Published or In Press

Current and former students also in bold

2023

Whitehead, S.J., K.M. Yeager, R.A. Feagin, T.P. Huff, J.G. Paine, K.J. Schindler, T.S. Dixon, 2023. Growth-fault induced effects on tidal marsh surficial processes and landscape conversion in the Slop Bowl, Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge, Texas. J. of Coastal Research 40(1): 64-79

Dilworth, J.R., J.R. Stone, K.M. Yeager, J.R. Thigpen, M.M. McGlue, 2023. Fossil diatoms reveal natural and anthropogenic history of Jackson Lake (Wyoming, USA). J. of Earth Science, Systems and Society DOI:10.3389/esss.2023.10065

Liu, F., S. Wang, K. Huang, K.M. Yeager, Y. Li, L. Lv, G. Jia, B. Ma, 2023. Great and fast increase in soil CH4 uptake after reforestation in karst cropland area linked to environmental and microbial factors. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 347: 108367

McGlue, M.M., J.R. Dilworth, H.L. Johnson, S.J. Whitehead, J.R. Thigpen, K.M. Yeager, E.W. Woolery, S.J. Brown, S.E. Johnson, C.S. Cearley, G.M. Clark, T.S. Dixon, R.C. Goldsby, A.L. Helfrich, B.N. Hodelka, E.L. Lo, L. Domingos-Luz, N.E. Powell, G.G. Rasbold, W.R. Swanger, 2023. Effects of dam emplacement and water level changes on sublacustrine geomorphology and recent sedimentation in Jackson Lake, Grand Teton National Park (Wyoming, United States). J. of Earth Science, Systems and Society DOI:10.3389/esss.2023.10066

2022

Lo, E.L., K.M. Yeager, I. Bergier, L. Domingos-Luz, A. Silva, M.M. McGlue, 2022. Sediment infill of tropical floodplain lakes: Rates, controls, and implications for ecosystem services. Frontiers in Earth Science 10: 875919

Johnson, S.E., M. Swallom, J.R. Thigpen, M.M. McGlue, J. Dortch, S. Gallen, E. Woolery, K.M. Yeager, 2022. Post-glacial fluvial inefficiency. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 592: 117643

2021

Feagin, R.A., T.P. Huff, K.M. Yeager, S. Whitehead, 2021. Can sea level rise help us restore coastal wetlands? Shore and Beach 89(4): 73-82

Streib, L.C., J.R. Stone, E.C. Lyon, H.H. Quang, K.M. Yeager, S.R.H. Zimmerman, M.M. McGlue, 2021. Anthropogenic climate change has altered lake state in the Sierra Nevada (California, USA). Global Change Biology 27(23): 6,059-6,070

Tan, D., Q. Li, S. Wang, K.M. Yeager, M. Guo, K. Liu, Y. Wang, 2021. Diel variation of CH4 emission flux in a small artificial lake: Toward more accurate methods of observation. Science of the Total Environment 784 (2021) 147146

Sena, K., K.M. Yeager, C. Barton, W. Bond, K.J. Schindler, 2021. Development of mine soils in chronosequence of FRA-reclaimed sites in Eastern Kentucky. Minerals 11(4): 422 DOI:10.3390/min11040422

Alverson, A.J., T.K. Chafin, K.A. Jones, K. Manoylov, H. Johnson, M.L. Julius, T. Nakov, E.C. Ruck, E.C. Theriot, K.M. Yeager, J.R. Stone, 2021. Microbial biogeography through the lens of an invasive species: The recent introduction and spread of the freshwater diatom Discostella asterocostata in the United States. Biological Invasions 23: 2,191-2,204

Zhang, H., S. Huo, Z. Xiao, Z. He, J. Yang, K.M. Yeager, X. Li, F. Wu, 2021. Climate and nutrient-driven regime shifts of cyanobacterial communities in low-latitude plateau lakes. Environmental Science and Technology 55(5): 3,408-3,418

McGlue, M.M., K.M. Yeager, M.J. Soreghan, M. Behm, I.A. Kimirei, A.S. Cohen, C. Apse, P. Limbu, R. Smiley, D. Doering, J.S. Lucas, A. Mbonde, P.B. McInytre, 2021. Spatial variability in nearshore sediment pollution in Lake Tanganyika (East Africa) and implications for fisheries conservation. Anthropocene 33: 100281

Zhang, H., S. Huo, K.M. Yeager, F. Wu, 2021. Sedimentary DNA record of eukaryotic algal and cyanobacterial communities in a shallow lake driven by human activities and climate change. Science of the Total Environment 753: 141985

