CURRICULUM VITAE

James T. Morris

DISTINGUISHED RESERCH PROFESSOR 

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA

 

ADDRESS Belle Baruch Institute, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208; tel.: 803-777-3948; email: jtmorris@baruch.sc.edu

 

EDUCATION B.A. 1973 Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia; M.S. 1975 Biology, Yale University; Ph.D. 1979 Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University; M.Cert 2005 Project Management, George Washington University School of Business

 

Employment History

2018: Research Professor, Biological Sciences and Baruch Institute, University of South Carolina 

1992-2017: Distinguished Professor of Biology and Marine Science, University of South Carolina and Research Associate of the Belle W. Baruch Institute for Coastal Research, Univ. South Carolina

2006-2016: Director, Belle W Baruch Institute, University of South Carolina

2003-2005: Program Director, Division of Environmental Biology, National Science Foundation

1993: Visiting Professor, Department of Plant Ecology, Aarhus University, Denmark

1987-1992: Associate Professor, Univ. South Carolina 

1990: Visiting Associate Professor, Botansk Institute, Aarhus University, Denmark 

1981-87: Assistant Professor of Biology & Marine Science, University of South Carolina

1979-81: Postdoctoral Fellow, Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole

 

Society Memberships
American Assoc. Advancement Science, Estuarine Research Federation, American Geophysical Union, Soc. Wetland Scientists, Ecological Society of America, American Association of Limnology and Oceanography

 

Research Interests
biogeochemistry and ecology of wetlands, systems ecology, biogeomorphology, plant physiological ecology, numerical modeling, theoretical ecology

 

Honors       

2001: Mortar Board Excellence in Teaching Award

2005: Class of 1932 Distinguished Professor of Marine Studies 

2009: Elected AAAS Fellow

2011: USC Educational Foundation Research Award

2012:  Society of Wetland Scientists Merit Award

2013:  Elected Fellow, Society of Wetland Scientists

 

Patents   Methods of Marsh Restoration via Resuspension of Sediment, Patent No. 10,422,093

 

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Publications

1.Zieman, J.C., G.M. Hornberger, T.C. Lederman, J. S. Fisher, J.T. Morris, H.G. Goodell, W.C. Keene, W.E. Odum. 1975. A simulation modeling approach to the study of development alternatives. In: (J. Clark, ed.) Rookery Bay Land Use Studies. Environmental Planning Strategies for the Development of a Mangrove Shoreline. Conservation Foundation.

2.Singer, S.F. & J.T. Morris. 1977.  The problem of population optima. In: Hall & Day (eds.), Ecosystem Modeling in Theory and Practice. pp. 607-620. Wiley

3.Morris, J.T. 1980.  The nitrogen uptake kinetics of Spartina alterniflora in culture. Ecology 61:1114-1121.

4.Morris, J.T. 1982.  A model of growth responses of Spartina alterniflora to nitrogen limitation.  Journal of Ecology 70:25-42.

5.Vorosmarty, C.J., B. Moore, W.B. Bowden, J. Hobbie, B.J. Peterson, J.T. Morris. 1983. The transport and processing of nitrogen in a tidal, freshwater marsh and river ecosystem: modeling the roles of water movement and biotic activity in determining water quality. pp. 689-698. In: Lauenroth, W.K., G.V. Skogerboe, and M. Flug (eds.) Analysis of Ecological Systems: State-of-the Art in Ecological Modelling. Elsevier.

6.Morris, J.T., R.A. Houghton, D.B. Botkin. 1984. Theoretical limits of belowground production by Spartina alterniflora. Ecological Modeling 26:155-175.

7.Morris, J.T. 1984. Effects of oxygen and salinity on ammonium uptake by Spartina alterniflora and Spartina patens. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 78:87-98.

8.Morris, J.T. and J. Dacey. 1984. Effects of O₂ on ammonium uptake and root respiration by Spartina alterniflora. Amer. J. Bot. 71:979-985.

9.Morris, J.T. and G.J. Whiting. 1985. Gas advection in sediments of a South Carolina salt marsh. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 27:187-194.

10.Morris, J.T. and W.B. Bowden. 1986. A mechanistic, numerical model of sedimentation, mineralization, and decomposition for marsh sediments.  Soil. Sci. Soc. Amer. J. 50:96-105.

11.Morris, J.T. and K. Lajtha. 1986. Decomposition and nutrient dynamics of litter from four species of fresh water emergent macrophytes. Hydrobiol. 131:215-223.

12.Morris, J.T. and G.J. Whiting. 1986. Emission of gaseous CO₂ from salt marsh sediments and its relation to other carbon losses. Estuaries 9:9-19.

