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  1. Forest recovery after deforestation is fueled by mineral weathering at the expense of ecosystem buffering capacity

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, October 2025, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Emily S Bernhardt

  2. Light and flow regimes regulate the metabolism of rivers

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, February 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Emily S Bernhardt

  3. Amazon forests capture high levels of atmospheric mercury pollution from artisanal gold mining

    Article • Nature Communications, January 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Emily S Bernhardt

  4. Saltwater intrusion in context: soil factors regulate impacts of salinity on soil carbon cycling

    Article • Biodegradation, November 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Emily S Bernhardt

  5. Hypoxia dynamics and spatial distribution in a low gradient river

    Article • Limnology and Oceanography, April 2021, Wiley

    Emily S Bernhardt

  6. Artificial lake expansion amplifies mercury pollution from gold mining

    Article • Science Advances, November 2020, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Emily S Bernhardt

  7. Thinking like a consumer: Linking aquatic basal metabolism and consumer dynamics

    Article • Limnology and Oceanography Letters, October 2020, Wiley

    Emily S Bernhardt

  8. Subsidized or stressed? Shifts in freshwater benthic microbial metagenomics along a gradient of alkaline coal mine drainage

    Article • Limnology and Oceanography, January 2020, Wiley

    Emily S Bernhardt

  9. Emergent productivity regimes of river networks

    Article • Limnology and Oceanography Letters, August 2019, Wiley

    Emily S Bernhardt

  10. Metabolic rhythms in flowing waters: An approach for classifying river productivity regimes

    Article • Limnology and Oceanography, March 2019, Wiley

    Emily S Bernhardt

  11. Scoured or suffocated: Urban stream ecosystems oscillate between hydrologic and dissolved oxygen extremes

    Article • Limnology and Oceanography, December 2018, Wiley

    Emily S Bernhardt

  12. Dosing, Not the Dose: Comparing Chronic and Pulsed Silver Nanoparticle Exposures

    Article • Environmental Science & Technology, August 2018, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Emily S Bernhardt

  13. The metabolic regimes of flowing waters

    Article • Limnology and Oceanography, October 2017, Wiley

    Brian Roberts, Nancy B Grimm, Emily S Bernhardt

  14. Effects of mountaintop removal coal mining on the diversity and secondary productivity of Appalachian rivers

    Article • Limnology and Oceanography, March 2017, Wiley

    Emily S Bernhardt

  15. Selenium Ecotoxicology in Freshwater Lakes Receiving Coal Combustion Residual Effluents: A North Carolina Example

    Article • Environmental Science & Technology, February 2017, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Emily S Bernhardt

  16. Synthetic chemicals as agents of global change

    Article • Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, January 2017, Wiley

    Emily S Bernhardt

  17. Control Points in Ecosystems: Moving Beyond the Hot Spot Hot Moment Concept

    Article • Ecosystems, January 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Emily S Bernhardt

  18. The Precision Problem in Conservation and Restoration

    Article • Trends in Ecology & Evolution, November 2016, Elsevier

    Emily S Bernhardt

  19. Invasive species’ leaf traits and dissimilarity from natives shape their impact on nitrogen cycling: a meta‐analysis

    Article • New Phytologist, August 2016, Wiley

    Emily S Bernhardt

  20. Phytotoxicity of soluble graphitic nanofibers to model plant species

    Article • Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, July 2016, Wiley

    Emily S Bernhardt

  21. Outdoor urban nanomaterials: The emergence of a new, integrated, and critical field of study

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, July 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Mohammed Baalousha, Dr Mohammed Baalousha, Emily S Bernhardt

  22. Hydro‐Climatological Influences on Long‐Term Dissolved Organic Carbon in a Mountain Stream of the Southeastern United States

    Article • Journal of Environmental Quality, July 2016, Wiley

    Emily S Bernhardt

  23. Acid rain mitigation experiment shifts a forested watershed from a net sink to a net source of nitrogen

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, June 2016, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Emily S Bernhardt

  24. Frontiers in Ecosystem Ecology from a Community Perspective: The Future is Boundless and Bright

    Article • Ecosystems, February 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Kate A Brauman, Nancy B Grimm, Emily S Bernhardt

