Publications

2025

Berg, P., Hebert, R. M., McKenzie, M. A., Groff, L. D., Wiman, C., Garneau, P., Gould, J., Kuzminski, S., McGlathery, K. J., Muñoz, S., Hughes, A. R., Stubbins, A., & Miller, L. E. (n.d.). Century-scale resilience of stored seagrass blue carbon. Limnology and Oceanography Letters, n/a(n/a). https://doi.org/10.1002/lol2.70056

Krause, J. R., Cameron, C., Arias-Ortiz, A., Cifuentes-Jara, M., Crooks, S., Dahl, M., Friess, D. A., Kennedy, H., Lim, K. E., Lovelock, C. E., Marbà, N., McGlathery, K. J., Oreska, M. P. J., Pidgeon, E., Serrano, O., Vanderklift, M. A., Wong, L.-W., Yaakub, S. M., & Fourqurean, J. W. (2025). Global seagrass carbon stock variability and emissions from seagrass loss. Nature Communications, 16(1), 3798. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-59204-4

Ward, M., Dibble, C., Millington-Drake, M., Lynch, J., McGlathery, K., Lilley, R. J., Strong, A. L., & Wedding, L. M. (2025). Management approach matters: Meeting seagrass recovery and carbon mitigation goals. Npj Ocean Sustainability, 4(1), 18. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44183-025-00111-y

2024

Berger, A. C., Berg, P., McGlathery, K. J., Aoki, L. R., & Kerns, K. (2024). Eelgrass meadow response to heat stress. II. Impacts of ocean warming and marine heatwaves measured by novel metrics. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 736, 47–62. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps14588

Brahmey, E. I., McGlathery, K. J., & Doney, S. C. (2024). Quantifying seasonal to multi-decadal signals in coastal water quality using high- and low-frequency time series data. Cambridge Prisms: Coastal Futures, 2, e8. https://doi.org/10.1017/cft.2024.6

Carruthers, T. J. B., Jones, S. B., Terrell, M. K., Scheibly, J. F., Player, B. J., Black, V. A., Ehrenwerth, J. R., Biber, P. D., Connolly, R. M., Crooks, S., Curole, J. P., Darnell, K. M., Dausman, A. M., DeJong, A. L., Doyle, S. M., Esposito, C. R., Friess, D. A., Fourqurean, J. W., Georgiou, I. Y., … Waycott, M. (2024). Identifying and filling critical knowledge gaps can optimize financial viability of blue carbon projects in tidal wetlands. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2024.1421850

Epstein, H., Burtner, M., Ghaly, A., Halvorson-Taylor, M. A., Jenkins, W., Johnson, K., McGlathery, K., & Schaeffer, K. R. (2024). Multidisciplinary Reflections on an Active Layer/Permafrost Core in Boreal Alaska. ARCTIC, 77(3), 297–306. https://doi.org/10.14430/arctic81036

Gross, C. P., Duffy, J. E., Hovel, K. A., Reynolds, P. L., Boström, C., Boyer, K. E., Cusson, M., Eklöf, J., Engelen, A. H., Eriksson, B. K., Fodrie, F. J., Griffin, J. N., Hereu, C. M., Hori, M., Hughes, A. R., Ivanov, M. V., Jorgensen, P., Kardish, M. R., Kruschel, C., … Stachowicz, J. J. (2024). A Latitudinal Cline in the Taxonomic Structure of Eelgrass Epifaunal Communities is Associated With Plant Genetic Diversity. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 33(12), e13918. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13918

Smith, A. J., McGlathery, K., Chen, Y., Ewers Lewis, C. J., Doney, S. C., Gedan, K., LaRoche, C. K., Berg, P., Pace, M. L., Zinnert, J. C., & Kirwan, M. L. (2024). Compensatory Mechanisms Absorb Regional Carbon Losses Within a Rapidly Shifting Coastal Mosaic. Ecosystems, 27(1), 122–136. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-023-00877-7

Tassone, S. J., Ewers Lewis, C. J., McGlathery, K. J., & Pace, M. L. (2024). Seagrass ecosystem recovery: Experimental removal and synthesis of disturbance studies. Limnology and Oceanography, 69(7), 1593–1605. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.12608

2023

Ewers Lewis, C. J., & McGlathery, K. J. (2023). A novel subsurface sediment plate method for quantifying sediment accumulation and erosion in seagrass meadows. Frontiers in Marine Science, 10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1232619

Hardison, S. B., McGlathery, K. J., & Castorani, M. C. N. (2023). Effects of seagrass restoration on coastal fish abundance and diversity. Conservation Biology, 37(6), e14147. https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.14147

Marino, R., Hayn, M., Howarth, R. W., Giblin, A. E., McGlathery, K. J., & Berg, P. (2023). Nitrogen fixation associated with epiphytes on the seagrass Zostera marina in a temperate lagoon with moderate to high nitrogen loads. Biogeochemistry, 166(3), 211–226. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-023-01083-2

