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Joel E. Kostka

Colorado State University · US
Area of research
Ecology · Environmental Chemistry
Research interest
Research interests include Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, and Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena.
h-index
71
citations
15,758
works
332
NIH funding
primary concept
Biology
email

Recent publications

Metabolic interactions underpinning high methane fluxes across terrestrial freshwater wetlands.
2025cited by 12position: contributordoi
Drought-induced peatland carbon loss exacerbated by elevated CO <sub>2</sub> and warming
Science 2025cited by 7position: middledoi
Northern peatland microbial communities exhibit resistance to warming and acquire electron acceptors from soil organic matter
Nature Communications 2025cited by 6position: lastdoi
Host Species-Microbiome Interactions Contribute to Sphagnum Moss Growth Acclimation to Warming.
2025cited by 3position: contributordoi
Northern peatland microbial communities exhibit resistance to warming and acquire electron acceptors from soil organic matter.
2025cited by 3position: contributordoi
Viral community diversity in the rhizosphere of the foundation salt marsh plant &lt;i&gt;Spartina alterniflora&lt;/i&gt;.
2025cited by 1position: contributordoi
Drought-induced peatland carbon loss exacerbated by elevated CO&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt; and warming.
2025cited by 0position: contributordoi
Sulfur oxidation and reduction are coupled to nitrogen fixation in the roots of the salt marsh foundation plant Spartina alterniflora.
2024cited by 21position: contributordoi
Adding labile carbon to peatland soils triggers deep carbon breakdown
Communications Earth & Environment 2024cited by 16position: middledoi
Adding labile carbon to peatland soils triggers deep carbon breakdown
Communications Earth &amp; Environment 2024cited by 16position: contributordoi
Responses of vascular plant fine roots and associated microbial communities to whole-ecosystem warming and elevated CO<sub>2</sub> in northern peatlands.
2024cited by 4position: contributordoi
Northern peatland microbial networks exhibit resilience to warming and acquire electron acceptor from soil organic matter
2024cited by 4position: contributordoi
Northern peatland microbial networks exhibit resilience to warming and acquire electron acceptor from soil organic matter
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) 2024cited by 4position: lastdoi
Metabolic interactions underpinning high methane fluxes across terrestrial freshwater wetlands
2024cited by 0position: contributordoi
Unraveling the functional dark matter through global metagenomics
Nature 2023cited by 192position: middledoi
Climate warming and elevated CO2 alter peatland soil carbon sources and stability
Nature Communications 2023cited by 71position: middledoi
Climate drivers alter nitrogen availability in surface peat and decouple <scp>N<sub>2</sub></scp> fixation from <scp>CH<sub>4</sub></scp> oxidation in the <i>Sphagnum</i> moss microbiome
Global Change Biology 2023cited by 25position: lastdoi
Climate warming and elevated CO<sub>2</sub> alter peatland soil carbon sources and stability.
2023cited by 16position: contributordoi
Climate drivers alter nitrogen availability in surface peat and decouple N<sub>2</sub> fixation from CH<sub>4</sub> oxidation in the Sphagnum moss microbiome.
2023cited by 16position: contributordoi
Porewater constituents inhibit microbially mediated greenhouse gas production (GHG) and regulate the response of soil organic matter decomposition to warming in anoxic peat from a <i>Sphagnum</i>-dominated bog
FEMS Microbiology Ecology 2023cited by 14position: lastdoi
Porewater constituents inhibit microbially mediated greenhouse gas production (GHG) and regulate the response of soil organic matter decomposition to warming in anoxic peat from a Sphagnum-dominated bog.
2023cited by 9position: contributordoi
Desulfurivibrio spp. mediate sulfur-oxidation coupled to Sb(V) reduction, a novel biogeochemical process.
2022cited by 55position: contributordoi
Defining the <i>Sphagnum</i> Core Microbiome across the North American Continent Reveals a Central Role for Diazotrophic Methanotrophs in the Nitrogen and Carbon Cycles of Boreal Peatland Ecosystems
mBio 2022cited by 53position: contributordoi
The core root microbiome of Spartina alterniflora is predominated by sulfur-oxidizing and sulfate-reducing bacteria in Georgia salt marshes, USA.
2022cited by 44position: contributordoi
Compositional stability of peat in ecosystem-scale warming mesocosms
PLoS ONE 2022cited by 15position: middledoi
Correction to: Minnesota peat viromes reveal terrestrial and aquatic niche partitioning for local and global viral populations
Microbiome 2022cited by 2position: middledoi
Minnesota peat viromes reveal terrestrial and aquatic niche partitioning for local and global viral populations
Microbiome 2021cited by 119position: middledoi
Soil metabolome response to whole-ecosystem warming at the Spruce and Peatland Responses under Changing Environments experiment
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2021cited by 91position: lastdoi
Soil metabolome response to whole-ecosystem warming at the Spruce and Peatland Responses under Changing Environments experiment.
2021cited by 48position: contributordoi
Radiocarbon Analyses Quantify Peat Carbon Losses With Increasing Temperature in a Whole Ecosystem Warming Experiment
Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences 2021cited by 22position: middledoi

Grants

Conference: 2023 Applied and Environmental Microbiology GRC and GRS: Writing the Microbial Constitution
NSF2313268$19,9002023–2024PIRePORTER
2019 Applied and Environmental Microbiology GRC/GRS
NSF1916440$20,0002019–2020PIRePORTER
Nitrogen fixation and its coupling to methane dynamics in the peat moss (Sphagnum) phytobiome of northern peatlands
NSF1754756$1,150,0012018–2024PIRePORTER
Collaborative Research: Effects of Iron Redox Processes on Smectite Crystal Structures and Surface Chemistry
NSF0203336$95,9842002–2006PIRePORTER
Marine Biotech Fellowship: The Development and Use of Molecular Genetic Techniques for the Study of Fe Reduction in a Marine Eubacterium
NSF9212460$84,0001993–1994PIRePORTER

Frequent collaborators

Jeffrey P. Chanton · Florida State University28 papers (2012–2025) · 25 papers (2019–2025)Rachel Wilson · Mississippi State University20 papers (2016–2025)Markus Huettel · Florida State University18 papers (2013–2021)Paul J. Hanson · Oak Ridge National Laboratory18 papers (2014–2025)Christopher W. Schadt · Oak Ridge National Laboratory15 papers (2014–2025)Malak Tfaily · University of Arizona14 papers (2012–2025)Stefan J. Green · Rush University Medical Center13 papers (2012–2020)Will A. Overholt · Georgia Department of Natural Resources11 papers (2013–2020)Konstantinos T. Konstantinidis · Georgia Institute of Technology10 papers (2012–2024)Max Kolton · Hebrew University of Jerusalem10 papers (2016–2024) · 9 papers (2016–2021) · 9 papers (2016–2023)Paul J. Hanson · Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement8 papers (2020–2025)Om Prakash · Georgia Institute of Technology8 papers (2012–2020)M. Kolton · Ben-Gurion University of the Negev7 papers (2019–2024)William Cooper · University of Arizona7 papers (2012–2018)Eric R. Johnston · Georgia Institute of Technology7 papers (2020–2025)Xueju Lin · Georgia Institute of Technology6 papers (2014–2017)Jennifer Pett‐Ridge · Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory6 papers (2017–2022)