  25. Deep Impact: Effects of Mountaintop Mining on Surface Topography, Bedrock Structure, and Downstream Waters

    Article • Environmental Science & Technology, February 2016, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Matt Ross, Emily S Bernhardt

  26. Drought and saltwater incursion synergistically reduce dissolved organic carbon export from coastal freshwater wetlands

    Article • Biodegradation, February 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Emily S Bernhardt

  27. Downstream Dissipation of Storm Flow Heat Pulses: A Case Study and its Landscape-Level Implications

    Article • JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association, January 2016, Wiley

    Emily S Bernhardt

  28. Designer Ecosystems: Incorporating Design Approaches into Applied Ecology

    Article • Annual Review of Environment and Resources, November 2015, Annual Reviews

    Mr Matthew Richard Voss Ross, Matt Ross, Emily S Bernhardt

  29. Linking microbial community structure and microbial processes: an empirical and conceptual overview

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Ecology, September 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Emily S Bernhardt

  30. Thermodynamic constraints on the utility of ecological stoichiometry for explaining global biogeochemical patterns

    Article • Ecology Letters, August 2015, Wiley

    Emily S Bernhardt

  31. Reducing Environmental Toxicity of Silver Nanoparticles through Shape Control

    Article • Environmental Science & Technology, July 2015, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Emily S Bernhardt

  32. Mechanisms driving the seasonality of catchment scale nitrate export: Evidence for riparian ecohydrologic controls

    Article • Water Resources Research, June 2015, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Emily S Bernhardt

  33. From a line in the sand to a landscape of decisions: a hierarchical diversity decision framework for estimating and communicating biodiversity loss along anthropogenic gradients

    Article • Methods in Ecology and Evolution, April 2015, Wiley

    Mr Kristofor A. Voss, Emily S Bernhardt

  34. Dissolved organic carbon lability increases with water residence time in the alluvial aquifer of a river floodplain ecosystem

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences, April 2015, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Emily S Bernhardt

  35. Microchemical analysis of selenium in otoliths of two West Virginia fishes captured near mountaintop removal coal mining operations

    Article • Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, March 2015, Wiley

    Matt Ross, Emily S Bernhardt

  36. Importance of a Nanoscience Approach in the Understanding of Major Aqueous Contamination Scenarios: Case Study from a Recent Coal Ash Spill

    Article • Environmental Science & Technology, February 2015, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Emily S Bernhardt

  37. Bacterial community responses to a gradient of alkaline mountaintop mine drainage in Central Appalachian streams

    Article • The ISME Journal, December 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Mr Kristofor A. Voss, Emily S Bernhardt

  38. A generalized optimization model of microbially driven aquatic biogeochemistry based on thermodynamic, kinetic, and stoichiometric ecological theory

    Article • Ecological Modelling, December 2014, Elsevier

    Emily S Bernhardt

  39. Iron clad wetlands: Soil iron‐sulfur buffering determines coastal wetland response to salt water incursion

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences, December 2014, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Emily S Bernhardt

  40. Floodplain biogeochemical mosaics: A multidimensional view of alluvial soils

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences, August 2014, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Emily S Bernhardt

  41. Biogeochemical regime shifts in coastal landscapes: the contrasting effects of saltwater incursion and agricultural pollution on greenhouse gas emissions from a freshwater wetland

    Article • Biodegradation, May 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Emily S Bernhardt

  42. Emerging Contaminant or an Old Toxin in Disguise? Silver Nanoparticle Impacts on Ecosystems

    Article • Environmental Science & Technology, April 2014, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Emily S Bernhardt

  43. The role of vegetation in methane flux to the atmosphere: should vegetation be included as a distinct category in the global methane budget?

    Article • Biodegradation, March 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Emily S Bernhardt

  44. Urban stream denitrifier communities are linked to lower functional resistance to multiple stressors associated with urbanization

    Article • Hydrobiologia, November 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Emily S Bernhardt

  45. Sulfidation of Silver Nanoparticles: Natural Antidote to Their Toxicity

    Article • Environmental Science & Technology, November 2013, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Emily S Bernhardt

  46. Cleaner Lakes Are Dirtier Lakes

    Article • Science, October 2013, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Emily S Bernhardt

