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A decision-support framework for evaluating riverine sediment influence on U.S. tidal wetlands
Biogeochemical recovery and role of ancient hydric soils in contemporary floodplain restorations
Soil health metrics for assessment of floodplain restorations
Ameletus Mayflies (Ephemeroptera: Ameletidae) of the Eastern Nearctic
Institute Profile: Stroud Water Research Center
Seasonal and longitudinal dynamics of DOM within headwater streams of a tropical evergreen forest
Quantification of PFAS in soils treated with biosolids in ten northeastern US farms
Synergistic water quality and soil organic carbon sequestration benefits of winter cover crops
Water column nitrogen removal during storms in a low-order watershed
Freshwater salinization: Saltier rivers are a growing concern
Advancing freshwater science with sensor data collected by community scientists
Deep metagenomic sequencing unveils novel SAR202 lineages and their vertical adaptation in the ocean
To achieve the Clean Water Act’s goals, prioritize upstream ecology
Variation in freshwater insect osmoregulatory traits: A comparative approach
Riparian groundwater nitrogen (N) isotopes reveal human imprints of dams and road salt salinization
Delaware River Watershed Initiative Pollution Assessment: Stage 2 Project Report
Depth shapes microbiome assembly and network stability in the Mariana Trench
Watershed sediment cannot offset sea level rise in most U.S. tidal wetlands
A new metric for sunlight exposure in rivers, lakes, and oceans
Facilitation strength across environmental and beneficiary trait gradients in stream communities
Mill dams impact microbiome structure and depth distribution in riparian sediments
Hydrologic implications of projected changes in rain-on-snow melt for Great Lakes Basin watersheds
Atlantic Coast rivers of the northeastern United States
Influence of relict milldams on riparian sediment biogeochemistry
Saturated, suffocated, and salty: human legacies produce hot spots of nitrogen in riparian zones
Respiration regimes in rivers: partitioning source-specific respiration from metabolism time series
Stream nitrogen uptake associated with suspended sediments: a microcosm study
Convergence of biofilm successional trajectories initiated during contrasting seasons
A global synthesis of human impacts on the multifunctionality of streams and rivers
Biophysical heterogeneity, hydrologic connectivity, and productivity of a montane floodplain forest
Deciphering the origin of riverine phytoplankton using in situ chlorophyll sensors
Delaware River Watershed Initiative Pollution Assessment: Stage 1 Project Report
Spatial variability in streambed microbial community structure across two watersheds
A case study of the effects of a school outdoor learning initiative — Spring 2021
Urbanization pressures alter tree rhizosphere microbiomes
Elucidating stream bacteria utilizing terrestrial dissolved organic matter
Effect of decreasing biological lability on dissolved organic matter dynamics in streams
Swimming through the urban heat island: can thermal mitigation practices reduce the stress?
Streambank legacy sediments in surface waters: phosphorus sources or sinks?
Space colonization by branching trachea explains the morphospace of a simple respiratory organ
Widespread cryptic viral infections in lotic biofilms
Spatial heterogeneity in water velocity drives leaf litter dynamics in streams
Niche partitioning of microbial communities in riverine floodplains
Mechanisms of organic matter export in estuaries with contrasting carbon sources
Why some mayfly adults are older and larger: photoperiodic induction of larval quiescence
Teaching Environmental Sustainability – Model My Watershed: curriculum and teacher guide
Sampling aquatic insects – collection devices, statistical considerations, and rearing procedures
Light exposure along particle flowpaths in large rivers
Photodegradation disproportionately impacts biodegradation of semi‐labile DOM in streams
Denitrification and anammox: understanding nitrogen loss from Yangtze Estuary to the East China Sea
Return on environment: the economic value of protected open space in Chester County, Pennsylvania
Essay: making the most of recent advances in freshwater mussel propagation and restoration
Dissolved organic carbon concentrations in White Clay Creek, Pennsylvania, 1977-2017
Building a more scientifically informed community in the Delaware River Basin
Low-cost, open-source, and low-power: but what to do with the data?
