Christopher Neill

Affiliated Investigator
Senior Scientist, Woods Hole Research 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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Neill, C., Jankowski KJ., Brando P. M., COE MICHAEL. T., Deegan L. A., Macedo M. N., et al. (2017).  Surprisingly Modest Water Quality Impacts From Expansion and Intensification of Large-Sscale Commercial Agriculture in the Brazilian Amazon-Cerrado Region. Tropical Conservation Science. 10, 194008291772066.
Neill, C., & Deegan L. (2015).  Analysis of Sea Level Rise and Mitigation Potential at the at the Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge and Surrounding Region.
Raciti, S. M., Fahey T. J., R. Thomas Q., Woodbury P. B., Driscoll C. T., Carranti F. J., et al. (2012).  Local-Scale Carbon Budgets and Mitigation Opportunities for the Northeastern United States. BioScience. 62, 23 - 38.
HAYHOE, SHELBY. J., Neill C., PORDER STEPHEN., MCHORNEY RICHARD., LEFEBVRE PAUL., COE MICHAEL. T., et al. (2011).  Conversion to soy on the Amazonian agricultural frontier increases streamflow without affecting stormflow dynamics. Global Change Biology. 17, 1821 - 1833.
Neu, V., Neill C., & Krusche A. V. (2011).  Gaseous and fluvial carbon export from an Amazon forest watershed. Biogeochemistry.
Neill, C., Chaves J. E., Biggs T., Deegan L. A., Elsenbeer H., Figueiredo R. O., et al. (2011).  Runoff sources and land cover change in the Amazon: an end-member mixing analysis from small watersheds. Biogeochemistry.
Deegan, L. A., Neill C., Haupert C. L., M. Ballester V. R., Krusche A. V., Victoria R. L., et al. (2010).  Amazon deforestation alters small stream structure, nitrogen biogeochemistry and connectivity to larger rivers. Biogeochemistry.
Germer, S., Neill C., Krusche A. V., & Elsenbeer H. (2010).  Influence of land-use change on near-surface hydrological processes: Undisturbed forest to pasture. Journal of Hydrology. 380, 473 - 480.
Neill, C., Bezerra M. Ometto, MCHORNEY RICHARD., & O’Dea C. B. (2009).  Distribution, species composition and management implications of seed banks in southern New England coastal plain ponds. Biological Conservation. 142, 1350 - 1361.
Kniffin, M., Neill C., MCHORNEY RICHARD., & Gregory G. (2009).  Nutrient Limitation of Periphyton and Phytoplankton in Cape Cod Coastal Plain Ponds. Northeastern Naturalist. 16, 395 - 408.
MCHORNEY, RICHARD., & Neill C. (2007).  Alteration of water levels in a Massachusetts coastal plain pond subject to municipal ground-water withdrawals. Wetlands. 27, 366 - 380.
Neill, C. (2007).  The challenge of managing disturbance regimes, terrestrial communities and rare species in a suburbanizing region: The northeastern US coastal sandplain. Biological Conservation. 136, 1 - 3.
Neill, C., Von Holle B., Kleese K., Ivy K. D., Colllins A. R., Treat C., et al. (2007).  Historical influences on the vegetation and soils of the Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts coastal sandplain: Implications for conservation and restoration. Biological Conservation. 136, 17 - 32.
Neill, C., Patterson W. A., & Crary D. W. (2007).  Responses of soil carbon, nitrogen and cations to the frequency and seasonality of prescribed burning in a Cape Cod oak-pine forest. Forest Ecology and Management. 250, 234 - 243.
Lezberg, A. L., Buresch K., Neill C., & Chase T. (2006).  Mechanical Land Clearing to Promote Establishment of Coastal Sandplain Grassland and Shrubland Communities. Restoration Ecology. 14, 220 - 232.
G. Peterson, G., & Neill C. (2003).  Using Soil 13C to Detect the Historic Presence of Schizachyrium scoparium (Little Bluestem) Grasslands on Martha’s Vineyard. Restoration Ecology. 11, 116 - 122.