Book ChaptersTroxler, T., G. Starr, J.N. Boyer, J.D. Fuentes, R. Jaffe, S.L. Malone, J.G. Barr, S.E. Davis, L. Collado-Vides, J.L. Breithaupt, A.K. Saha, R.M. Chambers, C.J. Madden, J.M. Smoak, J.W. Fourqurean, G. Koch, J. Kominoski, L.J. Scinto, S. Oberbauer, V.H. Rivera-Monroy, E. Castañeda-Moya, N.O. Schulte, S.P. Charles, J.H. Richards, D.T. Rudnick, and K.R.T. Whelan. 2019. Chapter 6: Carbon Cycles in the Florida Coastal Everglades Social-Ecological System across Scales, in Childers, D.L., E.E. Gaiser and L.A. Ogden (eds.) The Coastal Everglades: The Dynamics of Social-Ecological Transformation in the South Florida Landscape. Oxford University Press : New York, New York.
Kennedy, H., J.W. Fourqurean, and S. Papadimitriou. 2018. The Calcium Carbonate Cycle in Seagrass Ecosystems, in Windham-Myers, L., S. Crooks and T. Troxler (eds.) The State of Coastal Wetland Carbon Science, Practice and Policy. CRC Press : Boca Raton, Florida.
Journal ArticlesKrause, J.R., C. Lopes, S.S. Wilson, J.N. Boyer, H.O. Briceno, and J.W. Fourqurean. 2023. Status and trajectories of soft-bottom benthic communities of the South Florida seascape revealed by 25 years of seagrass and water quality monitoring. Estuaries and Coasts 46: 477-493.
Kennedy, H., J.F. Pages, D. Lagomasino, A. Arias-Ortiz, P. Colarusso, J.W. Fourqurean, M.N. Githaiga, J. Howard, D. Krause-Jensen, T. Kuwae, P.S. Lavery, P.I. Macreadie, N. Marba, P. Masque, I. Mazarrasa, T. Miyajima, O. Serrano, and C.M. Duarte. 2022. Species traits and geomorphic setting as drivers of global soil carbon stocks in seagrass meadows. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 36: e2022GB007481.
Howard, J., C. Lopes, S. Wilson, V. McGee-Absten, C. Carrion, and J.W. Fourqurean. 2021. Decomposition rates of surficial and buried organic matter and the lability of soil carbon stocks across a large tropical seagrass landscape. Estuaries and Coasts 44: 846-866.
Van Dam, B., C. Lopes, P. Polsenaere, R.M. Price, A. Rutgersson, and J.W. Fourqurean. 2021. Water temperature control on CO2 flux and evaporation over a subtropical seagrass meadow revealed by atmospheric eddy covariance. Limnology and Oceanography 66: 510-527.
Van Dam, B., M. Zeller, C. Lopes, A.R. Smyth, M.E. Bottcher, C. Osburn, T. Zimmerman, D. Profrock, J.W. Fourqurean, and H. Thomas. 2021. Calcification-driven CO2 emissions exceed “Blue Carbon” sequestration in a carbonate seagrass meadow. Science Advances 7: eabj1372.
Van Dam, B., P. Polsenaere, A. Barreras-Apodaca, C. Lopes, Z. Sanchez-Mejia, T. Tokoro, T. Kuwae, L. Gutierrez Loza, A. Rutgersson, J.W. Fourqurean, and H. Thomas. 2021. Global trends in air-water CO2 exchange over seagrass meadows revealed by atmospheric eddy covariance. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 35: e2020GB006848.
Wilson, S., B. Furman, M.O. Hall, and J.W. Fourqurean. 2020. Assessment of Hurricane Irma impacts on south Florida seagrass communities using long-term monitoring programs. Estuaries and Coasts 43: 1119-1132.
Macreadie, P.I. et al. 2019. The future of Blue Carbon science. Nature Communications 10: 3998.
