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9267
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2900
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1196

Research.com Recognitions

  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Overview

Donald O. Rosenberry is affiliated with the United States Geological Survey in the United States. Their research is primarily situated within Environmental Science, with significant contributions focused on Environmental Engineering, Water Science and Technology, and Ecology. Additional areas of study include Global and Planetary Change and Geochemistry and Petrology.

The scientist's research topics cover a broad range of environmental and hydrological subjects. This includes groundwater flow and contamination studies, hydrology and watershed management studies, groundwater and isotope geochemistry, geophysical and geoelectrical methods, coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, peatlands and wetlands ecology, and water quality and resources studies.

Rosenberry has published extensively in several frequent venues, including:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Earth-Science Reviews
  • Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Water
  • Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
  • Ground Water

Among recent papers authored or coauthored by Donald O. Rosenberry are:

  • History and evolution of seepage meters for quantifying flow between groundwater and surface water: Part 1 - Freshwater settings (2020) in Earth-Science Reviews
  • Vulnerable Waters are Essential to Watershed Resilience (2022) in Ecosystems
  • Practical Guide to Measuring Wetland Carbon Pools and Fluxes (2023) in Wetlands
  • History and evolution of seepage meters for quantifying flow between groundwater and surface water: Part 2 - Marine settings and submarine groundwater discharge (2020) in Earth-Science Reviews
  • Prioritizing river basins for intensive monitoring and assessment by the US Geological Survey (2020) in Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

The scientist frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including:

  • Carlos Duque
  • R. M. Webb
  • Irena F. Creed
  • David Mushet
  • Sheel Bansal

Donald O. Rosenberry has been recognized as a Fellow of the Geological Society of America, reflecting their standing within the scientific community.

Best Publications

  • Effects of ground water exchange on the hydrology and ecology of surface water.

    Masaki Hayashi;Donald O. Rosenberry

  • THE WETLAND CONTINUUM: A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR INTERPRETING BIOLOGICAL STUDIES

    Ned H. Euliss;James W. LaBaugh;Leigh H. Fredrickson;David M. Mushet

  • Comparison of 15 evaporation methods applied to a small mountain lake in the northeastern USA

    Donald O. Rosenberry;Thomas C. Winter;Donald C. Buso;Gene E. Likens

  • Hydrology of Prairie Pothole Wetlands during Drought and Deluge: A 17-Year Study of the Cottonwood Lake Wetland Complex in North Dakota in the Perspective of Longer Term Measured and Proxy Hydrological Records

    Thomas C. Winter;Donald O. Rosenberry

  • Dynamics of water-table fluctuations in an upland between two prairie-pothole wetlands in North Dakota

    Donald O. Rosenberry;Thomas C. Winter

  • The interaction of ground water with prairie pothole wetlands in the Cottonwood Lake area, east-central North Dakota, 1979–1990

    Thomas C. Winter;Donald O. Rosenberry

  • Evaluation of 11 Equations for Determining Evaporation for a Small Lake in the North Central United States

    Thomas C. Winter;Donald O. Rosenberry;A.M. Sturrock

  • Field Techniques for Estimating Water Fluxes Between Surface Water and Ground Water

    Donald O. Rosenberry;James W. LaBaugh

  • Hydrology of Prairie Wetlands: Understanding the Integrated Surface-Water and Groundwater Processes

    Masaki Hayashi;Garth van der Kamp;Donald O. Rosenberry

  • Surface Deformations as Indicators of Deep Ebullition Fluxes in a Large Northern Peatland

    P. H. Glaser;J. P. Chanton;P. Morin;D. O. Rosenberry

  • Where Does the Ground Water in Small Watersheds Come From

    Thomas C. Winter;Donald O. Rosenberry;James W. LaBaugh

  • The design and use of a hydraulic potentiomanometer for direct measurement of differences in hydraulic head between groundwater and surface water

    Thomas C. Winter;James W. LaBaugh;Donald O. Rosenberry

  • Groundwater ‐ the disregarded component in lake water and nutrient budgets. Part 1: effects of groundwater on hydrology

    Donald O. Rosenberry;Jörg Lewandowski;Karin Meinikmann;Gunnar Nützmann

  • Groundwater - the disregarded component in lake water and nutrient budgets. Part 2: effects of groundwater on nutrients: EFFECT OF GROUNDWATER ON LAKE NUTRIENT BUDGETS

    Jörg Lewandowski;Karin Meinikmann;Gunnar Nützmann;Donald O. Rosenberry

  • A seepage meter designed for use in flowing water

    Donald O. Rosenberry

  • Hydrologic support of carbon dioxide flux revealed by whole-lake carbon budgets

    Edward G. Stets;Robert G. Striegl;George R. Aiken;Donald O. Rosenberry

  • Hydrologic Functions of Prairie Wetlands

    James W. LaBaugh;Thomas C. Winter;Donald O. Rosenberry

  • Carbon budget for a groundwater-fed lake: Calcification supports summer photosynthesis

    Ted A. McConnaughey;James W. LaBaugh;Donald . Rosenberry;Robert G. Striegl

  • Use of an electromagnetic seepage meter to investigate temporal variability in lake seepage.

    Donald O. Rosenberry;Roger H. Morin

  • LAGOS-NE: A multi-scaled geospatial and temporal database of lake ecological context and water quality for thousands of US lakes

    Patricia A. Soranno;Linda C. Bacon;Michael Beauchene;Karen E. Bednar

  • A comparison of thermal infrared to fiber-optic distributed temperature sensing for evaluation of groundwater discharge to surface water.

    Danielle K. Hare;Danielle K. Hare;Martin A. Briggs;Donald O. Rosenberry;David F. Boutt

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas C. Winter
Thomas C. Winter United States Geological Survey
Donald I. Siegel
Donald I. Siegel Syracuse University
Paul H. Glaser
Paul H. Glaser University of Minnesota
Martin A. Briggs
Martin A. Briggs United States Geological Survey
Jeffrey P. Chanton
Jeffrey P. Chanton Florida State University
Martin B. Goldhaber
Martin B. Goldhaber United States Geological Survey
Masaki Hayashi
Masaki Hayashi University of Calgary
Mark Person
Mark Person New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Judson W. Harvey
Judson W. Harvey United States Geological Survey
Robert G. Striegl
Robert G. Striegl United States Geological Survey

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