Jordan, Thomas
Former Smithsonian Environmental Research Center staff
Jordan, Thomas
Former Smithsonian Environmental Research Center staff
Flows of nitrogen and phosphorus through watersheds, wetlands and estuaries; denitrification.
Research Areas
Geographic Focus
Background And Education
Education And Training
- B.S., Bucknell University
- Ph.D., Boston University
Research And Grants
Investigator On
- Assessing Watershed-scale Restoration Effectiveness: Treatment Impacts and Monitoring Requirements awarded by South River Federation
- Data Collection, Analysis, and Publication of Research Investigating the Environmental Impacts of Regenerative Stormwater Conveyance (RSC) Stream Rest awarded by Chesapeake Rivers Association Inc.
- Evaluating the Performance of Regenerative Stormwater Conveyances in Urban versus Rural Watersheds awarded by Chesapeake Bay Trust
- MA08 Predicting Impacts of Stressors at the Land-Water Interface awarded by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
- North Branch Muddy Creek Restoration awarded by Maryland Department of Natural Resources
- North Branch Muddy Creek Restoration awarded by Maryland Department of Natural Resources
Publications
Selected Publications
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Article
- Thompson, Joshua J. D., Pelc, Carey E., and Jordan, Thomas E. 2021. "Water quality sampling methods may bias evaluations of watershed management practices." Science of The Total Environment, 765 Article 142739. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142739. 2021
- Amato, Heather K., Wong, Nora M., Pelc, Carey, Taylor, Kishana, Price, Lance B., Altabet, Mark, Jordan, Thomas E., and Graham, Jay P. 2020. "Effects of concentrated poultry operations and cropland manure application on antibiotic resistant Escherichia coli and nutrient pollution in Chesapeake Bay watersheds." Science of the Total Environment, 735 Article 139401. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.139401. 2020
- Weller, Donald E. and Jordan, Thomas E. 2020. "Inexpensive spot sampling provides unexpectedly effective indicators of watershed nitrogen status." Ecosphere, 11, (8). https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3224. 2020
- Jordan, Thomas E., Weller, Donald E., and Pelc, Carey E. 2019. "Correction to: Effects of Local Watershed Land Use on Water Quality in Mid-Atlantic Coastal Bays and Subestuaries of the Chesapeake Bay (vol 41, pg S38, 2018)." Estuaries and Coasts, 42, (3) 910–910. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-018-00503-z. 2019
- Weller, Donald E., Nagel, Jessica L., Seitz, Rochelle D., Whigham, Dennis F., Jordan, Thomas E., and Prosser, Diann J. 2019. "Correction to: Impacts of Coastal Land Use and Shoreline Armoring on Estuarine Ecosystems: an Introduction to a Special Issue (vol 41, pg S2, 2018)." Estuaries and Coasts, 42, (3) 912. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-018-00505-x. 2019
- Turner, Elizabeth and Jordan, Thomas E. 2019. "Correction to: Integrating Regional Management Needs into a Mid-Atlantic Shorelines Research Project (vol 41, pg S223, 2018)." Estuaries and Coasts, 42, (3) 905. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-018-00498-7. 2019
- Rose, Kevin C., Neale, Patrick J., Tzortziou, Maria, Gallegos, Charles L., and Jordan, Thomas E. 2019. "Patterns of spectral, spatial, and long-term variability in light attenuation in an optically complex sub-estuary: Trends in sub-estuary light attenuation." Limnology and Oceanography, 64, (S1) S257–S272. (Long-term Perspectives in Aquatic Research) https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.11005. 2019
- Tully, Katherine L., Weissman, Danielle, Wyner, W. Jesse, Miller, Jarrod, and Jordan, Thomas. 2019. "Soils in transition: saltwater intrusion alters soil chemistry in agricultural fields." Biogeochemistry, 142, (3) 339–356. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-019-00538-9. 2019
