Merritt R. Turetsky

30.0k citations

192 papers · 18.6k indexed · 14 hit papers · h-index 67

Co-authors: Eric S. Kasischke J. W. Harden A. David McGuire David Olefeldt Edward A. G. Schuur Gustaf Hugelius Guido Grosse Brian W. Benscoter
Topics: Climate change and permafrost (112 papers)Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (108 papers)Fire effects on ecosystems (70 papers)
Cited by: Atmospheric Science Global and Planetary Change Ecology
Journals: Nature Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Nature Communications
Partner nations: United States Canada United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

Merritt R. Turetsky

189 papers receiving 18.1k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Climate change and the permafrost carbon feedback

2015 2.5k citations Edward A. G. Schuur, J. W. Harden et al. profile →
Recent changes in the fire regime across the North American boreal region—Spatial and temporal patterns of burning across Canada and Alaska

2006 602 citations Merritt R. Turetsky et al. profile →
Carbon release through abrupt permafrost thaw

2020 576 citations Merritt R. Turetsky, Benjamin W. Abbott et al. profile →
Global vulnerability of peatlands to fire and carbon loss

2014 571 citations Merritt R. Turetsky et al. profile →
Impacts of climate change on fire activity and fire management in the circumboreal forest

2008 551 citations Merritt R. Turetsky et al. Global Change Biology profile →
Effects of soil rewetting and thawing on soil gas fluxes: a review of current literature and suggestions for future research

2012 408 citations Merritt R. Turetsky et al. profile →
Large stocks of peatland carbon and nitrogen are vulnerable to permafrost thaw

2020 405 citations David Olefeldt, Merritt R. Turetsky et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Circumpolar distribution and carbon storage of thermokarst landscapes

2016 405 citations David Olefeldt, A. D. McGuire et al. profile →
A synthesis of methane emissions from 71 northern, temperate, and subtropical wetlands

2014 394 citations Merritt R. Turetsky, David Olefeldt et al. Global Change Biology profile →
Multi-omics of permafrost, active layer and thermokarst bog soil microbiomes

2015 375 citations Mark P. Waldrop, J. W. Harden et al. profile →
Abundance of microbial genes associated with nitrogen cycling as indices of biogeochemical process rates across a vegetation gradient in Alaska

2012 370 citations Merritt R. Turetsky, Mark P. Waldrop et al. profile →
Increasing wildfires threaten historic carbon sink of boreal forest soils

2019 339 citations Xanthe J. Walker, Jennifer L. Baltzer et al. profile →
Permafrost collapse is accelerating carbon release

2019 285 citations Merritt R. Turetsky, Benjamin W. Abbott et al. profile →
Permafrost carbon emissions in a changing Arctic