Saderne, V., N.R. Geraldi, P.I. Macreadie, D.T. Maher, J.J. Middelburg, O. Serrano, H. Almahasheer, A. Arias-Ortiz, M. Cusack, B.D. Eyre, J.W. Fourqurean, H. Kennedy, D. Krause-Jensen, T. Kuwae, P.S. Lavery, C.E. Lovelock, N. Marba, P. Masque, M.A. Mateo, I. Mazarrasa, K.J. McGlathery, M.P.J. Oreska, C.J. Sanders, I.R. Santos, J.M. Smoak, T. Tanaya, K. Watanabe, and C.M. Duarte. 2019. Role of carbonate burial in Blue Carbon budgets. Nature Communications 10: 1106.
Van Dam, B., C. Lopes, C. Osburn, and J.W. Fourqurean. 2019. Net heterotrophy and carbonate dissolution in two subtropical seagrass meadows. Biogeosciences 16: 4411-4428.
Arias-Ortiz, A., O. Serrano, P. Masque, C.M. Duarte, P.S. Lavery, U. Mueller, G.A. Kendrick, M. Rozaimi, A. Esteban, J.W. Fourqurean, N. Marba, M.A. Mateo, K. Murray, and M. Rule. 2018. A marine heat wave drives massive losses from the world's largest seagrass carbon stocks. Nature Climate Change 8: 338-344.
Campbell, J.E., and J.W. Fourqurean. 2018. Does nutrient availability regulate seagrass response to elevated CO2. Ecosystems 21: 1269-1282.
Fargione, J.E. et al. 2018. Natural climate solutions for the United States. Science Advances 4: eaat1869.
Howard, J., J.C. Creed, M.V.P. Aguiar, and J.W. Fourqurean. 2018. CO2 released by carbonate sediment production in some coastal areas may offset the benefits of seagrass "Blue Carbon" storage. Limnology and Oceanography 63: 160-172.
Frankovich, T.A., D.T. Rudnick, and J.W. Fourqurean. 2017. Light attenuation in estuarine mangrove lakes. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 184: 191-201.
Armitage, A.R., and J.W. Fourqurean. 2016. Carbon storage in seagrass soils: long-term nutrient history exceeds the effects of near-term nutrient enrichment . Biogeosciences 13: 313-321.
Dewsbury, B.M., M. Bhat, and J.W. Fourqurean. 2016. A review of economic valuations of seagrass ecosystems. Ecosystem Services 18: 68-77.
Howard, J., A. Perez, C. Lopes, and J.W. Fourqurean. 2016. Fertilization changes seagrass community structure but not blue carbon storage: results from a 30-year field experiment. Estuaries and Coasts 39: 1422-1434.
Atwood, T.B., R.M. Connolly, E. Ritchie, C.E. Lovelock, M.R. Heithaus, G.C. Hays, J.W. Fourqurean, and P.I. Macreadie. 2015. Predators help protect carbon stocks in blue carbon ecosystems. Nature Climate Change 5: 1038-1045.
Gaiser, E.E., E.P. Anderson, E. Castañeda-Moya, L. Collado-Vides, J.W. Fourqurean, M.R. Heithaus, R. Jaffe, D. Lagomasino, N. Oehm, R.M. Price, V.H. Rivera-Monroy, R. Roy Chowdhury, and T. Troxler. 2015. New perspectives on an iconic landscape from comparative international long-term ecological research. Ecosphere 6: art181.
Campbell, J.E., and J.W. Fourqurean. 2014. Ocean acidification outweighs nutrient effects in structuring seagrass epiphyte communities. Journal of Ecology 102: 730-737.
Baggett, L.P., K.L. HeckJr., T.A. Frankovich, A.R. Armitage, and J.W. Fourqurean. 2013. Stoichiometry, growth, and fecundity responses to nutrient enrichment by invertebrate grazers in sub-tropical turtlegrass (Thalassia testudinum) meadows. Marine Biology 160: 169-180.