  47. Drought-induced saltwater incursion leads to increased wetland nitrogen export

    Article • Global Change Biology, August 2013, Wiley

    Emily S Bernhardt

  48. Estimating Above-Ground Carbon Biomass in a Newly Restored Coastal Plain Wetland Using Remote Sensing

    Article • PLOS One, June 2013, PLOS

    Emily S Bernhardt

  49. Nitrate in watersheds: Straight from soils to streams?

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences, March 2013, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Emily S Bernhardt

  50. Streams in the urban heat island: spatial and temporal variability in temperature

    Article • Freshwater Science, March 2013, University of Chicago Press

    Emily S Bernhardt

  51. Low Concentrations of Silver Nanoparticles in Biosolids Cause Adverse Ecosystem Responses under Realistic Field Scenario

    Article • PLOS One, February 2013, PLOS

    Emily S Bernhardt

  52. Using 15N tracers to estimate N2O and N2 emissions from nitrification and denitrification in coastal plain wetlands under contrasting land-uses

    Article • Soil Biology and Biochemistry, February 2013, Elsevier

    Emily S Bernhardt

  53. Biogeochemistry

    Article • January 2013, Elsevier

    Emily S Bernhardt

  54. Impacts of dreissenid mussel invasions on chlorophyll and total phosphorus in 25 lakes in the USA

    Article • Freshwater Biology, November 2012, Wiley

    Emily S Bernhardt

  55. The interactive effects of excess reactive nitrogen and climate change on aquatic ecosystems and water resources of the United States

    Article • Biodegradation, October 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Emily S Bernhardt

  56. Effects of Silver Nanoparticle Exposure on Germination and Early Growth of Eleven Wetland Plants

    Article • PLOS One, October 2012, PLOS

    Emily S Bernhardt

  57. Long-term data reveal patterns and controls on stream water chemistry in a forested stream: Walker Branch, Tennessee

    Article • Ecological Monographs, August 2012, Wiley

    Emily S Bernhardt

  58. How Many Mountains Can We Mine? Assessing the Regional Degradation of Central Appalachian Rivers by Surface Coal Mining

    Article • Environmental Science & Technology, July 2012, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Emily S Bernhardt

  59. Roots and fungi accelerate carbon and nitrogen cycling in forests exposed to elevated CO2

    Article • Ecology Letters, July 2012, Wiley

    Emily S Bernhardt

  60. Long-Term Transformation and Fate of Manufactured Ag Nanoparticles in a Simulated Large Scale Freshwater Emergent Wetland

    Article • Environmental Science & Technology, July 2012, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Emily S Bernhardt

  61. Using environmental variables and soil processes to forecast denitrification potential and nitrous oxide fluxes in coastal plain wetlands across different land uses

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, June 2012, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Emily S Bernhardt

  62. Antimicrobial effects of commercial silver nanoparticles are attenuated in natural streamwater and sediment

    Article • Ecotoxicology, May 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Emily S Bernhardt

  63. Development and Application of a Simulation Environment (NEO) for Integrating Empirical and Computational Investigations of System-Level Complexity

    Article • May 2012, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Emily S Bernhardt

  64. Greenhouse gas fluxes in southeastern U.S. coastal plain wetlands under contrasting land uses

    Article • Ecological Applications, January 2012, Wiley

    Emily S Bernhardt

  65. Cumulative impacts of mountaintop mining on an Appalachian watershed

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, December 2011, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Emily S Bernhardt

  66. Distinguishing dynamics of dissolved organic matter components in a forested stream using kinetic enrichments

    Article • Limnology and Oceanography, November 2011, Wiley

    Emily S Bernhardt, Brian Roberts

  67. Can algal uptake stop NO3− pollution?

    Article • Nature, September 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Emily S Bernhardt

  68. Effects of urbanization and urban stream restoration on the physical and biological structure of stream ecosystems

    Article • Ecological Applications, September 2011, Wiley

    Emily S Bernhardt

  69. Evaluating River Restoration1

    Article • Ecological Applications, September 2011, Wiley

    Emily S Bernhardt

  70. River restoration: the fuzzy logic of repairing reaches to reverse catchment scale degradation

    Article • Ecological Applications, September 2011, Wiley

    Emily S Bernhardt

  71. Testing the Field of Dreams Hypothesis: functional responses to urbanization and restoration in stream ecosystems

    Article • Ecological Applications, September 2011, Wiley

    Emily S Bernhardt

  72. Watershed Urbanization Alters the Composition and Function of Stream Bacterial Communities

    Article • PLOS One, August 2011, PLOS

    Emily S Bernhardt

  73. Macroinvertebrate community responses to a dewatering disturbance gradient in a restored stream

    Article • Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, June 2011, Copernicus GmbH

