition at a Puerto Rican elfin cloud forest site: comparison of the water budget and eddy covariance methods. Hydrological processes 20:2669-2692

Holwerda F., Scatena F.N., Bruijnzeel L.A., 2006. Throughfall in a Puerto Rican lower montane rainforest: A comparison of sampling strategies Journal of Hydrology. 327: 592-602

Blanco J.F., Scatena F.N., 2006. Hierarchical contribution of river-connectivity, water chemistry, hydraulics, and substrate to the distribution of diadromous snails in Puerto Rican Streams. J.N. Am. Benthol. Soc. 2006. 25(1):82-98

Brown K.A., Scatena F.N., Gurevitch J., 2006. Effects of an invasive tree on community structure and diversity in a tropical forest in Puerto Rico. Forest Ecology and Management 226:145-152

2005

Beard K.H., Vogt K.A., Vogt D.J., Scatena F.N., Covich A.P., Sigurdardottir R., Siccama T.C., Crowl, T.A., 2005. Structural and Functional Responses of a Subtropical Forest to 10 years of Hurricanes and Droughts. Ecological Monographs 75(3):345-361

Ortiz-Zayas J.R., Lewis W.M., Saunders J.F., McCutchan J.H., Scatena F.N., 2005 Metabolism of a tropical rainforest stream. J.N. American Benthological Society 24(4):769-783

Blanco J.F., Scatena F.N., 2005. Floods, Habitat Hydraulics and Upstream Migration of Neritina virginea (Gastropoda:Neritodae) in Northeastern Puerto Rico). Caribbean Journal of Science, Vol. 41, No. 1:55-74

Blanco J.F., Scatena F.N., 2005 Hydraulics and spatial arrangement of tropical neritid snails (Neritina virginea, Gastropoda: Neritidae) during upstream migration under a road crossing. Submitted to River Research and Applications, In press

2004

Ortiz-Zayas J.R., Scatena F.N., 2004 Integrated Water Resources Management in the Luquillo Mountains, Puerto Rico: An Evolving Process. International Journal of Water Resources Development Vol. 20 No. 3, 387-398 September 2004

Scatena F.N. 2004. A survey of methods for setting minimum instream flows standards in the Caribbean Basin. River Research and Applications Vol 20: 127-135

Schellekens J., Scatena F.N., Bruijnzeel L.A., van Dijk A.I. J.M., Groen M.M.A., van Hoogezand R.J.P., 2004. Stormflow generation in a small rain-forest catchment in the Luquillo Experimental Forest, Puerto Rico. Hydrological Processes 18. 505-530

Ruan H.H., Zou X.M., Scatena F.N., Zimmerman J.K., 2004. Asynchronous fluctuation of soil microbial biomass and plant litterfall in a tropical wet forest. Plant and Soil 260: 147-154

2003

Scatena F. N., 2003. A Preliminary Estimate of the Natural and Social Value of Los Tres Picachos. Acta Cientifica 17(1-3):59-61

Santos-Román D.M., Warner G.S., Scatena F.N. 2003, Multivariate Analysis of Water Quality and Physical Characteristics of Selected Watersheds in Puerto Rico. Journal of the American Water Resources Association 39(4): 829-839

Beard K. H., Eschtruth A.K., Vogt K.A., Scatena F.N. 2003. The effects of the frog Eleutherodactylus coqui on invertebrates and ecosystem processes at two scales in the Luquillo Experimental Forest, Puerto Rico. Journal of Tropical Ecology 19:607-617.

Planos Gutiérrez E.O., Scatena F.N. 2003. Intense Precipitations in Cuba. IMPACT. Journal of the American Water Works Association. September Issue 2003

March J.G., Benstead J.P., Pringle C.M., Scatena F.N., 2003. Damming tropical islands streams: Problems, Solutions, and Alternatives. Bioscience November 2003/Vol. 53 No. 11:1069-1071

Covich A.P., Crowl T.A., Scatena F.N., 2003. Effects of extreme low flows on freshwater shrimps in a perennial tropical stream. Freshwater Biology V48: 1199-1206

