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Christof Meile, Co-Investigator / Assistant Professor

Christof Meile

Research Emphasis:

  • Reactive-Transport Modeling and Biogeochemical Cycling
  • Early Diagenesis (Microbial Metabolism, Sediment-Water Exchange Fluxes, Bioturbation and Bioirrigation)
  • Heterogeneity and Scaling in Natural Systems (Micromodels, Microbial Mats, Benthic Fauna, Seeps, Land-Ocean Interface)

GCE Committees:

GCE Disturbance Committee, GCE Flux Tower Committee, High Marsh Experiment Committee

Contact Information:

Primary Organization:  University of Georgia

Mailing Address:

Dr. Christof Meile
Dept. of Marine Sciences
University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia 30602-3636

E-Mail:  cmeile@uga.edu

Web Page:  http://www.marsci.uga.edu/directory/christof-meile

Other Identity Systems:

ORCID:  orcid.org/0000-0002-0825-4596

GCE Data Sets:

HYD-GCES-1401a (Groundwater well pressure, temperature, conductance, salinity and oxygen measurements for GCE-LTER study hammock HN_i_1 from 30-Oct-2008 to 03-Dec-2013)

HYD-GCES-1401b (Groundwater well pressure, temperature, conductance, salinity and oxygen measurements for GCE-LTER study hammock PC_i_29 from 15-Aug-2008 to 13-Dec-2013)

GCE Publications and Presentations: (custom bibliography)

Journal Articles

Bice, K., Sheldon, J.E., Schalles, J.F., Alber, M. and Meile, C. 2023. Temporal patterns and causal drivers of aboveground plant biomass in a coastal wetland: insights from time-series analyses . Frontiers of Marine Sciences. 10(1130958). (DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2023.1130958)

Stadler, M., Bice, K. and Meile, C. 2023. Applying the core-satellite species concept: Characteristics of rare and common riverine dissolved organic matter. Special Issue: Crowdsourced Understanding of Global River Organic Matter Composition through the Lens of Ecological Theory. Frontiers in Water. 5(1156042). (DOI: 10.3389/frwa.2023.1156042)

Peterson, R.N., Meile, C., Peterson, L., Carter, M. and Miklesh, D.M. 2019. Groundwater discharge dynamics into a salt marsh tidal river. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 218:324-333. (DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2019.01.007)

Miklesh, D.M. and Meile, C. 2018. Controls on porewater salinity in a Southeastern salt marsh. PeerJ. 6:e5911. (DOI: 10.7717/peerj.5911)

Loftis, K. and Meile, C. 2014. Isotopes and elemental ratios in multi-parameter mixing models. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods. 12:694-702. (DOI: 10.4319/lom.2014.12.694)

Palomo, L., Meile, C. and Joye, S.B. 2013. Drought impacts on biogeochemistry and microbial processes in salt marsh sediments: a flow-through reactor approach. Biogeochemistry. 112(1-3):389-407. (DOI: 10.1007/s10533-012-9734-z)

Schutte, C., Hunter, K.S., McKay, P., Di Iorio, D., Joye, S.B. and Meile, C. 2013. Patterns and controls of nutrient concentrations in a southeastern United States tidal creek. Special Issue: Coastal Long Term Ecological Research. Oceanography. 26(3):12-139. (DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2013.55)

Segarra, K., Samarkin, V., King, E., Meile, C. and Joye, S.B. 2013. Seasonal variations of methane fluxes from an unvegetatedtidal freshwater mudflat (Hammersmith Creek, GA). Biogeochemistry. 115:349 - 361. (DOI: 10.1007/s10533-013-9840-6)

Porubsky, W.P., Joye, S.B., Moore, W.S., Tuncay, K. and Meile, C. 2011. Field measurements and modeling of groundwater flow and biogeochemistry at Moses Hammock, a backbarrier island on the Georgia coast. Biogeochemistry. 104:69-90. (DOI: 10.1007/s10533-010-9484-8)

Tilburg, C.E., Seay, J.E., Bishop, T.D., Miller, H.L. III and Meile, C. 2010. Distribution and retention of Petrolisthes armatus in a coastal plain estuary: the role of vertical movement in larval transport. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science. 88:260-266. (DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2010.04.004)

Meile, C., Porubsky, W.P., Walker, R.L. and Payne, K. 2009. Natural Attenuation Of Nitrogen Loading From Septic Effluents: Spatial And Environmental Controls. Water Research. 44(5):1399-1408. (DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2009.11.019)

Books and Book Sections

Pennings, S.C., Alber, M., Alexander, C.R. Jr., Booth, M.G., Burd, A.B., Cai, W.-J., Craft, C.B., DePratter, C., Di Iorio, D., Hollibaugh, J.T., Hopkinson, C.S., Joye, S.B., Meile, C., Moore, W.S., Silliman, B.R., Thompson, V.D. and Wares, J.P. 2012. South Atlantic Tidal Wetlands. Pages 45-61 in: Batzer, D.P. and Baldwin, A. (editors). Wetland Habitats of North America: Ecology and Conservation Concerns. University of California Press, Berkeley, California.

