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Emily S. Bernhardt

Emily S. Bernhardt

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
87
Citations
30512
World Ranking
550
National Ranking
197

Overview

Emily S. Bernhardt is a researcher affiliated with Duke University in the United States. Their work is primarily situated within the field of Environmental Science, with a strong focus on Ecology, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Environmental Chemistry, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Water Science and Technology.

Their research covers a range of topics including:

  • Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
  • Mercury impact and mitigation studies
  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Heavy metals in environment
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics

Emily S. Bernhardt has published extensively, with recent papers including:

  • "River ecosystem metabolism and carbon biogeochemistry in a changing world," 2023, Nature
  • "Light and flow regimes regulate the metabolism of rivers," 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Amazon forests capture high levels of atmospheric mercury pollution from artisanal gold mining," 2022, Nature Communications
  • "Rapid deforestation of a coastal landscape driven by sea-level rise and extreme events," 2021, Ecological Applications
  • "Density declines, richness increases, and composition shifts in stream macroinvertebrates," 2023, Science Advances

The primary publication venues for their work include:

  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • Water Resources Research
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • UNC Libraries
  • Hydrological Processes

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Emily S. Bernhardt are:

  • Matthew Ross
  • Amanda Delvecchia
  • Spencer Rhea
  • Nick Gubbins
  • Michael Vlah

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

  • River restoration, habitat heterogeneity and biodiversity: a failure of theory or practice?

    Margaret A. Palmer;Margaret A. Palmer;Holly L. Menninger;Emily Bernhardt

  • Enhanced root exudation induces microbial feedbacks to N cycling in a pine forest under long-term CO2 fumigation

    Richard P. Phillips;Adrien C. Finzi;Emily S. Bernhardt

  • Ecology for a Crowded Planet

    Margaret Palmer;Emily S. Bernhardt;Elizabeth A. Chornesky;Scott L. Collins

  • Mountaintop mining consequences

    M. A. Palmer;E. S. Bernhardt;W. H. Schlesinger;K. N. Eshleman

  • More than the Ions: The Effects of Silver Nanoparticles on Lolium multiflorum

    Liyan Yin;Yingwen Cheng;Benjamin Espinasse;Benjamin P. Colman

  • Synthetic chemicals as agents of global change

    Emily S Bernhardt;Emma J Rosi;Mark O Gessner;Mark O Gessner

  • Restoring Rivers One Reach at a Time: Results from a Survey of U.S. River Restoration Practitioners

    Emily S. Bernhardt;Emily S. Bernhardt;Elizabeth B. Sudduth;Elizabeth B. Sudduth;Margaret A. Palmer;Margaret A. Palmer;J. David Allan

  • River ecosystem metabolism and carbon biogeochemistry in a changing world

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  • River restoration: the fuzzy logic of repairing reaches to reverse catchment scale degradation

    Emily S. Bernhardt;Margaret A. Palmer;Margaret A. Palmer

  • Increases in the flux of carbon belowground stimulate nitrogen uptake and sustain the long‐term enhancement of forest productivity under elevated CO2

    John E. Drake;Anne Gallet-Budynek;Anne Gallet-Budynek;Kirsten S. Hofmockel;Emily S. Bernhardt

  • Sulfidation of silver nanoparticles: natural antidote to their toxicity.

    Clement Levard;Clement Levard;Clement Levard;Ernest M. Hotze;Ernest M. Hotze;Benjamin P. Colman;Amy L. Dale;Amy L. Dale

  • Twenty-six key research questions in urban stream ecology: an assessment of the state of the science

    Seth J. Wenger;Allison H. Roy;C. Rhett Jackson;Emily S. Bernhardt

  • Long-Term Transformation and Fate of Manufactured Ag Nanoparticles in a Simulated Large Scale Freshwater Emergent Wetland

    Gregory V. Lowry;Benjamin P. Espinasse;Appala Raju Badireddy;Curtis J. Richardson

  • Decreasing uncertainties in assessing environmental exposure, risk, and ecological implications of nanomaterials.

    Mark R. Wiesner;Gregory V. Lowry;Kimberly L. Jones;Michael F. Hochella

  • Effects of Silver Nanoparticle Exposure on Germination and Early Growth of Eleven Wetland Plants

    Liyan Yin;Liyan Yin;Benjamin P. Colman;Bonnie M. McGill;Justin P. Wright

  • Control Points in Ecosystems: Moving Beyond the Hot Spot Hot Moment Concept

    Emily S. Bernhardt;Joanna R. Blaszczak;Cari D. Ficken;Megan L. Fork

  • Stream restoration strategies for reducing river nitrogen loads

    Laura S Craig;Margaret A Palmer;Margaret A Palmer;David C Richardson;Solange Filoso

  • Low concentrations of silver nanoparticles in biosolids cause adverse ecosystem responses under realistic field scenario.

    Benjamin P. Colman;Christina L. Arnaout;Sarah Anciaux;Sarah Anciaux;Claudia K. Gunsch

  • The metabolic regimes of flowing waters

    Emily S. Bernhardt;Jim B. Heffernan;Nancy B. Grimm;Emily H. Stanley

  • River Restoration in the Twenty-First Century: Data and Experiential Knowledge to Inform Future Efforts

    Margaret Palmer;J. David Allan;Judy Meyer;Emily S Bernhardt

Frequent Co-Authors

Margaret A. Palmer
Margaret A. Palmer University of Maryland, College Park
Gregory V. Lowry
Gregory V. Lowry Carnegie Mellon University
Geoffrey C. Poole
Geoffrey C. Poole Montana State University
William H. Schlesinger
William H. Schlesinger Duke University
Jason M. Unrine
Jason M. Unrine University of Kentucky
Mark R. Wiesner
Mark R. Wiesner Duke University
Brian L. McGlynn
Brian L. McGlynn Duke University
Michael F. Hochella
Michael F. Hochella Virginia Tech
Cole W. Matson
Cole W. Matson Baylor University
James B. Heffernan
James B. Heffernan Duke University

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