Journal Publications

Anderson, I. C., Tobias, C. R., Neikirk, B. B., Wetzel, R. L. 1997.
Development of a Process-based Nitrogen Mass Balance Model for a
Virginia Spartina alterniflora Salt Marsh: Implications for Net DIN
Flux. Marine Ecology Progress Series 159:13-27. 

Bailey, N., Kochel, R.C., and Carlson, C.R. 1998. Barrier Island
Landform and Vegetation Response to Coastal Process Variables on the
Virginia Coast Reserve. Geological Society of America Abstracts with
Programs 30, n.4:2. 

Barimo, J.F. and D.R. Young. in review. Insect-plant-environmental
interactions in relation to primary succession in a coastal ecosystem.
Oikos 

Brinson, M. M., and R. R. Christian.  1999.  Stability and response of Juncus 
roemerianus patches in a salt marsh.  Wetlands. 19: 65-70.

Brinson, M.M. 1999. Endangered forests. Wetlands (book review)
19:807-809. 

Brinson, M.M. and R.R. Christian. 1999. Stability of Juncus roemerianus
patches in a salt marsh. Wetlands 19:171-191. 

Christian, R. R., M. Naldi, P. Viaroli. 1998. Construction and analysis
of static, structured models of nitrogen cycling in coastal ecosystems.
Mathematical Modeling in Microbial Ecology. Chapman Hall, New York
:162-195. 

Crawford, E.R. and D.R. Young. 1998. Gap dynamics within shrub thickets
on an Atlantic Coast barrier island. Ameican Midland Naturalist
140:68-77. 

Crawford, E.R. and D.R. Young. 1998. Spatial/temporal variations in
shrub thicket soil seed banks on an Atlantic Coast barrier island.
Ameican Journal of Botany 85:1739-1744. 

Osgood, D.T and J.C. Zieman. in press. The influence of subsurface 
hydrology on nutrient supply and smooth cordgrass (Spartina alterniflora) 
production in a developing barrier island marsh.  Estuaries.

Elliott, M.T. and D.R. Young. in review. Influence of tidal wrack and
microtopography on strand species and on community composition. Canadian
Journal of Botany 

Erwin, R.M., J.D. Nichols, T.B. Eyler, D.B. Stotts, and B.R. Truitt.
1998. Modeling colony site dynamics: a case study of Gull-billed Terns
in coastal Virginia. Auk 115:970-978. 

Erwin, R.M., T.B. Eyler, D.B. Stotts, and J.S. Hatfield. in press.
Aspects of chick growth in Gull-billed Terns in coastal Virginia.
Waterbirds (formerly Colonial Waterbirds) 

Erwin, R.M., T.B. Eyler, J.S. Hatfield, and S. McGary. 1998. Diets of
nestling Gull-billed Terns in coastal Virginia. Colonial Waterbirds
21:323-327. 

Erwin, R.M., T.B. Eyler, J.S. Hatfield, and S. McGary. in press. Diets
of nestling Gull-billed Terns in coastal Virginia. Colonial Waterbirds

Eyler, T.B., R.M. Erwin, D.B. Stotts, and J.S. Hatfield. in press.
Aspects of hatching success and chick survival in Gull-billed Terns in
coastal Virginia. Waterbirds (formerly Colonial Waterbirds)

Galloway, J.N. 1998. The global N cycle: changes and consequences.
Environmental Pollution, 102:15-26.

Joy, D.A. and D.R. Young. in press. Promotion of mid-successional
seedling recruitment and establishment by Juniperus virginiana in a
coastal environment. Plant Ecology 

Olson, R.J., J.M. Briggs, J.H. Porter, G.R. Mah, S.G. Stafford. in press. A Model for Assembling Data from Multiple Disciplines, Scales, and Sites. Remote Sensing of the Environment. 

Rheinhardt, R.D., M.C. Rheinhardt, M.M. Brinson, and K. Faser. 1998.
Forested wetlands of low order streams in the inner coastal plain of
North Carolina, USA. Wetlands 18:365-378. 

