Jim Morris

Jezycki, K. E., Rodriguez, E., Craft, C. B., Neubauer, S. C., Morris, J. T., Goldsmith, S. T., Kremer, P., & Weston, N. B. (2024). Metal accumulation in salt marsh soils along the East Coast of the United States. Science of The Total Environment, 922, 171025. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.171025

Weston, N. B., Rodriguez, E., Donnelly, B., Solohin, E., Jezycki, K., Demberger, S., Sutter, L. A., Morris, J. T., Neubauer, S. C., & Craft, C. B. (2023). Recent Acceleration of Wetland Accretion and Carbon Accumulation Along the U.S. East Coast. Earth’s Future, 11151. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022EF003037

Reed, D. C., Schmitt, R. J., Burd, A. B., Burkepile, D. E., Kominoski, J. S., McGlathery, K. J., Miller, R. J., Morris, J. T., & Zinnert, J. C. (2022). Responses of Coastal Ecosystems to Climate Change: Insights from Long-Term Ecological Research. BioScience, 72(9), 871–888. https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biac006

Bogdan, P., Caetano-Anollés, G., Jolles, A., Kim, H., Morris, J., Murphy, C. A., Royer, C., Snell, E. H., Steinbrenner, A., & Strausfeld, N. (2022). Biological Networks across Scales—The Theoretical and Empirical Foundations for Time-Varying Complex Networks that Connect Structure and Function across Levels of Biological Organization. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 61(6), 1991–2010. https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icab069

Fagherazzi, S., FitzGerald, D. M., Fulweiler, R. W., Hughes, Z., Wiberg, P. L., McGlathery, K. J., Morris, J. T., Tolhurst, T. J., Deegan, L. A., Johnson, D. S., Lesser, J. S., & Nelson, J. A. (2022). Ecogeomorphology of Salt Marshes. In J. F. Shroder (Ed.), Treatise on Geomorphology (Second Edition) (pp. 445–462). Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-818234-5.00194-2

Alizad, K., Morris, J. T., Bilskie, M. V., Passeri, D. L., & Hagen, S. C. (2022). Integrated Modeling of Dynamic Marsh Feedbacks and Evolution Under Sea-Level Rise in a Mesotidal Estuary (Plum Island, MA, USA). Water Resources Research, 58(8), e2022WR032225. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022WR032225

Cahoon, D. R., McKee, K. L., & Morris, J. T. (2021). How Plants Influence Resilience of Salt Marsh and Mangrove Wetlands to Sea-Level Rise. Estuaries and Coasts, 44(4), 883–898. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-020-00834-w

Törnqvist, T. E., Cahoon, D. R., Morris, J. T., & Day, J. W. (2021). Coastal Wetland Resilience, Accelerated Sea-Level Rise, and the Importance of Timescale. AGU Advances, 2(1). https://doi.org/10.1029/2020AV000334

Morris, J. T., Cahoon, D. R., Callaway, J. C., Craft, C., Neubauer, S. C., & Weston, N. B. (2021). Marsh Equilibrium Theory: Implications for Responses to Rising Sea Level. In D. M. FitzGerald & Z. J. Hughes (Eds.), Salt Marshes: Function, Dynamics, and Stresses (pp. 157–177). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316888933.009

Morris, J. T., Lynch, J., Renken, K. A., Stevens, S., Tyrrell, M., & Plaisted, H. (2020). Tidal and Hurricane Impacts on Saltmarshes in the Northeastern Coastal and Barrier Network: Theory and Empirical Results. Estuaries and Coasts, 43(7), 1658–1671. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-020-00790-5

Bortolus, A., Adam, P., Adams, J. B., Ainouche, M. L., Ayres, D., Bertness, M. D., Bouma, T. J., Bruno, J. F., Caçador, I., Carlton, J. T., Castillo, J. M., Costa, C. S. B., Davy, A. J., Deegan, L., Duarte, B., Figueroa, E., Gerwein, J., Gray, A. J., Grosholz, E. D., … Weis, J. S. (2019). Supporting Spartina : Interdisciplinary perspective shows Spartina as a distinct solid genus. Ecology, 100(11). https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.2863

Miller, G. J., Morris, J. T., & Wang, C. (2019). Estimating Aboveground Biomass and Its Spatial Distribution in Coastal Wetlands Utilizing Planet Multispectral Imagery. Remote Sensing, 11. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs11172020

Thomas, F., Morris, J. T., Wigand, C., & Sievert, S. M. (2019). Short-term effect of simulated salt marsh restoration by sand-amendment on sediment bacterial communities. PLoS ONE, 14(4). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0215767

Hopkinson, C. S., Morris, J. T., Fagherazzi, S., Wollheim, W. M., & Raymond, P. A. (2018). Lateral Marsh Edge Erosion as a Source of Sediments for Vertical Marsh Accretion. Journal of Geophysical Research. https://doi.org/10.1029/2017JG004358