2022 266 citations Merritt R. Turetsky, A. D. McGuire et al. profile →

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1	Permafrost and wildfire carbon emissions indicate need for additional action to keep Paris Agreement temperature goals within reach 2026 ·Communications Earth & Environment ·(unknown),Thomas Gasser,Brendan M. Rogers,Rachael Treharne,Merritt R. Turetsky,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown)	0
2	Permafrost instability negates the positive impact of warming temperatures on boreal radial growth 2024 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Raquel Alfaro‐Sánchez,Andrew D. Richardson,Sharon L. Smith,Jill F. Johnstone,Merritt R. Turetsky,Steven G. Cumming,(unknown),Jennifer L. Baltzer	2
3	Structuring Life After Death: Plant Leachates Promote CO2 Uptake by Regulating Microbial Biofilm Interactions in a Northern Peatland Ecosystem 2023 ·Ecosystems ·Allison R. Rober,(unknown),Evan S. Kane,Merritt R. Turetsky,Kevin H. Wyatt	4
4	Permafrost thaw causes large carbon loss in boreal peatlands while changes to peat quality are limited 2023 ·Global Change Biology ·Lorna I. Harris,David Olefeldt,Nicolas Pelletier,Christian Blodau,Klaus‐Holger Knorr,Julie Talbot,Liam Heffernan,Merritt R. Turetsky	17
5	Black spruce (Picea mariana) seed availability and viability in boreal forests after large wildfires 2023 ·Annals of Forest Science ·(unknown),Nicola J. Day,Raquel Alfaro‐Sánchez,Jill F. Johnstone,Steven G. Cumming,Michelle C. Mack,Merritt R. Turetsky,Xanthe J. Walker,Jennifer L. Baltzer	10
6	Permafrost thaw induces short‐term increase in vegetation productivity in northwestern Canada 2023 ·Global Change Biology ·(unknown),Steven G. Cumming,Sharon L. Smith,Merritt R. Turetsky,Jennifer L. Baltzer	11
7	Material Legacies and Environmental Constraints Underlie Fire Resilience of a Dominant Boreal Forest Type 2022 ·Ecosystems ·Nicola J. Day,Jill F. Johnstone,(unknown),Steven G. Cumming,Michelle C. Mack,Merritt R. Turetsky,Xanthe J. Walker,Jennifer L. Baltzer	4
8	Reflections and projections on a decade of climate science 2021 ·Nature Climate Change ·Veronika Eyring,Vimal Mishra,Gary P. Griffith,Lei Chen,Trevor F. Keenan,Merritt R. Turetsky,Sally Brown,Frank Jotzo,Frances C. Moore,Sander van der Linden	30
9	Publisher Correction: Reflections and projections on a decade of climate science 2021 ·Nature Climate Change ·Veronika Eyring,Vimal Mishra,Gary P. Griffith,Lei Chen,Trevor F. Keenan,Merritt R. Turetsky,Sally Brown,Frank Jotzo,Frances C. Moore,Sander van der Linden	1
10	Identifying Functional Impacts of Heat-Resistant Fungi on Boreal Forest Recovery After Wildfire 2020 ·Frontiers in Forests and Global Change ·Nicola J. Day,Steven G. Cumming,Kari E. Dunfield,Jill F. Johnstone,Michelle C. Mack,(unknown),Merritt R. Turetsky,Xanthe J. Walker,Jennifer L. Baltzer	18
11	Fuel availability not fire weather controls boreal wildfire severity and carbon emissions 2020 ·Nature Climate Change ·Xanthe J. Walker,Brendan M. Rogers,Sander Veraverbeke,Jill F. Johnstone,Jennifer L. Baltzer,Kirsten Barrett,Laura Bourgeau‐Chavez,Nicola J. Day,William J. de Groot,Catherine M. Dieleman,S. J. Goetz,Elizabeth Hoy,Liza K. Jenkins,Evan S. Kane,Marc‐André Parisien,Stefano Potter,Edward A. G. Schuur,Merritt R. Turetsky,Ellen Whitman,Michelle C. Mack	119
12	Fire characteristics and environmental conditions shape plant communities via regeneration strategy 2020 ·Ecography ·Nicola J. Day,Alison L. White,Jill F. Johnstone,(unknown),Steven G. Cumming,Michelle C. Mack,Merritt R. Turetsky,Xanthe J. Walker,Jennifer L. Baltzer	29
13	Wildfire combustion and carbon stocks in the southern Canadian boreal forest: Implications for a warming world 2020 ·Global Change Biology ·Catherine M. Dieleman,Brendan M. Rogers,Stefano Potter,Sander Veraverbeke,Jill F. Johnstone,(unknown),Kylen Solvik,Xanthe J. Walker,Michelle C. Mack,Merritt R. Turetsky	55
14	Permafrost Mapping with Electrical Resistivity Tomography: A Case Study in Two Wetland Systems in Interior Alaska 2020 ·Journal of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics ·Christopher H. Conaway,(unknown),Thomas D. Lorenson,Merritt R. Turetsky,E. S. Euskirchen,Mark P. Waldrop,Peter W. Swarzenski	11
15	Assessing the Potential for Mobilization of Old Soil Carbon After Permafrost Thaw: A Synthesis of ¹⁴C Measurements From the Northern Permafrost Region 2020 ·Global Biogeochemical Cycles ·Cristian Estop‐Aragonés,David Olefeldt,Benjamin W. Abbott,Jeffrey P. Chanton,C. I. Czimczik,Joshua Dean,J. E. Egan,Laure Gandois,Mark H. Garnett,Iain P. Hartley,Alison M. Hoyt,Massimo Lupascu,Susan M. Natali,Jonathan A. O’Donnell,Peter A. Raymond,Andrew J. Tanentzap,Suzanne E. Tank,Edward A. G. Schuur,Merritt R. Turetsky,Katey Walter Anthony	53
16	Effect of permafrost thaw on plant and soil fungal community in a boreal forest: Does fungal community change mediate plant productivity response? 2019 ·Journal of Ecology ·Ursel M. E. Schütte,Jeremiah A. Henning,Yuzhen Ye,(unknown),(unknown),Hélène Genet,Mark P. Waldrop,Merritt R. Turetsky,Jeffrey R. White,James D. Bever	36
17	Wildfire severity reduces richness and alters composition of soil fungal communities in boreal forests of western Canada 2019 ·Global Change Biology ·Nicola J. Day,Kari E. Dunfield,Jill F. Johnstone,Michelle C. Mack,Merritt R. Turetsky,Xanthe J. Walker,Alison L. White,Jennifer L. Baltzer	88
18	Cross‐scale controls on carbon emissions from boreal forest megafires 2018 ·Global Change Biology ·Xanthe J. Walker,Brendan M. Rogers,Jennifer L. Baltzer,Steven G. Cumming,Nicola J. Day,S. J. Goetz,Jill F. Johnstone,Edward A. G. Schuur,Merritt R. Turetsky,Michelle C. Mack	78
19	The Sphagnum microbiome: new insights from an ancient plant lineage 2016 ·New Phytologist ·Joel E. Kostka,David J. Weston,Jennifer B. Glass,Erik A. Lilleskov,A. Jonathan Shaw,Merritt R. Turetsky	111
20	Relationships between soil microbial communities and soil carbon turnover along a vegetation and moisture gradient in interior Alaska 2010 ·AGUFM ·Mark P. Waldrop,J. W. Harden,Merritt R. Turetsky,(unknown),A. D. McGuire,María J.I. Briones,Amber C. Churchill,Daniel H. Doctor,(unknown)	1

About Merritt R. Turetsky

Merritt R. Turetsky is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Ecology and Global and Planetary Change, having authored 192 papers that have together received 18.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Climate change and permafrost (112 papers), Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (108 papers) and Fire effects on ecosystems (70 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Atmospheric Science (10.2k citations), Global and Planetary Change (7.7k citations) and Ecology (9.0k citations). Merritt R. Turetsky has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Eric S. Kasischke, J. W. Harden, A. David McGuire, David Olefeldt, Edward A. G. Schuur, Gustaf Hugelius, Guido Grosse, Brian W. Benscoter, Evan S. Kane and V. E. Romanovsky. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

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