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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

Enhanced source-water monitoring for New York City: summary and perspective

Sweeney, B.W., D.B. Arscott, C.L. Dow, J.G. Blaine, A.K. Aufdenkampe, T.L. Bott, J.K. Jackson, L.A. Kaplan, and J.D. Newbold. 2006. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 25(4):1062–1067.

Ecosystem metabolism in Piedmont streams: reach geomorphology modulates the influence of riparian vegetation

Bott, T.L., J.D. Newbold, and D.B. Arscott. 2006. Ecosystems 9:398–421.

Measuring watershed health: training conservation planners how to use biophysical tools for monitoring streams in neo-tropical ecosystems

Sweeney, B.W., et al. 2006. Moore Foundation Peru Project Final Report. Stroud Water Research Center, Avondale, Pennsylvania.

Deposition, benthic residence, and resuspension of fine organic particles in a mountain stream

Newbold, J.D., S.A. Thomas, G.W. Minshall, C.E. Cushing, and T. Georgian. 2005. Limnology and Oceanography 50:1571–1580.

Synthesis of 13C-labeled tracer for stream DOC: labeling tulip poplar carbon with 13CO2

Wiegner, T.N., L.A. Kaplan, J.D. Newbold, and P.H. Ostrom. 2005. Ecosystems 8:501–511.

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