Thomas J Mozdzer
Research Associate, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
Selected Publications
Article
Arias‐Ortiz, Ariane, Wolfe, Jaxine, Bridgham, Scott D., Knox, Sara, McNicol, Gavin, Needelman, Brian A., Shahan, Julie, Stuart‐Haëntjens, Ellen J., Windham‐Myers, Lisamarie, Oikawa, Patty Y., Baldocchi, Dennis D., Caplan, Joshua S., Capooci, Margaret, Czapla, Kenneth M., Derby, R. K., Diefenderfer, Heida L., Forbrich, Inke, Groseclose, Gina, Keller, Jason K., Kelley, Cheryl, Keshta, Amr E., Kleiner, Helena S., Krauss, Ken W., Lane, Robert R., Mack, Sarah et al. 2024. "Methane fluxes in tidal marshes of the conterminous United States ." Global Change Biology , 30, (9). https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.17462 .
2024
Mueller, Peter, Mozdzer, Thomas J., Langley, J. A., Aoki, Lillian R., Noyce, Genevieve L., and Megonigal, J. P. 2023. "Author Correction: Plant species determine tidal wetland methane response to sea level rise ." Nature Communications , 14, (1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37364-5 .
2023
Mozdzer, Thomas J., Meschter, Justin, Baldwin, Andrew H., Caplan, Joshua S., and Megonigal, J. Patrick. 2023. "Mining of Deep Nitrogen Facilitates Phragmites australis Invasion in Coastal Saltmarshes ." Estuaries and Coasts , 46, (4) 998–1008. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-022-01146-x .
2023
Bernal, Blanca, Kim, Sunghyun, and Mozdzer, Thomas J. 2023. "Species shifts induce soil organic matter priming and changes in microbial communities ." Science of The Total Environment , 859. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.159956 .
2023
Gabriel, Jared R., Reid, Jessica, Wang, Le, Mozdzer, Thomas J., Whigham, Dennis F., Megonigal, J. Patrick, and Langley, J. Adam. 2022. "Interspecific Competition is Prevalent and Stabilizes Plant Production in a Brackish Marsh Facing Sea Level Rise." Estuaries and Coasts , https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-021-01043-9 .
2022
Mozdzer, Thomas J., McCormick, Melissa K., Slette, Ingrid J., Blum, Michael J., and Megonigal, J. Patrick. 2022. "Rapid evolution of a coastal marsh ecosystem engineer in response to global change ." Science of the Total Environment , 853. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.157846 .
2022
McCormick, Melissa K., Good, Kerry L., Mozdzer, Thomas J., and Whigham, Dennis F. 2022. "Shade and drought increase fungal contribution to partially mycoheterotrophic terrestrial orchids Goodyera pubescens and Tipularia discolor ." Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution , 10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2022.1047267 .
2022
McCormick, Melissa K., Good, Kerry L., Mozdzer, Thomas J., and Whigham, Dennis F. 2022. "Shade and drought increase fungal contribution to partially mycoheterotrophic terrestrial orchids Goodyera pubescens and Tipularia discolor ." Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution , 10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2022.1047267 .
2022
Holmquist, James R., Schile-Beers, Lisa, Buffington, Kevin, Lu, Meng, Mozdzer, Thomas J., Riera, Jefferson, Weller, Donald E., Williams, Meghan, and Megonigal, J. Patrick. 2021. "Scalability and performance tradeoffs in quantifying relationships between elevation and tidal wetland plant communities ." Marine Ecology Progress Series , 666 57–72. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13683 .
2021
Mueller, Peter, Mozdzer, Thomas J., Langley, J. Adam, Aoki, Lillian R., Noyce, Genevieve L., and Megonigal, J. Patrick. 2020. "Plant species determine tidal wetland methane response to sea level rise ." Nature Communications , 11, (1) 5154–5154. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18763-4 .
2020
Kiviat, Erik, Meyerson, Laura A., Mozdzer, Thomas J., Allen, Warwick J., Baldwin, Andrew H., Bhattarai, Ganesh P., Brix, Hans, Caplan, Joshua S., Kettenring, Karin M., Lambertini, Carla, Weis, Judith, Whigham, Dennis F., and Cronin, James T. 2019. "Evidence does not support the targeting of cryptic invaders at the subspecies level using classical biological control: the example of Phragmites ." Biological Invasions , 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-019-02014-9 .
