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David Lewis

David Lewis

Assistant Professor, Department of Integrative Biology, University of South Florida

davidlewis@usf.edu

813-974-8108

Department of Integrative Biology
University of South Florida
Tampa, FL 33620

Titles

  • Assistant Professor, Department of Integrative Biology, University of South Florida

Education

  • PhD, Limnology and Marine Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2000
  • MS, Oceanography and Limnology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1996
  • BA, Biology, University of Kansas, 1994

Journal Articles

2023

McPhillips, L., M. Berbés-Blázquez, R. L. Hale, T. K. Harms, V. Bisht, L. Caughman, S. M. Clinton, E. Cook, X. Dong, J. W. Edmonds, S. E. Gergel, R. Gomez, K. G. Hopkins, D. M. Iwaniec, Y. Kim, A. L. Kuhn, L. Larson, D. B. Lewis, E. Martí, M. Palta, W. J. Roach and L. Ye. 2023. Learning from arid and urban aquatic ecosystems to inform more sustainable and resilient futures. Journal of Hydrology 616(Jan):128841. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2022.128841. (link )

2014

Lewis, D. B., J. P. Kaye and A. P. Kinzig. 2014. Legacies of agriculture and urbanization in labile and stable organic carbon and nitrogen in Sonoran Desert soils. Ecosphere 5(5):Art. 59. DOI: 10.1890/ES13-00400.1. (link )

2007

Lewis, D. B. and N. B. Grimm. 2007. Hierarchical regulation of nitrogen export from urban catchments: Interactions of storms and landscapes. Ecological Applications 17(8):2347-2364. DOI: 10.1890/06-0031.1. (link )

2006

Golden, J. S., A. J. Brazel, J. Salmond and D. B. Lewis. 2006. Energy and water sustainability -- the role of urban climate change from metropolitan infrastructure. Journal of Engineering for Sustainable Development 1(1):55-70. DOI: 10.3992/jgb.1.3.124. (link )

Lewis, D. B., J. P. Kaye, C. Gries, A. P. Kinzig and C. L. Redman. 2006. Agrarian legacy in soil nutrient pools of urbanizing arid lands. Global Change Biology 12(4):703-709. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2006.01126.x. (link )

Lewis, D. B., J. D. Schade, A. K. Huth and N. B. Grimm. 2006. The spatial structure of variability in a semi-arid, fluvial ecosystem. Ecosystems 9:386-397. DOI: 10.1007/s10021-005-0161-z. (link )

2004

Shochat, E., S. B. Lerman, M. V. Katti and D. B. Lewis. 2004. Linking optimal foraging behavior to bird community structure in an urban-desert landscape: Field experiments with artificial food patches. American Naturalist 164(2):232-243. (link )

Book Chapters

2004

Grimm, N. B., R. Arrowsmith, C. Eisinger, J. B. Heffernan, D. B. Lewis, A. MacLeod, L. Prashad, W. J. Roach, T. Rychener and R. W. Sheibley. 2004. Effects of urbanization on nutrient biogeochemistry of aridland streams. Pp. 129-146 In: DeFries, R., G. Asner and R. Houghton eds., Ecosystem interactions with land use change. Vol 153. American Geophysical Union. Washington, DC.

Posters

2006

Lewis, D. B., J. P. Kaye, C. Gries, A. P. Kinzig and C. L. Redman. 2006. Legacies of agriculture in carbon and nutrient pools of arid urban soils.. Presented at the 9-15 July 2006, 18th World Congress of Soil Science, Philadelphia, PA.

Lewis, D. B., J. P. Kaye, C. L. Redman and A. P. Kinzig. 2006. Importance of historical and present-day land use for the lability of soil C and N. Presented at the 9-15 July 2006, 18th World Congress of Soil Science, Philadelphia, PA.

2005

Grimm, N. B., J. P. Kaye, S. J. Hall, J. O. Allen and D. B. Lewis. 2005. A distinct urban biogeochemistry?. Poster presented at the 19 January 2005 CAP LTER Seventh Annual Poster Symposium, International Institute of Sustainability, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ. (link )

2004

Lewis, D. B. and N. B. Grimm. 2004. Hierarchical regulation of ecosystem function: Material export from urban catchments. Poster presented at the 23 February 2004 Sixth Annual CAP LTER Poster Symposium, Center for Environmental Studies, Arizona State University. Tempe, AZ. (link )

2003

Lewis, D. B., L. B. Stabler and C. A. Martin. 2003. Ecological stoichiometry of horticulture: Consequences of pruning and irrigation for plant and soil chemistry. Presented at February 19, 2003, CAP LTER Fifth Annual Poster Symposium, Center for Environmental Studies, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ. (link )

2002

Lewis, D. B., W. Wu and N. B. Grimm. 2002. Material transport in storm runoff from urban catchments. Poster presented at January 17, 2002, CAP LTER Fourth Annual Poster Symposium, Center for Environmental Studies, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.

2001

Grimm, N. B., L. A. Baker, D. Hope, W. Zhu, J. R. Anderson, A. Coppola, J. W. Edmonds, S. Grossman-Clarke, D. Jenerette, A. P. Kinzig, J. M. Klopatek, D. B. Lewis, M. A. Luck, M. R. Sommerfeld, P. K. Westerhoff, J. Wu and Y. Xu. 2001. Biogeochemical processes in an urban ecosystem, metropolitan Phoenix, Arizona. Poster presented at the January 19, 2001, CAP LTER Third Annual Poster Symposium, Center for Environmental Studies, Arizona State University, Tempe AZ. (link )

Presentations

2004

Grimm, N. B., J. P. Kaye, S. J. Hall, J. O. Allen and D. B. Lewis. 2004. A distinct urban biogeochemistry?. Presented at July 30-August 7, 2004, 89th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Portland, OR.

2003

Lewis, D. B. and N. B. Grimm. 2003. Mechanisms of nutrient export in storm water runoff from catchments. Presented at 6-11 April 2003 European Geophysical Society - American Geophysical Union - European Union of Geosciences Joint Assembly, Nice, France.

Lewis, D. B., L. B. Stabler and C. A. Martin. 2003. Ecological stoichiometry of horticulture: Consequences of pruning and water for plant nutrient use efficiency. Presented at the 3-8 August 2003 Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Savannah, GA.

2002

Grimm, N. B., J. D. Schade, J. R. Welter, D. B. Lewis and E. Martí. 2002. Nitrogen retention in arid-land stream and riparian zones. Presented at June 2002, Special Session, Physical Forcing and Pelagic-Benthic Interactions in Aquatic Systems, American Society of Limnology and Oceanography Annual Meeting, Victoria, B.C.

Lewis, D. B. 2002. Stoichiometry and load of nutrients and metals discharged from urban catchments by storms. Presented at 21-24 May 2002 CEREVE: University of Paris XII-Val de Marne, World Wide Workshop for Junior Environmental Scientists Annual Meeting, Domaine de Cherioux, Vitry sur Seine, France.

Lewis, D. B. and N. B. Grimm. 2002. Nutrient and metal loads exported from hydrologic catchments by storm runoff. Presented at 4-9 August 2002, 87th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Tucson, AZ. (link )

Lewis, D. B., N. B. Grimm, L. A. Baker, J. W. Edmonds, D. Hope, W. J. Roach and W. Zhu. 2002. Effects of human modification of hydrology and nutrient balance on biogeochemical pattern and process in urban landscapes. Presented at April 2002, The Linkage between Land and Water -- From the Atmosphere to the Coastal Zone, US LTER Coordinating Committee Science Symposium, University of New Mexico/Sevilleta LTER, Socorro, NM.