Publications

 

59. Waldrop, M.P., J.W. Harden, M.R. Turetsky, D.G. Petersen, A.D. McGuire, M.J.I. Briones, A.C. Churchill, D.H. Doctor, L.E. Pruett. 2012. Bacterial and enchytraeid abundance accelerates soil carbon turnover along a lowland vegetation gradient in interior Alaska. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, in review

58. Rober, A.R., K.H. Wyatt, M.R. Turetsky. Algal community response to experimental and interannual variation in hydrology in an Alaskan boreal fen. Journal of the North American Benthological Society, in review

57. Yu, Z., J. Loisel, M.R. Turetsky, S. Cai, Y. Zhao, S. Frolking, G. MacDonald, J.L. Bubier. Evidence for elevated emissions from high-latitude wetlands causing high atmospheric CH4 concentration in the early Holocene. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, in review

56. Wyatt, K.H., M.R. Turetsky, A.R. Rober, D. Giroldo, E.S. Kane, R.J. Stevenson. 2012. Contributions of algae to GPP and DOC production in an Alaskan fen: effects of historical water table manipulations on ecosystem responses to a natural flood. Oecologia, DOI 10.1007/s00442-011-2233-4 (PDF)

55. Petersen, D.G., S. Blasewicz, M. Firestone, D.J. Herman, M.R. Turetsky, M. Waldrop. 2012. Abundance of microbial genes associated with nitrogen cycling as indices of biogeochemical process rates across a vegetion gradient in Alaska. Environmental Microbiology doi:10.1111/j.1462-2920.2011.02679.x (PDF)

54. Kasischke, E.S., E.S. Kane, M.R. Turetsky. 2012. Effects of trees on the burning of organic layers on permafrost terrain. Forest Ecology and Management 267:127-133 (PDF)

53. Waddington, J.M., D.K. Thompson, M. Wotton, W.L. Quinton, M.D. Flannigan, B.W. Benscoter, S.A. Baisley, M.R. Turetsky. 2012. Examining the utility of the Canadian Forest Fire Weather System in Canadian boreal peatlands. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 42: 47-58 (PDF)

52. Turetsky, M.R., W. Donahue, B.W. Benscoter. 2011. Experimental drying intensifies burning and carbon losses in a northern peatland. Nature Communications (PDF)

51. Johnson, K.D., Harden, J., McGuire, A.D., Bliss, N.B., Bockheim, J.G., Clark, M., Nettleton-Hollingsworth, T., Jorgenson, M.T., Kane, E.S., Mack, M., O'Donnell, J., Ping, C., Schuur, E.A.G., Turetsky, M.R., Valentine, D.W.. 2011. Soil carbon distribution in Alaskan in relation to soil-forming factors. Geoderma 167/168: 71-84 (PDF)

50. Kim, D.-G., R. Vargas, B. Bond-Lamberty, M.R. Turetsky. 2011. Effects of soil rewetting and thawing on soil gas fluxes: a review of current literature and suggestions for future research. Biogeosciences Discussion 8: 9847-9899 (PDF)

49. Turetsky, M., E.S. Kane, J.W. Harden, R.D. Ottmar, K.L. Manies, E. Hoy, E.S. Kasischke. 2011. Recent acceleration of biomass burning and carbon losses in Alaskan forests and peatlands. Nature Geoscience 4: 27-31 (PDF)

48. Benscoter, B., D. Thompson, J.M. Waddington, M. Wotton, M. Flannigan, W. de Groot, M.R. Turetsky. 2011. Interactive effects of vegetation, soil moisture, and bulk density on depth of burning of thick organic soils. International Journal of Wildland Fire 20: 418-429 (PDF)

47. Grosse, G., J.W. Harden, M.R. Turetsky, A.D. McGuire, P. Camill, C. Tarnocai, S. Frolking, E.A.G. Schuur, T. Jorgenson. 2011. Vulnerability of high latitude soil organic carbon in North America to disturbance. Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences, 116, G00K06 (PDF)

