Gaston Small

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Title
Professor
Department
Department of Biology, Department of Earth, Environment, and Society
Institution
University of St. Thomas

Education

  • PhD Ecology, University of Georgia, 2010

Research Interests

Urban Agricultural Practices   Ecosystem Science   Biogeochemistry  

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Biography

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Homepages

Contact Information

  OWS 352 2115 Summit Avenue Saint Paul, MN 55105

  651-962-5166

Research
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List of Publications (77)
In 2023
77

Small, G. E., Martensson, N., Janke, B. D., & Metson, G. S. Potential for high contribution of urban gardens to nutrient export in urban watersheds. Landscape and Urban Planning, 229, 104602, 2023.

In 2022
76

2022: Recycling nutrients through urban agriculture: Challenges and opportunities. The Nature of Cities Festival (online).

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In 2021
75

2021: Nutrient recycling and loss from compost applied to urban gardens. Conference on the Environment. Air & Waste Management Association: Upper Midwest Section (online).

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74

2021: Interaction between compost amendments, soil chemistry, and microbial activity in garden soil. Ecological Society of America (online).

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In 2020
73

2020: **Urban garden evapotranspiration and potential for urban heat island mitigation.

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72

2020: **Urban heat island mitigation due to enhanced evapotranspiration in an urban garden in Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA. WIT Urban Agriculture 2020 (online).

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71

Google Scholar Profile: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=qotdVyEAAAAJ&hl=en Reuss, L., G.E. Small. 2020. Earthworm Distribution in the Schoolyard Ecosystem. Science Scope 43(8).

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In 2019
70

2019: #Initial trends in ecosystem service metrics of urban agriculture in Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN. ASA, CCSA, and SSSA International Annual Meetings. San Diego, CA.

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69

2019: #**The influence of plant species richness and top-down pest control on insect herbivory, disease, and plant productivity in urban gardens. Ecological Society of America, Louisville, KY.

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68

2019: #Urban agriculture as a facilitator of accessible and impactful biology education.

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67

2019: **Phosphorus buildup and loss from garden soils constrains the ability of urban agriculture to recycle nutrients. Ecological Society of America, Louisville, KY.

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66

2019: Metrics of sustainability in urban agriculture. The Nature of Cities Summit. Paris.

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In 2018
65

2018: Quantifying nutrient recycling, recovery and loss from urban agricultural practices.

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64

Wessex Institute Urban Agriculture 2018. New Forest, UK.

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63

2018: *Is coffee chaff an effective mulch for urban agriculture? Ecological Society of America, New Orleans, LA.

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62

2018: #Quantifying nitrogen and phosphorus recycling, recovery and loss from urban agricultural practices. Ecological Society of America, New Orleans, LA.

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61

2018: Quantifying nutrient recycling, recovery and loss from urban agricultural practices. 2018

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60

2018: *Effect of water treatment residual (WTR) on phosphorus sorbtion for rain garden application. 2018 Urban Food Systems Symposium, Minneapolis, MN.

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59

2018: *Evaluating leachate nutrient flux losses from various compost treatments in urban agriculture. 2018 Urban Food Systems Symposium, Minneapolis, MN.

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58

2018: #Real LIFE science: Culturally-relevant curriculum for urban students. 2018 Urban Food Systems Symposium, Minneapolis, MN.

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In 2017
57

2017: Are urban gardens a source of P pollution? SETAC North America. Minneapolis, MN.

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56

2017: *Measuring the fate of P lost through leachate from urban gardens. SETAC North America. Minneapolis, MN.

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55

2017: *Assessing the nutrient imbalance from compost application in urban agriculture.

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54

2017: *Assessment of the current state of the field of urban ecology and its alignment with the information needs of municipal sustainability workers. Ecological Society of America.

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53

2017: **Quantifying nutrient recycling and loss in urban agriculture. Ecological Society of America. Portland, OR.

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52

Small, G.E. 2017. Water quality in the Great Lakes. In: Biodiversity, Conservation, and Environmental Management in the Great Lakes Basin. Eds. E. Freedman, M. Neuzil.

