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Research interests include landscape ecology, wetland plant communities, effects of human disturbance on wetland ecosystems and wetland condition assessment.
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Recent Publications
Estuaries as Filters for Riverine Microplastics: Simulations in a Large, Coastal-Plain Estuary
López, A. G., Najjar, R. G., Friedrichs, M. A. M., Hickner, M. A. & Wardrop, D. H., Aug 26 2021, In: Frontiers in Marine Science. 8, 715924.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Variation in surface and subsurface nitrogen cycling in headwater floodplain wetlands due to soil type and wetland condition
Moon, J. B., Wardrop, D. H., Fennessy, M. S., Ingram, H. M., Britson, A. & Okoro, M. H., Oct 1 2020, In: Wetlands Ecology and Management. 28, 5, p. 727-751 25 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Fine-scale spatial homogenization of microbial habitats: a multivariate index of headwater wetland complex condition
Moon, J. B., Wardrop, D. H., Smithwick, E. A. H. & Naithani, K. J., Jan 2019, In: Ecological Applications. 29, 1, e01816.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Assessing the relative vulnerabilities of Mid-Atlantic freshwater wetlands to projected hydrologic changes
Wardrop, D. H., Hamilton, A. T., Nassry, M. Q., West, J. M. & Britson, A. J., Feb 2019, In: Ecosphere. 10, 2, e02561.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Soil carbon sequestration in freshwater wetlands varies across a gradient of ecological condition and by ecoregion
Fennessy, M. S., Wardrop, D. H., Moon, J. B., Wilson, S. & Craft, C., Apr 15 2018, In: Ecological Engineering. 114, p. 129-136 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Plant community composition as a driver of decomposition dynamics in riparian wetlands
Britson, A., Wardrop, D. & Drohan, P., Jun 1 2016, In: Wetlands Ecology and Management. 24, 3, p. 335-346 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Land-use and land-cover effects on soil microbial community abundance and composition in headwater riparian wetlands
Moon, J. B., Wardrop, D. H., Bruns, M. A. V., Miller, R. M. & Naithani, K. J., Jun 1 2016, In: Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 97, p. 215-233 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
A coupled surface-subsurface modeling framework to assess the impact of climate change on freshwater wetlands
Yu, X., Bhatt, G., Duffy, C. J., Wardrop, D. H., Najjar, R. G., Ross, A. C. & Rydzik, M., 2015, In: Climate Research. 66, 3, p. 211-228 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Proposed hydrogeomorphic classification for wetlands of the mid-atlantic region, USA
Brooks, R. P., Brinson, M. M., Havens, K. J., Hershner, C. S., Rheinhardt, R. D., Wardrop, D. H., Whigham, D. F., Jacobs, A. D. & Rubbo, J. M., Apr 1 2011, In: Wetlands. 31, 2, p. 207-219 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The wetland disturbance index: Links with soil and water nitrate concentrations
Cleveland, M. R., Smithwick, E. A. H., Brooks, R. P. & Wardrop, D. H., Oct 2011, In: Wetlands. 31, 5, p. 853-863 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Wetland ecosystem services and coupled socioeconomic benefits through conservation practices in the Appalachian Region
Wardrop, D. H., Glasmeier, A. K., Peterson-Smith, J., Eckles, D., Ingram, H. & Brooks, R. P., Apr 2011, In: Ecological Applications. 21, 3 SUPPL., p. S93-S115Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Potential climate-change impacts on the Chesapeake Bay
Najjar, R. G., Pyke, C. R., Adams, M. B., Breitburg, D., Hershner, C., Kemp, M., Howarth, R., Mulholland, M. R., Paolisso, M., Secor, D., Sellner, K., Wardrop, D. & Wood, R., Jan 1 2010, In: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 86, 1, p. 1-20 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Biotic and abiotic factors affecting distributions of megafauna in diffuse flow on andesite and basalt along the Eastern Lau Spreading Center, Tonga
Podowski, E. L., Ma, S., Luther, G. W., Wardrop, D. & Fisher, C. R., 2010, In: Marine Ecology Progress Series. 418, p. 25-45 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Hydrogeomorphology, environment, and vegetation associations across a latitudinal gradient in highland wetlands of the northeastern USA
Peterson-Smith, J., Wardrop, D. H., Cole, C. A., Cirmo, C. P. & Brooks, R. P., 2009, In: Plant Ecology. 203, 2, p. 155-172 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Editorial: Why become a certified SWS-professional wetland scientist: A perspective from the academic world
Atkinson, R., Brooks, R., Cole, A., Craft, C., Brinson, M., Mitsch, W. J., Perry, J. E., Rains, M., Rickerl, D. H., Shannon, R., Teal, J., Wardrop, D. & Warner, B., Dec 2008, In: Wetlands. 28, 4, p. 1104-1105 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review