Understanding freshwater resource problems
A digital mayfly swarm is emerging
The fate and transport of allochthonous blue carbon in divergent coastal systems
Bison and cattle grazing impacts on grassland stream morphology in the Flint Hills of Kansas
Agricultural policy and practice in the Chesapeake and Delaware Watersheds
Data and models help define effective strategies in the Delaware River Watershed Initiative
Basinwide programs in the Chesapeake and Delaware: similar nature, distinct strategies
Understanding how microbiomes influence the systems they inhabit
Topographic variation in soil erosion and accumulation determined with meteoric 10Be
An interdisciplinary approach to water management
Storm events restructured bacterial community and their biogeochemical potentials
The role of the upper tidal estuary in wetland blue carbon storage and flux
Impacts of stream riparian buffer land use on water temperature and food availability for fish
Impacts of hydrous manganese oxide on the retention and lability of dissolved organic matter
Projected climate change impacts on hydrologic flow regimes in the Great Plains of Kansas
Why adult mayflies of Cloeon dipterum (Ephemeroptera:Baetidae) become smaller as temperature warms
New strategies for measuring rates of environmental processes in rivers, lakes, and estuaries
Geomorphic implications of particle movement by water surface tension in a salt marsh
Influence of experimental extreme water pulses on greenhouse gas emissions from soils
A method for using shoreline morphology to predict suspended sediment concentration in tidal creeks
Conservation Reserve Program mitigates grassland loss in the lesser prairie-chicken range of Kansas
Children’s use of iPads in outdoor environmental education programs
Variation of organic matter quantity and quality in streams at Critical Zone Observatory watersheds
Dissolved organic matter in stream ecosystems: forms, functions, and fluxes of watershed tea
A snapshot on spatial and vertical distribution of bacterial communities in the Eastern Indian Ocean
Mating behavior of Phyllopalpus pulchellus Uhler (Orthoptera: Gryllidae: Trigonidiinae)
Bioaccumulation dynamics of arsenate at the base of aquatic food webs
River conservation, restoration, and preservation: rewarding private behavior to enhance the commons
Observations Data Model 2: a community information model for spatially discrete Earth observations
Resilience of aquatic net-spinning caddisfly silk structures to common global stressors
Nighttime and daytime respiration in a headwater stream
Spider fauna of three geographically isolated wetland types in southwestern Georgia
Head-of-tide bottleneck of particulate material transport from watersheds to estuaries
Spatial patterns in biofilm diversity across hierarchical levels of river-floodplain landscapes
Ecological simplification: human influences on riverscape complexity
Macrophyte complexity controls nutrient uptake in lowland streams
Opinion: endogenizing culture in sustainability science research and policy
Consumption of terrestrial dissolved organic carbon by stream microorganisms
The Role of Critical Zone Observatories in Critical Zone Science
The role of dissolved organic nitrogen in a nitrate-rich agricultural stream
Designing resilient energy education programs for a sustainable future
Elevated major ion concentrations inhibit larval mayfly growth and development
Evaluation of passive samplers for the collection of dissolved organic matter in streams
Comparison of denitrification between river channels and their adjoining tidal freshwater wetlands
The Stream Biome Gradient Concept: controlling factors of streams across broad biogeographic scales
Improved performance of the PacBio SMRT technology for 16S rDNA sequencing
Science, not politics, should guide Clean Water Act clarification
Fragmentation and drying ratchet down Great Plains stream fish diversity
A stressful shortness of breath: molting disrupts breathing in the mayfly Cloeon dipterum
Influence of riparian and watershed alterations on sandbars in a Great Plains river
Systematics and acoustics of North American Anaxipha (Gryllidae: Trigonidiinae)
Community-developed geoscience cyberinfrastructure
No evidence of aquatic priming effects in hyporheic zone microcosms
Does DNA barcoding improve performance of traditional stream bioassessment metrics?
