Personnel Profiles

• Mailing address:
• Louisiana Sea Grant College Program
• 239 Sea Grant Building
• Louisiana State University
• Baton Rouge, LA 70803
• Email: rtwilley@lsu.edu

Rivera-Monroy, V.H., S.Y. Lee, E. Kristensen, and R.R. Twilley. 2017. Mangrove Ecosystems: A Global Biogeographic Perspective Structure, Function and Services. Springer International Publishing : Cham, Switzerland.

Twilley, R.R., V.H. Rivera-Monroy, A. Rovai, E. Castañeda-Moya, and S.E. Davis. 2019. Chapter 21 - Mangrove Biogeochemistry at Local to Global Scales using Ecogeomorphic Approaches, pp. 717-785 in Perillo, G.M.E., E. Wolanski, D.R. Cahoon and M.M. Brinson (eds.) Coastal Wetlands: An Integrated Ecosystem Approach. Elsevier.

Rivera-Monroy, V.H., S.Y. Lee, S.Y. Lee, and R.R. Twilley. 2017. Introduction, pp. 1-16 in Rivera-Monroy, V.H., S.Y. Lee, E. Kristensen and R.R. Twilley (eds.) Mangrove Ecosystems: A Global Biogeographic Perspective Structure, Function and Services. Springer International Publishing : Cham, Switzerland.

Twilley, R.R., E. Castañeda-Moya, V.H. Rivera-Monroy, and A. Rovai. 2017. Productivity and Carbon Dynamics in Mangrove Wetlands, pp. 113-162 in Rivera-Monroy, V.H., S.Y. Lee, E. Kristensen and R.R. Twilley (eds.) Mangrove Ecosystems: A Global Biogeographic Perspective Structure, Function and Services. Springer International Publishing : Cham, Switzerland.

Rivera-Monroy, V.H., E. Castañeda-Moya, J.G. Barr, V. Engel, J.D. Fuentes, T. Troxler, R.R. Twilley, S. Bouillon, T.J. Smith, and T.L. O'Halloran. 2013. Current Methods to Evaluate Net Primary Production and Carbon Budgets in Mangrove Forests, pp. 243-288 in Delaune, R.D., K.R. Reddy, P. Megonigal and C. Richardson (eds.) Methods in Biogeochemistry of Wetlands. Soil Science Society of America Book Series.

Rivera-Monroy, V.H., R.D. Delaune, A.B. Owens, J. Visser, J.R. White, R.R. Twilley, H. Hernandez-Trejo, and J.A. Benitez. 2011. Removal of Physical Materials from Systems: Loss of Space, Area, and Habitats, pp. 185-215 in Wolanski, E. and D.S. McLusky (eds.) Treatise on Estuarine and Coastal Science, Volume 8. Waltham: Academic Press.

Twilley, R.R., and V.H. Rivera-Monroy. 2009. Ecogeomorphic Models of Nutrient Biogeochemistry for Mangrove Wetlands, pp. 641-675 in Perillo, G.M.E., E. Wolanski, D.R. Cahoon and M.M. Brinson (eds.) Coastal Wetlands: An Integrated Ecosystem Approach. Elsevier : New York, NY.

Rovai, A., R.R. Twilley, E. Castañeda-Moya, S.R. Midway, D.A. Friess, C.C. Trettin, J.J. Bukoski, A.E.L. Stovall, P. Pagliosa, A.L. Fonseca, R.A. Mackenzie, A. Aslan, S.D. Sasmito, M. Sillanpaa, T.G. Cole, J. Purbopuspito, M.W. Warren, D. Murdiyarso, W. Mofu, S. Sharma, H.T. Pham, and P. Riul. 2021. Macroecological patterns of forest structure and allometric scaling in mangrove forests. Global Ecology and Biogeography 30: 1000-1013.

Zhao, X., V.H. Rivera-Monroy, H. Wang, Z. Xue, C. Tsai, C.S, Wilson, E. Castañeda-Moya, and R.R. Twilley. 2020. Modeling soil porewater salinity in mangrove forests (Everglades, Florida, USA) impacted by hydrological restoration and a warming climate. Ecological Modelling 436: 109292.

Ribeiro, R.D.A., A. Rovai, R.R. Twilley, and E. Castañeda-Moya. 2019. Spatial variability of mangrove primary productivity in the neotropics. Ecosphere 10: e02841.

