College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Department
of Environmental and
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Distinguished Professor and
Director of Council on Hydrologic Systems
Science Department
of Environmental and Forest Biology Telephone
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● RESEARCH
My research
program is focused on biogeochemical cycles with an emphasis on forest ecosystems, but also includes
work on freshwater. Recent work has
included evaluations of the role of nitrogen, sulfur and other major elements
in watersheds. This work has
included a multidisciplinary approach that includes work with biogeochemistry,
hydrology and stable isotopes. All of the projects are collaborative efforts
including scientists at the College of Environmental Science and Forestry as
well as other institutions including Cornell University, Hokkaido University
(Japan), Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Kyoto University (Japan), Oregon State
University, Technische Universitat Dresden (Germany), United
States Geological Survey, University of Calgary (Canada), University of Maine,
University of Waterloo (Canada), University of West Virginia, SUNY-Buffalo,
SUNY-Cortland and Syracuse University. My research group is composed of
graduate students, technicians and postdoctoral associates. Close cooperation
and integration is an important goal in the research efforts of all members of
the research team. Field research has included studies at the
● PUBLICATIONS (>200)
Some Recent
Examples:
Bushey,
J.T., C.T. Driscoll, M.J. Mitchell,
P. Selvendiran and M.R. Montesdeoca. 2009. Mercury transport following storm
events from a northern forest landscape. Hydrological
Processes (in press).
Campbell,
J.L., L.E. Rustad, E.W. Boyer, S.F. Christopher, C.T. Driscoll, I.J. Fernandez,
P.M. Groffman, D. Houle, J. Kiekbusch, A.H. Magill, M.J. Mitchell, and S.V. Ollinger. 2009. Consequences of climate change for
biogeochemical cycling in forests of northeastern North America. Canadian Journal of Forest Research
39:264-284.
Inamdar,
S.P., J. Rupp and M.J. Mitchell.
2009. Groundwater flushing of solutes at wetland and hillslope positions during
storm events in a small glaciated catchment in western New York, USA. Hydrological Processes (in press).
Piatek,
K.B., S.F. Christopher, and M.J.
Mitchell. 2009. Spatial and
temporal dynamics of stream chemistry in a forested watershed. Hydrological Earth Syst. Science
13:423-439.
Christopher,
S.F., H. Shibata, M. Ozawa, Y. Nakagawa, and M. Mitchell. 2008. The
effect of soil freezing on N cycling: Comparison of two headwater subcatchments
with different vegetation and snowpack conditions in the northern Hokkaido
Island of Japan. Biogeochemistry
88:15-30.
Mitchell, M.J., S.W. Bailey, J.B. Shanley and B. Mayer. 2008. Evaluating storm events for three
watersheds in the northeastern United States: a combined hydrological, chemical
and isotopic approach. Hydrological
Processes 22:4023-4034.
Shanley,
J.B., B. Mayer, M.J. Mitchell and
S.W. Bailey. 2008. Annual and event
variations in 34S values of stream sulfate in a Vermont forested
catchment: implications for S sources and cycling. Science of the Total Environment 604:262-268.
Inamdar,
S.P., J. Rupp and M.J. Mitchell.
2008. Differences in dissolved organic carbon (DOC) and nitrogen (DON)
responses to storm-event and groundwater conditions in a forested western New
York. Journal of American Water Resources Association 44:1-16
Page, B.D.,
T.D. Bullen and M.J. Mitchell. 2008.
Influences of calcium availability and
tree species on the cycling of Ca isotopes in soil, vegetation, and stream
water. Biogeochemistry 88:1-13.
Page, B.D.
and M.J. Mitchell. 2008. Influences of a calcium gradient on
soil inorganic nitrogen in the Adirondack Mountains, New York. Ecological Applications 1604-1614.
Page, B.D.
and M.J. Mitchell. 2008. The influence of American basswood
(Tilia Americana) and soil calcium concentrations on nitrification rates in a
northern-hardwood forest. Canadian
Journal of Forest Research 38:667-676.
Christopher,
S.F., M.J. Mitchell, M.R. McHale, E.W. Boyer, D.A. Burns, C. Kendall.
2008. Factors controlling nitrogen
release from two forested catchments with contrasting hydrochemical responses.
Hydrological Processes 22:46-62.
Driscoll,
C.T. K.M. Driscoll, M.J. Mitchell, D.J. Raynal, K. Roy. Impacts of
Long-range Emissions of Air Pollution on Adirondack Ecosystems. 2008. In: W.P.
Porter, R.S. Whaley and J.D. Erickson (eds.). Light from an Adirondack Prism:
The Greater Experiment in Conservation Syracuse University Press, Syracuse, NY
(in press).