2022

Gross, C. P., Duffy, J. E., Hovel, K. A., Kardish, M. R., Reynolds, P. L., Boström, C., Boyer, K. E., Cusson, M., Eklöf, J., Engelen, A. H., Eriksson, B. K., Fodrie, F. J., Griffin, J. N., Hereu, C. M., Hori, M., Hughes, A. R., Ivanov, M. V., Jorgensen, P., Kruschel, C., … Stachowicz, J. J. (2022). The biogeography of community assembly: Latitude and predation drive variation in community trait distribution in a guild of epifaunal crustaceans. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 289(1969), 20211762. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.1762

Reed, D. C., Schmitt, R. J., Burd, A. B., Burkepile, D. E., Kominoski, J. S., McGlathery, K. J., Miller, R. J., Morris, J. T., & Zinnert, J. C. (2022). Responses of Coastal Ecosystems to Climate Change: Insights from Long-Term Ecological Research. BioScience, 72(9), 871–888. https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biac006

Zhu, Q., Wiberg, P. L., & McGlathery, K. J. (2022). Seasonal growth and senescence of seagrass alters sediment accumulation rates and carbon burial in a coastal lagoon. Limnology and Oceanography, 67(9), 1931–1942. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.12178

2021

Allen, T., Behr, J., Bukvic, A., Calder, R. S. D., Caruson, K., Connor, C., D’Elia, C., Dismukes, D., Ersing, R., Franklin, R., Goldstein, J., Goodall, J., Hemmerling, S., Irish, J., Lazarus, S., Loftis, D., Luther, M., McCallister, L., McGlathery, K., … Zinnert, J. C. (2021). Anticipating and Adapting to the Future Impacts of Climate Change on the Health, Security and Welfare of Low Elevation Coastal Zone (LECZ) Communities in Southeastern USA. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 9(11), 1196. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse9111196

Aoki, L. R., McGlathery, K. J., Wiberg, P. L., Oreska, M. P. J., Berger, A. C., Berg, P., & Orth, R. J. (2021). Seagrass Recovery Following Marine Heat Wave Influences Sediment Carbon Stocks. Frontiers in Marine Science, 7. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.576784

Besterman, A. F., McGlathery, K. J., Reidenbach, M. A., Wiberg, P. L., & Pace, M. L. (2021). Predicting benthic macroalgal abundance in shallow coastal lagoons from geomorphology and hydrologic flow patterns. Limnology and Oceanography, 66(1), 123–140. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.11592

Oreska, M. P. J., McGlathery, K. J., Wiberg, P. L., Orth, R. J., & Wilcox, D. J. (2021). Defining the Zostera marina (Eelgrass) Niche from Long-Term Success of Restored and Naturally Colonized Meadows: Implications for Seagrass Restoration. Estuaries and Coasts, 44(2), 396–411. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-020-00881-3

2020

Aoki, L. R., McGlathery, K. J., & Oreska, M. P. J. (2020). Seagrass restoration reestablishes the coastal nitrogen filter through enhanced burial. Limnology and Oceanography, 65(1), 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.11241

Aoki, L. R., McGlathery, K. J., Wiberg, P. L., & Al-Haj, A. (2020). Depth Affects Seagrass Restoration Success and Resilience to Marine Heat Wave Disturbance. Estuaries and Coasts, 43(2), 316–328. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-019-00685-0

Berger, A. C., Berg, P., McGlathery, K. J., & Delgard, M. L. (2020). Long-term trends and resilience of seagrass metabolism: A decadal aquatic eddy covariance study. Limnology and Oceanography, 65(7), 1423–1438. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.11397

Digiantonio, G., Blum, L., McGlathery, K., van Dijk, K., & Waycott, M. (2020). Genetic mosaicism and population connectivity of edge-of-range Halodule wrightii populations. Aquatic Botany, 161, 103161. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquabot.2019.103161

Oreska, M. P. J., McGlathery, K. J., Aoki, L. R., Berger, A. C., Berg, P., & Mullins, L. (2020). The greenhouse gas offset potential from seagrass restoration. Scientific Reports, 10(1), 7325. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-64094-1

2019

Aoki, L. R., & McGlathery, K. J. (2019). High rates of N fixation in seagrass sediments measured via a direct 30N2 push-pull method. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 616, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps12961

Berg, P., Delgard, M. L., Polsenaere, P., McGlathery, K. J., Doney, S. C., & Berger, A. C. (2019). Dynamics of benthic metabolism, O2, and pCO2 in a temperate seagrass meadow. Limnology and Oceanography, 64(6), 2586–2604. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.11236

Macreadie, P. I., Anton, A., Raven, J. A., Beaumont, N., Connolly, R. M., Friess, D. A., Kelleway, J. J., Kennedy, H., Kuwae, T., Lavery, P. S., Lovelock, C. E., Smale, D. A., Apostolaki, E. T., Atwood, T. B., Baldock, J., Bianchi, T. S., Chmura, G. L., Eyre, B. D., Fourqurean, J. W., … Duarte, C. M. (2019). The future of Blue Carbon science. Nature Communications, 10(1), 3998. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11693-w