A variable source area for groundwater evapotranspiration: impacts on modeling stream flow
Soil organic matter stability in organo-mineral complexes as a function of increasing C loading
Linking channel hydrology with riparian wetland accretion in tidal rivers
From local to extreme environments (FLEXE): connecting students and scientists in online forums
Influence of nitrate and ammonium availability on uptake kinetics of stream biofilms
Open data: crediting a culture of cooperation
Solute-specific scaling of inorganic nitrogen and phosphorus uptake in streams
Electricity generation from microbial fuel cell using microorganisms as catalyst in cathode
Yellowstone Lake Nanoarchaeota
Blazing and grazing: influences of fire and bison on tallgrass prairie stream water quality
Biological lability of dissolved organic carbon in stream water and contributing terrestrial sources
Ecosystem metabolism and nutrient uptake in Peruvian headwater streams
Hydrologic and biogeochemical controls of denitrification in tidal freshwater wetlands
The effect of tide on the hydrology and morphology of a freshwater river
Present research frontiers in geomorphology
Adaptation of soil microbes during establishment of microbial fuel cell consortium fed with lactate
The scientific names of two common Florida crickets (Orthoptera, Gryllidae)
Abandoned coal mine drainage and its remediation: impacts on stream ecosystem structure and function
Slimy leaves for clean streams: the leaf pack experiment
A meeting of the waters: interdisciplinary challenges and opportunities in tidal rivers
Dietary (periphyton) and aqueous Zn bioaccumulation dynamics in the mayfly Centroptilum triangulifer
The significance of perceptions and feedbacks for effectively managing wood in rivers
Fish community response to habitat alteration: impacts of sand dredging in the Kansas River
Tidal geomorphology affects phytoplankton at the transition from forested streams to tidal rivers
Estimation of dissolved organic carbon contribution from hillslope soils to a headwater stream
Biological lability of streamwater fluorescent dissolved organic matter
Variability in δ15N natural abundance of basal resources in fluvial ecosystems: a meta-analysis
Taxonomic certification versus the scientific method: a rebuttal of Rogers (2012)
Electricity generation from a floating marine microbial fuel cell
Damming the prairie: human alteration of Great Plains river regimes
A DNA barcode library for North American Ephemeroptera: Progress and prospects
An initial investigation into the organic matter biogeochemistry of the Congo River
Scaling the gas transfer velocity and hydraulic geometry in streams and small rivers
Factors controlling water-column respiration in rivers of the central and southwestern Amazon Basin
Gryllus mandevillus (Orthoptera: Gryllidae) is a valid field cricket species
Sustained losses of bioavailable nitrogen from montane tropical forests
Professional development strategies that promote science inquiry teaching and learning
Marine bacterial community response to inorganic and organic amendments in marine sediments
Recent perspectives on temporary river ecology
The initial design of data sharing infrastructure for the Critical Zone Observatory
Resistance and recovery of river biofilms receiving short pulses of Triclosan and Diuron
A rapid fingerprinting approach to distinguish between closely related strains of Shewanella
Optimizing the indirect extraction of prokaryotic DNA from soils
Yellowstone Lake: high energy geochemistry and rich bacterial diversity
Eating local: influences of habitat on the diet of little brown bats (Myotis lucifugus)
No teacher left inside: preparing a new generation of teachers
Summer-winter transitions in Antarctic ponds II: biological responses
Summer-winter transitions in Antarctic ponds I: the physical environment
Improving biogeochemical knowledge through technological innovation
Riverine coupling of biogeochemical cycles between land, oceans, and atmosphere
The Crabby Creek initiative: building and sustaining an interdisciplinary community partnership
Restoring the river discontinuum: looking at the example of beaver dams
Redefining the dam removal paradigm in formerly glaciated forested headwater systems
A preliminary water quality study of the Rio Sierpe and its tributaries (Costa Rica)
Water quality functions of a 15-year-old riparian forest buffer system
Scientific and educational aspects of water quality and stream health in Eastern Pennsylvania
Aquatic invertebrate community structure along an intermittence gradient: Selwyn River, New Zealand
