Institution: USDA Forest Service
Department: Northern Research Station, Northern Forest Science and Applications
271 Mast Road
Durham, NH, 03824
Hubbard Brook Role: Investigator, Scientific Coordinating Committee
Phone: (603) 868-7643
Email: john.campbell2@usda.gov
ORCID: 0000-0003-4956-1696
Website: https://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/people/jlcampbell
JohnCampbell

Research Interests

My research focuses on understanding ecosystem response to both natural and human disturbances. Investigations include studies of how environmental change impacts hydrological, biological and chemical processes in forest watersheds. This research includes analyses of long-term field measurements, shorter-term field experiments, laboratory studies and modeling, and has been performed at multiple scales ranging from small plots to global syntheses. Some of the disturbances that I am currently investigating include air pollution, forest harvesting, ice storms, soil freezing, and drought. My research provides a more comprehensive understanding of how forest and aquatic ecosystems respond to environmental change, and helps in identifying vulnerabilities and developing mitigation and adaptation strategies. This information provides land and water resource managers with a basis for making decisions and will enable them to better prepare for change to minimize impacts. Understanding and predicting how ecosystems respond to environmental change is also critical to the development of environmental policy, and will ensure the continued availability of the benefits and services that these ecosystems support.

Hubbard Brook Publications by this Author

Mukherjee, S., Amatya, D. M., Campbell, J. L., Gryczkowski, L., Panda, S., Johnson, S. L., Elder, K., Jalowska, A. M., Caldwell, P., Grace, J. M., Młyński, D., & Wałęga, A. (2024). A watershed-scale multi-approach assessment of design flood discharge estimates used in hydrologic risk analyses for forest road stream crossings and culverts. Journal of Hydrology, 632, 130698. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2024.130698
Green, M. B., Pardo, L. H., Campbell, J. L., Rosi, E., Bernhardt, E. S., Driscoll, C. T., Fahey, T. J., LoRusso, N., Matthes, J., & Templer, P. H. (2023). Combination of factors rather than single disturbance drives perturbation of the nitrogen cycle in a temperate forest. Biogeochemistry. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-023-01105-z
Contosta, A. R., Battles, J. J., Campbell, J. L., Driscoll, C. T., Garlick, S. R., Holmes, R. T., Likens, G. E., Rodenhouse, N. L., Rogers, S. H., Templer, P. H., Vadeboncoeur, M. A., & Groffman, P. M. (2023). Early warning signals of changing resilience in the biogeochemistry and biology of a northern hardwood forest. Environmental Research Letters, 18(9), 094052. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/acf3fe
Mukherjee, S., Amatya, D. M., Jalowska, A. M., Campbell, J. L., Johnson, S. L., Elder, K., Panda, S., Grace, J. M., & Kikoyo, D. (2023). Comparison of on-site versus NOAA’s extreme precipitation intensity-duration-frequency estimates for six forest headwater catchments across the continental United States. Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00477-023-02495-0
Creed, I. F., Hewitt, C. M., Casson, N. J., Contosta, A. R., Campbell, J. L., Lutz, D., & Morzillo, A. T. (2023). Coupled human-natural system impacts of a winter weather whiplash event. Ecology and Society, 28(2). https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-14174-280230
Creed, I. F., Hewitt, C. M., Casson, N. J., Contosta, A. R., Campbell, J. L., Lutz, D., & Morzillo, A. T. (2023). Coupled human-natural system impacts of a winter weather whiplash event. Ecology and Society, 28(2). https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-14174-280230
