List of works by Patrick Megonigal

Accuracy and Precision of Tidal Wetland Soil Carbon Mapping in the Conterminous United States.

scientific article

Altered soil microbial community at elevated CO(2) leads to loss of soil carbon.

scholarly article

An empirical model of soil chemical properties that regulate methane production in Japanese rice paddy soils

scientific article published on 24 October 2007

Asynchronous nitrogen supply and demand produce nonlinear plant allocation responses to warming and elevated CO

scientific article published on 22 October 2019

Asynchrony among local communities stabilises ecosystem function of metacommunities.

scientific article published on 24 October 2017

Author Correction: Accuracy and Precision of Tidal Wetland Soil Carbon Mapping in the Conterminous United States

scientific article published in Scientific Reports

Author Correction: The future of Blue Carbon science

scientific article published on 08 November 2019

Below-ground process responses to elevated CO2 and temperature: a discussion of observations, measurement methods, and models

article

Biogeochemical and plant trait mechanisms drive enhanced methane emissions in response to whole-ecosystem warming

scientific article published on 19 April 2021

Coastal Forest Seawater Exposure Increases Stem Methane Concentration

scientific article published in 2021

Complex invader-ecosystem interactions and seasonality mediate the impact of non-native Phragmites on CH4 emissions

scholarly article by Peter Mueller published in March 2016

Contributions of organic and inorganic matter to sediment volume and accretion in tidal wetlands at steady state.

scientific article published on 28 April 2016

Decadal biomass increment in early secondary succession woody ecosystems is increased by CO enrichment

scientific article published in Nature Communications

Deep rooting and global change facilitate spread of invasive grass

Ecosystem response to elevated CO(2) levels limited by nitrogen-induced plant species shift.

scientific article

Elevated CO2 promotes long-term nitrogen accumulation only in combination with nitrogen addition.

scientific article published on 18 November 2015

Erratum to: Deep rooting and global change facilitate spread of invasive grass

scholarly article published in Biological Invasions

Estimating global "blue carbon" emissions from conversion and degradation of vegetated coastal ecosystems

scientific article (publication date: 2012)

Forest canopy mitigates soil N2O emission during hot moments

scientific article published in 2021

Geochemical control of microbial Fe(III) reduction potential in wetlands: comparison of the rhizosphere to non-rhizosphere soil

scientific article published on 01 April 2004

Global change effects on plant communities are magnified by time and the number of global change factors imposed

scientific article published on 19 August 2019

How do Elevated CO2 and Nitrogen Addition Affect Functional Microbial Community Involved in Greenhouse Gas Flux in Salt Marsh System

scientific article

Impacts of Phragmites australis Invasion on Soil Enzyme Activities and Microbial Abundance of Tidal Marshes.

scientific article published on 14 March 2018

Increased Methane Emissions by an Introduced Phragmites australis Lineage under Global Change

article by Thomas J. Mozdzer & Patrick Megonigal published 12 May 2013 in Wetlands

Jack-and-master trait responses to elevated CO2 and N: a comparison of native and introduced Phragmites australis.

scientific article published on 31 October 2012

Limits to soil carbon stability; Deep, ancient soil carbon decomposition stimulated by new labile organic inputs

article

Localized basal area affects soil respiration temperature sensitivity in a coastal deciduous forest

scientific article published in 2020

Methane emissions from the trunks of living trees on upland soils

scientific article published on 25 February 2016

Methane emissions from tree stems: a new frontier in the global carbon cycle

article published in 2018

Methane emissions from upland forest soils and vegetation.

scientific article published on April 2008

Methane production and emissions in trees and forests

scientific article published on 11 January 2019

Mining of Deep Nitrogen Facilitates Phragmites australis Invasion in Coastal Saltmarshes

scientific article published in 2023

Moving Beyond Global Warming Potentials to Quantify the Climatic Role of Ecosystems

article

Natural climate solutions for the United States

scientific article published on 14 November 2018

Nitrogenase activity and N2 fixation are stimulated by elevated CO2 in a tropical N2-fixing tree.

scientific article published on December 1996

Nutrient subsidies to belowground microbes impact aboveground food web interactions.

scientific article published in June 2006

Plant species determine tidal wetland methane response to sea level rise

scientific article published on 14 October 2020

Plants mediate soil organic matter decomposition in response to sea level rise.

scientific article published on 5 September 2015

Plant−Soil Distribution of Potentially Toxic Elements in Response to Elevated Atmospheric CO2

article

Priming depletes soil carbon and releases nitrogen in a scrub-oak ecosystem exposed to elevated CO2

Processes and mechanisms of coastal woody‐plant mortality

scientific article published in 2022

Radon as a natural tracer of gas transport through trees

scientific article published on 16 November 2019

Representing the function and sensitivity of coastal interfaces in Earth system models

scientific article published on 18 May 2020

Responses of soil cellulolytic fungal communities to elevated atmospheric CO₂ are complex and variable across five ecosystems.

scientific article

Root and Microbial Soil CO<sub>2</sub> and CH<sub>4</sub> Fluxes Respond Differently to Seasonal and Episodic Environmental Changes in a Temperate Forest

scientific article published in 2023

Sap-flux-scaled transpiration responses to light, vapor pressure deficit, and leaf area reduction in a flooded Taxodium distichum forest

scientific article published on May 1999

Sediment nutrient accumulation and nutrient availability in two tidal freshwater marshes along the Mattaponi River, Virginia, USA

Sensitivity of mean canopy stomatal conductance to vapor pressure deficit in a flooded Taxodium distichum L. forest: hydraulic and non-hydraulic effects.

scientific article published on January 2001

Soil Respiration Variability and Correlation Across a Wide Range of Temporal Scales

scientific article published in 2019

Stronger increase of methane emissions from coastal wetlands by non‐native <scp><i>Spartina alterniflora</i></scp> than non‐native <scp><i>Phragmites australis</i></scp>

scientific article published in 2024

Temperate forest methane sink diminished by tree emissions

scientific article

Temperature optimum for marsh resilience and carbon accumulation revealed in a whole‐ecosystem warming experiment

scientific article published on 03 March 2022

Temporal variability in the importance of hydrologic, biotic, and climatic descriptors of dissolved oxygen dynamics in a shallow tidal-marsh creek

scholarly article by Natalie G. Nelson et al published August 2017 in Water Resources Research

The biogeography of ammonia-oxidizing bacterial communities in soil.

scientific article

The future of Blue Carbon science

scientific article published on 05 September 2019

The impact of sea-level rise on organic matter decay rates in Chesapeake Bay brackish tidal marshes

scientific article published in 2013

The “Dig It!” Smithsonian Soils Exhibition: Lessons Learned and Goals for the Future

article published in 2010

Tidal wetland stability in the face of human impacts and sea-level rise.

scientific article

Twelve testable hypotheses on the geobiology of weathering

scientific article

“Dig It!”: How an Exhibit Breathed Life into Soils Education