Burkholder, D., J.W. Fourqurean, and M.R. Heithaus. 2013. Spatial pattern in seagrass stoichiometry indicates both N-limited and P-limited regions of an iconic P-limited subtropical bay. Marine Ecology Progress Series 472: 101-115.
Campbell, J.E., and J.W. Fourqurean. 2013. Mechanisms of bicarbonate use influence photosynthetic CO2 sensitivity of tropical seagrasses. Limnology and Oceanography 58: 839-848.
Campbell, J.E., and J.W. Fourqurean. 2013. Effects of in situ CO2 enrichment on the structural and chemical characteristics of the seagrass Thalassia testudinum. Marine Biology 160: 1465-1475.
Troxler, T. et al. 2013. Integrated carbon budget models for the Everglades terrestrial-coastal-oceanic gradient: current status and needs for inter-site comparisons. Oceanography 26: 98-107.
Belicka, L., D. Burkholder, J.W. Fourqurean, M.R. Heithaus, S.A. Macko, and R. Jaffe. 2012. Stable isotope and fatty acid biomarkers of seagrass, epiphytic, and algal organic matter to consumers in a nearly pristine seagrass ecosystem
. Marine and Freshwater Research 63: 1085-1097.
Burkholder, D., M.R. Heithaus, and J.W. Fourqurean. 2012. Feeding preferences of herbivores in a relatively pristine subtropical seagrass ecosystem. Marine and Freshwater Research 63: 1051-1058.
Campbell, J.E., L.A. Yarbro, and J.W. Fourqurean. 2012. Negative relationships between the nutrient and carbohydrate content of the seagrass Thalassia testudinum. Aquatic Botany 99: 56-60.
Cawley, K.M., Y. Ding, J.W. Fourqurean, and R. Jaffe. 2012. Characterising the sources and fate of dissolved organic matter in Shark Bay, Australia: a preliminary study using optical properties and stable carbon isotopes. Marine and Freshwater Research 63: 1098-1107.
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. Seagrass ecosystems as a globally significant carbon stock. Nature Geoscience 5: 505-509.
Fourqurean, J.W., G.A. Kendrick, L.S. Collins, R.M. Chambers, and M.A. Vanderklift. 2012. Carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus storage in subtropical seagrass meadows: examples from Florida Bay and Shark Bay. Marine and Freshwater Research 63: 967-983.
Frankovich, T.A., J.G. Barr, D. Morrison, and J.W. Fourqurean. 2012. Differing temporal patterns of Chara hornemannii cover correlate to alternate regimes of phytoplankton and submerged aquatic-vegetation dominance. Marine and Freshwater Research 63: 1005-1014.
Fraser, M.W., G.A. Kendrick, P. Grierson, J.W. Fourqurean, M.A. Vanderklift, and D.I. Walker. 2012. Nutrient status of seagrasses cannot be inferred from system-scale distribution of phosphorus in Shark Bay, Western Australia. Marine and Freshwater Research 63: 1015-1026.
Kendrick, G.A., J.W. Fourqurean, M.W. Fraser, M.R. Heithaus, G. Jackson, K. Friedman, and D. Hallac. 2012. Science behind management of Shark Bay and Florida Bay, two P-limited subtropical systems with different climatology and human pressures. Marine and Freshwater Research 63: 941-951.
Price, R.M., G. Skrzypek, P. Grierson, P.K. Swart, and J.W. Fourqurean. 2012. The use of stable isotopes of oxygen and hydrogen to identify water sources in two hypersaline estuaries with different hydrologic regimes
. Marine and Freshwater Research 63: 952-966.
Armitage, A.R., T.A. Frankovich, and J.W. Fourqurean. 2011. Long-term effects of adding nutrients to an oligotrophic coastal environment. Ecosystems 14: 430-444.
Campbell, J.E., and J.W. Fourqurean. 2011. Novel methodology for in situ carbon dioxide enrichment of benthic ecosystems. Limnology and Oceanography Methods 9: 97-109.
Frankovich, T.A., D. Morrison, and J.W. Fourqurean. 2011. Benthic macrophyte distribution and abundance in estuarine mangrove lakes and estuaries: Relationships to environmental variables. Estuaries and Coasts 34: 20-31.
