Refereed publications (a postdoc mentee, b student mentee, c student collaborator)
2025
Scott, J. T., J. M. Taylor, I. M. Andersenb, A. K. Hokec, and P. T. Kelly. Accepted. Reducing nitrogen rapidly reverses eutrophication in shallow phosphorus-rich lakes. Environmental Science & Technology.
Witthaus, L. M., R. E. Lizotte, L. J. Heintzman, J. M. Taylor, M. T. Moore, E. D. Pawlowski, E. J. Langendoen, and M. A. Locke. 2025. Water quality considerations for using surface waterbodies as an alternative irrigation water source in the Mississippi Alluvial Plain, Mississippi, USA. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation. In press.
Pawlowski, E. D., L. Witthaus, J. M. Taylor, M. T. Moore, S. McNamara, E. Stevens, and Q. D. Read. 2025. The role of vegetation, drying, and rewetting on water and sediment phosphorus concentrations in an experimental ditch channel experiment. Agrosystems, Geosciences & Environment. 8 (3), e70168.
Andersenb, I. M., J. M. Taylor, D. Graeber, P. T. Kelly, A. K. Hokec, C. J. Robbins, and J. T. Scott. 2025. Redfield revisited: insights into freshwater seston carbon: nitrogen: phosphorus stoichiometry. Limnology and Oceanography. Published online 12 July 2025.
Fulweiler, R. W., S. Rinehart, J. Taylor, M. C. Kelly, M. Berberich, N. E. Ray, A Oczkowski, S. Balint, A. Geisser, M. Benavides, M. Church, B. Loeks, S. Newell, M. Olofsson, J. Oppong, S. S. Roley, C. Vizza, S. Wilson, P. Groffman, J. T. Scott, and A. Marcarelli.. 2025. Global Importance of Nitrogen Fixation Across Inland and Coastal Waters. Science. 6752:1205-1209
Chatterjee, A., J. Taylor, Q. Read, M. Moore, M. Locke, J. D. Hoeksema. 2025. Water quality and soil nutrient availability trade-offs associated with timing and duration of managed flooding for migratory waterbird habitat. Soil Science Society of America Journal. e70077
Fulweiler, R. W., M. Berberich, S. Rinehart, J. Taylor, M. C. Kelly, N. E. Ray, A. Oczkowski, S. Balint, A. Geisser, M. Benavides, M. Church, B. Loeks, S. Newell, M. Olofsson, J. Oppong, S. S. Roley, C. Vizza, S. Wilson, P. Groffman, J. T. Scott, and A. Marcarelli. 2025. A global database of nitrogen fixation rates across inland and coastal waters. Limnology & Oceanography Letters. 10:412-429.
Devilbissa, S. E, J. M. Taylor, and M. Hicks. 2025. From subsidies to stressors: shifting ecological baselines alter biological responses to nutrients in highly modified agricultural streams. Ecological Applications. 35:e3086.
Andersenb, I. M., J. M. Taylor, P. T. Kelly, A. K. Hokec, and J. T. Scott. 2025. Nitrogen fixation may not alleviate stoichiometric imbalances that limit primary production in eutrophic lake ecosystems. Ecology. 106:e4516.
2024
Boedeckerc, A. R., J. M. Taylor, T. H. Tappenbeck, R. O. Hall. Jr., C. J. Robbins, and J. T. Scott. 2024. Evaluating O2:Ar, N2:Ar, and 29,30N2 using Membrane Inlet Mass Spectrometry configured to minimize oxygen interference. Limnology and Oceanography Methods. 22:791–804.
Kelly, P. T., J. M. Taylor, I. M. Andersenb, and J. T. Scott. 2024. Zooplankton densities reduced by increases in resource N:P and warmer temperatures in hypereutrophic mesocosms. Hydrobiologia. 851:4077-4089.
Chatterjee, A., J. M. Taylor, A. Straussb, and M. A. Locke. 2024. Soil carbon mineralization, enzyme activities and crop residue composition under varying soil moisture regimes. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 88:43-55.
2023
Speirc, S. L., J. L. Tank, J. M. Taylor, and A. L. Grosec. 2023. Temperature and carbon availability interact to enhance nitrous oxide production via denitrification in alluvial plain river sediments. Biogeochemistry. 165:191-203.
