Publications

50. Heitmuller F, Costello JD, Hudson PF, Kuehn KA, Muñoz SE, Wallace DJ (in review) Floodplain inundation mechanisms and overbank water quality along the embanked Lower Mississippi River during the 2018, 2019, and 2020 floods. Hydrological Processes.

49. Murphy K, Dee SG, Muñoz SE, Doss-Gollin J, Dunne K, O’Donnell M (in revision) Competing influences of Land Use and Greenhouse Gas Emissions on Mississippi River Basin Hydroclimate simulated over the Last Millennium. Paleooceanography and Paleoclimatology.

48. Alemu JB, Bowden A, Cammett A, Gildesgame E, Muñoz SE, Ofsthun C, Medley G, Stubbins A, Hughes AR (in review) Forecasting Sea-Level Rise Impacts on an Urban Salt Marsh Blue Carbon and Ecosystem Service Trade-offs. Ecosystems.

47. Tuttle E, Wiman C*, Muñoz SE, Lavender Law K, Stubbins A (accepted) Sunlight-driven photochemical removal of polypropylene microplastics from surface waters follows linear kinetics and does not result in fragmentation. Environmental Science & Technology.

46. Haider MR, Dee SG, Doss-Gollin J, Dunne KBJ, Muñoz SE (in revision) Impact of 21st Century Climate Change on Mississippi River Basin Discharge in CESM2 Large Ensemble Projections. Global and Planetary Change.

45. Shen Z, Conway N, Bao S, Muñoz SE, Lang A (in revision) Land-use change as a major driver for mid-20th century flood intensity reduction in the Southeastern US. Environmental Research Letters.

44. O’Donnell K, Tomiczek T, Higgins A, Muñoz SE, Scyphers S (accepted) Stakeholder Driven Sensor Deployments to Characterize Chronic Coastal Flooding in Key West Florida. Earth’s Future.

43. Muñoz SE, Dee SG, Luo X, Haider MR, O’Donnell M*Parazin B*, Remo JWF (2023) Mississippi River low-flows: context, causes, and future projectionsEnvironmental Research: Climate, doi: 10.1088/2752-5295/acd8e3.

42. Wiman C*, Harden T, Shen Z, Curry BB, Reinders JB*, Beighley RE, Muñoz SE (2023) Large floods on the lower Ohio River inferred from slackwater depositsProgress in Physical Geography, doi: 10.1177/03091333231208.

41. Luo X, Dee SG, Lavenhouse T, Muñoz SE, Steiger N (2023) El Niño events drive hydroclimate extremes in the Mississippi River Basin over the Last MillenniumGeophysical Research Letters, doi: 10.1029/2022GL100715.

40. Reinders J.* & Muñoz S.E.  (in revision) The role of ocean-atmosphere dynamics on mediating spring flood hazard in southeast Texas. Journal of Climate.

39. Reinders J.* & Muñoz S.E. (2023). Accounting for hydroclimatic properties in flood frequency analysis proceduresHydrology and Earth System Science, doi: 10.5194/hess-2022-292.

38. Muñoz SE, Hamilton B.*, Parazin, B.* (2022) Contrasting ocean-atmosphere dynamics mediate flood hazard across the Mississippi River basinEarth Interactions, doi: 10.1175/EI-D-22-0015.1.

37. Reinders J.B.*, Sullivan R.M., Winkler T.S., van Hengstum P.J., Beighley R.E., Muñoz S.E. (2022). A hydraulic modelling approach to study flood sediment deposition in floodplain lakesEarth Surface Processes and Landforms, doi: 10.1002/esp.5515.

36. Dunne, K., Dee, S.G., Reinders, J.*Muñoz S.E., Nittrouer, J. (2022). Examining the impact of emissions scenario on lower Mississippi River flood hazard projectionsEnvironmental Research Communications, doi:10.1088/2515-7620/ac8d53.

35. Schroeder, S., White, A. J., Stevens, L. R., & Muñoz, S. E. (2022). Regional migration and Cahokian population change in the context of climate change and hydrological events. In Following the Mississippian Spread (pp. 65-109). Springer.

34. Arcusa S.H., McCay N.P., Wiman C.*, Patterson S., Muñoz S.E., Aquino-Lopez M.A. (2022) New approaches to dating intermittently varved sediment, Columbine Lake, Colorado, USAGeochronology.