Complexity of secondary scientific data sources and students’ argumentative discourse
Mayfly communities in two neotropical lowland forests
Emerging concepts in temporary-river ecology
Nutrient uptake and mineralization during leaf decay in streams
Global learning communities: science classrooms without walls
Influence of tree shelters on seedling success in an afforested riparian zone
Alternative reference frames in river system science
Electricity production coupled to ammonium in a microbial fuel cell
The potential influence of small dams on basin sediment dynamics and coastal erosion in Connecticut
Mapping a science inquiry unit
Mercury(II) bioaccumulation and antioxidant physiology in four aquatic insects
Water quality in White Clay Creek Watershed from 1991 to 2008
Riparian zone denitrification affects nitrogen flux through a tidal freshwater river
Reconstruction of a daily flow record along a hydrologically complex alluvial river
Untangling the complex issue of dissolved organic carbon uptake: a stable isotope approach
Novel estuarine bacterioplankton in rRNA operon libraries from the Chesapeake Bay
Biome-level biogeography in streambed microbiota
Perceptions of wood in rivers and challenges for stream restoration in the United States
Biophysical controls on organic carbon fluxes in fluvial networks
Protecting headwaters: the scientific basis for safeguarding stream and river ecosystems
Assessing dam removal impacts on downstream geomorphic stability using hydrodynamic modeling
Frontiers and technological advances in microbial processes and carbon cycling in the ocean
From local to extreme environments (FLEXE) pilot activity guide: energy unit
Fractionation of lignin during leaching and sorption and implications for organic matter “freshness”
Diversity and quorum sensing signal production of Proteobacteria associated with marine sponges
High temporal but low spatial heterogeneity of bacterioplankton in the Chesapeake Bay
The Selwyn River of New Zealand: a benchmark system for alluvial plain rivers
Primary productivity and community respiration
Resurrecting the in-stream side of riparian forests
How planting method, weed abatement, and herbivory affect afforestation success
Current conditions of historical mussel habitat in the Flint River Basin, Georgia
Stream insect occupancy-frequency patterns and metapopulation structure
Student argumentative discourse in a seismology unit with different scientific data sources
Primary productivity in receiving reservoirs: links to influent streams
Nutrient spiraling in streams and river networks
Organic matter transport in New York City drinking-water-supply watersheds
Bacterioplankton community in Chesapeake Bay: predictable or random assemblages
Uptake of nutrients and organic C in streams in New York City drinking-water-supply watersheds
Distribution and dynamics of large woody debris and organic matter in a low-energy meandering stream
Molecular tracers of soot and sewage contamination in streams supplying New York City drinking water
Landscape template of New York City’s drinking-water-supply watersheds
Relating major ions and nutrients to watershed conditions across a mixed-use, water-supply watershed
Nitrogen and phosphorus attenuation within the stream network of a coastal, agricultural watershed
Exploring the links between geomorphology and ecology
Enhanced source-water monitoring for New York City: summary and perspective
Long-term studies of aquatic invertebrates: frequency, duration, and ecological significance
Grain-size sorting in meander bends containing large woody debris
Factors contributing to hypoxia in rivers, lakes, and streams
Assessment of stream habitat in the Flint River Basin
Recurring seasonal dynamics of microbial communities in stream habitats
Diverse and unique picocyanobacteria found in the Chesapeake Bay
Atlantic coast rivers of the northeastern United States
Deposition, benthic residence, and resuspension of fine organic particles in a mountain stream
Metaproteomic analysis of Chesapeake Bay microbial communities
Synthesis of 13C-labeled tracer for stream DOC: labeling tulip poplar carbon with 13CO2
Young organic matter as a source of carbon dioxide outgassing from Amazonian rivers
Lateral organization of aquatic invertebrates along the continuum of a braided-floodplain river
Scientific underpinnings of sediment quality guidelines
Using Adopt-a-Stream in the coastal plain: a case study in southwest Georgia
The role of organic matter in structuring microbial communities