Herbert, D.A., W.B. Perry, B.J. Cosby, and J.W. Fourqurean. 2011. Projected reorganization of Florida Bay seagrass communities in response to increased freshwater delivery from the Everglades. Estuaries and Coasts 34: 973-992.
Baggett, L.P., K.L. HeckJr., T.A. Frankovich, A.R. Armitage, and J.W. Fourqurean. 2010. Nutrient enrichment, grazer identity and their effects on epiphytic algal assemblages: field experiments in sub-tropical turtlegrass (Thalassia testudinum) meadows. Marine Ecology Progress Series 406: 33-45.
Dewsbury, B.M., and J.W. Fourqurean. 2010. Artificial reefs concentrate nutrients and alter benthic community structure in an oligotrophic, subtropical estuary. Bulletin of Marine Science 86: 813-828.
Fourqurean, J.W., M.F. Muth, and J.N. Boyer. 2010. Epiphyte loads on seagrasses and microphytobenthos abundance are not reliable indicators of nutrient availability in coastal ecosystems. Marine Pollution Bulletin 60: 971-983.
Fourqurean, J.W., T.J. Smith, J. Possley, T.M. Collins, D. Lee, and S. Namoff. 2010. Are mangroves in the tropical Atlantic ripe for invasion? Exotic mangrove trees in the forests of south Florida. Biological Invasions 12: 2509-2522.
Kennedy, H., J. Beggins, C.M. Duarte, J.W. Fourqurean, M. Holmer, N. Marba, and J.J. Middelburg. 2010. Seagrass sediments as a global carbon sink: Isotopic constraints. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 24: GB4026.
Armitage, A.R., and J.W. Fourqurean. 2009. Stable isotopes reveal complex changes in trophic relationships following nutrient addition in a coastal marine ecosystem. Estuaries and Coasts 32: 1152-1164.
Campbell, J.E., and J.W. Fourqurean. 2009. Interspecific variation in the elemental and stable isotopic content of seagrasses in South Florida. Marine Ecology Progress Series 387: 109-123.
Frankovich, T.A., A.R. Armitage, A. Wachnicka, E.E. Gaiser, and J.W. Fourqurean. 2009. Nutrient effects on seagrass epiphyte community structure in Florida Bay. Journal of Phycology 45: 1010-1020.
Herbert, D.A., and J.W. Fourqurean. 2009. Phosphorus availability and salinity control productivity and demography of the seagrass Thalassia testudinum in Florida Bay. Estuaries and Coasts 32: 188-201.
Madden, C.J., D.T. Rudnick, A.A. McDonald, K.M. Cunniff, and J.W. Fourqurean. 2009. Ecological indicators for assessing and communicating seagrass status and trends in Florida Bay. Ecological Indicators 9: S68-S82. doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2009.02.004.
Herbert, D.A., and J.W. Fourqurean. 2008. Ecosystem structure and function still altered two decades after short-term fertilization of a seagrass meadow. Ecosystems 11: 688-700.
Ruiz-Halpern, S., S.A. Macko, and J.W. Fourqurean. 2008. The effects of manipulation of sedimentary iron and organic matter on sediment biogeochemistry and seagrasses in a subtropical carbonate environment. Biogeochemistry 87: 113-126.
Collado-Vides, L., V.G. Caccia, J.N. Boyer, and J.W. Fourqurean. 2007. Tropical seagrass-associated macroalgae distributions and trends relative to water quality. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science 73: 680-694.
Armitage, A.R., T.A. Frankovich, and J.W. Fourqurean. 2006. Variable responses within epiphytic and benthic microalgal communities to nutrient enrichment. Hydrobiologia 569: 423-435.
Gil, M., A.R. Armitage, and J.W. Fourqurean. 2006. Nutrient impacts on epifaunal density and species composition in a subtropical seagrass bed. Hydrobiologia 569: 437-447.
