Papers published before 1998.

Goulden, M.L., Wofsy, S.C., Harden, J.W., Trumbore, S.E. , Crill, P.M., Gower, S.T., Fries, T., Daube, B.C., Fan, S.M., Sutton, D.J. Bazzaz, A., and Munger, J.W. 1998. Sensitivity of boreal forest carbon to soil thaw. Science 279: 214-217.

Rapalee, G., Trumbore, S.E., Davidson, E.A., Harden, J.W. and Velhuis, J. 1998. Scaling soil carbon stocks and fluxes at the BOREAS Northern Study Area. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 12(4): 687-701.

Sundquist, E.T., Bliss, N.B., Dean, W.D., Harden, J.W., Pavich, M.J., Markewich, H.W., and Stallard, R.F. 1998. U.S. Geological Survey Mississippi Basin Carbon Project Science Plan: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-177, 28 p.

Sharpe, J. S., Harden, J.W., Ojima, D., Parton, W., and Dabney, S. 1998. Implementation of the CENTURY Ecosystem Model on an Eroding Hillslope in Mississippi. U.S.Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-440, 44 p.

Harden, J.W., Fries, T., and Huntington, T. 1999. Mississippi Basin Carbon Project - Upland Soil Database for Northwestern Mississippi. 1998. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 99-319, 26 p.

Harden, J.W., Sharpe, J.M., Ojima, D., Parton, W., Fries, T., Huntington, T. and Dabney, S. 1999. Dynamic replacement and loss of soil carbon on eroding cropland. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 13(4): 885-903.

Huntington, T.G., Harden, J. W. ,Dabney, S. M. , Marion, D. A. , Alonso, C. , and Sharpe, J.M. 1999. Soil, Environmental, and Watershed Measurements in support of carbon cycling studies in northwestern Mississippi. U.S.Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-501, 46 p.

Trumbore, S.E., Bubier, J. , Harden, J.W., and Crill, P.M. 1999. Carbon Cycling in Boreal Wetlands: A Comparison of Three Approaches. Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres 104: 27,673-27,682.

Harden, J.W., Rapalee, G., and Robinson, S. 2000. The role of peatlands in the global carbon cycle. In Notes from the Underground: soils and global change: Report on NATO Advanced Studies Institute 1997, Toulouse, France.

Harden, J.W., Trumbore, S.E., Stocks, B.J., Hirsch, A., Gower, S.T., O'Neill, K.P., and Kasischke, E.S. 2000. The role of fire in the boreal carbon budget. Global Change Biology 6(suppl. 1): 174-184.

Torn, M.S., Lapenis, A.G. , Timofeev, A., Fischer, M.L., Babikov, B.V., Harden, J.W. 2000. Organic Carbon and Carbon Isotopes in Modern and 100-Year-Old Soil Archives of the Russian Steppe. Global Change Biology 8: 941-953.

Brenner, D.L., R. Amundson, W.T. Baisden, C. Kendall, and J. Harden. 2001. Soil N and ¹⁵N variation with time in a California annual grassland ecosystem. Geochimica et Cosmoshimica Acta 65: 4,171-4,186.

Gower, S.T., Hunter, A., Campbell, J., Vogel, J., Veldhuis, H., Harden, J., Trumbore, S. Norman, J.M., and Kucharik, C.J. 2001. Nutrient dynamics of the southern and northern BOREAS boreal forests. Ecoscience 12: 103-113.

Harden, J.W., Fries, T.L., Haughy, R., Kramer, L., and Zheng, S. 2001. Mississippi Basin Carbon Project - Upland soil database for sites in Nishnabotna River Basin, Iowa. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 01-217, 17 p.

Manies, K.L., Harden, J.W., Kramer, L., and Parton, W.J. 2001. Carbon dynamics within agricultural and native sites in the loess region of western Iowa. Global Change Biology 7: 545-555.

Baisden, W.T., Amundson, R., Brenner, D.L., Cook, A.C., Kendall, C., and Harden, J.W. 2002. A multiisotope C and N modeling analysis of soil organic matter turnover and transport as a function of soil depth in a California annual grassland soil chronosequence Global Biogeochemical Cycles 16, doi:10.1029/2001GBOO1823.

Harden, J.W., Fries, T.,and Pavich, M. 2002. Cycling of Beryllium and Carbon through Hillslope Soils in Iowa. Biogeochemistry. 60(3): 317.

King, S., Harden, J., Manies, K.L., Munster, J., and White, L.D. 2002. Fate of Carbon in Alaskan Landscape Project - Database for soils from eddy covariance tower sites, Delta Junction, AK. U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 02-62. 45 p.

Pinney, C., Aniku, J., Burke, R., Harden, J., Singer, M., and Munster, J. 2002. Soil chemistry and mineralogy of the Santa Cruz coastal terraces. U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 02-277. 20 p.