13.Whiting, G.J. and J.T. Morris. 1986. Nitrogen fixation (C₂H₂ reduction) in a salt marsh: its relationship to temperature and an evaluation of an in situ chamber technique. Soil Biol. Biochem. 18:515-521.

14.Ember, L.M., D.F. Williams, J.T. Morris. 1987. Processes that influence carbon isotope variations in salt marsh sediments. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 36:33-42.

15.Morris, J.T. 1988. Pathways and controls of the carbon cycle in salt marshes. In: D.D. Hook (ed.), The ecology and management of wetlands. pp. 497-510. Croom Helm, U.K. 

16.Chapelle, R.H., J.T. Morris, J.L. Zelibor, Jr., and P.B. McMahon. 1988. Bacterial metabolism and the d¹³C composition of ground water, Floridan aquifer system, South Carolina. Geology 16:117-121.

17.Morris, J.T., G.J. Whiting, and F.H. Chapelle. 1988. Potential denitrification rates in deep sediments  from the southeastern coastal plain.  Env. Sci. Tech. 22:832-836.

18.Morris, J.T. 1989. Modelling light distribution within the canopy of the marsh grass Spartina alterniflora as a function of canopy biomass and solar angle. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 46:349-361.

19.Li, Y., J.T. Morris, and D.C. Yoch. 1990. Chronic low level hydrocarbon amendments stimulate plant and microbial activity in salt-marsh microcosms.  J. Appl. Ecol. 27:159-171.

20.Morris, J.T., B. Kjerfve, J.M. Dean. 1990. Dependence of estuarine productivity on anomalies in mean sea level. Limnol. Oceanogr. 35: 926-930.

21.Bradley, P.M. and J.T. Morris. 1990. Influence of oxygen and sulfide concentration on nitrogen uptake kinetics in Spartina alterniflora. Ecology 71:282-287.

22.McMahon, P.B., D.F. Williams, J.T. Morris. 1990. Production and carbon isotopic composition of bacterial CO₂ in deep coastal plain sediments of South Carolina. Ground Water 28:693-702.

23.Morris, J.T. and B. Haskin. 1990. A 5-yr record of aerial primary production and stand characteristics of Spartina alterniflora. Ecology 71:2209-2217.

24.Bradley, P.M. and J.T. Morris. 1990. Physical characteristics of salt marsh sediments: ecological implications. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 61:245-252.

25.Bradley, P.M., B. Kjerfve, and J.T. Morris. 1990. Rediversion salinity change in the Cooper River, South Carolina: ecological implications.  Estuaries 13:373-379.

26.Bradley, P.M. and J.T. Morris. 1991. The influence of salinity on the kinetics of NH₄⁺ uptake in Spartina alterniflora. Oecologia 85:375-380.

27.Hwang, Y.H. and J.T. Morris. 1991. Evidence for hygrometric pressurization in the internal gas space of Spartina alterniflora.  Plant Physiology 96:166-171.

28.Morris, J.T. 1991. Effects of nitrogen loading on wetland ecosystems with particular reference to atmospheric deposition.  Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 22:257-279.

29.Bowden, W.B., C.J. Vorosmarty, J.T. Morris, B.J. Peterson, J.E. Hobbie, P.A. Steudler, and B.A. Moore. 1991. Transport and processing of nitrogen in a tidal freshwater marsh.  Water Resources Research 27:389-408.

30.Bradley, P.M. and J.T. Morris. 1991. Relative importance of ion exclusion, secretion and accumulation in Spartina alterniflora Loisel. J. Exp. Bot. 42:1525-1532.

31.Morris, J.T. and B.C. Coull. 1992. Population dynamics, numerical production, and potential predation impact on a meiobenthic copepod.  Can. J. Fish. Aquatic Sci. 49:609-616.

32.Hwang, Y.H. and J.T. Morris. 1992. Fixation of inorganic carbon from different sources and its translocation in Spartina alterniflora Loisel. Aquatic Botany 43:137-147.

33.Bradley, P.M. and J.T. Morris. 1992. Effect of salinity on the critical nitrogen concentration of Spartina alterniflora Loisel. Aquatic Botany 43:149-161.

34.Hwang, Y.H. and J.T. Morris. 1994. Whole plant gas exchange responses of Spartina alterniflora (Poaceae) to a range of constant and transient salinities. Amer. J. Bot. 81:659-665.

35.Boesch, D.F., M.N. Josselyn, A. J. Mehta, J.T. Morris, W.K. Nuttle, C.A. Simenstad, and J.P. Swift. 1994. Scientific assessment of coastal wetland loss, restoration and management in Louisiana. J. Coastal Research Special Issue #20, 103 pp.

36.Otte, M.L. and J.T. Morris. 1994. Dimethylsulphoniopropionate (DMSP) in Spartina alternilfora Loisel. Aquatic Botany 48:239-259.

