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

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) , . 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, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-023-01249-z
Mueller, Peter ; Mozdzer, Thomas J. ; Langley, J. A. ; Aoki, Lillian R. ; Noyce, Genevieve L. ; Megonigal, J. P.. (2023). Author Correction: Plant species determine tidal wetland methane response to sea level rise . Nature Communications, 14 (1) http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37364-5
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) , . 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) , . http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.abq0595
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

Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

Understanding Ecosystems for a Sustainable Future

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