Mark Harmon Phone: (541) 737-8455 Phone: (978) 724-0045 ext 223 Fax: (541) 737-1393 Primary Email: Oregon State University Dept. of Forest Science 321 Richardson Hall Corvallis, OR 97331-5752 USA

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Official position at address above:	Richardson Chair in Forest Science & Professor
Educational Institutions attended:	Ph.D., 1986, Botany, Oregon State University, Corvallis MS, 1980, Ecology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville BS, 1975, Biology, Amherst College, Amherst, MA
Roles/Affiliations:	Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER)
Principal Collaborators:	Acker, S. A Alavarez-Sanchez, F. J Austin, A. Bible, K. Berg, B. Bond, B. Caldwell, B. G Chen, H. Chertov, O. N. Cohen, W. B. Cromack, K., Jr. Currie., W. S. Daley, C. Fasth, B. Ferrell, W. K. Franklin, J. F. Gholz, H. L. Greene, S. E Gregory, S. V. Griffiths, R. P Harcombe, P. A. Harmon. J. M. Henshaw, D. Hicks, W. T. Homann, P. S. Houghton, R. A Huff, M. Janisch, J. E. Johnson, S. L. Jones, J. A. Kashpor, N. N Kerkvliet, J. Kobak, K. I. Krankina, O. N. Kukuyev, Y. A. Lajtha, K McDonnell, J. Miller, J. Moldenke, A. Parton, W. J. Pruyn. M. L. Sexton, J. Shaw, D. A. Smithwick, E. A. Soloviev, V. Swanson, F. J. Treyfeld, R. F. Yatskov, M.
General Interests:	Forest ecology
Current Research Projects/Activities:	Predicting woody detritus dynamics in forests Assessing the impact of forest practices of carbon stores of forests Long-term decomposition dynamics of leaf and root litter
Intersite LTER/International Activities:	Comparison of fire root decomposition dynamics in PNW and Taiwan

Study Areas

Core Areas	Primary Production Organic Matter/Decomposition Disturbance Modeling/Synthesis
Habitat	Watersheds
Organisms	Trees
Components	Carbon and Nutrient Dynamics --- Leader Climatology --- Key Person Landscape Dynamics and Disturbance --- Key Person Vegetation --- Leader

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Publications

Harmon, Mark E.; Marks, Barbara. 2002. Effects of silvicultural practices on carbon stores in Douglas-fir - western hemlock forests in the Pacific Northwest, U.S.A.: results from a simulation model. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 32: 863-877. (Pub No: 2379)

Smithwick, Erica A. H.; Harmon, Mark E.; Remillard, Suzanne M.; Acker, Steven A.; Franklin, Jerry F. 2002. Potential upper bounds of carbon stores in forests of the Pacific Northwest. Ecological Applications. 12(5): 1303-1317. (Pub No: 2833)

Harmon, Mark E. 2001. Moving towards a new paradigm for woody detritus management. Ecological Bulletins. 49: 269-278. (Pub No: 3033)

Harmon, Mark E. 2001. Carbon sequestration in forests: addressing the scale question. Journal of Forestry. 99(4): 24-29. (Pub No: 2772)

Harmon, Mark E.; Krankina, Olga N.; Sexton, Jay. 2000. Decomposition vectors: a new approach to estimating woody detritus decomposition dynamics. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 30: 76-84. (Pub No: 2598)

Chen, Hua; Harmon, Mark E.; Griffiths, Robert P.; Hicks, William. 2000. Effects of temperature and moisture on carbon respired from decomposing woody roots. Forest Ecology and Management. 138: 51-64. (Pub No: 2653)

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Personal Information:

Hometown:	Wayland, Massachusetts
Personal Interests:	Travel, guitar, fishing