Ecological Responses to the 1980 Eruptions of Mount St. Helens

by Dale, Virginia H.; Swanson, Frederick J.; Crisafulli, Charles M.; Franklin, J. F.

• ISBN13: 9780387238500
• ISBN10: 0387238506
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-05-01
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

The 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens caused tragic loss of life and property, but also created a unique opportunity to study a huge disturbance of natural systems and their subsequent responses. This book synthesizes 25 years of ecological research into of volcanic activity, and shows what actually happens when a volcano erupts, what the immediate and long-term dangers are, and how life reasserts itself in the environment.

Author Biography

Virginia Dale is a Corporate Fellow in the Environmental Sciences Division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.  She is also an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Tennessee.Fred Swanson is a Research Geologist at the USDA Forest Service Pacific NW Research Station in Corvallis, OR.Charles Crisafulli is an Ecologist at the USDA Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research station in Olympia, WA.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. v
Preface	p. ix
Contributors	p. xvii
Introduction
Disturbance, Survival, and Succession: Understanding Ecological Responses to the 1980 Eruption of Mount St. Helens	p. 3
Geological and Ecological Settings of Mount St. Helens Before May 18, 1980	p. 13
Physical Events, Environments, and Geological-Ecological Interactions at Mount St. Helens: March 1980-2004	p. 27
Survival and Establishment of Plant Communities
Plant Responses in Forests of the Tephra-Fall Zone	p. 47
Plant Succession on the Mount St. Helens Debris-Avalanche Deposit	p. 59
Geomorphic Change and Vegetation Development on the Muddy River Mudflow Deposit	p. 75
Proximity, Microsites, and Biotic Interactions During Early Succession	p. 93
Remote Sensing of Vegetation Responses During the First 20 Years Following the 1980 Eruption of Mount St. Helens: A Spatially and Temporally Stratified Analysis	p. 111
Survival and Establishment of Animal Communities
Arthropods as Pioneers in the Regeneration of Life on the Pyroclastic-Flow Deposits of Mount St. Helens	p. 127
Posteruption Arthropod Succession on the Mount St. Helens Volcano: The Ground-Dwelling Beetle Fauna (Coleoptera)	p. 139
Causes and Consequences of Herbivory on Prairie Lupine (Lupinus lepidus) in Early Primary Succession	p. 151
Responses of Fish to the 1980 Eruption of Mount St. Helens	p. 163
Amphibian Responses to the 1980 Eruption of Mount St. Helens	p. 183
Small-Mammal Survival and Colonization on the Mount St. Helens Volcano: 1980-2002	p. 199
Responses of Ecosystem Processes
Mycorrhizae and Mount St. Helens: Story of a Symbiosis	p. 221
Patterns of Decomposition and Nutrient Cycling Across a Volcanic Disturbance Gradient: A Case Study Using Rodent Carcasses	p. 233
Lupine Effects on Soil Development and Function During Early Primary Succession at Mount St. Helens	p. 243
Response and Recovery of Lakes	p. 255
Lessons Learned
Ecological Perspectives on Management of the Mount St. Helens Landscape	p. 277
Overview of Ecological Responses to the Eruption of Mount St. Helens: 1980-2005	p. 287
Bibliography	p. 301
Glossary	p. 329
Index	p. 335
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