46. French, N. W.J. de Groot, L.K. Jenkins, B.M. Rogers, E. Alvarado, B. Amiro, B. de Jong, S. Goetz, E. Hoy, E. Hyer, R. Keane, B.E. Law, D. McKenzie, S.G. McNulty, R. Ottmar, D.R. Perez-Salicrup, J. Randerson, K.M. Robertson, M. Turetsky. 2011. Model comparisons for estimating carbon emissions from North American wildland fire. Journal of Geophysical Research 116: G00K05 (PDF)

45. Morris, P.J., J.M. Waddington, B.W. Benscoter, M.R. Turetsky. 2011. Conceptual frameworks in peatland ecohydrology: looking beyond the two-layered (acrotelm-catotelm) model. Ecohydrology 4: 1-11

44. Yi, S., A.D. McGuire, E.K. Kasischke, J. Harden, K. Manies, M. Mack, M.R. Turetsky. 2010. A dynamic organic soil biogeochemical model for simulating the effects of wildfire on soil environmental conditions and carbon dynamics of black spruce forests. Journal of Geophysical Research 115: G04015. (PDF)

43. Kane, E.S., M.R. Turetsky, J.W. Harden, A.D. McGuire, J.M. Waddington. 2010. Seasonal ice and hydrologic controls on dissolved organic carbon and nitrogen concentrations in a boreal rich fen.  Journal of Geophysical Research- Biogeosciences. 115: G04012 (PDF)

42. Yeh, S., S.M. Jordaan, A. Brandt, M.R. Turetsky, S. Spatari, D. Keith. 2010. Land-use greenhouse gas emissions from conventional and unconventional oil production. Environmental Science and Technology. (PDF)

41. Wyatt, K.H., R.J. Stevenson, M.R. Turetsky. 2010. Benthic algal community and productivity response to nutrient enrichment in a boreal marsh in interior Alaska. Freshwater Biology 55:1845-1860 (PDF)

40. Kane, E.S., W.C. Hockaday, M.R. Turetsky, C.A. Masiello, D.W. Valentine, B.P. Finney, J.Baldock. 2010. Topographic controls on black carbon accumulation in Alaskan black spruce forest soils: implications for organic matter dynamics. Biogeochemistry (PDF)

39. Barrett, K., E.S. Kasischke, A.D. McGuire, M.R. Turetsky, E.S. Kane. 2010. Modeling fire severity in black spruce stands in the Alaskan boreal forest using spectral and non-spectral geospatial data. Remote Sensing of Environment 114: 1494-1503 (PDF)

38. Chapin, F. S., III, A.D. McGuire, R.W. Ruess, T.N. Hollingsworth, M.C. Mack, J.F. Johnstone, E.S. Kasischke, E.S. Euskirchen, J.B. Jones, M.T. Jorgenson, K. Kielland, G.P. Kofinas, M.R. Turetsky, J. Yarie, A.H. Lloyd, D.L. Taylor. 2010 Resilience of Alaska’s Boreal forest to climate change. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 40: 1360–1370 (PDF)

37. Turetsky, M.R. M.C. Mack, T. Hollingsworth, J.W. Harden. 2010. Patterns in moss productivity, decomposition, and succession: Implications for the resilience of Alaskan ecosystems. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 40: 1237-1264 (PDF)

36. Kasischke, E.S., D. L.Verbyla, T.S. Rupp, A.D. McGuire, K.A. Murphy, R. Jandt, J.L. Allen, E.E. Hoy, P.A. Duffy, M. Calef, M.R. Turetsky. 2010. Alaska’s Changing Fire Regime: Implications for the Vulnerability of its Boreal Forests. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 40: 1313-1324 (PDF)

35. Johnstone, J.F., F.S. Chapin, III, T.N. Hollingsworth, M.C. Mack, V. Romanovsky, M.R. Turetsky. 2010. Fire, climate change and forest resilience in interior Alaska. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 40: 1302-1312 (PDF)

34. Chivers, M.R., M.R. Turetsky, M. Waddington, J.W. Harden, A.D. McGuire. 2009. Effects of experimental water table and temperature manipulations on ecosystem CO2 fluxes in an Alaskan boreal peatland. Ecosystems 12:1329-1342 (PDF)

33. Wieder, R.K., M.R. Turetsky, M.A. Vile. 2009. Peat as an Archive of Atmospheric, Climatic and Environmental Conditions. Chapter 1.4 In E. Maltby (Editor), The Wetlands Handbook, Blackwell Scientific Publishers