37.Brix, H., B. Lorenzen, J.T. Morris, H.-H. Schierup, and B.K. Sorrell. 1994. Effects of oxygen and nitrate on ammonium uptake kinetics and adenylate pools in Phalaris arundinacea L. and Glyceria maxima (Hartm.) Holmb.  Proc. Royal Soc. Edinburgh 102B: 333-342.

38.Morris, J.T. 1995. The salt and water balance of intertidal sediments: results from North Inlet, South Carolina. Estuaries 18:556-567.

39.Yoch, D.C., J.T. Morris and Y. Li. 1995. Stimulatory effect of low level hydrocarbon amendments on microbial N₂ fixation, denitrification, and methanogenesis in salt marsh environments. pp. 255-274, In T. Patla (ed.), IGT 5th Annual International Symposium on Gas, Oil and Environmental Biotechnology, Sept. 21-23, 1993. Chicago IL. IGT, Chicago.

40.Morris, J.T., C. Haley, and R. Krest. 1996. Effects of sulfide concentrations on growth and dimethylsulphoniopropionate (DMSP) concentration in Spartina alterniflora, pp. 87-95 In Biological and Environmental Chemistry of DMSP and Related Sulfonium Compounds. R.Kiene, P.Visscher, M. Keller and G. Kirst (eds), Plenum, NY.

41.Morris, J.T. & A. Jensen. 1998. The carbon balance of grazed and nongrazed Spartina anglica saltmarshes at Skallingen, Denmark. J.Ecol.86: 229-242.

42.Lewitus, A.J., E.T. Koepfler, and J.T. Morris. 1998. Trophic interactions in a salt marsh estuarine microbial food web. I. Top-down control of the phytoplankton bloom.   Limnology and Oceanography 43:636-646.

43.Paludan, C. and J.T. Morris. 1999. Distribution and speciation of phosphorus along a salinity gradient in intertidal marsh sediments.  Biogeochemistry 45: 197-221

44.Morris, J.T. and P.M. Bradley. 1999. Effects of nutrient loading on the preservation of organic carbon in wetland sediments.  Limnology and Oceanography, 44:699-702.

45.Vroblesky, D.A., C.T. Nietch, and J.T. Morris. 1999. Chlorinated ethene concentrations in tree trunks. Environmental Science &Technology 33:510-515.

46.Sundareshwar, P.V. and J.T. Morris. 1999. Phosphorus sorption characteristics of intertidal marsh sediments along an estuarine salinity gradient.  Limnology and Oceanography 44:1693-1701.

47.Nietch, C.T., J.T. Morris and D.A. Vroblesky. 1999. Biophysical mechanisms of trichloroethene uptake and loss in baldcypress growing in shallow contaminated groundwater.  Environmental Science & Technology 33:2899-2904.

48.Morris, J.T. 2000. Effects of sea level anomalies on estuarine processes.  Pp. 107-127. In: J. Hobbie (ed.), Estuarine Science: A Synthetic Approach to Research and Practice. Island Press. 539 pp.

49.Geyer, W.R., J.T. Morris, D. Jay, F.G. Prahl. 2000. The coupling of physics, biogeochemistry, and ecology.  Pp 117-206. In: J. Hobbie (ed.), Estuarine Science: A Synthetic Approach to Research. Island Press. 539 pp.

50.Krest, J.M., W.S. Moore, L.R. Gardner, and J.T. Morris. 2000. Marsh nutrient export supplied by ground water discharge: Evidence from radium measurements.  Global Biogeochemical Cycles 14:167-176.

51.Mendelssohn, I.A. and J.T. Morris. 2000. Ecophysiological controls on the growth of Spartina alterniflora, pp. 59-80.  In: Concepts and Controversies in Tidal Marsh Ecology. N.P. Weinstein and D.A. Kreeger (eds.). Kluwer Academic Publishers.

52.Sundareshwar, P.V., J.T. Morris, P.J. Pellechia, H.J. Cohen, D.E. Porter and B.C. Jones.  2001. Occurrence and ecological implications of pyrophosphate in estuaries. Limnol. Oceanogr. 46:1570-1577.

53.Morris, J.T., P.V. Sundareshwar, C.T. Nietch, B. Kjerfve, D.R. Cahoon. 2002. Responses of coastal wetlands to rising sea level. Ecology 83:2869-2877.

54.Jensen, J.R., G. Olsen, S. R. Schill, D. E. Porter, J. Morris. 2002. Remote sensing of biomass, leaf-area-index and chlorophyll a and b content in the ACE Basin and National Estuarine Research Reserve using sub-meter digital camera imagery.  Geocarto International 17:1-10.