Ostertag R., Scatena F.N., Silver W.L., 2003. Forest Floor Decomposition following hurricane litter inputs in several Puerto Rican Forests. Ecosystems 6:261-273

Blundell A.G., Scatena F.N., Wentsel R., Sommers W., 2003. Ecorisk Assessment Using Indicators of Sustainability: Invasive Species in the Caribbean National Forest of Puerto Rico. Journal of Forestry Vol 101, Number 1:14-19

2002

Wang H. Hall C.A.S., Scatena F.N., Fetcher N., Wei Wu, 2002. Modeling the spatial and temporal variability in climate and primary productivity across the Luquillo Mountains, Puerto Rico. Forest Ecology and Management 6118: 1026

Vogt K.A., Beard K.H., Hammann S., O'Hara Palmiotto J., Vogt D.J., Scatena F.N., Hecht B.P., 2002. Indigenous Knowledge Informing Management of Tropical Forests: The link between Rhythms in Plant Secondary Chemistry and Lunar Cycles. Ambio Vol. 31 No. 6 Sept. 2002

Cox S.B., Willig M.R. Scatena F.N., 2002, Variation in nutrient characteristics of surface soils from the Luquillo Experimental Forest of Puerto Rico-A multivariate perspective. Plant and Soil vol. 247, No. 2:189-198

Rivera-Ramirez H.D., Warner G.S., Scatena F.N., 2002. Prediction of Master Recession Curves and Baseflow Recessions in the Luquillo Mountains of Puerto Rico. Journal of the American Water Resources Association, Vol. 38, No. 3:693-704

Frizano J., Johnson A.H., Vann D.R., Scatena F.N., 2002. Soil phosphorus fractionation during forest development on landslides scars in the Luquillo Mountains, Puerto Rico. Biotropica. Vol. 34 #1: 17-26

2001

Scatena F.N., 2001. Ecological rhythms and the management of humid tropical forests: Examples from the Caribbean National Forest, Puerto Rico. Forest Ecology and Management 5528:1-12

Lugo A.E., Silver W.L., Brown S., Scatena F.N., Ewel J.J., 2001. Managed Ecosystems Deserve Greater Attention. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, Vol. 82, No 1:91-93

2000

Schellekens J., Bruijnzeel L.A., Scatena F.N., Bink N.J., Holwerda F., 2000. Evaporation from a tropical rain forest, Luquillo Experimental Forest, eastern Puerto Rico. Water Resources Research Vol. 36, No. 8:2183-2196

Richardson B.A., Richardson M.J., Scatena F.N., McDowell W.H., 2000. Effects of nutrient availability and other elevational changes on bromeliad populations and their invertebrate communities in a humid tropical forest in Puerto Rico. Journal of Tropical Ecology Vol. 16:167-188

Covich A.P., Crowl T.A., Scatena F.N., 2000. Linking habitat stability to floods and droughts: effects on shrimp in montane streams, Puerto Rico. Verhandlungen Internationale Vereinigung fur Theoretische und Angewandte Limnologie Vol. 27: 2430-2434

Crowl T.A., Bouwes N., Townsend M.J., Covich A.P., Scatena F.N., 2000. Estimating the potential role of freshwater shrimp on an aquatic insect assemblage in a tropical headwater stream: A bioenergetic approach. Verhandlungen Internationale Vereinigung fur Theoretische und Angewandte Limnologie Vol. 27: 2403-2407

Schaffer D.A., McDowell W.H., Scatena F.N., Asbury C.E., 2000. Effects of Hurricane Disturbance on Stream Water Concentrations and Fluxes in Eight Tropical Watersheds of the Luquillo Experimental Forest, Puerto Rico. Journal of Tropical Ecology Vol. 16:189-207

O'Connor P.J., Covich A.P., Scatena F.N., Loope L.L. 2000. Non-indigenous bamboo along headwater streams of the Luquillo Mountain, Puerto Rico: leaf fall, aquatic leaf decay and patterns of invasion. Journal of Tropical Ecology, Vol. 16:499-516

Odum H.T., Doherty S.J., Scatena F.N., Kharecha P., 2000. Emergy Evaluation of Reforestation Alternatives in Puerto Rico. Forest Science. Vol 46, No. 4:521-530