Dornelas, M. et al. 2018. BioTIME: A database of biodiversity time series for the Anthropocene. Global Ecology and Biogeography 27: 760-786.

Rovai, A., R.R. Twilley, E. Castañeda-Moya, P. Riul, M. Cifuentes-Jara, M. Manrow-Villalobos, P. Horta, J.C. Simonassi, A.L. Fonseca, and P. Pagliosa. 2018. Global controls on carbon storage in mangrove soils. Nature Climate Change 8: 534-538.

Jerath, M., M. Bhat, V.H. Rivera-Monroy, E. Castañeda-Moya, M. Simard, and R.R. Twilley. 2016. The role of economic, policy, and ecological factors in estimating the value of carbon stocks in Everglades mangrove forests, South Florida, USA. Environmental Science and Policy Journal 66: 160-169.

Rovai, A., P. Riul, R.R. Twilley, E. Castañeda-Moya, V.H. Rivera-Monroy, A.A. Williams, M. Simard, M. Cifuentes-Jara, R. Lewis, S. Crooks, P. Horta, Y. Schaeffer-Novelli, G. Cintron, M. Pozo-Cajas, and P. Pagliosa. 2016. Scaling mangrove aboveground biomass from site-level to continental-scale. Global Ecology and Biogeography 25: 286-298.

Cardona-Olarte, P., K.W. Krauss, and R.R. Twilley. 2013. Leaf gas exchange and nutrient use efficiency help explain the distribution of two neotropical mangroves under contrasting flooding and salinity. International Journal of Forestry Research 2013: 524625.

Castañeda-Moya, E., R.R. Twilley, and V.H. Rivera-Monroy. 2013. Allocation of biomass and net primary productivity of mangrove forests along environmental gradients in the Florida Coastal Everglades, USA. Forest Ecology and Management 307: 226-241.

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.

Castañeda-Moya, E., R.R. Twilley, V.H. Rivera-Monroy, B.D. Marx, C. Coronado-Molina, and S.M.L. Ewe. 2011. Patterns of root dynamics in mangrove forests along environmental gradients in the Florida Coastal Everglades, USA. Ecosystems 14: 1178-1195.

Michot, B., E. Meselhe, V.H. Rivera-Monroy, C. Coronado-Molina, and R.R. Twilley. 2011. A tidal creek water budget: Estimation of groundwater discharge and overland flow using hydrologic modeling in the Southern Everglades. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 93: 438-448.

Rivera-Monroy, V.H., R.R. Twilley, J.E. Mancera-Pineda, C.J. Madden, A. Alcantara-Eguren, E.B. Moser, B.F. Jonsson, E. Castañeda-Moya, O. Casas-Monroy, P. Reyes-Forero, and J. Restrepo. 2011. Salinity and chlorophyll a as performance measures to rehabilitate a mangrove-dominated deltaic coastal region: the Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta-Pajarales Lagoon Complex, Colombia. Estuaries and Coasts 34: 1-19.

Rivera-Monroy, V.H., R.R. Twilley, S.E. Davis, D.L. Childers, M. Simard, R.M. Chambers, R. Jaffe, J.N. Boyer, D.T. Rudnick, K. Zhang, E. Castañeda-Moya, S.M.L. Ewe, R.M. Price, C. Coronado-Molina, M.S. Ross, T.J. Smith, B. Michot, E. Meselhe, W.K. Nuttle, T. Troxler, and G.B. Noe. 2011. The role of the Everglades Mangrove Ecotone Region (EMER) in regulating nutrient cycling and wetland productivity in south Florida. Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology 41: 633-669.

Castañeda-Moya, E., R.R. Twilley, V.H. Rivera-Monroy, K. Zhang, S.E. Davis, and M.S. Ross. 2010. Sediment and nutrient deposition associated with Hurricane Wilma in mangroves of the Florida Coastal Everglades. Estuaries and Coasts 33: 45-58.

Mancera-Pineda, J.E., R.R. Twilley, and V.H. Rivera-Monroy. 2009. Carbon (d13c) and nitrogen (d15n) isotopic discrimination in mangroves in Florida Coastal Everglades as a function of environmental stress. Contributions in Marine Science 38: 109-129.

Berger, U., V.H. Rivera-Monroy, T.W. Doyle, F. Dahdouh-Guebas, N.C. Duke, M.L. Fontalvo-Herazo, H. Hildenbrandt, N. Koedam, U. Mehlig, C. Piou, and R.R. Twilley. 2008. Advances and limitations of individual-based models to analyze and predict dynamics of mangrove forests: A review. Aquatic Botany 89: 260-274.

