Peter Groffman

Education:

Ph.D, University of Georgia - 1984 (Ecology)

B.A., University of Virginia - 1980 (Environmental Science)

Areas of Expertise:

Peter Groffman studies microbial processes in soils that are important to the productivity of plants and to air and water quality. He works in urban, forest, wetland and agricultural ecosystems.

Books and Publications

Campbell, J. L., L. E. Rustad, C. T. Driscoll, I. Halm, T. J. Fahey, H. Fakhraei, P. M. Groffman, G. J. Hawley, W. Leuenberger, and P. G. Schaberg. 2020. Simulating ice storm impacts on forest ecosystems. Journal of Visualized Experiments (JOVE). In press. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2020

Cubino, J. P., J. Cavender-Bares, S. B. Lerman, P. M. Groffman, M. L. Avolio, T. L. E. Trammel, M. M. Wheeler, K. Larson, D. Narango, C. Neill, A. R. Bratt, S. Hall, and S. E. Hobbie. 2020. Taxonomic, phylogenetic, and functional composition and homogenization of residential yard vegetation with contrasting management. Landscape and Urban Planning. In press. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2020

Cubino, J.P., M.L. Avolio, M. Wheeler, K. Larson, S. Hobbie, J. Cavender-Bares, K. Nelson, T. Trammell, C. Neill, D. Pataki, J.M. Grove, S. Hall, P.M. Groffman. 2020. Linking yard plant diversity to homeowners' landscaping priorities across the U.S. Landscape and Urban Planning 196:103740; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2019.103730 (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2020

Dukes, E. S. M., J. Galloway, L. E. Band, L. Cattaneo, P. M. Groffman, A. M. Leach, and E. A. Castner. 2020. A community nitrogen footprint analysis of Baltimore City, Maryland. Environmental Research Letters https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab76dc (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2020

Egendorf, S.P., P.M. Groffman, G. Moore, Z. Cheng. 2020. Phytoextraction vs. phytostabilization of lead (Pb) in soil: A critical review. International Journal of Phytoremediation. In press. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2020

Engebretson, J., K. Nelson, L. Ogden, K. Larson, J.M. Grove, S. Hall, D. Locke, D. Pataki, R. Roy Chowdhury, T. Trammell and P.M. Groffman. 2020. How the nonhuman world influences homeowner yard management in the American residential macrosystem. Human Ecology. In press. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2020

Gaiser, E. E., D. M. Bell, M. C. N. Castorani, D. L. Childers, P. M. Groffman, C. R. Jackson, J. S. Kominoski, D. P. C. Peters, S. T. A. Pickett, J. Ripplinger, and J. C. Zinnert. 2020. Long-term ecological research and evolving frameworks of disturbance ecology. BioScience https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biz162 (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2020

Garcia, M.O., P.H. Templer, P.O. Sorensen, R. Sanders-DeMott, P.M. Groffman and J.M. Bhatnagar. 2020. Soil microbes trade-off biogeochemical cycling for stress tolerance traits in response to year-round climate change. Frontiers in Microbiology 11:616. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2020

Paltseva, A.., Z. Cheng, S.P. Egendorf and P.M. Groffman. 2020. Remediation of an urban garden with elevated levels of soil contamination. Science of the Total Environment 722:137965. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2020

Pickett, S.TA., M.L. Cadenasso, M.A. Baker, C. Boone, G. Buckley, P.M. Groffman, J.M. Grove, E. Irwin, S. Kaushal, S. LaDeau, A. Miller, C. Nilon, M. Romolini, E. Rosi, C. Swan and K. Szlavecz. 2020. Theoretical perspectives of the Baltimore Ecosystem Study: Conceptual evolution in a social-ecological research project. BioScience 70:297-314. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2020

Smith, J., R. Hallett and P.M. Groffman. 2020. The state factor model and urban forest restoration. Journal of Urban Ecology. In press. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2020

Trammell, T. L. E., D. E. Pataki, R. V. Pouyat, P. M. Groffman, C. Rosier, N. Bettez, J. Cavender-Bares, M. J. Grove, S. J. Hall, J. Heffernan, S. E. Hobbie, J. L. Morse, C. Neill, and M. Steele. 2020. Urban soil carbon and nitrogen converge at a continental scale. Ecological Monographs DOI: 10.1002/ecm.1401 (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2020

Addy, K., A.J. Gold, M. Welsh, P. August, M. Stolt, C. Arango and P.M. Groffman. 2019. Connectivity and nitrate uptake potential of intermittent streams in the Northeast USA. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution https://doi: 10.3389/fevo.2019.00225. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2019

Almaraz, M., P. M. Groffman, and S. Porder. 2019. Effects of changes in nitrogen availability on nitrogen gas emissions in a tropical forest during a drought. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 124:2917-2926. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2019