Saderne, V., Geraldi, N. R., Macreadie, P. I., Maher, D. T., Middelburg, J. J., Serrano, O., Almahasheer, H., Arias-Ortiz, A., Cusack, M., Eyre, B. D., Fourqurean, J. W., Kennedy, H., Krause-Jensen, D., Kuwae, T., Lavery, P. S., Lovelock, C. E., Marba, N., Masqué, P., Mateo, M. A., … Duarte, C. M. (2019). Role of carbonate burial in Blue Carbon budgets. Nature Communications, 10(1), 1106. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-08842-6

2018

Aoki, L. R., & McGlathery, K. J. (2018). Restoration enhances denitrification and DNRA in subsurface sediments of Zostera marina seagrass meadows. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 602, 87–102. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps12678

Carr, J., Mariotti, G., Fahgerazzi, S., McGlathery, K., & Wiberg, P. (2018). Exploring the Impacts of Seagrass on Coupled Marsh-Tidal Flat Morphodynamics. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 6. https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2018.00092

Lunstrum, A., McGlathery, K., & Smyth, A. (2018). Oyster (Crassostrea virginica) Aquaculture Shifts Sediment Nitrogen Processes toward Mineralization over Denitrification. Estuaries and Coasts, 41(4), 1130–1146. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-017-0327-x

Needelman, B. A., Emmer, I. M., Emmett-Mattox, S., Crooks, S., Megonigal, J. P., Myers, D., Oreska, M. P. J., & McGlathery, K. (2018). The Science and Policy of the Verified Carbon Standard Methodology for Tidal Wetland and Seagrass Restoration. Estuaries and Coasts, 41(8), 2159–2171. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-018-0429-0

Oreska, M. P. J., McGlathery, K. J., Emmer, I. M., Needelman, B. A., Emmett-Mattox, S., Crooks, S., Megonigal, J. P., & Myers, D. (2018). Comment on Geoengineering with seagrasses: Is credit due where credit is given? Environmental Research Letters, 13(3), 038001. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aaae72

Oreska, M. P. J., McGlathery, K. J., Orth, R. J., & Wilcox, D. J. (2018). Seagrass Mapping: A Survey of the Recent Seagrass Distribution Literature. In A Blue Carbon Primer. CRC Press. Link

Oreska, M. P. J., Wilkinson, G. M., McGlathery, K. J., Bost, M., & McKee, B. A. (2018). Non-seagrass carbon contributions to seagrass sediment blue carbon. Limnology and Oceanography, 63(S1), S3–S18. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.10718

Reynolds, P. L., Stachowicz, J. J., Hovel, K., Boström, C., Boyer, K., Cusson, M., Eklöf, J. S., Engel, F. G., Engelen, A. H., Eriksson, B. K., Fodrie, F. J., Griffin, J. N., Hereu, C. M., Hori, M., Hanley, T. C., Ivanov, M., Jorgensen, P., Kruschel, C., Lee, K.-S., … Duffy, J. E. (2018). Latitude, temperature, and habitat complexity predict predation pressure in eelgrass beds across the Northern Hemisphere. Ecology, 99(1), 29–35. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.2064

2017

Aoki, L. R., & McGlathery, K. J. (2017). Push-pull incubation method reveals the importance of denitrification and dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium in seagrass root zone. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods, 15(9), 766–781. https://doi.org/10.1002/lom3.10197

Hernández-López, J., Camacho-Ibar, V. F., Macías-Tapia, A., McGlathery, K. J., Daesslé, L. W., Sandoval-Gil, J. M., Hernández-López, J., Camacho-Ibar, V. F., Macías-Tapia, A., McGlathery, K. J., Daesslé, L. W., & Sandoval-Gil, J. M. (2017). Benthic nitrogen fixation in Zostera marina meadows in an upwelling-influenced coastal lagoon. Ciencias Marinas, 43(1), 35–53. https://doi.org/10.7773/cm.v43i1.2700

Oreska, M. P. J., McGlathery, K. J., Emmer, I. M., Needelman, B. A., Emmett-Mattox, S., Crooks, S., Megonigal, J. P., & Myers, D. (2018). Comment on Geoengineering with seagrasses: Is credit due where credit is given? Environmental Research Letters, 13(3), 038001. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aaae72

Oreska, M. P. J., McGlathery, K. J., & Porter, J. H. (2017). Seagrass blue carbon spatial patterns at the meadow-scale. PLOS ONE, 12(4), e0176630. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0176630

Oreska, M. P. J., Truitt, B., Orth, R. J., & Luckenbach, M. W. (2017). The bay scallop (Argopecten irradians) industry collapse in Virginia and its implications for the successful management of scallop-seagrass habitats. Marine Policy, 75, 116–124. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2016.10.021

2016

Long, M. H., Berg, P., McGlathery, K. J., & Zieman, J. C. (2015). Sub-tropical seagrass ecosystem metabolism measured by eddy covariance. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 529, 75–90. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps11314

McLoughlin, S. M., Wiberg, P. L., Safak, I., & McGlathery, K. J. (2015). Rates and Forcing of Marsh Edge Erosion in a Shallow Coastal Bay. Estuaries and Coasts, 38(2), 620–638. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-014-9841-2

