Institution: State University of New York
Department: College of Environmental Science and Forestry
1 Forestry Drive
Syracuse, NY 13210
Hubbard Brook Role: Investigator
Phone: (315) 470-6765
Email: mitchell@syr.edu
Website: http://www.esf.edu/efb/mitchell/
MyronMitchell

Research Interests

Myron J. Mitchell has worked at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest since 1982. His work focuses on biogeochemical cycles with an emphasis on forest ecosystems and associated surface waters. All of the projects are collaborative efforts including scientists at the HBEF and other institutions. Work at the HBEF has focused on sulfur dynamics and has included analyses with both stable and radioactive isotopes. Related field research is also being conducted at the Huntington Forest in the Adirondack Mountains of New York and other watersheds in the eastern United States. He is doing regional comparisons which most recently have focused on forested watersheds in the eastern United States, Canada and Central Europe

Hubbard Brook Publications by this Author

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
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
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
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
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
Christenson, L. M., Mitchell, M. J., Groffman, P. M., & Lovett, G. M. (2014). Cascading Effects of Climate Change on Forest Ecosystems: Biogeochemical Links Between Trees and Moose in the Northeast USA. Ecosystems, 17(3), 442–457. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-013-9733-5
Durán, J., Morse, J. L., Groffman, P. M., Campbell, J. L., Christenson, L. M., Driscoll, C. T., Fahey, T. J., Fisk, M. C., Mitchell, M. J., & Templer, P. H. (2014). Winter climate change affects growing-season soil microbial biomass and activity in northern hardwood forests. Global Change Biology, 20(11), 3568–3577. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.12624
Groffman, P. M., Rustad, L. E., Templer, P. H., Campbell, J. L., Christenson, L. M., Lany, N. K., Socci, A. M., Vadeboncoeur, M. A., Schaberg, P. G., Wilson, G. F., Driscoll, C. T., Fahey, T. J., Fisk, M. C., Goodale, C. L., Green, M. B., Hamburg, S. P., Johnson, C. E., Mitchell, M. J., Morse, J. L., … Rodenhouse, N. L. (2012). Long-Term Integrated Studies Show Complex and Surprising Effects of Climate Change in the Northern Hardwood Forest. BioScience, 62(12), 1056–1066. https://doi.org/10.1525/bio.2012.62.12.7
Mitchell, M. J. (2012). Research resource review: Forest Hydrology and Biogeochemistry: Synthesis of Past Research and Future Directions. Progress in Physical Geography, 36(3), 451–453. https://doi.org/10.1177/0309133312440216
Kang, P.-G., Mayer, B., & Mitchell, M. J. (2012). Comparison of sample preparation methods for stable isotope analysis of dissolved sulphate in forested watersheds. Isotopes in Environmental Health Studies, 48(3), 410–420. https://doi.org/10.1080/10256016.2012.667810
Kerr, J. G., Eimers, M. C., Creed, I. F., Adams, M. B., Beall, F., Burns, D., Campbell, J. L., Christopher, S. F., Clair, T. A., Courchesne, F., Duchesne, L., Fernandez, I., Houle, D., Jeffries, D. S., Likens, G. E., Mitchell, M. J., Shanley, J., & Yao, H. (2011). The effect of seasonal drying on sulphate dynamics in streams across southeastern Canada and the northeastern USA. Biogeochemistry, 111(1–3), 393–409. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-011-9664-1
Mitchell, M. J. (2011). Nitrate dynamics of forested watersheds: spatial and temporal patterns in North America, Europe and Japan. Journal of Forest Research, 16(5), 333–340. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10310-011-0278-1
Mitchell, M. J., & Likens, G. E. (2011). Watershed Sulfur Biogeochemistry: Shift from Atmospheric Deposition Dominance to Climatic Regulation. Environmental Science & Technology, 45(12), 5267–5271. https://doi.org/10.1021/es200844n
Mitchell, M. J., Lovett, G., Bailey, S., Beall, F., Burns, D., Buso, D., Clair, T., Courchesne, F., Duchesne, L., Eimers, M. C., Fernandez, I., Houle, D., Jeffries, D. S., Likens, G. E., Moran, M. D., Rogers, C., Schwede, D., Shanley, J., Weathers, K., & Vet, R. (2011). Comparisons of watershed sulfur budgets in southeast Canada and northeast US: new approaches and implications. Biogeochemistry, 103(1–3), 181–207. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-010-9455-0
Mitchell, M. J., & Likens, G. E. (2011). Watershed sulfur biogeochemistry: Shift from atmospheric deposition dominance to climatic regulation. Environmental Science and Technology. https://doi.org/dx.doi.org/10.1021/es200844n
Christenson, L. M., Mitchell, M. J., Groffman, P. M., & Lovett, G. M. (2010). Winter climate change implications for decomposition in Northeastern forests: Comparisons of sugar maple litter to herbivore fecal inputs. Global Change Biology, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.02115.x.