- Tully, Kate, Gedan, Keryn, Epanchin-Niell, Rebecca, Strong, Aaron, Bernhardt, Emily S., Bendor, Todd, Mitchell, Molly, Kominoski, John, Jordan, Thomas E., Neubauer, Scott C., and Weston, Nathaniel B. 2019. "The Invisible Flood: The Chemistry, Ecology, and Social Implications of Coastal Saltwater Intrusion." Bioscience, 69, (5) 368–378. https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biz027. 2019
- Jordan, Thomas E., Weller, Donald E., and Pelc, Carey E. 2018. "Effects of Local Watershed Land Use on Water Quality in Mid-Atlantic Coastal Bays and Subestuaries of the Chesapeake Bay." Estuaries and Coasts, 41, (Supplement 1) 38–53. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-017-0303-5. 2018
- Weller, Donald E., Nagel, Jessica L., Seitz, Rochelle D., Whigham, Dennis F., Jordan, Thomas E., and Prosser, Diann J. 2018. "Impacts of Coastal Land Use and Shoreline Armoring on Estuarine Ecosystems: an Introduction to a Special Issue." Estuaries and Coasts, 41 S2–S18. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-017-0331-1. 2018
- Knee, Karen L., Gardner, John, Brenner, Dana C., Fox, Rebecca J., Thompson, Joshua, Gustafson, Anne B., Fisher, Thomas R., and Jordan, Thomas E. 2018. "Measuring diel and spatial variation in biogenic N-2 delivery, production, and loss with natural tracers: Application to watershed-scale estimation of denitrification." Limnology and Oceanography-Methods, 16, (9) 556–575. https://doi.org/10.1002/lom3.10266. 2018
- Turner, Elizabeth and Jordan, Thomas E. 2017. "Integrating Regional Management Needs into a Mid-Atlantic Shorelines Research Project." Estuaries and Coasts, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-017-0261-y. 2017
- Kornis, Matthew S., Breitburg, Denise L., Balouskus, Richard, Bilkovic, Donna M., Davias, Lori A., Giordano, Steve, Heggie, Keira, Hines, Anson H., Jacobs, John M., Jordan, Thomas E., King, Ryan S., Patrick, Christopher J., Seitz, Rochelle D., Soulen, Heather, Targett, Timothy E., Weller, Donald E., Whigham, Dennis F., and Uphoff, Jim. 2017. "Linking the Abundance of Estuarine Fish and Crustaceans in Nearshore Waters to Shoreline Hardening and Land Cover." Estuaries and Coasts, 40, (5) 1464–1486. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-017-0213-6. 2017
- Hartzell, Jeanne L., Jordan, Thomas E., and Cornwell, Jeffrey C. 2017. "Phosphorus Sequestration in Sediments Along the Salinity Gradients of Chesapeake Bay Subestuaries." Estuaries and Coasts, 40, (6) 1607–1625. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-017-0233-2. 2017
- Gardner, John R., Fisher, Thomas R., Jordan, Thomas E., and Knee, Karen L. 2016. "Balancing watershed nitrogen budgets: accounting for biogenic gases in streams." Biogeochemistry, 127, (2) 231–253. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-015-0177-1. 2016
- Xia, Yongqiu, Weller, Donald E., Williams, Meghan N., Jordan, Thomas E., and Yan, Xiaoyuan. 2016. "Using Bayesian hierarchical models to better understand nitrate sources and sinks in agricultural watersheds." Water research, 105 527–539. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2016.09.033. 2016
- Fox, R. J., Fisher, T. R., Gustafson, A. B., Jordan, Thomas E., Kana, T. M., and Lang, M. W. 2014. "Searching for the missing nitrogen: biogenic nitrogen gases in groundwater and streams." The Journal of Agricultural Science, 152, (S1) 96–106. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021859614000070. 2014
- Sharifi, Amirreza, Kalin, Latif, Hantush, Mohamed M., Isik, Sabahattin, and Jordan, Thomas E. 2013. "Carbon dynamics and export from flooded wetlands: A modeling approach." Ecological Modelling, 263 196–210. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2013.04.023. 2013
- Kalin, L., Hantush, M., Isik, S., Yucekaya, A., and Jordan, Thomas E. 2013. "Nutrient Dynamics in Flooded Wetlands: II. Model Application." Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 18, (12). https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0000750. 2013
