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Overview

Paul T. Rygiewicz is affiliated with the Environmental Protection Agency in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the domain of Environmental Science, focusing on topics related to pollution, geochemistry, and ecosystem dynamics.

Their work encompasses several subfields including Pollution, Geochemistry and Petrology, Materials Chemistry, Insect Science, and Ecology. These areas reflect a broad approach to understanding environmental processes and materials at both chemical and biological levels.

Key topics addressed in their research include:

  • Heavy metals in environment
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
  • Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications
  • Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics

Paul T. Rygiewicz's recent scientific papers include:

  • Transformation and release of micronized Cu used as a wood preservative in treated wood in wetland soil, 2021, Environmental Pollution
  • Focused Microbiome Shifts in Reconstructed Wetlands Correlated with Elevated Copper Concentrations Originating from Micronized Copper Azole-Treated Wood, 2021, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Their research has appeared in specialized journals such as Environmental Pollution and Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, with each venue hosting at least one of their publications.

Frequent collaborators include Mark G. Johnson, Jay R. Reichman, Michael A. Bollman, Marjorie J. Storm, and Christian P. Andersen. These coauthors have contributed to multiple projects alongside Rygiewicz, indicating sustained collaborative research efforts.

Best Publications

  • Fungal-specific PCR primers developed for analysis of the ITS region of environmental DNA extracts

    Kendall J Martin;Paul T Rygiewicz

  • Influence of adverse soil conditions on the formation and function of Arbuscular mycorrhizas

    James A Entry;Paul T Rygiewicz;Lidia S Watrud;Paula K Donnelly

  • Mycorrhizae alter quality and quantity of carbon allocated below ground

    Paul T. Rygiewicz;Christian P. Andersen

  • Soil temperature and plant growth stage influence nitrogen uptake and amino acid concentration of apple during early spring growth

    Shufu Dong;Carolyn F. Scagel;Lailiang Cheng;Leslie H. Fuchigami

  • Elevated CO2 and temperature impacts on different components of soil CO2 efflux in Douglas-fir terracosms

    Guanghui Lin;Guanghui Lin;James R. Ehleringer;PauL. T. Rygiewicz;Mark G. Johnson

  • Effects of ectomycorrhizae and solution pH on [15N]ammonium uptake by coniferous seedlings

    Paul T. Rygiewicz;Caroline S. Bledsoe;Robert J. Zasoski

  • Germination and early plant development of ten plant species exposed to titanium dioxide and cerium oxide nanoparticles

    Christian P. Andersen;George King;Milt Plocher;Marjorie Storm

  • Nitrogen and carbon stable isotope abundances support the myco‐heterotrophic nature and host‐specificity of certain achlorophyllous plants

    Steven A. Trudell;Paul T. Rygiewicz;Robert L. Edmonds

  • Patterns of nitrogen and carbon stable isotope ratios in macrofungi, plants and soils in two old‐growth conifer forests

    Steven A. Trudell;Paul T. Rygiewicz;Robert L. Edmonds

  • Elevated CO2 and temperature alter nitrogen allocation in Douglas-fir

    David T. Tingey;Robert B. Mckane;David M. Olszyk;Mark G. Johnson

  • Stress interactions and mycorrhizal plant response: understanding carbon allocation priorities.

    Christian P. Andersen;Paul T. Rygiewicz

  • Ecological and water quality consequences of nutrient addition for salmon restoration in the Pacific Northwest

    Jana E. Compton;Christian P. Andersen;Donald L. Phillips;J Renée Brooks

  • A versatile sun-lit controlled-environment facility for studying plant and soil processes

    David T. Tingey;Bruce D. McVeety;Ron Waschmann;Mark G. Johnson

  • Phenotypic and genomic responses to titanium dioxide and cerium oxide nanoparticles in Arabidopsis germinants.

    Laxminath Tumburu;Christian P. Andersen;Paul T. Rygiewicz;Jay R. Reichman

  • Time-dependent responses of soil CO2 efflux components to elevated atmospheric CO2 and temperature in experimental forest mesocosms

    Guanghui Lin;Paul T. Rygiewicz;James R. Ehleringer;Mark G. Johnson

  • Whole-seedling biomass allocation, leaf area, and tissue chemistry for Douglas-fir exposed to elevated CO2 and temperature for 4 years.

    David M Olszyk;Mark G Johnson;David T Tingey;Paul T Rygiewicz

  • Lifetime and temporal occurrence of ectomycorrhizae on ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa Laws.) seedlings grown under varied atmospheric CO2 and nitrogen levels

    Paul T. Rygiewicz;Mark G. Johnson;Lisa M. Ganio;David T. Tingey

  • Controls of isotopic patterns in saprotrophic and ectomycorrhizal fungi

    Erik A. Hobbie;Fernando S. Sánchez;Paul T. Rygiewicz

  • Screening and selecting arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi for inoculating micropropagated apple rootstocks in acid soils

    José Renato Pereira Cavallazzi;Osmar Klauberg Filho;Sidney Luiz Stürmer;Paul T. Rygiewicz

  • Ectomycorrhizal fungi identification in single and pooled root samples: terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (TRFLP) and morphotyping compared

    David J. Burke;Kendall J. Martin;Paul T. Rygiewicz;Mary A. Topa

  • Molecular and physiological responses to titanium dioxide and cerium oxide nanoparticles in Arabidopsis

    Laxminath Tumburu;Christian P. Andersen;Paul T. Rygiewicz;Jay R. Reichman

  • Allocation of carbon in mycorrhizal Pinus ponderosa seedlings exposed to ozone

    Christian P. Andersen;Paul T. Rygiewicz

Frequent Co-Authors

David T. Tingey
David T. Tingey Environmental Protection Agency
Erik A. Hobbie
Erik A. Hobbie University of New Hampshire
Donald L. Phillips
Donald L. Phillips Environmental Protection Agency
Guanghui Lin
Guanghui Lin Tsinghua University
James R. Ehleringer
James R. Ehleringer University of Utah
Caroline S. Bledsoe
Caroline S. Bledsoe University of California, Davis
Bruce A. Caldwell
Bruce A. Caldwell Oregon State University
Anthony D. M. Glass
Anthony D. M. Glass University of British Columbia
Lailiang Cheng
Lailiang Cheng Cornell University
James D. Lewis
James D. Lewis Fordham University

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