Maricar Morales Aguilos
carbon and water fluxes, ecohydrology, biogeochemistry, evapotranspiration, eddy covariance, biometeorology
Dr. Maricar Aguilos is an Assistant Research Professor at the Forestry and Environmental Resources Department of North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA. She was a former researcher at the French National Institute for Agricultural Research, France, working mainly on the carbon and water dynamics in the Amazonian Forest of French Guiana. Maricar uses the Eddy Covariance System to measure atmospheric carbon in various forest ecosystems. She focused on ecosystem carbon and water fluxes in disturbed ecosystems, pine plantations, bioenergy sites, and wetlands. She also has a background in soil carbon measurements using automated soil respiration chambers. She also writes papers on ecohydrology using long-term datasets at local and regional levels. She infused modeling and machine learning approaches into her empirical datasets. She finished her PhD in Environmental Science at Hokkaido University, Japan.
Works (71)
2025 review
Circular Economy Solutions: The Role of Thermoplastic Waste in Material Innovation
[Review of ]. SUSTAINABILITY, 17(2).
2025 journal article
Potential for Augmenting Water Yield by Restoring Longleaf Pine (<i>Pinus palustris</i>) Forests in the Southeastern United States
WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH, 61(2).
2024 journal article
Building Urban Climate Resilience: Assessing Awareness, Perception, and Willingness regarding Nature-Based Solutions and Climate Change among Stakeholders in Iligan City, Philippines
URBAN SCIENCE, 8(2).

2024 journal article
Combined Potential of Quarry Waste Fines and Eggshells for the Hydrothermal Synthesis of Tobermorite at Varying Cement Content
SUSTAINABILITY, 16(6).

2024 article
Energy availability and leaf area dominate control of ecosystem evapotranspiration in the southeastern U.S (vol 349, 109960, 2024)
Aguilos, M., Sun, G., Liu, N., Zhang, Y., Starr, G., Oishi, A. C., … King, J. (2024, May 1). AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY, Vol. 350.
2024 journal article
Energy availability and leaf area dominate control of ecosystem evapotranspiration in the southeastern U.S.
Agricultural and Forest Meteorology.

2024 journal article
Hydrologic Perturbation Is a Key Driver of Tree Mortality in Bottomland Hardwood Wetland Forests of North Carolina, USA
FORESTS, 16(1).

2024 journal article
Toward spectrally truthful models for gap-filling soil respiration and methane fluxes. A case study in coastal forested wetlands in North Carolina
AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY, 353.
2023 article
Attributing interannual variability of net ecosystem exchange to modeled ecological processes in forested wetlands of contrasting stand age
Wells, J. M., Aguilos, M., Huang, X., Gao, Y., Hou, E., Huang, W., … Luo, Y. (2023, September 8). LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY, Vol. 9.

2023 journal article
Attributing interannual variability of net ecosystem exchange to modeled ecological processes in forested wetlands of contrasting stand age
Landscape Ecology, 38(12), 3985–3998.

2023 content posted
Carbon Dew Coordinated Response To: The Federal Strategy to Advance an Integrated US Greenhouse Gas Monitoring and Information System
2023 article
Combined Potential of Quarry Waste Fines and Eggshells for the Hydrothermal Synthesis of Tobermorite at Varying Cement Content
Saldia, S. Q., Bacosa, H. P., Vegafria, M. C., Zoleta, J. B., Hiroyoshi, N., Calleno, C. D., … Amparado, R. F. (2023, November 30).
2023 journal article
Mangrove Resource Mapping Using Remote Sensing in the Philippines: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Forests, 14(6), 1080.

2023 journal article
Water use of short-rotation coppice American sycamore (Platanus occidentalis L.) for bioenergy during establishment on marginal land in the North Carolina Piedmont
Agricultural Water Management, 276, 108071.

2022 journal article
Abandoned Fishpond Reversal to Mangrove Forest: Will the Carbon Storage Potential Match the Natural Stand 30 Years after Reforestation?
Forests, 13(6), 847.

2022 journal article
Above-and-Belowground Carbon Stocks in Two Contrasting Peatlands in the Philippines
Forests, 13(2), 303.

