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Overview

Mark P. Waldrop is affiliated with the United States Geological Survey in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with a strong emphasis on atmospheric science and ecology as subfields of study.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Peatlands and wetlands ecology
  • Microbial community ecology and physiology
  • Geology and paleoclimatology research
  • Soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions

Mark P. Waldrop has contributed to several peer-reviewed journals with notable frequency, including:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences (7 publications)
  • Global Change Biology (2 publications)
  • Earth system science data (2 publications)
  • Cell (1 publication)
  • Nature Climate Change (1 publication)

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Waldrop include:

  • Expansion of the global RNA virome reveals diverse clades of bacteriophages, 2022, Cell
  • Emergent biogeochemical risks from Arctic permafrost degradation, 2021, Nature Climate Change
  • Active virus-host interactions at sub-freezing temperatures in Arctic peat soil, 2021, Microbiome
  • Microbiome assembly in thawing permafrost and its feedbacks to climate, 2022, Global Change Biology
  • Permafrost microbial communities and functional genes are structured by latitudinal and soil geochemical gradients, 2023, The ISME Journal

Their frequent collaborators include:

  • Mary-Cathrine Leewis
  • Merritt R. Turetsky
  • Rachel Mackelprang
  • Jack W. McFarland
  • Kristen Manies

The research conducted by Mark P. Waldrop spans multiple aspects of environmental change and microbial ecology, with particular attention to the interactions between permafrost thaw and microbial communities. The work explores functional gene structuring, virus-host dynamics in Arctic conditions, and the implications of these processes on broader biogeochemical cycles related to climate change.

Best Publications

  • Stoichiometry of soil enzyme activity at global scale

    Robert L. Sinsabaugh;Christian L. Lauber;Michael N. Weintraub;Bony Ahmed

  • Metagenomic analysis of a permafrost microbial community reveals a rapid response to thaw

    Rachel Mackelprang;Mark P. Waldrop;Kristen M. DeAngelis;Maude M. David

  • Linking microbial community composition to function in a tropical soil

    M.P Waldrop;T.C Balser;M.K Firestone

  • Multi-omics of permafrost, active layer and thermokarst bog soil microbiomes

    Jenni Hultman;Jenni Hultman;Mark P. Waldrop;Rachel Mackelprang;Rachel Mackelprang;Maude David

  • NITROGEN DEPOSITION MODIFIES SOIL CARBON STORAGE THROUGH CHANGES IN MICROBIAL ENZYMATIC ACTIVITY

    Mark P. Waldrop;Donald R. Zak;Robert L. Sinsabaugh;Marcy Gallo

  • Vulnerability of high-latitude soil organic carbon in North America to disturbance

    Guido Grosse;Jennifer W. Harden;Merritt Turetsky;A. David McGuire

  • Abundance of microbial genes associated with nitrogen cycling as indices of biogeochemical process rates across a vegetation gradient in Alaska

    Dorthe Groth Petersen;Steven J. Blazewicz;Mary Firestone;Donald J. Herman

  • Extracellular enzyme activities and soil organic matter dynamics for northern hardwood forests receiving simulated nitrogen deposition

    Robert L. Sinsabaugh;Marcy E. Gallo;Christian Lauber;Mark P. Waldrop

  • Evolutionary-Economic Principles as Regulators of Soil Enzyme Production and Ecosystem Function

    Steven D. Allison;Michael N. Weintraub;Tracy B. Gartner;Mark P. Waldrop

  • Microbial community response to nitrogen deposition in northern forest ecosystems

    Mark P Waldrop;Donald R Zak;Robert L Sinsabaugh

  • Potential carbon emissions dominated by carbon dioxide from thawed permafrost soils

    Christina Schädel;Martin K.-F. Bader;Edward A.G. Schuur;Christina Biasi

  • Large loss of CO2 in winter observed across the northern permafrost region

    Susan M. Natali;Jennifer D. Watts;Brendan M. Rogers;Stefano Potter

  • Microbial community utilization of recalcitrant and simple carbon compounds: impact of oak-woodland plant communities

    Mark P. Waldrop;Mark P. Waldrop;Mary K. Firestone

  • Expert assessment of vulnerability of permafrost carbon to climate change

    E. A. G. Schuur;B. W. Abbott;W. B. Bowden;V. Brovkin

  • Relationships between protein-encoding gene abundance and corresponding process are commonly assumed yet rarely observed

    Jennifer D. Rocca;Edward K. Hall;Edward K. Hall;Jay T. Lennon;Sarah E. Evans

  • Resource availability controls fungal diversity across a plant diversity gradient.

    Mark P. Waldrop;Donald R. Zak;Christopher B. Blackwood;Casey D. Curtis

  • Response of microbial community composition and function to soil climate change.

    M. P. Waldrop;M. P. Waldrop;M. K. Firestone

  • Short‐term response of methane fluxes and methanogen activity to water table and soil warming manipulations in an Alaskan peatland

    M. R. Turetsky;M. R. Turetsky;C. C. Treat;M. P. Waldrop;J. M. Waddington

  • Altered utilization patterns of young and old soil C by microorganisms caused by temperature shifts and N additions

    M.P. Waldrop;M.K. Firestone

  • Integrating microbial ecology into ecosystem models: challenges and priorities

    Kathleen K. Treseder;Teri C. Balser;Mark A. Bradford;Eoin L. Brodie

Frequent Co-Authors

Merritt R. Turetsky
Merritt R. Turetsky University of Colorado Boulder
Jennifer W. Harden
Jennifer W. Harden United States Geological Survey
Donald R. Zak
Donald R. Zak University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
A. D. McGuire
A. D. McGuire University of Alaska Fairbanks
Janet K. Jansson
Janet K. Jansson Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Mary K. Firestone
Mary K. Firestone University of California, Berkeley
Eugénie S. Euskirchen
Eugénie S. Euskirchen University of Alaska Fairbanks
Robert L. Sinsabaugh
Robert L. Sinsabaugh University of New Mexico
Matthew D. Wallenstein
Matthew D. Wallenstein Colorado State University
Kimberly P. Wickland
Kimberly P. Wickland United States Geological Survey

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