Techniques for measuring biodegradable organic matter
Response to commentary by Hardy, Reich, and Tucker
Riparian deforestation, stream narrowing, and loss of stream ecosystem services
Riverine organic matter composition as a function of land use changes, southwest Amazon
Photosynthetic and heterotrophic impacts of nutrient loading to blackwater streams
Application of digital bathymetry data in an analysis of flushing times of two large estuaries
Riparian forest restoration: why each site needs an ecological prescription
Assessment of TOC analytical accuracy
Contributions of microbial biofilms to ecosystem processes in stream mesocosms
Sources and distribution of organic carbon and nitrogen in the Tagliamento River, Italy
Where rivers are born: the scientific imperative for defending small streams and wetlands
Simultaneous analyses of neutral carbohydrates and amino sugars in freshwaters with HPLC-PAD
Effects of current velocity on the nascent architecture of stream microbial biofilms
The Tagliamento River: a model ecosystem of European importance
Habitat structure and Trichoptera diversity in two headwater flood plains, N.E. Italy
Dietary and stable isotope (δ 13C, δ 15N) analyses in alpine stream insects
Coupling of hydrodynamical, biological, and geochemical processes in streambeds
Influence of a large woody debris obstruction on three-dimensional flow structure in a meander bend
Dissolved organic carbon measurement using a modified high temperature DOC analyzer
Dietary and stable isotope (δ 13C, δ 15N) analyses in alpine Ephemeroptera and Plecoptera
Aquatic habitat dynamics along a braided alpine river ecosystem (Tagliamento River, Northeast Italy)
Impacts and recovery from multiple hurricanes in a Piedmont-Coastal Plain river system
The role of monomers in stream ecosystem metabolism
Integrating science and technology to support stream naturalization near Chicago, Illinois
Controls on new production: the role of iron and physical processes
Biogeochemical controls on new production in the tropical Pacific
Riparian forest restoration: increasing success by reducing plant competition and herbivory
Outgassing from Amazonian rivers and wetlands as a large tropical source of atmospheric CO2
Pollutant removal efficacy of three wet detention ponds
Monitoring dissolved organic carbon in surface and drinking waters
The role of sorptive processes in the organic carbon and nitrogen cycles of the Amazon River basin
The processing of bioactive elements by the Amazon River system
Thermal heterogeneity along a braided floodplain river in the Alps (Tagliamento River, N.E. Italy)
Stream water quality following timber harvest in a Coastal Plain swamp forest
Effect of nitrogen and phosphorus loading on plankton in coastal plain blackwater streams
The influence of particle size on the deposition of seston in streams
Physical factors influencing fine organic particle transport and deposition in streams
Estimation of new production in the tropical Pacific
Influence of stream size on ammonium and suspended particulate nitrogen processing
Improved analysis of dissolved carbohydrates in stream water
Organic matter in Bolivian tributaries of the Amazon River: a comparison to the lower mainstem
Trends in evaporation and Bowen Ratio on urbanizing watersheds in eastern United States
Molecular tracers of organic matter sources to surface water resources
Comparison of three TOC methodologies
The effect of formalin and Lugol’s iodine solution on protozoal cell volume
Courtship role reversal and deceptive signals in the long-tailed dance fly, Rhamphomyia longicauda
Surface and subsurface dissolved organic carbon
Grazing of protozoa, bacteria, and diatoms by meiofauna in lotic epibenthic communities
National Climbing Plan B: Study on better quality and disease resistance of marine aquaculture (III)
Review of tropical Asian streams: Zoobenthos, ecology and conservation by D. Dudgeon
Silicon-nitrogen coupling in the equatorial Pacific upwelling zone
Roles of bryophytes in stream ecosystems
Detecting baseflow trends in Coastal Plain streams
The role of microorganisms in the ecological connectivity of running waters
Structure and function of stream biota
A study on induced metamorphosis of larvae of the Bay Scallop Argopecten irradians
Comparison of epilithic algal and bryophyte metabolism in an arctic tundra stream, Alaska
Water quality functions of riparian forest buffer systems in the Chesapeake Bay Watersheds
Turbulent transport of suspended particles and dispersing benthic organisms: how long to hit bottom?