Cubino, J.P., J. Cavender-Bares, S. E. Hobbie, S.J. Hall, T.L.E. Trammell, C. Neill, M. Avolio, L.E. Darling and P.M. Groffman. 2019. Contribution of exotic plants to the phylogenetic homogenization of U.S. yard floras. Ecosphere 10: Article e02638. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2019

Cubino, J.P., J. Cavender-Bares, S.E. Hobbie, D.E. Patkai, M.L. Avolio, L.E. Darling, K.L. Larson, S.J. Hall, P.M. Groffman, T.L.E. Trammell, M.K. Steele, J.M. Grove and C. Neill. 2019. Drivers of plant richness and phylogenetic composition in urban yards at the continental scale. Landscape Ecology 34:63-77. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2019

Frelich, L., B. Blossey, E. Cameron, A. Davalos, N. Eisenhauer, T. Fahey, O. Ferlian, P. Groffman, E. Larson, S. Loss, J. Maerz, V. Nuzzo, K. Yoo, P. Reich. 2019. Side-swiped: Ecological cascades emanating from earthworm invasion. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment doi:10.1002/fee.2099. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2019

Groffman, P. M., J. M. Grove, D. Locke, A. Troy, J. O'Neil-Dunne, and W. Zhou. 2019. Lawns as common ground for society and the flux of water and nutrients. Pages 220-235 in S.T.A. Pickett, M.L. Cadenasso, J.M. Grove, E.G. Irwin, E.J. Rosi, and C.M. Swan, editors. Science for the Sustainable City. Yale University Press, New Haven (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2019

Groffman, P.M., L.E. Band, K.T. Belt, N.D. Bettez, A. Bhaskar, E. Doheny, J.M. Duncan, S.S. Kaushal, E.J. Rosi, and C. Welty. 2019. Applying the watershed approach to urban ecosystems. Pages 155-173 in S.T.A. Pickett, M.L. Cadenasso, J.M. Grove, E.G. Irwin, E.J. Rosi, and C.M. Swan, editors. Science for the Sustainable City. Yale University Press, New Haven. (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2019

Joyner, J.L., J. Kerwin, M. Deeb, BG. Lozefski, A. Paltseva, B. Prithiviraj, J. McLaughlin, Z. Cheng, P.M. Groffman and T.R. Muth. 2019. Green infrastructure design influences urban soil bacteria communities. Frontiers in Microbiology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2019.00982. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2019

Locke, D.H, C. Polsky, J.M. Grove, P.M. Groffman, K. Nelson, K. Larson, J. Cavender-Bares, J. Heffernan, R. Roy Chowdhury, S. Hobbie, N. Bettez, C. Neill, L.A. Ogden and J. O'Neil-Dunne. 2019. A multi-level analysis of residential household yard care practices along urban-rural gradients in six climatically-diverse U.S. metropolitan areas. PLoS ONE doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0222630 (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2019

Ni, X., S. Liao, F. Wu and P.M. Groffman. 2019. Short-term precipitation pulses stimulate soil CO2 emissions but do not alter CH4 and N2O fluxes in a northern hardwood forest. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 130:8-11. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2019

Reisinger, A.J., T. Doody, P.M. Groffman, S.S. Kaushal and E. Rosi. 2019. Seeing the light: Urban stream restoration affects stream metabolism and nitrate uptake via changes in canopy cover. Ecological Applications 26(9):e01941 (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2019

Roco, C.A., P. Dörsch, J.G. Booth, C. Pepe-Ranney, P.M. Groffman, T.J. Fahey, J.B. Yavitt, and J.P. Shapleigh. 2019. Using metagenomics to reveal landscape scale patterns of denitrifiers in a montane forest ecosystem. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 138:107585. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2019

Sanders-DeMott, R., J. L. Campbell, P. M. Groffman, L. E. Rustad, and P. H. Templer. 2019. Soil warming and winter snow packs: Implications for northern forest ecosystem functioning. In J. E. Mohan, editor. Ecosystem Consequences of Soil Warming: Microbes, Vegetation, Fauna and Soil Biogeochemistry. Academic Press, New York. (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2019

Sorensen, P.O., J.M. Bhatnagar, L. Christenson, J. Durán, T.J. Fahey, M. C. Fisk, A.C. Finzi, P.M. Groffman, J.L. Morse and P.H. Templer. 2019. Roots mediate the effects of snowpack decline on soil bacteria, fungi, and nitrogen cycling in a northern hardwood forest. Frontiers in Microbiology https:// doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.00926. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2019

Templeton, L., M.L. Cadenasso, J. Sullivan, M. Neel and P.M. Groffman. 2019. Changes in vegetation structure and composition of urban and rural forest patches in Baltimore from 1998 to 2015. Forest Ecology and Management 454:117665. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2019

