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In review Richardson JB, Dobson AM. Effects of Rooting, Temperature, and Organic Horizon Development on Temperate Forest Soil Carbon, Nitrogen, and Inorganic Nutrients in Transplanted Soils. Submitted to Biogeochemistry
In review Richardson JB. Basalt rock dust on soil health properties and inorganic nutrients – laboratory and field study at two organic farm soils in New England, USA. Submitted to Agriculture
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2024
(55) Richter DD, Billings SA, Brantley SL, Gaillardet J., Markewitz D., Schlesinger WH., Amundson R., Ashley GM.,…. Richardson JB…. Marilyn Wolf. Earth Sciences Are the Model Sciences of the Anthropocene Perspectives of Earth and Space Scientists. 5, e2024CN000237
(54) Rice AM, Perdrial N, Treto V, D’Amato AW, Smith GA, Richardson JB. Influence of parent material mineralogy on forest soil nutrient release rates across a nutrient richness gradient Geoderma 451, 117081
(52)Teng W***, Yu Q., Mischenko I***, Rice AM***, Richardson JB. Predicting foliar nutrient concentrations across geologic materials and tree genera in the northeastern United States using spectral reflectance and PLSR models. Journal of Remote Sensing 4, 0093.
(51) Buck A., Zarrella-Smith K., Jordaan A., Richardson J.B., Trace elements in European oyster (Ostrea edulis), seawater, and sediments in Boston Harbor, MA, USA – Implications for biomonitoring and ecotoxicology. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 112 (1), 20
(50) Hanley M.L.***, Vukicevich E., Rice A.M.***, Richardson J.B., Uptake of Toxic Nutrient Elements by Foraged Edible and Medicinal Mushrooms Throughout Connecticut River Valley, New England, USA. Environmental Science and Pollution Research 31 (4), 5526-553920
(49) Avkopashvili G., Gongadze A., Richardson J., Gakhokidze R., Osidze I., Asanidze L., Bioaccumulation of Macro and Micro Elements by the Amaranthus Viridis from the Cadmium-Contaminated Soil. Bulletin of the Georgian National Academy of Sciences 17:3
(48) Imran W***, Richardson, J.B. 2023 Trace Element (As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Pb, Se, U) Concentrations and Health Hazards from Drinking Water and Market Rice across Lahore City, Pakistan. Sustainability 15, 13463.
(47) Sirkovich EC***, Walser SL***, Richardson JB, Perdrial N. Evaluating Trace Elements in Urban Forest Soils across Three Contrasting New England USA Towns and Cities by pXRF and Mass Spectrometry . Accepted in Environmental Pollution
(46) Butler MJ***, Yellen BC, Oyewumi O., Richardson JB “Accumulation and transport of nutrient and pollutant elements in riparian soils, sediments, and river waters across the Thames River Watershed, Connecticut, USA” Science of the Total Environment 165630.
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.165630
(45) Richardson JB, Thrasher SA***, Saccardi B***, Clark EV. Sulfidic schist release of As, Cu, and Pb in laboratory experiments and across eleven watersheds in central Massachusetts, USA. Environmental Geochemistry and Health.
(44) Street BB***, Rice AM***, Richardson JB. Forest Floor and Na azide effect on elements in leachate from contrasting New Hampshire and Virginia forest soils. Accepted in Soil Science Society of America Journal.
(40) McStay AE***, Walser SL***, Sirkovich EC***, Perdrial NJ, Richardson JB. Macronutrients micronutrients, and toxic elements in soils measured by pXRF and ICP-based methods and assessment of plant tissue concentrations across ten urban community garden soils. Journal of Environmental Quality 51, No. 3, pp. 439-450.
(39) Richardson JB, Johnston MR, Herrick BM. Accumulation of macronutrients (Ca, Mg, P, K) in forest and laboratory soils following invasion by Amynthas tokioensis and Amynthas agrestis Pedosphere 91, p.15080.
