WVU - Department of Biology

Publications

Dr. William Peterjohn's Publications

Gress, S.E., T.D. Nichols, C.C. Northcraft, and W.T. Peterjohn. 2007. Nutrient limitation in soils exhibiting differing nitrogen availabilities: What lies beyond nitrogen saturation? Ecology. 88: 119-130.

Wallenstein. M.D., W.T. Peterjohn, and W.H. Schlesinger. 2006. N fertilization effects on denitrification and N cycling in an aggrading forest. Ecological Applications. 16: 2168-2176.

Christ, M.J., W.T. Peterjohn, J.R. Cumming, and M.B. Adams. 2002. Nitrification potentials and landscape, soil and vegetation characteristics in two Central Appalachian watersheds differing in NO₃^- export. Forest Ecology and Management. 159: 145-158.

Cybulski, W.J., W.T. Peterjohn, and J.H. Sullivan. 2000. The influence of elevated ultraviolet-B radiation (UV-B) on tissue quality and decomposition of loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) needles. Environmental and Experimental Botany. 44: 231-241.

Cybulski, W.J., and W.T. Peterjohn. 1999. Effects of ambient UV-B radiation on the above-ground biomass of seven temperate-zone plant species. Plant Ecology. 145: 171- 177.

Peterjohn, W.T., C.J. Foster, M.J. Christ, and M.B. Adams. 1999. Patterns of nitrogen availability within a forested watershed exhibiting symptoms of nitrogen saturation. Forest Ecology and Management 119:247-257.

Peterjohn, W.T., R.J. McGervey, A.J. Sexstone, M.J. Christ, C.J. Foster, and M.B. Adams. 1998. Nitrous oxide production in two forested watersheds exhibiting symptoms of nitrogen saturation. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 28:1723-1732.

Peterjohn, W.T., M.B. Adams, and F.S. Gilliam. 1996. Symptoms of nitrogen saturation in two central Appalachian hardwood forest ecosystems. Biogeochemistry 35:507-522.

Kicklighter, D.W., J.M. Melillo, W.T. Peterjohn, E.B. Rastetter, A.D. McGuire, P.A. Steudler, and J.D. Aber. 1994. Aspects of spatial and temporal aggregation in estimating regional carbon dioxide fluxes from temperate forest soils. Journal of Geophysical Research 99:1303-1315.

Peterjohn, W.T., J.M. Melillo, P.A. Steudler, K.M. Newkirk, F.P. Bowles, and J.D. Aber. 1994. Responses of trace gas fluxes and N availability to experimentally elevated soil temperatures. Ecological Applications 43:617-625.

Castro, M.S., W.T. Peterjohn, J.M. Melillo, P.A. Steudler, H.L. Gholz, and D. Lewis. 1994. Effects of nitrogen fertilization on the fluxes of N₂O, CH₄, and CO₂ from soils in a slash pine plantation. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 24:9-13.

Peterjohn, W.T., J.M. Melillo, F. P. Bowles, and P. A. Steudler. 1993. Soil warming and trace gas fluxes: experimental design and preliminary flux results. Oecologia 93:18-24.

Peterjohn, W.T. 1991. Denitrification: enzyme content and activity in desert soils. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 23: 845-855.

Peterjohn, W.T., and W.H. Schlesinger. 1991. Factors controlling denitrification in a Chihuahuan Desert ecosystem. Soil Science Society of America Journal 55:1694-1701.

Schlesinger, W.H., and W.T. Peterjohn. 1991. Processes controlling ammonia volatilization in Chihuahuan Desert soil. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 23:637-642.

Peterjohn, W.T., and W.H. Schlesinger. 1990. Nitrogen loss from deserts in the southwestern United States. Biogeochemistry 10:67-79.

Schlesinger, W.H., and W.T. Peterjohn. 1988. Ion and sulfate-isotope ratios in arid soils subject to wind erosion in the southwestern U.S. Soil Science Society of America Journal 52:54-58.
Peterjohn, W.T., and D.L. Correll. 1986. The effect of riparian forest on the volume and chemical composition of baseflow in an agricultural watershed. Pages 244-262.In D.L. Correll, editor. Watershed Research Perspectives. Smithsonian Press, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
Jordan, T.E., D.L. Correll, W.T. Peterjohn, and D.E. Weller. 1986. Nutrient flux in a landscape: the Rhode River watershed and receiving waters. Pages 57-76. In D.L. Correll, editor. Watershed Research Perspectives. Smithsonian Press, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
Peterjohn, W.T., and D.L. Correll. 1984. Nutrient dynamics in an agricultural watershed: observations on the role of a riparian forest. Ecology 65: 1466-1475.
Correll, D.L., N.M. Goff, and W.T. Peterjohn. 1984. Ion balances between precipitation inputs and Rhode River watershed discharges. Pages 77-111. in O.P. Bricker, editor. Geological Aspects of Acid Deposition. Butterworth, Stoneham, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

Peterjohn, W.T., J.L. Patterson, G.W. Barrett, and M.P. Farrell. 1981. Comparative accuracy of population estimators for enclosed small mammal populations. Acta Theriologica 26: 459-468.