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Joseph B Yavitt

Professor

Primary Research Areas

  • biogeochemistry
  • earth science
  • ecology
  • environmental sciences
  • microbiology

Graduate Fields

Research Focus

I pursue research and teaching in Global Biogeochemistry. My main areas of interest are global greenhouse gases; Mercury, a global pollutant; and tropical forest soil fertility.

Educational Background

Ph.D - University of Wyoming - 1984
M.S. - University of Arizona - 1979
B.A. - University of California, Santa Barbara - 1977

Research Grants

  • GETTING RID OF REACTIVE NITROGEN: QUALIFYING DENITRIFICATION RATES IN FOREST SOILS OF THE NORTHEASTERN USA USING REMOTELY SENSED DATA AND MODELING
  • RELEASE AND BIOAVAILABILITY OF MERCURY RETAINED IN WETLANDS OF THE ADIRONDACKS
  • RESPONSE OF ADIRONDACK LAKES TO CHANGES IN ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION OF MERCURY AND STRONG ACIDS

Selected Publications

PubMed Listings
  • Kulkarni, M.V., P.M. Groffman, and J.B. Yavitt (2008) Solving the global nitrogen problem: it's a gas! Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 6, 199-206.

     

  • Cadillo-Quiroz, H., E. Yashiro, J.B. Yavitt, and S.H. Zinder (2008) Characterization of the Archaeal community in a minerotrphic fen and Terminal Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism-directed isolation of a novel hydrogenotrophic methanogen. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 74, 2059-2068.

     

  • Yavitt, J.B., and S.J. Wright (2008) Seedling growth responses to water and nutrient augmentation in the understorey of a lowland moist forest, Panama. Journal of Tropical Ecology 24, 19-26.

     

  • Demers, J.D., C.T. Driscoll, T.J. Fahey, and J.B. Yavitt (2007) Mercury cycling in litter and soil in different forest types in the Adirondack region, New York, USA. Ecological Applications 17, 1341-1351.

     

  • John, R., J.W. Dalling, K.E. Harms, J.B. Yavitt, R.F. Stallard, M. Mirabello, S.P. Hubbell, R. Valencia, H. Navarette, M. Vallejo, and R.B. Foster (2007) Soil nutrients influence spatial distribution of tropical tree species. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 104, 864-859.