Ariane Peralta

Dr. Ariane Peralta
Dr. Ariane Peralta
Biology
peraltaa@ecu.edu

Research Outputs

Publications – In Review

  • Hinckley, B.R.§, J.R. Etheridge, and A.L. Peralta (In review) Storm event nitrogen dynamics in waterfowl impoundments. Water Resources Research.
  • Hinckley, B.R.§, J.R. Etheridge, and A.L. Peralta (In review) Hydrologic management influences nitrogen cycling at the terrestrial-aquatic interface. Journal of Environmental Quality.

Abstracts – Peer Reviewed

  • Hochard, J.P., J.R. Etheridge, A.L. Peralta, C.B. Sims (2018) Casing out contaminants: Avoidance behavior along the hydrogeologic gradient. Integrated Assessment Models (IAMs) for Water Quality. Cornell University David R. Atkinson Center in Ithaca, NY. April 3-5, 2019.
  • Hochard, J.P., J.R. Etheridge, Y. Li, A.L. Peralta, and C.B. Sims (2018) Prioritizing conservation efforts to support human health at the rural-urban fringe. USDA Workshop Applications and Potential of Ecosystem Services Valuation within USDA – Advancing the Science. Washington DC. April 23-24, 2019.
  • Peralta, A.L., J.R. Etheridge, and Hinckley, B.R.§ (2018) Harnessing hydrologic management to manipulate nutrient dynamics at the terrestrial-aquatic interface. American Geophysical Union. Washington, D.C. December 10-14, 2018. Oral presentation.

Abstracts – Non-peer Reviewed

  • Peralta, A.L., A. Stucy§, J. Werba§, and M.W. McCoy (2018). Salinization impacts on bacterial phylogeny-function relationships in historically freshwater ecosystems. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA. August 5-10, 2018. Oral presentation.
  • Hinckley, B.§, J.R. Etheridge, and A.L. Peralta (2018) Nitrogen dynamics in waterfowl impoundments: Linking outlet concentrations to laboratory-based microbial activity. ASABE Annual International Meeting. Detroit, MI. July 29 – August 1. Oral presentation.
  • Bledsoe,R.§, S.S. Austin*, and A.L. Peralta (2018) Denitrification potential and greenhouse gas production in a constructed stormwater wetland. Water Resources Research Institute of The University of North Carolina Annual Conference. Raleigh, NC. March 14-15, 2018. Oral presentation.
  • Hinckley, B.§, J.R. Etheridge, and A.L. Peralta (2018) Investigating precipitation and drawdown effects on nitrogen dynamics in waterfowl impoundments. Water Resources Research Institute of The University of North Carolina Annual Conference. Raleigh, NC. March 14-15, 2018. Oral presentation.
  • Hinckley, B.§, J.R. Etheridge, and A.L. Peralta (2018) Examining the link between laboratory-based microbial activity and field-scale water quality changes. Water Resources Research Institute of The University of North Carolina Annual Conference. Raleigh, NC. March 14-15, 2018. Oral presentation.
  • Austin, S.S.*, R. Bledsoe§, and A.L. Peralta (2018) Examining seasonal nitrogen removal potential in a constructed stormwater wetland. Water Resources Research Institute of The University of North Carolina Annual Conference. Raleigh, NC. March 14-15, 2018. Poster presentation.
  • Bledsoe, R., E.Z. Bean, A.L. Peralta. “Greenhouse gas potential of a constructed stormwater wetland.” 12th International Symposium on Biogeochemistry of Wetlands scheduled April 23-26, 2018 in Coral Springs, FL. Oral Presentation.
  • Peralta, A.L., R. Bledsoe§, E.Z. Bean. “How do we manage microbiomes to promote urban wetland functions?” 12th International Symposium on Biogeochemistry of Wetlands scheduled April 23-26, 2018 in Coral Springs, FL. Oral Presentation.

Denotes *undergraduate co-author, §graduate student co-author

 

Conferences

  • American Geophysical Union. Washington, D.C. December 10-14, 2018
  • Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA. August 5-10, 2018.
  • Water Resources Research Institute of The University of North Carolina Annual Conference. Raleigh, NC. March 14-15, 2018
  • 12th International Symposium on Biogeochemistry of Wetlands scheduled April 23-26, 2018 in Coral Springs, FL.

 

Research Focus

Peralta’s research program has three main foci spanning basic to applied ecology: 1) to examine how land use change, namely diversifying human-modified landscapes, influences microbial community structure for enhanced ecosystem services (e.g., nutrient cycling, climate change mitigation); 2) to evaluate how land use legacies influence plant-soil-microbial interactions; and 3) to investigate the influence of natural and anthropogenic environmental gradients on microbial community structure and function.

 

Awards

  • Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, 2018, In kind, Biogeochemical tradeoffs of wetland soil microbiomes exposed to plant inputs and dynamic hydrology, PI A.L. Peralta, Funded
  • NSF Decision, Risk, and Management Sciences, 2018, $ 179,223, 2018 Hurricane Season: RAPID: Rural residents’ self-protections to perceived and actual contamination risk in private drinking wells after Hurricane Florence, PI J. Hochard, Co-PIs J. Kruse, J.R. Etheridge, A. Peralta, Funded

 

Prizes

  • 2018 ECU Scholar-Teacher Award