Rochlin, I., & Morris, J. T. (2017). Regulation of salt marsh mosquito populations by the 18.6-year lunar-nodal cycle. Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.1861

Morris, J. T., Barber, D. C., Callaway, J. C., Chambers, R., Hagen, S. C., Hopkinson, C. S., Johnson, B. J., Megonigal, P., Neubauer, S. C., Troxler, T., & Wigand, C. (2016). Contributions of organic and inorganic matter to sediment volume and accretion in tidal wetlands at steady state. Earth’s Future, 4, 110–121. https://doi.org/10.1002/2015EF000334

Morris, J. T. (2015). Perspectives on a 30-Year Career of Salt Marsh Research. In M. R. Willig & L. R. Walker (Eds.), Long-Term Environmental Research: Changing the Nature of Scientists. Oxford University Press.

Smith, M. D., La Pierre, K. J., Collins, S. L., Knapp, A. K., Gross, K. L., Barrett, J. E., Frey, S. D., Gough, L., Miller, R. J., Morris, J. T., Rustad, L. E., & Yarie, J. (2015). Global environmental change and the nature of aboveground net primary productivity responses: insights from long-term experiments. Oecologia. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-015-3230-9

Watson, E. B., Wigand, C., Oczkowski, A. J., Sundberg, K., Vendettuoli, D., Jayaraman, S., Saliba, K., & Morris, J. T. (2015). Ulva additions alter soil biogeochemistry and negatively impact Spartina alterniflora growth. Marine Ecological Progress Series, 532, 59–72. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps11334

Fagherazzi, S., FitzGerald, D. M., Fulweiler, R. W., Hughes, Z., Wiberg, P. L., McGlathery, K. J., Morris, J. T., Tolhurst, T. J., Deegan, L. A., & Johnson, D. S. (2013). Ecogeomorphology of Salt Marshes. In J. Shroder, D. Butler, & C. Hubb (Eds.), Treatise on Geomorphology (Vol. 12, pp. 180–200). Elsevier.

Fagherazzi, S., FitzGerald, D. M., Fulweiler, R. W., Hughes, Z., Wiberg, P. L., McGlathery, K. J., Morris, J. T., Tolhurst, T. J., Deegan, L. A., & Johnson, D. S. (2013). Ecogeomorphology of Tidal Flats. In J. Shroder, D. Butler, & C. Hubb (Eds.), Treatise on Geomorphology (Vol. 12, pp. 201–220). Elsevier.

Mayer, L. A., Boufadel, M. C., Brenner, J., Carney, R. S., Cooper, C. K., Deming, J. W., Die, D. J., Eagle, J., Geraci, J. R., Knuth, B. A., Lee, K., Morris, J. T., Polasky, S., Rabalais, N. N., Stahl Jr., R. G., Yoskowitz, D., & Waddell, K. (2013). An Ecosystem Services Approach to Assessing the Impacts of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico (N. R. C. of the N. Academies, Ed.). National Academies Press.

Morris, J. T., Shaffer, J. A., & Nynam, J. A. (2013). Brinson Review: Perspectives on the influence of nutrients on the sustainability of coastal wetlands. Wetlands, 33, 975–988. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13157-013-0480-3

Morris, J. T., Sundberg, K., & Hopkinson, C. S. (2013). Salt marsh primary production and its responses to relative sea level and nutrients. Oceanography, 26(3), 78–84. https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2013.48

Morris, J. T., Edwards, J., Crooks, S., & Reyes, E. (2012). Assessment of Carbon Sequestration Potential in Coastal Wetlands. In R. Lal, K. Lorenz, R. Hüttl, B. U. Schneider, & J. von Braun (Eds.), Recarbonization of the Bioshpere: Ecosystem and Global Carbon Cycle. (pp. 517–531). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4159-1_24

Davey, E., Wigand, C., Johnson, R., Sundberg, K., Morris, J., & Roman, C. T. (2011). Use of computed tomography imaging for quantifying coarse roots, rhizomes, peat, and particle densities in marsh soils. Ecological Applications, 21, 2156–2171. https://doi.org/10.1890/10-2037.1

Mudd, S. M., D’Alpaos, A., & Morris, J. T. (2010). How does vegetation affect sedimentation on tidal marshes? Investigating particle capture and hydrodynamic controls on biologically mediated sedimentation. Journal of Geophysical Research, 115(F03029). https://doi.org/10.1029/2009JF001566

Kirwan, M. L., Guntenspergen, G. R., D’Alpaos, A., Morris, J. T., Mudd, S. M., & Temmerman, S. (2010). Limits on the adaptability of coastal marshes to rising sea level. Geophysical Research Letters, 37. https://doi.org/10.1029/2010GL045489