- Knee, Karen L. and Jordan, Thomas E. 2013. "Spatial Distribution of Dissolved Radon in the Choptank River and Its Tributaries: Implications for Groundwater Discharge and Nitrate Inputs." Estuaries and Coasts, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-013-9619-y. 2013
- Boomer, Kathleen M. B., Weller, Donald E., Jordan, Thomas E., Linker, Lewis, Liu, Zhi-Jun, Reilly, James, Shenk, Gary, and Voinov, Alexey A. 2013. "Using Multiple Watershed Models to Predict Water, Nitrogen, and Phosphorus Discharges to the Patuxent Estuary." JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 49, (1) 15–39. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1752-1688.2012.00689.x. 2013
- Koskelo, Antti I., Fisher, Thomas R., Utz, Ryan, and Jordan, Thomas E. 2012. "A New Precipitation-Based Method of Baseflow Separation and Event Identification for Small Watersheds (<50 km2)." Journal of Hydrology, 450-451 267–278. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.04.055. 2012
- Bain, Daniel J., Green, Mark B., Campbell, John L., Chamblee, John F., Chaoka, Sayo, Fraterrigo, Jennifer M., Kaushal, Sujay S., Martin, Sherry L., Jordan, Thomas E., Parolari, Anthony J., Sobczak, William V., Weller, Donald E., Wolheim, Wilfred M., Boose, Emery R., Duncan, Jonathan M., Gettel, Gretchen M., Hall, Brian R., Kumar, Praveen, Thompson, Jonathan R., Vose, James M., Elliott, Emily M., and Leigh, David S. 2012. "Legacy Effects in Material Flux: Structural Catchmen Changes Predate Long-Term Studies." Bioscience, 62, (6) 575–584. https://doi.org/10.1525/bio.2012.62.6.8. 2012
- Hartzell, Jeanne L. and Jordan, Thomas E. 2012. "Shifts in the relative availability of phosphorus and nitrogen along estuarine salinity gradients." Biogeochemistry, 107, (1-3) 489–500. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-010-9548-9. 2012
- Mitchell, Carl P. J., Jordan, Thomas E., Heyes, Andrew, and Gilmour, Cynthia C. 2012. "Tidal exchange of total mercury and methylmercury between a salt marsh and a Chesapeake Bay sub-estuary." Biogeochemistry, 111, (1-3) 583–600. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-011-9691-y. 2012
- Weller, Donald E., Baker, Matthew, and Jordan, Thomas E. 2011. "Effects of riparian buffers on nitrate concentrations in watershed discharges: new models and management implications." Ecological Applications, 21 1679–1695. https://doi.org/10.1890/10-0789.1. 2011
- Gallegos, Charles L., Jordan, Thomas E., and Hedrick, Sharyn S. 2010. "Long-term Dynamics of Phytoplankton in the Rhode River, Maryland (USA)." Estuaries and Coasts, 33, (2) 471–484. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-009-9172-x. 2010
- Hartzell, Jeanne L., Jordan, Thomas E., and Cornwell, Jeffrey C. 2010. "Phosphorus Burial in Sediments Along the Salinity Gradient of the Patuxent River, a Subestuary of the Chesapeake Bay (USA)." Estuaries and Coasts, 33, (1) 92–106. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-009-9232-2. 2010
- Li, Xuyong, Weller, Donald E., and Jordan, Thomas E. 2010. "Watershed model calibration using multi-objective optimization and multi-site averaging." Journal of Hydrology, 380, (3-4) 277–288. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.11.003. 2010
- Jordan, Thomas E., Cornwell, Jeffrey C., Boynton, Walter R., and Anderson, Jon T. 2008. "Changes in phosphorus biogeochemistry along an estuarine salinity gradient: The iron conveyer belt." Limnology and Oceanography, 53, (1) 172–184. https://doi.org/10.4319/lo.2008.53.1.0172. 2008
- Boomer, K. B., Weller, Donald E., and Jordan, Thomas E. 2008. "Empirical models based on the Universal Soil Loss Equation fail to predict sediment discharges from Chesapeake Bay catchments." Journal of Environmental Quality, 37 79–89. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-008-9212-9. 2008
