Principal Investigator, Senior Scientist
Research Labs
Phone
443-482-2214
Staff Profile
Biography
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).
Contact Information
Donald E. Weller
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
647 Contees Wharf Road, P.O. Box 28
Edgewater, MD 21037-0027
Publications
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(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
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(2018). Effects of Local Watershed Land Use on Water Quality in Mid-Atlantic Coastal Bays and Subestuaries of the Chesapeake Bay . Estuaries and Coasts, 41 (Supplement 1) , 38-53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12237-017-0303-5
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(2018). Impacts of Coastal Land Use and Shoreline Armoring on Estuarine Ecosystems: an Introduction to a Special Issue. Estuaries and Coasts, 41 , S2-S18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12237-017-0331-1
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(2018). Uncertainty in United States Coastal Wetland Greenhouse Gas Inventorying . Environmental Research Letters, 13 (11) , 1-29.
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(2018). Long-term nutrient reductions lead to the unprecedented recovery of a temperate coastal region . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 115 (14) , 3658-3662. http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1715798115
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(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
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(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
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(2018). Land Use and Salinity Drive Changes in SAV Abundance and Community Composition . Estuaries and Coasts, 41 (Supplement 1) , 85-100. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12237-017-0250-1
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(2017). Submersed Aquatic Vegetation in Chesapeake Bay: Sentinel Species in a Changing World . Bioscience, 67 (8) , 698-712. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/biosci/bix058
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(2017). Linking the Abundance of Estuarine Fish and Crustaceans in Nearshore Waters to Shoreline Hardening and Land Cover . Estuaries and Coasts, 40 (5) , 1464-1486. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12237-017-0213-6
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(2017). Urbanization reduces and homogenizes trait diversity in stream macroinvertebrate communities. Ecological Applications, 27 (8) , 2428-2442. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/eap.1619
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(2016). The Relationship Between Shoreline Armoring and Adjacent Submerged Aquatic Vegetation in Chesapeake Bay and Nearby Atlantic Coastal Bays . Estuaries and Coasts, 39 (1) , 158-170. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12237-015-9970-2
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(2016). Using Bayesian hierarchical models to better understand nitrate sources and sinks in agricultural watersheds . Water research, 105 , 527-539. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2016.09.033