2022 journal article
Effects of Spatial Variability and Drainage on Extracellular Enzyme Activity in Coastal Freshwater Forested Wetlands of Eastern North Carolina, USA
Forests, 13(6), 861.

2022 journal article
Environmental and Plant-Derived Controls on the Seasonality and Partitioning of Soil Respiration in an American Sycamore (Platanus occidentalis) Bioenergy Plantation Grown at Different Planting Densities
Forests, 13(8), 1286.

2022 journal article
Integrating Short Rotation Woody Crops into Conventional Agricultural Practices in the Southeastern United States: A Review
Land, 12(1), 10.

2022 article
Long-term monitoring on the dynamics of ecosystem CO2 balance recovering from a clear-cut harvesting in a cool-temperate forest
Eurasian Journal of Forest Research, Vol. 22, pp. 49–51.
2022 journal article
Microbe-iron interactions control lignin decomposition in soil
Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 173, 108803.

2022 conference paper
Sea level rise impacts on wetland forest hydrologic and carbon fluxes in North Carolina, USA
American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting 2022. Presented at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, Chicago, IL, USA.
2022 journal article
The Challenges of Modular Learning in the Wake of COVID-19: A Digital Divide in the Philippine Countryside Revealed
Education Sciences, 12(7), 449.

2022 journal article
The Latin America Early Career Earth System Scientist Network (LAECESS): addressing present and future challenges of the upcoming generations of scientists in the region
Npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, 5(1).

2022 journal article
The Unabated Atmospheric Carbon Losses in a Drowning Wetland Forest of North Carolina: A Point of No Return?
Forests, 13(8), 1264.

2021 conference paper
Crop Coefficients: Evapotranspiration/Grass Reference Evapotranspiration (ETo) for Forests in the Southeastern U.S.
101st Annual Meeting of the American Meteorology Society. Poster presented at the 101st Annual Meeting of the American Meteorology Society. https://forestthreats.org/products/posters/201ccrop-coefficients201d-evapotranspiration-grass-reference-evapotranspiration-eto-for-forests-in-the-southeastern-u.s
2021 conference paper
Dual effects of iron on lignin decomposition: A case study from data-model fusion
American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting 2021. Presented at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA, USA.
2021 journal article
Early Growth of 11 Native and Three Alien Tree Species in Northeastern Mindanao, Philippines
Forests, 12(7), 909.

2021 journal article
Ecosystem Productivity and Evapotranspiration Are Tightly Coupled in Loblolly Pine (Pinus taeda L.) Plantations along the Coastal Plain of the Southeastern U.S.
Ecosystem Productivity and Evapotranspiration Are Tightly Coupled in Loblolly Pine (Pinus taeda L.) Plantations along the Coastal Plain of the Southeastern US. FORESTS, 12(8).

2021 journal article
Effects of land-use change and drought on decadal evapotranspiration and water balance of natural and managed forested wetlands along the southeastern US lower coastal plain
AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY, 303.

2021 journal article
Millennial-Scale Carbon Storage in Natural Pine Forests of the North Carolina Lower Coastal Plain: Effects of Artificial Drainage in a Time of Rapid Sea Level Rise
Land, 10(12), 1294.

2021 journal article
Productivity of low-input short-rotation coppice American sycamore ( Platanus occidentalis L.) grown at different planting densities as a bioenergy feedstock over two rotation cycles
BIOMASS & BIOENERGY, 146.

2021 conference paper
Reframing data assimilation from cyberinfrastructure viewpoint: Experiences and lessons learned from analysis with the MIDA module
American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting 2021. Presented at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA, USA.
2021 journal article
Root Biomass Distribution and Soil Physical Properties of Short-Rotation Coppice American Sycamore (Platanus occidentalis L.) Grown at Different Planting Densities
Forests, 12(12), 1806.

2021 conference paper
Separating the effects of stand age and interannual variability on net ecosystem carbon exchange: Data-Model Fusion in Loblolly Pine
American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting 2021. Presented at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA, USA.
2021 article
Water and carbon cycles are tightly coupled in loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) plantations along the coastal plains of southeastern U.S.
Aguilos, M. (2021, November 30).

2021 journal article
Wetland microtopography alters response of potential net CO2 and CH4 production to temperature and moisture: Evidence from a laboratory experiment
GEODERMA, 402.