55.Huang, X. and J. T. Morris. 2003. Trends in phosphatase activity along a successional gradient of tidal freshwater marshes on the Cooper River, South Carolina.  Estuaries, 26:1281-1290.

56.Sundareshwar, P.V., J.T. Morris, E.K. Koepfler, and B. Fornwalt. 2003.  Phosphorus limitation of coastal ecosystem processes. Science 299:563-565. 

57.Noble, P.A., R.G. Tymowski, M. Fletcher, J.T. Morris and A. J. Lewitus. 2003. Contrasting patterns of phytoplankton community pigment composition in two salt marsh estuaries in Southeastern United States. Applied Environmental Microbiology 69:4129-4143. 

58.Paerl, H.W., J. Dyble, J.L. Pinckney, L.M. Valdes, D.F. Millie, P.H. Moisander, J.T. Morris, B. Bendis, and M.F. Piehler. 2004. Using microalgal indicators to assess human and climatically induced ecological state change in estuaries.  In: S.A. Bortone (ed) Estuarine Indicators. CRC Press, 568 pp.

59.Otte, M.L., G. Wilson, J.T. Morris and B.M. Moran. 2004. Dimethylsulphoniopropionate (DMSP) and related compounds in higher plants.  J. Exp. Bot. 55:1919-1925. 

60.Buzzelli, C., O. Akman, T. Buck, E. Koepfler, J. Morris, and A. Lewitus. 2004. Relationships among water quality parameters from the North Inlet-Winyah Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, South Carolina. Journal of Coastal Research 45:59-74.

61.Mudd, S.M., S. Fagherazzi, J.T. Morris, and D.J. Furbish. 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 The Ecogeomorphology of Tidal Marshes, edited by S. Fagherazzi, A. Marani, and  L.K. Blum, pp. 165-187, American Geophysical Union, Washington, D.C.

62.Torres, R., M. A. Goni, G. Voulgaris, C. R. Lovell, and J.T. Morris. 2004. Effects of low tide rainfall on intertidal material cycling. pp. 95-114, In: The Ecogeomorphology of Tidal Marshes: A Review. S. Fagherazzi, A. Marani, and L. Blum (eds), Coastal and Estuarine Studies Series. American Geophysical Union, Washington, D.C.  

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

64.Huang, X. and J. T. Morris. 2005. Distribution of phosphatase activity in marsh sediments along an estuarine salinity gradient. Marine Ecology Progress Series 292: 75-83.

65.Morris, J.T. 2005. Effects of changes in sea level and productivity on the stability of intertidal marshes. In: Lasserre P:, Viaroli P., Campostrini P. (eds) Lagoons and coastal wetlands in the global change context: Impacts and management issues Proceedings of the International Conference, Venice, 26-28 April 2004. ICAM Dossier N°3, UNESCO, pp. 121-127.

66.Morris, J.T., D. Porter, M., Neet, P. A. Noble, L. Schmidt, L. A. Lapine, and J. Jensen. 2005. Integrating LIDAR elevation data, multispectral imagery and neural network modeling for marsh classification. Int. J. Remote Sensing 26:5221-5234.

67.Paerl, H.W., J. Dyble, J.L. Pinckney, L.M. Valdes, D.F. Millie, P.H. Moisander, J.T. Morris, B. Bendis, Piehler, M.F. 2005. Using microalgal indicators to assess human and climate-induced ecological change in estuaries.  In: Bortone (ed.), Estuarine Indicators, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, pp.145-174.

68.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.

69.Morris, J.T. 2007. Ecological engineering in intertidal saltmarshes.  Hydrobiologia 577:161-168.

70.Morris, J.T. 2007. Estimating net primary production of salt-marsh macrophytes, pp. 106-119. In Fahey, T.J. and Knapp, A.K (eds). Principles and Standards for Measuring Primary Production.  Oxford University Press.

71.McKellar Jr., H.N., D. L. Tufford, M.C. Alford, P. Saroprayogi, B.J. Kelley, and J. T. Morris. 2007. Tidal nitrogen exchanges across a freshwater wetland succession gradient in the upper Cooper River, South Carolina.  Estuaries and Coasts 20:989-1006.

72.Day, J.W., R.R. Christian, D. F. Boesch, A. Yáñez-Arancibia, J. Morris, R. R. Twilley, L. Naylor, L. Schaffner, and C. Stevenson. 2008. Consequences of climate change on the ecogeomorphology of coastal wetlands.  Estuaries and Coasts 31:477-491.

73.Kiehn, W.M. and J.T. Morris. 2009. Relationships between Spartina alterniflora and Littoraria irrorata in a South Carolina salt marsh. Wetlands 29:818-825.

74.Kirwan, M.L., G.R. Guntenspergen, and J.T. Morris. 2009. Latitudinal trends in Spartina alterniflora productivity and the response of coastal marshes to global change.  Global Change Biology 15:1982-1989.

