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

Brantley, S. L. ; Megonigal, J. Patrick ; Scatena, F. N. ; Balogh-Brunstad, Z. ; Barnes, R. T. ; Bruns, M. A. ; Van Cappellen, P. ; Dontsova, K. ; Hartnett, H. E. ; Hartshorn, A. S. ; Heimsath, A. ; Herndon, E. ; Jin, L. ; Keller, C. K. ; Leake, J. R. ; Mcdowell, W. H. ; Meinzer, Frederick C. ; Mozdzer, Thomas J. ; Petsch, S. ; Pett-Ridge, J. ; Pregitzer, K. S. ; Raymond, P. A. ; Riebe, C. S. ; Shumaker, K. ; Sutton-Grier, Ariana E. ; Walter, R. ; Yoo, K. (2011). Twelve testable hypotheses on the geobiology of weathering . Geobiology, 9 (2) , 140-165.
Duval, Benjamin D. ; Dijkstra, Paul ; Natali, Susan M. ; Megonigal, J. Patrick ; Ketterer, Michael E. ; Drake, Bert G. ; Lerdau, Manuel T. ; Gordon, Gwyneth ; Anbar, Ariel D. ; Hungate, Bruce A. (2011). Plant-Soil Distribution of Potentially Toxic Elements in Response to Elevated Atmospheric CO2 . Environmental science & technology, 45 (7) , 2570-2574. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/es102250u
Poffenbarger, Hanna J. ; Needelman, Brian A. ; Megonigal, J. Patrick. (2011). Salinity Influence on Methane Emissions from Tidal Marshes . Wetlands, 31 (5) , 831-842. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13157-011-0197-0
Richter, Daniel deB ; Bacon, Allan R. ; Mobley, Megan L. ; Richardson, Curtis J. ; Andrews, Susan S. ; West, Larry ; Wills, Skye ; Billings, Sharon ; Cambardella, Cynthia A. ; Cavallaro, Nancy ; DeMeester, Julie E. ; Franzluebbers, Alan J. ; Grandy, A. Stuart ; Grunwald, Sabine ; Gruver, Joel ; Hartshorn, Anthony S. ; Janzen, Henry ; Kramer, Marc G. ; Ladha, Jagdish K. ; Lajtha, Kate ; Liles, Garrett C. ; Markewitz, Daniel ; Megonigal, J. Patrick ; Mermut, Ahmet R. ; Rasmussen, Craig ; Robinson, David A. ; Smith, Pete ; Stiles, Cynthia A. ; Tate, III, Robert L. ; Thompson, Aaron ; Tugel, Arlene J. ; van Es, Harold ; Yaalon, Dan ; Zobeck, Ted M. (2011). Human-Soil Relations are Changing Rapidly: Proposals from SSSA's Cross-Divisional Soil Change Working Group . Soil Science Society of America Journal, 75 (6) , 2079-2084. http://dx.doi.org/10.2136/sssaj2011.0124
Sutton-Grier, Ariana E. ; Keller, Jason K. ; Koch, Rachel ; Gilmour, Cynthia C. ; Megonigal, J. Patrick. (2011). Electron donors and acceptors influence anaerobic soil organic matter mineralization in tidal marshes . Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 43 (7) , 1576-1583. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2011.04.008
Sutton-Grier, Ariana E. ; Megonigal, J. Patrick. (2011). Plant species traits regulate methane production in freshwater wetland soils . Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 43 (2) , 413-420. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2010.11.009
Weber, Carolyn F. ; Zak, Donald R. ; Hungate, Bruce A. ; Jackson, Robert B. ; Vilgalys, Rytas ; Evans, R. David ; Schadt, Christopher W. ; Megonigal, J. Patrick ; Kuske, Cheryl R. (2011). Responses of soil cellulolytic fungal communities to elevated atmospheric CO2 are complex and variable across five ecosystems . Environmental microbiology, 13 (10) , 2778-2793. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1462-2920.2011.02548.x
Drohan, Patrick J. ; Havlin, John L. ; Megonigal, J. Patrick ; Cheng, H. H. (2010). The 'Dig It!' Smithsonian Soils Exhibition: Lessons Learned and Goals for the Future . Soil Science Society of America Journal, 74 (3) , 697-705. http://dx.doi.org/10.2136/sssaj2009.0017
Langley, J. Adam ; Megonigal, J. Patrick. (2010). Ecosystem response to elevated CO2 levels limited by nitrogen-induced plant species shift . Nature, 466 (7302) , 96-99. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature09176
Megonigal, J. Patrick ; Megonigal, E. J. (2010). News from Online-Smithsonian's Dig It! Web Site Shows That Soil Is Not a Dirty, Four-Letter Word . Journal of chemical education, 87 (2) , 133-134. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ed8000667
Megonigal, J. Patrick ; Stauffer, Barbara W. ; Starrs, Siobhan ; Pekarik, Andrew J. ; Drohan, Patrick ; Havlin, John. (2010). 'Dig It!': How an Exhibit Breathed Life into Soils Education . Soil Science Society of America Journal, 74 (3) , 706-716. http://dx.doi.org/10.2136/sssaj2009.0409
Rabenhorst, Martin C. ; Megonigal, J. Patrick ; Keller, Jason. (2010). Synthetic Iron Oxides for Documenting Sulfide in Marsh Pore Water . Soil Science Society of America Journal, 74 (4) , 1383-1388. http://dx.doi.org/10.2136/sssaj2009.0435
Fierer, Noah ; Carney, Karen M. ; Horner-Devine, M. Claire ; Megonigal, J. Patrick. (2009). The Biogeography of Ammonia-Oxidizing Bacterial Communities in Soil . Microbial ecology, 58 (2) , 435-445. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00248-009-9517-9
Keller, Jason K. ; Weisenhorn, Pamela B. ; Megonigal, J. Patrick. (2009). Humic acids as electron acceptors in wetland decomposition . Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 41 (7) , 1518-1522. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2009.04.008
Keller, Jason K. ; Wolf, Amelia A. ; Weisenhorn, Pamela B. ; Drake, Bert G. ; Megonigal, J. Patrick. (2009). Elevated CO2 affects porewater chemistry in a brackish marsh . Biogeochemistry, 96 (1-3) , 101-117. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10533-009-9347-3

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Understanding Ecosystems for a Sustainable Future

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