Conference Papers (Peer Reviewed)

Ledoux, J.G., Alexander, C.R. Jr. and Meile, C. 2013. Delineating the drivers of groundwater flow at a Back Barrier island – marsh Transect in coastal Georgia. In: Georgia Water Resources Conference, April 10-11, 2013 in Athens GA.

Hagens, M. and Meile, C. 2011. Circulation and reaction hotspots in a Georgia salt marsh: a modeling study. In: Carroll, G.D. (editor). Georgia Water Resources Conference. Proceedings of the 2011 Georgia Water Resources Conference, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia.

Porubsky, W.P. and Meile, C. 2009. Controls on groundwater nutrient mitigation: Natural attenuation of nitrogen loading from septic effluents. In: Hatcher, K.J. (editor). Proceedings of the Georgia Water Resources Conference. Athens, Georgia.

Conference Posters and Presentations

Schalles, J.F., Hladik, C.M., Nealy, N., Miklesh, D.M., Meile, C., Lynn, T. and O'Donnell, J. Presentation: A 35 year spatial-temporal analysis of serious Spartina alterniflora biomass declines in coastal Georgia. Impact of multiple disturbances on coastal ecosystem structure and function. Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation Biennial Meeting, November 4, 2019, Mobile, Alabama.

Bice, K., Sheldon, J.E., Alber, M., Schalles, J.F. and Meile, C. 2022. Poster: Potential drivers of saltmarsh dynamics in the Altamaha River Estuary. LTER All Scientists' Meeting.

Bice, K., Sheldon, J.E., Alber, M., Schalles, J.F. and Meile, C. 2022. Presentation: Hydrodynamic forcings and causal drivers of saltmarsh biomass in the Altamaha River estuary. Graduate Climate Conference, Oct 28-30, Eastonville WA.

Bice, K., Schalles, J.F. and Meile, C. 2020. Poster: Factors determining GA salt marsh biomass: A dynamical systems approach. 7th Annual Southeastern Biogeochemistry Symposium, March 14-15, Atlanta (online due to COVID-19).

Bice, K., Wrighton, K., Daly, R., Schopflin, L., Danczak, R., Song, H.-S., Schalles, J.F. and Meile, C. 2020. Poster: Investigating subsurface biogeochemistry in tide-impacted Altamaha River sediment using microbial metagenomics and metabolomics. AGU Fall meeting, December 1-17, 2020, San Francisco (online due to COVID-19).

Meile, C. 2019. Presentation: The breathing coastal zone: dynamics in Southeast US mars. Mini-Symposium, 22. November 2019, Zuerich, Switzerland.

Meile, C., Schalles, J.F., Peterson, R.N., O'Donnell, J., Bice, K., Medeiros, P.M., Di Iorio, D., Hopkinson, C.S., Joye, S.B., Stegen, J., Goldman, A., Thomle, J. and Danczak, R. 2019. Presentation: Flow and short- and long-term carbon dynamics at tidally impacted coastal interfaces in the SE USA. Goldschmidt Conference, August 18-23, 2019, Barcelona.

Miklesh, D.M., O'Donnell, J., Schalles, J.F. and Meile, C. 2018. Poster: Analysis of decadal-scale patterns of Spartina biomass in Georgia marshes using soil modeling and satellite imagery. Ocean Sciences Meeting, Feb 11-16, 2018, Portland OR.

Miklesh, D.M. and Meile, C. 2017. Poster: Hydrologic processes determining porewater salinity in a southeastern salt marsh. Georgia Water Resources Conference, April 19-20, 2017, Athens GA.

Miklesh, D.M. and Meile, C. 2017. Poster: Hydrologic processes determining porewater salinity in a southeastern salt marsh. SBS Symposium, April 1-2, 2017, Athen GA.

Peterson, R.N., Meile, C., Carter, M., Peterson, L., Waldorf, A. and Miklesh, D.M. 2017. Poster: Groundwater inputs to a back-barrier salt marsh tidal river. 2017 Chemical Oceanography Gordon Research Conference, July 2017, Holderness, NH.

