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Carl C. Trettin is affiliated with the US Forest Service in the United States and has a substantial body of research focused primarily on earth and planetary sciences and environmental science. Their work encompasses various subfields, including geophysics, environmental chemistry, astronomy and astrophysics, ecology, and global and planetary change.

The scientist's research topics cover a broad range of environmental and geophysical phenomena. Key topics include:

  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Seismic Waves and Analysis
  • Ionosphere and Magnetosphere Dynamics
  • Earthquake Detection and Analysis
  • Coastal Wetland Ecosystem Dynamics
  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies

Carl C. Trettin has contributed to multiple publications, often focusing on coastal mangrove ecosystems and carbon cycling in wetland environments. Notable recent papers include:

  • "Large-Scale High-Resolution Coastal Mangrove Forests Mapping Across West Africa With Machine Learning Ensemble and Satellite Big Data," published in 2021 in Frontiers in Earth Science
  • "Macroecological Patterns of Forest Structure and Allometric Scaling in Mangrove Forests," published in 2021 in Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • "A Review of Carbon Monitoring in Wet Carbon Systems Using Remote Sensing," published in 2022 in Environmental Research Letters
  • "Practical Guide to Measuring Wetland Carbon Pools and Fluxes," published in 2023 in Wetlands
  • "Mangrove Carbon Stocks in Pongara National Park, Gabon," published in 2021 in Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science

The scientist collaborates frequently with a core group of co-authors, including Alex Chow, Jason Toyoda, John Bargar, Sarah Burton, and Andrew Lipton. This collaboration network reflects a well-established research presence within their fields of study.

Publication venues where Carl C. Trettin's work frequently appears include:

  • OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
  • Forest Service Research Data Archive
  • Wetlands
  • PLoS ONE
  • Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America

Best Publications

  • THE CARBON BALANCE OF NORTH AMERICAN WETLANDS

    Scott D. Bridgham;J. Patrick Megonigal;Jason K. Keller;Norman B. Bliss

  • An integrated model of soil, hydrology, and vegetation for carbon dynamics in wetland ecosystems

    Yu Zhang;Changsheng Li;Carl C. Trettin;Harbin Li

  • Temperature and vegetation effects on soil organic carbon quality along a forested mean annual temperature gradient in North America

    Cinzia Fissore;Christian P. Giardina;Randall K. Kolka;Carl C. Trettin

  • Northern Forested Wetlands Ecology and Management

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  • Carbon stocks of mangroves within the Zambezi River Delta, Mozambique

    Christina E. Stringer;Carl C. Trettin;Stanley J. Zarnoch;Wenwu Tang

  • Soil quality assessment in domesticated forests – a southern pine example

    Daniel L Kelting;James A Burger;Steven C Patterson;W.Michael Aust

  • Scots pine litter decomposition along drainage succession and soil nutrient gradients in peatland forests, and the effects of inter-annual weather variation

    Raija Laiho;Raija Laiho;Jukka Laine;Carl C. Trettin;Leena Finér;Leena Finér

  • Modeling Impacts of Management on Carbon Sequestration and Trace Gas Emissions in Forested Wetland Ecosystems

    Changsheng Li;Jianbo Cui;Ge Sun;Carl Trettin

  • Impacts of intensive forestry on early rotation trends in site carbon pools in the southeastern US

    Raija Laiho;Felipe Sanchez;Allan Tiarks;Phillip M. Dougherty

  • Forest nutrient and carbon pools at Walker Branch watershed: changes during a 21-year period

    Carl C. Trettin;D.W. Johnson;D.E. Todd

  • A review of carbon monitoring in wet carbon systems using remote sensing

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  • Carbon Cycling in Wetland Forest Soils

    Carl C. Trettin;Martin F. Jurgensen

  • Linkage of mike she to wetland-dndc for carbon budgeting and anaerobic biogeochemistry simulation

    Jianbo Cui;Changsheng Li;Ge Sun;Carl Trettin

  • Biomass and carbon pools of disturbed riparian forests

    Laura A.B. Giese;W.M. Aust;Randall K. Kolka;Carl C. Trettin

  • Analyzing the ecosystem carbon and hydrologic characteristics of forested wetland using a biogeochemical process model

    Jianbo Cui;Changsheng Li;Carl Trettin

  • Bi-criteria evaluation of the MIKE SHE model for a forested watershed on the South Carolina coastal plain

    Z. Dai;C. Li;C. Trettin;G. Sun

  • Northern Forested Wetlands

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  • Hydrology and water budget for a forested atlantic coastal plain watershed, South Carolina

    Scott V. Harder;Devendra M. Amatya;Timothy J. Callahan;Carl C. Trettin

  • The Response of Belowground Carbon Allocation in Forests to Global Change

    Christian P. Giardina;Christian P. Giardina;Mark D. Coleman;Dan Binkley;Dan Binkley;Jessica E. Hancock;Jessica E. Hancock

  • Soil organic matter and nitrogen cycling in response to harvesting, mechanical site preparation, and fertilization in a wetland with a mineral substrate

    James W. McLaughlin;Margaret R. Gale;Martin F. Jurgensen;Carl C. Trettin

  • Large-Scale High-Resolution Coastal Mangrove Forests Mapping Across West Africa With Machine Learning Ensemble and Satellite Big Data

    Xue Liu;Temilola E. Fatoyinbo;Nathan M. Thomas;Weihe Wendy Guan

  • Macroecological patterns of forest structure and allometric scaling in mangrove forests

    Andre S. Rovai;Andre S. Rovai;Robert R. Twilley;Edward Castañeda‐Moya;Stephen R. Midway

  • Estimating mangrove aboveground biomass from airborne LiDAR data: a case study from the Zambezi River delta

    Temilola Fatoyinbo;Emanuelle A. Feliciano;Emanuelle A. Feliciano;David Lagomasino;David Lagomasino;Seung Kuk Lee;Seung Kuk Lee

  • Effect of Assessment Scale on Spatial and Temporal Variations in CH4, CO2, and N2O Fluxes in a Forested Wetland

    Zhaohua Dai;Zhaohua Dai;Carl C. Trettin;Changsheng Li;Harbin Li

  • The Mangroves of the Zambezi Delta: Increase in Extent Observed via Satellite from 1994 to 2013

    Aurelie C. Shapiro;Carl C. Trettin;Helga Kuchly;Sadroddin Alavinapanah

  • A Comparison of Mangrove Canopy Height Using Multiple Independent Measurements from Land, Air, and Space

    David Lagomasino;Temilola Fatoyinbo;Seung-Kuk Lee;Emanuelle Feliciano

Frequent Co-Authors

Ge Sun
Ge Sun US Forest Service
Devendra M. Amatya
Devendra M. Amatya US Forest Service
Marc Simard
Marc Simard California Institute of Technology
Changsheng Li
Changsheng Li University of New Hampshire
Martin F. Jurgensen
Martin F. Jurgensen Michigan Technological University
Deborah S. Page-Dumroese
Deborah S. Page-Dumroese United States Department of Agriculture
Randall K. Kolka
Randall K. Kolka US Forest Service
Alex T. Chow
Alex T. Chow Clemson University
W. Michael Aust
W. Michael Aust Virginia Tech
Jean-Christophe Domec
Jean-Christophe Domec Bordeaux Sciences Agro

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