2020 journal article
Domesticating Commercially Important Native Tree Species in the Philippines: Early Growth Performance Level
Forests, 11(8), 885.

2020 journal article
Long-term carbon flux and balance in managed and natural coastal forested wetlands of the Southeastern USA
AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY, 288.
Contributors: , B. Mitra *, A. Noormets*, K. Minick n, P. Prajapati *, M. Gavazzi *, G. Sun*, S. McNulty* n

2019 conference paper
Carbon fluxes and balance in managed and natural forested wetlands along the coastal plain of North Carolina
American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting. Presented at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, Moscone Convention Center, San Francisco, California, USA.
2019 conference paper
Impact of harvesting on carbon fluxes and balance in managed vs. natural forests along the coastal plain of North Carolina
Postdoctoral Research Symposium. Presented at the Postdoctoral Research Symposium, NC State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Mf4DYdxTVbVuILHVtMCHqbya0xdLypuA/view
2019 conference paper
Methane Fluxes and Drivers in a Coastal Freshwater Forested Wetland: From the Soil to the Canopy
American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting. Presented at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, Moscone Convention Center, San Francisco, California, USA.
2018 conference paper
Does seasonal drought influence ecosystem transpiration and water use efficiency in a tropilca rainforest?
33rd Conference on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. Presented at the 33rd Conference on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, Boise, Idaho, USA. https://ams.confex.com/ams/33AF12F4BG/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/343738
2018 journal article
Interannual and Seasonal Variations in Ecosystem Transpiration and Water Use Efficiency in a Tropical Rainforest
Forests, 10(1), 14.
Contributors: , C. Stahl *, B. Burban*, B. Hérault *, E. Courtois *, S. Coste *, F. Wagner *, C. Ziegler *, K. Takagi, D. Bonal *

2018 conference paper
Water Uptake patterns in a tropical rainforest ecosystem and consequences on intra-and-inter-annual variations in C flux and balance
Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting. Presented at the Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana. https://eco.confex.com/eco/2018/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/70811
2018 journal article
What drives long-term variations in carbon flux and balance in a tropical rainforest in French Guiana?
Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 253-254, 114–123.
Contributors: , B. Hérault *, B. Burban *, F. Wagner * & D. Bonal * *
2017 conference paper
Solar radiation drives the interannual variations in C fluxes and balance in French Guiana’s tropical rainforest
EGU Meeting. Presented at the EGU Meeting, Vienna, Austria. https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2017EGUGA..19.1840A/abstract
2016 conference paper
French Tropical Forest fluxes: comparison of two eddy flux towers in French Guiana
Assemblée Scientifique et Technique ICOS France. Presented at the Assemblée Scientifique et Technique ICOS France.
2016 conference paper
What drives the interannual variations in C fluxes and balance in a tropical rainforest of French Guiana?
5th International Climate Change Adaptation Congress. Presented at the 5th International Climate Change Adaptation Congress, Toronto, Canada.
2016 conference paper
What drives the interannual variations in carbon fluxes and balance in a tropical rainforest of French Guiana?
American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting. Presented at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, Moscone Convention Center, San Francisco, California, USA.
2015 conference paper
The effect of drought on carbon storage capacity in a tropical rainforest of French Guiana
American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting. Presented at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, Moscone Convention Center, San Francisco, California, USA. https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2015AGUFM.B33C0671A/abstract
2014 journal article
Dynamics of ecosystem carbon balance recovering from a clear-cutting in a cool-temperate forest
Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 197, 26–39.
Contributors: , K. Takagi *, N. Liang *, M. Ueyama *, K. Fukuzawa *, M. Nomura*, O. Kishida *, T. Fukazawa* *
2013 journal article
Sustained large stimulation of soil heterotrophic respiration rate and its temperature sensitivity by soil warming in a cool-temperate forested peatland
Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology, 65(1), 20792.
Contributors: , K. Takagi *, N. Liang *, Y. Watanabe *, M. Teramoto *, S. Goto*, Y. Takahashi *, H. Mukai *, K. Sasa* *
2012 journal article
CO<inf>2</inf> flux estimation for a valley terrain using the atmospheric boundary layer method
Journal of Agricultural Meteorology, 68(3), 165–174.
Contributors: K. Okada *, N. Okada*, S. Urano*, Y. Nishida*, K. Takagi *, * , T. Kobayash *
2012 journal article
Enhanced annual litterfall production due to spring solar radiation in cool-temperate mixed forests of Northern Hokkaido, Japan
Journal of Agricultural Meteorology, 68(4), 215–224.
Contributors: , K. Takagi *, H. Takahashi*, J. Hasegawa*, D. Ashiya*, C. Kotsuka*, A. Naniwa*, R. Sakai* *

