Publications

Biochar and water

Barnes, R.T., M.E. Gallagher, C.A. Masiello, Z. Liu, B. Dugan. Biochar-induced changes in hydraulic conductivity and nutrient fluxes in three contrasting soil types. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0108340.

Kinney, T.J., C.A. Masiello, B. Dugan, W.C. Hockaday, M.R. Dean, K. Zygourakis, and R.T. Barnes (2012).  Hydrologic properties of biochars produced at different temperatures. Biomass and Bioenergy, 41, 34-43, doi: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2012.01.033.

Masiello, C.A., Dugan, B., Brewer, C.E., Spokas, K., Novak, J.M., Liu, Z., Sorrenti, G. Biochar effects on Soil Hydrology. In Biochar for Environmental Management, ed. Johannes Lehmann, published by Earthscan. in press, 2014.

 

Biochar and biology

Masiello, C.A., Y. Chen, X. Gao, S. Liu, S. Cheng, M.R. Bennett, J.A. Rudgers, D.S. Wagner, K. Zygourakis, J.J. Silberg (2013) Pyrolysis temperature determines biochar effects on microbial communicationEnviron Sci & Tech, 47, 11496-11503, doi: 10.1021/es401458s.

LeCroy, C., C.A. Masiello, J.A. Rudgers, W.C. Hockaday, J.J. Silberg (2013) Nitrogen, biochar, and mycorrhizae: alteration of the symbiosis and oxidation of the char surface. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 58, 248-254, doi: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2012.11.023.

Lehmann, J., M. Rillig, J. Thies, C.A. Masiello, W.C. Hockaday, and D. Crowley (2011) Biochar effects on soil biota -- a reviewSoil Biology and Biochemistry, 43, 1812-1836, doi: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2011.04.022.

Dong, L., W.C. Hockaday, C.A. Masiello, P.J.J. Alvarez (2011) Earthworm avoidance of biochar can be mitigated by wettingSoil Biology and Biochemistry, 43, 1732-1737, doi: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2011.04.019.

 

Biochar chemistry and physics

Spokas, K.A., J.M. Novak, C.A. Masiello, M.G Johnson, E.C. Colosky, J.A. Ippolito, C. Trigo (2014) Physical disintegration of biochar: an overlooked process. Environmental Science and Technology Letters, 1, 326-332, doi: 10.1021/ez500199t.

Brewer, C.E., Chuang, V.J., C.A. Masiello, H. Gonnermann, X. Gao, B. Dugan, L.E. Driver, P. Panzacchi, K. Zygourakis, C.A.Davies (2014) New approaches to measuring biochar density and porosity. Biomass & Bioenergy, 66, 176-185, doi: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2014.03.059.

Schneider, M.P.W., L.A. Pyle, K. Clark, W.C. Hockaday, C.A. Masiello, M.W.I. Schmidt (2013) A ‘Molecular Thermometer’ to estimate the charring temperature of wildfire charcoals. Environ Sci & Tech, 47, 11490-11495, doi: 10.1021/es401430f.

Webber, J.B.W., Corbetter, P., Semple, K.T., Ogbonnaya, U., Teel, W.S., Masiello, C.A., Fisher, Q.J., Valenza J.J. II, Song, Y.-Q., Hu, Q.  An NMR study of porous rock and biochar containing organic material (2013) Microporous and Mesoporous Materials 178, 94-98, doi: 10.1016/j.micromeso.2013.04.004.

Sun, H., W.C. Hockaday, C.A. Masiello, and K. Zygourakis.  (2012) Multiple controls on the chemical and physical structure of biochars. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 51(9), 3587-3597, doi: 10.1021/ie201309r.

Nguyen, B.T., J. Lehmann, W.C. Hockaday, S. Joseph, C.A. Masiello (2010) Temperature sensitivity of black carbon decomposition and oxidationEnvironmental Science and Technology, 44(9), 3324-3331, doi: 10.1021/es903016y.

Kane, E.S., W.C. Hockaday, M.R. Turetsky, C.A. Masiello, D.W. Valentine, B.P. Finney, J.A. Baldock (2010) Topographic controls on black carbon accumulation in Alaskan black spruce forest soils:  implications for organic matter dynamics. Biogeochemistry, 100, 39-56. doi: 10.1007/s10533-009-9403-z.

 

Black carbon biogeochemistry

Coppola, A.I., L.A. Ziolkowski, C.A. Masiello, E.R.M. Druffel (2014) Aged black carbon in marine sediments and sinking particlesGeophys. Res. Lett., 41(7), 2427-2433, doi: 10.1002/2013GL059068.

Schmidt, M.W.I., and C.A. Masiello (2007), Interdisciplinary Intercomparison of Black Carbon Analysis in Soil and Sediment, Eos Trans. AGU, 88, 344, doi:10.1029/2007EO350006.

Czimczik, C.I., and C.A. Masiello (2007), Controls on black carbon storage in soils, Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 21.

Hammes, K., M.W.I. Schmidt, R.J. Smernik, L.A. Currie, W.P. Ball, T.H. Nguyen, P. Louchouarn, S. Houel, O. Gustafsson, M. Elmquist, G. Cornelissen, J. O. Skjemstad, C.A. Masiello, J. Song, P. Peng, S. Mitra, J.C. Dunn, P.G. Hatcher, W.C. Hockaday, D. M. Smith, C. Hartkopf-Froeder, A. Boehmer, B. Luer, B. J. Huebert, W. Amelung, S. Brodowski, L. Huang, W. Zhang, P.M. Gschwend, D.X. Flores-Cervantes, C. Largeau, J.N. Rouzaud, C. Rumpel, G. Guggenberger, K. Kaiser, A. Rodionov, F.J. Gonzalez-Vila, J.A. Gonzalez-Perez, J.M. de la Rosa, D.A.C. Manning, E. Lopez-Capel, and L. Ding (2007), Comparison of quantification methods to measure fire-derived (black/elemental) carbon in soils and sediments using reference materials from soil, water, sediment and the atmosphere, Global Biogeochemical Cycles, vol 21; doi: 10.1029/2006GB002914.

 Masiello, C.A. (2004), New directions in black carbon organic geochemistry, Marine Chemistry, 92, 201-213.

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