Reynolds, L. K., Marino, R., Muth, M. F., McLenaghan, N., Hayn, M., Tyler, A. C., McGlathery, K. J., & Howarth, R. W. (2015). Evidence of grazer control on nitrogen fixation by eelgrass epiphytes in a temperate coastal bay. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 526, 11–19. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps11234

2015

 Long, M. H., Berg, P., McGlathery, K. J., & Zieman, J. C. (2015). Sub-tropical seagrass ecosystem metabolism measured by eddy covariance. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 529, 75–90. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps11314

McLoughlin, S. M., Wiberg, P. L., Safak, I., & McGlathery, K. J. (2015). Rates and Forcing of Marsh Edge Erosion in a Shallow Coastal Bay. Estuaries and Coasts, 38(2), 620–638. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-014-9841-2

Reynolds, L. K., Marino, R., Muth, M. F., McLenaghan, N., Hayn, M., Tyler, A. C., McGlathery, K. J., & Howarth, R. W. (2015). Evidence of grazer control on nitrogen fixation by eelgrass epiphytes in a temperate coastal bay. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 526, 11–19. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps11234

2014
   
Rheuban, J. E., Berg, P., & McGlathery, K. J. (2014). Multiple timescale processes drive ecosystem metabolism in eelgrass (Zostera marina) meadows. Mar Ecol Prog Ser.507, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps10843
 
Rheuban, J. E., Berg, P., & McGlathery, K. J. (2014). Ecosystem metabolism along a colonization gradient of eelgrass (Zostera marina) measured by eddy correlation. LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY59(4), 1376–1387. https://doi.org/10.4319/lo.2014.59.4.1376

McLoughlin, S. M., P. L. Wiberg, I. Safak, and K. J. McGlathery. 2014. Rates and forcing of marsh-edge erosion in a shallow coastal bay: Virginia. Estuaries and Coasts doi: 10.1007/s12237-014-9841-2.

Gonzalez, D., R. Gonzalez, B. Froelich, J. Oliver, R. Noble, and K. McGlathery.  2014. Association of Gracilaria vermiculophylla, a non-native, mat forming macroalga, with increased concentrations of Vibrio bacteria in sediment, water, and oysters on intertidal mudflats.  Marine Ecology Progress Series 505: 29-36.

Mozdzer, T. J., K. J. McGlathery, J. C. Zieman, and A. Mills.  2014. Latitudinal variation in the availability and use of dissolved organic nitrogen in Atlantic coast salt marshes. Ecology 95: 3293-3303.

2013

 * Reynolds, L. K., M. Waycott, and K. J. McGlathery. 2013. Restoration recovers population structure and landscape genetic connectivity in a dispersal-limited ecosystem.  Journal of Ecology 101: 1288-1297, doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.12116.
 
* Gonzalez, D. J., A. R. Smyth, M. F. Piehler, and K. J. McGlathery. 2013. Mats of the non-native macroalga, Gracilaria vermiculophylla, alter net denitrification rates and nutrient fluxes on intertidal mats.  Limnology and Oceanography 58: 2101–2108.
 
Hayn, M., R. W. Howarth, R. Marino, N. Ganju, P. Berg, K. H. Foreman, A. E. Giblin, K. J. McGlathery. 2013. Exchange of nitrogen and phosphorus between a shallow seagrass-dominated lagoon and coastal waters.  Estuaries and Coasts doi: 10.1007/s12237-013-9699-8.
 
Alber, M., D. Reed, and K. McGlathery. 2013. Coastal long-term ecological research: Introduction to the special issue. Oceanography 26(3): 14–17, http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2013.40.
 
Berg, P., M. H. Long, M. Huettel, J. E. Rehuban, K. J. McGlathery, R. W. Howarth, K. H. Foreman, A. E. Giblin, R. Marino. 2013. Eddy correlation measurements of oxygen fluxes in permeable sediments exposed to varying current flow and light.  Limnology and Oceanography 58(4): 1329–1343, doi:10.4319/lo.2013.58.4.1329.
 
Howarth, R. W., M. Hayn, R. M. Marino, N. Ganju, K. H. Foreman, P. Berg, A. E. Giblin, K. J. McGlathery, J.D. Walker. 2013.  Metabolism of a nitrogen-enriched coastal marine lagoon during summertime.  Biogeochemistry doi: 10.1077/s10533-013-9901-x.
 
* Greiner, J. T., K. J. McGlathery, J. Gunnell, and B. A. McKee. 2013. Seagrass restoration enhances “blue carbon” sequestration in coastal waters.  PLoS ONE 8(8): e72469. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0072469

McGlathery, K. J., P. D’Odorico, S. Fagherazzi, M. Pace and M. Reidenbach.  2013. Nonlinear dynamics and alternate stable states in shallow coastal systems.  Oceanography 26(3): 220–231, http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2013.66.

Fagherazzi, S., G. Mariotti, W. L. Wiberg and K. J. McGlathery. 2013. Marsh collapse does not require sea-level rise.  Oceanography 26(3): 70–77, http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2013.47.
 
