Manuscripts in review
Shackelford, N, Murphy, S, Battaglia, L, Bestelmeyer, B, Aoki, LR, Bradford, J, Fagan, M, McGlathery, KJ, Reid, L, Suding, K, Twilley, R, Zahawi, R. Thinking big: Strategies for large-scale restoration. In review at Ecology and Society.
Peer-reviewed publications
13. Graham OJ, Aoki LR, Stephens T, Stokes J, Dayal S, Rappazzo B, Gomes CP, Harvell CD. 2021. Effects of seagrass wasting disease on eelgrass growth and belowground sugar in natural meadows. Frontiers in Marine Science 8: 768668. doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.768668
12. Beatty, DS, Aoki, LR, Graham, OJ, & Yang, B. 2021. The future is big- and small: Remote sensing enables cross-scale comparisons of microbiome dynamics and ecological consequences. mSystems 6: e01106-21. doi.org/10.1128/mSystems.01106-21.
11. Aoki, LR, McGlathery, KJ, Wiberg, P, Oreska, MPJ, Berger, A, Berg, P, and Orth, RJ. 2021. Seagrass recovery following marine heat wave influences sediment carbon stocks. Frontiers in Marine Science 7: 576784. doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.576784
10. Mueller, P, Mozdzer, TJ, Langley, A, Aoki, LR, Noyce, GL, and Megonigal, JP. 2020. Plant species determine tidal wetland methane response to sea level rise. Nature Communications 11: 5154. doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18763-4
9. Orth, RJ, Lefcheck, JS, McGlathery, KS, Aoki, LR, Luckenback, ML, Moore, KA, Oreska, MPJ, Snyder, R, Wilcox, DJ, Lusk, B. Restoration of seagrass habitat leads to rapid recovery of coastal ecosystem services. Science Advances 6: eabc6434. doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abc6434
8. Oreska, MJP, McGlathery, KJ, Aoki, LR, Berger, AC, Berg, P, and Mullins, L. 2020. The greenhouse gas offset potential from seagrass restoration. Scientific Reports, 10:7325. doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-64094-1
7. Aoki, LR, McGlathery, KJ, Wiberg, PL, and Al-Haj, A. 2020. Depth affects seagrass restoration success and resilience to marine heat-wave disturbance. Estuaries and Coasts, 43:316-328. doi.org/10.1007/s12237-019-00685-0
6. Aoki, LR, Oreska, MPJ, and McGlathery, KJ. 2020. Seagrass restoration reestablishes the nitrogen filter through enhanced burial. Limnology and Oceanography, 65:1-12. doi.org/10.1002/lno.11241
5. Aoki, LR and McGlathery, KJ. 2019. High rates of N fixation in seagrass sediments measured via direct 30N2 push-pull method. In press at Marine Ecology Progress Series, 616:1-11. doi.org/10.3354/meps12961p
4. LaRoche, C, Goldstein, B, Cybulski, JD, Raymundo, LJ, Aoki, LR, and Kim, K. Status of Enhalus acoroides seagrass meadows in Guam, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Marine and Freshwater Research 69:1-9. doi.org/10.1071/MF18062
3. Aoki, LR and McGlathery, KJ. 2018. Restoration enhances denitrification and DNRA in Zostera marina seagrass meadows. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 602:87-102. doi.org/10.3354/meps12678
2. Aoki, LR and McGlathery, KJ. 2017. Push-pull incubation method reveals the importance of denitrification and DNRA in seagrass root zone. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods, 15: 766–781. doi:10.1002/lom3.10197
1. Lunstrum, AM and Aoki, LR. 2016. Oxygen interference with membrane inlet mass spectrometry may overestimate denitrification rates calculated with the isotope pairing technique. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods, 14: 425–431. doi:10.1002/lom3.10101.
12. Beatty, DS, Aoki, LR, Graham, OJ, & Yang, B. 2021. The future is big- and small: Remote sensing enables cross-scale comparisons of microbiome dynamics and ecological consequences. mSystems 6: e01106-21. doi.org/10.1128/mSystems.01106-21.