DeVilbissa, S. E., J. M. Taylor, and M. Hicks. 2023. Salinization and sedimentation drive contrasting assembly mechanisms of planktonic and sediment-bound bacterial communities in agricultural streams. Global Change Biology. 29:5615-5633.
Taylor, J. M., I. M. Andersenb, A. K. Hokec, P. T. Kelly, and J. T. Scott. 2023. In-situ N2:Ar ratios describe the balance between nitrogen fixation and denitrification in shallow eutrophic experimental lakes. Biogeochemistry. 166:283-301. Invited Special Issue “Nitrogen fixation across the Aquascape: current perspectives. Volume 166, Issue 3.
Taylor, J. M., S. E. DeVilbissa, and M. Hicks. 2023. Using taxa-based approaches to delineate stream macroinvertebrate assemblage responses to stressor gradients in modified alluvial agroecosystems. Ecological Indicators. 153:110377.
Faucheuxc, N. M., L. E. Miranda, J. M. Taylor, and J. Farris. 2023. Impacts of dams on stream fish diversity: a different result. Diversity. 15:728.
Lizotte, R., J. Murdock, J. Taylor, and M. A. Locke. 2023. Nutrient and algal responses to a managed drawdown in an agricultural riverine lake. Chemistry and Ecology. 39:1-18.
Chatterjee, A., J. Taylor, M. Moore, M. Locke, and J. Hoeksema. 2023. Shallow water habitat management influences soil CO2 efflux from agricultural fields in the Lower Mississippi River Basin (LMRB), USA. Agroecosystems, Geosciences & Environment. 6:e20365.
2022
Carpenter, W. O., B. T. Goodwiller, D. G. Wren, J. Taylor, J. AuBuchon, and J. Brown. 2022. Field testing of a high-frequency acoustic attenuation system for measuring fine suspended sediments and algal movements. Applied Acoustics. 198:108980.
Nifong, R. L., J. M. Taylor, and S. DeVilbissa. 2022. Spatial and temporal patterns of benthic nutrient cycling define the extensive role of internal loading in an agriculturally influenced oxbow lake. Biogeochemistry. 159:413-433.
2021
Kelly, P. T., J. M. Taylor, I. M. Andersenb, J. Stovallc, and J. T. Scott. 2021. Highest primary production achieved at higher nitrogen levels despite strong stoichiometric imbalances with phosphorus in hypereutrophic experimental systems. Limnology and Oceanography. 66:4375-4390.
Evansc, J. L., J. N. Murdock, J. M. Taylor, and R. E. Lizotte Jr. 2021. Sediment nutrient flux rates in a shallow, turbid lake are more dependent on water quality and temperature than water depth. Water. 13:1344.
Nifong, R. L., and J. M. Taylor. 2021. Vegetation and residence time interact to influence metabolism and nutrient assimilation in experimental agricultural drainage systems. Water. 13:1416.
2020
Taylor, J. M., M. T. Moore, S. L. Speirb, and S. Testa III. 2020. Vegetated ditch habitats provide net nitrogen sink and phosphorus storage capacity in agricultural drainage networks despite senescent plant leaching. Water. 12:87531.
Yasarer, L. M. W., J. M. Taylor, J. R. Rigby and M. A. Locke. 2020. Trends in land use, irrigation, and streamflow alteration in the Mississippi River Alluvial Plain. Frontiers in Environmental Science. 8:66.
Taylor, J. M., A. R. Rodmanb and J. T. Scott. 2020. Stream algal biomass response to experimental phosphorus and nitrogen gradients: a case for dual nutrient management in agricultural watersheds. Journal of Environmental Quality. 49:140-151.
Nifong, R. L., J. M. Taylor, G. Adamsc, M. T. Moore and J. Farris. 2020. Recognizing both denitrification and nitrogen consumption improves performance of stream diel N2 flux models. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods. 18:169-182.
2019
Nifong, R. L., J. M. Taylor, and L. M. W. Yasarer. 2019. To model or measure: estimating gas exchange to measure metabolism in shallow, low gradient stream habitats. Freshwater Science. 39:70-85.
