Biogeochemistry

Principal Investigator

Specialty

Ecosystem Ecology, Biogeochemistry, Soil Science, Wetland Ecology, Forest Ecology, Climate Change Science, Blue Carbon Science

J. Patrick Megonigal Full CV (Nov 2024)

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Menendez, Alana ; Tzortziou, Maria ; Neale, Patrick ; Megonigal, J. Patrick ; Powers, Leanne ; Schmitt-Kopplin, Philippe ; Gonsior, Michael. (2022). Strong Dynamics in Tidal Marsh DOC Export in Response to Natural Cycles and Episodic Events From Continuous Monitoring . Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences, 127 (7) http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2022JG006863
Mozdzer, Thomas J. ; McCormick, Melissa K. ; Slette, Ingrid J. ; Blum, Michael J. ; Megonigal, J. Patrick. (2022). Rapid evolution of a coastal marsh ecosystem engineer in response to global change . Science of the Total Environment, 853 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.157846
Scher, Mason A. ; Barclay, Richard S. ; Baczynski, Allison A. ; Smith, Bryton A. ; Sappington, James ; Bennett, Lily A. ; Chakraborty, Suvankar ; Wilson, Jonathan P. ; Megonigal, J. P. ; Wing, Scott L. (2022). The effect of CO2 concentration on carbon isotope discrimination during photosynthesis in Ginkgo biloba: implications for reconstructing atmospheric CO2 levels in the geologic past . Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 337 , 82-94. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2022.09.033
Smith, Alexander J. ; Noyce, Genevieve L. ; Megonigal, James Patrick ; Guntenspergen, Glenn R. ; Kirwan, Matthew L. (2022). Temperature optimum for marsh resilience and carbon accumulation revealed in a whole-ecosystem warming experiment . Global Change Biology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16149
Zhu, Chunwu ; Langley, J. Adam ; Ziska, Lewis H. ; Cahoon, Donald R. ; Megonigal, J. Patrick. (2022). Accelerated sea-level rise is suppressing CO2 stimulation of tidal marsh productivity: A 33-year study . Science Advances, 8 (20) http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abn0054
Derby, R. Kyle ; Needelman, Brian A. ; Roden, Ana A. ; Megonigal, J. Patrick. (2021). Vegetation and hydrology stratification as proxies to estimate methane emission from tidal marshes . Biogeochemistry, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10533-021-00870-z
Holmquist, James R. ; Brown, Lauren N. ; MacDonald, Glen M. (2021). Localized Scenarios and Latitudinal Patterns of Vertical and Lateral Resilience of Tidal Marshes to Sea-Level Rise in the Contiguous United States . Earths Future, 9 (6) http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2020EF001804
Holmquist, James R. ; Schile-Beers, Lisa ; Buffington, Kevin ; Lu, Meng ; Mozdzer, Thomas J. ; Riera, Jefferson ; Weller, Donald E. ; Williams, Meghan ; Megonigal, J. Patrick. (2021). Scalability and performance tradeoffs in quantifying relationships between elevation and tidal wetland plant communities . Marine Ecology Progress Series, 666 , 57-72. http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps13683
Kim, Sunghyun ; Kang, Hojeong ; Megonigal, J. Patrick ; McCormick, Melissa. (2021). Microbial Activity and Diversity Vary with Plant Diversity and Biomass in Wetland Ecosystems. Estuaries and Coasts, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12237-021-01015-z
Norwood, Matthew J. ; Ward, Nicholas D. ; McDowell, Nate G. ; Myers‐Pigg, Allison N. ; Bond‐Lamberty, Ben ; Indivero, Julia ; Pennington, Stephanie ; Wang, Wenzhi ; Kirwan, Matt ; Hopple, Anya M. ; Megonigal, J. Patrick. (2021). Coastal Forest Seawater Exposure Increases Stem Methane Concentration . Journal of Geophysical Research. G. Biogeosciences, 126 (2) , Article e2020JG005915. http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2020JG005915
Noyce, Genevieve L. ; Megonigal, J. Patrick. (2021). Biogeochemical and plant trait mechanisms drive enhanced methane emissions in response to whole-ecosystem warming . Biogeosciences, 18 (8) , 2449-2463. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-2449-2021
O'Meara, Theresa A. ; Thornton, Peter E. ; Ricciuto, Daniel M. ; Noyce, Genevieve L. ; Rich, Roy L. ; Megonigal, J. Patrick. (2021). Considering coasts: Adapting terrestrial models to characterize coastal wetland ecosystems . Ecological Modelling, 450 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2021.109561
Rietl, Anthony J. ; Megonigal, J. Patrick ; Herbert, Ellen R. ; Kirwan, Matthew L. (2021). Vegetation Type and Decomposition Priming Mediate Brackish Marsh Carbon Accumulation Under Interacting Facets of Global Change . Geophysical Research Letters, 48 (8) http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2020GL092051
Vahsen, Megan L. ; Gentile, Rachel M. ; Summers, Jennifer L. ; Kleiner, Helena S. ; Foster, Benjamin ; McCormack, Regina M. ; James, Evan W. ; Koch, Rachel A. ; Metts, Dailee L. ; Saunders, Colin ; Megonigal, J. Patrick ; Blum, Michael J. ; McLachlan, Jason S. (2021). Accounting for variability when resurrecting dormant propagules substantiates their use in eco-evolutionary studies . Evolutionary Applications, 14 (12) , 2831-2847. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/eva.13316
Cott, Grace M. ; Jansen, Marcel A. K. ; Megonigal, J. Patrick. (2020). Uptake of organic nitrogen by coastal wetland plants under elevated CO2 . Plant and Soil, 450 , 521-535. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11104-020-04504-5

Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

Understanding Ecosystems for a Sustainable Future

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