Trammell, T. L. E., D. E. Pataki, C. Still, J. R. Ehleringer, M. L. Avolio, N. D. Bettez, J. Cavender-Bares, P. M. Groffman, J. M. Grove, S. J. Hall, J. B. Heffernan, S. E. Hobbie, K. Larson, J. L. Morse, C. Neill, K. C. Nelson, J. O'Neil-Dunne, W. D. Pearse, R. Roy Chowdhury, M. Steele, and M. M. Wheeler. 2019. Climate and lawn management interact to control C4 plant distribution in residential lawns across seven U.S. cities. Ecological Applications Article e01884, doi:10.1002/eap.1884. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2019

Weintraub, S., A.N. Flores, W.R. Wieder, D. Sihi, C. Cagnarini, D.R.P. Gonçalves, M. Young, L. Li, Y. Olshansky, R. Baatz, P.L. Sullivan and P.M. Groffman. 2019. Leveraging environmental research and observation networks to advance soil carbon science. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences 124:1047-1055. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2019

Weitzman, J. N., P. M. Groffman, J. L. Campbell, C. T. Driscoll, R. T. Fahey, T. J. Fahey, P. G. Schaberg, G. J. Hawley, and L. E. Rustad. 2019. Ecosystem nitrogen response to a simulated ice storm in a northern hardwood forest. Ecosystems https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-019-00463-w (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2019

Asbjornsen, H. J. Campbell, K. Jennings, M. Vadeboncoeur, C. McIntire, P. Templer, R. Phillips, T. Bauerle, M. Dietze, S. Frey, P. Groffman, R. Guerrieri, P. Hanson, E. Kelsey, A. Knapp, N. McDowell, P. Meir, K. Novick, S. Ollinger, W. Pockman, P. Schaberg, S. Wullschleger, M. Smith and L. Rustad. 2018. Guidelines and considerations for designing field experiments simulating precipitation extremes in forest ecosystems. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 9:2310-2325. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2018

Baatz, R., P. L. Sullivan, L. Li, S. Weintraub, H. W. Loescher, M. Mirtl, P. M. Groffman, D. H. Wall, M. Young, T. White, H. Wen, S. Zacharias, I. Kühn, J. Tang, J. Gaillardet, I. Braud, A. N. Flores, P. Kumar, H. Lin, T. Ghezzehei, H. L. Gholz, H. Vereecken, and K. Van Looy. 2018. Integration of terrestrial observational networks: opportunity for advancing Earth system dynamics modelling. Earth System Dynamics 9:593-609. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2018

Bird, D., P.M. Groffman, C. Salice and J. Moore. 2018. Steady-state land cover but non-steady-state major ion chemistry in urban streams. Environmental Science & Technology 52:13015-13026. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2018

Blaszczak, J. R., M. Steele, B. D. Badgley, J. B. Heffernan, S. E. Hobbie, J. L. Morse, E. Rivers, S. Hall, C. Neill, D. E. Pataki, P. M. Groffman, and E. S. Bernhardt. 2018. Sediment chemistry of urban stormwater ponds and controls on denitrification. Ecosphere. 9: Article e02318. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2018

Cubino, J.P., J. Cavender-Bares, S.E. Hobbie, D.E. Patkai, M.L. Avolio, L.E. Darling, K.L. Larson, S.J. Hall, P.M. Groffman, T.L.E. Trammell, M.K. Steele, J.M. Grove and C. Neill. 2018. Drivers of plant richness and phylogenetic composition in urban yards at the continental scale. Landscape Ecology 34:63-77. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2018

Deeb, M., P.M. Groffman, G. Lozefski, A. Paltseva, K. Mania, B. Lin, D. Cao, J. McLaughlin, T.R. Muth, J. Joyner, B. Prithiviraj, J. Kerwin, and Z. Cheng. 2018. Soil and microbial properties of green infrastructure Technosols in stormwater management systems. Ecological Engineering 125:68-75. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2018

Egendorf, S.P., Z. Cheng, M. Deeb, V. Flores, A. Paltseva, D. Walsh, P. Groffman and H. Mielke. 2018. Constructing soil for mitigating lead (Pb) exposure and promoting urban community gardening: The New York City Clean Soil Bank pilot study. Landscape and Urban Planning 175:184-194. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2018

Groffman, P.M., C.T. Driscoll, J. Durán, J.L. Campbell, L.M. Christenson, T.J. Fahey, M.C. Fisk, C. Fuss, G.E. Likens, G. Lovett, L. Rustad and P.H. Templer. 2018. Nitrogen oligotrophication in northern hardwood forests. Biogeochemistry 141:523-539. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2018