2019
Mozdzer, Thomas J. and Caplan, Joshua S. 2018. "Complementary responses of morphology and physiology enhance the stand-scale production of a model invasive species under elevated CO2 and nitrogen ." Functional Ecology , 32, (7) 1784–1796. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.13106 .
2018
Mueller, Peter, Schile-Beers, Lisa M., Mozdzer, Thomas J., Chmura, Gail L., Dinter, Thomas, Kuzyakov, Yakov, de Groot, Alma V., Esselink, Peter, Smit, Christian, D'Alpaos, Andrea, Ibanez, Carles, Lazarus, Magdalena, Neumeier, Urs, Johnson, Beverly J., Baldwin, Andrew H., Yarwood, Stephanie A., Montemayor, Diana I., Yang, Zaichao, Wu, Jihua, Jensen, Kai, and Nolte, Stefanie. 2018. "Global-change effects on early-stage decomposition processes in tidal wetlands - implications from a global survey using standardized litter ." Biogeosciences , 15, (10) 3189–3202. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-3189-2018 .
2018
Cott, Grace M., Caplan, Joshua S., and Mozdzer, Thomas J. 2018. "Nitrogen uptake kinetics and saltmarsh plant responses to global change ." Scientific Reports , 8 5393–5393. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-23349-8 .
2018
Bernal, Blanca, Megonigal, J. Patrick, and Mozdzer, Thomas J. 2017. "An Invasive Wetland Grass Primes Deep Soil Carbon Pools ." Global Change Biology , 23, (5) 2104–2116. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.13539 .
2017
Eller, Franziska, Skálová, Hana, Caplan, Joshua S., Bhattarai, Ganesh P., Burger, Melissa K., Cronin, James T., Guo, Wen-Yong, Guo, Xiao, Hazelton, Eric L. G., Kettenring, Karin M., Lambertini, Carla, McCormick, Melissa K., Meyerson, Laura A., Mozdzer, Thomas J., Pyšek, Petr, Sorrell, Brian K., Whigham, Dennis F., and Brix, Hans. 2017. "Cosmopolitan Species As Models for Ecophysiological Responses to Global Change: The Common Reed Phragmites australis ." Frontiers in Plant Science , 8 e1833. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2017.01833 .
2017
Lu, Meng, Caplan, Joshua S., Bakker, Jonathan D., Langley, J. Adam, Mozdzer, Thomas J., Drake, Bert G., and Megonigal, J. Patrick. 2016. "Allometry data and equations for coastal marsh plants." Ecology , 97, (12) 3554. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.1600 .
2016
Mueller, Peter, Hager, Rachel N., Meschter, Justin E., Mozdzer, Thomas J., Langley, J. Adam, Jensen, Kai, and Megonigal, J. Patrick. 2016. "Complex invader-ecosystem interactions and seasonality mediate the impact of non-native Phragmites on CH4 emissions ." Biological Invasions , 18, (9) 2635–2647. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-016-1093-6 .
2016
Mozdzer, Thomas J., Langley, J. Adam, Mueller, Peter, and Megonigal, J. Patrick. 2016. "Deep rooting and global change facilitate spread of invasive grass ." Biological Invasions , 18, (9) 2619–2631. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-016-1156-8 .
2016
Bernal, Blanca, McKinley, Duncan C., Hungate, Bruce A., White, Paul M., Mozdzer, Thomas J., and Megonigal, J. Patrick. 2016. "Limits to soil carbon stability; Deep, ancient soil carbon decomposition stimulated by new labile organic inputs ." Soil Biology and Biochemistry , 98 85–94. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2016.04.007 .
2016
Caplan, Joshua S., Hager, Rachel N., Megonigal, J. Patrick, and Mozdzer, Thomas J. 2015. "Global change accelerates carbon assimilation by a wetland ecosystem engineer ." Environmental Research Letters , 10, (11) 115006. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/10/11/115006 .
2015
Caplan, Joshua S., Wheaton, Christine, and Mozdzer, Thomas J. 2014. "Belowground advantages in construction cost facilitate a cryptic plant invasion." AoB Plants , 6. https://doi.org/10.1093/aobpla/plu020 .
2014
Hazelton, Eric L. G., Mozdzer, Thomas J., Burdick, David, Kettenring, Karin M., and Whigham, Dennis F. 2014. "Phragmites australis Management in the United States: 40 years of methods and outcomes ." AoB Plants , 6 plu001. https://doi.org/10.1093/aobpla/plu001 .