2020

Lucas, J.S., M.M. McGlue, I.A. Kimirei, M.J. Soreghan, A. Mbonde, K.M. Yeager, P. Limbu, C. Apse, P. McIntyre, 2020. Geophysical benthic habitat mapping in Lake Tanganyika (Tanzania): Implications for spatial planning of small-scale coastal protected areas. J. of Great Lakes Research 46(2): 243-254

2019

Lo, E.L., M.M. McGlue, A. Silva, I. Bergier, K.M. Yeager, H. Macedo, M. Swallom, M.L. Assine, 2019. Fluvio-lacustrine sedimentary processes and landforms on the distal Paraguay fluvial megafan (Brazil). Geomorphology 342: 163-175

Buongiorno, J., L. Herbert, L. Wehrmann, A. Michaud, K. Laufer, H. Roy, B.B. Jorgensen, A. Szynkiewicz, A. Faiia, K.M. Yeager, K.J. Schindler, K. Lloyd, 2019. Complex microbial communities drive iron and sulfur cycling in Arctic fjord sediments. Applied and Environmental Microbiology DOI:10.1128/AEM.00949-19

Zhang, H., S. Huo, K.M. Yeager, C. Li, B. Xi, J. Zhang, Z. He, C. Ma, 2019. Apparent relationships between anthropogenic factors and climate change indicators and POPs deposition in a lacustrine system. J. of Environmental Sciences 83: 174-182  

Zhang, H., S. Huo, K.M. Yeager, B. Xi, J. Zhang, F. Wu, 2019. A historical sedimentary record of mercury in a shallow eutrophic lake: Impacts of human activities and climate change. Engineering 5(2): 296-304

Yan, D., H. Xu, J. Lan, K. Zhou, Y. Ye, J. Zhang, Z. An, K.M. Yeager, 2019. Solar activity and the westerlies dominate decadal hydroclimate changes over arid central Asia. Global and Planetary Change 173: 53-60  

Yeager, K.M., P.C. Wolfe, R.A. Feagin, C.A. Brunner, K.J. Schindler, 2019. Active near-surface growth faulting and late Holocene history of motion: Matagorda Peninsula, Texas. Geomorphology 327: 159-169

Zhang, H., S. Huo, K.M. Yeager, Z. He, B. Xi, X. Li, C. Ma, F. Wu, 2019. Phytoplankton response to climate changes and anthropogenic activities recorded by sedimentary pigments in a shallow eutrophied lake. Science of the Total Environment 647: 1,398-1,409

2018

Yang, D., S. Wang, W. Lu, P. Xiang, Y. Yang, D. Tan, M. Guo, K.M. Yeager, 2018. Impoundment-induced nitrogen-phosphorus imbalance in cascade reservoirs alleviated by 3 input of anthropogenic nutrients. Inland Waters 8(2): 196-206

Zhang, H., S. Huo, K.M. Yeager, B. Xi, J. Zhang, Z. He, C. Ma, F. Wu, 2018. Accumulation of arsenic, mercury and heavy metals in lacustrine sediment in relation to eutrophication: Impacts of sources and climate change. Ecological Indicators 93: 771-780

Yeager, K.M., K.A. Schwehr, K.J. Schindler, P.H. Santschi, 2018. Sediment accumulation and mixing in the Penobscot River and estuary, Maine. Science of the Total Environment 635 228-239

Louchouarn, P., S.M. Seward, G. Cornelissen, H.P.H. Arp, K.M. Yeager, R. Brinkmeyer, P.H. Santschi, 2018. Limited mobility of dioxins near San Jacinto super-fund site (waste pit) in the Houston Ship Channel, Texas due to strong sediment sorption. Environmental Pollution 238: 988-998

Lu, W., S. Wang, K.M. Yeager, F. Liu, Q. Huang, Y. Yang, P. Xiang, Y. Lu, C. Liu, 2018. Importance of considered organic vs. inorganic source of carbon to lakes for calculating net-effect on landscape C budgets. J. of Geophysical Research – Biogeosciences 123: 1,302-1,317

Sena, K., K.M. Yeager, T. Dreaden, C. Barton, 2018. Phytophthora cinnamomi colonized reclaimed surface-mined sites in Eastern Kentucky: Implications for the restoration of susceptible species. Forests 9(4): 203

Bera, G., K.M. Yeager, A.M. Shiller, 2018. Whether hurricane Katrina impacted trace metal and dioxin depositional histories in marshes of St. Louis Bay, Mississippi. Science of the Total Environment 624: 517-529