Peterson, R.N., Meile, C., Carter, M., Viso, R.F., Waldorf, A. and Miklesh, D.M. 2017. Poster: Groundwater inputs to a back-barrier salt marsh tidal river. Chemical Oceanography Gordon Conference, July 23-28, 2017, New London NH.

Miklesh, D.M., McKnight, C.J., Di Iorio, D. and Meile, C. 2016. Poster: Hydrologic controls on porewater salinity in a Southeastern salt marsh. Prepare, Respond, and Adapt: Is Georgia Climate-ready?, November 2-3, 2016, Jekyll Island GA.

Miklesh, D.M., McKnight, C.J., Di Iorio, D. and Meile, C. 2016. Poster: Physical, Hydrological, and Biological Processes Controlling Porewater Salinity Distributions in a Southeastern Salt Marsh. International Erosion Control Association (IECA) Conference, Feb 16-19, 2016, San Antonio TX.

Miklesh, D.M., McKnight, C.J., Di Iorio, D. and Meile, C. 2016. Poster: Processes controlling porewater salinity distributions in a Southeastern salt marsh. Geological Society of America Southeastern Section 65th Annual Meeting, March 31- April 1, 2016, Columbia.

Ledoux, J.G., Alexander, C.R. Jr. and Meile, C. 2015. Poster: Groundwater flow at the Georgia coast: Magnitude and drivers across a back barrier island – marsh transect. LTER All Scientists Meeting, Aug 30-Sept 2, Estes Park, CO.

Miklesh, D.M., McKnight, C.J., Di Iorio, D. and Meile, C. 2015. Poster: Controls on porewater salinity distributions in a southeastern salt marsh. LTER All Scientists Meeting, Aug 30-Sept 2, Estes Park, CO.

Ledoux, J.G., Alexander, C.R. Jr. and Meile, C. 2014. Poster: Delineating groundwater flow along a marsh transect at a back barrier island on the coast of Georgia. Southeastern Estuarine Research Society Fall meeting, November 6-8, Carolina Beach, NC.

Miklesh, D.M., McKnight, C.J., McLenaghan, N.A., Di Iorio, D. and Meile, C. 2014. Poster: Modeling the Effects of Changes to Physical, Hydrological, and Biological Processes on Porewater Salinity Distributions in a Southeastern Salt Marsh. 2014 AGU Fall Meeting, 15-19 December 2014, San Francisco.

Ledoux, J.G., Alexander, C.R. Jr. and Meile, C. 2012. Poster: Drivers of Groundwater Flow at a Back Barrier Island - Marsh Transect. 2012 LTER ASM.

Schutte, C., Meile, C., Di Iorio, D., McKay, P., Hunter, K.S., Blanton, J.O. and Joye, S.B. 2012. Poster: Physical and biogeochemical patterns in a saltmarsh/river system (Duplin River, GA). 2012 LTER ASM.

Hagens, M. and Meile, C. 2011. Poster: Circulation and reaction hotspots in a Georgia salt marsh: a modeling study. LTER Science Council Meeting, Jekyll Island, GA.

Schutte, C., Meile, C., Di Iorio, D., McKay, P., Joye, S.B., Blanton, J.O. and Schalles, J.F. 2011. Poster: Physical and biogeochemical patterns in the Duplin saltmarsh river system: preliminary results. LTER Science Council Meeting, Jekyll Island, GA.

Hagens, M. and Meile, C. 2010. Poster: Biogeochemical dynamics in salt marsh environments: the role of intertidal hotspots. Goldschmidt Conference, Knoxville TN.

Meile, C. 2010. Presentation: Reaction hotspots at micro-and macroscales: Challenges in early diagenetic modeling. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco.

Porubsky, W.P., Meile, C. and Joye, S.B. 2007. Poster: Variations in groundwater biogeochemistry and flow on Moses Hammock (Sapelo Island, GA): Field measurements, laboratory assays, and modeling. American Society of Limnology and Oceanography 2007 Aquatic Sciences Meeting, 4-9 February 2007, Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Porubsky, W.P., Meile, C. and Joye, S.B. 2007. Presentation: Using field measurements, laboratory assays and modeling to examine flow conditions and variations in groundwater biogeochemistry. Estuarine Research Federation 2007 Annual Meeting, 4-8 November 2007, Providence, Rhode Island.

Porubsky, W.P., Meile, C. and Joye, S.B. 2006. Poster: Nutrient dynamics in the hammock subsurface: The impact of flow and reactions on coastal groundwater biogeochemistry. Academy of the Environment Meeting, October 2006, Athens, Georgia.
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This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under grants OCE-9982133, OCE-0620959, OCE-1237140 and OCE-1832178. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in the material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.