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J. Denis Newbold, Ph.D.

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Denis Newbold, Ph.D.

Research Scientist Emeritus

Ecosystem Processes Group

Contact

newbold@stroudcenter.org
tel. 610-268-2153, ext. 1227
970 Spencer Road, Avondale, PA 19311

Education

  • Ph.D., Aquatic Ecology, University of California, Berkeley, California.
  • M.S., Hydrology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.
  • B.S., Engineering, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania.

Interests and Expertise

The flow of nutrients (primarily nitrogen, phosphorus, and carbon) to streams and rivers and how those nutrients are processed, transformed, and transported by the stream and river ecosystem.

Professional Experience

  • Research Scientist Emeritus, Stroud Water Research Center, 2011–present.
  • Research Scientist, Stroud Water Research Center, 1993–2011.
  • Assistant Curator, Stroud Water Research Center of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1985–1992.
  • Ruth Patrick Scholar, Stroud Water Research Center, Division of Environmental Research, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 1983–1985.
  • Research Staff Member, Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 1982–1983.
  • Research Associate, Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 1977–1982.
  • Eugene P. Wigner Postdoctoral Fellow, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 1977–1979.

Publications

A multi-year analysis of factors affecting ecosystem metabolism in forested and meadow reaches of a Piedmont stream

Bott, T.L., and J.D. Newbold. 2023. Hydrobiologia 850: 4243–4269.

Essay: making the most of recent advances in freshwater mussel propagation and restoration

Strayer, D.L., J. Geist, W.R. Haag, J.K. Jackson, and J.D. Newbold. 2019. Conservation Science and Practice 1(7):e53.

Stable isotope and conservative tracer data used to estimate uptake of stream water dissolved organic carbon (DOC) through a whole-stream addition of a 13C-DOC tracer coupled with laboratory measurements of bioavailability of the tracer and stream water DOC using lability profiling with bioreactors

Kaplan, L.A., J.D. Newbold, T.N. Wiegner, and M.H. Ostrom. 2019. Environmental Data Initiative.

Nutrient spiraling and transport in streams: the importance of in-stream biological processes to nutrient dynamics in streams

Webster, J.R., J.D. Newbold, and L. Lin. 2016. Pages 179–237 in J.B. Jones and E.H. Stanley, (editors). Streams in a changing environment. Academic Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts. 

The delivery of dissolved organic carbon from a forested hillslope to a headwater stream in southeastern Pennsylvania, USA

Mei, Y., G.M. Hornberger, L.A. Kaplan, J.D. Newbold, and A.K. Aufdenkampe. 2014. Water Resources Research 50(7):5774–5796.

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