Randerson, J.T., Chapin, III, F.S., Harden J.W., Neff, J.C., and Harmon, M.E. 2002. Net Ecosystem Production: A Comprehensive Measure of Net Carbon Accumulation by Ecosystems. Ecological Applications 12(4): 937.

Harden, J.W., Mack, M.,Veldhuis, H., and Gower, S.T. 2003. Fire Dynamics and Implications for Nitrogen Cycling in Boreal Forests. Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres 108(D3), doi 10.1029/2001JD000494.

Harden, J.W., Meier, R., Darnel, C., Swanson, D.K., and McGuire, A.D. 2003. Soil drainage and its potential for influencing wildfire in Alaska. IN Studies in Alaska by the U.S. Geological Survey. J Galloway (ed.), U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1678. Download the related spatial database and readme file by choosing to 'Save target as' or 'Save link target as' option for the following files (this can be done by right clicking on the link from a Windows based machine): database or readme file.

Harden, J.W., Neff, J.C., Sandberg, D.V., Turetsky, M.R., Ottmar, R., Gleixner, G., Fries, T.L., and Manies, K.L. 2004. Chemistry of burning the forest floor during the FROSTFIRE experimental burn, interior Alaska, 1999. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 18, doi:10.1029/2003GB002194.

Schuur, E.A.G., Mack, M.C., Harden, J.W., and Trumbore, S.E. 2003. The isotopic composition of carbon dioxide from a boreal forest fire: inferring carbon loss from measurements and modeling. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 17(1), doi 10.1029/2001GB001840.

Zhuang, Q., McGuire, A. D , Harden, J. W., O'Neill, K. P., Romanovsky, V. E., and Yarie, J. 2003. Modeling the Soil Thermal and Carbon Dynamics of a Fire Chronosequence in Interior Alaska. Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres 108(D3), doi 10.1029/2001JD001244.

Manies, K.L., Harden, J.W., Silva, S.R., Briggs, P.H., and Schmid, B.M. 2004. Soil data from Picea mariana stands near Delta Junction, AK of different ages and soil drainage type. U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 2004-1271. 19 pp.

Yoshikawa, K., Overduin, P.P., and Harden, J.W. 2004. Moisture content measurements of moss (Sphagnum spp.) using commercial sensors. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes 15(4): 309-318.

Neff J.C., Harden, J.W., and Gleixner, G. 2005. Fire effects on soil organic matter content and composition in boreal interior Alaska. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 35: 2178-2187.

Turetsky, M.R., Mack, M.C., Harden, J.W., and Manies, K.L. 2005. Spatial patterning of soil carbon storage across boreal landscapes. IN Ecosystem Function in Heterogeneous Landscapes. Edited by Lovett, G.M., Jones, C.G., Turner, M.G., and Weathers, K.C. Springer, New York. pp. 229-255.

Carrasco, J.J., Neff, J.C., and Harden, J.W. 2006. Modeling physical and biogeochemical controls over carbon accumulation in a boreal forest soil. Journal of Geophysical Research 111, G02004, doi:10.1029/2005JG000087.

Chapin, F.S. III, Woodwell, G.M., Randerson, J.T., Lovett, G.M., Rastetter, E.B., Baldocchi, D.D., Clark, D.A., Harmon, M.E., Schimel, D.S., Valentini, R., Wirth, C., Aber, J.D., Cole, J.J., Giblin, A., Goulden, M.L., Harden, J.W., Heimann, M., Howarth, R.W., Matson, P.A., McGuire, A.D., Melillo, J.M., Mooney, H.A., Neff, J.C., Houghton, R.A., Pace, M.L.,. Ryan, M.G , Running, S.W., Sala, O.E., Schlesinger, W.H., and Schulze, E.-D. 2006. Reconciling carbon-cycle concepts, terminology, and methodology. Ecosystems doi: 10.1007/s10021-005-0105-7.

Harden, J.W., Manies, K.L., Neff, J.C., and Turetsky, M.R. 2006. Effects of wildfire and permafrost on soil organic matter and soil climate in interior Alaska. Global Change Biology 12: 2391-2403, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2006.01255.x.

Manies, K.L., Harden, J.W., and Veldhuis, H. 2006. Soil data from a moderately well and somewhat poorly drained fire chronosequence near Thompson, Manitoba, Canada. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2006-1291. 17 pp.

Randerson, J.T., Lui, H., Flanner, M.G., Chambers, S.D., Jin, Y., Hess, P.G., Pfister, G., Mack, M.C., Treseder, K.K., Welp, L.R., Chapin, F.S., Harden, J.W., Goulden, M.L., Lyons, E., Neff, J.C., Schuur E.A.G., and Zender, C.S. 2006. The impact of boreal forest fire on climate warming. Science 314(5802): 1130-1133, doi:10.1126/science.1132075.