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In 2016
51

2016: Nutrient recycling and loss from urban agriculture. Twin Cities Urban Agriculture Research Workshop. Minneapolis, MN.

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In 2015
50

2015: Stewardship Science: Connecting undergraduate-led sustainability research with community service. The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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49

2015: **Hydroponic gardens as a mitigation strategy for nutrient pollution in urban lakes.

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48

2015: #Insights from the 25+ year dataset in lowland Costa Rica: Effects of hydrologic connectivity from the mountains to the sea on stream ecosystems of an inland protected area. Ecological Society of America, Baltimore, Maryland.

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47

2015: * Yield benefits and environmental costs of different compost sources on urban garden plots. Ecological Society of America, Baltimore, Maryland.

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46

2015: *Assessing how the ratio of wood chips to food waste in compost affects rates of microbial processing. Ecological Society of America, Baltimore, Maryland.

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45

Pringle, C. M., E.P. Anderson, M. Ardon, R. Bixby, S. Connelly, J.H. Duff, A.P. Jackman, P. Paaby, A. Ramirez, G.E. Small, M. Snyder, and F.J. Triska. 2015. The Riverine Ecosystems. In: M. Kappelle and L. Diego Gomez (eds.) Ecosystems of Costa Rica.

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In 2014
44

2014: #Climate-driven changes in riverine inputs affecting the stoichiometry of Earth's largest lake. American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, Callifornia.

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43

2014: Quantifying nutrient processing rates in a freshwater estuary using a hydrologic mixing model. Joint Aquatic Science Meeting, Portland, Oregon.

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42

2014: # Sediment properties control denitrification rates in a Lake Superior freshwater estuary.

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41

Small, G.E., H. Baulch, H. Bechtold, K. Holzer, S. Newell, and R. Vaquer. Headwaters to estuaries: Complex responses to cultural eutrophication at the watershed scale. 2014.

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40

Eco-DAS IX Symposium Proceedings. Waco, TX: Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography. DOI: 10.4319/ecodas.2014.978-0-984559.

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In 2013
39

2013: #Slow changes in a large lake: Trends in carbon and nutrient pools in Lake Superior.

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38

2013: *Community gardens as neighborhood compost sites: a cost-benefit analysis. Ecological Society of America, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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37

2013: *Turning food waste into food: Measuring carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus efficiency in coupled vermicomposting-aquaponics systems. Ecological Society of America, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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36

2013: Climate-driven acidification in lowland Neotropical streams: Insights from a 25-year dataset on groundwater-surface water interactions. Ecological Society of America, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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35

2013: *Response of phytoplankton to nutrient loading in an urban, freshwater estuary. ESA 2013. Ecological Society of America, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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34

2013: #Denitrification patterns of the Saint Louis River Estuary. Ecological Society of America, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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33

Kavanaugh, M.T., G.W. Holtgrieve, H. Baulch, J.R. Brum, M.L. Cuvelier, C.T. Filstrup, K.J. Nickols, and G.E. Small. 2013. A Salty Divide Within ASLO? Limnology & Oceanography: Bulletin 22: 34-37.

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In 2012
32

2012: Denitrification along a biogeochemical gradient in the Laurentian Great Lakes.

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31

Riskin, S. H., G.E. Small, R. Mikkelsen, A. Bateman, J. Cooper, O. S. Hanserud, P. Haygarth, C. Lapoumadares, M. McCrackin, G. Metson, and S. Remington. 2012. Managing phosphorus in urban and agricultural landscapes. In: K. Wyant, J. Corman, and J. Elser (eds.) Phosphorus, Food, and Our Future. Oxford University Press.

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Small, G.E. 2012. The Postdoc Dilemma. Nature 483: 235.

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In 2011
29

Small, G.E. 2011. Time to Tweet. Nature 479: 141.

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28

Sterner, R.W., G.E. Small, and J. Hood. 2011. The conservation of mass. Nature Education Knowledge 2:11.

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27

2011: Effects of anthropogenic stressors on carbon transport and processing in tropical rivers: Current understanding and knowledge gaps. American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

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26

2011: #Controls over denitrification in sedimentary environments of Lake Superior.

