Ecosystem Ecology Archives

Evaluating the Effects of Watershed-Scale Agricultural Best Management Practices on Water Quality

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August 1, 2023

In early 2020, stream bank fencing, forested buffers, and barnyard improvements were installed on Amish farms in Lancaster County, Pa. The farms are nested in a small watershed drained by…

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Meet Our 2023 Interns

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July 17, 2023

Our interns assist with research and other mission-focused work and gain valuable professional experience and networking opportunities.

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Mill dams impact microbiome structure and depth distribution in riparian sediments

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June 29, 2023

Kan, J., E.K. Peck, L. Zgleszewski, M. Peipoch, and S. Inamdar. 2023. Frontiers in Microbiology 14: 1161043.

Influence of relict milldams on riparian sediment biogeochemistry

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April 3, 2023

Peck, E.K., S.P. Inamdar, M. Peipoch, and A.J. Gold. 2023. Journal of Soils and Sediments 23: 2584–2599.

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A Fresh Look at River Algae in the Delaware River Basin

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February 21, 2023

A novel method to evaluate how algal concentration changes during river floods may be key to more accurately predicting how to keep algae under control.

Saturated, suffocated, and salty: human legacies produce hot spots of nitrogen in riparian zones

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December 7, 2022

Inamdar, S.P., E.K. Peck, M. Peipoch, A.J. Gold, et.al. 2022. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 127 (12): e2022JG007138.

Stream nitrogen uptake associated with suspended sediments: a microcosm study

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October 20, 2022

Bacmeister, E., E. Peck, S. Bernasconi, S. Inamdar, J. Kan, and M. Peipoch. 2022. Frontiers in Environmental Science 10: 1043638.

Nitrogen sinks or sources? Denitrification and nitrogen removal potential in riparian legacy sediment terraces affected by milldams

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October 1, 2022

Peck, E.K., S. Inamdar, M. Sherman, J. Hripto, M. Peipoch, A.J. Gold, and K. Addy. 2022. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 127(10): e2022JG007004.

Backed-up, saturated, and stagnant: effect of milldams on upstream riparian groundwater hydrologic and mixing regimes

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September 28, 2022

Sherman, M., J. Hripto, E.K. Peck, A.J. Gold, M. Peipoch, P. Imhoff, and S. Inamdar. 2022. Water Resources Research 58(10): e2022WR033038.

Effects of relic low-head dams on stream denitrification potential: seasonality and biogeochemical controls

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September 20, 2022

Hripto, J., S. Inamdar, M. Sherman, E. Peck, A.J. Gold, S. Bernasconi, K. Addy, and M. Peipoch. 2022. Aquatic Sciences 84: 60.