Pu, G., Campbell, J. L., Green, M. B., Merriam, J. L., Zietlow, D., & Yanai, R. D. (2023). Estimating uncertainty in streamflow and solute fluxes at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, New Hampshire, USA. Hydrological Processes, 37(8), e14961. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.14961
Campbell, J. L., Driscoll, C. T., Jones, J. A., Boose, E. R., Dugan, H. A., Groffman, P. M., Jackson, C. R., Jones, J. B., Juday, G. P., Lottig, N. R., Penaluna, B. E., Ruess, R. W., Suding, K., Thompson, J. R., & Zimmerman, J. K. (2022). Forest and Freshwater Ecosystem Responses to Climate Change and Variability at US LTER Sites. BioScience, 72(9), 851–870. https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biab124
Liptzin, D., Boy, J., Campbell, J. L., Clarke, N., Laclau, J.-P., Godoy, R., Johnson, S. L., Kaiser, K., Likens, G. E., Karlsson, G. P., Markewitz, D., Rogora, M., Sebestyen, S. D., Shanley, J. B., Vanguelova, E., Verstraeten, A., Wilcke, W., Worrall, F., & McDowell, W. H. (2022). Spatial and Temporal Patterns in Atmospheric Deposition of Dissolved Organic Carbon. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 36(10), e2022GB007393. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GB007393
Liptzin, D., Boy, J., Campbell, J. L., Clarke, N., Laclau, J.-P., Godoy, R., Johnson, S. L., Kaiser, K., Likens, G. E., Karlsson, G. P., Markewitz, D., Rogora, M., Sebestyen, S. D., Shanley, J. B., Vanguelova, E., Verstraeten, A., Wilcke, W., Worrall, F., & McDowell, W. H. (2022). Spatial and Temporal Patterns in Atmospheric Deposition of Dissolved Organic Carbon. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 36(10), e2022GB007393. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GB007393
Valipour, M., Johnson, C. E., Battles, J. J., Campbell, J. L., Fahey, T. J., Fakhraei, H., & Driscoll, C. T. (2021). Response of biomass, hydrology and biogeochemistry to alternative approaches of cutting a northern forest: model comparisons. Biogeochemistry. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-021-00862-z
Valipour, M., Johnson, C. E., Battles, J. J., Campbell, J. L., Fahey, T. J., Fakhraei, H., & Driscoll, C. T. (2021). Simulation of the effects of forest harvesting under changing climate to inform long-term sustainable forest management using a biogeochemical model. Science of The Total Environment, 767, 144881. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.144881
Green, M. B., Bailey, S. W., Campbell, J. L., McGuire, K. J., Bailey, A. S., Fahey, T. J., Lany, N., & Zietlow, D. (2021). A catchment water balance assessment of an abrupt shift in evapotranspiration at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, New Hampshire, USA. Hydrological Processes, n/a(n/a), e14300. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.14300
Campbell, J. L., Rustad, L. E., Bailey, S. W., Bernhardt, E. S., Driscoll, C. T., Green, M. B., Groffman, P. M., Lovett, G. M., McDowell, W. H., McGuire, K. J., & Rosi, E. J. (2021). Watershed studies at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest: Building on a long legacy of research with new approaches and sources of data. Hydrological Processes, 35(1), e14016. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.14016
Green, M. B., Pardo, L. H., Bailey, S. W., Campbell, J. L., McDowell, W. H., Bernhardt, E. S., & Rosi, E. J. (2021). Predicting high-frequency variation in stream solute concentrations with water quality sensors and machine learning. Hydrological Processes, 35(1), e14000. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.14000
Wilson, G., Green, M., Brown, J., Campbell, J., Groffman, P., Durán, J., & Morse, J. (2020). Snowpack affects soil microclimate throughout the year. Climatic Change, 163(2), 705–722. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-020-02943-8
