Jason Kaye
INVESTIGATOR
Professor of Soil Biogeochemistry
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Shale HillsResearch in my lab focuses on feedbacks between terrestrial ecosystems and environmental change. Many of these feedbacks are driven by changes in biogeochemical cycles, i.e. changes in the storage and movement of energy and nutrients in the Earth system. We are particularly interested in the nitrogen cycle, which is greatly influenced locally and globally by land use and land management practices. We use principles of ecology and biogeochemistry to understand the flow and fate of nitrogen at scales ranging from individual microbial processes, to whole ecosystems and landscapes, to regions. Ultimately this knowledge should 1) increase our basic understanding of ecosystem element cycles, 2) help minimize nitrogen losses from managed ecosystems, 3) help us understand how nitrogen losses from managed ecosystems affect and are attenuated by unmanaged ecosystems.
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CZO Publications
Papers/Books
2020
Soil Signals Tell of Landscape Disturbances. Lohse, K.A., Billings, S.A., DiBiase, R.A., Kumar, P., Berhe, A.A., and Kaye, J. (2020): Eos
2019
Ecological and genomic attributes of novel bacterial taxa that thrive in subsurface soil horizons. Brewer, Tess E., Emma L. Aronson, Keshav Arogyaswamy, Sharon A. Billings, Jon K. Botthoff, Ashley N. Campbell, Nicholas C. Dove, Dawson Fairbanks, Rachel E. Gallery, Stephen C. Hart, Jason Kaye, Gary King, Geoffrey Logan, Kathleen A. Lohse, Mia R. Maltz, Emilio Mayorga, Caitlin O’Neill, Sarah M. Owens, Aaron Packman, Jennifer Pett-Ridge, Alain F. Plante, Daniel D. Richter, Whendee L. Silver, Wendy H. Yang, Noah Fierer (2019): mBio Oct 2019, 10 (5) e01318-19 Cross-CZO National
2019 (In Review)
Observing and Simulating Spatial Variations of Forest Carbon Stocks in Complex Terrain. He, Yuting, Kenneth Davis, Yuning Shi, Dave Eissenstat, Jason Kaye, Margot Kaye (2019): Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences (submitted)
2019
Soil CO2 and O2 concentrations illuminate the relative importance of weathering and respiration to seasonal soil gas fluctuations. Hodges, Caitlin, Hyojin Kim, Susan L. Brantley, Jason Kaye (2019): Soil Science Society of America Journal (accepted)
2019 (In Review)
What Controls Above- and Belowground Partitioning Patterns in Temperate Forests?. Orr, A., T.S. Adams, K. Naithani, M. McCormack, J. Kaye, D. Baldwin, Y. Shi and D.M. Eissenstat (2019): Functional Ecology, submitted
2019
Exploring the effect of aspect to inform future earthcasts of climate-driven changes in weathering of shale. Sullivan, P., Godderis, Y., Shi, Y., Gu, X., Schott, J., Hasenmueller, E.A., Kaye, J., Duffy, C., Jin, L., and Brantley, S.L. (2019): Journal of Geophysical Research - Earth Surface
2018
Susquehanna Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory: Shale Hills in the Context of Shaver's Creek Watershed. Brantley Susan, White Timothy, West Nicole, Williams Jennifer, Forsythe Brandon, Shapich Dan, Kaye Jason, Lin Hangsheng (Henry), Shi Yuning, Kaye Margot, Herndon Elizabeth, Davis Kenneth, He Yuting, Eissenstat David, Weitzman Julie, DiBiase Roman, Li Li, Reed Warren, Brubaker Kristen, Gu Xin (2018): Vadose Zone Journal, 17:180092
2018