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25

2011: High Areal nitrification rates in Lake Superior. International Association of Great Lakes Research, Duluth, Minnesota.

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In 2010
24

2010: Amplification of seasonal acidification in poorly-buffered neotropical streams following an historically large ENSO Event. Ecological Society of America, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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23

2010: Phosphorus retention in a lowland Neotropical stream following an eight-year phosphorus enrichment experiment. American Society of Limnology and Oceanography and the North American Benthological Society, Santa Fe, New Mexico.

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22

2010: Adaptive response of stream detritivores to nutrient heterogeneity of food resources.

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In 2009
21

2009: Are terrestrial insects an important nutrient subsidy in Neotropical headwater streams? Ecological Society of America, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

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20

2009: Diet strategy and body stoichiometry create keystone nutrient recyclers in low-nutrient streams. North American Benthological Society, Grand Rapids, Michigan.

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In 2008
19

2008: What are the effects of chronic phosphorus loading over millennia on food web stoichiometry? North American Benthological Society, Salt Lake City, Utah.

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18

2008: Exploring the other side of the spiral: Stoichiometric control of nutrient cycling in stream ecosystems. Gordon Research Conference on Metabolic Basis of Ecology, Biddeford, Maine.

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In 2007
17

2007: Effects of food quality on nutrient storage and retention in a freshwater invertebrate consumer. American Society for Limnology and Oceanography, Santa Fe, New Mexico.

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16

2007: Phosphorus dynamics during an eight-year P-addition in a Neotropical headwater stream. Congress of the International Society of Limnology, Montreal, Canada.

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In 2006
15

2006: Estimating the P-content in epilithon components across a natural phosphorus gradient using mixing models. North American Benthological Society, Columbia, South Carolina.

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14

2006: Using descriptive ecosystem models to compare the importance of Consumer Nutrient Recycling in high- and low-phosphorus Neotropical streams. North American Benthological Society, Anchorage, Alaska.

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Unspecified
13

Presentations at National and International Meetings (#Co-author presented; *Undergraduate advisee presented; **Undergraduate advisee co-author)

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12

Ecological Society of America, Louisville, KY.

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11

Urban Food Systems Symposium, Minneapolis, MN.

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10

Ecological Society of America. Portland, OR.

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9

Ecological Society of America, Baltimore, Maryland.

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8

Joint Aquatic Science Meeting, Portland, Oregon.

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7

American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, Callifornia.

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6

Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography, Lake Biwa, Japan.

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5

International Association of Great Lakes Research, Duluth, Minnesota.

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4

Gordon Research Conference on Metabolic Basis of Ecology, Biddeford, Maine.

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3

Selim Center, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN University of Minnesota Institute on the Environment City of Shoreview MN Environmental Speaker Series Finn Legacy Society, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN University of Minnesota, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior.

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St. Paul, MN Hamline University, Biology Department, St. Paul, MN Ramsey County Master Gardeners University of St. Thomas, Saint Paul, MN University of Florida, Gainesville, FL Kent State University, Kent, OH Agriculture Agronomy American Midland Naturalist Biogeochemistry Biogeosciences Biological Invasions BioScience Biotropica Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences Ecological Applications Ecological Engineering Ecological Modelling Ecology Ecology Letters Ecosphere Ecosystems Environmental Modelling and Environmental Monitoring and Software Assessment Environmental Pollution Freshwater Biology Freshwater Science Geophysical Research Letters Global Biogeochemical Cycles Hydrobiologia Journal of Environmental Insect Conservation and Diversity Management Journal of Environmental Sciences Journal of Hydrology Lake & Reservoir Management Limnology & Oceanography Nature Knowledge Oecologia Oikos PLOS-ONE Recycling Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems Science of the Total Environment Urban Ecology Urban Forestry & Urban Greening Water Water Resources Research Water Science and Technology Wetlands Grant reviewer: National Science Foundation U.S. Environmental Protection Agency University of Minnesota Institute on the Environment University of Minnesota Water Resources Program Wisconsin Water Resources Institute

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University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois.

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