Gutiérrez, J.L. C.G. Jones, P.D. Ribeiro, S.E.G. Findlay and P.M. Groffman. 2018. Crab burrowing limits surface litter accumulation in a temperate salt marsh: Implications for ecosystem functioning and connectivity. Ecosystems 21:1000-1012. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2018

Locke, D. H., M. Avolio, T. L. E. Trammel, R. Roy Chowdhury, J. M. Grove, J. Rogan, D. G. Martin, N. Bettez, J. Cavender-Bares, P. M. Groffman, S. J. Hall, J. B. Heffernan, S. E. Hobbie, K. L. Larson, J. L. Morse, C. Neill, K. C. Nelson, L. A. Ogden, J. O'Neil-Dunne, D. E. Pataki, W. D. Pearse, C. Polsky, and M. M. Wheeler. 2018. A multi-city comparison of front and backyard differences in plant species diversity and nitrogen cycling in residential landscapes. Landscape and Urban Planning 178:102-111. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2018

Locke, D.H., R. Roy Chowdhury, J.M. Grove, D.G. Martin, E. Goldman, J. Rogan and P.M. Groffman. 2018. Social norms, yard care, and the difference between front and back yard management: examining the landscape mullets concept on urban residential lands. Society and Natural Resources 31:1169-1188. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2018

Ni, X. and P.M. Groffman. 2018. Declines in methane uptake in forest soils. Proceedings of the National Academies of Science of the United States of America 115:8587-8590. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2018

Paltseva, A. Z. Cheng, M. Deeb, P.M. Groffman and M. Maddaloni. 2018. Variability of bioaccessible lead in urban garden soils, Soil Science 182:123-131. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2018

Paltseva, A. Z. Cheng, M. Deeb, P.M. Groffman, R. Shaw and M. Maddaloni. 2018. Accumulation of arsenic and lead in garden-grown vegetables: Factors and mitigation Strategies. Science of the Total Environment 640-641:273-283. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2018

Pearse, W. D., J. Cavender-Bares, S. E. Hobbie, M. Avolio, N.D. Bettez, R. Roy Chowdhury, L.E. Darling, P. M. Groffman, J. Learned, C.B. Neill, K. Nelson, D. Pataki, B. Ruddell, M. Steele and T. L. E. Trammell. 2018. Ecological homogenisation in North American urban yards: vegetation diversity, composition, and structure. Ecosphere 9:Article e02105. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2018

Reisinger, A. J., E. Woytowitz, E. Majcher, E. J. Rosi, K. T. Belt, J. M. Duncan, S. S. Kaushal, and P. M. Groffman. 2018. Changes in long-term water quality of Baltimore streams are associated with both gray and green-infrastructure. Limnology and Oceanography 17:1-17. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2018

Richter, D.D, S.A. Billings, P.M. Groffman, E.F. Kelly, K.A. Lohse, W.H. McDowell, C.S. Riebe, W.S. Silver, T.S. White, S.A. Anderson, S. Brantley, Z.S. Brecheisen, O.A. Chadwick, H.E. Hartnett, S.E. Hobbie, C.E. Kazanski, D. Markewitz, K. O'Neill, P. Schroeder and A. Thompson. 2018. Elevating the biogeosciences within environmental research networks. Biogeosciences 15:4815-4832. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2018

Rosenzweig, B., P.M. Groffman, C. Zarnoch, B. Branco, E. Hartig, J. Fitzpatrick, H. Forgione and A. Parris. 2018. Nitrogen regulation by natural systems in 'unnatural' landscapes: denitrification in ultra-urban coastal ecosystems. Ecosystem Health and Sustainability 4:205-224. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2018

Sanders-DeMott, R., J. L. Campbell, P. M. Groffman, L. E. Rustad, and P. H. Templer. 2019. Soil warming and winter snow packs: Implications for northern forest ecosystem functioning. In J. E. Mohan, editor. Ecosystem Consequences of Soil Warming: Microbes, Vegetation, Fauna and Soil Biogeochemistry. Academic Press, New York. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2018

Webster, A. J., P. M. Groffman, and M. L. Cadenasso. 2018. Controls on denitrification potential in nitrate-rich waterways and riparian zones of an irrigated agricultural setting. Ecological Applications 28:1055-1067. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2018

Yao, S.Q., P.M. Groffman, C. Alewell and K.A. Ballantine. 2018. Promoting denitrification in restored wetlands: The importance of soil carbon and nitrogen. Restoration Ecology 26:294-302. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2018

Professional Leadership

Hubbard Brook Research Foundation, Board of Trustees, 2012 - present. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2020

Member, National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) Scientific Steering Committee, 2016 - present. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2020

Other Professional Activities

Ecosystems, Associate Editor, 1999 - current. 2020

Elementa, Associate Editor, 2013 - current. 2020