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Alexander D. Huryn is affiliated with the University of Alabama in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions in subfields such as Ecology, Atmospheric Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Environmental Chemistry, and Oceanography.

Their work addresses several main topics including Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Climate change and permafrost, Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology, Crustacean biology and ecology, Cryospheric studies and observations, Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics, and Marine Biology and Ecology Research.

Alexander D. Huryn has authored and co-authored multiple scientific papers in well-regarded journals. Some of their recent publications are:

  • Seasonal Subsurface Thaw Dynamics of an Aufeis Feature Inferred From Geophysical Methods, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface
  • Nutrient enrichment intensifies the effects of warming on metabolic balance of stream ecosystems, 2022, Limnology and Oceanography Letters
  • Motion-triggered laser photography reveals fine-scale activity patterns for burrowing crayfish, 2021, Freshwater Biology
  • Aufeis fields as novel groundwater-dependent ecosystems in the arctic cryosphere, 2020, Limnology and Oceanography
  • R esource supply governs the apparent temperature dependence of animal production in stream ecosystems, 2020, Ecology Letters

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Alexander D. Huryn include:

  • James M. Hood
  • Jonathan P. Benstead
  • Wyatt F. Cross
  • Gísli Már Gíslason
  • Jón S. Ólafsson

Alexander D. Huryn's research has appeared repeatedly in several publication venues, with notable frequency in:

  • Freshwater Biology
  • Ecology
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface
  • Limnology and Oceanography Letters
  • Limnology and Oceanography

Best Publications

  • Length-mass relationships for freshwater macroinvertebrates in North America with particular reference to the southeastern United States

    Arthur C. Benke;Alexander D. Huryn;Leonard A. Smock

  • The effects of amphibian population declines on the structure and function of Neotropical stream ecosystems

    Matt R. Whiles;Karen R. Lips;Cathy M. Pringle;Susan S. Kilham

  • Life History and Production of Stream Insects

    A. D. Huryn;J. B. Wallace

  • EFFECTS OF LAND USE ON STREAM METABOLISM AND ORGANIC MATTER TURNOVER

    Roger G. Young;Roger G. Young;Alexander D. Huryn

  • Interactions between temperature and nutrients across levels of ecological organization.

    Wyatt F. Cross;James M. Hood;Jonathan P. Benstead;Alexander D. Huryn

  • Local Geomorphology as a Determinant of Macrofaunal Production in a Mountain Stream.

    Alexander D. Huryn;J. Bruce Wallace

  • Impervious Surface Area as a Predictor of the Effects of Urbanization on Stream Insect Communities in Maine, U.S.A.

    Chandler C. Morse;Alexander D. Huryn;Christopher Cronan

  • URBANIZATION AFFECTS STREAM ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION BY ALTERING HYDROLOGY, CHEMISTRY, AND BIOTIC RICHNESS

    Michael A. Chadwick;Dean R. Dobberfuhl;Arthur C. Benke;Alexander D. Huryn

  • CHAPTER 29 – Secondary Production of Macroinvertebrates

    Arthur C. Benke;Alexander D. Huryn

  • An appraisal of the Allen paradox in a New Zealand trout stream

    Alexander D. Huryn

  • Ecosystem-level evidence for top-down and bottom-up control of production in a grassland stream system

    Alexander D. Huryn

  • Interannual variation in discharge controls ecosystem metabolism along a grassland river continuum

    Roger G. Young;Alexander D. Huryn

  • Disease-Driven Amphibian Declines Alter Ecosystem Processes in a Tropical Stream

    Matt R. Whiles;Robert O. Hall Jr.;Walter K. Dodds;Piet Verburg

  • Production and litter processing by crayfish in an Appalachian mountain stream

    Alexander D. Huryn;J. Bruce Wallace

  • Comment: Improvements to the diurnal upstream-downstream dissolved oxygen change technique for determining whole-stream metabolism in small streams

    Roger G Young;Alexander D Huryn

  • Catchment land‐use, macroinvertebrates and detritus processing in headwater streams: taxonomic richness versus function

    Alexander D. Huryn;Vivian M. Butz Huryn;Chris J. Arbuckle;Leonidas Tsomides

  • Benthic invertebrate production—facilitating answers to ecological riddles in freshwater ecosystems

    Arthur C. Benke;Alexander D. Huryn

  • Effect of riparian land use on contributions of terrestrial invertebrates to streams

    Eric D. Edwards;Alexander D. Huryn;Alexander D. Huryn

  • Multi-scale determinants of secondary production in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) streams

    N. LeRoy Poff;Alexander D. Huryn

  • Trophic cascades in streams: effects of nutrient enrichment on autotrophic and consumer benthic communities under two different fish predation regimes

    Barry J. F. Biggs;Steven N. Francoeur;Alexander D. Huryn;Roger Young

Frequent Co-Authors

Jonathan P. Benstead
Jonathan P. Benstead University of Alabama
Wyatt F. Cross
Wyatt F. Cross Montana State University
Arthur C. Benke
Arthur C. Benke University of Alabama
J. Bruce Wallace
J. Bruce Wallace University of Georgia
Matt R. Whiles
Matt R. Whiles University of Florida
Linda A. Deegan
Linda A. Deegan Woods Hole Research Center
William B. Bowden
William B. Bowden University of Vermont
Bruce J. Peterson
Bruce J. Peterson Marine Biological Laboratory
Michael N. Gooseff
Michael N. Gooseff University of Colorado Boulder
Martin A. Briggs
Martin A. Briggs United States Geological Survey

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