The Effect of Lithology and Agriculture at the Susquehanna Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory. Li Li, DiBiase Roman A., Del Vecchio Joanmarie, Marcon Virginia, Hoagland Beth, Xiao Dacheng, Wayman Callum, Tang Qicheng, He Yuting, Silverhart Perri, Szink Ismaiel, Forsythe Brandon, Williams Jennifer Z., Shapich Dan, Mount Gregory J., Kaye Jason, Guo Li, Lin Henry, Eissenstat David, Dere Ashlee, Brubaker Kristen, Kaye Margot, Davis Kenneth J., Russo Tess A., Brantley Susan L. (2018): Vadose Zone Journal, 17:180063
2018
Nitrogen Budget and Topographic Controls on Nitrous Oxide in a Shale-Based Watershed. Weitzman, J. and Kaye, J.P. (2018): Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 123(6):1888-1908
2017
Weathering of rock to regolith: The activity of deep roots in bedrock fractures. Hasenmueller, E., Gu, X., Weitzman, J., Adams, T., Stinchcomb, G., Eissenstat, D., Drohan, P., Brantley, S., and Kaye, J. (2017): Geoderma 300:11-31
2017
Hyporheic zone influences on concentration-discharge relationships in a headwater sandstone stream. Hoagland, Beth, Russo, Tess A., Gu, Xin, Hill, Lillian, Kaye, Jason, Forsythe, Brandon, and Brantley, Susan L. (2017): Water Resources Research, 53(6):4643–4667
2016
Designing a suite of measurements to understand the critical zone. Brantley, S. L., DiBiase, R. A., Russo, T. A., Shi, Y., Lin, H., Davis, K. J., Kaye, M., Hill, L., Kaye, J., Eissenstat, D. M., Hoagland, B., Dere, A. L., Neal, A. L., Brubaker, K. M., and Arthur, D. K (2016): Earth Surface Dynamics 4: 211-235
2015
Topographic controls on the depth distribution of soil CO2 in a small temperate watershed. Hasenmueller, E.A., Jin, L., Stinchcomb, G.E., Lin, H., Brantley, S.L., Kaye, J.P. (2015): Applied Geochemistry, vol 63, 58-69
2015
Reanalysis of water and carbon cycle models at a critical zone observatory. Yu, X., C. J. Duffy, J. Kaye, W. T. Crow, G. Bhatt, and Y. Shi (2015): In Remote Sensing of the Terrestrial Water Cycle, Geophysical Monograph 206, First Edition, Edited by Venkat Lakshmi
2014
The CO2 consumption potential during gray shale weathering: Insights from the evolution of carbon isotopes in the Susquehanna Shale Hills critical zone observatory. Jin, L., Ogrinc, N., Yesavage, T., Hasenmueller, E.A., Ma, L., Sullivan, P.L., Kaye, J., Duffy, C., and Brantley, S.L. (2014): Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, (142) 260–280
Papers and books that explicitly acknowledge a CZO grant are highlighted in PALE ORANGE.
Other CZO Publications
2019
EAGER SitS: Emergent Properties during Soil Formation at the Susquehanna Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory. Brantley, S.L., Nyblade, A., Regan, J., Forsythe, B., Hodges, C., Kaye, J. (2019): NSF/DARPA/ARPA-E Signals in the Soil Conference in the National Science Foundation, Alexandria, Virginia
2018
Using the Susquehanna - Shale Hills CZO to Project from the Geological Past to the Anthropocene Future. Brantley, Susan L., Davis, Kenneth J., Eissenstat, David M., and Li, Li (2018): NSF Award # 1331726 - Annual Report: Year 5
2018
Biomass Partitioning to Absorptive Roots in the Context of Multiple Resource Limitation. David M Eissenstat*, Alexandra S. Orr, Ismaiel Szink, Kusum J. Naithani, Jason P Kaye, Thomas S Adams (2018): Abstract B41K-2856 presented at 2018 AGU Fall Meeting, Washington, D.C., 10-14 Dec
