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)

Publications

Vahsen, Megan L. ; Kleiner, Helena S. ; Kodak, Haley ; Summers, Jennifer L. ; Vahsen, Wendy L. ; Blum, Michael J. ; Megonigal, J. Patrick ; McLachlan, Jason S.. (2023). Complex eco-evolutionary responses of a foundational coastal marsh plant to global change . New Phytologist, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nph.19117
Dijkstra, Paul ; Martinez, Ayla ; Thomas, Scott C. ; Seymour, Cale O. ; Wu, Weichao ; Dippold, Michaela A. ; Megonigal, J. Patrick ; Schwartz, Egbert ; Hungate, Bruce A.. (2022). On maintenance and metabolisms in soil microbial communities . Plant and Soil, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11104-022-05382-9
Gabriel, Jared R. ; Reid, Jessica ; Wang, Le ; Mozdzer, Thomas J. ; Whigham, Dennis F. ; Megonigal, J. Patrick ; Langley, J. Adam. (2022). Interspecific Competition is Prevalent and Stabilizes Plant Production in a Brackish Marsh Facing Sea Level Rise. Estuaries and Coasts, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12237-021-01043-9
Hopple, A. M. ; Pennington, S. C. ; Megonigal, J. Patrick ; Bailey, V. ; Bond-Lamberty, B.. (2022). Disturbance legacies regulate coastal forest soil stability to changing salinity and inundation: A soil transplant experiment . Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 169 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2022.108675
Lumibao, Candice Y. ; Martinez, Lorena Torres ; Megonigal, J. Patrick ; Van Bael, Sunshine A. ; Blum, Michael J.. (2022). Microbial mediation of salinity stress response varies by plant genotype and provenance over time. Molecular ecology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mec.16603
Mander, Ülo ; Krasnova, Alisa ; Schindler, Thomas ; Megonigal, J. Patrick ; Escuer-Gatius, Jordi ; Espenberg, Mikk ; Machacova, Katerina ; Maddison, Martin ; Pärn, Jaan ; Ranniku, Reti ; Pihlatie, Mari ; Kasak, Kuno ; Niinemets, Ülo ; Soosaar, Kaido. (2022). Long-term dynamics of soil, tree stem and ecosystem methane fluxes in a riparian forest . Science of the Total Environment, 809 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.151723
McDowell, Nate G. ; Ball, Marilyn ; Bond-Lamberty, Ben ; Kirwan, Matthew L. ; Krauss, Ken W. ; Megonigal, J. Patrick ; Mencuccini, Maurizio ; Ward, Nicholas D. ; Weintraub, Michael N. ; Bailey, Vanessa. (2022). Processes and mechanisms of coastal woody-plant mortality . Global Change Biology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16297
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

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