(38) Baranes H.E.***, Woodruff J. D., Geyer 2 W. R., Yellen B. C., Richardson J.B. Sources, Mechanisms, and Timescales of Sediment Delivery to a New England Salt Marsh. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface 127(3), p.e2021JF006478
(35) Richardson JB, Chase JK, 2021 Transfer of major nutrients, micronutrient, and toxic elements from soil to grapes to white wines in uncontaminated vineyards. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18(24), 13271 https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182413271
(34) Brantley SL, Wen T., Agarwal D., Catalano, J.G., Schroeder, P.A., Lehnert, K., Varadharajan, C., Pett-Ridge, J., Engle, M., Castronova, A.M. Hooper, R.P., Ma X., Jin, L., McHenry K., Aronson E., Shaughnessy AR., Derry LA., Richardson JB., Bales J., Piece EM., The future low-temperature geochemical data-scape as envisioned by the US geochemical community. Computers & Geosciences 157:104933 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cageo.2021.104933
(32) Chang, C.H., Bartz, M.L., Brown, G., Callaham, M.A., Cameron, E.K., Dávalos, A., Dobson, A., Görres, J.H., Herrick, B.M., Ikeda, H. James, S.W.,…Richardson J.B., Snyder, B.A. Szlavecz K., 2021. The second wave of earthworm invasions in North America: biology, environmental impacts, management and control of invasive jumping worms. Biological Invasions, pp.1-32.
(29) Mackowiak TJ***, Mischenko IC***, Butler MJ***, Richardson JB. Accumulation of Trace Metals and Metalloids in Soils and Foliage across Lithologies, Ecosystems, and Development Intensities in Southern California. Journal of Soils and sediments 21:1713-1729
(28) Richardson JB. 2021 Comparing trace element (As, Cu, Ni, Pb, Zn) soil-surface water linkages in montane, upland watersheds with lowland, urban watersheds in New England, USA. 13(1), 59 https://doi.org/10.3390/w13010059
2020
(27) Timothy S. McCay, George Brown, Mac A. Callaham, Jr., Chih-Han Chang, Andrea Dávalos, Annise Dobson, Josef H. Görres, Bradley M. Herrick, Samuel W. James, Marie R. Johnston, Damhnait McHugh, Tanya Minteer, Jean-David Moore, Maryam Nouri-Aiin, Marta Novo, Jaime Ortiz-Pachar, Rebecca A. Pinder, Justin B. Richardson, Bruce A. Snyder, Katalin Szlavecz. Tools for Monitoring and Study of Peregrine Pheretimoid Earthworms (Megascolecidae) Pedobiologia 83, p.150669
(26) Sizmur T., Richardson J.B., 2020 Earthworms accelerate the biogeochemical cycling of potentially toxic elements: Results of a meta-analysis. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 148, p.107865
(25) Mistikawy J.A.***, Mackowiak T.***, Butler M.J.***, Mischenko I.C.***, Cernack R.S., Richardson J.B. 2020 Chromium, Manganese, Nickel, and Cobalt mobility and bioavailability from mafic-to-ultramafic mine spoil weathering in western Massachusetts, USA. Environmental Geochemistry and Health 42(10), pp.3263-3279
(24) Richardson J.B., 2020 Urban forests near municipal solid waste incinerators do not show elevated trace metal or rare earth element concentrations across three cities in the northeast USA. Environmental Science and Pollution Research 27(17):21790-21803
(23) Richardson J.B., Görres, J.H., Sizmur. T., 2020 Synthesis of earthworm trace metal uptake and bioaccumulation data: role of soil concentration, earthworm ecophysiology, and experimental design. Environmental Pollution 114126
(22) Richardson J.B.., Leon M.S,*** 2020 “A tale of three cities: mercury in urban deciduous trees and soils across land-uses in Poughkeepsie NY, Hartford CT, and Springfield MA USA”. Science of the Total Environment 715, 136869
(21) Marek R.S.***, Richardson J.B. 2020 “Investigating surficial geologic controls on soil properties and tree growth and nutrients in Western Massachusetts” Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition 20:901–911
(19) Richardson J.B., 2019 “Trace elements in surface soils and Megascolecidae earthworms in urban forests adjacent to four land-uses around Poughkeepsie, New York, USA”. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology.
(18) Jordan J.D.***, Cernak R., Richardson J.B. 2019 “Exploring the role of soil geochemistry on Mn and Ca uptake on 75-year-old mine spoils in western Massachusetts, USA” Environmental Geochemistry and Health. DOI: 10.1007/s10653-019-00339-x Jordan Richardson Cernak 2019 ‘Manganese and Ca mine spoils’
2018
(17) Richardson J.B., King E.K., 2018. Regolith weathering and sorption influences molybdenum, vanadium, and chromium export via stream water at four granitoid Critical Zone Observatories. Frontiers in Earth Science 193:1–15
DOI: 10.3389/feart.2018.00193 Richardson and King 2018 ‘Regolith Mo, V and Cr at four CZOs’
(16) Richardson J.B., Aguirre A.A., Buss H.L., O’Geen A.T., Gu X., Rempe D.M., Richter D.D., 2018 Mercury sourcing and sequestration in weathering profiles at six Critical Zone Observatories across North America. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 32:1542-1555.
