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Natalie A. Griffiths is affiliated with Oak Ridge National Laboratory in the United States. Their research is primarily situated within the field of Environmental Science, with a strong emphasis on Ecology, Water Science and Technology, and Global and Planetary Change. Additional focus areas include Environmental Chemistry and Plant Science.

The body of work by Natalie A. Griffiths addresses a range of topics related to ecosystem dynamics and biogeochemical processes. Main topics covered in their research include:

  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
  • Coastal Wetland Ecosystem Dynamics
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Botany and Plant Ecology Studies
  • Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies

Several notable recent papers exemplify their research focus:

  • Rapid Net Carbon Loss From a Whole-Ecosystem Warmed Peatland, 2020, AGU Advances
  • Soil metabolome response to whole-ecosystem warming at the Spruce and Peatland Responses under Changing Environments experiment, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Experimental nitrogen and phosphorus enrichment stimulates multiple trophic levels of algal and detrital-based food webs: a global meta-analysis from streams and rivers, 2020, Biological Reviews/Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
  • Anthropogenically driven climate and landscape change effects on inland water carbon dynamics: What have we learned and where are we going?, 2022, Global Change Biology
  • An Integrative Model for Soil Biogeochemistry and Methane Processes: I. Model Structure and Sensitivity Analysis, 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Griffiths include:

  • Stephen D. Sebestyen
  • Rachel M. Pilla
  • Paul J. Hanson
  • Randall K. Kolka
  • Paul G. Matson

Griffiths' work is regularly published in several key scientific venues, reflecting the breadth of their research interests. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences
  • OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
  • Ecosystems
  • Hydrological Processes
  • Biogeochemistry

Best Publications

  • A review of allochthonous organic matter dynamics and metabolism in streams

    Jennifer L. Tank;Emma J. Rosi-Marshall;Natalie A. Griffiths;Sally A. Entrekin

  • Toxins in transgenic crop byproducts may affect headwater stream ecosystems

    E. J. Rosi-Marshall;J. L. Tank;T. V. Royer;M. R. Whiles

  • Stability of peatland carbon to rising temperatures

    Rachel Wilson;Anya Hopple;Malak Tfaily;Stephen Sebestyen

  • Global patterns and drivers of ecosystem functioning in rivers and riparian zones

    Scott D. Tiegs;David M. Costello;Mark W. Isken;Guy Woodward

  • Forecasting functional implications of global changes in riparian plant communities

    John S Kominoski;John S Kominoski;Jennifer J Follstad Shah;Jennifer J Follstad Shah;Cristina Canhoto;Dylan G Fischer

  • Global synthesis of the temperature sensitivity of leaf litter breakdown in streams and rivers

    Jennifer J. Follstad Shah;Jennifer J. Follstad Shah;John S. Kominoski;Marcelo Ardón;Walter K. Dodds

  • A standardized cotton-strip assay for measuring organic-matter decomposition in streams

    Scott D. Tiegs;Joanne E. Clapcott;Natalie A. Griffiths;Andrew J. Boulton

  • Occurrence of maize detritus and a transgenic insecticidal protein (Cry1Ab) within the stream network of an agricultural landscape

    Jennifer L. Tank;Emma J. Rosi-Marshall;Todd V. Royer;Matt R. Whiles

  • Partitioning assimilatory nitrogen uptake in streams: an analysis of stable isotope tracer additions across continents

    J. L. Tank;E. Martí;T. Riis;D. von Schiller

  • Agricultural land use alters the seasonality and magnitude of stream metabolism

    Natalie A. Griffiths;Jennifer L. Tank;Todd V. Royer;Sarah S. Roley

  • Responses of stream macroinvertebrates to Bt maize leaf detritus.

    Catherine P. Chambers;Matt R. Whiles;Emma J. Rosi-Marshall;Jennifer L. Tank

  • Rapid Net Carbon Loss From a Whole‐Ecosystem Warmed Peatland

    Paul Hanson;Natalie Griffiths;Colleen Iversen;Richard Norby

  • Representing northern peatland microtopography and hydrology within the Community Land Model

    Xiaoying Shi;Peter E. Thornton;Daniel M. Ricciuto;Paul J. Hanson

  • Rapid decomposition of maize detritus in agricultural headwater streams

    Natalie A. Griffiths;Jennifer L. Tank;Todd V. Royer;Emma J. Rosi-Marshall

  • Anthropogenically driven climate and landscape change effects on inland water carbon dynamics: What have we learned and where are we going?

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  • The metabolic regimes of 356 rivers in the United States.

    Alison P. Appling;Jordan S. Read;Luke A. Winslow;Maite Arroita;Maite Arroita

  • Soil metabolome response to whole-ecosystem warming at the Spruce and Peatland Responses under Changing Environments experiment.

    Rachel M. Wilson;Malak M. Tfaily;Malak M. Tfaily;Max Kolton;Eric R. Johnston

  • Multimetric spatial optimization of switchgrass plantings across a watershed

    Esther S. Parish;Michael R. Hilliard;Latha M. Baskaran;Virginia H. Dale

  • The influence of floodplain restoration on whole-stream metabolism in an agricultural stream: insights from a 5-year continuous data set

    Sarah S. Roley;Sarah S. Roley;Jennifer L. Tank;Natalie A. Griffiths;Natalie A. Griffiths;Robert O. Hall

  • Where does streamwater come from in low-relief forested watersheds? A dual-isotope approach

    J. Klaus;J. J. McDonnell;J. J. McDonnell;C. R. Jackson;E. Du

  • Temporal variation in organic carbon spiraling in Midwestern agricultural streams

    Natalie A. Griffiths;Natalie A. Griffiths;Jennifer L. Tank;Todd V. Royer;Thomas J. Warrner

  • Experimental nitrogen and phosphorus enrichment stimulates multiple trophic levels of algal and detrital-based food webs: a global meta-analysis from streams and rivers

    Marcelo Ardón;Lydia H Zeglin;Ryan M Utz;Scott D Cooper

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen D. Sebestyen
Stephen D. Sebestyen US Forest Service
Paul J. Hanson
Paul J. Hanson Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Daniel M. Ricciuto
Daniel M. Ricciuto Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Jennifer L. Tank
Jennifer L. Tank University of Notre Dame
Jeffrey J. McDonnell
Jeffrey J. McDonnell University of Saskatchewan
Jeffrey M. Warren
Jeffrey M. Warren Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Matt R. Whiles
Matt R. Whiles University of Florida
Richard J. Norby
Richard J. Norby University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Todd V. Royer
Todd V. Royer Indiana University
Emma J. Rosi-Marshall
Emma J. Rosi-Marshall Loyola University Chicago

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