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Ian Hutton to Speak at The Water’s Edge Gala
Hutton is an island naturalist, conservationist, researcher, ecotourism pioneer, photographer, and the keeper of Lord Howe Island in the South Pacific.
A stream cascade in Lofty Creek, Pennsylvania.
Emerging concepts in temporary-river ecology
Larned, S.T., T. Datry, D.B. Arscott, and K. Tockner. 2010. Freshwater Biology. 55(4):717–738.
A stream cascade in Lofty Creek, Pennsylvania.
Selenium bioaccumulation and maternal transfer in the mayfly Centroptilum triangulifer in a life-cycle, periphyton-biofilm trophic assay
Conley, J.M., D.H. Funk, and D.B. Buchwalter. 2009. Environmental Science & Technology 43:7952–7957.
A stream cascade in Lofty Creek, Pennsylvania.
Hydrological indices for quantifying ecologically relevant flow conditions in intermittent alluvial plain rivers
Schmidt, J., S.T. Larned, D.B. Arscott, and J.C. Diettrich. 2009. Pages 94–102 in M. Thoms, K. Heal, E. Bogh, A. Chambel, and V. Smakhtin (editors). Ecohydrology of surface and groundwater dependent
A stream cascade in Lofty Creek, Pennsylvania.
Mitochondrial lineages and DNA barcoding of closely related species in the mayfly genus Ephemerella (Ephemeroptera:Ephemerellidae)
Alexander, L.C., M. Delion, D.J. Hawthorne, W.O. Lamp, and D.H. Funk. 2009. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 28:584–595.
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The boundless carbon cycle
Battin, T.J., S. Luyssaert, L.A. Kaplan, A.K. Aufdenkampe, A. Richter, and L.J. Tranvik. 2009. Nature Geoscience 2:598–600.
Diagram showing carbon cycling processes.
Scientists Argue Climate Change Mitigation Strategies Fall Short, Ignoring Significant Carbon Cycling Processes of Inland Waters
Streams, rivers, lakes, reservoirs, and wetlands play an important role in the carbon cycle that is unaccounted for in conventional carbon cycling models.
A stream cascade in Lofty Creek, Pennsylvania.
Sequential density fractionation across soils of contrasting mineralogy: evidence for both microbial- and mineral-controlled soil organic matter stabilization
Sollins, P., M. Kramer, C. Swanston, K. Lajtha, T Filley, A.K. Aufdenkampe, R. Wagai, and R.D. Bowden. 2009. Biogeochemistry 96(1–3):209–231.
A stream cascade in Lofty Creek, Pennsylvania.
Photochemical degradation of dissolved organic matter and dissolved lignin phenols from the Congo River
Spencer, R.G.M., A. Stubbins, P.J. Hernes, A. Baker, K. Mopper, A.K. Aufdenkampe, R.Y. Dyda, V.L. Mwamba, A.M. Mazedi, et al. 2009. Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences 114:G03010.
UpStream Newsletter, Summer 2009
UpStream Newsletter, Summer 2009
The International Bar Code of Life project has the potential to revolutionize research, pest and disease control, food safety, and much more.
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Nutrient uptake and mineralization during leaf decay in streams
Webster, J.R., J.D. Newbold, S.A. Thomas, H.M. Valett, and P.J. Mulholland. 2009. International Review of Hydrobiology 94:372–390.
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Influence of tree shelters on seedling success in an afforested riparian zone
Andrews, D.M., C.D. Barton, S. J. Czapka, R.K. Kolka, and B.W. Sweeney. 2010. New Forests 39:157–167.