Fagherazzi, S., D. M. Fitzgerald, R. W. Fulweiler, P. L. Wiberg, K. J. McGlathery, J. T. Morris, T. J. Tolhurst, L. A. Deegan, and D. S. Johnson.  2013.  Ecogeomorphology of Salt Marshes, Treatise on Geomorphology, Volume 12 Ecogeomorphology. Editors: Butler D., Hupp C., Executive Editor: Shroder J.  Elsevier
 
Fagherazzi, S., D. M. Fitzgerald, R. W. Fulweiler, P. L. Wiberg, K. J. McGlathery, J. T. Morris, T. J. Tolhurst, L. A. Deegan, and D. S. Johnson.  2013.  Ecogeomorphology of Tidal Flats, Treatise on Geomorphology, Volume 12 Ecogeomorphology. Editors: Butler D., Hupp C., Executive Editor: Shroder J.  Elsevier
 
* Holzer, K. H., D. A. Seekal, and K. J. McGlathery.  2013.  Bucktooth parrotfish Sparisoma radians grazing on Thalassia in Bermuda varies seasonally and with background nitrogen content  Journal of Marine Biology and Ecology doi: 10.1016/j.jembe.2013.02.031.
 
* Gulbransen, D.J., K. J. McGlathery.  2013.  Nitrogen transfers mediated by a perennial, non-native macroalga: A 15N tracer study.  Marine Ecology Progress Series doi: 10.3354/meps10289.

2012

* Reynolds, L.K., K.J. McGlathery, and M. Waycott.  2012.  Genetic diversity enhances restoration success by augmenting ecosystem services.  PLoS ONE 7(6): e38397. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0038397.
 
* Gulbransen, D. J., K. J. McGlathery, M. Marklund, J. N. Norris, and C. F. D. Gurgel.  2012.  Gracilaria vermiculophylla (Rhodophyta, Gracilariales) in the Virginia (VA) coastal bays, USA: Cox1 analysis reveals the genetic richness and diversity of an invasive macroalga.  Journal of Phycology.  doi: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2012.01218.x.
 
Fourqurean, J. W., C. M. Duarte, H. Kennedy, N. Marba, M. Holmer, M. A. Mateo, E. T. Apostolaki, G. A. Kendrick, D. Krause-Jensen, K. J. McGlathery, and O. Serrano.  2012.  Global carbon stocks in seagrass ecosystems.  Nature – Geosciences.  doi: 10.1038/NGEO1477.
 
* Cole, L. W. and K. J. McGlathery.  2012.  Dinitrogen fluxes from restored seagrass meadows. Marine Ecology Progress Series 448: 235-246.
 
Carr, J., P. D’Odorico, K. J. McGlathery, and P. L. Wiberg.  2012.  Modeling the effects of climate change on seagrass, the stability and bistability of seagrass meadows. Marine Ecology Progress Series 448: 289-301.
 
Carr, J. A., P. D’Odorico, K. J. McGlathery, and P. L. Wiberg.  2012.  Stability and resilience of seagrass meadows to seasonal and interannual dynamics and environmental stress.  Journal of Geophysical Research VOL. 117, G01007, DOI:10.1029/2011JG001744

McGlathery, K. J., L. Reynolds, L. W. Cole, R. J. Orth, and A. Schwarzchild.  2012.  Recovery trajectories during state change from bare sediment to eelgrass dominance. Marine Ecology Progress Series 448: 209-221.
 
* Reynolds L., M. Waycott, K. J. McGlathery, R. J. Orth, and J. C. Zieman. 2012.  Eelgrass restoration by seed maintains genetic diversity: case study from a coastal bay system. Marine Ecology Progress Series 448: 223-233.
 
* Lawson, S. E., K. J. McGlathery, and P. L. Wiberg.  2012.  Enhancement of sediment suspension and nutrient flux by benthic macrophytes at low biomass.  Marine Ecology Progress Series 448: 259-270.  
 
Orth, R. J., and K. J. McGlathery.  2012.  Eelgrass recovery in the coastal bays of the Virginia Coast Reserve.  Marine Ecology Progress Series 448: 173-176.
 
* Thomsen, M. T. Wernberg, A. Engelen, F. Tuya, M. Vanderklift, M. Holmer, K. McGlathery, F. Arenas, J. Kotta, and B. Silliman.  2012.  A meta-analysis of seaweed impacts on seagrasses: generalities and knowledge gaps.  PLoS ONE 7(1): e28595. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0028595
Top 10% most citied PLoS ONE articles.
 
McGlathery, K.J., K. Sundback, P. Fong. 2012. Estuarine Benthic Algae. In: Estuarine Ecology, Second Edition. Edited by J.W. Day Jr., B.C. Krump, B.C., W.M. Kemp, A. Yanez-Arancibia. Wiley-Blackwell, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.  

2011

* Thomsen, M. S., M. F. Muth, and K. J. McGlathery.  2011.  Tube-forming polycheates enhance invertebrate density and abundance in sandy sediments in Mozambique, Africa.  African Journal of Marine Science 33(2): 327-332.
 