11. Aoki, LR, McGlathery, KJ, Wiberg, P, Oreska, MPJ, Berger, A, Berg, P, and Orth, RJ. 2021. Seagrass recovery following marine heat wave influences sediment carbon stocks. Frontiers in Marine Science 7: 576784. doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.576784
10. Mueller, P, Mozdzer, TJ, Langley, A, Aoki, LR, Noyce, GL, and Megonigal, JP. 2020. Plant species determine tidal wetland methane response to sea level rise. Nature Communications 11: 5154. doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18763-4
9. Orth, RJ, Lefcheck, JS, McGlathery, KS, Aoki, LR, Luckenback, ML, Moore, KA, Oreska, MPJ, Snyder, R, Wilcox, DJ, Lusk, B. Restoration of seagrass habitat leads to rapid recovery of coastal ecosystem services. Science Advances 6: eabc6434. doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abc6434
8. Oreska, MJP, McGlathery, KJ, Aoki, LR, Berger, AC, Berg, P, and Mullins, L. 2020. The greenhouse gas offset potential from seagrass restoration. Scientific Reports, 10:7325. doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-64094-1
7. Aoki, LR, McGlathery, KJ, Wiberg, PL, and Al-Haj, A. 2020. Depth affects seagrass restoration success and resilience to marine heat-wave disturbance. Estuaries and Coasts, 43:316-328. doi.org/10.1007/s12237-019-00685-0
6. Aoki, LR, Oreska, MPJ, and McGlathery, KJ. 2020. Seagrass restoration reestablishes the nitrogen filter through enhanced burial. Limnology and Oceanography, 65:1-12. doi.org/10.1002/lno.11241
5. Aoki, LR and McGlathery, KJ. 2019. High rates of N fixation in seagrass sediments measured via direct 30N2 push-pull method. In press at Marine Ecology Progress Series, 616:1-11. doi.org/10.3354/meps12961p
4. LaRoche, C, Goldstein, B, Cybulski, JD, Raymundo, LJ, Aoki, LR, and Kim, K. Status of Enhalus acoroides seagrass meadows in Guam, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Marine and Freshwater Research 69:1-9. doi.org/10.1071/MF18062
3. Aoki, LR and McGlathery, KJ. 2018. Restoration enhances denitrification and DNRA in Zostera marina seagrass meadows. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 602:87-102. doi.org/10.3354/meps12678
2. Aoki, LR and McGlathery, KJ. 2017. Push-pull incubation method reveals the importance of denitrification and DNRA in seagrass root zone. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods, 15: 766–781. doi:10.1002/lom3.10197
1. Lunstrum, AM and Aoki, LR. 2016. Oxygen interference with membrane inlet mass spectrometry may overestimate denitrification rates calculated with the isotope pairing technique. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods, 14: 425–431. doi:10.1002/lom3.10101.
Conference papers
Rappazzo BH, Eisenlord ME, Graham OJ, Aoki LR, Dawkins PD, Harvell D, Gomes C. 2021. EeLISA: Combating global warming through
the rapid analysis of eelgrass wasting disease. Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 35(17): 15156–15165. https://ojs.aaai.org/index.php/AAAI/article/view/17779
the rapid analysis of eelgrass wasting disease. Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 35(17): 15156–15165. https://ojs.aaai.org/index.php/AAAI/article/view/17779
Reports
Contributing author, NYDF Assessment Partners. 2019. Protecting and Restoring Forests: A Story of Large Commitments yet Limited Progress. New York Declaration on Forests Five-Year Assessment Report. Climate Focus (coordinator and editor). Accessible at forestdeclaration.org.
Dissertation
Aoki, LR. 2018. Seagrass as a coastal filter: Investigating the role of seagrass meadows in mediating nitrogen cycling in shallow coastal lagoons. PhD Dissertation. University of Virginia. https://doi.org/10.18130/V39P2W58M