Campbell, J. L., Rustad, L. E., Boyer, E. W., Christopher, S. F., Driscoll, C. T., Fernandez, I. J., Groffman, P. M., Houle, D., Kiekbusch, J., Magill, A. H., Mitchell, M. J., & Ollinger, S. V. (2009). Consequences of climate change for biogeochemical cycling in forets of northeastern North America. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 39, 264–284.
Mitchell, M. J., Bailey, S. W., Shanley, J. B., & Mayer, B. (2008). Evaluating sulfur dynamics during storm events for three watersheds in the northeastern USA:  a combined hydrological, chemical and isotopic approach. Hydrological Processes, 22(20), 4023–4034.
Page, B. D., Bullen, T. D., & Mitchell, M. J. (2008). Influences of calcium availability and tree species on Ca isotope fractionation in soil and vegetation. Biogeochemistry, 88(1), 1–13.
Schroth, A. W., Bostick, B. C., Graham, M., Kaste, J. M., Mitchell, M. J., & Friedland, A. J. (2007). Sulfur species behavior in soil organic matter during decomposition. J. Geophys. Res., 112, G04011,doi:10.1029/2007JG000538.
Lovett, G. M., Burns, D. A., Driscoll, C. T., Jenkins, J. C., Mitchell, M. J., Rustad, L., Shanley, J. B., Likens, G. E., & Haeuber, R. (2007). Who needs environmental monitoring? Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 5(5), 253–260.
Campbell, J. L., Mitchell, M. J., Mayer, B., Groffman, P. M., & Christenson, L. M. (2007). Mobility of nitrogen-15-labeled nitrate and sulfur-34 labeled sulfate during snowmelt. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J., 71, 1934–1944.
Watmough, S. A., Aherne, J., Alewell, C., Arp, P., Bailey, S., Clair, T., Dillon, P., Duchesne, L., Eimers, C., Fernandez, I., Foster, N., Larssen, T., Miller, E., Mitchell, M., & Pag, S. (2005). Sulphate, nitrogen and base cation budgets at 21 forested catchments in Canada, the United States and Europe. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 109(1–36).
Mitchell, M. J. (2005). Review of Book: E. Matzner (ed): Biogeochemistry of Forested Catchments in A Changing Environment, A German Case Study. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, 168, 145–146.
Campbell, J. L., Mitchell, M. J., Groffman, P. M., Christenson, L. M., & Hardy, J. P. (2005). Winter in northeastern North America: A critical period for ecological processes. Frontiers in Ecology, 3(6), 314–322.
Mitchell, M. J. (2005). Episodic Acidification. In J. H. Lehr & J. Keeley (Eds.), Water Encyclopedia: Surface and Agricultural Water (HBR.05-26). John Wiley and Sons.
Bailey, S. W., Mayer, B., & Mitchell, M. J. (2004). Evidence for influence of mineral weathering on stream water sulphate in Vermont and New Hampshire (USA). Hydrological Processes, 18, 1639–1653.
Lovett, G. M., & Mitchell, M. J. (2004). Sugar maple and nitrogen cycling in the forests of eastern North America. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 2, 81–88.
Campbell, J. L., Hornbeck, J. W., Mitchell, M. J., Adams, M. B., Castro, M. S., Driscoll, C. T., Kahl, J. S., Kochenderfer, J. N., Likens, G. E., Lynch, J. A., Murdoch, P. S., Nelson, S. J., & Shanley, J. B. (2004). Input-output budgets of inorganic nitrogen for 24 forest watersheds in the Northeastern United States: A review. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution, 151, 373–396.