Kent R., Odum H.T., Scatena F.N. 2000. Eutrophic overgrowth in the self-organization of tropical wetlands illustrated with a study of swine wastes in rainforest plots. Ecological Engineering Vol. 16:255-269

1999

Benstead P.J., March J.G., Pringle C.M., Scatena F.N., 1999. Effects of a Low-Head Dam and Water Abstraction on Migratory Tropical Stream Biota. Ecological Applications Vol. 9(2):656-668

Schellekens J., Scatena F.N., Bruijnzeel L.A., 1999 Modeling rainfall interception by a lowland tropical rain forest in northeastern Puerto Rico. Journal of Hydrology. Vol. 225:168-184

1998

Waide R.B., Zimmerman J.K., Scatena F.N., 1998. Controls of Primary Productivity: Lessons from the Luquillo Mountains in Puerto Rico. Ecology Vol. 79(1):31-37.

Schellekens J., Bruijnzeel L.A., Wickel A.J., Scatena F.N., Silver W.L., 1998. Interception of horizontal precipitation by elfin cloud forest in the Luquillo Mountains, Eastern Puerto Rico. First International Conference on Fog and Fog Collection, eds. Schenenauer and H.A. Bridgeman, pp.29-32, Vancouver, Canada

Scatena F.N. 1998. Climate change and the Luquillo Experimental Forest of Puerto Rico: Assessing the impacts of various climate change scenarios. American Water Resources Association TPS-98-2: 193-198

Covich A.P., Crowl T.A., Johnson S.L., Scatena F.N. 1998. Effects of drought on pool morphology and benthic macroinvertebrates in headwater streams of the Luquillo Experimental Forest, Puerto Rico. American Water Resources Association TPS-98-2: 91-96

Olander L.P., Scatena F.N., Silver W.L., 1998. Impacts of disturbance initiated by road construction in a subtropical cloud forest in the Luquillo Experimental Forest, Puerto Rico. Forest Ecology and Management Vol. 109:33-49

March J.G., Benstead J.P., Pringle C.M., Scatena F.N., 1998. Migratory drift of larval shrimp in two tropical streams, Puerto Rico. Freshwater Biology Vol. 40:261-274

Lopez del Mar T., Aide T.M., Scatena F.N., 1998. The effect of land use on soil erosion in the Guadiana watershed in Puerto Rico. Caribbean Journal of Science Vol. 34, No. 3-4:298-307

1997

Walker R.T., Homma A.K.O, Scatena F.N., de Conto A.J., Rodriquez-Pedrazza C.D., Ferreira C.A.P., de Oliveira P.M., Carvalho R. A., 1997. Land Cover Evolution of Small Farms: The Trans-Amazonian Highway. Revista Economia Sociologia Rural ISSN 0103-2003 Vol. 35 No. 2: 115-126

1996

Silver W.L., Scatena F.N., Johnson A.H., Siccama T.G., Watt F., 1996. At what temporal scales does disturbance affect belowground nutrient pools? Biotropica Vol 28, #4a: 441-458

Vogt K.A., Vogt D.J., Boon P., Covich A., Scatena F.N., Asbjornsen H., O'Hara J.L., Perez J., Siccama T.G., Bloomfield J., Ranciato J.F., 1996. Litter Dynamics along Stream, Riparian and Upslope Areas Following Hurricane Hugo, Luquillo Experimental Forest, Puerto Rico. Biotropica Vol. 28, #4a:458-470

Scatena F.N., Walker R.T., Homma A.K.O., 1996. Farm-level landuse dynamics in the piedmont landscape of the Brazilian Amazon: A case study from Santarem, Para, Brazil. Ecological Economics V 18: 29-40

García-Martino A.R., Scatena F.N., Warner G.S., Civico D.L., 1996. Statistical Low Flow Estimation using GIS Analysis in Humid Montane Regions in Puerto Rico. Bulletin of the American Water Works Association, Vol. 32 #6:1-13

García-Martino A.R., Warner G.S., Scatena F.N., Civico D.L., 1996. Rainfall and elevation relationships in the Luquillo Mountains of Puerto Rico. Caribbean Journal of Science Vol. 32, No.4, 413-424