75.Bernot, M.J., R.J. Bernot and J.T. Morris. 2009. Nutrient cycling relative to δ15N and δ13C natural abundance in a coastal wetland with long-term nutrient additions.  Aquatic Ecology. 43:803-813.  DOI 10.1007/s10452-008-9221-8.

76.Morris, J.T. Competition among marsh macrophytes by means of vertical geomorphological displacement. In press. In: Ayres, DR, DW Kerr, SD Ericson and PR Olofson, Eds. 200X. Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Invasive  Spartina (San Francisco, CA), San Francisco Estuary Invasive Spartina Project of the State Coastal Conservancy (California), Cambridge Publications Limited, Cambridge, UK.

77.Mudd, S.M., S. Howell, and J.T. Morris. 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.

78.Kiehn, W.M. and J.T. Morris. 2010. Variability in Dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) in Spartina alterniflora and its effect on Littoraria irrorata. Marine Ecology Progress Series 406:47-55.

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

80.Fernandes P.R., S.T. Bishoff, J. Steinmetz, J.S. Castleberry, J.T. Morris. 2010. The distribution of ammonium and phosphate in the Pocotaligo Swamp, South Carolina: Evidence for net export and nitrogen limitation. North Carolina Academy of Science Journal 2:31-36.

81.Kirwan, M.L., G.R. Guntenspergen, A. D’Alpaos, J.T. Morris, S.M. Mudd, S. Temmerman. 2010. Limits on the adaptability of coastal marshes to rising sea level.  Geophysical Research Letters 37, L23401, doi:10.1029/2010GL045489.

82.Davey, E., C. Wigand, R. Johnson, K. Sundberg, J. Morris, and C.T. Roman. 2011. Use of computed tomography imaging for quantifying coarse roots, rhizomes, peat, and soil particle densities in marsh soils. Ecological Applications 21: 2156-2171.

83.Wilson, A.M. and J.T. Morris. 2012. The influence of tidal forcing on groundwater flow and nutrient exchange in a salt marsh-dominated estuary.  Biogeochemistry 108:27-38.

84.Morris, J.T., Edwards, J., Crooks, S., Reyes, E. 2012. Assessment of Carbon Sequestration Potential in Coastal Wetlands. pp 517-531. In: Recarbonization of the Biosphere: Ecosystem and Global Carbon Cycle.  R. Lal, K. Lorenz, R. Hüttl, B. U. Schneider, J. von Braun (eds). Springer.

85.Hughes, A.L., A.M. Wilson and J.T. Morris. 2012. Hydrologic variability in a salt marsh: Assessing the links between drought and acute marsh dieback.  Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science. 111:95-106.

86.Hagen, SC, JT Morris, P Bacopoulos, and JF. Weishampel. 2013. Sea-Level Rise Impact on a Salt Marsh System of the Lower St. Johns River. J Waterway, Port and Ocean Engineering. 139:118-125.

87.Voss, C.M., R.R. Christian, J.T. Morris. 2013. Marsh macrophyte responses to inundation anticipate impacts of sea-level rise and indicate ongoing drowning of North Carolina marshes. Mar. Biol. 160:181-194.

88.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., and Johnson D.S. 2013. Ecogeomorphology of Salt Marshes. In: John F. Shroder (ed.) Treatise on Geomorphology, Volume 12, pp. 182-200. San Diego: Academic Press

89.Morris, J.T., Sundberg, K., and Hopkinson, C.S. 2013. Salt marsh primary production and its responses to relative sea level and nutrients in estuaries at Plum Island, Massachusetts, and North Inlet, South Carolina, USA.  Oceanography 26:78-84.

90.Morris, J.T., Shaffer, G.P. and Nyman, J.A.  2013. Brinson Review: Perspectives on the influence of nutrients on the sustainability of coastal wetlands. Wetlands 33:975-988.

91.Morris, J.T., Nyman, J.A. and Shaffer, G.P. 2014. The Influence of Nutrients on the Coastal Wetlands of the Mississippi Delta. pp 111- 123. In: Day, J.D. Kemp, G.P., Freeman, A.M. and Muth, D.P. (eds). Perspectives on the Restoration of the Mississippi Delta. Springer.

92.Schile, L.M., Callaway, J.C., Morris, J.T., Stralberg, D., Parker, V.T. and Kelly, M. 2014. Modeling tidal wetland distribution with sea-level rise: Evaluating the role of vegetation, sediment, and upland habitat in marsh resiliency. PLoS ONE 9: e88760. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0088760

93.Smith, M.D., La Pierre, K., 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., and Yarie, J. 2015. Global environmental change and the nature of aboveground net primary productivity responses: insights from long-term experiments.  Oecologia 177:935–947.

