Publications

Alexander, R.B., R.A. Smith, G.E. Schwarz, E.W. Boyer, J.V. Nolan, and J.W. Brakebill. 2008. Differences in phosphorus and nitrogen delivery to the Gulf of Mexico from the Mississippi River Basin, Environ. Sci. Technol., 42, 3, 822-830. 10.1021/es0716103

Alexander, R.B., R.A. Smith, G.E. Schwarz, S. Malcolm, V. Breneman, and R. Claassen. Effects of recent and projected corn-based ethanol production on stream nutrients and loadings to coastal waters of the United States, in preparation.

Batiuk, R.A., D.L. Breitburg, R.J. Diaz, T.M. Cronin, D.H. Secor and G. Thursby. 2009. Derivation of Habitat-Specific Dissolved Oxygen Criteria for Chesapeake Bay and its Tidal Tributaries. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 381: S204-S215.

Bierman, V.J  Jr., S.C. Hinz; D. Justić, D.Scavia, J.A. Veil, K. Satterlee, M. Parker. 2007  Predicted Impacts from Offshore Produced Water Discharges on Hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico.  SPE Facilities, Construction, and Operations.  Society of Petroleum Engineers.

Billen, G., M. Silvestre, B. Grizzetti, A. Leip, J. Garnier, M. Voss, R. Howarth, F. Bouraoui, H. Behrendt, A. Lepisto, P. Kortelainen, P. Johnes, C. Curtis, C. Humborg, E. Smedberg, O. Kaste, R. Ganeshram, A. Beusen, & C. Lancelot. 2010. Nitrogen flows from European regional watersheds to coastal marine waters. Chapter 13, European Nitrogen Assessment. Cambridge University Press, in press.

Boesch, D., W. Boynton, L. Crowder, R. Diaz, R. Howarth, L. Mee, S. Nixon, N. Rabalais, R. Rosenberg, J. Sanders, D. Scavia, and R. Turner. 2009. Nutrient enrichment drives Gulf of Mexico hypoxia. Eos 90: 117-128.

Boesch, D., L.B. Crowder, R.J. Diaz, R.W. Howarth, L.E. Mee, S.W. Nixon, N.N. Rabalais, R. Rosenberg, J.G. Sanders, D. Scavia, R.E. Turner . 2009. Nutrient enrichment drives Gulf of Mexico hypoxia, Eos Trans. Amercian Geophysical Union.

Boyer, E. W., and R. W. Howarth. 2008. Nitrogen fluxes from rivers to the coastal oceans. Pages 1565-1587 in D. Capone, D. A. Bronk, M. R. Mulholland & E. J. Carpenter (eds.), Nitrogen in the Marine Environment, 2nd Edition, Elsevier, Oxford.

Brakebill, J.W., D.M. Wolock, and S.E. Terziotti, Digital hydrologic networks supporting applications related to spatially referenced regression modeling, in preparation

Breitburg, D. L., Craig, J.K., Fulford, R.S., Rose, K.A., Boynton, W.R., Brady, D., Ciotti, B.J., Diaz, R.J., Friedland, K.D., Hagy, J.D. III , Hart, D.R., Hines, A.H., Houde, E.D., Kolesar, S.E., Nixon, S.W., Rice, J.A., Secor, D.H., Targett, T. E. Nutrient Enrichment and Fisheries Exploitation: Interactive Effects on Estuarine Living Resources and Their Management. Hydrobiologia, Special Issue on Eutrophication. http://www.springerlink.com/content/02q02l4638972r18

Breitburg, D.L., Hondorp, D.W. Hondorp, L.W. Davias, and R.J. Diaz. 2009. Hypoxia, nitrogen and fisheries: Integrating effects across local and global landscapes. Annual Reviews in Marine Science. (invited review) 1: 329-350.

Conley, D. J, H. W. Paerl, R. W. Howarth, D. F. Boesch, S. P. Seitzinger, K. E. Havens, C. Lancelot, & G. E. Likens. 2009. Controlling eutrophication: Nitrogen and phosphorus. Science 323: 1014-1015.

Diaz, R.J. and D.L. Breitburg. 2009. The hypoxic environment. Pp 2-23 in JG. Richards, A.P. Farrell and C.J. Brauner, eds. Hypoxia. Fish Physiology Vol 27. Academic Press. Amsterdam.