- Liu, Zhi-Jun, Weller, Donald E., Jordan, Thomas E., Correll, David L., and Boomer, K. B. 2008. "Integrated modular modeling of water and nutrients from point and nonpoint sources in the Patuxent River watershed." Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 44 700–703. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1752-1688.2008.00200.x. 2008
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Russell, Marc J., Weller, Donald E., Jordan, Thomas E., Sigwart, Kevin J., and Sullivan, Kathryn J. 2008. "Net anthropogenic phosphorus inputs: spatial and temporal variability in the Chesapeake Bay region." Biogeochemistry, 88, (3) 285–304. (
) https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-008-9212-9. 2008 - McCarty, G. W., McConnell, L. L., Hapeman, C. J., Sadeghi, A., Graff, C., Hively, W. D., Lang, M. W., Fisher, T. R., Jordan, Thomas E., Rice, C. P., Codling, E. E., Whitall, D., Lynn, A., Keppler, J., and Fogel, Marilyn L. 2008. "Water quality and conservation practice effects in the Choptank River watershed." Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, 63, (6) 461–474. https://doi.org/10.2489/jswc.63.6.461. 2008
- Whigham, Dennis F., Jacobs, A. D., Weller, Donald E., Jordan, Thomas E., Kentula, M. E., Jensen, S. F., and Stevens, D. L. 2007. "Combining HGM and EMAP procedures to assess wetlands at the watershed scale - Status of flats and non-tidal riverine wetlands in the Nanticoke River watershed, Delaware and Maryland." Wetlands, 27 462–478. https://doi.org/10.1672/0277-5212(2007)27[462:CHAEPT]2.0.CO;2. 2007
- Jordan, Thomas E., Andrews, M. P., Szuch, R. P., Whigham, Dennis F., Weller, Donald E., and Jacobs, A. D. 2007. "Comparing functional assessments of wetlands to measurements of soil characteristics and nitrogen processing." Wetlands, 27 479–497. https://doi.org/10.1672/0277-5212(2007)27[479:CFAOWT]2.0.CO;2. 2007
- Baker, M. E., Weller, Donald E., and Jordan, Thomas E. 2007. "Effects of stream map resolution on measures of riparian buffer distribution and nutrient retention potential." Landscape Ecology, 22 973–992. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-007-9080-z. 2007
- Li, Xuyong, Weller, Donald E., Gallegos, Charles L., Jordan, Thomas E., and Kim, Hae-Cheol. 2007. "Effects of watershed and estuarine characteristics on the abundance of submerged aquatic vegetation in Chesapeake Bay subestuaries." Estuaries and Coasts, 30 840–854. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02841338. 2007
- Weller, Donald E., Snyder, M. N., Whigham, Dennis F., Jacobs, A. D., and Jordan, Thomas E. 2007. "Landscape indicators of wetland condition in the Nanticoke River watershed, Maryland and Delaware, USA." Wetlands, 27 498–514. https://doi.org/10.1672/0277-5212(2007)27[498:LIOWCI]2.0.CO;2. 2007
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Book
- Weller, Donald E., Jordan, Thomas E., Sellner, K. G., Foreman, K., Shenk, K., Tango, P., Phillips, S. W., and Dubin, M. 2010. Small Watershed Monitoring Designs: A Report from the Chesapeake Bay Program Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee. STAC Publication #10-004 ed. 2010
- Breitburg, Denise L., Hines, Anson H., Jordan, Thomas E., McCormick, Melissa K., Weller, Donald E., and Whigham, Dennis F. 2008. Landscape patterns, nutrient discharges, and biota of the Rhode River estuary and its watershed: Contribution of the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center to the Pilot Integrated Ecosystem Assessment. Edgewater, Maryland: Smithsonian Environmental Research Center. 2008
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Chapter
- Fisher, T. R., Jordan, Thomas E., Staver, K. W., Gustafson, A. B., Koskelo, A. I., Fox, R. J., Sutton, A. J., Kana, T., Beckert, K. A., Stone, J. P., McCarty, G., and Lang, Michael A. 2010. "The Choptank Basin in transition: Intensifying agriculture, slow urbanization, and estuarine eutrophication." In Coastal Lagoons: Systems of Natural and Anthropogenic Change. Kennish, M. J. and Pearl, H. W., editors. 135–166. 2010
Contact
Location
- Smithsonian Environmental Research Center Academic Department