* Mozdzer, T. J., M. Kirwan, K. J. McGlathery, and J. C. Zieman.  2011. Nitrogen uptake by shoots of smooth cordgrass, Spartina alterniflora.  Marine Ecology Progress Series.  doi: 10.3354/meps09117
 
Kathilankal, J. C., T. J. Mozdzer, J. D. Fuentes, K. J. McGlathery, P. D’Odorico, and J. C. Zieman.  2011.  Physiological responses of Spartina alterniflora to varying environmental conditions in Virginia marshes.  Hydrobiologia 669: 167-181.  doi 10.1007/s10750-011-0681-9
 
* Holzer, K. K., J. L. Rueda, and K. J. McGlathery.  2011.  Direct versus Indirect Grazing by Seagrass-Associated Snails. Estuaries and Coasts DOI 10.1007/s12237-011-9406-6
 
* Holzer, K., J. L. Reuda, and K. J. McGlathery.  2011.  Caribbean seagrass as a food source for the emerald neritid Smaragdia viridis.  American Malacalogical Bulletin 29.
 
* Hume, A., P. Berg, and K. J. McGlathery.  2011. Dissolved oxygen fluxes and ecosystem metabolism in an eelgrass (Zostera marina) meadow measured with the eddy correlation technique.  Limnology & Oceanography 56: 86-96.

2010

* Thomsen, M., T. Wernberg, A. Altieri, F. Tuya, D. Gulbransen, K. McGlathery, M. Holmer, and B. Silliman.  2010.  Habitat cascades: the conceptual context and global relevance of indirect facilitation cascades via habitat formation and modification.  Integrative and Comparative Biology 50: 158-175.  doi:10.1093/icb/icq042.
 
Fagherazzi, S., G. Mariotti, J. H. Porter, K. J. McGlathery, and P. L. Wiberg.  2010.  Wave energy asymmetry in shallow bays.  Geophysical Research Letters. 37, L24601, doi:10.1029/2010GL045254.
 
Carr, J., P. D’Odorico, K. J. McGlathery, and P. Wiberg.  2010.  Stability and bistability of seagrass ecosystems in shallow coastal lagoons: Role of feedbacks with sediment suspension and light availability. Journal of Geophysical Research – Biogeosciences, Vol 115, G03011, doi:10.1029/2009JG001103.
 
Mariotti, G., S. Fagherazzi, P. L. Wiberg, K. J. McGlathery, L. Carniello, and A. Defina.  2010. Influence of storm surges and sea level on shallow tidal basin erosive processes.  Journal of Geophysical Research – Oceans Vol. 115, C11012.  doi:10.1029/2009JC005892.
 
* Mozdzer, T. J., J. C. Zieman, and K. J. McGlathery.  2010.  Nitrogen uptake by invasive and temperate coastal macrophytes: Importance of dissolved organic nitrogen.  Estuaries and Coasts 33: 784-797.  DOI 10.1007/s12237-009-9254-9.
 
Anderson I. C., J. W. Stanhope, A. K. Hardison, and K. J. McGlathery.  2010.  Sources and Fates of Nitrogen in Virginia Coastal Bays. In:  Coastal Lagoons: Critical Habitats of Environmental Change, Kennish, M. and H. Paerl (eds.).  CRC Press. Pp. 43-72.
 
Christian, R. R., C. M. Voss, C. Bondavalli, P. Viaroli, M. Naldi, A. C. Tyler, I. C. Anderson, K. J. McGlathery, R. E. Ulanowicz, and V. Camacho-Ibar.  2010.  Ecosystem Health Indexed through Networks of Nitrogen Cycling.  In:  Coastal Lagoons: Critical Habitats of Environmental Change, Kennish, M. and H. Paerl (eds.).  CRC Press.  Pp. 93-91.

2009
 
Ksiazek, K., McGlathery, K., Reynolds, L., Schwarzschild, A., Wilkerson, C., & Carruthers, T. J. B. (2009). Learning about Coastal Trends: what is the story with seagrasses… and how does it affect me? Science Activities46(3), 27–31.

Thomsen, M. S., K. J. McGlathery, A. Schwartzchild, and B. R. Silliman.  2009. Distribution and ecological role of the non-native macroalga Gracilaria vermiculophylla in Virginia salt marshes.  Biological Invasions 11:2303-2316.  DOI 10.1007/s10530-008-9417-9

2008

Kathilankal, J., T. Mozdzer, J. D. Fuentes, P. D’Odorico, K. J. McGlathery, and J. C. Zieman.  2008.  Tidal influences on carbon assimilation by a salt marsh.  Environmental Research Letters 3 044010.
 
* Long, M., K. J. McGlathery, J. C. Zieman, and P. Berg.  2008.  The role of organic exudates in liberating phosphorus from seagrass-vegetated carbonate sediments.  Limnology and Oceanography 53: 2616-262.