Rustad, L. E., Campbell, J. L., Driscoll, C. T., Fahey, T. J., Groffman, P. M., Schaberg, P. G., Hawley, G. J., Halm, I., Bowles, F., Leuenberger, W., Schwaner, G., Winant, G., & Leonardi, B. (2020). Experimental approach and initial forest response to a simulated ice storm experiment in a northern hardwood forest. PLOS ONE, 15(9), e0239619. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0239619
Campbell, J. L., Rustad, L. E., Garlick, S., Newman, N., Stanovick, J. S., Halm, I., Driscoll, C. T., Barjenbruch, B. L., Burakowski, E., Hilberg, S. D., Sanders, K. J., Shafer, J. C., & Doesken, N. J. (2020). A Comparison of Low-Cost Collector Configurations for Quantifying Ice Accretion. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 59(9), 1429–1442. https://doi.org/10.1175/JAMC-D-19-0280.1
See, C. R., Green, M. B., Yanai, R. D., Bailey, A. S., Campbell, J. L., & Hayward, J. (2020). Quantifying uncertainty in annual runoff due to missing data. PeerJ, 8, e9531. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9531
Campbell, J. L., Rustad, L. E., Driscoll, C. T., Halm, I., Fahey, T. J., Fakhraei, H., Groffman, P. M., Hawley, G. J., Leuenberger, W., & Schaberg, P. G. (2020). Simulating Impacts of Ice Storms on Forest Ecosystems. Journal of Visualized Experiments, 160, 61492. https://doi.org/10.3791/61492
Weitzman, J. N., Groffman, P. M., Campbell, J. L., Driscoll, C. T., Fahey, R. T., Fahey, T. J., Schaberg, P. G., & Rustad, L. E. (2019). Ecosystem Nitrogen Response to a Simulated Ice Storm in a Northern Hardwood Forest. Ecosystems. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-019-00463-w
Fahey, R. T., Atkins, J. W., Campbell, J. L., Rustad, L. E., Duffy, M., Driscoll, C. T., Fahey, T. J., & Schaberg, P. G. (2019). Effects of an experimental ice storm on forest canopy structure. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 50(2), 136–145. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfr-2019-0276
Campbell, J. L., & Laudon, H. (2019). Carbon response to changing winter conditions in northern regions:  Current understanding and emerging research needs. Environmental Reviews. https://doi.org/10.1139/er-2018-0097
Dong, Z., Driscoll, C. T., Campbell, J. L., Pourmokhtarian, A., Stoner, A. M. K., & Hayhoe, K. (2019). Projections of water, carbon, and nitrogen dynamics under future climate change in an alpine tundra ecosystem in the southern Rocky Mountains using a biogeochemical model. The Science of the Total Environment, 650(Pt 1), 1451–1464. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.09.151
Casson, N. J., Contosta, A. R., Burakowski, E. A., Campbell, J. L., Crandall, M. S., Creed, I. F., Eimers, M. C., Garlick, S., Lutz, D. A., Morison, M. Q., Morzillo, A. T., & Nelson, S. J. (2019). Winter Weather Whiplash: Impacts of Meteorological Events Misaligned With Natural and Human Systems in Seasonally Snow-Covered Regions. Earth’s Future, 7(12), 1434–1450. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019EF001224
Contosta, A. R., Casson, N. J., Garlick, S., Nelson, S. J., Ayres, M. P., Burakowski, E. A., Campbell, J., Creed, I., Eimers, C., Evans, C., Fernandez, I., Fuss, C., Huntington, T., Patel, K., Sanders‐DeMott, R., Son, K., Templer, P., & Thornbrugh, C. (2019). Northern forest winters have lost cold, snowy conditions that are important for ecosystems and human communities. Ecological Applications, 29(7), e01974. https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.1974
Valipour, M., Driscoll, C. T., Johnson, C. E., Battles, J. J., Campbell, J. L., & Fahey, T. J. (2018). The application of an integrated biogeochemical model to simulate dynamics of vegetation, hydrology and nutrients in soil and streamwater following a whole-tree harvest of a northern hardwood forest. Science of The Total Environment, 645, 244–256. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.07.066
Marinos, R. E., Campbell, J. L., Driscoll, C. T., Likens, G. E., McDowell, W. H., Rosi, E. J., Rustad, L. E., & Bernhardt, E. S. (2018). Give and Take: A Watershed Acid Rain Mitigation Experiment Increases Baseflow Nitrogen Retention but Increases Stormflow Nitrogen Export. Environmental Science & Technology, 52(22), 13155–13165. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.8b03553
