Publications – The TIDE Project

Below are TIDE Project publications from the primary literature coupled with a theses and dissertations. Superscripts indicate scientific stage of author when manuscript submitted.

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^GBulseco, A.N., ^PDA.E. Murphy, J. Tucker, J. Sanderman, and J.L. Bowen. Chronic nitrogen enrichment buries carbon less vulnerable to nitrate-induced decomposition, despite diminishing overall storage. Submitted.

^PDHanley, T.C., ^GP.J. Kearns, J.L. Bowen, and A.R. Hughes. 2021. Short- and long-term effects of nutrient enrichment on salt marsh plant production and microbial community structure. Journal of Ecology 00:1-15.

^GBabitch, J., J.A. Nelson, L.A. Deegan, ^GH.S. Sullivan, and B. Stauffer. 2021. Resolving estuarine nitrogen use by phytoplankton communities using a whole ecosystem tracer approach. Estuaries and Coasts 44:1883-1898.

Mozdzer, T.J., J. Caplan, ^US. Drew, ^UP. Weber, and L.A. Deegan. 2021. Rapid recovery of carbon cycle processes after the cessation of chronic nutrient enrichment. Science of the Total Environment 750: 140927.

Bowen, J.L., A.E. Giblin, ^PDA.E. Murphy, ^GA.N. Bulseco, L.A. Deegan, D.S. Johnson, J.A. Nelson, T.J. Mozdzer, and ^GH.L. Sullivan. 2020. Not all nitrogen is created equal: differential effects of nitrate and ammonium enrichment in coastal wetlands. BioScience 70: 1108-1119.

^GBulseco, A.N., ^GJ.H. Vineis, ^PDA.E. Murphy, A.C. Spivak, A.E. Giblin, J. Tucker, and J.L. Bowen. 2020. Metagenomics coupled with biogeochemical rates measurements provide evidence that nitrate addition stimulates respiration in salt marsh sediments. Limnology and Oceanography 65: S321-S339.

Johnson, D.S., ^GK.S. Martinez-Soto, ^GM. Pant, ^GS.S. Wittynham, and E.M. Goetz. 2020. The fiddler crab Minuca pugnax () (Decapoda: Brachyura: Ocypodidae) reduces saltmarsh algae in its expanded range. Journal of Crustacean Biology 40: 668-672.

^GLesser, J., ^UC. Bechtold, L.A. Deegan, and J.A. Nelson. 2020. Habitat decoupling via saltmarsh creek geomorphology alters connection between spatially-coupled food webs. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 241: 106825.

^GMartinez-Soto, K.S. and D.S. Johnson. 2020. The density of the Atlantic marsh fiddler crab (Minuca pugnax, Smith, 1870) (Decapoda: Brachyura: Ocypodidae) in its expanded range in the Gulf of Maine, USA. Journal of Crustacean Biology 40: 544-548.

^GKearns, P.J., ^GA.N. Bulseco, H. Hoyt, ^GJ.H. Angell, and J.L. Bowen. 2019. Nutrient enrichment alters salt marsh fungal communities and promotes putative fungal denitrifiers. Microbial Ecology 77: 358-369.

^GBulseco, A.N., A.E. Giblin, J. Tucker, ^PDA.E. Murphy, J. Sanderman, ^GK. Hiller-Bittrolff, and J.L. Bowen. 2019. Nitrate addition stimulates microbial decomposition of organic matter in salt marsh sediment. Global Change Biology 25: 3224-3241. (P35)

Komatsu, K.J., M.L. Avolio, N.P. Lemoine, F. Isbell, Em Grman, G.R. Houseman, S.E. Koerner, D.S. Johnson, and 67 others. 2019. Global change effects on plant communities are magnified by time and the number of global change factors imposed. PNAS 116: 17867-17873.

Nelson, J.A., D.S. Johnson, L.A. Deegan, A.C. Spivak, and ^UN.R. Sommer. 2019. Feedbacks between nutrient enrichment and geomorphology alter bottom-up control on food webs. Ecosystems 22: 229-242.

Wigand, C., E.B. Watson, R. Martin, D.S. Johnson, R.S. Warren, A. Hanson, E. Davey, R. Johnson, and L.A. Deegan. 2018. Discontinuities in soil strength contribute to destabilization of nutrient-enriched creeks. Ecosphere 9:e02329.