Yeager, K.M., K.A. Schwehr, P. Louchouarn, P.H. Santschi, R.A. Feagin, K.J. Schindler, 2018. Mercury inputs and redistribution in the Penobscot River and estuary, Maine. Science of the Total Environment 622-623: 172-183

2017

Huo, S., C. Li, B. Xi, Z. Yu, K.M. Yeager, F. Wu, 2017. Historical record of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and special occurrence of PCB 209 in a shallow fresh-water lake from eastern China. Chemosphere 184: 832-840

Santschi, P.H., K.M. Yeager, K.A. Schwehr, K.J. Schindler, 2017. Estimates of recovery of the Penobscot River and estuarine system from mercury contamination in the 1960’s. Science of the Total Environment 596-597: 351-359

Li, C., S. Huo, Z. Yu, B. Xi, K.M. Yeager, Z. He, C. Ma, J. Zhang, F. Wu, 2017. National investigation of semi-volatile organic compounds (PAHs, OCPs, and PCBs) in lake sediments of China: Occurrence, spatial variation and risk assessment. Science of the Total Environment 579: 325-336

2016

Hieke, A.-S.C., R. Brinkmeyer, K.M. Yeager, K. Schindler, S. Zhang, C. Xu, P. Louchouarn, P.H. Santschi, 2016. Widespread distribution of Dehalococcoides spp. in the Houston Ship Channel and Galveston Bay, Texas, sediments and the potential for reductive dechlorination of PCDD/F in an estuarine environment. Marine Biotechnology 18: 630-644.

Wang, S., K.M. Yeager, W. Lu, 2016. Carbon isotope fractionation in phytoplankton as a potential proxy for pH rather than for [CO2(aq)]: Observations from a carbonate lake. Limnology and Oceanography 61(4): 1259-1270.

2015

Briggs, K.B., V.A. Hartmann, K.M. Yeager, S. Shivarudrappa, R.J. Diaz, L.E. Osterman, A.H. Reed, 2015. Influence of hypoxia on biogenic structure of sediments on the Louisiana continental shelf. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 164: 147-160.

Huo, S., J. Zhang, K.M. Yeager, B. Xi, Y. Qin, Z. He, F. Wu, 2015. Mobility and sulfidization of heavy metals in sediments of a shallow eutrophic lake, Lake Taihu, China. J. of Environmental Sciences 31: 1-11.

Wu, W., K.M. Yeager, M.S. Peterson, R.S. Fulford, 2015. Neutral models as a way to evaluate the Sea Level Affecting Marshes Model (SLAMM). Ecological Modelling 303: 55-69.

Xu, H., X. Zhou, J. Lan, B. Liu, E. Sheng, K. Yu, P. Cheng, F. Wu, B. Hong, K.M. Yeager, S. Xu, 2015. Late Holocene Indian summer monsoon variations recorded at Lake Erhai, southwestern China. Quaternary Research 83(2): 307-314.

Xu, H., K.M. Yeager, J. Lan, B. Liu, E. Sheng, X. Zhou, K. Yu, S. Che, P. Cheng, X. Qiang, Z. An, 2015. Abrupt Holocene Indian summer monsoon failures: A primary response to solar activity. The Holocene 25(4): 677-685.

Bera, G., K.M. Yeager, M.-J. Shim, A.M. Shiller, 2015. Anthropogenic stable cesium in water and sediment of a shallow estuary, St. Louis Bay, Mississippi. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 157: 32-41.

Wang, S., K.M. Yeager, G. Wan, C.-Q. Liu, F. Liu, Y. Lu, 2015. Dynamics of CO2 in a karst catchment in the southwestern plateau, China. Environmental Earth Sciences 73(5): 2,415-2,427.

Chanton, J.P., T. Zhao, B.E. Rosenheim, S. Joye, S. Bosman, C. Brunner, K.M. Yeager, A.R. Diercks, D. Hollander, 2015. Using natural abundance radiocarbon to trace the flux of petrocarbon to the seafloor following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Environmental Science and Technology 49: 847-854. *Listed among the 10 most significant papers published in Environmental Science and Technology in the previous 18 months, Chemical and Engineering News Supplement, October, 2015.

Kulawardhana, R.W., R.A. Feagin, S.C. Popescu, T.W. Boutton, K.M. Yeager, T.S. Bianchi, 2015. The role of elevation, relative sea-level history, and vegetation transition in determining carbon distribution in Spartina alterniflora dominated salt marshes. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 154: 48-57.

