Publications
S. M. Raciti, Browne, J. P., and Marsellos, A. E., 2022. Water Quality Trends in Hempstead Bay, NY from 1968 – 2022: An Updated Report for Long Island’s South Shore Estuary Reserve Western Bays. National Center for Suburban Studies, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY.
Browne, J.P., and Raciti, S.M. 2022. Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP) for Water Quality Monitoring in the South Shore Estuary Reserve Western Bays: A Continuation and Expansion of the Town of Hempstead Bay Study. (updated version)
Santangelo, J. S., Ness, R. W., Cohan, B., Fitzpatrick, C. R., [and other GLUE Consortium authors], Raciti, S.M., et al. 2022. Global urban environmental change drives adaptation in white clover, Science (2022). DOI: 10.1126/science.abk0989
Raciti, S.M., Marsellos, A. E., and Browne, J. P., 2020. Water Quality Trends in Hempstead Bay, NY from 1968 – 2017: A Historical Data Analysis and Report for Long Island’s South Shore Estuary Reserve Western Bays. National Center for Suburban Studies, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY.
Browne, J.P., and Raciti, S.M. 2019. Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP) for Water Quality Monitoring in the South Shore Estuary Reserve Western Bays: A Continuation and Expansion of the Town of Hempstead Bay Study.
Ehl, K.M., Raciti, S.M. and Williams, J.D., 2017. Recovery of salt marsh vegetation after removal of storm-deposited anthropogenic debris: Lessons from volunteer clean-up efforts in Long Beach, NY. Marine Pollution Bulletin.
Scharenbroch, B.C., Carter, D., Bialecki, M., Fahey, R., Scheberl, L., Catania, M., Roman, L.A., Bassuk, N., Harper, R.W., Werner, L. A. Siewert, S. Miller, L. Hutyra, and Raciti, S. M., 2017. A rapid urban site index for assessing the quality of street tree planting sites. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 27, pp.279-286.
Nguyen, H.T., Hutyra, L.R., Hardiman, B.S. and Raciti, S.M., 2016. Characterizing forest structure variations across an intact tropical peat dome using field samplings and airborne LiDAR. Ecological Applications, 26(2), pp.587-601.
Briber, B.M., Hutyra, L.R., Reinmann, A.B., Raciti, S.M., Dearborn, V.K., Holden, C.E. and Dunn, A.L., 2015. Tree productivity enhanced with conversion from forest to urban land covers. PloS one, 10(8), p.e0136237.
Templer, P.H., Toll, J.W., Hutyra, L.R. and Raciti, S.M., 2015. Nitrogen and carbon export from urban areas through removal and export of litterfall. Environmental Pollution, 197, pp.256-261.
McKain, K., Down, A., Raciti, S.M., Budney, J., Hutyra, L.R., Floerchinger, C., Herndon, S.C., Nehrkorn, T., Zahniser, M.S., Jackson, R.B. and Phillips, N., 2015. Methane emissions from natural gas infrastructure and use in the urban region of Boston, Massachusetts. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 112(7), pp.1941-1946.
Raciti, S.M., Hutyra, L.R. and Newell, J.D., 2014. Mapping carbon storage in urban trees with multi-source remote sensing data: Relationships between biomass, land use, and demographics in Boston neighborhoods. Science of The Total Environment, 500, pp.72-83.
Rao, P., Hutyra, L.R., Raciti, S.M. and Templer, P.H., 2014. Atmospheric nitrogen inputs and losses along an urbanization gradient from Boston to Harvard Forest, MA. Biogeochemistry, 121(1), pp.229-245.
Kaufmann, R.K., Gopal, S., Tang, X., Raciti, S.M., Lyons, P.E., Geron, N. and Craig, F., 2013. Revisiting the weather effect on energy consumption: Implications for the impact of climate change. Energy policy, 62, pp.1377-1384.
Rao, P., Hutyra, L.R., Raciti, S.M. and Finzi, A.C., 2013. Field and remotely sensed measures of soil and vegetation carbon and nitrogen across an urbanization gradient in the Boston metropolitan area. Urban Ecosystems, 16(3), pp.593-616.
Briber, B.M., Hutyra, L.R., Dunn, A.L., Raciti, S.M. and Munger, J.W., 2013. Variations in atmospheric CO2 mixing ratios across a Boston, MA urban to rural gradient. Land, 2(3), pp.304-327.