Evans, D. M., Villamagna, A. M., Green, M. B., & Campbell, J. L. (2018). Origins of stream salinization in an upland New England watershed. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 190(9), 523. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-018-6802-4
Groffman, P. M., Driscoll, C. T., Durán, J., Campbell, J. L., Christenson, L. M., Fahey, T. J., Fisk, M. C., Fuss, C., Likens, G. E., Lovett, G., Rustad, L., & Templer, P. H. (2018). Nitrogen oligotrophication in northern hardwood forests. Biogeochemistry, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-018-0445-y
Green, M. B., Campbell, J. L., Yanai, R. D., Bailey, S. W., Bailey, A. S., Grant, N., Halm, I., Kelsey, E. P., & Rustad, L. E. (2018). Downsizing a long-term precipitation network: Using a quantitative approach to inform difficult decisions. PLOS ONE, 13(5), e0195966. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0195966
Asbjornsen, H., Campbell, J. L., Jennings, K. A., Vadeboncoeur, M. A., McIntire, C., Templer, P. H., Phillips, R. P., Bauerle, T. L., Dietze, M. C., Frey, S. D., Groffman, P. M., Guerrieri, R., Hanson, P. J., Kelsey, E. P., Knapp, A. K., McDowell, N. G., Meir, P., Novick, K. A., Ollinger, S. V., … Rustad, L. E. (2018). Guidelines and considerations for designing field experiments simulating precipitation extremes in forest ecosystems. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 9(12), 2310–2325. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.13094
Vadeboncoeur, M. A., Green, M. B., Asbjornsen, H., Campbell, J. L., Adams, M. B., Boyer, E. W., Burns, D. A., Fernandez, I. J., Mitchell, M. J., & Shanley, J. B. (2018). Systematic variation in evapotranspiration trends and drivers across the Northeastern United States. Hydrological Processes, 32(23), 3547–3560. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.13278
Yanai, R. D., See, C. R., & Campbell, J. L. (2017). Current Practices in Reporting Uncertainty in Ecosystem Ecology. Ecosystems, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-017-0197-x
Durán, J., Morse, J. L., Rodríguez, A., Campbell, J. L., Christenson, L. M., Driscoll, C. T., Fahey, T. J., Fisk, M. C., Mitchell, M. J., Templer, P. H., & Groffman, P. M. (2017). Differential sensitivity to climate change of C and N cycling processes across soil horizons in a northern hardwood forest. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 107, 77–84. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2016.12.028
Christenson, L., Clark, H., Livingston, L., Heffernan, E., Campbell, J., Driscoll, C., Groffman, P., Fahey, T., Fisk, M., Mitchell, M., & Templer, P. H. (2017). Winter Climate Change Influences on Soil Faunal Distribution and Abundance: Implications for Decomposition in the Northern Forest. Northeastern Naturalist, 24(sp7), B209–B234. https://doi.org/10.1656/045.024.s721
Campbell, E. T., & Tilley, D. R. (2016). Relationships between renewable emergy storage or flow and biodiversity: A modeling investigation. Ecological Modelling, 340, 134–148. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2016.08.004
Pourmokhtarian, A., Driscoll, C. T., Campbell, J. L., Hayhoe, K., Stoner, A. M. K., Adams, M. B., Burns, D., Fernandez, I., Mitchell, M. J., & Shanley, J. B. (2016). Modeled ecohydrological responses to climate change at seven small watersheds in the northeastern United States. Global Change Biology, n/a-n/a. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.13444
Campbell, J. L., Yanai, R. D., Green, M. B., Likens, G. E., See, C. R., Bailey, A. S., Buso, D. C., & Yang, D. (2016). Uncertainty in the net hydrologic flux of calcium in a paired-watershed harvesting study. Ecosphere, 7(6), n/a-n/a. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.1299