Inamdar,
S.P. and M.J. Mitchell. 2007. Contributions of riparian and
hillslope waters to storm runoff across multiple catchments and storm events in
a glaciated forested watershed. Journal of Hydrology 341: 116-130.
Inamdar,
S.P. and M.J. Mitchell. 2007. Storm event exports of dissolved
organic nitrogen (DON) across multiple catchments in a glaciated forested
watershed. Journal of Geophysical Research 112, G02014, 18 p.
Inamdar,
S.P. and M.J. Mitchell. 2007. Sulfate exports from multiple
catchments in a glaciated forested watershed in western New York, USA. Environmental
Monitoring and Assessment 139:227-245.
Ito, M., M.J. Mitchell, C.T. Driscoll, R.M.
Newton, C.E. Johnson, and K.M. Roy. 2007. Controls on surface water chemistry
in two lake-watersheds in the Adirondack region of New York: differences in
nitrogen solute sources and sinks. Hydrological
Processes 21:1249-1264.
Lovett,
G.M., D.A. Burns, C.T. Driscoll, J.C. Jenkins, M.J. Mitchell, L.
Rustand, J.B. Shanley, G.E. Likens and R. Haeuber. 2007. Who Needs Environmental Monitoring? Frontiers
in Ecology and the Environment 5:253-260.
McGee, G.G.,
M.J. Mitchell, D.J. Leopold and D.J. Raynal. 2007. Comparison of soil nutrient fluxes
from tree-fall gap zones of an old-growth northern hardwood forest. Journal
of Torrey Botany Society 134:269-280.
McGee, G.G.,
M.J. Mitchell, D.J. Leopold, D.J. Raynal and M.O. Mbila. 2007. Relationships among forest age,
composition and elemental dynamics of Adirondack northern hardwood forests.
Journal of Torrey Botany Society 134:253-268.
Mitchell,
M.J.
and C. Alewell. 2007. Sulfur Transformations and Fluxes. P.
757-764 In: W. Chesworth (ed.) The Encyclopedia of Soil Science
Springer-Verlag.
Novák,
M., M.J. Mitchell, 
ková, F.
Buzek, J. Schweigstillová, L. Erbanová, R. P
ikryl, and
D. Fottová. 2007. Processes
affecting oxygen isotope rations of atmospheric and ecosystem sulfate in two
contrasting forest catchments in Central Europe. Environmental Science
and Technology 41(3):703-709.
Schroth,
A.W., B.C. Bostick, M. Graham, J.M. Kaste, M.J. Mitchell and A.J.
Friedland. 2007. Sulfur species behavior in
soil organic matter during decomposition. J. Geophys. Res. 112.G04011,doi:10.1029/2007JG000538.
Campbell,
J., M.J. Mitchell and B. Mayer. 2006. Isotopic assessment of NO3-
and SO42- mobility during winter in two adjacent
watersheds in the Adirondack Mountains, New York. J. Geophys. Res.
111, GO4007.
Christopher,
S.F., B.D. Page, J.L. Campbell and M.J. Mitchell. 2006. Contrasting
biogeochemistry in two adjacent catchments: The contributions of soil Ca and
forest vegetation in affecting spatial and temporal patterns of NO3
in surface waters. Global Change Biology 12:364-381.
Inamdar,
S.P. and M.J. Mitchell. 2006.
Hydrologic controls of storm-event exports of dissolved organic carbon (
Inamdar,
S.P., N. O’Leary, M.J. Mitchell,
J.T. Riley. 2006. The impact of
storm events on solute exports from a glaciated forested watershed in western
New York, USA. Hydrological Processes
20:3423-3439.
Mitchell, M.J., K.B. Piatek, S. Christopher, B. Mayer, C. Kendall and P. McHale.
2006. Solute sources in stream
water during consecutive fall storms in a northern hardwood forest watershed: a
combined hydrological, chemical and isotopic approach. Biogeochemistry 78:217-246.
Ogawa, A.,
H. Shibata, K. Suzuki, M.J. Mitchell and Y. Ikegami. 2006. Relationship of topography to surface
water chemistry with particular focus on nitrogen and organic carbon solutes
within a forested watershed in Hokkaido, Japan. Hydrological Processes
20:251-265.
Ito, M. M.J. Mitchell, C.T. Driscoll and K.M.
Roy. 2005. Factors affecting acid
neutralizing capacity in the Adirondack region of New York: a solute mass
balance approach. Environmental Science and Technology 39:4076-4081.
Ito, M., M.J.
Mitchell, C.T. Driscoll and K.M. Roy. 2005. Nitrogen input-output budgets for
lake-watersheds in the Adirondack region of New York. Biogeochemistry
72:283-314.
