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1438

Overview

Bernard J. Cosby is affiliated with the University of Virginia in the United States, specializing in environmental science with a focus on ecology, atmospheric science, soil science, environmental chemistry, and water science and technology. Their research spans several key topics including environmental DNA in biodiversity studies, microbial community ecology and physiology, soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics, soil and water nutrient dynamics, identification and quantification in food, species distribution and climate change, and soil geostatistics and mapping.

Cosby's recent publications cover a range of environmental and ecological issues with notable papers including:

  • Environmental DNA provides higher resolution assessment of riverine biodiversity and ecosystem function via spatio-temporal nestedness and turnover partitioning, 2021, Communications Biology
  • Executing multi-taxa eDNA ecological assessment via traditional metrics and interactive networks, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Analytical modelling of soil porosity and bulk density across the soil organic matter and land-use continuum, 2022, Scientific Reports
  • Patterns and trends of topsoil carbon in the UK: Complex interactions of land use change, climate and pollution, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Multiple soil map comparison highlights challenges for predicting topsoil organic carbon concentration at national scale, 2022, Scientific Reports

The frequent publication venues for Cosby include:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Scientific Reports
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • Communications Biology
  • Environmental Pollution

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Cosby are:

  • Amy Thomas
  • Bridget A. Emmett
  • Mathew Seymour
  • François Edwards
  • Mark de Bruyn

Best Publications

  • The Nitrogen Cascade

    James N. Galloway;John D. Aber;Jan Willem Erisman;Sybil P. Seitzinger

  • A Statistical Exploration of the Relationships of Soil Moisture Characteristics to the Physical Properties of Soils

    B. J. Cosby;G. M. Hornberger;R. B. Clapp;T. R. Ginn

  • Modeling the Effects of Acid Deposition: Assessment of a Lumped Parameter Model of Soil Water and Streamwater Chemistry

    B. J. Cosby;G. M. Hornberger;J. N. Galloway;R. F. Wright

  • Aggregating Fine-Scale Ecological Knowledge to Model Coarser-Scale Attributes of Ecosystems

    Edward B. Rastetter;Anthony W. King;Bernard J. Cosby;George M. Hornberger

  • Modeling the Effects of Acid Deposition: Estimation of Long‐Term Water Quality Responses in a Small Forested Catchment

    B. J. Cosby;R. F. Wright;G. M. Hornberger;J. N. Galloway

  • Forecasting acidification effects using a Bayesian calibration and uncertainty propagation approach.

    Thorjørn Larssen;Ragnar B. Huseby;Bernard J. Cosby;Gudmund Høst

  • Modelling the effects of acid deposition: refinements, adjustments and inclusion of nitrogen dynamics in the MAGIC model

    B. J. Cosby;R. C. Ferrier;A. Jenkins;R. F. Wright

  • Chemical processes governing soil and water acidification

    J. O. Reuss;B. J. Cosby;R. F. Wright

  • Effects of Air Pollution on Ecosystems and Biological Diversity in the Eastern United States

    Gary M. Lovett;Timothy H. Tear;David C. Evers;Stuart E.G. Findlay

  • Acidity promotes degradation of multi-species environmental DNA in lotic mesocosms

    Mathew Seymour;Isabelle Durance;Bernard J. Cosby;Emma Ransom-Jones

  • Shenandoah Watershed Study: Calibration of a Topography-Based, Variable Contributing Area Hydrological Model to a Small Forested Catchment

    G. M. Hornberger;K. J. Beven;B. J. Cosby;D. E. Sappington

  • Modeling the mechanisms that control in‐stream dissolved organic carbon dynamics in upland and forested catchments

    M. N. Futter;D. Butterfield;B. J. Cosby;P. J. Dillon

  • Ecological effects of nitrogen and sulfur air pollution in the US: what do we know?

    Tara L Greaver;Timothy J Sullivan;Jeffrey D Herrick;Mary C Barber

  • Time scales of catchment acidification. A quantitative model for estimating freshwater acidification

    Bernard J. Cosby;George M. Hornberger;James N. Galloway;Richard E. Wright

  • Comparing strengths and weaknesses of three ecosystem services modelling tools in a diverse UK river catchment.

    Katrina Sharps;Dario Masante;Amy Thomas;Bethanna Jackson

  • Experimental Acidification Causes Soil Base-Cation Depletion at the Bear Brook Watershed in Maine

    Ivan J. Fernandez;Lindsey E. Rustad;Stephen A. Norton;Jeffrey S. Kahl

  • Influence of net freshwater supply on salinity in Florida Bay

    William K. Nuttle;James W. Fourqurean;Bernard J. Cosby;Joseph C. Zieman

  • Relationships among substrate, flow, and benthic microalgal pigment density in the Mechums River, Virginia 1

    Paul Tett;Charles Gallegos;Mahlon G. Kelly;George M. Hornberger

  • Recovery of Acidified European Surface Waters

    Richard F. Wright;Thorjørn Larssen;Lluis Camarero;Bernard J. Cosby

  • Modeling the Effects of Acid Deposition: Control of Long‐Term Sulfate Dynamics by Soil Sulfate Adsorption

    B. J. Cosby;G. M. Hornberger;R. F. Wright;J. N. Galloway

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard F. Wright
Richard F. Wright Norwegian Institute for Water Research
George M. Hornberger
George M. Hornberger Vanderbilt University
Alan Jenkins
Alan Jenkins UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
James N. Galloway
James N. Galloway University of Virginia
Chris D. Evans
Chris D. Evans UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Bridget A. Emmett
Bridget A. Emmett Natural Environment Research Council
Charles T. Driscoll
Charles T. Driscoll Syracuse University
Julian Aherne
Julian Aherne Trent University
Rachel Helliwell
Rachel Helliwell James Hutton Institute
Filip Moldan
Filip Moldan Czech Academy of Sciences

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