Brondfield, M.N., Hutyra, L.R., Gately, C.K., Raciti, S.M. and Peterson, S.A., 2012. Modeling and validation of on-road CO2 emissions inventories at the urban regional scale. Environmental pollution, 170, pp.113-123.
Raciti, S.M., Hutyra, L.R. and Finzi, A.C., 2012. Depleted soil carbon and nitrogen pools beneath impervious surfaces. Environmental Pollution, 164, pp.248-251.
Raciti, S.M., Hutyra, L.R., Rao, P. and Finzi, A.C., 2012. Inconsistent definitions of “urban” result in different conclusions about the size of urban carbon and nitrogen stocks. Ecological Applications, 22(3), pp.1015-1035.
Raciti, S.M., Fahey, T.J., Thomas, R.Q., Woodbury, P.B., Driscoll, C.T., Carranti, F.J., Foster, D.R., Gwyther, P.S., Hall, B.R., Hamburg, S.P. and Jenkins, J.C., 2012. Local-scale carbon budgets and mitigation opportunities for the northeastern United States. Bioscience, 62(1), pp.23-38.
Raciti, S.M., Burgin, A.J., Groffman, P.M., Lewis, D.N. and Fahey, T.J., 2011. Denitrification in suburban lawn soils. Journal of environmental quality, 40(6), pp.1932-1940.
Raciti, S.M., Groffman, P.M., Jenkins, J.C., Pouyat, R.V., Fahey, T.J., Pickett, S.T. and Cadenasso, M.L., 2011. Nitrate production and availability in residential soils. Ecological Applications, 21(7), pp.2357-2366.
Raciti, S.M., Groffman, P.M., Jenkins, J.C., Pouyat, R.V., Fahey, T.J., Pickett, S.T. and Cadenasso, M.L., 2011. Accumulation of carbon and nitrogen in residential soils with different land-use histories. Ecosystems, 14(2), pp.287-297.
Hutyra, L. R., S. M. Raciti, N. P. Phillips, and J. W. Munger. 2011. Exploring space-time variation in urban carbon metabolism. Urbanization and Global Environmental Change Viewpoints, 6: 11-14.
Fahey, T. J., S. M. Raciti, F. J. Carranti, C. Driscoll, D. Foster, P. Gwyther, B. Hall, S. Hamburg, J. C. Jenkins, J. Jenkins, C. Neill, S. Ollinger, B. Peery, E. Quigley, R. Sherman, R. Q. Thomas, M. Vadeboncoeur, D. Weinstein, G. Wilson, P. Woodbury, and W. Yandik. 2011. Carbon and Communities: Linking Carbon Science with Public Policy and Resource Management in the Northeastern United States. Hubbard Brook Research Foundation. Science Links Publication. Vol. 1, no. 4.
Whitmer, A., L. Ogden, J. Lawton, P. Sturner, P. M. Groffman, L. Schneider, D. Hart, B. Halpern, W. Schlesinger, S. M. Raciti, N. Bettez, S. Ortega, L. Rustad, S. T. A. Pickett, and M. Killilea. 2010. The engaged university: providing a platform for research that transforms society. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 8(6): 314-321.
Raciti, S. M., P. M. Groffman, and T. J. Fahey. 2008. Nitrogen retention in urban lawns and forests. Ecological Applications 18(7): 1615-1626.
Vadas, T. M., T. J. Fahey, R. E. Sherman, J. D. Demers, J. M. Grossman, J. E. Maul, A. M. Melvin, B. O’Neill, S. M. Raciti, E. T. Rochon, D. J. Sugar, C. Tonitto, C. B. Turner, M. J. Walsh, and K. Xue. 2007. Approaches for analyzing local carbon mitigation strategies: Tompkins County, New York, USA. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control 1:360-373
Raciti, S. M., M. F. Galvin, J. M. Grove, J. P. M. O'Neil-Dunne, A. Todd, and S. Claggett. 2006. Urban Tree Canopy Goal Setting: A Guide for Communities. USDA Forest Service, Northeastern Area State and Private Forestry, Chesapeake Bay Program Office, Annapolis, MD.
Sprague, E., D. Burke, S. Claggett, A. Todd,..., S. M. Raciti, et al. 2006. The State of the Chesapeake Forests. The Conservation Fund and USDA Forest Service. 120 pp.
Meng, L., G. Cicchetti, and S. M. Raciti. 2005. Relationships between juvenile winter flounder and multiple-scale habitat variation in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society. 134(6):1509-1519.