Mitchell,
M.J.
2005. Review of Book: “E.
Matzner (editor): Biogeochemistry of forested Catchments in A Changing
Environment, A German Case Study”, Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil
Science 168:145-146.
Park, J.H., M.J.
Mitchell, C.T. Driscoll. 2005. Winter-time
climatic control on dissolved organic carbon export and surface water chemistry
in an Adirondack forested watershed. Environmental Science and
Technology 39:6993:6998.
Piatek,
K.B., M.J. Mitchell, S.R. Silva and C. Kendall. 2005. Sources of nitrate in Adirondack
surface water during dissimilar snowmelt events. Water, Air and Soil Pollution
165:13-35.
Shanley,
J.B., B. Mayer, M.J. Mitchell, R.L.
Michel, S. Bialey and C. Kendall. 2005. Tracing
sources of streamwater sulfate during snowmelt using S and O isotope ratios.
Biogeochemistry 76:161-185.
Watmough,
S.A., J. Aherne, C. Alewell, P. Arp, S. Bailey, T. Clair, P. Dillon, L.
Duschesne, C. Eimers, I. Fernandez, N. Foster, T. Larsson, E. Miller, M.J.
Mitchell and S. Page. 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.
Bailey,
S.W., B. Mayer, and M.J. Mitchell. 2004. Evidence for the influence of
mineral weathering on stream water sulphate in Vermont and New Hampshire. Hydrological
Processes18:1639-1653.
Campbell,
J.L., J.W. Hornbeck, M.J. Mitchell, M.B. Adams, M.S. Castro, C.T. Driscoll,
J.S. Kahl, J.N. Kochenderfer, G.E. Likens, J.A. Lynch, P.S. Murdoch, S.J.
Nelson and J.B. Shanley. 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.
Chen, L.,
C.T. Driscoll, S. Gbondo-Tugbawa, M.J. Mitchell and P.S. Murdoch.
2004. The application of an
Integrated Biogeochemistry Model (PnET-BGC) to five forested watersheds in the
Adirondack and Catskill Regions of New York. Hydrological
Processes 18:2631-2650.
Inamdar, S.,
S.F. Christopher and M.J. Mitchell. 2004. Export mechanisms for dissolved
organic carbon and nitrate during summer storm events in a glaciated forested
catchment in New York, USA. Hydrological Processes 18:2651-2661.
Lovett, G.M. and M.J.
Mitchell. 2004. Sugar maple and
nitrogen cycling in the forests of eastern North America. Frontiers in
Ecology and the Environment 2:81-88.
Mitchell,
M.J.
and C.T. Driscoll (eds). 2004. Special
Issue: Interrelationships between atmospheric deposition and landscape features
of forest catchments in regulating surface water biogeochemistry. Hydrological
Processes 18:2615-2755.
Driscoll,
C.T., K.M. Driscoll, M.J. Mitchell and D.J. Raynal. 2003. Effects
of acidic deposition on forest and aquatic ecosystems in New York State . Environmental Pollution123:327-336.
Driscoll,
C.T., K.M. Driscoll, K.M. Roy and M.J. Mitchell. 2003. Chemical
response of lakes in the Adirondack region to declines in acidic deposition . Environmental Science and Technology
37:2036-2042.
Fitzhugh, R.D.,
G.E. Likens, C.T. Driscoll, M.J. Mitchell, P.M. Groffman, T.J. Fahey and
J.P. Hardy. 2003. The
role of soil freezing events in interannual patterns of stream chemistry at the
Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest . Environmental
Science and Technology 37:1575-1580.
Forrester,
J.A., G.G. McGee and M.J. Mitchell. 2003. Effects
of beech bark disease on aboveground biomass and species composition in a
mature hardwood forest, 1985 to 2000 . Journal
of Torrey Botanical Society 130:70-78.
Ito, M., M.J.
Mitchell and C.T. Driscoll. 2003. Response
to Discussion on "spatial patterns of precipitation quantity and chemistry
and air temperature in the Adirondack region of New York." Atmospheric Environment 37:135-138.
McHale,
M.R., C.P. Cirmo, M.J. Mitchell and J.J. McDonnell. 2004. Wetland nitrogen dynamics in an
Adirondack forested watershed. Hydrological Processes
18:1853-1870.
Mitchell,
M.J.
2003. Episodic Acidification. In: Jay H. Lehr and Jack Keeley
(eds). Encyclopedia: Surface and Agricultural Water. John Wiley and
Sons. P.3-5.
Mitchell,
M.J.,
C.T. Driscoll, S. Inamdar, G. McGee, M. Mbila and D. Raynal. 2003. Nitrogen
biogeochemistry in the Adirondack Mountains of New York: hardwood ecosystems
and associated surface waters. Environmental
Pollution 123:355-364.