2014
Mozdzer, Thomas J. and Megonigal, J. Patrick. 2013. "Increased Methane Emissions by an Introduced Phragmites australis Lineage under Global Change ." Wetlands , 33, (4) 609–615. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13157-013-0417-x .
2013
Mozdzer, Thomas J., Brisson, Jacques, and Hazelton, Eric L. G. 2013. "Physiological ecology and functional traits of North American native and Eurasian introduced Phragmites australis lineages ." AoB Plants , plt048. https://doi.org/10.1093/aobpla/plt048 .
2013
Langley, J. Adam, Mozdzer, Thomas J., Shepard, Katherine A., Hagerty, Shannon B., and Megonigal, J. Patrick. 2013. "Tidal marsh plant responses to elevated CO2 , nitrogen fertilization, and sea level rise ." Global Change Biology , 19, (5) 1495–1503. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.12147 .
2013
Mozdzer, Thomas J. and Megonigal, J. Patrick. 2012. "Jack-and-Master Trait Responses to Elevated CO2 and N: A Comparison of Native and Introduced Phragmites australis ." PLoS ONE , 7, (10) 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0042794 .
2012
Mozdzer, Thomas J., Kirwan, M., McGlathery, K. J., and Zieman, J. C. 2011. "Nitrogen uptake by the shoots of smooth cordgrass Spartina alterniflora." Marine Ecology Progress Series , 433 43–52. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps09117 .
2011
Kathilankal, James C., Mozdzer, Thomas J., Fuentes, José D., McGlathery, Karen J., D'Odorico, Paolo, and Zieman, Jay C. 2011. "Physiological responses of Spartina alterniflora to varying environmental conditions in Virginia marshes ." Hydrobiologia , 669, (1) 167–181. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-011-0681-9 .
2011
Brantley, S. L., Megonigal, J. Patrick, Scatena, F. N., Balogh-Brunstad, Z., Barnes, R. T., Bruns, M. A., Van Cappellen, P., Dontsova, K., Hartnett, H. E., Hartshorn, A. S., Heimsath, A., Herndon, E., Jin, L., Keller, C. K., Leake, J. R., Mcdowell, W. H., Meinzer, Frederick C., Mozdzer, Thomas J., Petsch, S., Pett-Ridge, J., Pregitzer, K. S., Raymond, P. A., Riebe, C. S., Shumaker, K., Sutton-Grier, Ariana E. et al. 2011. "Twelve testable hypotheses on the geobiology of weathering ." Geobiology , 9, (2) 140–165.
2011
Mozdzer, Thomas J. and Zieman, Joseph C. 2010. "Ecophysiological differences between genetic lineages facilitate the invasion of non-native Phragmites australis in North American Atlantic coast wetlands." Journal of Ecology , 98, (2) 451–458. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2745.2009.01625.x .
2010
Mozdzer, Thomas J., Zieman, Joseph C., and McGlathery, Karen J. 2010. "Nitrogen Uptake by Native and Invasive Temperate Coastal Macrophytes: Importance of Dissolved Organic Nitrogen ." Estuaries and Coasts , 33, (3) 784–797. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-009-9254-9 .
2010
Dataset
Mozdzer, Thomas, Meschter, Justin, Caplan, Joshua S., Baldwin, Andrew, and Megonigal, J. Patrick. 2023. [Dataset] Dataset: Mining of Deep Nitrogen Facilitates Phragmites australis Invasion in Coastal Saltmarshes . Distributed by Edgewater, Maryland: Smithsonian Environmental Research Center. https://doi.org/10.25573/SERC.22116053.V2 .
2023
Mueller, Peter, Mozdzer, Thomas J., Aoki, Lillian R., Noyce, Genevieve L., Megonigal, J. Patrick, and Langley, J. Adam. 2020. [Dataset] Dataset: Plant species determine tidal wetland methane response to sea level rise . Distributed by The Smithsonian Institution. https://doi.org/10.25573/SERC.12855323.V1 .
2020
Lu, Meng, Caplan, Joshua S., Bakker, Jonathan D., Mozdzer, Thomas J., Drake, Bert G., Megonigal, J. Patrick, and Langley, J. Adam. 2016. [Dataset] Allometry data and equations for coastal marsh plants . Distributed by Edgewater, Maryland: Smithsonian Environmental Research Center. https://doi.org/10.5479/data_serc/10088/31948 .
2016