2018
Soil CO2 Fluxes Through a Temperate Watershed. Elizabeth A. Hasenmueller*, Pamela L. Sullivan, Julie N. Weitzman, Susan L. Brantley, and Jason P. Kaye (2018): Abstract 11g:338 presented at 2018 Goldschmidt Meeting, Boston, MA 12-17 August
2018
The Weathering of Rock to Regolith: Activity of Deep Roots in Bedrock Fractures (Invited). Elizabeth Ann Hasenmueller*, Xin Gu, Julie N Weitzman, Thomas S Adams, Gary E. Stinchcomb, David M Eissenstat, Patrick J Drohan, Susan Brantley, Jason P Kaye (2018): Abstract EP11D-2082 presented at 2018 AGU Fall Meeting, Washington, D.C., 10-14
2018
Sandstone ridges act as collectors for dust and overlying soil particles over 100 ka timesframes. Virginia Marcon*, Beth Hoagland, Xin Gu, Jason Kaye, and Susan Brantley (2018): Abstract 12f:302 presented at 2018 Goldschmidt Meeting, Boston, MA 12-17 August
2018
Understanding Contrasting Concentration-discharge (CQ) Behaviors in a Seasonally Snow-covered Watershed. Wei Zhi*, Li Li, Jason P Kaye, Wenming Dong, Wendy Brown, Carl I Steefel, Kenneth Hurst Williams (2018): Abstract EP11C-2077 presented at 2018 AGU Fall Meeting, Washington, D.C., 10-14 Dec
2017
Using the Susquehanna - Shale Hills CZO to Project from the Geological Past to the Anthropocene Future. Brantley, Susan L., Davis, Kenneth J., Eissenstat, David M., Li, Li, Russo, Tess (2017): NSF Award # 1331726 - Annual Report: Year 4
2017
WEATHERING OF ROCK TO REGOLITH: THE ACTIVITY OF DEEP ROOTS IN BEDROCK FRACTURES. Hasenmueller, E.A., Gu, X., Weitzman, J.N., Adams, T.S., Stinchcomb, G.E., Eissenstat, D.M., Drohan, P.J., Brantley, S.L., and Kaye, J.P. (2017): 2017 Geological Society of America Fall Meeting, Seattle, WA, 22-25 October
2017
Understanding inorganic carbon dynamics in natural and human-impacted critical zones. Jin, L., Ortiz, A.*, Ogrinc, N., Kaye, J., Ma, L., Hasenmueller, E.A., Sullivan, P.L., and Brantley, S.L. (2017): American Chemical Society 253rd annual meeting, San Francisco, CA.
2016
Using the Susquehanna - Shale Hills CZO to Project from the Geological Past to the Anthropocene Future. Brantley, Susan L., Davis, Kenneth J., Eissenstat, David M., Li, Li, Russo, Tess (2016): NSF Award # 1331726 - Annual Report: Year 3
2016
Soil CO2 and O2 concentrations in shale and sandstone catchments of central Pennsylania. Hill, L.Z., Kaye, J.P., and Brantley, S.L. (2016): 2016 Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, 12-16 Dec.
2016
N Budget and Topographic Controls on N2O in a Shale Watershed with High Atmospheric N Deposition. Weitzman, J.N. and Kaye, J.P. (2016): 2016 Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, 12-16 Dec.
2015
Using the Susquehanna - Shale Hills CZO to Project from the Geological Past to the Anthropocene Future . Brantley, Susan L., Davis, Kenneth J., Eissenstat, David M., Li, Li, Russo, Tess (2015): NSF Award # 1331726 - Annual Report: Year 2
2015
The Paradox of High Subsurface [N2O] and Low Surface Flux of N2O to the Atmosphere. Weitzman, Julie N. and Jason P Kaye (2015): B13G-0702 The Bioatmospheric N Cycle: N Emissions, Transformations, Deposition, and Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecosystem Impacts III Posters, presented at 2015 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, 14-18 Dec.