García-Martino A.R., Warner G.S., Scatena F.N., Civco D.L., 1996. GIS prediction of rainfall and runoff volumes in eastern Puerto Rico. Pages 417-426 in Hallam C.A., J.M. Salisbury, Lanfear K.J., Battaglin W.A., editors. American Water Resources Association, Herndon, VA TPS-96-3

Scatena F.N., Moya S., Estrada C., Chinea J.D., 1996. The First Five Years in the Reorganization of Aboveground Biomass and Nutrient Use Following Hurricane Hugo in the Bisley Experimental Watersheds, Luquillo Experimental Forest, Puerto Rico. Biotropica Vol 28, #4a: 424-440

Lugo A.E., Scatena F.N. 1996. Background and Catastrophic Mortality in Tropical Moist, Wet, and Rain Forests. Biotropica Vol. 28, #4a: 585-599

1995

Scatena F.N., Lugo A.E. 1995. Geomorphology, disturbance, and the soil and vegetation of two subtropical wet steepland watersheds of Puerto Rico. Geomorphology, 13:199-213

Scatena F.N., 1995. Relative scales of time and effectiveness of watershed processes in a tropical Montane Rain Forest of Puerto Rico. In Natural and Anthropogenic Influences in Fluvial Geomorphology. American Geophysical Union Geophysical Monograph 89:103-111

1994

Silver W.L., Scatena F.N., Johnson A.H., Siccama T.G., Sanchez M.J., 1994. Nutrient availability in a montane wet tropical forest in Puerto Rico: spatial patterns and methodological considerations. Plant and Soil 164:129-145

Garcia-Montiel, D., Scatena, F.N., 1994. The effect of human activity on the structure and composition of a tropical forest in Puerto Rico. Forest Ecology and Management: 63:57-78

Homma A.K.O., Walker R.T., Scatena F.N. 1994. Reducao dos Desmatamentos Na Amazonia: Political Agricol ou Ambiental. Terceris Conferencia International de Integracao de sistemas. ICSI94:1-18. Sao Paulo, Brazil

1993

Ahmad, R., Scatena F.N., Gupta A., 1993. Morphology and sedimentation in Caribbean montane streams: examples from Jamaica and Puerto Rico. Sedimentary Geology 85:157-169

1992

Lugo A.E., Scatena F.N., 1992. Epiphytes and Climate Change Research: A Proposal. Selbenia 13:123-130

Basnet K., Scatena F.N., Lugo A.E., and Likens G.E., 1992. Ecological consequence of root grafting in Tabonuco (Dacryodes excelsa) trees in the Luquillo Experimental Forest, Puerto Rico. Biotropica 25:28-35

Scatena F.N., Silver W.L., Siccama T. G., Johnson A.G., Sanchez M.J., 1992. Biomass and Chemical content of the Bisley Watersheds, Luquillo Experimental Forest, Puerto Rico. Biotropica 25:15-27

1991

Basnet K., Likens G.E., Scatena F.N., Lugo A.E., 1991. Hurricane Hugo: Damage to a tropical rain forest in Puerto Rico. Journal of Tropical Ecology 8:47-55.

Lodge D.J., Scatena F.N., Asbury C.E., Sanchez M.J. 1991. Fine litter and related nutrient inputs resulting from Hurricane Hugo in Tabonuco and Dwarf Forests of Puerto Rico. Biotropica Vol. 23, Number 4: 336-342

Scatena F.N., Larsen, M.C. 1991. Physical Aspects of Hurricane Hugo in Puerto Rico. Biotropica 23, 4a:317-323

Ackerman J.D., Walker L.R., Scatena F.N., Wunderle J. 1991. Ecological Effects of Hurricanes. Bull. Ecological Soc. Amer. 72:178-189

1990

Scatena F.N. 1990 Culvert Flow in Small Drainages in Montane Tropical Forests: Observations from the Luquillo Experimental Forest of Puerto Rico. In Tropical Hydrology and Caribbean Water Resources, American Water Resources Association Technical Publication TPS-90-2 pp 237-246