    Emily S Bernhardt

  74. Examining the coupling of carbon and nitrogen cycles in Appalachian streams: the role of dissolved organic nitrogen

    Article • Ecology, March 2011, Wiley

    Emily S Bernhardt, Brian Roberts

  75. The environmental costs of mountaintop mining valley fill operations for aquatic ecosystems of the Central Appalachians

    Article • Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, March 2011, Wiley

    Emily S Bernhardt

  76. Toxicity Reduction of Polymer-Stabilized Silver Nanoparticles by Sunlight

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, March 2011, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Emily S Bernhardt

  77. More than the Ions: The Effects of Silver Nanoparticles on Lolium multiflorum

    Article • Environmental Science & Technology, February 2011, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Emily S Bernhardt

  78. Increases in the flux of carbon belowground stimulate nitrogen uptake and sustain the long-term enhancement of forest productivity under elevated CO2

    Article • Ecology Letters, February 2011, Wiley

    Emily S Bernhardt

  79. Enhanced root exudation induces microbial feedbacks to N cycling in a pine forest under long-term CO2 fumigation

    Article • Ecology Letters, December 2010, Wiley

    Emily S Bernhardt

  80. What is a stream?

    Article • Environmental Science & Technology, December 2010, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Emily S Bernhardt

  81. Phosphorus export from a restored wetland ecosystem in response to natural and experimental hydrologic fluctuations

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, December 2010, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Emily S Bernhardt

  82. An Ecological Perspective on Nanomaterial Impacts in the Environment

    Article • Journal of Environmental Quality, November 2010, Wiley

    Emily S Bernhardt

  83. Environmental Occurrences, Behavior, Fate, and Ecological Effects of Nanomaterials: An Introduction to the Special Series

    Article • Journal of Environmental Quality, November 2010, Wiley

    Emily S Bernhardt

  84. Thinking outside the channel: modeling nitrogen cycling in networked river ecosystems

    Article • Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, September 2010, Wiley

    Emily S Bernhardt

  85. The Water Quality Consequences of Restoring Wetland Hydrology to a Large Agricultural Watershed in the Southeastern Coastal Plain

    Article • Ecosystems, September 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Emily S Bernhardt

  86. Mountaintop Mining Consequences

    Article • Science, January 2010, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Emily S Bernhardt

  87. River restoration, habitat heterogeneity and biodiversity: a failure of theory or practice?

    Article • Freshwater Biology, January 2010, Wiley

    Emily S Bernhardt

  88. Twenty-six key research questions in urban stream ecology: an assessment of the state of the science

    Article • Journal of the North American Benthological Society, December 2009, University of Chicago Press

    Emily S Bernhardt

  89. Elevated CO2 increases root exudation from loblolly pine (Pinus taeda) seedlings as an N-mediated response

    Article • Tree Physiology, October 2009, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Emily S Bernhardt

  90. Decreasing Uncertainties in Assessing Environmental Exposure, Risk, and Ecological Implications of Nanomaterials†‡

    Article • Environmental Science & Technology, September 2009, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Emily S Bernhardt

  91. Restoring biodiversity and ecosystem function: will an integrated approach improve results?

    Article • July 2009, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Emily S Bernhardt

  92. Restoring Rivers and Streams

    Article • March 2009, Wiley

    Emily S Bernhardt

  93. New approach for capturing soluble root exudates in forest soils

    Article • Functional Ecology, December 2008, Wiley

    Emily S Bernhardt

  94. Stream restoration strategies for reducing river nitrogen loads

    Article • Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, December 2008, Wiley

    Emily S Bernhardt

  95. Twenty years apart: Comparisons of DOM uptake during leaf leachate releases to Hubbard Brook Valley streams in 1979 versus 2000

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, September 2008, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Emily S Bernhardt