Peterson, B.J., F.J. Jochem, and J.W. Fourqurean. 2006. Potential role of sponge communities controlling phytoplankton blooms in Florida Bay. Marine Ecology Progress Series 328: 93-103.
Price, R.M., P.K. Swart, and J.W. Fourqurean. 2006. Coastal groundwater discharge - an additional source of phosphorus for the oligotrophic wetlands of the Everglades. Hydrobiologia 569: 23-36.
Armitage, A.R., T.A. Frankovich, K.L. HeckJr., and J.W. Fourqurean. 2005. Experimental nutrient enrichment causes complex changes in seagrass, microalgae, and macroalgae community structure in Florida Bay. Estuaries 28: 422-434.
Borum, J., O. Pedersen, T. Greve, T.A. Frankovich, J.C. Zieman, J.W. Fourqurean, and C.J. Madden. 2005. The potential role of plant oxygen and sulphide dynamics in die-off events of the tropical seagrass, Thalassia testudinum. Journal of Ecology 93: 148-158.
Collado-Vides, L., L.M. Rutten, and J.W. Fourqurean. 2005. Spatiotemporal variation of the abundance of calcareous green macroalgae in the Florida Keys: A study of synchrony within a macroalgal functional-form group. Journal of Phycology 41: 742-752.
Fourqurean, J.W., S.P. Escorcia, W.T. Anderson, and J.C. Zieman. 2005. Spatial and seasonal variability in elemental content, d13C and d15N of Thalassia testudinum from south Florida and its implication for ecosystem studies. Estuaries 28: 447-461.
Romero, L.M., J.W. Fourqurean, and T.J. Smith. 2005. Changes in mass and nutrient content of wood during decomposition in a south Florida mangrove forest. Journal of Ecology 93: 618-631.
Ferdie, M., and J.W. Fourqurean. 2004. Responses of seagrass communities to fertilization along a gradient of relative availability of nitrogen and phosphorus in a carbonate environment. Limnology and Oceanography 49: 2082-2094.
Fourqurean, J.W., and L.M. Rutten. 2004. The impact of Hurricane Georges on soft-bottom, backreef communities: site- and species-specific effects in south Florida seagrass beds. Bulletin of Marine Science 75: 239-257.
Zieman, J.C., J.W. Fourqurean, and T.A. Frankovich. 2004. Reply to B. E. Lapointe and P. J. Bariles comment on our paper Seagrass die-off in Florida Bay: long term trends in abundance and growth of turtlegrass, Thalassia testudinum. Estuaries 27: 165-172.
Anderson, W.T., and J.W. Fourqurean. 2003. Intra- and interannual variability in seagrass carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes from south Florida, a preliminary study. Organic Geochemistry 34: 185-194.
Fourqurean, J.W., and J. Schrlau. 2003. Changes in nutrient content and stable isotope ratios of C and N during decomposition of seagrasses and mangrove leaves along a nutrient availability gradient in Florida Bay, USA. Chemistry and Ecology 19: 373-390.
Fourqurean, J.W., J.N. Boyer, M.J. Durako, L.N. Hefty, and B.J. Peterson. 2003. Forecasting the response of seagrass distribution to changing water quality: statistical models from monitoring data. Ecological Applications 13: 474-489.
Fourqurean, J.W., and J.C. Zieman. 2002. Nutrient content of the seagrass Thalassia testudinum reveals regional patterns of relative availability of nitrogen and phosphorus in the Florida Keys, USA. Biogeochemistry 61: 229-245.
Peterson, B.J., C.D. Rose, L.M. Rutten, and J.W. Fourqurean. 2002. Disturbance and recovery following catastrophic grazing: studies of a successional chronosequence in a seagrass bed. Oikos 97: 361-370.
Chambers, R.M., J.W. Fourqurean, S.A. Macko, and R. Hoppenot. 2001. Biogeochemical effects of iron availability on primary producers in a shallow marine carbonate environment. Limnology and Oceanography 46: 1278-1286.