Scatena F.N. 1990. Selection of Riparian Buffer Zones in Humid Tropical Steeplands. In R.R. Ziemer, C.L. O'Loughlin, L.S. Hamilton, editors. Research Needs and Applications to Reduce Erosion and Sedimentation in Tropical Steeplands: IAHS-AISH Pub. No. 192: 328-337

Scatena F.N. 1990. Watershed Scale Rainfall Interception on Two Forested Watersheds in the Luquillo Mountains of Puerto Rico. Journal of Hydrology 113:89-102

1987

Scatena F.N., 1987. Recent Sediment Accumulation in a Urban Tidal Embayment, Anacosta Maryland. Coastal Sediments 1987. American Society of Civil Engineers Coastal Sediments 1987:100-120

Brush L.M., Scatena F.N., 1987. River Flood Routing by Nonlinear Muskingum Method, Discussion by Lucien M. Brush. M. ASCE, F.N. Scatena Journal of the Hydraulics Division, American Soc. Civil Engineers 1987: 1086-1090

1986

Coleman D.J. and Scatena F.N. 1986. Identification and evaluation of watershed sediment sources, Drainage Basin Sediment Delivery, International Association of Hydrological Sciences Publication 159: 3-18

Books, Chapters, Monographs, Reports
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1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984 1983
2006

Scatena F.N. 2006. Editor. Water Quality Trading in the Lower Delaware River Basin:
A Resource for Practitioners A Report to the William Penn Foundation. Institute of Environmental Studies University of Pennsylvania. 86 pages

2005

Goodrich D.C., Stakhiv E.Z., Browning-Aiken A., Vache K., Ortiz-Zayas J.R., Blanco J.F., Scatena F.N., Varady R.G., Bowen W.B., Howland W., 2005. The HELP Experience in North America. Proceeding of the ASCE Environmental and Water Resources Institute Water Shed Management Conference, Williamsburg, Va.

Scatena F.N., Planos-Gutierrez E., Schellekens J., 2005 Impacts of natural disturbances on the hydrology of tropical forests. Chapter 19 pages 489-513 in Forest, Water and People in the Humid Tropics. Editors M. Bonell, L.A. Bruijnzeel International Hydrology Series, Cambridge University Press.

2004

Roman L., Scatena F.N., In Press Tropical Montane cloud forest soils: an overview. In press, Mountains in the Mist: Conserving and Managing Tropical Montane Cloud Forests Symposium Proceedings. August 2004

Holwerda F., Bruijnzeel S, Scatena F.N., In press, Estimating fog deposition in a Puerto Rican cloud forest from (catchment) water budget calculations. In Mountains in the Mist: Conserving and Managing Tropical Montane Cloud Forests Symposium Proceedings. August 2004

van der Molen M, Vugts H, Scatena F.N., Bruijnzeel S, In Press Meteorological impacts of land use change in the maritime tropics, with particular reference to Puerto Rico. In Mountains in the Mist: Conserving and Managing Tropical Montane Cloud Forests Symposium Proceedings. August 2004

Scatena F.N., Review of Environmental Change and Geomorphic Hazards in Forests. 2004 IUFRO Research Series, Volume 9. in The Quarterly Review of Biology Volume 79:99-100

2003

Scatena F.N., Golden C., 2003. The assessment of hydropower development on the Rio Usumacinta of Mexico and Guatemala. Report to World Monument Fund, April 28, 2003. 40 pp.

Wang H.H., Scatena F.N., 2003. Regeneration After Hurricane Disturbance of Big-Leaf and Hybrid Mahogany Plantations in Puerto Rico. Chapter 12 pages 237-260 in Big-Leaf Mahogany: Genetics, Ecology, and Management. A.E. Lugo, J.C. Figuero Colon, M. Alayon, Ecological Studies 159. Springer

2002

Lugo A.E., Scatena F.N., Silver W., Molina-Colon S., Murphy P.G., 2002. Resilience of Tropical Wet and Dry Forests in Puerto Rico. Chapter 8 Pages 195-225 in Resilience and behavior of large-scale systems editors L.H. Gunderson and L, Pritchard Jr. SCOPE Report 60. Island Press

Scatena F.N., Doherty S., Odum H.T., Karecha P. 2002. An EMERGY Evaluation of Puerto Rico and the Luquillo Experimental Forest. USDA Forest Service General Technical Report GTR-9. 79 pages.