Johnson, D.S. and R. Heard. 2017. Bottom-up control of parasites. Ecosphere 8:e01885.

Johnson, D.S. and ^GB.L. Williams. 2017. Sea level rise may increase extinction risk of a saltmarsh ontogenetic habitat specialist. Ecology and Evolution 7:7786-7795.

Johnson, D.S., R.S. Warren, L.A. Deegan, and T.J. Mozdzer. 2016. Salt marsh plant responses to eutrophication. Ecological Applications 26: 2649-2661.

Kirwan, M.L., S. Temmerman, E.E. Skeehan, G.R. Guntenspergen, and S. Fagherazzi. 2016. Overestimation of marsh vulnerability to sea level rise. Nature Climate Change 6: 253-260. (P34)

^GKearns, P.J., N.B. Weston, J.L. Bowen, T. Živković, and M.A. Vile. 2016. Tidal Freshwater Marshes Harbor Phylogenetically Unique Clades of Sulfate Reducers That Are Resistant to Climate-Change-Induced Salinity Intrusion. Estuaries and Coasts 39:981-991. (P33)

Mitwally, H.M. and J.W. Fleeger. 2016. A test of biological trait analysis with nematodes and an anthropogenic stressor. Environmental monitoring and assessment 188:1-12. (P32)

Johnson, D.S. 2014. Fiddler on the Roof: A northern range extension for the marsh fiddler crab Uca pugnax. Journal of Crustacean Biology 34:671-673. (P31)

^PDMitwally, H.M. and J.W. Fleeger. 2014. Long-term nutrient enrichment alters nematode trophic structure and body size in Spartina alterniflora marsh. Marine Ecology 36: 910-925. (P30)

^GVieillard, A. Effects of fertilization on tidal creek and tidal flat nitrogen cycling. Master’s Thesis. Boston University. (T16)

^GSullivan, H. 2014. The effects of nitrate fertilization on the photosynthetic performance of the salt marsh cordgrass, Spartina alterniflora. Master’s Thesis. (T15)

Fagherazzi, S. 2013. The ephemeral life of a salt marsh. Geology 41: 943-944. (P29)

^GLockfield, K., J.W. Fleeger, and L.A. Deegan. 2013. Mummichog Fundulus heteroclitus responses to long-term, whole-ecosystem nutrient enrichment. Marine Ecology Progress Series 492: 211-222 (P28)

^GFreidman, K. 2013. The effects of nitrate fertilization on the physiology of a common salt marsh cordgrass species, Spartina alterniflora. Masters Thesis. Clark University. (T14)

^UBooth, H.S. 2013. Does Chronic Nutrient Enrichment Result in a Trophic Bottleneck in a Salt Marsh? Honors Thesis. Brown University. (T13)

Mitwally H.M. and J.W. Fleeger. 2013. Long-term nutrient enrichment elicits a weak density response by saltmarsh meiofauna Hydrobiologia 713: 97-114. (P27)

^PDPascal, P.-Y. and J.W. Fleeger. 2013. Diverse dietary responses by saltmarsh consumers to chronic nutrient enrichment. Estuaries and Coasts 36:1115-1124. (P26)

Johnson, D.S. and ^UM.I. Short. 2013. Chronic nutrient enrichment increases the density and biomass of the mudsnail Nassarius obsoletus. Estuaries and Coasts 36: 28-35. (P25)

^PDPascal, P-Y, J.W. Fleeger, H.T.S. Boschker, H.M. Mitwally, and D.S. Johnson. 2013. Response of benthic food web to short-term and long-term nutrient enrichment in saltmarsh mudflats. Marine Ecology Progress Series 474:27-41. (P24)

Fagherazzi S., D.M. FitzGerald D.M., R.W Fulweiler, ^PDZ. Hughes, P.L. Wiberg, K.J. McGlathery, J.T. Morris, T.J. Tolhurst, L.A. Deegan, and D.S. Johnson. 2013. Ecogeomorphology of Salt Marshes, In: John F. Shroder (ed.). Treatise on Geomorphology 12: 180-200. (P23)

Fagherazzi S., D.M. FitzGerald D.M., R.W Fulweiler, ^PDZ. Hughes, P.L. Wiberg, K.J. McGlathery, J.T. Morris, T.J. Tolhurst, L.A. Deegan, and D.S. Johnson. 2013. Ecogeomorphology of Tidal Flats, In: John F. Shroder (ed.). Treatise on Geomorphology 12: 201-220. (P22)