McGlathery, K. J.  2008.  Nitrogen cycling in seagrass meadows.  Pages 1037-1071, In: Nitrogen Cycling in the Marine Environment, 2nd Ed., Capone, D., E. Carpenter, D. Bronk, and M. Mulholland (Eds.).  Elsevier Press, Amsterdam.

2007
 
§ McGlathery, K. J., K. Sundback, and I. C. Anderson.  2007.  Eutrophication patterns in shallow coastal bays and lagoons: The role of plants in the coastal filter.  Marine Ecology Progress Series 348: 1-18.  § Chosen as a “Feature Article”

* Lawson, S., P., P. L. Wiberg, and K. J. McGlathery.  2007.  Wind-driven sediment suspension controls light availability in a shallow coastal lagoon.  Estuaries and Coasts 30:102-112. 
 
* Thomsen, M. S., B. R. Silliman, and K. J. McGlathery.  2007.  Spatial variation in recruitment of native and invasive sessile species onto oyster reefs in a temperate soft-bottom lagoon.  Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science 72: 89-101.

2006

*§ Thomsen, M. S. and K. J. McGlathery. 2006. Effects of accumulations of sediments and drift algae on recruitment of sessile organisms associated with oyster reefs.  Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 328: 22-34.  § No. 15 in “ScienceDirect TOP25 Hottest Articles” for JEMBE, Oct – Dec 2005
 
* Tyler, A. C., and K. J. McGlathery.  2006.  Uptake and release of nitrogen by the macroalgae Gracilaria verrucosa (Rhodophyta): estimates based on 15N isotope dilution.  Journal of Phycology 42: 515-525.
 
*§ Thomsen, M. S., K. J. McGlathery, and A. C. Tyler.  2006.  Macroalgal distribution patterns in a shallow, soft-bottom lagoon, with emphasis on the non-native Gracilaria vermiculophylla and Codium fragile.  Estuaries and Coasts 29: 465-473. § Highlighted in “Coastal and Estuarine Science News”,August 2006, 29 (3): An estuarine paradox: Introduced alga dominates, but supports diversity too.
 
* Thomsen, M. S. and K. J. McGlathery.  2006.  Stress tolerance of the invasive macroalgae Codium fragile and Gracilaria vermiculophylla in a soft-bottom turbid lagoon.  Biological Invasions DOI 10.1007/s10530-006-9043-3.          

2005

Sundback, K., and K. J. McGlathery. 2005.  Interaction between benthic macro- and microalgae in the marine environment.  In: Interactions between macro- and microorganisms in marine sediments.  In: Kristensen, E., J. E. Kostka, and R. H. Haese.  (Eds.), American Geophysical Union. 
 
* Thomsen, M., and K. J. McGlathery.  2005.  Facilitation of macroalgae by the sedimentary tube-forming polychaete Diopatra cuprea.  Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science 62: 63-73.
 
* Thomsen, M. S., C. F. D. Gurgel, S. Fredericq, and K. J. McGlathery. 2005.  Gracilaria vermiculophylla (Rhodophyta, Gracilariales) in Hog Island Bay, Virginia: a cryptic alien and invasive macroalgae and taxonomic corrections.  Journal of Phycology 42: 139-141.
 
* Tyler, A. C., K. J. McGlathery, and S. A. Macko. 2005. Uptake of urea and amino acids by the macroalgae Ulva lactuca (Chlorophyta) and Gracilaria verrucosa (Rhodophyta). Marine Ecology Progress Series 294: 161-172.

2004

McGlathery, K. J., K. Sundback, and I. C. Anderson. 2004. The importance of primary producers for benthic N and P cycling.  In:  The Influence of Primary Producers on Estuarine Nutrient Cycling, Nielsen, S. L., G. M. Banta, and M. F. Pedersen, (Eds.), Kluwer Academic Publishers.

2003

Anderson, I. C., K. J. McGlathery, and A. C. Tyler.  2003.  Microbial processing of “reactive  nitrogen” in a temperate coastal lagoon.  Marine Ecology Progress Series 246: 73-84.
 
* Buffam, I., and K. J. McGlathery.  2003. Effect of ultraviolet light on dissolved nitrogen transformations in coastal lagoon water.  Limnology and Oceanography 48: 723-734.
 
* Tyler, A. C., K. J. McGlathery, and I. C. Anderson.  2003.  Benthic algae control sediment-water column fluxes of organic and inorganic nitrogen compounds in a temperate lagoon.  Limnology and Oceanography 48: 2125-2137.
 
* Tyler, A. C., T. A. Mastronicola, and K. J. McGlathery.  2003.  Nitrogen fixation and nitrogen limitation of primary production along a natural marsh chronosequence. Oecologia 136: 431-438.

2002

Sharp, J. H., K. R. Rinker, K.B. Savidge, J. Abell, J. Y. Benaim, D. Bronk, D. J. Burdige, G. Cauwet, W. Chen, M. D. Doval, D. Hansell, C. Hopkinson, G. Kattner, N. Kaumeyer, K. J. McGlathery, J. Merriam, N. Morley, K. Nagel, H. Ogawa, C. Pollard, P. Raimbault, R. Sambrotto, S. Seitzinger, G. Spyres, F. Tirendi, T. W. Walsh, and C. S. Wong.  2002.   Preliminary methods comparison for measurement of dissolved organic nitrogen in seawater. Marine Chemistry 78: 171-184.

