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Research interests
My research deals mainly with human ecosystems - cities and farms - generally with a focus on water, nutrients, chloride, and other contaminants. I work in Pasteur's quadant, blending theory and application. Some key studies include the first detailed N balance for a city, an analysis of the impacts of the urban heat island on humans and critters, several studies of lake eutrophication, several studies on urban stormwater with an emphasis on source reduction (notably, two studies that have led to an awareness of the potential for enhanced street sweeping to reduce nutirent export from urban watersheds, a study on adaptive management for road salting, and others.
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A secondary and still emerging nterest is environmental policy. This started in a conventioanl manner, "science to inform policy", including a major role in developing the fthe National Acidic Precipitation Program's final report to Congress prior to the 1990 Clean Air Act and leading state-wide assessment of environmental health risks in Arizona; and has evolved toward more direct thinking about topics such as operationalizing resilience in water management, adaptive management to improve water quaity (two studies), and water equity.
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As I plan for retirement, I've started the research to inform a historical novel about the early Pueloans (roughly, the Basketmaker periods), using my background from current human ecosystems to frame the biopphysical aspects of these folks' lives, and letting this guide, in part, the way they must have lived. But in the end, a fiction novel!
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Research Interest Keywords
- urban ecosystems
- biogeochemistry
- nutirents
- chloride
- stormwater
- food waste
- nutrient cycling
- water policy
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LTER: The Changing Nature of Cities: Ecological and Social Dynamics in the Minneapolis-St. Paul Urban Ecosystem
Hobbie, S. E., Baker, L. A., Cavender-Bares, J. M., Chapman, J. A., Dalbotten, D. M., Davenport, M. A., Derickson, K. D., Dockry, M., Feng, X., Finlay, J. C., Fleischman, F. D., Gulliver, J. S., Ishii, S., Jelinski, N. A., Karwan, D. L., Keeler, B. L., Knight, J., Lonsdorf, E. V., Menninger, H. L., Montgomery, R. A., Nelson, K. C., Nieber, J. L., Snell-Rood, E., Twine, T. E. & Watkins, E.
3/15/21 → 2/28/27
Project: Research project
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Adaptive Management to Improve Deicing Operations
MN DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
6/22/17 → 3/31/21
Project: Research project
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Stormwater Research Priorities and Pond Maintenance
Peterson, J. M., Baker, L. A., Bilotta, J. P., Chapman, J. A., Finlay, J. C., Gulliver, J. S., Hozalski, R. M., Missaghi, S. & Simcik, M.
4/27/16 → 6/30/18
Project: Research project
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Twin Cities Urban Sustainability Forum
Baker, L. A. & Slotterback, C. S.
1/15/11 → 6/30/13
Project: Research project
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A transition management framework to stimulate a circular phosphorus system
Peterson, H. M., Baker, L. A., Aggarwal, R. M., Boyer, T. H. & Chan, N. I., May 14 2021, In: Environment, Development and Sustainability. 24, 2, p. 1713-1737 25 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access1 Scopus citations -
It is not easy being green: Recognizing unintended consequences of green stormwater infrastructure
Taguchi, V. J., Weiss, P. T., Gulliver, J. S., Klein, M. R., Hozalski, R. M., Baker, L. A., Finlay, J. C., Keeler, B. L. & Nieber, J. L., Feb 1 2020, In: Water (Switzerland). 12, 2, 522.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Open Access29 Scopus citations -
Estimated energy and nutrient composition of different sources of food waste and their potential for use in sustainable swine feeding programs
Fung, L., Urriola, P. E., Baker, L. & Shurson, G. C., Jan 1 2019, In: Translational Animal Science. 3, 1, p. 48-57 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access8 Scopus citations -
Managing Diffuse Phosphorus at the Source versus at the Sink
Macintosh, K. A., Mayer, B. K., McDowell, R. W., Powers, S. M., Baker, L. A., Boyer, T. H. & Rittmann, B. E., Nov 6 2018, In: Environmental Science and Technology. 52, 21, p. 11995-12009 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Open Access58 Scopus citations -
Agricultural Phosphorus Balance Calculator: A tool for watershed planning
Peterson, H. M., Baker, L. A., Bruening, D., Nieber, J. L., Ulrich, J. S. & Wilson, B. N., Jul 1 2017, In: Journal of Soil and Water Conservation. 72, 4, p. 395-404 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
5 Scopus citations
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MSRC2019: Mass, moisture, nitrogen, and phosphorus in street sweepings collected from five cities in the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area, Minnesota
Hobbie, S. E., Baker, L. A. & Finlay, J. C., Data Repository for the University of Minnesota, 2020
DOI: 10.13020/39eg-bg21, http://hdl.handle.net/11299/216252
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