Fagherazzi, S., M.L. Kirwan, S.M. Mudd, G.R. Guntenspergen, S. Temmerman, A. D’Alpaos, J. van de Koppel, J.M. Rybczyk, E. Reyes, C. Craft, J. Clough. 2012. Numerical models of salt marsh evolution: Ecologlical, geomorphic and climatic factors. Reviews of Geophysics 115: RG1002. (P21)

Deegan, L.A., D.S. Johnson, R.S. Warren, J. Fleeger, S. Fagherazzi, and W. Wollheim. 2012. Coastal eutrophication as a driver of salt marsh loss. Nature 490:388-392. (P20)
-Featured in Nature New and Views The big picture of marsh loss by Steve Pennings

^URitter, A. 2012. Effect of eutrophication on benthic microalgae. Senior Thesis. Middlebury College. (T12)

^GVieillard, A.M. and R.W. Fulweiler. 2012. Impacts of long-term fertilization on salt marsh tidal creek benthic nutrient and N2 gas fluxes. Marine Ecology Progress Series 471:11-22. (P19)

^UChaisson, C. 2012. Factors influencing stem density in creekbank Spartina alterniflora in a New England salt marsh. Honors Thesis. Connecticut College. (T11)

^UShort, M.I. 2012. Nutrient effects on Spartina patens decomposition dynamics in a New England salt marsh. Honors Thesis. Brown University. (T10)

^UVieillard, A., R.W. Fulweiler, ^PDZ. Hughes, and ^GJ. Carey. 2011.The ebb and flood of silica: Quantifying dissolved and biogenic silica fluxes from a temperate salt marsh. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 95: 415-423. (P18)

Galván, K., J.W. Fleeger, B. Peterson, D. Drake, L.A.Deegan, and ^PDD.S. Johnson. 2011. Natural stable isotopes and dual isotope tracer additions help to resolve resources supporting a saltmarsh food web. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 410: 1-11. (P17)

Bowen, J.L., B.B. Ward, H.G. Morrison, J.E. Hobbie, I. Valiela, L.A. Deegan and M. L. Sogin. 2011. Microbial community composition in sediments resists perturbation by nutrient enrichment. The ISME (International Society for Microbial Ecology) Journal 5:1540–1548. (P16)

^GLockfield, K. 2011. Population-level responses of the mummichog,Fundulus heteroclitus, to chronic nutrient enrichment in a New England salt marsh. Master’s Thesis. Louisiana State University. Baton Rouge, LA. (T9)

^PDJohnson, D.S. 2011. High marsh invertebrates are susceptible to eutrophication. Marine Ecology Progress Series 438:142-152. (P15)

^GMariotti, G and S. Faherazzi. 2010. A numerical model for the coupled long-term evolution of salt marsh tidal flats. Journal of Geophysical Research-Earth Science 115: F01004. (P14)

^UGrubaugh, C. 2010. Top-down and bottom-up of benthic macroinvertebrate communities in salt marsh ditches. Senior Thesis. Middlebury College. (T8)

^GKoop-Jakobsen, K. and A.E. Giblin. 2010. The effect of increased nitrate loading on nitrate reduction via denitrification and DNRA in salt marsh sediments. Limnology and Oceanography. 55:789-802. (P13)

^PDBowen, J.L., B.C. Crump, L.A. Deegan, and J.E. Hobbie. 2009. Salt marsh sediment bacteria: their distribution and response to external nitrogen inputs. The ISME (International Society for Microbial Ecology) Journal. 3:924-934. (P12)

^PDBowen, J.L., B.C. Crump, L.A. Deegan, and J.E. Hobbie. 2009. Increased supply of ambient nitrogen has minimal effect on salt marsh bacterial production. Limnology and Oceanography 54:713-722. (P11)

^PDDrake, D.C., B.J. Peterson, ^GK.A. Galván, L.A. Deegan, J.W. Fleeger, C. Hopkinson, ^PBJ.M. Johnson, ^GK. Koop-Jakobsen, ^GL.E. Lemay, ^GE.E. Miller, ^PBC. Picard, R.S. Warren. 2009. Salt marsh ecosystem biogeochemical responses to nutrient enrichment: A paired 15N tracer study. Ecology 90:2535-2546. (P10)