Rheinhardt, R.R., M.C. Rheinhardt, M.M. Brinson, and K.E. Faser, Jr. in
press. Application of reference data for assessing and restoring
headwater ecosystems. Restoration Ecology 

Tolley, P. M., and R. R. Christian. (In Press) Effects of increased inundation and wrack deposition in a salt marsh: plant community response.  Estuaries

Tyler, A.C., and J.C. Zieman. in press. Patterns of development in the 
creekbank region of a barrier island Spartina alterniflora marsh.  
Marine Ecology Progress Series.

Wijnholds, A.E. and D.R. Young. in press. Interdependence of the
actinomycete Frankia and the host plant Myrica cerifera in a coastal
environment. Journal of Coastal Research 

Books and one-time publications 

Bailey, Nicole. 1998. Hydrogeomorphic Control of Landforms and
Vegetation on Southern Parramore Island, Virginia Coast Reserve.
Bucknell University, Department of Geology, Honors Thesis, 160pp. pp.
1-160. 

Brinson, M.M. and J. Verhoeven. 1999.  Riparian forests.  Pages 265-200 in
M.L. Hunter  (editor) Maintaining Biodiversity in Forested Ecosystems.
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England. 

Brinson, M.M. and R. D. Rheinhardt. 1999. Wetland functions and
relations to societal values. Pages 29 in M. G. Messina and W. H.
Conner. Southern Forested Wetlands: Ecology and Management. Lewis
Publishers, Boca Raton, Florida. 

Brinson, M.M., R.D. Smith, D.F. Whigham, L.C. Lee, R.D. Rheinhardt, and
W.L. Nutter. 1998. Progress in development of the hydrogeomorphic
approach for assessing the functioning of wetlands. Pages 383 in A. J.
McComb and J. A. Davis. Wetlands for the Future. Gleneagles Publishing,
Adelaide, Australia. 

Cannon, Takisha A. 1998. A comparison of microbial food webs in tidal
marsh creeks of Northhampton County, Virginia. Masters Thesis,
University of Virginia pp. 122 

Christian, R. R., C. French, J. Gosz, and R. Waide.  (In press) Perspectives on international long term ecological research.  Proceedings of the VII International Congress of Ecology. Florence, Italy July 1998. 

Christian, R. R., L. Stasavich, C. Thomas, and M. M. Brinson.  (In press)  Reference is a moving target in sea-level controlled wetlands.  In M. P. Weinstein (ed.). Concepts and Controversies in Tidal Marsh Ecology.  Kluwer Press.  The Netherlands. 

Christiansen, T. 1998. Sediment Deposition on a Tidal Salt Marsh.
University of Virginia, Charlottesville VA pp. 134.

Elliott, M.T. 1997. Influences of tidal litter (wrack) and
microtopography on strand species and on community composition. MS
thesis. Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 

Field, D.P. 1999. Shrub establishment on a Virginia barrier island:
spatial and temporal variations in arbuscular mycorrhizae. MS Thesis.
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA pp. 

Henshaw, D.L. , M. Stubbs and B.J. Benson, K. Baker, D. Blodgett and
J.H. Porter. 1998. Climate database project: a strategy for improving
information access across research sites. Pages 123-127 in W.S.
Michener, J.H. Porter and S. Stafford. Data and Information Management
in the Ecological Sciences: A Resource Guide. LTER Network Office,
Albuquerque, New Mexico . 

Loomis, Kindra E. 1999. Local geomorphological controls on hydrology, pore 
water chemistry, and Spartina alterniflora morphology in a Virginia barrier 
island salt marsh.    M.S. Thesis, University of Virginia. Charlottesville 
VA, 161 pp.

Ricker, L. 1999. Resistance to state change by coastal ecosystems under
conditions of rising sea level. Master's Thesis East Carolina University, Greenville, N.C  pp. 209. 

Stasavich, L.E. 1998.  Quantitatively defining hydroperiod with
ecological significance to wetland functions. Masters Thesis. East Carolina
University, Greenville, N.C  East Carolina University, Greenville, N.C 
pp. 68. 

Sullivan, H.J. 1998. Ant distribution patterns and the potential
dispersal of root endosymbionts in a strand environment. MS Thesis.
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA pp. 

Walsh, John P. 1998. Low marsh succession along an over-wash salt marsh 
chronosequence.  PhD. Dissertation.  University of Virginia. Charlottesville 
VA, 211 pp.