33. Broadman E., Kaufman D.S., Anderson R.S., Bogle S., Ford M., Fortin D., Henderson A.C.G., Lacey J.H., Leng M.J., McKay N.P., Muñoz S.E. (2022) Reconstructing postglacial hydrologic and environmental change in the eastern Kenai Peninsula lowlands using proxy data and mass balance modelingQuaternary Research, doi:10.1017/qua.2021.75.

32. Stubbins A, Lavender Law K, Muñoz SE, Bianchi TS, Zhu L (2021) Plastics in the Earth SystemScience 373(6550): 51-55.

31.  Reinders J.* & Muñoz S.E. (2021). Improvements to flood frequency analysis using paleoflood data from alluvial riversWater Resources Research, doi: 10.1029/2020WR028631.

30. Wiman, C.*Hamilton, B.*, Dee, S.G., Muñoz, S.E. (2021). Reduced lower Mississippi River discharge during the Medieval eraGeophysical Research Letters, doi: 10.1029/2020GL091182.

29. White, A.J., Muñoz, S.E., Schroeder, S., & Stevens, L.R. (2021). Reply to Skousen and Aiuvalasit: On the Primacy of Archaeological DataAmerican Antiquity 86(1): 203-205.

28. Muñoz, S. E., Porter, T. J., Bakkelund, A., Nusbaumer, J., Dee, S. G., Hamilton, B.*, Giosan, L. & Tierney, J. E. (2020). Lipid biomarker record documents hydroclimatic variability of the Mississippi River basin during the Common EraGeophysical Research Letters, e2020GL087237.

27. Lombardi, R., Davis, L., Stinchomb, G. E., Munoz, S. E., Stewart, L., & Therrell, M. D. (2020). Fluvial activity in major river basins of the eastern United States during the HoloceneThe Holocene, doi: 10.1177/0959683620919978.

26. Broadman, E., Kaufman, D. S., Henderson, A. C., Berg, E. E., Anderson, R. S., Leng, M. J., Stahnke, S.A. & Muñoz, S. E. (2020). Multi-proxy evidence for millennial-scale changes in North Pacific Holocene hydroclimate from the Kenai Peninsula lowlands, south-central AlaskaQuaternary Science Reviews241, 106420.

25. White A.J., Muñoz S.E., Schroeder S., Stevens L.R. (2020) After Cahokia: Indigenous repopulation and depopulation of the Horseshoe Lake watershed AD 1400 – 1900American Antiquity, doi: 10.1017/aaq.2019.103

24. Arcusa S.H., McKay N.P., Routson C.C., Muñoz S.E. (2019) Dust-drought interactions over the last 15,000 years: A network of lake sediment records from the San Juan Mountains, ColoradoThe Holocene, doi: 10.1177/0959683619875192.

23. Toonen W.H.J, Munoz S.E., Cohen K.M., Macklin M.G. (2019) High-Resolution Sedimentary Paleoflood Records in Alluvial River Environments: A Review of Recent Methodological Advances and Application to Flood Hazard Assessment, in Palaeohydrology: Traces, Tracks and Trails of Extreme Events (J. Herget & A. Fontana, eds.), Springer, pp. 213-228.

22. Munoz S.E., Giosan L., Blusztajn J., Rankin C., Stinchcomb G.E. (2019) Radiogenic fingerprinting reveals anthropogenic and buffering controls on sediment dynamics of the Mississippi River systemGeology, doi: 10.1130/G45194.1.

21. White A.J., Stevens L.R., Lorenzi V., Munoz S.E., Schroeder S., Cao A., Bogdanovich T. (2019) Fecal stanols show simultaneous flooding and seasonal precipitation change correlate with Cahokia’s population declineProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1809400116.

20. Walsh J.R., Corman J.R., Munoz S.E. (2019) Coupled long-term limnological data and sedimentary data reveal novel control on water quality in a eutrophic lakeLimnology & Oceanography, doi: 10.1002/lno.11083.

19. Davis L., Harden T.M., Munoz S.E., Godaire J., O’Connor J.E. (2018) Preface to historic and paleoflood analyses: New perspectives on climate, extreme flood risk, and the geomorphic effects of large floodsGeomorphology, doi: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2018.10.021.

18. Wilhelm B., Ballesteros Cánovas J.A., MaDonald N., Toonen W.H.J., Baker V., Barriendos M., Benito G., Brauer A., Corella J.P., Denniston R., Glaser R., Ionita M., Kahle M., Liu T., Luetscher M., Macklin M., Mudelsee M., Munoz S.E., Schulte L., St. George S., Stoffel M., Wetter O. (2018) Interpreting historical, botanical, and geological evidence to aid preparations for future floodsWIREs Water, doi: 10.1002/wat2.1318.

