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Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

Understanding Ecosystems for a Sustainable Future

Biogeochemistry

Principal Investigator

Patrick Megonigal

megonigalp@si.edu

Specialty

Ecosystem Ecology, Biogeochemistry, Soil Science, Wetland Ecology, Forest Ecology, Climate Change Science, Blue Carbon Science

J. Patrick Megonigal Full CV (Nov 2024)

Publications

Erickson, John E. ; Peresta, Gary ; Montovan, Kathryn J. ; Drake, Bert G. (2013). Direct and indirect effects of elevated atmospheric CO2 on net ecosystem production in a Chesapeake Bay tidal wetland. Global Change Biology, 19 (11) , 3368-3378. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.12316
Geatz, George W. ; Needelman, Brian A. ; Weil, Raymond R. ; Megonigal, J. Patrick. (2013). Nutrient Availability and Soil Organic Matter Decomposition Response to Prescribed Burns in Mid-Atlantic Brackish Tidal Marshes . Soil Science Society of America Journal, 77 (5) , 1852-1864. http://dx.doi.org/10.2136/sssaj2012.0272
Hungate, Bruce A. ; Day, Frank P. ; Dijkstra, Paul ; Duval, Benjamin D. ; Hinkle, C. R. ; Langley, J. Adam ; Megonigal, J. Patrick ; Stiling, Peter ; Johnson, Dale W. ; Drake, Bert G. (2013). Fire, hurricane and carbon dioxide: effects on net primary production of a subtropical woodland . New Phytologist, 200 (3) , 767-777. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nph.12409
Hungate, Bruce A. ; Dijkstra, Paul ; Wu, Zhuoting ; Duval, Benjamin D. ; Day, Frank P. ; Johnson, Dale W. ; Megonigal, J. Patrick ; Brown, Alisha L. P. ; Garland, Jay L. (2013). Cumulative response of ecosystem carbon and nitrogen stocks to chronic CO2 exposure in a subtropical oak woodland . New Phytologist, 200 (3) , 753-766. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nph.12333
Keller, Jason K. ; Sutton-Grier, Ariana E. ; Bullock, Allyson L. ; Megonigal, J. Patrick. (2013). Anaerobic Metabolism in Tidal Freshwater Wetlands: I. Plant Removal Effects on Iron Reduction and Methanogenesis . Estuaries and Coasts, 36 (3) , 457-470. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12237-012-9527-6
Langley, J. Adam ; Mozdzer, Thomas J. ; Shepard, Katherine A. ; Hagerty, Shannon B. ; Megonigal, J. Patrick. (2013). Tidal marsh plant responses to elevated CO2, nitrogen fertilization, and sea level rise . Global Change Biology, 19 (5) , 1495-1503. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.12147
Megonigal, J. Patrick ; Rabenhorst, Martin. (2013). Reduction–Oxidation Potential and Oxygen . Methods in Biogeochemistry of Wetlands (71-85) http://dx.doi.org/10.2136/sssabookser10.c5 Soil Science Society of America .
Megonigal, J. Patrick and Rabenhorst, Martin. (2013). Reduction–Oxidation Potential and Oxygen. Methods in Biogeochemistry of Wetlands (71-85) .
Mozdzer, Thomas J. ; Megonigal, J. Patrick. (2013). Increased Methane Emissions by an Introduced Phragmites australis Lineage under Global Change . Wetlands, 33 (4) , 609-615. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13157-013-0417-x
Baldwin, Andrew H. ; Kangas, Patrick J. ; Megonigal, J. Patrick ; Perry, Matthew C. ; Whigham, Dennis F. (2012). Coastal Wetlands of Chesapeake Bay . Wetland Habitats of North America: Ecology and Conservation Concerns (29-43) University of California Press .
Dunbar, John ; Eichorst, Stephanie A. ; Gallegos-Graves, La Verne ; Silva, Shannon ; Xie, Gary ; Hengartner, N. W. ; Evans, R. David ; Hungate, Bruce A. ; Jackson, Robert B. ; Megonigal, J. Patrick ; Schadt, Christopher W. ; Vilgalys, Rytas ; Zak, Donald R. ; Kuske, Cheryl R. (2012). Common bacterial responses in six ecosystems exposed to 10 years of elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide . Environmental microbiology, 14 (5) , 1145-1158. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1462-2920.2011.02695.x
Langley, J. Adam ; Megonigal, J. Patrick. (2012). Field-Based Radiometry to Estimate Tidal Marsh Plant Growth in Response to Elevated CO2 and Nitrogen Addition . Wetlands, 32 (3) , 571-578. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13157-012-0292-x
Mozdzer, Thomas J. ; Megonigal, J. Patrick. (2012). Jack-and-Master Trait Responses to Elevated CO2 and N: A Comparison of Native and Introduced Phragmites australis . PLoS ONE, 7 (10) , 1-10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0042794
Pendleton, Linwood ; Donato, Daniel C. ; Murray, Brian C. ; Crooks, Stephen ; Jenkins, W. Aaron ; Sifleet, Samantha ; Craft, Christopher ; Fourqurean, James W. ; Kauffman, J. Boone ; Marbà, Núria ; Megonigal, J. Patrick ; Pidgeon, Emily ; Herr, Dorothee ; Gordon, David ; Baldera, Alexis. (2012). Estimating Global “Blue Carbon” Emissions from Conversion and Degradation of Vegetated Coastal Ecosystems . PLoS ONE, 7 (9) , 1-7. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0043542
White, K. P. ; Langley, J. Adam ; Cahoon, D. R. ; Megonigal, J. Patrick. (2012). C3 and C4 Biomass Allocation Responses to Elevated CO2 and Nitrogen: Contrasting Resource Capture Strategies . Estuaries and Coasts, 35 (4) , 1028-1035. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12237-012-9500-4

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