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
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,
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Morris, J.T.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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Hopkinson, C.
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Wright L.D., Wu
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Morris J. and J. Callaway. 2018. Chapter 6: Physical
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Agrelius, T., Morris, J. Dudycha, J.L. 2018. Global DNA
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Alizad, K., Hagen, S.C., Medeiros, S.C., Bilskie, M.V.,
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2018. Dynamic responses and implications to coastal wetlands and the
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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
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Bortolus, A. et al. 2019. Supporting Spartina:
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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
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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
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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
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Cahoon, D.R.,
McKee, K.L. & Morris, J.T. 2020. How
plants influence resilience of salt marsh and mangrove wetlands to sea-level
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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
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Morris JT, Renken
K.A. 2020. Past, present, and future nuisance flooding on the Charleston
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Morris, J.T.,
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in the Northeastern Coastal and Barrier Network: Theory and Empirical Results.
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Bogdan, P.,
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N. 2021 Biological networks across scales: The theoretical and empirical
foundations for modeling, analysis and control of time-varying complex networks
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Chapman, S.L.,
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the range limit in northeast Florida. Ecology 102: https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3320
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Chen, G., et al.
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Morgan, G.R., C.
Wang, and J.T. Morris. 2021. RGB Indices and Canopy Height Modelling for
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Morris, J.T., Cahoon, D.R. Callaway, J.C.,
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131.
Torbjörn E. Törnqvist, T.E., D.R. Cahoon, J.T. Morris, J.W. Day. 2021. Wetland resilience, accelerated sea-level rise, and the
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Alizad, K., James T. Morris, Matthew V. Bilskie, Davina L.
Passeri, and Scott C. Hagen. 2022. Integrated
modeling of dynamic marsh feedbacks and evolution
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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
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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
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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:
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137.
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S., Twilley, R.R, Christensen, A.,McCall, A.,Jensen, D. J.Snedden, G.A.Morris, J.T., Cavell, J.A. 2022. Biomass allocation of
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Mack, S. K., R. R. Lane, J. Deng, J. T.
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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
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Rolando, J. L.,
Hodges, M., Garcia, K. D., Krueger, G., Williams, N., Carr Jr., J., Robinson,
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Rolando, J.L., M.
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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
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Weston, N. B.,
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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
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Morris, J.T. and
L.W. Staver 2024. Elevation Changes in Restored Marshes at Poplar Island,
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Morris, J.T. and
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Staver, L.W.,
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Tong, C., J. Tan,
M. Luo, J. Huang, S. Xiao, B. Liu, and J.T. Morris. 2024. Inundation
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Vahsen, M.L., K.E.O. Todd-Brown, J. Hicks, S.S. Pilyugin, J.T. Morris, and J.R. Holmquist. 2024. Cohort
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Wang, C.; Morris,
J.T.; Smith, E.M. 2024. A Lidar Biomass Index of Tidal Marshes from Drone Lidar
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Rolando, J.L.,
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Jafari, N.H., B.
D. Harris, B.D., Alizad, K.A. , Morris, J. and Cadigan, J.A. 2024. Interplay of
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