94.Morris, J.T. 2016. Perspectives on a 30-Year Career of Salt Marsh Research. In: Willig,M.R. and Walker, L.R.(eds) Long-Term Environmental Research: Changing the Nature of Scientists. Oxford University Press

95.Wigand, C., Davey, E., Johnson, R., Sundberg, K., Morris, J., Kenny, P., Smith, E., Holt, M. 2015. Nutrient effects on belowground organic matter in a minerogenic salt marsh, North Inlet, SC. Estuaries and Coasts 10.1007/s12237-014-9937-8

96.Agrelius, T., J.Morris and Dudycha, J. 2016. Global methylation of DNA among Spartina alterniflora clones differing in age at North Inlet, SC.  In: 4th International Conference on Invasive Spartina, ICI-Spartina 2014.  Pp. 53-57.

97.Watson, E.B., Wigand, C.,Oczkowski, A.J., Sundberg, K., Vendettuoli, D., Jayaraman, S., Saliba, K., and Morris, J.T. 2015. Ulva additions alter soil biogeochemistry and negatively impact Spartina alterniflora growth. Marine Ecology Progress Series 532:59-72.

98.Morris, J.T. 2016. Marsh equilibrium theory.  In: 4th International Conference on Invasive Spartina, ICI-Spartina 2014.  University of Rennes Press. Pp. 67-71.   Université de Rennes, Rennes, France.

99.Alizad, K., Hagen, S.C., Morris, J.T., Bacopoulos, P., Bilskie, M.V., Weishampel, J.F., and S.C. Medeiros. 2016. A coupled, two-dimensional hydrodynamic-marsh model with biological feedback. Ecol. Modeling. 327:29-43.

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

101.  Alizad, K., S.C. Hagen, J.T. Morris, S.C. Medeiros, M.V. Bilskie and J.F. Weishampel.2016. Coastal wetland response to sea level rise in a fluvial estuarine system.  Earth’s Future. 4, doi: 10.1002/2016EF000385.

102.  Wigand C, K. Sundberg, A. Hanson, E. Davey, R. Johnson, E. Watson, and J. Morris. 2016. Varying inundation regimes differentially affect natural and sand-amended marsh sediments. PLoS ONE 11: e0164956. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0164956.

103.  Byrd, K.B., L. Windham-Myers, T. Leeuw, B. Downing, J.T. Morris and M.C. Ferner. 2016. Forecasting tidal marsh elevation and habitat change through fusion of Earth observations and a process model. Ecosphere 7:1-27.

104.  Davis, J., C. Currin, J.T. Morris. 2017. Impacts of fertilization and tidal inundation on elevation change in microtidal, low relief salt marshes.  Estuaries and Coasts. 40:1677-1687.

105.  Lovelock, C.E., J.W. Fourqurean, J.T. Morris. 2017. Modeled CO₂ emissions from coastal wetland transitions to other land uses: tidal marshes, mangrove forests and seagrass beds.  Frontiers in Marine Science, doi: 10.3389/fmars.2017.00143

106.  Rochlin, I. and J.T. Morris. 2017.  Regulation of salt marsh mosquito populations by the 18.6-year lunar nodal cycle.  Ecology 98:2059-2068.

107.  Miller, G.J., J.T. Morris and C. Wang. 2017. Mapping salt marsh dieback and condition in South Carolina’s North Inlet-Winyah Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve using remote sensing. AIMS Environmental Science.  45:677-689.

108.  Wiegman, ARH, Day, JW, Christopher F. D’Elia, CR, Rutherford, JS, Morris JT, Roy, ED, Lane, RR,  Dismukes, DE, Snyder, BF. 2018. Modeling impacts of sea-level rise, oil price, and management strategy on the costs of sustaining Mississippi delta marshes with hydraulic dredging.  Science of the Total Environment. doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.09.314

109.  Parkinson, R.W., Craft, C., DeLaune, R.D, Donoghue, J.F., Meeder, J.F., Morris, J. & Turner, R.E. 2017. Marsh vulnerability to sea-level rise.  Nature Climate Change 7:756.

110.  Holmquist, J., Windham-Myers, L., Bliss, N, Crooks, S., Morris, J. and others. 2018. Accuracy and Precision of Tidal Wetland Soil Carbon Mapping in the Conterminous United States. Nature Sci. Reports,| DOI:10.1038/s41598-018-26948-7.

111.  Hopkinson, C. Morris, J. Fagherazzi, S., Wolheim, W. Raymond, P. 2018. Lateral marsh edge erosion as a source of sediments for vertical marsh accretion. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences DOI: 10.1029/2017JG004358.