Fitzhugh, R. D., Likens, G. E., Driscoll, C. T., Mitchell, M. J., Groffman, P. M., Fahey, T. J., & Hardy, J. P. (2003). Role of soil freezing events in interannual patterns of stream chemistry at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, New Hampshire. Environmental Science & Technology, 37, 1575–1580.
Likens, G. E., Driscoll, C. T., Buso, D. C., Mitchell, M. J., Lovett, G. M., Bailey, S. W., Siccama, T. G., Reiners, W. A., & Alewell, C. (2002). The biogeochemistry of sulfur at Hubbard Brook. Biogeochemistry, 60(3), 235–316.
Gbondo-Tugbawa, S. S., Driscoll, C. T., Mitchell, M. J., Aber, J. D., & Likens, G. E. (2002). A model to simulate the response of a northern hardwood forest ecosystem to changes in S deposition. Ecol. Appl., 12(1), 23-Aug.
Mitchell, M. J., Mayer, B., Bailey, S. W., Hornbeck, J. W., Alewell, C., Driscoll, C. T., & Likens, G. E. (2001). Use of stable isotope ratios for evaluating sulfur sources and losses at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest. Water, Air and Soil Pollution, 130, 75–86.
Ohte, N., Mitchell, M. J., Shibata, H., Tokuchi, N., Toda, H., & Iwatsubo, G. (2001). Comparative evaluation on nitrogen saturation of forest catchments in Japan and North America. Water, Air and Soil Pollution, 130, 649–654.
Mitchell, M. J. (2001). Linkages of nitrate losses in watersheds to hydrological processes. Hydrological Processes, 15, 3305–3307.
Alewell, C., Mitchell, M. J., Likens, G. E., & Krouse, R. (2000). Assessing the origin of sulfate- deposition at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest. J. Environ. Qual., 29, 759–767.
Zhang, Y., Mitchell, M. J., Driscoll, C. T., & Likens, G. E. (1999). Changes in soil sulfur constituents in a forested watershed 8 years after whole-tree harvesting. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 29, 356–364.
Alewell, C., Mitchell, M. J., Likens, G. E., & Krouse, H. R. (1999). Sources of stream sulfate at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest: Long-term analyses using stable isotopes. Biogeochemistry, 44, 281–299.
Zhang, Y., Mitchell, M. J., Christ, M., Krouse, H. R., & Likens, G. E. (1998). Stable sulfur isotopic biogeochemistry at Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, New Hampshire. Biogeochemistry, 41, 259–275.
Mitchell, M. J., Driscoll, C. T., Kahl, J. S., Likens, G. E., Murdoch, P. S., & Pardo, L. H. (1996). Climatic control of nitrate loss from forested watersheds in the Northeast United States. Environ. Sci. Technol., 30(8), 2609–2612.
Pardo, L. H., Murdoch, P. E., Mitchell, M. J., Driscoll, C. T., & Likens, G. E. (1994). Growing season loss of nitrate at three northeastern hardwood forests: a regional indicator of nitrogen saturation? Bull. Ecol. Soc. Amer., 75(2), 173.
Mitchell, M. J., Driscoll, C. T., Fuller, R. D., David, M. B., & Likens, G. E. (1989). Effect of whole-tree harvesting on the sulfur dynamics of a forest soil. Soil Sci. Soc. Am., 53(3), 933–940.
Mitchell, M. J., & Fuller, R. D. (1988). Models of sulfur dynamics in forest and grassland ecosystems with emphasis on soil processes. Biogeochemistry, 5, 133–163.
Fuller, R. D., Mitchell, M. J., Krouse, H. R., Wyskowski, B. J., & Driscoll, C. T. (1986). Stable sulfur isotope ratios as a tool for interpreting ecosystem sulfur dynamics. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution, 28(1–2), 163–171.
Fuller, R. D., Driscoll, C. T., Schindler, S. C., & Mitchell, M. J. (1986). A simulation model of sulfur transformations in forested spodosols. Biogeochemistry, 2(4), 313–328.
Schindler, S. C., Mitchell, M. J., Scott, T. J., Fuller, R. D., & Driscoll, C. T. (1986). Incorporation of 35 S-sulfate into inorganic and organic constituents of two forest soils. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J., 50, 457–462.