32. Kasischke, E.S., L.L. Bourgeau-Chavez, A.R. Rober, K.H. Wyatt, J.M. Waddington, M.R. Turetsky, 2009. Effects of soil moisture and water depth on ERS SAR backscatter measurements from an Alaskan wetland complex. Remote Sensing of the Environment 113: 1868-1873 (PDF)

31. Shetler, G., M.R. Turetsky, E. Kane, E.S. Kasischke. 2008.  Sphagnum mosses limit total carbon consumption during fire in Alaskan black spruce forests. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 38: 2328-2336 (PDF)

30. Turetsky, M.R., S.E. Crow, R.J. Evans, D.H. Vitt, R.K. Wieder. 2008. Tradeoffs in resource allocation among moss species control decomposition in boreal peatlands. Journal of Ecology 96: 1297-1305 (PDF)

29. Turetsky, M.R., C.C. Treat, M. Waldrop, J.M. Waddington, J.W. Harden, A.D. McGuire. 2008. Short-term response of methane fluxes and methanogen activity to water table and soil warming manipulations in an Alaskan peatland. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences, 113, doi: 10.1029/2007JG00496 (PDF)

28. Flannigan, M., B. Stocks, M.R. Turetsky, M. Wotton. 2008. Impacts of climate change on fire activity and fire management in the circumboreal forest. Global Change Biology (invited review), 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2008.01660 (PDF)

27. O’Donnell, J., M.R. Turetsky, J.W. Harden, K. Manies, L. Pruett, G. Shetler, J. Neff. 2008. Interactive effects of fire, soil climate, and moss on CO2 fluxes in black spruce ecosystems of interior Alaska. Ecosystems, DOI10.1007/s10021-008-9206-4 (PDF)

26. Hoy, E.E., N.H.F. French, M.R. Turetsky, S.N. Trigg, E.S. Kasischke. 2008. Evaluating the potential of the normalized burn ratio and other spectral indices for assessment of fire severity in Alaskan black spruce forests. International Journal of Wildland Fire, 17: 500-514 (PDF)

25. Kasischke, E.S., M.R. Turetsky, R.D. Ottmar, N.H.F. French, E.E. Hoy, E.S. Kane. 2008. Evaluation of the composite burn index for assessing fire severity in Alaskan black spruce forests. International Journal of Wildland Fire, 17: 515–526 (PDF)

24. Strack M., J.M. Waddington, M.R. Turetsky, N.T. Roulet, K.A. Byrne. 2008. Northern peatlands, greenhouse gas exchange and climate change. pp. 44-69 In Strack M. (Editor), Peatlands and Climate Change, International Peat Society and Saarijärven Offset Oy, Saarijärvi, Finland.

23. Kane, E.S., E.S. Kasischke, D.W. Valentine, M.R. Turetsky, A.D. McGuire. 2007. Topographic influences on wildfire consumption of soil organic carbon in black spruce forests of interior Alaska: implications for black carbon accumulation. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences 112: GO3017 (PDF)

22. Turetsky, M.R., R.K. Wieder, D.H. Vitt, K. Scott. 2007. The disappearance of relict permafrost in boreal regions: effects on peatland carbon storage and fluxes. Global Change Biology 13: 1-13 (PDF)

21. Yavitt, J. B., N. Basiliko, M. R. Turetsky, A. G. Hay. 2006. Methanogenesis and methanogen diversity in peatlands of the discontinuous permafrost zone of boreal western continental Canada.  Geomicrobiology Journal 23: 641-651 (PDF)

20. Harden, J., M.R. Turetsky, K. Manies, J. Neff. 2006. Spatial variations in the effects of wildfire and permafrost on soils near Delta Junction, AK, Global Change Biology 12: 2391–2403 (PDF)

19. Turetsky, M.R., J.W. Harden, H. Friedli, M. Flannigan., N. Payne, J. Crock, L. Radke. 2006. Wildfires threaten mercury stocks in northern soils. Geophysical Research Letters 33, 10.1029/2005GL025595 (PDF)

18. Kasischke, E., M.R. Turetsky. 2006. Recent changes in the fire regime of boreal North America. Geophysical Research Letters 33, 10.1029/2006GL025677 (PDF)