112.  Wright L.D., Wu W., Morris J. 2018. Coastal Erosion and Land Loss: Causes and Impacts. In: Wright L., Nichols C. (eds) Tomorrow's Coasts: Complex and Impermanent. Coastal Research Library, vol 27. Springer

113.  Morris J. and J. Callaway. 2018. Chapter 6: Physical and biological regulation of carbon sequestration in salt marshes.  pp. 67-79. In: A Blue Carbon Primer: The State of Coastal Wetland Carbon Science, Practice, and Policy. L Windham-Meyers, S Crooks and T Troxler (eds). CRC Press.

114.  Agrelius, T., Morris, J. Dudycha, J.L. 2018. Global DNA cytosine methylation variation in Spartina alterniflora at North Inlet, SC. PLoS ONE   doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0203230

115.  Alizad, K., Hagen, S.C., Medeiros, S.C., Bilskie, M.V., Morris, J.T.,  Balthis, L. Buckel, C.A. 2018. Dynamic responses and implications to coastal wetlands and the surrounding regions under sea level rise.  PLoS ONE https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0205176

116.  Tong, C., J.T. Morris, J, Huang,Hui Xu, S, Wan. 2018.  Changes in pore‐water chemistry and methane emission following the invasion of Spartina alterniflora into an oliogohaline marsh. Limnol. Oceanogr. 63: 384-396. DOI: 10.1002/lno.10637

117.  Thomas F., Morris J.T., Wigand C., Sievert S.M. 2019. Short-term effect of simulated saltmarsh restoration by sand-amendment on sediment bacterial communities. PLoSONE 14(4):e0215767.https://doi.org/10.1371/ journal.pone.0215767

118.  Zhu, X. Lingxuan Meng, L., Yihui Zhang, Y., Qihao Weng, Q., and Morris, J. 2019. Tidal and meteorological influences on the growth of invasive Spartina  alterniflora: Evidence from UAV. Remote Sensing 11, 1208; doi:10.3390/rs11101208

119.  Miller, G.J., J.T. Morris, and C. Wang. 2019. Estimating aboveground biomass and its spatial distribution in coastal wetlands utilizing Planet multispectral imagery.  Remote Sensing 11. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs11172020

120.  Bortolus, A. et al. 2019. Supporting Spartina: Interdisciplinary perspective shows Spartina as a distinct solid genus. Ecology 100: e02863

121.  Li, H., C.Wang. J.T. Ellis, Y.Cui, G. Miller, and J.T. Morris. 2020. Identifying marsh dieback events from Landsat image series (1998–2018) with an Autoencoder in the NIWB estuary, South Carolina.  International Journal of Digital Earth. DOI: 10.1080/17538947.2020.1729263

122.  Morris, J.T., Lynch, J., Renken, K.A. et al. Tidal and Hurricane Impacts on Saltmarshes in the Northeastern Coastal and Barrier Network: Theory and Empirical Results. Estuaries and Coasts (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-020-00790-5

123.  Morris JT, Renken KA (2020) Past, present, and future nuisance flooding on the Charleston peninsula. PLoS ONE 15(9): e0238770. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0238770

124.  Cahoon, D.R., McKee, K.L. & Morris, J.T. 2020.  How plants influence resilience of salt marsh and mangrove wetlands to sea-level rise. Estuaries and Coasts.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-020-00834-w

125.  Morris, J.T., Cahoon, D.R. Callaway, J.C., Craft, C.  Neubauer, S.C., and Weston, N.B. 2021. Marsh Equilibrium Theory:  Implications for Responses to Rising Sea Level. In: FitzGerald, D. and Hughes, Z. (eds). Salt Marshes:  Function, Dynamics, and Stresses.  Academic Press. ISBN: 9781107186286

126.  Runion, K.S., B. M. Boyd, C. D. Piercy and J. T. Morris. 2021 Beneficial use decision support for wetlands: Case study for Mobile Bay, Alabama. J. Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering 147:05021010

127.  Torbjörn E. Törnqvist, T.E., D.R. Cahoon, J.T. Morris, J.W. Day. 2021. Wetland resilience, accelerated sea-level rise, and the importance of timescale. AGU Advances. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020AV000334

128.  Bogdan, P., Caetano-Anollés, G., Jolles, A., Kim, H., Morris, J., Murphy, C., Royer, C., Snell, E.H., Steinbrenner, A., Strausfeld, N. 2021 Biological networks across scales: The theoretical and empirical foundations for modeling, analysis and control of time-varying complex networks that connect structure and function across levels of biological organization. Integrative and Comparative Biology, https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icab069.

129.  Chapman, S.L., Ilka C. Feller; G. Canas; M. A. Hayes; N. Dix; M. Hester; J. Morris; J. A. Langley.2021. Mangrove growth response to experimental warming is greatest near the range limit in northeast Florida. Ecology 102: https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3320

130.  Morgan, G.R., C. Wang, and J.T. Morris. 2021. RGB Indices and Canopy Height Modelling for Mapping Tidal Marsh Biomass from a Small Unmanned Aerial System. Remote Sensing 13: 3406.