Scatena F.N., 2002. Geomorphic hierarchies and the vegetation of humid tropical forests in Latin America. Chapter 1 pages 23-42 in Ecologia y Conservacion de Bosques Neotropocales, Editors M.R., Guariguata, G.H., Kattan. Ediciones Libro Universitario Regional.

2001

Scatena F.N., Johnson S.L., 2001 Instream-Flow Analysis for the Luquillo Experimental Forest, Puerto Rico: Methods and Analysis. USDA Forest Service General Technical Report IITF-GTR-11; 30 pages

2000

Lugo A.E., Figueroa Colon J., Scatena F.N., 2000. The Caribbean. Chapter 16 In M.G. Barbour and W.D. Billings editors. North American Terrestrial Vegetation. Cambridge University Press England. 530 pages.

Pringle C.M., Scatena F.N., Paaby-Hansen P., Nunez-Ferrera M., 2000. River conservation in Latin America and the Caribbean. Chapter 2 pages 41-78. In P.J. Boon, B. Davies, G.C. Peets editors. Global perspectives on river conservation: Science, Policy and Practice. John Wiley and Sons LTD England

Scatena F.N., 2000. Drinking Water Quality. Chapter 2, p 7-25. In Drinking Water from Forest and Grasslands-A Synthesis of the Scientific Literature, G. E. Dissmeyer. Editor. USDA Forest Service General Technical Report SRS-39.

Scatena F.N., 2000. Future Trends and Research Needs in Managing Forests and Grasslands as Drinking Water Sources. Chapter 21 p. 197-201. In Drinking Water from Forest and Grasslands-A Synthesis of the Scientific Literature, G. E. Dissmeyer. Editor. USDA Forest Service General Technical Report SRS-39.

Swanson F. J., Scatena F.N., Dissmeyer G.E., Fenn M.E., Verry E.S., Lynch J.A., 2000. Watershed Processes: Fluxes of Water, Dissolved Constituents, Sediment. Chapter 3, p 26-41. In Drinking Water from Forest and Grasslands-A Synthesis of the Scientific Literature, G. E. Dissmeyer. Editor. USDA Forest Service General Technical Report SRS-39.

1999

Pringle C.M., Scatena F.N., 1999. Aquatic Ecosystem Deterioration in Latin America and the Caribbean. Chapter 12 pages 104-113 in L. U. Hatch and M.E. Swisher, editors. Managed Ecosystems. The Mesoamerican Experience Oxford University Press, Oxford, U.K.

Pringle C.M., Scatena F.N., 1999. Freshwater Resource Development: Case Studies from Puerto Rico and Costa Rica. Chapter 13 pages 114-121. L. U. Hatch and M.E. Swisher, editors. Managed Ecosystems. The Mesoamerican Experience Oxford University Press, Oxford, U.K.

1998

Scatena F.N., 1998. A comparative ecology of the Bisley Biodiversity Plot and Experimental Watersheds, Luquillo Experimental Forest, Puerto Rico. Chapter 11 pages 213-230 in, Forest Biodiversity in North, Central and South America and the Caribbean: Research and Monitoring. F. Dallmeier, J.A. Comisky editors. Parthenon Press

Dallmeier F., Comiskey J.A., Scatena F.N., 1998 Five years of Forest Dynamics following Hurricane Hugo in Puerto Rico's Luquillo Experimental Forest. Chapter 12, pages 231-248 in Forest Biodiversity in North, Central and South America and the Caribbean: Research and Monitoring. F. Dallmeier, J.A. Comisky editors. Parthenon Press

1997

Scatena F.N., 1997. Integrated Watershed Management in Northeastern Puerto Rico. Pages 252-256 in Proceedings of the Seminar on Integrated Water Resources Management: Institutional and Policy Reform. The Caribbean Council for Science Technology of the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean.

