Publications

2026

Young, S. L., Edwards, I., Valle-Levinson, A., Yu, X., Kaplan, D. A., Arias, M. E., Morrison, E. S., & Olabarrieta, M. (2026). The Annual Modulation of Subtidal Estuarine Dynamics by the Gulf Stream. Journal of Geophysical Research – Oceans. (accepted).
Harrison, J.,Osburn, C., Darrow, E., Morrison, E. S., Harris, A., & Nelson, N. (2026). Developing Predictive Models Using Sonde Data To Estimate Fecal Contamination in Estuarine Waters. ACS ES&T Water.
Mahmud, M. A., Bai, X., Buchanan Fisher, C., Lee, S.-A., Moreira, G., Rabbany, A., Morrison, E. S., Muenich, R., Gatiboni, L., Mclamore, E. S., Nino, J. C., Judy, J., & Bhadha, J. H. (2026). Fractionation and environmental assessment of legacy phosphorus from acidic, organic, and calcareous soils. Biogeochemistry, 169.
Lee, S.-A., Moller, S. R., Chappel, A. R., Riemer, S., Dhiman, G., Blake, R. E., & Morrison, E. S. (2026). Purification techniques for oxygen isotope analysis of inorganic phosphate across environmental matrices: A cross-discipline review. Journal of Environmental Management, 397, 128187.

2025

Menchú-Maldonado, M., Kaplan, D. A., Arias, M. E., Milbrandt, E., Morrison, E. S., Phlips, E. J., & Nelson Sagues, N. G. (2025). Day-ahead statistical forecasting of algal bloom risk to support reservoir release decisions in a highly engineered watershed. Journal of Environmental Management, 376, 124327.
Chappel, A. R.,^g Kenney, W. F., Waters, M. N., Fisher, C. B.,^g Amaral, J. H., Phlips, E. J., & Morrison, E. S. (2025). Coastal sediments record decades of cultural eutrophication in Tampa Bay, Florida, USA. Ecological Indicators, 172, 113329.
Phlips, E. J., Badylak, S., Milbrandt, E. C., Stelling, B., Arias, M. E., Armstrong, C., Behlmer, T., Chappel, A.,^g Foss, A., Kaplan, D. A., Landauer, L., Landauer, P., Lee, S.-A., Morrison, E. S., Olabarrieta Lizaso, M., & Sun, D. (2025). Fate of a toxic Microcystis aeruginosa bloom introduced into a subtropical estuary from a flow-managed canal and management implications. Journal of Environmental Management, 375, 124362.
Scholz, M. J., Obenour, D. R., Morrison, E. S., & Elser, J. J. (2025). A critical eutrophication–climate change link. Nature Sustainability.
Badylak, S., Phlips, E. J., Milbrandt, E. C., Morrison, E. S., Stelling, B. D., Lee, S.-A., Frankovich, T. A., & Kaplan, D. A. (2025). Influence of regulated water discharges on phytoplankton composition and biomass in a subtropical canal. Journal of Environmental Management, 373, 123470.

2024

Deviney, A. V., Bhadha, J., Crane, L., Cuchiara, M., Delanthamajalu, S., Gatiboni, L. C., Guzman Gutierrez, S. M., Hendren, C. O., Marshall, A.-M. M., Morrison, E. S., Nelson Sagues, N. G., Rickabaugh, J. A., Sozzani, R., Westerhoff, P., & Jones, J. L. (2024). Triple Bottom Line Scenario Sites as Boundary Objects for Integrating Diverse Disciplines in Convergent Research. Sustainability, 16(23), 10429.
Merck, A.W., Deaver, J.A., Crane, L., Morrison, E.S., Call, D.F., Boyer, T.H., Marshall, A., Grieger, K. Stakeholder views of science and technologies for phosphorus sustainability: a comparative analysis of three case studies in phosphorus recovery. Society & Natural Resources. (in press)
Morrison, E. S., Bianchi, T. S., Kenney, W. F., Brenner, M., Prince, K., Williams, S., … & Angelini, C. (2024). Influence of the Keystone Grazer, Sesarma reticulatum, on the Hydrology and Organic Matter Cycling in Salt Marshes of the Southeastern USA. Estuaries and Coasts, 47(4), 994-1011.
Montefiore, L. R., Kaplan, D., Phlips, E. J., Milbrandt, E. C., Arias, M. E., Morrison, E., & Nelson, N. G. (2024). Downstream nutrient concentrations depend on watershed inputs more than reservoir releases in a highly engineered watershed. Water Resources Research, 60(3), e2023WR035590.