131.  Moritsch, M.M., Byrd, K.B., Davis, M., Good, A., Drexler, J.Z., Morris, J.T., Woo, I., Windham‑Myers, L., Grossman, E., Nakai, G., Poppe, K.L., Rybczyk, J.M. 2022. Can Coastal Habitats Rise to the Challenge? Resilience of Estuarine Habitats, Carbon Accumulation, and Economic Value to Sea-Level Rise in a Puget Sound Estuary. Estuaries and Coasts https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-022-01087-5

132.  Chen, G., R. Jin, Z. Ye, Q. Li, J. Gu, M. Luo, Y. Luo, G. Christakos, J. Morris, Junyu He, Dan Li, Hengwei Wang, Li Song, Qiuxuan Wang, and J. Wu. 2022. Spatiotemporal Mapping of Salt Marshes in the Intertidal Zone of China during 1985–2019. Journal of Remote Sensing: https://doi.org/10.34133/2022/9793626

133.  Alizad, K., James T. Morris, Matthew V. Bilskie, Davina L. Passeri, and Scott C. Hagen. 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, e2022WR032225. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022WR032225

134.  Reed, Daniel C., Schmitt, Russell J., Burd, Adrian B., Burkepile, Deron E., Kominoski, John S., McGlathery, Karen J., Miller, Robert J., Morris, James T., Zinnert, Julie C. 2022. Responses of coastal ecosystems to climate change: Insights from Long-Term Ecological Research. BioScience 72: 871-888.

135.  Morris James T., Drexler Judith Z., Vaughn Lydia J. S., Robinson April H. 2022. An assessment of future tidal marsh resilience in the San Francisco Estuary through modeling and quantifiable metrics of sustainability. Frontiers in Environmental Science 10, https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fenvs.2022.1039143

136.  Chen, G., et al. 2022. Spatiotemporal Mapping of Salt Marshes in the Intertidal Zone of China during 1985–2019. J. Remote Sensing. https://doi.org/10.34133/2022/9793626

137.  Rovai, A. S., Twilley, R.R, Christensen, A.,McCall, A.,Jensen, D. J.Snedden, G.A.Morris, J.T., Cavell, J.A.2022. Biomass allocation of tidal freshwater marsh species in response to natural and manipulated hydroperiod in coastal deltaic floodplains. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 268: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2022.107784

138.  Mack, S. K., R. R. Lane, J. Deng, J. T. Morris, J. J. Bauer. 2023. Wetland carbon models: Applications for wetland carbon commercialization. Ecological Modelling 476. doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2022.110228.

139.  Weston, N. B., Rodriguez, E., Donnelly, B., Solohin, E., Jezycki, K., Demberger, S., et al. 2023. Recent acceleration of wetland accretion and carbon accumulation along the U.S. East Coast. Earth's Future, 11, e2022EF003037. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022EF003037

140.  Morris, J. T., Langley, J. A., Vervaeke, W. C., Dix, N., Feller, I. C., Marcum, P., & Chapman, S. K. (2023). Mangrove trees outperform saltmarsh grasses in building elevation but collapse rapidly under high rates of sea-level rise. Earth's Future, 11, e2022EF003202. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022EF003202

141.  Rolando, J. L., Hodges, M., Garcia, K. D., Krueger, G., Williams, N., Carr Jr., J., Robinson, J., George, A., Morris, J., Kostka, J. E. 2023. Restoration and resilience to sea level rise of a salt marsh affected by dieback events.  Ecosphere 14: e4467. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4467

142.  Holmquist, J. R.,et al. 2024. The Coastal Carbon Library and Atlas: Open source soil data and tools supporting blue carbon research and policy. Global Change Biology, 30, e17098. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.17098

143.  Rolando, J.L., M. Kolton, T. Song, Y. Liu, P. Pinamang, R. Conrad, J.T. Morris, K.T. Konstantinidis, J.E. Kostkal. 2023. Sulfur oxidation and reduction are coupled to nitrogen fixation in the roots of a salt marsh foundation plant species. bioRxiv doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.05.01.538948

144.  Morris, J.T. and Sundberg, K. 2024. Responses of Coastal Wetlands to Rising Sea-Level Revisited: The Importance of Organic Production. Estuaries and Coasts, 10.1007/s12237-023-01313-8.

145.  Morris. J.T. and L.W. Staver. In press. Elevation Changes in Restored Marshes at Poplar Island, Chesapeake Bay, MD: II. Modeling the Importance of Marsh Development Time.  Estuaries and Coasts