Donner, S.D and D. Scavia. 2007 How climate controls the flux of nitrogen by the Mississippi River and the development of hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico.  Limnol. Oceanogr. 52(2): 856-861

Entringer, R., and R. Howarth. 2009. Workshop on Atmospheric Deposition of Nitrogen — Chesapeake Bay Program Science and Technical Advisory Committee. January 8, 2009. STAC Publication 09-001. (http://www.chesapeake.org/stac/Pubs/atmosphericnitrogen.report.pdf)

Hägg, H.E., C. Humborg, D.P. Swaney, and C.-M. Mörth. Riverine nitrogen export in Swedish catchments dominated by atmospheric inputs (submitted). Hydrology and Earth System Sciences.

Hondorp, D.W., D.L. Breitburg and L.W. Davias. Eutrophication and fisheries: separating the effects of nitrogen loads and hypoxia on the pelagic-to-demersal ratio and other measures of landings composition. In review.

Hondorp, D.W., D.L. Breitburg and L.W. Davias. Relationships between nutrients, hypoxia, and composition of fishery landings: a global comparison. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. In review.

Hong, B., D.P. Swaney, and R.W. Howarth. (submitted) A toolbox for calculating net anthropogenic nitrogen inputs (NANI). Environmental Modelling and Software

Howarth, R. W. 2008. Coastal nitrogen pollution: A review of sources and trends globally and regionally. Harmful Algae 8: 14-20.

Howarth, R. W. 2008. Estimating atmospheric deposition in the northeastern United States: Relevance to Narragansett Bay. Pages 43-61 in A. Desbonnet and B. A. Costa-Pierce (eds.), Science for Ecosystem Based Management. Springer, NY.

Howarth, R. W. 2008. How important is atmospheric deposition as a source of nitrogen to coastal marine ecosystems in the northeastern United States? Pages 47-65 in A. Desbonnet and B. A Cost-Pierce (eds.), Science of Ecosystem-Based Management. Springer, NY.

Howarth R. 2009. Nitrogen. Page 57-64 in Gene E. Likens (ed.), Encyclopedia of Inland Waters, Volume 2. Elsevier, Oxford.

Howarth, R. W., G. Billen, F. Chan, D. Conley, S. C. Doney, J. Garnier, and R. Marino. (submitted). Couples biogeochemical cycles: Eutrophication and hypoxia in coastal marine ecosystems. Frontiers in Ecology & Environment.

Howarth, R.W. and S. Bringezu, editors. 2009. Biofuels: Environmental Consequences and Interactions with Changing Land Use. Proceedings of the Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE) International Biofuels Project Rapid Assessment, 22-25 September 2008, Gummersbach, Germany. (http://cip.cornell.edu/biofuels/)

Howarth, R. W. & H. Paerl. 2008. Coastal marine eutrophication: Control of both nitrogen and phosphorus is necessary. Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences 105: E104

Howarth, R.W., D. P. Swaney, G. Billen, J. Garnier, P. Johnes, and C. Humborg (in prep.). NANI and nitrogen export in US and European watersheds.McDonald A., D.P. Swaney, B. Hong, S. Riha, R.W. Howarth, and A.Bento (in prep.). Climatic variations in crop yield and its effects on NANI in the context of ethanol-biofuel demands for corn production.

Howarth, R.W., D.P. Swaney, E.W. Boyer, R.M. Marino, N. Jaworski and C.L. Goodale. The influence of climate on average nitrogen export from large watersheds in the Northeastern United States. Accepted for publication in biogeochemistry.

Liu, Y., G.B. Arhonditsis, C. Stow, D. Scavia. (In review). Comparing Chesapeake Bay Hypoxic-Volume and Dissolved-Oxygen Profile Predictions with A Bayesian Streeter- Phelps Model. Ecol. Modeling

Liu, Y, M.A. Evans, D. Scavia (in review) Gulf of Mexico Hypoxia: Mechanism for Increasing Sensitivity to Nitrogen Loads

Liu, Y. and D. Scavia. (In press). Analysis of the Chesapeake Bay Hypoxia Regime Shift: Insights from Two Simple Mechanistic Models. Estuaries and Coasts DOI 10.1007/s12237-009-9251-z

Marino, R. & R. W. Howarth. 2009. Nitrogen fixation. Pages 65-72 in G. E. Likens (ed.), Encyclopedia of Inland Waters. Elsevier, Oxford.

