Christopher Neill

Affiliated Investigator
Director, Environmental Section of the Logan Science Journalism Program, Marine Biological Laboratory
Director, Brown-MBL Partnership and Brown-MBL Joint Graduate Program
Senior Scientist, Ecosystems Center

Consortium Institution: 

Marine Biological Laboratory

Education: 

B.S.: Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1980
M.S.: University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, 1988
Ph.D.: University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, 1992

Website: 

http://www.mbl.edu/ecosystems/staff/neill/

Experience: 

Fulbright Scholar, University of São Paulo, 2007
Director, Environmental Section of the Logan Science Journalism Program, Marine Biological Laboratory, 2001 to present
Director, Brown-MBL Partnership and Brown-MBL Joint Graduate Program, 2010 to present
Senior Scientist, The Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratory, 2010 to present
Bullard Fellow, Harvard Forest, Harvard University, 2010

Recent Publications

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Surprisingly Modest Water Quality Impacts From Expansion and Intensification of Large-Sscale Commercial Agriculture in the Brazilian Amazon-Cerrado Region, Neill, Christopher, Jankowski KathiJo, Brando Paulo M., COE MICHAEL T., Deegan Linda A., Macedo Marcia N., Riskin Shelby H., PORDER STEPHEN, Elsenbeer Helmut, and Krusche Alex V. , Tropical Conservation Science, Aug-30-2017, Volume 10, p.194008291772066, (2017)
Analysis of Sea Level Rise and Mitigation Potential at the at the Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge and Surrounding Region, Neill, Christopher, and Deegan Linda , 09/2015, (2015)
Local-Scale Carbon Budgets and Mitigation Opportunities for the Northeastern United States, Raciti, Steve M., Fahey Timothy J., R. Thomas Quinn, Woodbury Peter B., Driscoll Charles T., Carranti Frederick J., Foster David R., Gwyther Philip S., Hall Brian R., Hamburg Steven P., et al. , BioScience, 01/2012, Volume 62, p.23 - 38, (2012)
Conversion to soy on the Amazonian agricultural frontier increases streamflow without affecting stormflow dynamics, HAYHOE, SHELBY J., Neill Christopher, PORDER STEPHEN, MCHORNEY RICHARD, LEFEBVRE PAUL, COE MICHAEL T., Elsenbeer Helmut, and Krusche Alex V. , Global Change Biology, 05/2011, Volume 17, p.1821 - 1833, (2011)
Gaseous and fluvial carbon export from an Amazon forest watershed, Neu, Vania, Neill Christopher, and Krusche Alex V. , Biogeochemistry, (2011)
Runoff sources and land cover change in the Amazon: an end-member mixing analysis from small watersheds, Neill, Christopher, Chaves Joaquin E., Biggs Trent, Deegan Linda A., Elsenbeer Helmut, Figueiredo Ricardo O., Germer Sonja, Johnson Mark S., Lehmann Johannes, Markewitz Daniel, et al. , Biogeochemistry, (2011)
Amazon deforestation alters small stream structure, nitrogen biogeochemistry and connectivity to larger rivers, Deegan, Linda A., Neill Christopher, Haupert Christie L., M. Ballester Victoria R., Krusche Alex V., Victoria Reynaldo L., Thomas Suzanne M., and Moor Emily , Biogeochemistry, (2010)
Influence of land-use change on near-surface hydrological processes: Undisturbed forest to pasture, Germer, Sonja, Neill Christopher, Krusche Alex V., and Elsenbeer Helmut , Journal of Hydrology, 01/2010, Volume 380, p.473 - 480, (2010)
Distribution, species composition and management implications of seed banks in southern New England coastal plain ponds, Neill, Christopher, Bezerra Maira Ometto, MCHORNEY RICHARD, and O’Dea Claire B. , Biological Conservation, 7/2009, Volume 142, p.1350 - 1361, (2009)
Nutrient Limitation of Periphyton and Phytoplankton in Cape Cod Coastal Plain Ponds, Kniffin, Maribeth, Neill Christopher, MCHORNEY RICHARD, and Gregory George , Northeastern Naturalist, 09/2009, Volume 16, p.395 - 408, (2009)
Alteration of water levels in a Massachusetts coastal plain pond subject to municipal ground-water withdrawals, MCHORNEY, RICHARD, and Neill Christopher , Wetlands, 6/2007, Volume 27, p.366 - 380, (2007)
The challenge of managing disturbance regimes, terrestrial communities and rare species in a suburbanizing region: The northeastern US coastal sandplain, Neill, Christopher , Biological Conservation, 4/2007, Volume 136, p.1 - 3, (2007)
Historical influences on the vegetation and soils of the Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts coastal sandplain: Implications for conservation and restoration, Neill, Christopher, Von Holle Betsy, Kleese Katherine, Ivy Kristin D., Colllins Alexandra R., Treat Claire, and Dean Mary , Biological Conservation, 4/2007, Volume 136, p.17 - 32, (2007)
Responses of soil carbon, nitrogen and cations to the frequency and seasonality of prescribed burning in a Cape Cod oak-pine forest, Neill, Christopher, Patterson William A., and Crary David W. , Forest Ecology and Management, 10/2007, Volume 250, p.234 - 243, (2007)
Mechanical Land Clearing to Promote Establishment of Coastal Sandplain Grassland and Shrubland Communities, Lezberg, Ann L., Buresch Kendra, Neill Christopher, and Chase Tom , Restoration Ecology, 06/2006, Volume 14, p.220 - 232, (2006)
Using Soil 13C to Detect the Historic Presence of Schizachyrium scoparium (Little Bluestem) Grasslands on Martha’s Vineyard, G. Peterson, Gregory, and Neill Christopher , Restoration Ecology, 03/2003, Volume 11, p.116 - 122, (2003)