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Don earned a B.A. in Biology from Wabash College and a Ph.D. in Ecology from the University of Tennessee.   Don has expertise in ecological modeling and landscape ecology and over 30 years of post-graduate research experience.  He leads a research program that applies spatial analysis and mathematical, statistical, and computer models to ecological problems.   His work considers the linkages among ecosystems and the role of human activities in complex landscapes.  His research has contributed to understanding and solving environmental problems arising from human impacts. Don is a leader in developing the science of landscape ecology as applied to the transfer of materials through landscapes.  His recent research has focused on the linkages of watersheds to wetland condition, to stream chemistry and biology, and to estuarine health.

An up-to-date list of Don's publications with links to full text copies in PDF format is available from Smithsonian Research Online at this link (Don Weller publication list).

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Donald E. Weller
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
647 Contees Wharf Road, P.O. Box 28
Edgewater, MD  21037-0027

Publications

  • Hensel, Marc J. S. ; Patrick, Christopher J. ; Orth, Robert J. ; Wilcox, David J. ; Dennison, William C. ; Gurbisz, Cassie ; Hannam, Michael P. ; Landry, J. B. ; Moore, Kenneth A. ; Murphy, Rebecca R. ; Testa, Jeremy M. ; Weller, Donald E. ; Lefcheck, Jonathan S.. (2023). [node:title] . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120 (23) http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2220678120
  • Ogburn, Matthew B. ; Plough, Louis V. ; Bangley, Charles W. ; Fitzgerald, Catherine L. ; Hannam, Michael P. ; Lee, Benjamin ; Marafino, Gabriella ; Richie, Kimberly D. ; Williams, Meghan R. ; Weller, Donald E. (2023). [node:title] . Environmental DNA, 5 (1) , 25-37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/edn3.348
  • Weller, Daniel L. ; Love, Tanzy M. T. ; Weller, Donald E. ; Murphy, Claire M. ; Strawn, Laura K.. (2023). [node:title] . Journal of applied microbiology, 134 (10) http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jambio/lxad210
  • Weller, Donald E. ; Baker, Matthew E. ; King, Ryan S.. (2023). [node:title] . Landscape Ecology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10980-023-01706-x
  • Orth, Robert J. ; Dennison, William C. ; Wilcox, David J. ; Batiuk, Richard A. ; Landry, J. Brooke ; Gurbisz, Cassie ; Keisman, Jennifer ; Hannam, Michael ; Lefcheck, Jonathan S. ; Murphy, Rebecca R. ; Moore, Kenneth A. ; Patrick, Christopher J. ; Testa, Jeremy M. ; Weller, Donald E. ; Merritt, Melissa F. ; Hobaugh, Paige. (2022). [node:title] . Journal of environmental management, 321 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.115901
  • Weller, Daniel L. ; Love, Tanzy M. T. ; Weller, Donald E. ; Murphy, Claire M. ; Rahm, Brian G. ; Wiedmann, Martin. (2022). [node:title] . Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 88 (23) http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/aem.01600-22
  • Hood, Raleigh R. ; Shenk, Gary W. ; Dixon, Rachel L. ; Smith, Sean M. C. ; Ball, William P. ; Bash, O. Jesse ; Batiuk, Rich ; Boomer, Kathy ; Brady, Damian C. ; Cerco, Carl ; Claggett, Peter ; de Mutsert, Kim ; Easton, Zachary M. ; Elmore, Andrew J. ; Friedrichs, Marjorie A. M. ; Harris, Lora A. ; Ihde, Thomas F. ; Lacher, Lara ; Li, Li ; Linker, Lewis C. ; Miller, Andrew ; Moriarty, Julia ; Noe, Gregory B. ; Onyullo, George E. ; Rose, Kenneth ; Skalak, Katie ; Tian, Richard ; Veith, Tamie L. ; Wainger, Lisa ; Weller, Donald ; Zhang, Yinglong Joseph. (2021). [node:title] . Ecological Modelling, 456 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2021.109635
  • Holmquist, James R., Windham-Myers, Lisamarie, Bliss, Norman, Crooks, Stephen, Morris, James T., Megonigal, J. P., Troxler, Tiffany, Weller, Donald, Callaway, John, Drexler, Judith, Ferner, Matthew C., Gonneea, Meagan E., Kroeger, Kevin D., Schile-Beers, Lisa, Woo, Isa, Buffington, Kevin, Breithaupt, Joshua, Boyd, Brandon M., Brown, Lauren N., Dix, Nicole, Hice, Lyndie, Horton, Benjamin P., MacDonald, Glen M., Moyer, Ryan P., Reay, William, et al. (2018). Accuracy and Precision of Tidal Wetland Soil Carbon Mapping in the Conterminous United States. Scientific Reports, 8 (1) , 9478. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-26948-7
  • Holmquist, James R., Windham-Myers, Lisamarie, Bliss, Norman, Crooks, Stephen, Morris, James T., Megonigal, J. P., Troxler, Tiffany, Weller, Donald, Callaway, John, Drexler, Judith, Ferner, Matthew C., Gonneea, Meagan E., Kroeger, Kevin D., Schile-Beers, Lisa, Woo, Isa, Buffington, Kevin, Breithaupt, Joshua, Boyd, Brandon M., Brown, Lauren N., Dix, Nicole, Hice, Lyndie, Horton, Benjamin P., MacDonald, Glen M., Moyer, Ryan P., Reay, William, et al. (2018). Accuracy and Precision of Tidal Wetland Soil Carbon Mapping in the Conterminous United States. Scientific Reports, 8 (1) , 9478. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-26948-7
  • Kornis, Matthew S. ; Breitburg, Denise L. ; Balouskus, Richard ; Bilkovic, Donna M. ; Davias, Lori A. ; Giordano, Steve ; Heggie, Keira ; Hines, Anson H. ; Jacobs, John M. ; Jordan, Thomas E. ; King, Ryan S. ; Patrick, Christopher J. ; Seitz, Rochelle D. ; Soulen, Heather ; Targett, Timothy E. ; Weller, Donald E. ; Whigham, Dennis F. ; Uphoff, Jim. (2017). [node:title] . Estuaries and Coasts, 40 (5) , 1464-1486. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12237-017-0213-6
  • Sharifi, Amirreza ; Yen, Haw ; Boomer, Kathleen M. B. ; Kalin, Latif ; Li, Xuyong ; Weller, Donald E. (2017). [node:title] . Catena, 150 , 87-99. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2016.11.009
  • Patrick, Christopher J. ; Weller, Donald E. ; Ryder, Micah. (2016). [node:title] . Estuaries and Coasts, 39 (1) , 158-170. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12237-015-9970-2
  • Sciance, M. Benjamin ; Patrick, Christopher J. ; Weller, Donald E. ; Williams, Meghan N. ; McCormick, Melissa K. ; Hazelton, Eric L. G. (2016). [node:title] . Biological Invasions, 18 (9) , 2661-2677. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10530-016-1136-z
  • Patrick, Christopher J. ; Weller, Donald E. (2015). [node:title] . Marine Ecology Progress Series, 537 , 121-135. http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps11412
  • Patrick, Christopher J. ; Weller, Donald E. ; Li, Xuyong ; Ryder, Micah. (2014). Effects of Shoreline Alteration and Other Stressors on Submerged Aquatic Vegetation in Subestuaries of Chesapeake Bay and the Mid-Atlantic Coastal Bays. Estuaries and Coasts, 37 (6) , 1516-1531. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12237-014-9768-7

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