Bouillon, S., A.V. Borges, E. Castañeda, K. Diele, T. Dittmar, N.C. Duke, E. Kristensen, S.Y. Lee, C. Marchand, J.J. Middelburg, V.H. Rivera-Monroy, R.R. Twilley, and T.J. Smith. 2008. Mangrove production and carbon sinks: A revision of global budget estimates. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 22: GB2013.

Zhang, K., M. Simard, M.S. Ross, V.H. Rivera-Monroy, P. Houle, P.L. Ruiz, R.R. Twilley, and K. Whelan. 2008. Airborne laser scanning quantification of disturbances from hurricanes and lightning strikes to mangrove forests in Everglades National Park, USA. Sensors 8: 2262-2292.

Poret, N., R.R. Twilley, V.H. Rivera-Monroy, and C. Coronado-Molina. 2007. Belowground decomposition of mangrove roots in Florida Coastal Everglades. Estuaries and Coasts 30: 491-496.

Rivera-Monroy, V.H., K. de Mutsert, R.R. Twilley, E. Castañeda-Moya, M.M. Romigh, and S.E. Davis. 2007. Patterns of nutrient exchange in a riverine mangrove forest in the Shark River Estuary, Florida, USA. Hidrobiológica 17: 169-178.

Rivera-Monroy, V.H., R.R. Twilley, J.E. Mancera, A. Alcantara-Eguren, E. Castañeda-Moya,Casas O. Monroy, P. Reyes, J. Restrepo, L. Perdomo, E. Campos, G. Cotes, and E. Villoria. 2007. Adventures and misfortunes in Macondo: Rehabilitation of the Cienaga Grande. Ecotropicos 19: 72-93.

Cardona-Olarte, P., R.R. Twilley, K.W. Krauss, and V.H. Rivera-Monroy. 2006. Responses of neotropical mangrove seedlings grown in monoculture and mixed culture under treatments of hydroperiod and salinity. Hydrobiologia 569: 325-341.

Ewe, S.M.L., E.E. Gaiser, D.L. Childers, D. Iwaniec, V.H. Rivera-Monroy, and R.R. Twilley. 2006. Spatial and temporal patterns of aboveground net primary productivity (ANPP) along two freshwater-estuarine transects in the Florida Coastal Everglades . Hydrobiologia 569: 459-474.

Krauss, K.W., R.R. Twilley, T.W. Doyle, and E.S. Gardiner. 2006. Leaf gas exchange characteristics of three neotropical mangrove species in response to varying hydroperiod. Tree Physiology 26: 959-968.

Krauss, K.W., T.W. Doyle, R.R. Twilley, V.H. Rivera-Monroy, and J.K. Sullivan. 2006. Evaluating the relative contributions of hydroperiod and soil fertility on growth of south Florida mangroves. Hydrobiologia 569: 311-324.

Romigh, M.M., S.E. Davis, V.H. Rivera-Monroy, and R.R. Twilley. 2006. Flux of organic carbon in a riverine mangrove wetland in the Florida Coastal Everglades. Hydrobiologia 569: 505-516.

Simard, M., K. Zhang, V.H. Rivera-Monroy, M.S. Ross, P.L. Ruiz, E. Castañeda-Moya, R.R. Twilley, and E. Rodriguez. 2006. Mapping height and biomass of mangrove forests in Everglades National Park with SRTM elevation data. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing 72: 299-311.

Krauss, K.W., T.W. Doyle, R.R. Twilley, T.J. Smith, K.R.T. Whelan, and J.K. Sullivan. 2005. Woody debris in the mangrove forests of South Florida. Biotropica 37: 9-15.

Twilley, R.R., and V.H. Rivera-Monroy. 2005. Developing performance measures of mangrove wetlands using simulation models of hydrology, nutrient biogeochemistry, and community dynamics. Journal of Coastal Research SI 40: 79-95.

Rivera-Monroy, V.H., R.R. Twilley, D. Bone, D.L. Childers, C. Coronado-Molina, I.C. Feller, J.A. Herrerra-Silviera, R. Jaffe, J.E. Mancera, E. Rejmankova, and J.E. Salisbury. 2004. A conceptual framework to develop long-term ecological research and management objectives in the wider Caribbean Region. BioScience 54: 843-856.