2023

Williams, S.L., Rogers, J.L., Fishman, H.S., Morrison, E.S., Angelini, C. The Role of a Faunal Engineer, Geukensia demissa, in Modifying Carbon and Nitrogen Regulation Services in Salt Marshes. (2023) Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences.
Morrison, E.S., Liu, Y., Rivas-Ubach, A., Amaral, J.H.F., Shields, M., Osborne, T.Z., Chu, R., Ward, N., Bianchi, T.S. (2023). Mangrove peat and algae leachates elicit rapid and contrasting molecular and microbial responses in coastal waters. Nature Communications Earth & Environment.
*Amaral, J. H. F., *Gaddy, J. R., Bianchi, T. S., Osborne, T. Z., Newman, S., Dombrowski, J., & Morrison, E. S. (2023). Controls on the composition of dissolved organic matter in treatment wetland source waters of South Florida, USA. Ecological Engineering, 194, 107047.
Morrison, E. S., Phlips, E., Badylak, S., *Chappel, A. R., Altieri, A. H., Osborne, T. Z., … & Sherwood, E. (2023). The response of Tampa Bay to a legacy mining nutrient release in the year following the event. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 11, 1144778.
Manzanas, C., Morrison, E.S., Kim, Y. S., Alipanah, M., Adedokun, G., Jin, S., … & Fan, Z. H. (2023). Molecular testing devices for on-site detection of E. coli in water samples. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 4245.
Phlips, E. J., Badylak, S., Mathews, A. L., Milbrandt, E. C., Montefiore, L. R., Morrison, E. S., … & Stelling, B. (2023). Algal blooms in a river-dominated estuary and nearshore region of Florida, USA: the influence of regulated discharges from water control structures on hydrologic and nutrient conditions. Hydrobiologia, 1-27.
Phillips, B., Masters, F., Raubenheimer, B., Olabarrieta, M., Morrison, E., Fernández-Cabán, P., … & Rodgers, M. (2023). An Experimental Platform to Study Wind, Hydrodynamic, and Biochemical Conditions in the Littoral Zone During Extreme Coastal Storms. Oceanography.

2022

Marcus, B., Altieri, A., Angelini, C., Burke, M., Chen, J., *Chin, D., Gardiner, J., Hubbard, K., Liu, Y., Lopez, C., Medina, M., Morrison, E.S., Phlips, E., Raulerson, G., Scolaro, S., Sherwood, E., Tomasko, D., Weisberg, B., Whalen, J.. (2022). Initial estuarine response to inorganic nutrient inputs from a legacy mining facility adjacent to Tampa Bay, Florida. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 178, 113598.
Fremin, B. J., Global Phage Small Open Reading Frame (GP-SmORF) Consortium […Morrison, E.S.…], Bhatt, A.S., and Kyrpides, N.C. (2022). Revealing Thousands of Small, Novel Genes in Global Phage Genomes. Cell Reports. 39, 110984.
Martinez, B., Da Silva, B.F., Aristizabal-Henao, J.J., Denslow, N.D., Osborne, T.Z., Morrison, E.S., Bianchi, T.S., and Bowden, J.A. (2022). Increased levels of perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) during Hurricane Dorian on the east coast of Florida. Environmental research. 2022: 112635.