Puntsag, T., Mitchell, M. J., Campbell, J. L., Klein, E. S., Likens, G. E., & Welker, J. M. (2016). Arctic vortex changes alter the sources and isotopic values of precipitation in northeastern US. Scientific Reports, 6, 22647. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep22647
Durán, J., Morse, J. L., Groffman, P. M., Campbell, J. L., Christenson, L. M., Driscoll, C. T., Fahey, T. J., Fisk, M. C., Likens, G. E., Melillo, J. M., Mitchell, M. J., Templer, P. H., & Vadeboncoeur, M. A. (2016). Climate change decreases nitrogen pools and mineralization rates in northern hardwood forests. Ecosphere, 7(3), n/a-n/a. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.1251
Pourmokhtarian, A., Driscoll, C. T., Campbell, J. L., Hayhoe, K., & Stoner, A. M. K. (2016). The effects of climate downscaling technique and observational dataset on modeled ecological responses. Ecological Applications, n/a-n/a. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0745
Fuss, C. B., Driscoll, C. T., Groffman, P. M., Campbell, J. L., Christenson, L. M., Fahey, T. J., Fisk, M. C., Mitchell, M. J., Templer, P. H., Durán, J., & Morse, J. L. (2016). Nitrate and dissolved organic carbon mobilization in response to soil freezing variability. Biogeochemistry, 131(1–2), 35–47. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-016-0262-0
Lovett, G. M., Weiss, M., Liebhold, A. M., Holmes, T. P., Leung, B., Lambert, K. F., Orwig, D. A., Campbell, F. T., Rosenthal, J., McCullough, D. G., & others. (2016). Nonnative forest insects and pathogens in the United States: Impacts and policy options. Ecological Applications. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1890/15-1176/full
Amatya, D. M., Campbell, J., Wohlgemuth, P., Elder, K., Sebestyen, S., Johnson, S., Keppeler, E., Adams, M. B., Caldwell, P., & Misra, D. (2016). Hydrological processes of reference watersheds in experimental forests, USA. In D. M. Amatya, T. M. Williams, L. Bren, & C. de Jong (Eds.), Forest hydrology: processes, management and assessment (pp. 219–239). CABI. https://doi.org/10.1079/9781780646602.0219
Green, M. B., Laursen, B. K., Campbell, J. L., McGuire, K. J., & Kelsey, E. P. (2015). Stable water isotopes suggest sub-canopy water recycling in a northern forested catchment. Hydrological Processes, 29(25), 5193–5202. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.10706
Benettin, P., Bailey, S. W., Campbell, J. L., Green, M. B., Rinaldo, A., Likens, G. E., McGuire, K. J., & Botter, G. (2015). Linking water age and solute dynamics in streamflow at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, NH, USA. Water Resources Research, n/a-n/a. https://doi.org/10.1002/2015WR017552
Fahey, T. J., Templer, P. H., Anderson, B. T., Battles, J. J., Campbell, J. L., Driscoll, C. T., Fusco, A. R., Green, M. B., Kassam, K.-A. S., Rodenhouse, N. L., Rustad, L., Schaberg, P. G., & Vadeboncoeur, M. A. (2015). The promise and peril of intensive-site-based ecological research: insights from the Hubbard Brook ecosystem study. Ecology, 96(4), 885–901. https://doi.org/10.1890/14-1043.1
Fuss, C. B., Driscoll, C. T., & Campbell, J. L. (2015). Recovery from chronic and snowmelt acidification: Long-term trends in stream and soil water chemistry at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, New Hampshire, USA. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 2015JG003063. https://doi.org/10.1002/2015JG003063
Campbell, John, Vadeboncoeur, Matthew, Asbjornsen, Heidi, Green, Mark, Adams, Mary Beth, & Boyer, Elizabeth. (2015). Evaluating biological and physical drivers of evapotranspiration trends at Northeaster US watersheds (HBR.2015-50; USDA General Technical Report No. Proceedings of the Fifth Interagency Conference on Research in the Watersheds; Headwaters to Estuaries: Advances in Watershed Science and Management, pp. 257–241). http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/gtr/gtr_srs211.pdf#page=257