2014
EXPLORING HOW ROCK TURNS TO REGOLITH AT THE SUSQUEHANNA SHALE HILLS CRITICAL ZONE OBSERVATORY, CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA . BRANTLEY, S.L., LIN, Henry, SULLIVAN, Pamela L., GU, X., HASENMUELLER, Elizabeth A., and KAYE, Jason P. (2014): GSA Northeastern Section 49th Annual Meeting 23–25 March 2014
2014
Using the Susquehanna - Shale Hills CZO to Project from the Geological Past to the Anthropocene Future . Brantley, Susan L., Davis, Kenneth J., Duffy, Christopher J., Eissenstat, David M., Li, Li (2014): NSF Award # 1331726 - Annual Report: Year 1
2014
Model-data synthesis of the carbon and water cycles at very high resolution in complex topography. Kenneth Davis, Chris Duffy, David Eissenstat, Yuning Shi, Susan Brantley, Yuting He, Jason Kaye, Margot Kaye, Henry Lin, Andrew Neal, Xuan Yu, Fuqing Zhang (2014): AmeriFlux Annual Meeting, May 4-5, 2014
2014
H43G-1032 Exploring the Influence of Topography on Belowground C Processes Using a Coupled Hydrologic-Biogeochemical Model . Yuning Shi • Kenneth Davis • David Eissenstat • Jason Kaye • Christopher Duffy • Xuan Yu • Yuting He (2014): 2014 AGU Annual Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Dec 15-19th
2013
Depth and Topographic Controls on Soil Gas Concentrations and Fluxes in a Small Temperate Watershed. Hasenmueller, E.A., Jin, L., Smith, L.A., Kaye, M.W., Lin, H., Brantley, S.L., Kaye, J.P. (2013): Abstract EP13C-0876 presented at 2013 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, 9-13 Dec.
2013
Using C and S isotopes to elucidate carbonic versus sulfuric acid reaction pathways during shale weathering in the Susquehanna Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory . Jin, L., Ogrinc, N., Yesavage, T., Hasenmueller, E.A., Ma, L., Kaye, J.P., Brantley, S.L. (2013): Abstract H54A-05 presented at 2013 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, 9-13 Dec.
2012
Drawdown of atmospheric CO2 by gray shale weathering: insights from carbon, sulphur, and oxygen isotope systematics in the Susquehanna Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory. Jin, L., Ogrinc, N., Yesavage, T., Kaye, J.P., Brantley, S.L. (2012): AGU Annual Fall Conference Proceedings
2009
Interaction between nutrient dynamics and chemical weathering at Shale Hills catchment, a Critical Zone Observatory in Pennsylvania, USA. Jin, L., Andrews, D., Kaiser, N., Kaye, J., Lin, H., and Brantley, S. L. (2009): GSA Annual Fall Meeting
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News
PhD or MS studying nitrogen cycling at Penn State University
11 Nov 2019 - PhD or MS opportunities to study nitrogen cycling in forest and/or agricultural soils at Penn State University.
Water Resources Research Special Collection: Concentration-discharge relations in the critical zone
30 Oct 2017 - Water Resources Research published a new special collection in September 2017 featuring concentration-discharge research from multiple CZOs.
82nd Annual Field Conference of PA Geologists tour the CZO
05 Oct 2017 - Just under 250 geologists from across the state of Pennsylvania spent three days (Oct 5-7) exploring outcrops and research sites in Blair, Centre...
Shale Hills and Garner Run specimens collected for cross-CZO microbial investigations
13 Jul 2016 - Over the next year (April 2016 – March 2017), the cross-CZO microbial ecology working group plans to collect soil samples during peak regional...
Susquehanna Shale Hills CZO hosts Dorothy Merritts for All Hands 2015
13 May 2015 - The annual SSHCZO All Hands meeting featured Dr. Dorothy Merritts, Harry W. and Mary B. Huffnagle Professor of Geosciences and Chair of the...
CZO REUs and RETs present research at 2014 CUAHSI Biennial Meeting
26 Aug 2014 - The Critical Zone Observatory Research Experience for Undergraduates and Research Experience for Teachers program participants traveled to...
Forestry students tour the Shale Hills Catchment
01 Oct 2013 - Twenty students visited the CZO today from Forestry 475 with the purpose to teach the students about links between soils and forest...
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Events
Critical Zone Seminar Series - All Hands Fall 2012
Critical Zone Seminar Series - All Hands Fall 2012
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