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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
40
Citations
11321
World Ranking
5973
National Ranking
2031

Overview

David D. Hart is affiliated with the University of Maine in the United States. Their research is primarily situated within the field of Environmental Science, with a strong focus on several key subfields including Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Civil and Structural Engineering, and Information Systems and Management.

The main topics addressed in their body of work encompass:

  • Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
  • Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Interdisciplinary Research and Collaboration
  • Sustainability in Higher Education
  • Climate Change Communication and Perception
  • Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights

Their recent publications reflect a broad engagement with sustainability science, ecology, and interdisciplinary approaches. Notable papers include:

  • Preparing interdisciplinary leadership for a sustainable future (2020) published in Sustainability Science
  • Science in Indigenous homelands: addressing power and justice in sustainability science from/with/in the Penobscot River (2021) published in Sustainability Science
  • Strengthening the Choice for a Generic Qualitative Research Design (2023) published in The Qualitative Report
  • Size-dependent effects of dams on river ecosystems and implications for dam removal outcomes (2024) published in Ecological Applications
  • Coordinated river infrastructure decisions improve net social-ecological benefits (2020) published in Environmental Research Letters

David D. Hart has contributed frequently to several academic venues, with multiple papers appearing in:

  • Sustainability Science
  • The Qualitative Report
  • Ecological Applications
  • Environmental Research Letters
  • Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America

The scientist has collaborated with a range of researchers, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Christopher G. Boone
  • Gabriele Bammer
  • Kamaljit S. Bawa
  • Jennifer A. Dunne
  • Iain J. Gordon

Best Publications

  • Synthesizing U.S. river restoration efforts

    E Bernhardt;Margaret Palmer;J Allan;G Alexander

  • Standards for ecologically successful river restoration

    M.A. Palmer;E.S. Bernhardt;J. D. Allan;P.S. Lake

  • How dams vary and why it matters for the emerging science of dam removal

    N. Leroy Poff;David D. Hart

  • River flows and water wars: emerging science for environmental decision making

    N. LeRoy Poff;J. David Allan;Margaret A. Palmer;David D. Hart

  • Dam Removal: Challenges and Opportunities for Ecological Research and River Restoration

    David D. Hart;Thomas E. Johnson;Karen L. Bushaw-Newton;Richard J. Horwitz

  • PHYSICAL-BIOLOGICAL COUPLING IN STREAMS: The Pervasive Effects of Flow on Benthic Organisms

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  • Community organization in streams: the importance of species interactions, physical factors, and chance

    David D. Hart

  • Fine‐scale field measurement of benthic flow environments inhabited by stream invertebrates

    David D. Hart;Brian D. Clark;Amal Jasentuliyana

  • Foraging and resource patchiness: field experiments with a grazing stream insect

    David D. Hart;D. D. Hart;W. K. Kellogg

  • MODIFYING DAM OPERATIONS TO RESTORE RIVERS: ECOLOGICAL RESPONSES TO TENNESSEE RIVER DAM MITIGATION

    Angela T. Bednarek;David D. Hart

  • RESOURCE LIMITATION IN A STREAM COMMUNITY: PHOSPHORUS ENRICHMENT EFFECTS ON PERIPHYTON AND GRAZERS'

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  • AN INTEGRATIVE APPROACH TOWARDS UNDERSTANDING ECOLOGICAL RESPONSES TO DAM REMOVAL: THE MANATAWNY CREEK STUDY

    Karen L. Bushaw-Newton;David D. Hart;James E. Pizzuto;James R. Thomson

  • Effects of removal of a small dam on downstream macroinvertebrate and algal assemblages in a Pennsylvania stream

    James Robertson Thomson;D Hart;Donald F Charles;Timothy L Nightengale

  • Grazing insects mediate algal interactions in a stream benthic community

    David D. Hart

  • Restoring watersheds project by project: trends in Chesapeake Bay tributary restoration

    Brooke Hassett;Margaret Palmer;Emily Bernhardt;Emily Bernhardt;Sean Smith

  • Density-dependent dispersal of black fly neonates is mediated by flow

    Dina M. Fonseca;David D. Hart

  • Causes and Consequences of Territoriality in a Grazing Stream Insect

    David D. Hart

  • Habitat diversity and the species—area relationship: alternative models and tests

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  • A Special Section on Dam Removal and River Restoration

    David D. Hart;N. Leroy Poff

  • TURBULENT TRANSPORT OF SUSPENDED PARTICLES AND DISPERSING BENTHIC ORGANISMS : HOW LONG TO HIT BOTTOM?

    James N. McNair;J.Denis Newbold;David D. Hart

  • Experimental studies of exploitative competition in a grazing stream insect

    D. D. Hart

  • Evaluating the spatial resolution of an acoustic Doppler velocimeter and the consequences for measuring near-bed flows

    Christopher M. Finelli;David D. Hart;Dina M. Fonseca

  • Recent Trends in Environmental Impact Assessment

    David M. Rosenberg;Vincent H. Resh;Steven S. Balling;Mark A. Barnby

  • The adaptive significance of territoriality in filter-feeding larval blackflies (Diptera: Simuliidae)

    David D. Hart

Frequent Co-Authors

Dina M. Fonseca
Dina M. Fonseca Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Emily S. Bernhardt
Emily S. Bernhardt Duke University
Margaret A. Palmer
Margaret A. Palmer University of Maryland, College Park
Judy L. Meyer
Judy L. Meyer University of Georgia
N. LeRoy Poff
N. LeRoy Poff Colorado State University
James Robertson Thomson
James Robertson Thomson Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research
Phillip Spencer Lake
Phillip Spencer Lake Monash University
Donald F. Charles
Donald F. Charles Drexel University
James E. Pizzuto
James E. Pizzuto University of Delaware
Brian D. Richter
Brian D. Richter The Nature Conservancy

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