2014

Huo, S., J. Zhang, K.M. Yeager, B. Xi, J. Wang, Z. He, F. Wu, 2014. High-resolution profiles of dissolved reactive phosphorus in overlying water and porewater of Lake Taihu, China. Environmental Science and Pollution Research 21(22): 12,989-12,999.

Huo, S., B. Xi, F. Zan, X. Yu, G. Zhao, J. Su, K.M. Yeager, 2014. Assessment of distribution characteristics and contamination with heavy metals in surface sediments of Lake Chaohu, China. Environmental Engineering and Management J. 13(3): 669-680.

Cline, M.D., R.A. Feagin, K.M. Yeager, 2014. Modeling salt marsh cover response to relative water level: Local fault motion versus global eustatic rise. J. of Coastal Research 30(5): 1,045-1,054.

2013

Xu, H., J. Lan, B. Liu, E. Sheng, K.M. Yeager, 2013. Modern carbon burial in Lake Qinghai, China. Applied Geochemistry 39: 150-155.

Peterson, M.S., J.-M. Havrylkoff, P.O. Grammer, P.F. Mickle, W.T. Slack, K.M. Yeager, 2013. Macro-benthic prey and physical habitat characteristics in a western Gulf sturgeon population: Differential estuarine habitat use patterns. Endangered Species Research 22: 159-174.

Brunner, C.A., K.M. Yeager, R. Hatch, S. Simpson, J. Keim, K.B. Briggs, P. Louchouarn, 2013. Effects of oil from the Macondo Well blowout on marsh Foraminifera of Mississippi and Louisiana, USA. Environmental Science and Technology 47: 9,115-9,123.

Feagin, R.A., K.M. Yeager, C.A. Brunner, J.G. Paine, 2013. Active fault motion in a coastal wetland: Matagorda, Texas. Geomorphology ‐ Special Issue: Coastal Geomorphology and Restoration 199: 150-159 (invited).

2012

Colón‐Rivera, R.J., R.A. Feagin, J.B. West, K.M. Yeager, 2012. Salt-marsh connectivity and freshwater versus saltwater inflow: Multiple methods including tidal gauges, water isotopes, and LIDAR elevation models. Canadian J. of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 69(8): 1,420‐ 1,432 (invited).

Zan, F.Y., S.L. Huo, B.D. Xi, C.W. Zhu, H.Q. Liao, J.T. Zhang, K.M. Yeager, 2012. A 100‐year sedimentary record of natural and anthropogenic impacts on a shallow eutrophic lake, Lake Chaohu, China. J. of Environmental Monitoring 14(3): 804‐816.

Zan, F., S. Huo, B.D. Xi, J. Zhang, L. Haiqing, Y. Wang, K.M. Yeager, 2012. A 60‐year sedimentary record of natural and anthropogenic impacts on Lake Chenghai, China. J. of Environmental Sciences 24(4): 602‐609.

Yeager, K.M., C.A. Brunner, M.A. Kulp, D. Fischer, R.A. Feagin, K.J. Schindler, J. Prouhet, G. Bera, 2012. Significance of active growth faulting on marsh accretion processes in the lower Pearl River, Louisiana. Geomorphology 153‐154: 127‐143.

Martínez, M.L., R.A. Feagin, K.M. Yeager, R. Costanza, J. Day, J.A. Harris, R.J. Hobbs, J. López‐Portillo, P. Moreno‐Casasola, J. Sheinbaum, I.J. Walker, A. Yáñez‐Arancibia, E. Higgs, 2012. Artificial modifications of the coast in response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill: Quick solutions or long term liabilities? Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 10(1): 44‐49.

Wang, S., K.M. Yeager, G. Wan, Y. Wang, Y. Lü, 2012. Carbon export and HCO3 ‐ fate in a carbonate watershed: A case study from Hongfeng Lake, southwestern China. Applied Geochemistry 27(1): 64‐72.

2011

Cline, M.D., R.A. Feagin, K.M. Yeager, M. van Alstyne, 2011. Fault‐induced wetland loss at Matagorda, Texas, USA: Land cover changes from 1943 to 2008. Geocarto International, 26(8): 633‐645.

Zan, F., S. Huo, B. Xi, J. Su, X. Li, J. Zhang, K.M. Yeager, 2011. A 100‐year sedimentary record of heavy metal pollution in a shallow eutrophic lake, Lake Chaohu, China. J. of Environmental Monitoring 13(10): 2,788‐2,797.