DOI: 10.1029/2018GB005974 Richardson et al 2018 ‘Mercury sourcing and sequestration weathering profiles six CZOs’ PDF
(15) Richardson J.B., Bernd, B., Dobson A.M., Earthworm impacts on trace metal (Al, Fe, Mo, Cu, Zn, Pb) exchangeability and uptake by young Acer saccharum and Polystichum acrostichoides. 2018 Biogeochemistry 138:103–11
DOI:10.1007/s10533-018-0434-1
(13) Richardson J.B., Petrenko C.L., Friedland A.J. 2017. Organic horizon and mineral soil mercury along three clear-cut forest chronosequences across the northeastern U.S. Environmental Science and Pollution Research 24:27994–28005.
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-017-0356-9 Richardson et al 2017 ‘Organic and mineral soil mercury clear-cut chronosequences’ PDF
(12) Richardson J.B., Görres J.H., Friedland A.J. 2017. Exotic earthworms decrease Cd, Hg, and Pb pools in upland forest soils of Vermont and New Hampshire USA. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 99:428-432.
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-017-2170-y Richardson et al 2017 ‘Exotic earthworms decrease Cd Hg Pb in forest soils’ PDF
(10) Richardson J.B. 2017 Manganese and Mn/Ca ratios in soil and vegetation forests across the northeastern US: insights on spatial Mn enrichment. Science of the Total Environment 581:612-620.
DOI:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.12.170 Richardson 2017 ‘Mn and Mn-Ca ratios in soil and vegetation NE USA’ PDF
(5) Richardson, J.B., Gorres J.H., Friedland A.J., Jackson B.P., 2015. Trace Metals and Metalloids in Forest Soils and Invasive Earthworms in Northern New England, USA. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 46:89-95
DOI:10.1016/j.soilbio.2011.11.008 Richardson Gorres et al 2015′ Trace metals in soils and earthworms’ PDF
(4) Richardson J.B., Donaldson E.C., Friedland A.J., 2015. Response of lead, copper and zinc concentrations in forest soils to decreasing emissions in the northeastern United States: a synthesis. Science of the Total Environment 505:851 – 859.
DOI:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.10.023
(3) Richardson J.B., Friedland A.J., Kaste J.M., Jackson B.P. 2014. Forest floor lead changes from 1980 to 2011 and subsequent accumulation in the mineral soil across the northeastern United Sates. Journal of Environmental Quality 43:926-935.
DOI:10.2134/jeq2013.10.0435 Richardson et al 2014 ‘Forest Floor Lead from 1980 to 2011’ PDF
2013
(2) Richardson J.B., Friedland A.J., Engerbretson T.R., Kaste J.M., Jackson B.P. 2013. The spatial and vertical distribution of mercury in upland forest soils across the northeastern United States Environmental Pollution 182:127-134
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.22013.07.011
(1) Richardson J.B., Chatterjee A., Jenerette G.D., 2012. Optimum temperatures for soil respiration along a semi-arid elevation gradient in southern California. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 46:89-95
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2011.11.008 Richardson et al., (2012) Optimum soil respiration PDF
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Jelinski N.A., Richardson J.B., Nater E.A., “Soils of humid cool temperate regions” Encyclopedia of Soils in the Environment. 2nd Edition. Edited by B. Xing and S. Staunton. 2022
Richardson J.B. “Alkaline Earth Metals in Soil” Encyclopedia of Soils in the Environment. 2nd Edition. Edited by B. Xing and S. Staunton. 2022
Richardson J.B. Perdrial NJ, Vautour B. “Portable X-Ray Fluorescence (pXRF) for Rapid Assessment of Toxic and Nutrient Metals in Soils” USDA-NRCS Technology Focus Team2022
Richardson J.B. 2017 A commentary on “Anthropogenic mercury sequestration in different soil types on the southeast coast of China” by Zhang et al. (J Soils Sediments 15:962-971. doi:10.1007/s11368-015-1062-1, 2015). DOI: 10.1007/s11368-017-1788-z
Richardson J.B. 2017 “Critical Zone” definition. Encyclopedia of Geochemistry. Part of the series Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series pp 1-5
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-39193-9_355-1 Richardson 2017 ‘Critical Zone’ Encyclopedia of Geochemistry
Richardson J.B. and contributors. 2016 – 2017 Adventures in the Critical Blog – the blog of the Critical Zone Observatory National Office. Link to Adventures in the Critical Zone Blogs
Richardson J.B. 2013 Studying soil Science at an Ivy League School. Soil Horizons.
DOI: 10.2136/sh2013-54-5-rc Full text here