2012 thesis
Long-term evaluation on the effect of anthropogenic disturbances to the carbon budget of forests in northern Hokkaido, Japan
(PhD Dissertation, Hokkaido University). https://www.researchgate.net/publication/335106919_PhD_Thesis_M_Aguilos_2012
2012 conference paper
Northern Japan’s cool-temperate forest reaches its carbon compensation point seven years after clearcutting
Proceedings: The 5th EAFES Congress. Presented at the 5th EAFES Congress, Ryukoku University, Otsu, Shiga, Japan. http://www.esj.ne.jp/eafes5/index.html
2011 conference paper
A cool-temperate mixed forest in Northern Japan reaches its carbon compensation point 7 years after clearcutting
Proceedings: Asiaflux Workshop 2011. Presented at the Asiaflux Workshop, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru, Malaysia.
2011 conference paper
An ecosystem compensation for logging in a cool-temperate forest
Proceedings: International Symposium on Agricultural Meteorology 2011. Presented at the International Symposium on Agricultural Meteorology, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan. http://www.isam2011.com/
2011 journal article
Soil warming in a cool-temperate mixed forest with peat soil enhanced heterotrophic and basal respiration rates but Q10 remained unchanged
[Preprint]. Biogeosciences Discuss, 8, 6415–6445.

2011 journal article
Soil warming in a cool-temperate mixed forest with peat soil enhanced heterotrophic and basal respiration rates but Q10 remained unchanged. Biogeosciences Discuss
Biogeosciences Discuss.

2010 conference paper
Soil warming in a cool-temperate mixed forest enhances soil heterotrophic and basal respiration rates but Q10 remians unchanged
Proceedings: Asiaflux Workshop. Presented at the Asiaflux Workshop, Guangzhou, China.
2010 conference paper
Warming effect on the soil heterotrophic respiration in a cool-temperate forest of Northern Japan
Proceedings: International Symposium on Agricultural Meteorology (ISAM 2010). Presented at the International Symposium on Agricultural Meteorology (ISAM), Nagoya, Japan.
2008 report
Small-medium business opportunities on seed production, collection and trade for the tree plantation programs in Eastern Mindanao
[Brochure]. Australia: CSIRO.
2007 newspaper article
Carbon budget in tropical and temperate forests
Aguilos, M., Gamo, M., & Maeda, T. (2007, January). Asiaflux Newsletter.
2006 report
Analyzing carbon fluxes in a severely disturbed forest: A case of Bukit Soeharto, Indonesia
[Final report]. Tsukuba City, Japan: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST).
2006 conference paper
In pursuit towards establishing a flux monitoring station in the Philippines
Proceedings: Asiaflux Workshop 2006. Presented at the Asiaflux Workshop, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
2003 thesis
Rooting variation in three provenances of Dao (Dracontomelon dao (BLCO.) Merr. And Rolfe)
(Master's Thesis). University of the Philippines, Los Banos, Laguna, Philippines.
2002 report
Species-site match mapping for industrial tree plantation species development in selected municipalities of Agusan del Sur, Caraga Region
[Brochure]. Los Banos, Laguna, Philippines: DENR-ERDS Caraga Region, Ambago, Butuan City and DOST-PCARRD.
2002 conference paper
Species-site match mapping for industrial tree plantation species development in selected municipalities of Agusan del Sur, Caraga Region
Proceedings: National Symposium on Forestation Research and Practices. Presented at the National Symposium on Forestation Research and Practices, UPLB College of Forestry and Natural Resources, Philippines.
2001 journal article
Seed technology manual of industrial tree plantation species in Caraga
Techno-Transfer Series, 1(1).
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