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

Lee, Jaehyun ; Yang, Yerang ; Kang, Hojeong ; Noyce, Genevieve L. ; Megonigal, J. P.. (2025). Climate-induced shifts in sulfate dynamics regulate anaerobic methane oxidation in a coastal wetland . Science Advances, 11 (17) http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.ads6093
Arias‐Ortiz, Ariane ; Wolfe, Jaxine ; Bridgham, Scott D. ; Knox, Sara ; McNicol, Gavin ; Needelman, Brian A. ; Shahan, Julie ; Stuart‐Haëntjens, Ellen J. ; Windham‐Myers, Lisamarie ; Oikawa, Patty Y. ; Baldocchi, Dennis D. ; Caplan, Joshua S. ; Capooci, Margaret ; Czapla, Kenneth M. ; Derby, R. K. ; Diefenderfer, Heida L. ; Forbrich, Inke ; Groseclose, Gina ; Keller, Jason K. ; Kelley, Cheryl ; Keshta, Amr E. ; Kleiner, Helena S. ; Krauss, Ken W. ; Lane, Robert R. ; Mack, Sarah ; Moseman‐Valtierra, Serena ; Mozdzer, Thomas J. ; Mueller, Peter ; Neubauer, Scott C. ; Noyce, Genevieve ; Schäfer, Karina V. R. ; Sanders‐DeMott, Rebecca ; Schutte, Charles A. ; Vargas, Rodrigo ; Weston, Nathaniel B. ; Wilson, Benjamin ; Megonigal, J. Patrick ; Holmquist, James R.. (2024). Methane fluxes in tidal marshes of the conterminous United States . Global Change Biology, 30 (9) http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.17462
Bruns, Nicholas E. ; Noyce, Genevieve L. ; Megonigal, J. Patrick ; Kirwan, Matthew L.. (2024). A Test of Functional Balance Theory for Wetland Biomass Allocation in a Global Change Experiment . Geophysical Research Letters, 51 (22) http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2024GL110902
Fuchs, Andrea ; Davidson, Ian C. ; Megonigal, J. Patrick ; Devaney, John L. ; Simkanin, Christina ; Noyce, Genevieve L. ; Lu, Meng ; Cott, Grace M.. (2024). Stronger increase of methane emissions from coastal wetlands by non‐native Spartina alterniflora than non‐native Phragmites australis . Plants, People, Planet, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ppp3.10578
Koontz, Erika L. ; Parker, Sarah M. ; Stearns, Alice E. ; Roberts, Brian J. ; Young, Caitlin M. ; Windham-Myers, Lisamarie ; Oikawa, Patricia Y. ; Megonigal, J. P. ; Noyce, Genevieve L. ; Buskey, Edward J. ; Derby, R. K. ; Dunn, Robert P. ; Ferner, Matthew C. ; Krask, Julie L. ; Marconi, Christina M. ; Savage, Kelley B. ; Shahan, Julie ; Spivak, Amanda C. ; St. Laurent, Kari A. ; Argueta, Jacob M. ; Baird, Steven J. ; Beheshti, Kathryn M. ; Crane, Laura C. ; Cressman, Kimberly A. ; Crooks, Jeffrey A. ; Fernald, Sarah H. ; Garwood, Jason A. ; Goldstein, Jason S. ; Grothues, Thomas M. ; Habeck, Andrea ; Lerberg, Scott B. ; Lucas, Samantha B. ; Marcum, Pamela ; Peter, Christopher R. ; Phipps, Scott W. ; Raposa, Kenneth B. ; Rovai, Andre S. ; Schooler, Shon S. ; Twilley, Robert R. ; Tyrrell, Megan C. ; Uyeda, Kellie A. ; Wulfing, Sophie H. ; Aman, Jacob T. ; Giacchetti, Amanda ; Cross-Johnson, Shelby ; Holmquist, James R.. (2024). Controls on spatial variation in porewater methane concentrations across United States tidal wetlands . Science of The Total Environment, 957 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.177290
O’Meara, Theresa A. ; Yuan, F. ; Sulman, B. N. ; Noyce, Genevieve L. ; Rich, Roy L. ; Thornton, P. E. ; Megonigal, J. Patrick. (2024). Developing a Redox Network for Coastal Saltmarsh Systems in the PFLOTRAN Reaction Model . Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 129 (3) http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2023JG007633