^GJohnson, D.S. and J.W. Fleeger 2009. Weak response of saltmarsh infauna to ecosystem-wide nutrient enrichment and fish predator reduction: A four-year study. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 373:35-44. (P9)

^GJohnson, D.S., J.W. Fleeger and L A. Deegan. 2009. Large-scale manipulations reveal top-down and bottom-up controls interact to alter habitat utilization by saltmarsh fauna. Marine Ecology Progress Series 377:33-41. (P8)

^GKoop-Jacobsen, K. and A.E. Giblin. 2009. Anammox in tidal marsh sediments: The role of salinity, nitrogen loading, and marsh vegetation. Estuaries and Coasts 32:238–245. (P7)

^PDDrake, D. C., L.A. Deegan, ^PDL.A. Harris, ^GE.E. Miller, B.J. Peterson, and R.S. Warren. 2008. Plant N dynamics in fertilized and natural New England saltmarshes: A paired 15N tracer study. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 354:35-46. (P7)

Fleeger, J.W., ^GD.S. Johnson, ^GK.A. Galván and L.A. Deegan. 2008. Top-down and bottom-up control of infauna varies across the saltmarsh landscape. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology 357: 20-34. (P5)

^GGalván K.A. 2008. The diet of saltmarsh consumers. Ph.D. Dissertation. Louisiana State University. Baton Rouge, LA. 238 pp. (T6)

^GGalván K.A., J.W. Fleeger, and B. Fry. 2008. Stable isotope addition reveals dietary importance of phytoplankton and benthic microalgae to saltmarsh infauna. Marine Ecology Progress Series 359:37-49. (P4)

^GJohnson, D.S. 2008. Trophic control of saltmarsh invertebrates. Ph.D. Dissertation. Louisiana State University. Baton Rouge, LA. 167 pp. (T5)

^GJohnson, D.S. and ^PBB.J. Jessen. 2008. Do spur-throated grasshoppers,Melanoplus spp. (Orthoptera: Acrididae), exert top-down control on smooth cordgrass Spartina alterniflora in northern New England? Estuaries and Coasts31:912-919. (P3)

Deegan, L. A., ^PDJ.L. Bowen, ^PDD. Drake, J.W. Fleeger, C.T. Friedrichs, ^GK. A. Galván, J. E. Hobbie, C. Hopkinson, ^PBJ.M. Johnson, ^GD.S. Johnson, ^GL.E. Lemay, ^GE. Miller, B.J. Peterson, ^PBC. Picard, S. Sheldon, J. Vallino, and R.S. Warren. 2007. Susceptibility of salt marshes to nutrient enrichment and predator removal. Ecological Applications 17:S42-S63. (P2)

^GJohnson, D.S., J.W. Fleeger, ^GK.A. Galván, and E.B. Moser. 2007. Worm holes and their space-time continuum: Spatial and temporal variability of macroinfaunal annelids in a northern New England salt marsh. Estuaries and Coasts 30:226-237. (P1)

^GLeMay, L.E., 2007. The impact of drainage ditches on salt marsh flow patterns, sedimentation and morphology: Rowley River, Massachusetts. MS Thesis, School of Marine Science, College of William and Mary, Gloucester Point, VA, 239 pp. (T5)

^ULuciano, K.E., 2007. Investigation into the relationship between morphology and tidal flux in ditched and non-ditched salt marsh creek systems, Rowley Massachusetts. Senior Thesis, Department of Geology, College of William and Mary, Gloucester Point, VA, 71 pp. (T4)

^GMiller, E. 2006 – Experimental Nutrient Enrichment of a New England Salt Marsh- Plant productivity and community composition responses. Experimental nutrient enrichment of a New England Saltmarsh: Plant productivity and community composition responses Master’s Thesis. Connecticut College, New London, CT. 37 pp. (T3)

^URandall, J., 2005.The effects of nutrient enrichment and predator removal on algal communities in a New England Marsh. Senior Thesis, Department of Biology, Middlebury College, Middlebury VT. (T2)

^ULee, W. M., 2004. Factors affecting sedimentation patterns of a tidal marsh in Plum Island Sound Estuary, Massachusetts. Senior Thesis, Department of Geology, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA. (T1)