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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1993 - William S. Cooper Award, The Ecological Society of America Riparian vegetation recovery patterns following stream channelization: a geomorphic perspective. Ecology 73:1209–1226.

Overview

Cliff R. Hupp is affiliated with the United States Geological Survey in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with a particular emphasis on ecology and soil science. Additional areas of study include water science and technology as well as earth-surface processes.

The scientist's work encompasses several main topics, including:

  • Soil erosion and sediment transport
  • Hydrology and sediment transport processes
  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Hydrology and watershed management studies
  • Peatlands and wetlands ecology
  • Coastal and marine dynamics

Cliff R. Hupp has contributed to multiple publications and research papers with recurring collaborations involving co-authors such as Gregory B. Noe, Kristina G. Hopkins, Allen C. Gellis, Douglas Moyer, and James S. Webber.

Frequent publication venues for their research include:

  • Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Water
  • Environmental Research Letters
  • Forests
  • Estuaries and Coasts
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America

Among their recent papers are:

  • Sediment dynamics and implications for management: State of the science from long-term research in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, USA (2020), published in Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Water
  • Streambank and floodplain geomorphic change and contribution to watershed material budgets (2022), published in Environmental Research Letters
  • Watershed and Estuarine Controls Both Influence Plant Community and Tree Growth Changes in Tidal Freshwater Forested Wetlands along Two U.S. Mid-Atlantic Rivers (2021), published in Forests
  • Hydrogeomorphic Changes Along mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain Rivers Transitioning from Non-tidal to Tidal: Implications for a Rising Sea Level (2023), published in Estuaries and Coasts
  • PREDICTED EFFECTS OF FUTURE LAND-USE CHANGE ON FLOODPLAIN AND STREAMBANK LOADS OF SEDIMENT AND NUTRIENTS IN THE MID-ATLANTIC US (2020), published in Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America

In 1993, Cliff R. Hupp was awarded the William S. Cooper Award by The Ecological Society of America for research on riparian vegetation recovery patterns following stream channelization from a geomorphic perspective.

Best Publications

  • Riparian vegetation and fluvial geomorphic processes

    Cliff R. Hupp;W.R. Osterkamp

  • Hydrological and geomorphological impacts on riparian plant communities

    Jacob Bendix;Cliff R. Hupp

  • Bottomland Vegetation Distribution along Passage Creek, Virginia, in Relation to Fluvial Landforms

    Cliff R. Hupp;W. R. Osterkamp

  • Riparian vegetation recovery patterns following stream channelization: a geomorphic perspective

    Cliff R. Hupp

  • Hydrology, geomorphology and vegetation of Coastal Plain rivers in the south-eastern USA.

    Cliff R. Hupp

  • CARBON, NITROGEN, AND PHOSPHORUS ACCUMULATION IN FLOODPLAINS OF ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN RIVERS, USA

    Gregory B. Noe;Cliff R. Hupp

  • Fluvial processes and vegetation — Glimpses of the past, the present, and perhaps the future

    Waite R. Osterkamp;Cliff R. Hupp

  • Bank accretion and the development of vegetated depositional surfaces along modified alluvial channels

    Cliff R. Hupp;Andrew Simon

  • Retention of Riverine Sediment and Nutrient Loads by Coastal Plain Floodplains

    Gregory B. Noe;Cliff R. Hupp

  • A model of plant strategies in fluvial hydrosystems

    Gudrun Bornette;Eric Tabacchi;C. Hupp;Sara Puijalon

  • Geomorphic and vegetative characteristics along three northern Virginia streams

    W. R. Osterkamp;C. R. Hupp

  • Temporal and spatial patterns of wetland sedimentation, West Tennessee

    Cliff R Hupp;David E Bazemore

  • FLOODPLAIN GEOMORPHIC PROCESSES AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF HUMAN ALTERATION ALONG COASTAL PLAIN RIVERS, USA

    Cliff R. Hupp;Aaron R. Pierce;Gregory B. Noe

  • The interactions between vegetation and erosion: new directions for research at the interface of ecology and geomorphology

    Waite Osterkamp;Cliff R. Hupp;M. Stoffel;M. Stoffel

  • Large dams and alluvial rivers in the Anthropocene: The impacts of the Garrison and Oahe Dams on the Upper Missouri River

    Katherine J. Skalak;Adam J. Benthem;Edward R. Schenk;Cliff R. Hupp

  • Geomorphic and Vegetative Recovery Processes Along Modified Stream Channels of West Tennessee

    Andrew Simon;Cliff R Hupp

  • Hydrogeomorphology Influences Soil Nitrogen and Phosphorus Mineralization in Floodplain Wetlands

    Gregory B. Noe;Cliff R. Hupp;Nancy B. Rybicki

  • Sources, Transport, and Storage of Sediment at Selected Sites in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed

    Allen C. Gellis;Cliff R. Hupp;Milan J. Pavich;Jurate M. Landwehr

  • Methods for characterizing stream habitat as part of the National Water-Quality Assessment Program

    Michael R. Meador;Cliff R. Hupp;Thomas F. Cuffney;Martin E. Gurtz

  • The Role of the Upper Tidal Estuary in Wetland Blue Carbon Storage and Flux

    Ken W. Krauss;Gregory B. Noe;Jamie A. Duberstein;William H. Conner

  • Riparian Vegetation Patterns in Relation to Fluvial Landforms and Channel Evolution Along Selected Rivers of Tuscany (Central Italy)

    Cliff R. Hupp;Massimo Rinaldi

Frequent Co-Authors

Gregory B. Noe
Gregory B. Noe United States Geological Survey
Ken W. Krauss
Ken W. Krauss United States Geological Survey
Debra A. Willard
Debra A. Willard United States Geological Survey
Gudrun Bornette
Gudrun Bornette University of Franche-Comté
William H. Conner
William H. Conner Clemson University
Milan J. Pavich
Milan J. Pavich United States Geological Survey
Hervé Piégay
Hervé Piégay École Normale Supérieure de Lyon
James E. Pizzuto
James E. Pizzuto University of Delaware
Andrew Simon
Andrew Simon Agricultural Research Service
Markus Stoffel
Markus Stoffel University of Geneva

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