Rosalynn Y. Lee
Post-doctoral Associate
Seitzinger Nutrient Biogeochemistry Group

Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Phone: 732-932-6555 x234
Fax: 732-932-1792
Email: rlee AT marine.rutgers.edu


Research Project Activities
 

DENITRIFICATION RESEARCH COORDINATION
NSF: Denitrification Research Coordination Network (RCN)
Rutgers University Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences:
Dr. Sybil P. Seitzinger, Nutrient Biogeochemistry Group

2007 October Short course for students: The nitrogen cycle with emphasis on denitrification. International Nitrogen Conference. Costa do Sauipe, Brazil.
2006 November Denitrification Modeling Workshop. Institute of Ecosystem Studies. Millbrook, New York.

 

GLOBAL MODELING OF NUTRIENT EXPORT
UNESCO-Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC):
Global Nutrient Export from Water(S)heds (Global NEWS) workgroup
Rutgers University Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences:
Dr. Sybil P. Seitzinger, Nutrient Biogeochemistry Group

Submitted to Ecol. Appl. Lee, R.Y., and Seitzinger, S. P. Land-based dissolved inorganic nitrogen export to large marine ecosystems.
Submitted for UNEP. Seitzinger, S.P.,and Lee, R.Y. Land-based nutrient loading to LMEs: A global watershed perspective on magnitudes and sources. In: The UNEP Large Marine Ecosystems Report: A Perspective on Changing Conditions in LMEs of the World's Regional Seas. Sherman, K., and Hempel, G., eds.
2008 Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission Technical Series. UNESCO. Filling Gaps in LME Nitrogen Loadings Forecast for 64 LMEs: GEF/LME global project promoting ecosystem-based approaches to fisheries conservation and large marine ecosystems. Eds. Seitzinger, S., Sherman, K., Lee, R., and Torres, J. 79.
2007 Final Report to United Nations Environment Programme-Global Environment Facility. Seitzinger, S.P.,and Lee, R.Y. Eutrophication: Filling gaps in nitrogen loading forecasts for LMEs. Component three in GEF MSP: Promoting ecosystem-based approaches to fisheries conservation and large marine ecosystems. [pdf]
2007 December AGU Meeting. Seitzinger, S.*, Mayorga, E., Beusen, A., Bouwman, A.F., Dumont, E., Fekete, B., Harrison, J., Kroeze, C., Lee, R., Vorosmarty, C., and Wisser, D. Past, Current and Future Trajectories of Watershed Nutrient Sources, Forms and Exports: a Global NEWS application to the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment scenarios. [abstract]
2007 November ERF Meeting. Mayorga, E., Seitzinger, S., Beusen, A., Bouwman, A.F., Dumont, E., Harrison, J., Kroeze, C., Lee, R., and Wisser, D. Scenarios of Watershed Nutrient Sources, Forms and Exports: a Millennium Ecosystem Assessment "Global NEWS" Application. [abstract]
2007 October International Nitrogen Conference. Seitzinger, S.*, Mayorga, E., Beusen, A., Bouwman, A.F., Dumont, E., Fekete, B., Harrison, J., Kroeze, C., Lee, R., Vorosmarty, C., and Wisser, D. Past, Current and Future Trajectories of Watershed Nutrient Sources, Forms and Exports: a Global NEWS application to the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment scenarios. [abstract]
2006 May Workshop. UNESCO-IOC. Paris, France.
2006 September GEF-LME Nutrient Export Modeling Training Workshop. UNESCO-IOC. Paris, France.

 

AN ASSESSMENT OF NITROGEN
International Nitrogen Initiative (INI)
Rutgers University Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences:
Dr. Sybil P. Seitzinger, Nutrient Biogeochemistry Group

2007 October International Nitrogen Conference. Erisman, J.W.*, Lee, R., Seitzinger, S., and Galloway, J. Policies and partnerships for control of excess reactive nitrogen in the environment. Costa do Sauipe, Brazil.

