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Jason B. Fellman is affiliated with the University of Alaska Southeast in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with substantial contributions in related subfields such as Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Oceanography, Environmental Chemistry, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

The scientist's work covers a range of main topics, including Marine and coastal ecosystems, Cryospheric studies and observations, Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics, Climate change and permafrost, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research.

Jason B. Fellman has published numerous articles, several of which are noted for their focus on ecological and environmental dynamics in northern and coastal regions. Notable recent papers include:

  • Climate-Mediated Changes to Linked Terrestrial and Marine Ecosystems across the Northeast Pacific Coastal Temperate Rainforest Margin (2020, BioScience)
  • Glacier Loss Impacts Riverine Organic Carbon Transport to the Ocean (2020, Geophysical Research Letters)
  • Riverine Dissolved Organic Carbon and Freshwater Export in the Eastern Gulf of Alaska (2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences)
  • Assessing the Role of Photochemistry in Driving the Composition of Dissolved Organic Matter in Glacier Runoff (2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences)
  • A melting cryosphere constrains fish growth by synchronizing the seasonal phenology of river food webs (2022, Global Change Biology)

Frequent collaborators in their research include Eran Hood, Robert G. M. Spencer, David V. D'Amore, J. Ryan Bellmore, and Amy D. Holt.

Jason B. Fellman's work has been published predominantly in several key scientific journals, with multiple contributions to:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences
  • Global Biogeochemical Cycles
  • Biogeochemistry
  • Limnology and Oceanography
  • Geophysical Research Letters

Best Publications

  • Fluorescence spectroscopy opens new windows into dissolved organic matter dynamics in freshwater ecosystems: A review

    Jason B. Fellman;Eran Hood;Robert G. M. Spencer

  • Glaciers as a source of ancient and labile organic matter to the marine environment

    Eran Hood;Jason Fellman;Jason Fellman;Robert G. M. Spencer;Robert G. M. Spencer;Peter J. Hernes

  • Fluorescence characteristics and biodegradability of dissolved organic matter in forest and wetland soils from coastal temperate watersheds in southeast Alaska

    Jason B. Fellman;David V. D’Amore;Eran Hood;Richard D. Boone

  • Storage and release of organic carbon from glaciers and ice sheets

    Eran Hood;Tom J. Battin;Jason Fellman;Shad O'Neel

  • Seasonal changes in the chemical quality and biodegradability of dissolved organic matter exported from soils to streams in coastal temperate rainforest watersheds

    Jason B. Fellman;Eran Hood;David V. D’Amore;Richard T. Edwards

  • Changes in the concentration, biodegradability, and fluorescent properties of dissolved organic matter during stormflows in coastal temperate watersheds

    Jason B. Fellman;Eran Hood;Richard T. Edwards;David V. D'Amore

  • Source and biolability of ancient dissolved organic matter in glacier and lake ecosystems on the Tibetan Plateau

    Robert G.M. Spencer;Weidong Guo;Peter A. Raymond;Thorsten Dittmar

  • The impact of glacier runoff on the biodegradability and biochemical composition of terrigenous dissolved organic matter in near-shore marine ecosystems

    Jason B. Fellman;Robert G.M. Spencer;Peter J. Hernes;Rick T. Edwards

  • Characterizing dissolved organic matter using PARAFAC modeling of fluorescence spectroscopy: a comparison of two models.

    Jason B. Fellman;Mathew P. Miller;Rose M. Cory;David V. D’Amore

  • An evaluation of freezing as a preservation technique for analyzing dissolved organic C, N and P in surface water samples

    Jason B. Fellman;David V. D'Amore;Eran Hood

  • Beyond respiration: Controls on lateral carbon fluxes across the terrestrial-aquatic interface

    Suzanne E. Tank;Jason B. Fellman;Eran Hood;Emma S. Kritzberg

  • Evidence for the assimilation of ancient glacier organic carbon in a proglacial stream food web

    Jason B. Fellman;Eran Hood;Peter A. Raymond;John Hudson

  • Source, biogeochemical cycling, and fluorescence characteristics of dissolved organic matter in an agro‐urban estuary

    Jason B. Fellman;Kevin C. Petrone;Pauline F. Grierson

  • Stream temperature response to variable glacier coverage in coastal watersheds of Southeast Alaska

    Jason B. Fellman;Sonia Nagorski;Sanjay Pyare;Andrew W. Vermilyea

  • The origin and function of dissolved organic matter in agro-urban coastal streams

    Kevin C. Petrone;Kevin C. Petrone;Jason B. Fellman;Eran Hood;Michael J. Donn

  • Hydrologic control of dissolved organic matter biogeochemistry in pools of a subtropical dryland river

    Jason B. Fellman;Shawan Dogramaci;Grzegorz Skrzypek;Wade Dodson

  • Uptake of Allochthonous Dissolved Organic Matter from Soil and Salmon in Coastal Temperate Rainforest Streams

    Jason B. Fellman;Eran Hood;Richard T. Edwards;Jeremy B. Jones

  • Leaf litter chemistry, decomposition and assimilation by macroinvertebrates in two tropical streams

    Neil E. Pettit;Tegan Davies;Jason B. Fellman;Pauline F. Grierson

  • Dissolved organic carbon biolability decreases along with its modernization in fluvial networks in an ancient landscape

    Jason B. Fellman;Robert G. M. Spencer;Peter A. Raymond;Neil E. Pettit

  • Spatial Variation in the Origin of Dissolved Organic Carbon in Snow on the Juneau Icefield, Southeast Alaska

    Jason B. Fellman;Eran Hood;Peter A. Raymond;Aron Stubbins

  • Leaf litter age, chemical quality, and photodegradation control the fate of leachate dissolved organic matter in a dryland river

    Jason Fellman;K.C. Petrone;Pauline Grierson

Frequent Co-Authors

Eran Hood
Eran Hood University of Alaska Southeast
Robert G. M. Spencer
Robert G. M. Spencer Florida State University
Pauline F. Grierson
Pauline F. Grierson University of Western Australia
Durelle T. Scott
Durelle T. Scott Virginia Tech
Aron Stubbins
Aron Stubbins Northeastern University
Peter A. Raymond
Peter A. Raymond Yale University
Leon A. Barmuta
Leon A. Barmuta University of Tasmania
Neil E. Pettit
Neil E. Pettit University of Western Australia
Peter J. Hernes
Peter J. Hernes University of California, Davis
Thorsten Dittmar
Thorsten Dittmar Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg

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