Kiehn, W. M., & Morris, J. T. (2010). Variability in dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) in Spartina alterniflora and its effect on Littoraria irrorata. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 406, 47–55. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps08548

Bernot, M. J., Bernot, R. J., & Morris, J. T. (2009). Nutrient cycling relative to δ15N and δ13C natural abundance in a coastal wetland with long-term nutrient additions. Aquatic Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10452-008-9221-8

Mudd, S. M., Howell, S., & Morris, J. T. (2009). Impact of the dynamic feedback between sedimentation, sea level rise, and biomass production on near surface marsh stratigraphy and carbon accumulation. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 82, 377–389. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2009.01.028

Kirwan, M. L., Guntenspergen, G. R., & Morris, J. T. (2009). Latitudinal trends in Spartina alterniflora productivity and the response of coastal marshes to global change. Global Change Biology. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2008.01834.x

Kiehn, W. M., & Morris, J. T. (2009). Relationships Between Spartina alterniflora and Littoraria irrorata in a South Carolina Salt Marsh. Wetlands, 29, 818–825. https://doi.org/10.1672/08-178.1

Day, J. W., Christian, R. R., Boesch, D. M., Yanez-Arancibia, A., Morris, J. T., Twilley, R. R., Naylor, L., Schaffner, L., & Stevenson, C. (2008). Consequences of climate change on the ecogeomorphology of coastal wetlands. Estuaries and Coasts, 31, 477–491. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-008-9047-6

Morris, J. T. (2007). Ecological engineering in intertidal saltmarshes. Hydrobiologia, 577, 161–168. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-006-0425-4

Morris, J. T. (2007). Estimating net primary production of salt marsh macrophytes. In T. J. Fahey & A. K. Knapp (Eds.), Principles and Standards for Measuring Primary Production (pp. 106–119). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195168662.003.0007

Morris, J. T. (2006). Competition among marsh macrophytes by means of geomorphological displacement in the intertidal zone. Estuarine and Coastal Shelf Science, 69, 395–402. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2006.05.025

Morris, J. T. (2005). Effects of changes in sea level and productivity on the stability of intertidal marshes. (P. Lasserre, P. Viaroli, & C. P, Eds.).

Huang, X., & Morris, J. T. (2005). Distribution of phosphatase activity in marsh sediments along an estuarine salinity gradient. Marine Ecological Progress Series, 292, 75–83. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps292075

Morris, J. T., Porter, D., Neet, M., Noble, P. A., Schmidt, L., Lapine, L. A., & Jensen, J. (2005). Integrating LIDAR, multispectral imagery and neural network modeling techniques for marsh classification. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 26, 5221–5234. https://doi.org/10.1080/01431160500219018

Morris, J. T., Christian, R. R., & Ulanowicz, R. E. (2005). Analysis of size and complexity of randomly constructed food webs by information theoretic metrics. In A. Belgrano, U. M. Scharler, J. Dunne, & R. E. Ulanowicz (Eds.), Aquatic Food Webs: an Ecosystem Approach (pp. 73–85). Oxford University Press.

Mudd, S. M., Fagherazzi, S., Morris, J. T., & Furbish, D. J. (2004). Flow, sedimentation, and biomass production on a vegetated salt marsh in South Carolina: toward a predictive model of marsh morphologic and ecologic evolution. In S. Fagherazzi, A. Marani, & L. K. Blum (Eds.), The Ecogeomorphology of Tidal Marshes (pp. 165–187). American Geophysical Union.

Sundareshwar, P. V., Morris, J. T., Koepfler, E. K., & Fornwalt, B. (2003). Phosphorus Limitation of Coastal Ecosystem Processes. Science, 299(563–565). https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1079100

Morris, J., Sundareshwar, P. V., Nietch, C. T., Kjerfve, B., & Cahoon, D. R. (2002). Responses of coastal wetlands to rising sea level. Ecology, 83, 2869–2877. https://doi.org/10.1890/0012-9658(2002)083[2869:ROCWTR]2.0.CO;2

Sundareshwar, P. V., Morris, J. T., Pellechia, P. J., Cohen, H. J., Porter, D. E., & Jones, B. C. (2001). Occurrence and Ecological Implications of Pyrophosphate in Estuaries. Limnology and Oceanography, 46, 1570–1577. https://doi.org/10.4319/lo.2001.46.6.1570

Geyer, W. R., Morris, J., Prahl, F., & Jay, D. (2000). Interaction between physical processes and ecosystem structure: A comparative approach. In J. Hobbie (Ed.), Estuarine Science: A Synthetic Approach to Research and Practice (pp. 177–206). Island Press.

Krest, J. M., Moore, W. S., Gardner, L. R., & Morris, J. T. (2000). Marsh nutrient export supplied by ground water discharge: Evidence from radium measurements. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 14, 167–176. https://doi.org/10.1029/1999GB001197