17. Turetsky, M.R., V. St. Louis. 2006. Disturbance in boreal peatlands. pp 359-379 In R.K. Wieder and D.H. Vitt (Editors). Boreal Peatlands Ecosystems. Springer-Verlag Ecological Studies Series (PDF

16. Turetsky, M.R., S. Ripley. 2005. Decomposition in the boreal extreme-rich fens of Alberta. Soil Science Society of America Journal 69: 1856-1860 (PDF)

15. Turetsky, M.R., M. Mack, J. Harden, K. Manies. 2005. Terrestrial carbon storage in boreal ecosystems: causes and consequences of spatial heterogeneity. In G. Lovett, C. Jones, M. Turner, K. Weathers (Editors). Ecosystem function in heterogeneous landscapes. Springer Science

14. Harden, J.H., J.C. Neff, D.V. Sandberg, M.R. Turetsky, R. Ottmar, G. Gleixner, T.L. Fries, K.L. Manies. 2004. The chemistry of burning the forest floor during the FROSTFIRE experimental burn, interior Alaska. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 18, GB3014 (PDF)

13. Turetsky, M.R., B. Amiro, J. Bhatti. 2004. Peatland burning and its relationship to fire weather in western Canada. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 18, GB4014 (PDF)

12. Turetsky, M.R. 2004.  Decomposition and organic matter quality in continental peatlands: the ghost of permafrost past. Ecosystems 7:740-750 (PDF)

11. Turetsky, M.R., S. Manning, R.K. Wieder. 2004. Dating recent peat deposits. Wetlands 24: 324–356 (PDF)

10. Vitt, D.H., L.A. Halsey, R.K. Wieder, M.R. Turetsky. 2003. Response of Sphagnum fuscum to nitrogen deposition: a case study of ombrogenous peatlands in western Canada. The Bryologist 106: 235-245 (PDF)

9. Robinson, S.D., M.R. Turetsky, I.M. Kettles, R.K. Wieder, 2003.  Permafrost and peatland carbon sink capacity with increasing latitude.  Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Permafrost, Zurich, Switzerland, Balkema Publishers, Vol. 2, p. 965-970

8. Turetsky, M.R. 2003. Bryophytes in carbon and nitrogen cycling. New Frontiers in Bryology and Lichenology (invited review). The Bryologist 106: 395-409 (PDF)

7.  Bhatti, J.S., G.C. van Kooten, L.D. Laird, I.D. Campbell, M.R. Turetsky, Z.Yu, E.Banfield, M.J. Apps. 2003. Carbon balance and climate change in Boreal forests.  In V. Adamowicz, P. Burton, C. Messier, and D. Smith (Editors). Towards sustainable management of the boreal forest.  National Research Council Research Press (PDF)

6.  Turetsky, M.R., R.K. Wieder, L.A. Halsey, D.H. Vitt. 2002. Current disturbance and the diminishing peatland carbon sink. Geophysical Research Letters 29: 10.1029/2001GL014000 (PDF)

5.  Turetsky, M.R., R.K. Wieder, and D.H. Vitt. 2002. Boreal peatland C fluxes under varying permafrost regimes. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 34: 907-912 (PDF)

4.  Yu, Z., M.R. Turetsky, I.D. Campbell, and D.H. Vitt. 2001. Modelling long-term peatland dynamics. Processes and rates as inferred from litter and peat-core data. Ecological Modelling 145: 159-173 (PDF)

3.  Turetsky, M.R., R.K. Wieder. 2001. A direct, field approach to quantifying organic matter lost as a result of peatland wildfire.  Canadian Journal of Forest Research 31: 363-366 (PDF)

2.  Turetsky, M.R., R.K. Wieder, C. Williams, J. Jendro, D.H. Vitt. 2000. Organic matter accumulation, peat chemistry, and permafrost melting in peatlands of boreal Alberta, Ecoscience 7: 379-392 (PDF)

1.  Turetsky, M.R., R.K. Wieder. 1999. Refixation in a boreal bog: Quantifying Sphagnum photosynthetic fixation of soil-produced or respired 14CO2. Ecoscience 6: 587-591 (PDF)