Rosenbloom N.A., Harden, J.W., Neff, J.C., and Schimel, D.S. 2006. Geomorphic control of landscape carbon accumulation. Journal of Geophysical Research 111, G01004, doi:10.1029/2005JG000077.

Turestsky, M.R., Harden, J.W., Friedli, H.R., Crock, J., Radke, L., and Payne, N. 2006. Wildfires threaten mercury stocks in northern soils. Geophysical Research Letters 33: L16403, doi: 10.1029/2005GL025595.

Wilmking, M., Harden, J., and Tape, K. 2006. Effect of tree line advance on carbon storage in NW Alaska. Journal of Geophysical Research 111, G02023, doi:10.1029/2005JG000074.

Wynn, J.G., Harden, J.W., and Fries, T.L. 2006. Stable carbon isotope depth profiles and soil organic carbon dynamics in the lower Mississippi Basin. Geoderma 131: 89-109

Balshi, M.S., McGuire, A.D., Zhuang, Q., Melillo, J.M., Kicklighter, D.W., Kasischke, E.S., Wirth, C., Flannigan, M., Harden, J., Clein, J.S., Burnside, T., McAllister, J., Kurz, W., Apps, M., and Shvidenko, A. 2007. The role of historical fire disturbance in the carbon dynamics of the pan-boreal region: A process-based analysis. Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences. DOI: 10.1029/2006JG000380.

Berhe, A.A., Harte, J., Harden, J.W., and Torn, M.S. 2007. The significance of the erosion-induced terrestrial carbon sink source. BioScience 57(4): 337-347.

Meyers-Smith, I., McGuire, A.D., Harden, J.W., and Chapin, S.F., III. 2007. The influence of disturbance on carbon exchange in a permafrost collapse and adjacent burned forest. Journal Geophysical Research 112, GO4017, doi: 10.1029/2007JG000423.

Fan, Z., Neff, J.C., Harden, J.W., and Wickland, K.P. 2008. Boreal soil carbon dynamics under a changing climate: a model inversion approach. Journal of Geophysical Research 113, G04016, doi:10.1029/2008JG000723.

Harden, J.W., Fuller, C.C., Wilmking, M., Meyers-Smith, I.H., Trumbore, S.E., and Bubier, J. 2008. The fate of terrestrial carbon following permafrost degradation: detecting changes over recent decades. Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Permafrost, June 29 - July 3, 2008. Kane, D.L. and Hinkel, K.M. (Eds.) Institute of Northern Engineering, University of Alaska Fairbanks. p. 649 - 654.

Mack, M., Treseder, K., Manies, K., Harden, J., Schuur, E., Vogel, J., Randerson, J., Chapin, F. 2008. Recovery of aboveground plant biomass and productivity after fire in mesic and dry black spruce forests of Interior Alaska. Ecosystems, 11: 209-225.

Myers-Smith, I.H., Harden, J.W., Wilmking, M., Fuller, C.C., McGuire, A.D., and Chapin III, F.S. 2008. Wetland succession in a permafrost collapse: interactions between fire and thermokarst. Biogeosciences 5: 1-15.

O'Donnell, J.A., Turetsky, M.R., Harden, J.W., Manies, K.L., Pruett, L.E., Shetler, G., and Neff, J.C. 2008. Interactive effects of fire, soil climate, and vegetation on CO2 fluxes in an upland black spruce forest and peatland in interior Alaska. Ecosystems, doi: 2007AGUFM.B11D0761O.

Turetsky, M.R., Treat, C.C., Waldrop, M., Waddington, M., Harden, J.W., and McGuire, A.D. 2008. Short-term response of methane fluxes and methanogen activity to water table and soil warming manipulations in an Alaskan peatland. Journal of Geophysical Research - Biogeosciences 113, doi:10.1029/2007JG000496.

van Oost, K. Quine, T.A., Govers, G., de Gryze, S., Six, J., Harden, J.W., Ritchie, J.C., McCarty, G.W., Heckrath, G., Kosmas, C., Giraldez, J.V., Marques da Silva, J.R., Merckx, R. 2007. The impact of agricultural soil erosion on the global carbon cycle. Science 318 (5850): 626-629 [doi: 10.1126/science.1145724].

Waldrop, M.P. and Harden, J.W. 2008. Interactive effects of wildfire and permafrost on microbial communities and soil processes in an Alaskan black spruce forest. Global Change Biology, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2486.2008.01661.x.

Fan, Z., Neff, J.C., and Harden, J.W. In press. Boreal soil carbon dynamics under a changing climate: a model inversion approach. Journal of Geophysical Research.