Mörth, C.-M., C. Humborg, H. Eriksson, Å. Danielsson, M. Rodriguez Medina, S. Löfgren, D.P. Swaney and L. Rahm. 2007. Modelling riverine nutrient transport to the Baltic Sea – A large scale approach. Ambio 36:124-133.

Najjar, R., C. R. Pyke, M. B. Adams, D. Breitburg, C. Hershner, M. Kemp, R. Howarth, M. R. Mulholand, M. Paolisso, D. Secor, K. Sellner, D. Wardrop and R. Wood. 2010. Potential climate-change impacts on the Chesapeake Bay. Estuarine and Coastal Shelf Science, in press.

Nassauer, J.I., M.V. Santelmann, and D.Scavia (Eds). 2007 From the Corn Belt to the Gulf: Assessment of Alternative Agricultural Futures, Resources for the Future, Washington, D.C.

Pyke, C. R., R. G. Najjar, M. B. Adams, D. Breitburg, M. Kemp, C. Hershner, R. Howarth, M. Mulholland, M. Paolisso, D. Secor, K. Sellner, D. Wardrop, and R. Wood. 2008. Climate change and the Chesapeake Bay: State-of-the-science review and recommendations. A report of the Chesapeake Bay Progam Sicence and Technical Advisory Committee (STAC), Annapolis, MD. 59 pages.

Rose, K.A., A.T. Adamack, C. A. Murphy, S.E. Sable, S.E. Kolesar, J.K. Craig, D.L. Breitburg, P. Thomas, M.H. Brouwer, C.F. Cerco. 2009. Does hypoxia have population-level effects on coastal fish? Musings from the virtual world. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 381:S188-S203.

Scavia, D. and K.A. Donnelly 2007.  Reassessing Hypoxia Forecasts for the Gulf of Mexico. Env. Sci. Technol. 41, 8111–8117

Scavia, D. and Y. Liu. 2009. Exploring Estuarine Nutrient Susceptibility.  Environ. Sci. Technol. 43 (10), 3474-3479.

Simpson, T.W., L.A. Martinelli, A.N. Sharpley, R.W. Howarth. 2009. Impact of ethanol production on nutrient cycles and water quality: the United Staes and Brazil as case studies. Pages 153-167 in R.W. Howarth and S. Bringezu (eds) Biofuels: Environmental Consequences and Interactions with Changing Land Use. Proceedings of the Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE) International Biofuels Project Rapid Assessment, 22-25 September 2008, Gummersbach Germany. Cornell University, Ithaca NY, USA. (http://cip.cornell.edu/biofuels/)

Simpson, T. W., A. N. Sharpley, R. W. Howarth, H. W. Paerl & K. R. Mankin. 2008. The new gold rush: Fueling ethanol production while protecting water quality. Journal of Environmental Quality 37: 318-324.

Smith, R.A., G.E. Schwarz, and R.B. Alexander, Cost-efficient interstate management of nitrogen enrichment of rivers, streams, and coastal waters, in preparation

Stow, C.A. and D. Scavia 2008. Modeling Hypoxia in the Chesapeake Bay: Ensemble Estimation Using a Bayesian Hierarchical Model. J. Marine Systems 76: 244–250

Swaney, D.P., D. Scavia, R.W. Howarth, and R.M. Marino. 2008. Estuarine Classification and Response to Nitrogen Loading: Insights from Simple Ecological Models. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 77:253-263.

Townsend, A. & R. W. Howarth. 2009. Human acceleration of the global nitrogen cycle. Scientific American, in press.

Townsend, A. & R. W. Howarth. 2010. Fixing the global nitrogen cycle. Scientific American, February, 2010

Townsend, A. R., L. A. Martinelli, & R. W. Howarth. 2009. The global nitrogen cycle, biodiversity, and human health. Pages 159-178 in O. E. Sala, L. A Meyerson, & C. Parmeson. Biodiversity Change and Human Health. SCOPE #69. Island Press, Washington, DC.

Wieczorek, M. and A.E. LaMotte, Attributes for Modified RF1 Catchments in Select Major River Basins, U.S. Geological Survey Digital Data Series Report, in preparation

Zhou. 2006. A Nutrient-Phytoplankton-Zooplankton Model For Classifying Estuaries Based on Susceptibility to Nitrogen Loads. School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.