Water, Energy, and Biogeochemical Budgets (WEBB) Publications, 2009

Publications directly related to one or more WEBB sites

Baron, J.S., Schmidt, T.M., and Hartman, M.D., 2009, Climate-induced changes in high elevation nitrogen dynamics: Global Change Biology, v. 15, p. 1777-1789.

Clark, M., Rupp, D., Woods, R., Tromp-van Meerveld, H.J., Peters, N.E., and Freer, J., 2009, Consistency between hydrological models and field observations: linking processes at the hillslope scale to hydrological responses at the watershed scale: Hydrological Processes, v. 23, no. 2, p. 311-319., DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7154.

Dittman, J.A., Shanley, J.B., Driscoll, C.T., Aiken, G.R., Chalmers, A.T., and Towse, J.E., 2009, Ultraviolet absorbance as a proxy for total dissolved mercury in streams: Environmental Pollution, v. 157, no. 6, p. 1953-1956.

Doherty, J., and Hunt, R., 2009, Two statistics for evaluating parameter identifiability and error reduction: Journal of Hydrology, v. 366, p. 119-127.

Fienen, M., Hunt, R., Krabbenhoft, D., and Clemo, T., 2009, Obtaining parsimonious hydraulic conductivity fields using head and transport observations: A Bayesian geostatistical parameter estimation approach: Water Resources Research, v. 45, no. W08405.

Glynn, P.A., Larsen, M.C., Greene, E.A., Buss, H.L., Clow, D.W., Hunt, R.J., Mast, M.A., Murphy, S.F., Peters, N.E., Sebestyen, S.D., Shanley, J.B., and Walker, J.F., 2009, Selected Achievements, Science Directions, and New Opportunities for the WEBB Small Watershed Research Program, in Webb, R.M.T., and Semmens, D.J., eds, Proceedings of the Third Interagency Conference on Research in the Watersheds: Planning for an Uncertain Future: Monitoring, Integration, and Adaptation: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2009-5049, p. 39-52. (pdf format*, 359 KB)

Murphy, S.F. and Stallard, R.F., 2009, Primary factors affecting water quality and quantity in four watersheds in Eastern Puerto Rico, in Webb, R.M.T., and Semmens, D.J., eds, Proceedings of the Third Interagency Conference on Research in the Watersheds: Planning for an Uncertain Future: Monitoring, Integration, and Adaptation: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2009-5049. Estes Park, Colorado, September 9-11, 2008, p. 251-256. (pdf format*, 756 KB)

Peters, N.E., and Aulenbach, B.T., 2009, Hydrologic pathway contributions to stream fluxes of weathering products at the Panola Mountain Research Watershed, Georgia: Proceedings of the 2009 Georgia Water Resources Conference, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, 8 p.(pdf format*, 1454 KB)

Peters, N.E., and Aulenbach, B.T., 2009, Flowpath contributions of weathering products to stream fluxes at the Panola Mountain Research Watershed, Georgia, in Webb, R.M.T., and Semmens, D.J., eds, Proceedings of the Third Interagency Conference on Research in the Watersheds: Planning for an Uncertain Future: Monitoring, Integration, and Adaptation: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2009-5049, p. 177-185. (pdf format*, 5859 KB)

Scholl, M.A., Shanley, J.B., Zegarra, J.P., and Coplen, T.B., 2009, The stable isotope amount effect: New insights from NEXRAD echo tops: Water Resources Research, v. 45, W12407, doi. 10.1029/2008WR007515. (pdf format*, 388 KB, published by the American Geophysical Union, not subject to U.S. copyright)

Sebestyen, S.D., Boyer, E.W., and Shanley, J.B., 2009, Responses of stream nitrate and DOC loadings to hydrological forcing and climate change in an upland forest of the northeastern United States: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 114, G02002, doi:10.1029/2008JG000778.