2021

Elko, N., Foster, D., Kleinheinz, G., Raubenheimer, B., Brander, S., Kinzelman, J., Kritzer, J.P., Munroe, D., Storlazzi, C., Sutula, M., Mercer, A., Coffin, S., Fraioli, C., Ginger, L., Morrison, E.S., Parent-Doliner, G., Akan, C., Canestrelli, A., DiBenedetto, M., Lang, J., and Simm, J., (2021). Human and Ecosystem Health in Coastal Systems, Shore & Beach, 90(1), pg 64-91.
Bianchi, T.S., R.C. Aller, T. Atwood, L. Buatois, L.A. Levin, J.S. Levinton, J.J. Middelburg, E.S. Morrison, P. Regnier, M.R. Shields, P.V.R. Snelgrove, E.E. Sotka, and R.R.E. Stanley. (2021). What global biogeochemical consequences will marine animal–sediment interactions have during climate change? Elementa. 18(10), 3005-3013.
Morrison, E. S., Thomas, P., Ogram, A., Kahveci, T., Turner, B. L., & Chanton, J. P. (2021). Characterization of bacterial and fungal communities reveals novel consortia in tropical oligotrophic peatlands. Microbial ecology, 82, 188-201.

2020

Crotty S., C. Ortals, T. Pettengill, L. Shi, M. Olabarrieta, M. Joyce, A. Altieri, E.S. Morrison, T.S. Bianchi, C. Craft, M. Bertness, C. Angelini. (2020). Sea-level rise and the emergence of a keystone grazer alter the geomorphic evolution and ecology of southeast US salt marshes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(30):17891-17902.
Yao, P., X. Wang, T.S. Bianchi, Z. Yang, L. Fu, Z. Yu, X. Zhang, L. Chen, E.S. Morrison, M.R. Shields, Y. Liu, N. Bi, Y. Qi, S. Zhou, J. Liu, Y. Tian, X. Huang, J. Wang, D. Wu, H. Zhang, C. Zhu, C. Deng, and Z. Yu. (2020). Carbon cycling in the ocean’s deepest blue hole. Journal of Geophysical Research – Biogeosciences. 125(2), e2019JG005307.
Morrison, E. S., Shields, M. R., Bianchi, T. S., Liu, Y., Newman, S., Tolic, N., & Chu, R. K. (2020). Multiple biomarkers highlight the importance of water column processes in treatment wetland organic matter cycling. Water Research, 168, 115153.

2019-2016

Ward, N. D., Morrison, E. S., Liu, Y., Rivas‐Ubach, A., Osborne, T. Z., Ogram, A. V., & Bianchi, T. S. (2019). Marine microbial community responses related to wetland carbon mobilization in the coastal zone. Limnology and Oceanography Letters, 4(1), 25-33.
T.S. Bianchi and E.S. Morrison. (2018). Human activities create corridors of change in aquatic zones. Eos, 99(11), 13-15.
Bae, H. S., Morrison, E., Chanton, J. P., & Ogram, A. (2018). Methanogens are major contributors to nitrogen fixation in soils of the Florida Everglades. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 84(7), e02222-17.
Morrison, E., Lagos, L., Al-Agely, A., *Glaab, H., *Johnson, W., Jorquera, M. A., & Ogram, A. (2017). Mycorrhizal inoculation increases genes associated with nitrification and improved nutrient retention in soil. Biology and Fertility of Soils, 53, 275-279.
Morrison, E., Newman, S., Bae, H. S., He, Z., Zhou, J., Reddy, K. R., & Ogram, A. (2016). Microbial genetic and enzymatic responses to an anthropogenic phosphorus gradient within a subtropical peatland. Geoderma, 268, 119-127.

Book Chapters

T.S. Bianchi and E.S. Morrison. Estuarine Chemistry, In: Estuarine Ecology, Wiley, 3^rd ed. (2023).
T.S. Bianchi and E.S. Morrison. (2019). Introduction: Humans and their Impacts, In: Gulf of Mexico: Origin, Waters, and Biota Vol. 5: Chemical Oceanography. Texas A&M University Press. ISBN: 978-1-62349-774-3
T.S. Bianchi, E.S. Morrison, S. Barry, A. R. Arellano, R. A. Feagin, A. Hinson, M. Eriksson, M. Allison, C. L. Osburn, and D. Oviedo-Vargas. (2018). The fate and transport of allochthonous blue carbon in divergent coastal systems, In: A Blue Carbon Primer: The State of Coastal Wetland Carbon Science, Practice and Policy. Eds. L. Windham-Myers, S. Crooks, T. Troxler. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. ISBN 9781498769099