 

MICROBIAL MATS IN MANGROVE BIOCOMPLEXITY
TWIN CAYS, BELIZE

Smithsonian Institution Environmental Research Center:
Dr. Ilka C. Feller, Animal-Plant Interaction Lab
University of Georgia
Department of Marine Sciences:
Dr. Samantha B. Joye, Biogeochemistry/Molecular Microbial Ecology Group

In preparation for Ecology. Lee, R. Y., Feller, I. C., Lovelock, C. E., Fogel, M. L., Montoya, J. P., Wooller, M., Joye, S. B. Ecosystem role of benthic microbial mats in carbon fixation on oceanic mangrove islands.
In preparation for Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. Lee, R. Y., Meile, C. D., Joye, S. B. Patterns of net and gross primary production in mangrove soils, Twin Cays, Belize: Field results and modeling.
2007 Biogeochemistry. Lee, R. Y., Porubsky, W. P., Feller, I. C., McKee, K. L., Joye, S. B. Porewater biogeochemistry and soil metabolism in dwarf red mangrove habitats (Twin Cays, Belize). DOI 10.1007/s10533-008-9176-9. [abstract] [pdf]
2006 University of Georgia Dissertation. Lee, R. Y. Primary production, nitrogen cycling and the ecosystem role of mangrove microbial mats on Twin Cays, Belize. 150 pp. [abstract] [defense]
2006 Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. Lee, R. Y., and Joye, S. B. Seasonal patterns of nitrogen fixation and denitrification in oceanic mangrove habitats. 307:127-141. [abstract] [pdf]
2005 October ERF Meeting. Joye, S. B.*, Feller, I. C., and Lee, R. Y. Primary production and nutrient fluxes in mangrove soils and microbial mats. [abstract]
2005 March Biogeochemistry of Wetlands Symposium. Lee, R. Y.*, Joye, S. B., and Meile, C. Primary production and respiration rates of microbial mats in an oceanic mangrove ecosystem. [abstract]
2005 February ASLO Meeting. Joye, S. B.*, Lee, R. Y., Porubsky, W. P., and Weston, N. B. Environmental controls on denitrification in temperate and tropical shallow sediments. [abstract]
2004 Atoll Res. Bull. Joye, S. B., and Lee, R. Y. Benthic microbial mats: Important sources of fixed nitrogen and carbon to the Twin Cays, Belize ecosystem. 528. [abstract] [pdf]
2004 July INTECOL Conference. Joye, S. B., and Lee, R. Y.* Benthic microbial mats: Important sources of fixed nitrogen and carbon to the Twin Cays, Belize ecosystem. [abstract]
2003 February ASLO Meeting. Lee, R. Y.*, and Joye, S. B. The importance of microbial mats in the C and N cycle of mangrove ecosystems. [abstract]
2001 November ERF Meeting. Lee, R. Y.*, Wooller, M. J., Fogel, M. L., and Joye, S. B. Ecosystem controls on nitrogen, carbon and oxygen cycling in temperate and tropical intertidal sediments. [abstract]

 

MANGROVE LEAF LEACHING OF CDOM
FLORIDA KEYS, FLORIDA, USA
Environmental Protection Agency, Ecosystems Research Division: Dr. Richard G. Zepp
National Network for Environmental Management Studies (NNEMS) Fellowship Program

2006 February ASLO Meeting. Shank, G. C.**, Lee, R., Zepp, R. G., Bartels, E. CDOM production by mangrove leaf litter and Sargassum colonies in Florida Keys coastal waters. Eos Trans AGU 87:36, Ocean Sci Meet Suppl, Abstract OS46N-24. [abstract]

 

BENTHIC MICROALGAL MAT BIOGEOCHEMISTRY IN SALT MARSHES
LITTLE SATILLA RIVER AND SAPELO ISLAND, GEORGIA, USA
University of Georgia Department of Marine Sciences:
Dr. Samantha B. Joye, Biogeochemistry/Molecular Microbial Ecology Group

2001 June-August. Supervised NSF REU undergraduate student, Ellen Fragaszy, project on potential denitrification in Georgia marshes.
2005 February ASLO Meeting. Joye, S. B.*, Lee, R. Y., Porubsky, W. P., and Weston, N. B. Environmental controls on denitrification in temperate and tropical shallow sediments. [abstract]
2003 September LTER Meeting. Porubsky, W. P.**, Weston, W. P., Joye, S. B., and Lee, R. Y. Diel and seasonal patterns of benthic fluxes of nutrients, gases and dissolved organics from temperate intertidal sediments of Georgia and South Carolina. [abstract]
2003 BioGeoChemistry of Tidal Flats: Proceedings of a Workshop held at the Hanse Institute of Advanced Study, Delmenhorst, Germany, May 14-17, 2003. Forschungszentrum Terramare Berichte. Joye, S. B., Porubsky, W. P., Weston, N. B., and Lee, R. Y. Benthic microalgal production and nutrient dynamics in intertidal sediments. 12:67-70. [abstract] [pdf]
2003 May Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment (ICBM) Biogeochemistry of Tidal Flats Workshop. Joye, S. B.**, Porubsky, W. P., Weston, N. B., and Lee, R. Y. Benthic microalgal production and nutrient dynamics in intertidal sediments. [abstract]
2002 June ASLO Meeting. Porubsky, W. P.**, Weston, N. B., Lee, R. Y., and Joye, S. B. Diel and seasonal patterns of benthic fluxes of nutrients, gases, and dissolved organics from temperate intertidal sediments. [abstract]
2001 November ERF Meeting. Lee, R. Y.*, Wooller, M. J., Fogel, M. L., and Joye, S. B. Ecosystem controls on nitrogen, carbon and oxygen cycling in temperate and tropical intertidal sediments. [abstract]

