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
VIDEO &WEB http://129.252.139.114/model/marsh/mem.asp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8848IhaDXE
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Publications
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 alterniflora 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. Seasonal variation in the
regulation of phytoplankton by nitrogen and grazing in a salt-marsh estuary.
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 (5th
most cited paper in the wetland discipline)
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. Piehler,
M.F. B. Bendis, D.Millie, J.L. Pinckney Paerl, H.W., L.M. Valdes, P.H.
Moisander, J. Dyble, , J.T. Morris. 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.
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:
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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
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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. Bortolus, A.
et al. 2019. Supporting Spartina: Interdisciplinary perspective shows Spartina
as a distinct solid genus. Ecology 100: e02863
118. 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
119. 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
120. 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
121. 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.
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122. 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:
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123. Morris JT,
Renken K.A. 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. Morris,
J.T., Lynch, J., Renken, K.A. et al. 2020.Tidal and Hurricane Impacts on
Saltmarshes in the Northeastern Coastal and Barrier Network: Theory and
Empirical Results. Estuaries and Coasts.
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125. 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.
126. 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
127. 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
128. 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.
129. Morris, J.T., Cahoon, D.R. Callaway, J.C.,
Craft, C. Neubauer, S.C., and Weston,
N.B. 2021. Marsh Equilibrium Theory:
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Function, Dynamics, and Stresses.
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130. 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
131. 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.
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132. 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,
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133. 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
134. 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
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. 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.
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. 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.
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140. 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
141. Rolando,
J.L., M. Kolton, T. Song, Y. Liu, P. Pinamang, R. Conrad, J.T. Morris, K.T.
Konstantinidis, J.E. Kostka. 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
142. 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,
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143. Holmquist,
J. R.,et al. 2024. The Coastal Carbon Library and Atlas: Open source soil data
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30, e17098. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.17098
144. Jezycki,
K.E., E. Rodriguez, C.B. Craft, S.C. Neubauer, J.T. Morris, S. Goldsmith, P.
Kremer, N. B. Weston. 2024. Metal accumulation in salt marsh soils along the
East Coast of the United States.
Science of the Total Environment. 922: https://doi.org/10.1016
145. Morris, J.T.
and L.W. Staver 2024. Elevation Changes in Restored Marshes at Poplar Island,
Chesapeake Bay, MD: II. Modeling the Importance of Marsh Development Time. Estuaries and Coasts, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-024-01342-x
146. Morris, J.T.
and Sundberg, K. 2024. Responses of Coastal Wetlands to Rising Sea-Level
Revisited: The Importance of Organic Production. Estuaries and Coasts,
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147. Staver,
L.W., Morris, J. T., Cornwell, J. C., Stevenson, J. C., Nardin, W., Hensel, P.,
Owens, M.S., Schwark, A. 2024. Elevation Changes in Restored Marshes at
Poplar Island, Chesapeake Bay, MD: I. Trends and Drivers of Spatial
Variability. Estuaries and Coasts. 10.1007/s12237-023-01319-2
148. Tong, C., J.
Tan, M. Luo, J. Huang, S. Xiao, B. Liu, and J.T. Morris. 2024. Inundation
counteracts the promoting effect of nitrogen enrichment on soil organic carbon
mineralization in a tidal marsh. Fundamental Research. DOI:
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149. Vahsen,
M.L., K.E.O. Todd-Brown, J. Hicks, S.S. Pilyugin, J.T. Morris, and J.R.
Holmquist. 2024. Cohort Marsh Equilibrium Model (CMEM): History, mathematics,
and implementation. J.G.R. Biogeosciences 129: e2023JG007823, https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JG007823
150. Wang,
C.; Morris, J.T.; Smith, E.M. 2024. A Lidar Biomass Index of Tidal Marshes from
Drone Lidar Point Cloud. Remote Sens. 16, 1823. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs16111823
151. Rolando, J.L., Kolton, M.,
Song, T., Liu, Y.Pinamang, P., Conrad, R. Morris, J. T., Konstantinidis, K. T.,
Kostka, J. E.2024, Sulfur oxidation and reduction are coupled to nitrogen
fixation in the roots of the salt marsh foundation plant Spartina
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152. Jafari, N.H., B. D. Harris,
B.D., Alizad, K.A. , Morris, J. and
Cadigan, J.A. 2024. Interplay of Hydroperiod on Root Shear Strength for Coastal
Wetland. Geophysical Research Letters 10.1029/2023GL106531
153. Vaughn, Lydia J. S.; Deverel,
S. J.; Panlasigui, S.; Drexler, J. Z.; Olds, M.A.; Díaz, J.T.; Harris, Kendall
F.; Morris, J.; Grenier, J. L.; Robinson, A.H.; Ball, D.A.2024. Managed
wetlands for climate action: Potential greenhouse gas and subsidence mitigation
in the Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta. San Francisco Estuary and Wetland Science.
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154. Morris, J.T., and G.J.
Whiting. 2024. Components of the CO2 exchange in a southeastern USA
salt marsh. Ocean-Land-Atmosphere
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155. Reidenbach, M.A., K.A. Rose,
T.Tomiczek, J.T. Morris, C.M. Palinkas, L.W. Staver, W. Nardin, M.W. Gray, S.B.
Lee, A.E. Sutton-Grier, and A.M. Hruska. 2025. Performance Evaluation of
Natural and Nature-Based Features for Coastal Protection and Co-Benefits. Annu.
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156. Day, J.W. Jr., E. Anthony, R.
Costanza, D. Edmonds, J. Gunn, C. S. Hopkinson, M. E. Mann, J. T. Morris, M. J.
Osland, T. Quirk, A. S. Rovai, J.R. Rybczyk, T. Spencer, J. Stephens, J.
Syvitski, R.R. Twilley, J. M. Visser, J. R. White. 2024. Coastal wetlands in
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