2001

Berg, P. and K. J. McGlathery.  2001.  A high-resolution pore water sampler for sandy sediments.  Limnology and Oceanography 46: 203-210.
 
Buffam, I. D., J. N. Galloway, L. K. Blum, and K. J. McGlathery.  2001.  A stormflow/baseflow comparison of dissolved organic matter concentrations and bioavailability in an Appalachian stream during storms.  Biogeochemistry  53: 269-306.
 
Havens, K. E., A. C. Tyler, J. Hauxwell, S. Thomas, K. J. McGlathery, I. Valiela, J. Cebrian, A. D. Steinman, and S. J. Hwang.  2001.  Complex interactions between autotrophs in shallow marine and freshwater ecosystems:  Implications for community responses to nutrient stress.  Environmental Pollution 113: 95-107.
 
* Giannotti, A. L. and K. J. McGlathery.  2001.  Consumption of Ulva lactuca  (Chlorophyta) by the omnivorous mud snail Ilyanassa obsoleta.  Journal of Phycology 37: 1-7.
 
McGlathery, K. J., I. C. Anderson, and A. C. Tyler.  2001. Magnitude and variability of benthic and pelagic metabolism in a temperate coastal lagoon.  Marine Ecology Progress Series 216: 1-15.
 
McGlathery, K. J.  2001.  Macroalgal blooms contribute to the decline of seagrass in nutrient-enriched coastal waters.  Journal of Phycology 37: 453-456.
 
McGlathery, K., P. Berg, and R. Marino.  2001.  Using porewater profiles to assess nutrient availability in seagrass-vegetated carbonate sediments.  Biogeochemistry 56: 239-263.
 
* Tyler, A. C., K. J. McGlathery, and I. C. Anderson.  2001.  Macroalgal mediation of dissolved organic nitrogen fluxes in a temperate coastal lagoon.  Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 53: 155-168.

2000

Howarth, R., D. Anderson, J. Cloern, C. Elfring, C. Hopkinson, B. Lapointe, T. Malone, N. Marcus, K. McGlathery, A. Sharpley, and D. Walker.  2000.  Nutrient Pollution of Coastal Rivers, Bays and Seas.  Issues in Ecology No. 7, Ecological Society of America.

1999

McGlathery, K. J. and M. F. Pedersen.  1999.  Effect of growth irradiance on the coupling of carbon and nitrogen metabolism in Chaetomorpha linum (Chlorophyta).  Journal of Phycology 35: 721-731.

1998

Jensen, H. S., K. J. McGlathery, R. Marino, and R. W. Howarth.  1998.  Forms and availability of sediment phosphorus in carbonate sands of Bermuda seagrass beds.  Limnology and Oceanography 43: 799-810.
 
McGlathery, K. J., N. Risgaard-Petersen, and P. B. Christensen.  1998.  Temporal and spatial variation in nitrogen fixation activity in the eelgrass (Zostera marina L.) rhizosphere. Marine Ecology Progress Series 168: 245-258.
 
Risgaard-Petersen, T. Dalsgaard, S. Rysgaard, P. B. Christensen, J. Borum, K. McGlathery, L. P. Nielsen.  1998.  Nitrogen balance of a temperate eelgrass Zostera marina bed. Marine Ecology Progress Series174: 281-291.

1997

McGlathery, K. J., D. Krause-Jensen, S. Rysgaard, P. B. Christensen.  1997.  Patterns of ammonium uptake within dense mats of the filamentous macroalga Chaetomorpha linum.  Aquatic Botany 59: 99-115.

1996

McGlathery, K. J., M. F. Pedersen and J. Borum.  1996.  Changes in intracellular nitrogen pools and feedback controls on nitrogen uptake Chaetomorpha linum (Chlorophyta). Journal of Phycology 32: 393-401.
 
Krause-Jensen, D., K. J. McGlathery, S. Rysgaard, and P. B. Christensen.  1996.  Production within dense mats of the filamentous macroalga Chaetomorpha linum in relation to light and nutrient availability.  Marine Ecology Progress Series 134: 207-216.

1995

McGlathery, K. J.  1995.  Nutrient and grazing influences on a subtropical seagrass community.  Marine Ecology Progress Series 122: 239-252.

1994

McGlathery, K. J., R. Marino, and R. W. Howarth.  1994.  Variable rates of phosphate uptake by shallow marine carbonate sediments: Mechanisms and ecological significance.  Biogeochemistry 25: 127-146.

1992

McGlathery, K. J., R. W. Howarth, and R. Marino.  1992.  Nutrient limitation of the 
macroalga, Penicillus capitatus, associated with subtropical seagrass meadows in Bermuda.  Estuaries 15: 18-25.

McGlathery, K. J.  1992.  Physiological controls on the distribution of the macroalga Spyridea 
hypnoides:  Patterns along a eutrophication gradient in Bermuda.  Marine Ecology Progress Series 87: 173-182.