 

GEORGIA COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS LTER
LITTLE SATILLA RIVER AND SAPELO ISLAND, GEORGIA, USA

University of Georgia Department of Marine Sciences:
Dr. Samantha B. Joye, Biogeochemistry/Molecular Microbial Ecology Group

2000 August Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) Meeting. Georgia Coastal Ecosystems (GCE) introduction.

 

SALT-WATER INTRUSION AND COASTAL SEDIMENT NUTRIENT FLUXES GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA, USA
University of Georgia Department of Marine Sciences:
Dr. Samantha B. Joye, Biogeochemistry/Molecular Microbial Ecology Group

2000 June ASLO Meeting. Joye, S. B.*, and Lee, R. Y. Salt water intrusion into shallow coastal aquifers: Impact on sediment nitrogen and phosphorus pools and potential for altering nutrient fluxes. [abstract]

 

NUTRIENT CHEMISTRY IN SUBTERRANEAN COASTAL AQUIFERS
LONG BAY, SOUTH CAROLINA, USA
University of South Carolina Department of Geological Sciences: Dr. Willard S. Moore
University of Georgia Department of Marine Sciences:
Dr. Samantha B. Joye, Biogeochemistry/Molecular Microbial Ecology Group

2002 Geophys. Res. Lett. Moore, W. S., Krest, J., Taylor, G., Roggenstein, E., Joye, S., and Lee, R. Thermal evidence of water exchange through a coastal aquifer: Implications for nutrient fluxes. 29(14): art. 1029. [abstract] [pdf]

 

GROUNDWATER NUTRIENT CHEMISTRY
SAPELO ISLAND, GEORGIA, USA
University of Georgia Department of Marine Sciences:
Dr. Samantha B. Joye, Biogeochemistry/Molecular Microbial Ecology Group
Georgia Institute of Technology School of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences:
Dr. Carolyn Ruppel, Geophysics

2000 March GSA Meeting. Hunter, K. S.*, Lee, R. Y., Boyd, B., Schultz, G., Joye, S. B., Ruppel, C. Groundwater geochemistry at the island-estuary interface at perturbed and pristine sites on a Georgia Bight barrier island. [abstract]

 

POTENTIAL RATES OF DENITRIFICATION ACROSS GALVESTON BAY
GALVESTON BAY, TEXAS, USA
University of Georgia Department of Marine Sciences:
Dr. Samantha B. Joye, Biogeochemistry/Molecular Microbial Ecology Group

1999 September ERF Meeting. Lee, R. Y.*, Carini, S. A., and Joye, S. B. Seasonal variability of and nutrient controls on denitrification in freshwater and brackish water sediments. [abstract]

 

DENITRIFICATION (N2 AND N2O) AND NUTRIENT LOADING
WAQUOIT BAY, MASSACHUSETTS, USA
Marine Biological Laboratory Boston University Marine Program:
Dr. Ivan Valiela, Valiela Lab
University of Georgia Department of Marine Sciences:
Dr. Samantha B. Joye, Joye Biogeochemistry/Molecular Microbial Ecology Group

1998 June ASLO Meeting. Lee, R.*, Joye, S. B., Roberts, B. J., and Valiela, I. Release of N2 and N2O from salt marsh sediments subject to different land-derived N loads. [abstract]
ASLO/Hampton University scholarship to present 1997 REU research at the poster session and the student symposium.

1997 October ERF Meeting. Lee, R.*, Joye, S. B., Roberts, B. J., and Valiela, I. Release of N2 and N2O from salt marsh sediments subject to different land-derived N loads. [abstract]
NSF scholarship to present 1997 REU research at the poster session.
1997 Biol. Bull. Lee, R., Joye, S. B., Roberts, B. J., and Valiela, I. Release of N2 and N2O from salt marsh sediments subject to different land-derived N loads. 193: 292-293. [abstract] [pdf]
 

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