Park, J., M.J.
Mitchell, P.J. McHale, S.F. Christopher and T.P. Myers. 2003. Impacts of
changing climate and atmospheric deposition on N and S biogeochemistry in a
forested watershed of the Adirondack Mountains, New York State. Global
Change Biology 9:1602-1619.
Christenson,
L.M., G.M. Lovett, M.J. Mitchell and P.M. Groffman. 2002. The fate
of nitrogen in gypsy moth frass deposited to an oak forest floor . Oecologia 131:444-452.
Gbondo-Tugbawa,
S.S., C.T. Driscoll, M.J. Mitchell, J.D. Aber and G.E. Likens.
2002. A
model to simulate the response of a northern hardwood forest ecosystem to
changes in S deposition. Ecological Applications 12:8-23.
Ito, M., M.J.
Mitchell and C.T. Driscoll. 2002. Spatial
patterns of precipitation quantity and chemistry and air temperature in the
Adirondack Region of New York . Atmospheric
Environment 36:1051-1062.
Likens,
G.E., C.T. Driscoll, D.C. Buso, M.J. Mitchell, G.M. Lovett, S.W. Bailey,
T.G. Siccama, W.A. Reiners, C. Alewell. 2002. The
biogeochemistry of sulfur at Hubbard Brook
. Biogeochemistry 60:235-316.
Lovett,
G.M., L.M. Christenson, P.M. Groffman, C.G. Jones, J. Hart and M.J. Mitchell.
2002. Insect
defoliation and nitrogen cycling in forests.
BioScience 52:335-341.
McHale,
M.R., J.J. McDonnell, M.J. Mitchell and C.P. Cirmo. 2002. A field based study of
soil- and groundwater nitrate release in an Adirondack forested watershed.
Water Resources Research 38 (4):1029/2000WR000102 (17 pages).
Mitchell,
M.J., G. McGee,
P. McHale and K.C. Weathers. 2001. Experimental design and instrumentation for
analyzing solute concentrations and fluxes for quantifying biogeochemical
processes in watersheds. Paper Presented at The 4th International Conference on
Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) in East Asian and Pacific Region,
● TEACHING
I teach
undergraduate and graduate courses in Environmental Biogeochemistry. I have
also led a variety of seminars on topics ranging from historical analysis to
isotope use. I teach an
undergraduate seminar in ecology.
Current
Courses:
EFB 415
Ecological Biogeochemistry
EFB 610
Ecological Biogeochemistry
EFB 497 Ecology
Seminar
Cross-disciplinary
Seminar in Hydrological and Biogeochemical Processes
Semester 2008
4:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Moon 110 (ESF Campus)
· Schedule
Visiting Scholar
for The University of Calgary (1983); Fulbright Travel Fellowship to New
Zealand (1983-1984); Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of
Science (1992); Sigma Xi Outstanding Faculty Research Award (1994); Visiting Professor, Kyoto University, Japan
(1996); Co-chair for Gordon Conference on Hydrobiogeochemistry of Forested
Catchments (1997); SUNY Chancellor's Research Recognition Award
(2002);Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (2004); Exemplary Researcher
Award by SUNY-ESF (2006).
● Other
Ecology
Panel, NSF (1989-1992); Board of Directors of Upstate Freshwater institute
(1989-present); Bristol-Myers Squibb Community Advisory Council
(1997-2003); Chair of EFB Committee on
Promotion and Tenure (1997-1999); Environmental
Geochemistry and Biogeochemistry Panel, NSF (1999). Ecosystem Panel, NSF
(2000-2004); Northeast Ecosystem Research Cooperative, member of coordination
committee (2000-2004); Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of
Hydrologic Sciences, Incorporated (CUAHS), alternate representative for ESF
(2001-present); Leader of Urban Ecosystems Integrated Systems Development Team
of New York Environmental Quality Systems Center (2001-present); Graduate Program Director of EFB (2002-2007);
Member of International Scientific Committee for Acid Rain 2005 (Prague, Czech
Republic); Board Member of Research Foundation of State of New York
(2005-present); Member of the EPA's Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee
(CASAC) Review Panel on Secondary Standards for NOx and SOx (2007-present);
Commissioner on NYS Governor's Commission on Higher Education (2007-present);
Member of SUNY Higher Education Advisory Committee (2007-present).
● OTHER LINKS
FOR M.J. MITCHELL
Council on Hydrologic Systems Science
Biogeochemical
and Hydrological Research at Huntington Forest
Real Time Data Monitoring
Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest
Upstate Freshwater Institute (UFI)
Croton Watershed of New York
