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
Concentrations and export of solutes from six mountain streams in northwestern Costa Rica
Newbold, J.D., B.W. Sweeney, J.K. Jackson, and L.A. Kaplan. 1995. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 14:21–37.
A model for seasonal synchrony in stream mayflies
Newbold, J.D., B.W. Sweeney, and R.L. Vannote. 1994. Journal North American Benthological Society 13:3–18.
Jackson, J.K., B.W. Sweeney, T.L. Bott, J.D. Newbold, and L.A .Kaplan. 1994. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 51:295–314.
Transport dynamics of fine particulate organic matter in two Idaho streams
Cushing, C.E., G.W. Minshall, and J.D. Newbold. 1993. Limnology and Oceanography. 38:1101–1115.
Sources and biogeochemistry of terrestrial dissolved organic carbon entering streams
Kaplan, L.A., and J.D. Newbold. 1993. Pages 139–165 in T.E. Ford (editor). Aquatic microbiology: an ecological approach. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford, England.