  96. Hydrologic spiralling: the role of multiple interactive flow paths in stream ecosystems

    Article • River Research and Applications, September 2008, Wiley

    Emily S Bernhardt

  97. Understanding, Managing, and Minimizing Urban Impacts on Surface Water Nitrogen Loading

    Article • Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, June 2008, Wiley

    Emily S Bernhardt

  98. ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROLS ON THE LANDSCAPE-SCALE BIOGEOGRAPHY OF STREAM BACTERIAL COMMUNITIES

    Article • Ecology, September 2007, Wiley

    Emily S Bernhardt

  99. Evaluating Stream Restoration in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed through Practitioner Interviews

    Article • Restoration Ecology, July 2007, Wiley

    Emily S Bernhardt

  100. Restoring Rivers One Reach at a Time: Results from a Survey of U.S. River Restoration Practitioners

    Article • Restoration Ecology, July 2007, Wiley

    Emily S Bernhardt

  101. River and Riparian Restoration in the Southwest: Results of the National River Restoration Science Synthesis Project

    Article • Restoration Ecology, July 2007, Wiley

    Emily S Bernhardt

  102. River Restoration in the Twenty‐First Century: Data and Experiential Knowledge to Inform Future Efforts

    Article • Restoration Ecology, July 2007, Wiley

    Emily S Bernhardt

  103. Stream Restoration Practices in the Southeastern United States

    Article • Restoration Ecology, July 2007, Wiley

    Emily S Bernhardt

  104. Two Decades of River Restoration in California: What Can We Learn?

    Article • Restoration Ecology, July 2007, Wiley

    Emily S Bernhardt

  105. Restoring streams in an urbanizing world

    Article • Freshwater Biology, April 2007, Wiley

    Emily S Bernhardt

  106. Forest age, wood and nutrient dynamics in headwater streams of the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, NH

    Article • Earth Surface Processes, January 2007, Wiley

    Emily S Bernhardt

  107. Perspective: The challenge of ecologically sustainable water management

    Article • Water Policy, October 2006, IWA Publishing

    Emily S Bernhardt

  108. Stream Restoration Databases and Case Studies: A Guide to Information Resources and Their Utility in Advancing the Science and Practice of Restoration

    Article • Restoration Ecology, June 2006, Wiley

    Emily S Bernhardt

  109. Hydroecology and river restoration: Ripe for research and synthesis

    Article • Water Resources Research, February 2006, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Emily S Bernhardt

  110. Global change: The nitrogen cycle and rivers

    Article • Water Resources Research, February 2006, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Emily S Bernhardt

  111. Long-term Effects of Free Air CO2 Enrichment (FACE) on Soil Respiration

    Article • Biodegradation, January 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Emily S Bernhardt

  112. Synthesizing U.S. River Restoration Efforts

    Article • Science, April 2005, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Emily S Bernhardt

  113. Standards for ecologically successful river restoration

    Article • Journal of Applied Ecology, March 2005, Wiley

    Emily S Bernhardt

  114. Buffering an Acidic Stream in New Hampshire with a Silicate Mineral

    Article • Restoration Ecology, September 2004, Wiley

    Emily S Bernhardt

  115. Ecology for a Crowded Planet

    Article • Science, May 2004, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Emily S Bernhardt

  116. A multiyear synthesis of soil respiration responses to elevated atmospheric CO2 from four forest FACE experiments

    Article • Global Change Biology, May 2004, Wiley

    Emily S Bernhardt

  117. Correction

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, April 2004, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Emily S Bernhardt

  118. Controls on periphyton biomass in heterotrophic streams

    Article • Freshwater Biology, January 2004, Wiley

    Emily S Bernhardt

  119. Nitrogen Dynamics in Ice Storm-Damaged Forest Ecosystems: Implications for Nitrogen Limitation Theory

    Article • Ecosystems, October 2003, Springer Science + Business Media

    Emily S Bernhardt

  120. In-stream uptake dampens effects of major forest disturbance on watershed nitrogen export

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, July 2003, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Emily S Bernhardt

  121. Whole-system Estimates of Nitrification and Nitrate Uptake in Streams of the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest

    Article • Ecosystems, August 2002, Springer Science + Business Media

    Emily S Bernhardt

  122. Biogeochemical responses of two forest streams to a 2-month calcium addition

    Article • Freshwater Biology, March 2001, Wiley

    Emily S Bernhardt