Sulfur and nitrogen budgets for five forested Appalachian Plateau Basins
Organic matter dynamics in White Clay Creek, Pennsylvania, USA
Dissolved carbohydrates in streamwater determined by HPLC and pulsed amperometric detection
Chemical composition of biodegradable dissolved organic matter in streamwater
Biology of Gumaga nigricula (McL.) in a northern California stream
An evaluation of techniques for measuring periphyton metabolism in chambers
Measurement of streamwater biodegradable dissolved organic carbon with a plug-flow bioreactor
Water quality functions of riparian forest buffer systems in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed
Research in tropical streams and rivers: introduction to a series of papers
Present status and future directions of tropical stream research
Concentrations and export of solutes from six mountain streams in northwestern Costa Rica
Egg and larval development times for 35 species of tropical stream insects from Costa Rica
The larvae of Eastern North American Eurylophella Tiensuu (Ephemeroptera: Ephemerellidae)
Blizzard’s effects on Appalachian stream chemistry assessed
A model for seasonal synchrony in stream mayflies
A survey of BOM in US drinking waters
Transport dynamics of fine particulate organic matter in two Idaho streams
Development of a rapid assimilable organic carbon method for water
Rapid assessment approaches in benthic macroinvertebrate biomonitoring studies
Sources and biogeochemistry of terrestrial dissolved organic carbon entering streams
Cycles and spirals of nutrients
Evaluation of utility laboratory personnel performance of a standardized AOC technique
Climate change and the life histories and biogeography of aquatic insects in eastern North America
Periodicity of mate attraction and flight activity of adult caddisflies (Trichoptera)
Use of 14C label to study fine particulate organic matter dynamics in flowing water
Potential for protozoan grazing of bacteria in streambed sediments
Concepts and methods for assessing solute dynamics in stream ecosystems
Nutrients for bacterial growth in drinking water: bioassay evaluation
Science in pictures: the mating of tree crickets
Sequential decision plans, benthic macroinvertebrates, and biological monitoring
Protein relationships among titmice (Parus)
Densities of benthic protozoa and nematodes in a piedmont stream
Activities and ecological role of adult aquatic insects in the riparian zone of streams
Diel emergence, swarming, and longevity of selected adult aquatic insects of a Sonoran Desert stream
Genetic variation in stream mayfly (Insecta: Ephemeroptera) populations in eastern North America
Geographic parthenogenesis in the stream mayfly Eurylophella funeralis in eastern North America
Phosphorus spiralling in rivers and river-reservoir systems: implications of a model
Techniques for demonstrating sex pheromones in Trichoptera
Growth and production of a stream stonefly
Secondary production, emergence, and export of aquatic insects of a Sonoran Desert stream
Acclimation of stream-bed heterotrophic microflora: metabolic responses to dissolved organic matter
Phosphorus spiralling in a woodland stream: seasonal variations
Adenylate energy charge in streambed sediments
Benthic bacterial biomass supported by streamwater dissolved organic matter
Factors influencing life history patterns of aquatic insects
In situ measures of dissolved organic carbon flux in a rural stream
Phosphorus dynamics in a woodland stream ecosystem: a study of nutrient spiralling
Microbial heterotrophic utilization of dissolved organic matter in a piedmont stream
Resource spiralling: an operational paradigm for analyzing lotic ecosystems
The effect of grazing intensity on phosphorus spiralling in autotrophic streams
Diel fluctuations of DOC generated by algae in a piedmont stream
Nutrient spiralling in streams: implications for nutrient limitation and invertebrate activity
Population synchrony in mayflies: a predator satiation hypothesis
Organic carbon spiralling in stream ecosystems
Measuring nutrient spiralling in streams
Patterns of dissolved organic carbon in transport
Life history, developmental processes, and energetics of the burrowing mayfly Dolania americana
Effects of logging on macroinvertebrates in streams with and without buffer strips
Nutrient transport in surface runoff from a subalpine watershed, Lake Tahoe basin, California
Biology, ecophysiology, and energetics of Sigara alternata (Say) in White Clay Creek
Bioenergetic and developmental response of a mayfly to thermal variation
Effectiveness of an artificial substrate for sampling macroinvertebrates in small streams
Epilithic periphyton and detritus studies in a subalpine stream
Evaluation of streamside bufferstrips for protecting aquatic organisms
A diurnally fluctuating thermal system for studying the effect of temperature on aquatic organisms
The productivity, mixing modes, and management of the world’s lakes
Oxygen depletion model for Cayuga Lake