Sebestyen, S.D., Shanley, J.B., and Boyer, E.W., 2009, Using High Frequency Sampling to Detect Effects of Atmospheric Pollutants on Stream Chemistry, in Webb, R.M.T., and Semmens, D.J., eds, Proceedings of the Third Interagency Conference on Research in the Watersheds: Planning for an Uncertain Future: Monitoring, Integration, and Adaptation: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2009-5049, p. 171-175. (pdf format*, 328 KB)

Shanley, J.B. and Wemple, B., 2009,  Water quantity and quality in the mountain environment, in Milne, J.E, J. Lemense, and R.A. Virginia, eds., Mountain Resorts: Ecology and the Law. Chapter 4, pp. 65-98. Ashgate Publishing Co., Burlington, Vermont.

Walker, J.F., Hunt, R.J., Markstrom, S.L., Hay, L.E., and Doherty, J., 2009, Using a Coupled Groundwater/Surface-Water Model to Predict Climate-Change Impacts to Lakes in the Trout Lake Watershed, Northern Wisconsin, in Webb, R.M.T., and Semmens, D.J., eds, Proceedings of the Third Interagency Conference on Research in the Watersheds: Planning for an Uncertain Future: Monitoring, Integration, and Adaptation: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2009-5049, p. 155-161. (pdf format*, 1093 KB)

Additional publications related to objectives of the WEBB program:

Böhlke, J.K., and Michel, R.L., 2009, Contrasting residence times and fluxes of water and sulfate in two small forested watersheds in Virginia, USA: Science of the Total Environment, v. 407, no. 14, p. 4363-4377.

Godsey, S., Kirchner, J.W., and Clow, D.W., 2009, Concentration-discharge relationships reflect chemostatic characteristics of catchments: Hydrological Processes, v. 23, p. 1844-1864.

Jencso, K. G., McGlynn, B.L., Gooseff, M.N., Wondzell, S.M., Bencala, K.E., and Marshall, L.A., 2009, Hydrologic connectivity between landscapes and streams: Transferring reach- and plot-scale understanding to the catchment scale: Water Resources Research, v. 45, W04428, doi:10.1029/2008WR007225 29.

Larsen, M.C.,and Webb, R.M.T., 2009, Potential effects of runoff, fluvial sediment and nutrient discharges on the coral reefs of Puerto Rico: Journal of Coastal Research, v. 25, no. 1, p. 189-208. ISSN 0749-0208. (pdf format*, 2723 KB)

Linard, J.I., Wolock, D.M., Webb, R.M.T., and Wieczorek, M.E., 2009, Identifying hydrologic processes in agricultural watersheds using precipitation-runoff models: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2009-5126, 22 p. (pdf format*, 1.57 MB)

Markstrom, S.L., and Hay, L.E, 2009, Integrated watershed scale response to climate change for selected basins across the United States: Water Resources Impact, v. 11, no. 2, p. 8-10.

Peters, N.E., 2009, Effects of urbanization on stream water quality in the city of Atlanta, Georgia, USA: Hydrological Processes, v. 23, no. 20, p. 2860-2878. (2234 KB, published by John Wiley and Sons as a U.S. Government work in the public domain)

Purcell, A.H., Bressler, D.W., Paul, M.J., Barbour, M.T., Rankin, E.T., Carter, J.L., and Resh, V.H., 2009, Assessment tools for urban catchments: Developing biological indicators based on benthic macroinvertebrates: Journal of the American Water Resources Association, v. 45, no. 2, p. 306-319.

Stets, E.G., Striegl, R.G., Aiken, G.R., Rosenberry, D.O., and Winter, T.C., 2009, Hydrologic support of carbon dioxide flux revealed by whole-lake carbon budgets, Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 114, G01008, doi:10.1029/2008JG000783.

Webb, R.M.T., and Semmens, D.J., eds, 2009, Proceedings of the Third Interagency Conference on Research in the Watersheds: Planning for an Uncertain Future: Monitoring, Integration, and Adaptation: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2009-5049. (pdf format*, 34 MB)

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