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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

Streamside forest buffer width needed to protect stream water quality, habitat, and organisms: a literature review

Sweeney, B.W., and J.D. Newbold. 2014. Journal of the American Water Resources Association 50:560–584.

A variable source area for groundwater evapotranspiration: impacts on modeling stream flow

Tsang, Y.P., G. Hornberger, L.A. KaplanJ.D. Newbold, and A.K. Aufdenkampe. 2014. Hydrological Processes 28(4):2439–2450.

Characteristic length scales and time‐averaged transport velocities of suspended sediment in the mid‐Atlantic Region, USA

J. Pizzuto, E.R. Schenk, C.R. Hupp, A. Gellis, G. Noe, E. Williamson, D.L. Karwan, M. O’Neal, J.  Marquard, R. Aalto, and J.D. Newbold. 2014. Water Resources Research 50:790–805.

Solute-specific scaling of inorganic nitrogen and phosphorus uptake in streams

Hall, R.O., Jr., M.A. Baker, E.J. Rosi-Marshall, J.L. Tank, and J.D. Newbold. 2013. Biogeosciences 10:7323–7331.

Ecosystem metabolism and nutrient uptake in Peruvian headwater streams

Bott, T.L., and J.D. Newbold. 2013. International Review of Hydrobiology 98:117–131.

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