17. Giosan, L., Orsi, W.D., Coolen, M., Wuchter, C., Dunlea, A.G., Thirumalai, K., Munoz, S.E., Clift, P.D., Donnelly, J.P., Galy, V., Fuller, D.Q. (2018) Neoglacial climate anomalies and the Harappan metamorphosisClimate of the Past, doi: 10.5194/cp-2018-37.

16. Munoz, S.E., Giosan, L., Therrell, M.D., Remo, J.W.F., Shen, Z., Sullivan, R.M., Wiman, C., O’Donnell, M& Donnelly, J.P. (2018) Climatic control of Mississippi River flood hazard amplified by river engineeringNature 556: 95-98.

15. Brugam, R.B. & Munoz, S.E. (2018) A 1600-year record of human impacts on a floodplain lake in the Mississippi River valleyJournal of Paleolimnology, doi: 10.1007/s10933-018-0033-0.

14. White, A.J., Stevens, L.R., Lorenzi, V., Munoz, S.E., Lipo, C.P. & Schroeder, S. (2018) An evaluation of fecal stanols as indicators of population change at Cahokia, IllinoisJournal of Archaeological Science, 93: 129-134.

13. Munoz S.E. & Dee S.G. (2017) El Niño increases the risk of lower Mississippi River floodingScientific Reports, doi:10.1038/s41598-017-01919-6.

12. Walsh J.R., Munoz S.E. & Vander Zanden M.J. (2016) Outbreak of an undetected invasive species triggered by a climate anomalyEcosphere, doi:10.1002/ecs2.1628.

11. Beach T, Johnson K.M., McCusker Hill M., Munoz S.E. &Peros M. (2016) The view from the “Anthropocene”: New perspectives in human-induced environmental changeAnthropocene, doi:10.1016/j.ancene.2016.09.004.

10. Radeloff, V. C., Williams, J.W., Bateman, B.L., Burke, K.D., Carter, S.K., Childress, E.S., Cromwell, K.J., Gratton, C., Hasley, A.O., Kraemer, B.M., Latzka, A.W., Marin-Spiotta, E., Meine, C.D., Munoz, S.E., Neeson, T.M., Pidgeon, A.M., Rissman, A.R., Rivera, R.J., Szymanski, L.M. & Usinowicz, J. (2015) The rise of novelty in ecosystemsEcological Applications 25(8): 2051-2068.

9. Munoz, S.E., Gruley, K., Fike, D.A., Schroeder, S. & Williams, J.W. (2015) Reply to Baires et al.: Shifts in Mississippi River flood regime remain a contributing factor to Cahokia’s emergence and declineProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA), doi: 10.1073/pnas.1509404112.

8. Munoz, S.E., Gruley, K.E., Massie, A., Fike, D.A., Schroeder, S.S. & Williams, J.W. (2015) Cahokia’s emergence and decline coincided with shifts of flood frequency on the Mississippi RiverProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA) 112(20): 6319-6324.

7. Munoz, S.E., Mladenoff, D.J., Schroeder, S. & Williams, J.W. (2014). Defining the spatial patterns of historical land use associated with the indigenous societies of eastern North AmericaJournal of Biogeography 41(12): 2195-2210.

6. Munoz S.E., Schroeder, S., Fike, D.A. & Williams, J.W. (2014). A record of sustained prehistoric and historic land use from the Cahokia region, Illinois, USAGeology 42(6): 499-502.

5. Munoz, S.E. (2013). Review of: Surviving Sudden Environmental Change (J. Cooper & P. Sheets, eds.). Heritage & Society 6(2): 203-204.

4. Gajewski, K., Munoz, S.E., Peros, M.C., Viau, A.E., Morlan, R. & Betts, M. (2011). The Canadian Archaeological Radiocarbon Database (CARD): archaeological radiocarbon dates in North America and their paleoenvironmental contextRadiocarbon 53(2): 371-394.

3. Munoz, S.E., Gajewski, K. & Peros, M.C. (2010). Synchronous environmental and cultural change in the prehistory of the northeastern United StatesProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA) 107(51): 22008-22013.

2. Munoz, S.E. & Gajewski, K. (2010). Distinguishing prehistoric human influence on late Holocene forests in southern Ontario, CanadaThe Holocene 20(6): 967-981.

1. Peros, M.C., Munoz, S.E., Gajewski, K. & Viau, A.E. (2010). Prehistoric demography of North America inferred from radiocarbon dataJournal of Archaeological Science 37: 656-664.