2010

Hung, C.‐C., G.‐C. Gong, F.‐C. Ko, H.‐Y. Chen, M.‐L. Hsu, J.‐M. Wu, S.‐C. Peng, K.M. Yeager, P.H. Santschi, 2010. Relationships between persistent organic pollutants and carbonaceous materials in aquatic sediments of Taiwan. Marine Pollution Bulletin 60(7): 1,010‐1,017.

Wang, S., K.M. Yeager, G. Wan, C. Liu, F. Tao, C. Fan, 2010. Short-term field observations of nitrous oxide saturations in Lake Taihu, China: The need for high temporal resolution studies. J. of Environmental Quality 39(5): 1,858‐1,863.

Yeager, K.M., R. Brinkmeyer, C.F. Rakocinski, K.J. Schindler, P.H. Santschi, 2010. Impacts of dredging activities on the accumulation of dioxins in surface sediments of the Houston Ship Channel, Texas. J. of Coastal Research 26(4): 743‐752.

2009

Hung, C‐C., G‐C. Gong, K‐P. Chiang, H‐Y. Chen, K.M. Yeager, 2009. Particulate carbohydrates and uronic acids in the northern East China Sea. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 84: 565‐572.

Feagin, R.A., S.M. Lozada‐Bernard, T.M. Ravens, I. Möller, K.M. Yeager, A.H. Baird, 2009. Does vegetation prevent wave erosion of salt marsh edges? Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 106(25): 10,109‐10,113.

Wang, S., C. Liu, K.M. Yeager, G. Wan, J. Li, F. Tao, Y. Lu, F. Liu, C. Fan, 2009. The spatial distribution and emission of nitrous oxide (N2O) in a large eutrophic lake in eastern China: Anthropogenic effects. Science of the Total Environment 407: 3,330‐3,337.

2007

Yeager, K.M., P.H. Santschi, H. Rifai, M. Suarez, R. Brinkmeyer, C.‐C. Hung, K.J. Schindler, M. Andres, E.A. Weaver, 2007. Dioxin chronology and fluxes in sediments of the Houston Ship Channel, Texas: Influences of non‐steady state sediment transport and total organic carbon. Environmental Science and Technology 41(15): 5,291‐5,298.

2006

Hung, C.‐C., G. Gwo‐Ching, J. Kuotung, K.M. Yeager, P.H. Santschi, T.L. Wade, J.L. Sericano, 2006. Relationship between carbonaceous materials and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in the sediments of the Danshui River and adjacent coastal areas, Taiwan. Chemosphere 65: 1,452‐1,461.

Yeager, K.M., P.H. Santschi, K.J. Schindler, M.J. Andres, E.A. Weaver, 2006. The relative importance of terrestrial versus marine sediment sources to the Nueces‐Corpus Christi Estuary, Texas: An isotopic approach. Estuaries and Coasts 29(3): 443‐459.

2005

Wan, G.J., J.A. Chen, S.Q. Xu, F.C. Wu, R.G. Huang, K.M. Yeager, P.H. Santschi, 2005. Coupling between 210Pbex and organic matter in sediments of Lake Chenghai, China. Chemical Geology 224(4): 223‐236.

Yeager, K.M., 2005. On the academic job hunt, is there not a better way? EOS Transactions: Forum 86(27): 254.

Yeager, K.M., P.H. Santschi, J.D. Phillips, B.E. Herbert, 2005. Suspended sediment sources and tributary effects in the lower reaches of a coastal plain stream as indicated by radionuclides, Loco Bayou, Texas. Environmental Geology 47(3): 382‐395.

2004

Yeager, K.M., P.H. Santschi, G.T. Rowe, 2004. Sediment accumulation and radionuclide inventories (239,240Pu, 210Pb, and 234Th) in the northern Gulf of Mexico, as influenced by organic matter and macrofaunal density. Marine Chemistry 91(1‐4): 1‐14.

2003

Yeager, K.M., P.H. Santschi, 2003. Invariance of isotope ratios of lithogenic radionuclides: More evidence for their use as sediment source tracers. J. of Environmental Radioactivity 69: 159‐176.

2002

Yeager, K.M., P.H. Santschi, J.D. Phillips, B.E. Herbert, 2002. Sources of alluvium in a coastal plain stream based on radionuclide signatures from the 238U and 232Th decay series. Water Resources Research 38(11): 24‐1 ‐ 24‐11.

1996

Yeager, K.M., 1996. Fossil fishes (Arthrodira and Acanthodida) from the Upper Devonian Chadakoin Formation of Erie County, Pennsylvania. The Ohio J. of Science 96(3): 52‐56.