Wren, D. G., J. M. Taylor, J. R. Rigby, M. A. Locke, and L. M. W. Yasarer. 2019. Short term sediment accumulation rates reveal seasonal time lags between sediment delivery and deposition in an oxbow lake. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment. 281:92-99.
Nifong, R. L., J. M. Taylor, and M. Moore. 2019. Mulch derived organic carbon stimulates high denitrification fluxes from agricultural ditch sediments. Journal of Environmental Quality. 48:476-484.
Hicks, H. B. and J. M. Taylor. 2019. Diatom assemblage changes associated with increasing nutrients in highly altered Mississippi Alluvial Plain streams: Application to measuring success of nutrient reduction efforts. Journal of Environmental Quality. 48:83-92.
Taylor, J. M., R. E. Lizotte, and S. Testa. 2019. Breakdown rates and associated nutrient cycling vary between novel crop-derived and natural riparian detritus in aquatic agroecosystems. Hydrobiologia. 827:211-224.
2018
Taylor, J. M., J. A. Back, B. W. Brooks, and R. S. King. 2018. Spatial, temporal, and experimental: Three cornerstones to establishing defensible numeric criteria for freshwater ecosystems. Journal of Applied Ecology. 55:2114-2123.
Wren, D. G., Y. Ozeren, J. M. Taylor, M. Reba, and C. Bowie. 2018. Assessment of irrigation reservoir levee impairment in Arkansas, USA. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation. 73:533-540.
2017
Taylor, J. M., R. Lizotte, S. Testa, and K. Dillardb. 2017. Habitat and nutrient enrichment affects decomposition of maize and oak detritus in Lower Mississippi River Basin aquatic agroecosystems. Freshwater Science. 36:713-725.
Speirb, S., J. M. Taylor, and J. T. Scott. 2017. Seasonal differences in relationships between nitrate concentration and denitrification rates in ditch sediments vegetated with rice cutgrass (Leersia oryzoides). Journal of Environmental Quality. 46:1500-1509.
Vanni, M. J., McIntyre, P. B., (many authors), Taylor, J. T. 2017. A global database of nitrogen and phosphorus excretion rates of aquatic animals. Ecology. 98:1475.
Buchanan, B. P., D. A. Auerbach, R. A. McManamay, J. M. Taylor, A. S. Flecker, J. A. Archibald, D. R. Fuka, and M. T. Walter. 2017. Environmental flows in the context of unconventional natural gas development in the Marcellus Shale. Ecological Applications. 27:37-55. 2017.
2016
Taylor, J. M., J. A. Back, and B. W. Brooks, and R. S. King. 2016. Consumer-mediated nutrient recycling is influenced by interactions between nutrient enrichment and the anti-microbial agent triclosan. Freshwater Science. 35:856-872.
2015
Taylor, J. M., M. T. Moore, and J. T. Scott. 2015. Contrasting nutrient mitigation and denitrification potential of agricultural drainage environments with different emergent aquatic macrophytes. Journal of Environmental Quality. 44:1304-1314.
Pease, A. A., J. M. Taylor, K. O. Winemiller, and R. S. King. 2015. Ecoregional, catchment, and reach-scale environmental factors shape functional-trait structure of stream fish assemblages. Hydrobiologia. 753:265-283.
2014
Taylor, J. M., R. S. King, A. A. Pease, K. O. Winemiller. 2014. Nonlinear response of stream ecosystem structure to low-level nutrient enrichment. Freshwater Biology. 59: 969-984.
Taylor, J. M., T. S. Seilheimer, and W. L. Fisher. 2014. Downstream fish assemblage response to river impoundment varies with degree of hydrologic alteration. Hydrobiologia. 728: 23-39.
2013
Weltman-Fahsc, M., J. M. Taylor. 2013. Hydraulic fracturing and brook trout habitat in the Marcellus Shale region: Potential impacts and research needs. Fisheries. 38: 4-15.
2012
Taylor, J. M., J. A. Back, T. W. Valenti, and R. S. King. 2012. Fish-mediated nutrient recycling and benthic microbial processes: Can consumers influence stream nutrient cycling at multiple spatial scales? Freshwater Science. 31: 928-944.