Sendall, Kerrie M. ; Muñoz, Cyd M. Meléndez ; Ritter, Angela D. ; Rich, Roy L. ; Noyce, Genevieve L. ; Megonigal, J. P.. (2024). Effects of Warming and Elevated CO2 on Stomatal Conductance and Chlorophyll Fluorescence of C3 and C4 Coastal Wetland Species . Wetlands, 44 (4) http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13157-024-01780-0
Wilson, Stephanie J. ; Bond‐Lamberty, Ben ; Noyce, Genevieve ; Bittencourt Peixoto, Roberta ; Megonigal, J. Patrick. (2024). fluxfinder : An R Package for Reproducible Calculation and Initial Processing of Greenhouse Gas Fluxes From Static Chamber Measurements . Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 129 (11) http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2024JG008208
Ding, Junyan ; McDowell, Nate ; Fang, Yilin ; Ward, Nicholas ; Kirwan, Matthew L. ; Regier, Peter ; Megonigal, J. P. ; Zhang, Peipei ; Zhang, Hongxia ; Wang, Wenzhi ; Li, Weibin ; Pennington, Stephanie C. ; Wilson, Stephanie J. ; Stearns, Alice ; Bailey, Vanessa. (2023). Modeling the mechanisms of conifer mortality under seawater exposure . New Phytologist, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nph.19076
Hopple, Anya M. ; Doro, K. O. ; Bailey, V. L. ; Bond-Lamberty, B. ; McDowell, N. ; Morris, K. A. ; Myers-Pigg, A. ; Pennington, S. C. ; Regier, P. ; Rich, Roy L. ; Sengupta, A. ; Smith, R. ; Stegen, J. ; Ward, N. D. ; Woodard, S. C. ; Megonigal, J. Patrick. (2023). Attaining freshwater and estuarine-water soil saturation in an ecosystem-scale coastal flooding experiment . Environmental monitoring and assessment, 195 (3) http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10661-022-10807-0
Hopple, Anya M. ; Pennington, Stephanie C. ; Megonigal, J. Patrick ; Bailey, V. ; Bond‐Lamberty, B.. (2023). Root and Microbial Soil CO2 and CH4 Fluxes Respond Differently to Seasonal and Episodic Environmental Changes in a Temperate Forest . Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 128 (8) http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2022JG007233
Kirwan, Matthew L. ; Megonigal, J. P. ; Noyce, Genevieve L. ; Smith, Alexander J.. (2023). Geomorphic and ecological constraints on the coastal carbon sink . Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, 4 (6) , 393-406. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s43017-023-00429-6
Kudoh, Aoi ; Megonigal, J. Patrick ; Langley, J. Adam ; Noyce, Genevieve L. ; Sakai, Toshiyuki ; Whigham, Dennis F.. (2023). Reproductive Responses to Increased Shoot Density and Global Change Drivers in a Widespread Clonal Wetland Species, Schoenoplectus americanus . Estuaries and Coasts, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12237-023-01249-z
Noyce, Genevieve L. ; Smith, Alexander J. ; Kirwan, Matthew L. ; Rich, Roy L. ; Megonigal, J. P.. (2023). Oxygen priming induced by elevated CO2 reduces carbon accumulation and methane emissions in coastal wetlands . Nature Geoscience, 16 (1) , 63-68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41561-022-01070-6
Vahsen, M. L. ; Blum, M. J. ; Megonigal, J. P. ; Emrich, S. J. ; Holmquist, James R. ; Stiller, B. ; Todd-Brown, K. ; McLachlan, J. S.. (2023). Rapid plant trait evolution can alter coastal wetland resilience to sea level rise . Science, 379 (6630) , 393-398. http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.abq0595

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