1996

Lugo A.E., Ramos O., Molina S., Scatena F.N., Velez-Rodriquez 1996. A fifty-three year record of land-use change in the Guanica forest biosphere reserve and it's vicinity. International Institute of Tropical Forestry, USDA Forest Service, Rio Piedras PR. 13 pages.

1995

Hamilton L.S., Juvik J, Scatena F.N., 1995 Editors. Tropical Montane Cloud Forests. Ecological Studies 110. Springer-Verlag

Scatena F.N., 1995. The management of Luquillo Cloud Forest ecosystems: irreversible decisions in a non-substitutable ecosystem. Chapter 21 In L.S. Hamilton, J. Juvik, F.N. Scatena, editors. Tropical Montane Cloud Forests. Ecological Studies 110. Springer-Verlag, pp 296-309.

Hamilton L.S., Juvik J.O., Scatena F.N., 1995. The Puerto Rican Tropical Cloud Forest Symposium: Introduction and Workshop Syntheses. Chapter 1 in L.S. Hamilton, Juvik J., Scatena F.N., editors. Tropical Montane Cloud Forests. Ecological Studies 110. Springer-Verlag, pp 296-309.

Watt F., Beymer R., Scatena F.N., Silver W.L., Weaver P.L., Hamilton L.S., 1995. Comprehensive Bibliography on Tropical Montane Cloud Forest. pages 247-260. in L.S. Hamilton, Juvik J., Scatena F.N., editors. Tropical Montane Cloud Forests. Ecological Studies 110. Springer-Verlag.

Lugo A.E., Bokkestijn, Scatena F.N., 1995. Structure, Succession, and Soil Chemistry of Palm Forests in The Luquillo Experimental Forests. Chapter 6 in A.E. Lugo and C. Lowe editors. Tropical Forests: Management and Ecology. Ecological Studies, Vol. 112 Springer-Verlag.

Lugo A.E., Scatena F.N., 1995. Ecosystem-level properties of the Luquillo Experimental Forest, with emphasis on the tabonuco forest. Chapter 4 in A.E. Lugo and C. Lowe editors. Tropical Forests: Management and Ecology. Ecological Studies, Vol. 112 Springer-Verlag.

Gonzalez-Caban, Fenn M.E., Scatena F.N., 1995 Concepts, criteria, and indicators for monitoring sustainability. USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RM-GTR-266: 13-23

1994

Chinea J.D., Beymer R.J., Rivera C., Sastre de Jesus I., Scatena F.N., 1994. An annotated list of the flora of the Bisley area, Luquillo Experimental Forest, Puerto Rico, 1987 to 1992. General Technical Report SO-94. USDA Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station, New Orleans, Louisiana.

1993

Homma A.K.O., Walker R.T., Scatena F.N., Conto A., Carvalho A., Neves de Rocha A., Ferreria C., Santos A., 1993. The dynamics of deforestation and fires in the Amazon: a microeconomic analysis. London Overseas Development Institute Paper 16c.

1990

Scatena F.N., Larsen M.C., 1990. Field Guide to the Luquillo Experimental Forest, International Symposium on Tropical Hydrology and Fourth Caribbean Water Resources Congress. American Water Resources Association Technical Publication TPS-90-2 pp. 20-26

1989

Scatena F.N. 1989. An Introduction to the Physiography and History of the Bisley Experimental Watersheds in the Luquillo Mountains of Puerto Rico. U.S. Forest Service General Technical Report. SO-72 22 pages.

1986

Scatena F.N. 1986. Floodplain reconnaissance study, November 1985 Flood, Potomac River for Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin, ICPRB Publication 11: 45 pp.

1984

Scatena F.N. 1984. Water Resource Assessment and Feasibility Study of Alternate Water Supply Systems, Westwood High-school, Stewart Town, Jamaica, 20 pages

1983

Scatena F.N. 1983. Rural Water Supply Project Development Plan for Tumaco, Colombia. Foster Parents Plan Colombia 32 pages




Research Interests

Luquillo Critical Zone Observatory

Disturbance ecology and the biogeochemistry and management of Tropical Watersheds

Instream-flows and the management of aquatic ecosystems

Tropical Montane Cloud Forests

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