Stanley, C. E., J. M. Taylor, and R. S. King. 2012. Coupling fish community structure with instream flow and habitat connectivity between two hydrologically extreme years. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society. 141:1000-1015.
Taylor, J. M., J. A. Back, and R. S. King. 2012. Grazing minnows increase benthic autotrophy and enhance the response of periphyton elemental composition to experimental phosphorus additions. Freshwater Science. 31: 451-462.
2011
Pease, A. A., J. M. Taylor, R. S. King, and K. O. Winemiller. 2011. Multiscale environmental influences on fish assemblage structure in central Texas streams. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society. 140: 1409-1427. (Pease and Taylor share 1st authorship on this manuscript)
Valenti, T. W., J. M. Taylor, J. A. Back, R. S. King, and B. W. Brooks. 2011. Influence of drought and total phosphorus on diel pH in wadeable streams: Implications for ecological risk assessment of ionizable contaminants. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management. 7: 636-647.
2008
Scott, J. T., J. A. Back, J. M. Taylor, and R. S. King. 2008. Does nutrient enrichment decouple algal-bacterial production in periphyton? Journal of North American Benthological Society. 27: 332-344.
Back, J. A., J. M. Taylor, R. S. King, K. L. Fallert, and E. H. Hintzen. 2008. Ontogenetic differences in mayfly stoichiometry and growth rates in response to phosphorus enrichment. Fundamental and Applied Limnology. 171: 233-240.
2006
Grubbs, S.A., C. M. Thomas, B.T. Hutchins, and J. M. Taylor. 2006. Life cycles of Allocapnia recta and Leuctra spp. (Plecoptera : Capniidae and Leuctridae) across a flow gradient in a Central Kentucky karst headwater stream. Southeastern Naturalist. 5: 321-332.
Taylor, J. M. and J. H. Kennedy. 2006. Life history and secondary production of Caenis latipennis (Ephemeroptera: Caenidae) in Honey Creek, Oklahoma. Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 99: 821-830.
2005
Grubbs S. A., C. M. Thomas, B. T. Hutchins, and J. M. Taylor. 2005. Comparative life history study of two species of Nemouridae (Plecoptera) from an intermittent-perennial stream continuum from the central Kentucky karst region, U.S.A. Verhandlungen Internationale Vereinigung für theoretische und angewandte Limnologie. 29: 912-916.
2004
Grubbs, S. A. and J. M. Taylor. 2004. The influence of flow impoundment and river regulation on the distribution of riverine macroinvertebrates at Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky, U.S.A. Hydrobiologia. 520: 19-28.
Manuscripts in review or revision
Witthaus, L., J. Taylor, M. Locke, B. Webstera, R. Lizotte, and H. Maring-Summers. Legacy phosphorus storage and release dynamics in an oxbow lake within the Mississippi Alluvial Plain. Journal of Environmental Quality (in review).
Book chapters
Moore, M. T., J. L. Ferris, R. L. Nifong, E. R. Bennett, J. M. Taylor, M. A. Locke, and R. Kroger. 2023. Vegetated ditches for mitigation of contaminates in agricultural runoff, pp. 171-192. In Menone, M. L. and Metcalfe, C. (eds.) The Ecotoxicology of Aquatic Macrophytes, Springer Nature, Cham, Switzerland. 214 pp.
Taylor, J. M., M. J. Vanni and A. S. Flecker. 2015. Top-down and bottom-up interactions in freshwater ecosystems: emerging complexities, pp. 55-85. In Hanley, T. C. and La Pierre, K. J. (eds.) Trophic Ecology: Bottom-up and top-down interactions across aquatic and terrestrial systems, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge U.K. 426 pp.
Taylor, J. M. and J. H. Kennedy. 2003. Cohort dynamics of an over-wintering Caenis latipennis (Ephemeroptera: Caenidae) population in Honey Creek, Oklahoma, U.S.A. pp. 201-204. In Proceedings of the X International Conference on Ephemeroptera and XIV International Symposium on Plecoptera. Editor Elda Gaino. University of Perugia, Italy.