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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Pitz, Scott ; Megonigal, J. Patrick. (2017). Temperate forest methane sink diminished by tree emissions . New Phytologist, 214 (4) , 1432-1439. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nph.14559
Rosencranz, Jordan A. ; Brown, Lauren N. ; Holmquist, James R. ; Sanchez, Yareli ; MacDonald, Glen M. ; Ambrose, Richard F.. (2017). The Role of Sediment Dynamics for Inorganic Accretion Patterns in Southern California's Mediterranean-Climate Salt Marshes. Estuaries and Coasts, 40 (5) , 1371-1384. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12237-017-0224-3
Schile, Lisa M. ; Kauffman, J. B. ; Crooks, Stephen ; Fourqurean, James W. ; Glavan, Jane ; Megonigal, J. Patrick. (2017). Limits on Carbon Sequestration in Arid Blue Carbon Ecosystems . Ecological Applications, 27 (3) , 859-874. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/eap.1489
Wilcox, Kevin R. ; Tredennick, Andrew T. ; Koerner, Sally E. ; Grman, Emily ; Hallett, Lauren M. ; Avolio, Meghan L. ; La Pierre, Kimberly J. ; Houseman, Gregory R. ; Isbell, Forest ; Johnson, David Samuel ; Alatalo, Juha M. ; Baldwin, Andrew H. ; Bork, Edward W. ; Boughton, Elizabeth H. ; Bowman, William D. ; Britton, Andrea J. ; Cahill, James F. ; Collins, Scott L. ; Du, Guozhen ; Eskelinen, Anu ; Gough, Laura ; Jentsch, Anke ; Kern, Christel ; Klanderud, Kari ; Knapp, Alan K. ; Kreyling, Juergen ; Luo, Yiqi ; McLaren, Jennie R. ; Megonigal, J. Patrick ; Onipchenko, Vladimir ; Prevéy, Janet ; Price, Jodi N. ; Robinson, Clare H. ; Sala, Osvaldo E. ; Smith, Melinda D. ; Soudzilovskaia, Nadejda A. ; Souza, Lara ; Tilman, David ; White, Shannon R. ; Xu, Zhuwen ; Yahdjian, Laura ; Yu, Qiang ; Zhang, Pengfei ; Zhang, Yunhai. (2017). Asynchrony among local communities stabilises ecosystem function of metacommunities . Ecology Letters, 20 (12) , 1534-1545. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ele.12861
Bernal, Blanca ; McKinley, Duncan C. ; Hungate, Bruce A. ; White, Paul M. ; Mozdzer, Thomas J. ; Megonigal, J. Patrick. (2016). Limits to soil carbon stability; Deep, ancient soil carbon decomposition stimulated by new labile organic inputs . Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 98 , 85-94. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2016.04.007
Holmquist, James R. ; Booth, Robert K. ; MacDonald, Glen M.. (2016). Boreal peatland water table depth and carbon accumulation during the Holocene thermal maximum, Roman Warm Period, and Medieval Climate Anomaly . Palaeogeography palaeoclimatology palaeoecology, 444 , 15-27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2015.11.035
Holmquist, James R. ; Finkelstein, Sarah A. ; Garneau, Michelle ; Massa, Charly ; Yu, Zicheng ; MacDonald, Glen M.. (2016). A Comparison of Radiocarbon Ages Derived from Bulk Peat and Selected Plant Macrofossils in Basal Peat Cores from Circum-Arctic Peatlands. Quaternary Geochronology, 31 , 53-61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quageo.2015.10.003
Lu, Meng ; Caplan, Joshua S. ; Bakker, Jonathan D. ; Langley, J. Adam ; Mozdzer, Thomas J. ; Drake, Bert G. ; Megonigal, J. Patrick. (2016). Allometry data and equations for coastal marsh plants. Ecology, 97 (12) , 3554. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecy.1600
MacDonald, Glen M. ; Moser, Katrina A. ; Bloom, Amy M. ; Potito, Aaron P. ; Porinchu, David F. ; Holmquist, James R. ; Hughes, Julia ; Kremenetski, Konstantine V.. (2016). Prolonged California aridity linked to climate warming and Pacific sea surface temperature . Scientific Reports, 6 , 33325. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep33325
Morris, James T. ; Barber, Donald C. ; Callaway, John C. ; Chambers, Randy ; Hagen, Scott C. ; Hopkinson, Charles S. ; Johnson, Beverly J. ; Megonigal, J. Patrick ; Neubauer, Scott C. ; Troxler, Tiffany ; Wigand, Cathleen. (2016). Contributions of organic and inorganic matter to sediment volume and accretion in tidal wetlands at steady state . Earth's Future, 4 (4) , 110-121. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2015EF000334
Mozdzer, Thomas J. ; Langley, J. Adam ; Mueller, Peter ; Megonigal, J. Patrick. (2016). Deep rooting and global change facilitate spread of invasive grass . Biological Invasions, 18 (9) , 2619-2631. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10530-016-1156-8
Mueller, Peter ; Hager, Rachel N. ; Meschter, Justin E. ; Mozdzer, Thomas J. ; Langley, J. Adam ; Jensen, Kai ; Megonigal, J. Patrick. (2016). Complex invader-ecosystem interactions and seasonality mediate the impact of non-native Phragmites on CH4 emissions . Biological Invasions, 18 (9) , 2635-2647. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10530-016-1093-6
Mueller, Peter ; Jensen, Kai ; Megonigal, J. Patrick. (2016). Plants Mediate Soil Organic Matter Decomposition In Response To Sea Level Rise. Global Change Biology, 22 (1) , 404-414. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.13082
Pastore, Melissa A. ; Megonigal, J. Patrick ; Langley, J. Adam. (2016). Elevated CO2 promotes long-term nitrogen accumulation only in combination with nitrogen addition . Global Change Biology, 22 (1) , 391-403. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.13112
Wang, Zhi-Ping ; Gu, Qian ; Deng, Feng-Dan ; Huang, Jian-Hui ; Megonigal, J. Patrick ; Yu, Qiang ; Lü, Xiao-Tao ; Li, Ling-Hao ; Chang, Scott ; Zhang, Yun-Hai ; Feng, Jin-Chao ; Han, Xing-Guo. (2016). Methane emissions from the trunks of living trees on upland soils . New Phytologist, 211 (2) , 429-439. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nph.13909

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