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35
Citations
4185
World Ranking
7692
National Ranking
2610

Overview

Laura K. Lautz is affiliated with Syracuse University in the United States and works primarily in the field of Environmental Science. Their research spans various subfields including Ecology, Environmental Engineering, Water Science and Technology, Plant Science, and Environmental Chemistry.

Their work focuses on several main topics such as:

  • Ecology and biodiversity studies
  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
  • Urban Stormwater Management Solutions
  • Botany and Plant Ecology Studies
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics

Significant recent publications by Lautz include:

  • "Beaver dam analogues drive heterogeneous groundwater-surface water interactions," 2020, Hydrological Processes
  • "Impact of beaver dam analogues on hydrology in a semi-arid floodplain," 2021, Hydrological Processes
  • "Short-term impact of beaver dam analogues on streambank erosion and deposition in Semi-Arid landscapes of the Western USA," 2021, River Research and Applications
  • "Evaluating the geomorphic channel response to beaver dam analog installation using unoccupied aerial vehicles," 2021, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
  • "Legacy effects of cemeteries on groundwater quality and nitrate loads to a headwater stream," 2020, Environmental Research Letters

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Lautz include:

  • Christa Kelleher
  • P. Vidon
  • Julianne Davis
  • Casey Pearce
  • Julio Beltran

Their research has been published multiple times in venues such as HydroShare Resources, Hydrological Processes, Environmental Research Letters, Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America, and River Research and Applications. Lautz has contributed notably to environmental science topics involving hydrology and watershed management as well as ecosystem studies in various landscapes.

Best Publications

  • Modeling surface and ground water mixing in the hyporheic zone using MODFLOW and MT3D

    Laura K. Lautz;Donald I. Siegel

  • Using high-resolution distributed temperature sensing to quantify spatial and temporal variability in vertical hyporheic flux

    Martin A. Briggs;Laura K. Lautz;Jeffrey M. McKenzie;Ryan P. Gordon

  • Automated calculation of vertical pore-water flux from field temperature time series using the VFLUX method and computer program

    Ryan P. Gordon;Laura K. Lautz;Martin A. Briggs;Jeffrey M. McKenzie

  • Seasonal biogeochemical hotspots in the streambed around restoration structures

    L. K. Lautz;R. M. Fanelli

  • Impacts of nonideal field conditions on vertical water velocity estimates from streambed temperature time series

    Laura K. Lautz

  • Impact of debris dams on hyporheic interaction along a semi-arid stream

    Laura K. Lautz;Donald I. Siegel;Robert L. Bauer

  • Patterns of Water, Heat, and Solute Flux through Streambeds around Small Dams

    Rosemary M. Fanelli;Laura K. Lautz

  • Estimating groundwater evapotranspiration rates using diurnal water-table fluctuations in a semi-arid riparian zone

    Laura K. Lautz

  • A comparison of fibre-optic distributed temperature sensing to traditional methods of evaluating groundwater inflow to streams

    Martin A. Briggs;Laura K. Lautz;Jeffrey M. McKenzie

  • Glacier loss and hydro-social risks in the Peruvian Andes

    Bryan G. Mark;Adam French;Michel Baraer;Mark Carey

  • Residence time control on hot moments of net nitrate production and uptake in the hyporheic zone

    Martin A. Briggs;Laura K. Lautz;Danielle K. Hare;Danielle K. Hare

  • Practical limitations on the use of diurnal temperature signals to quantify groundwater upwelling

    Martin A. Briggs;Laura K. Lautz;Sean F. Buckley;John W. Lane

  • Experimental evaluation of the applicability of phase, amplitude, and combined methods to determine water flux and thermal diffusivity from temperature time series using VFLUX 2.

    Dylan J. Irvine;Dylan J. Irvine;Laura K. Lautz;Martin A. Briggs;Ryan P. Gordon

  • The effect of transient storage on nitrate uptake lengths in streams: an inter‐site comparison

    Laura K. Lautz;Donald I. Siegel

  • Relating hyporheic fluxes, residence times, and redox-sensitive biogeochemical processes upstream of beaver dams

    Martin A. Briggs;Martin A. Briggs;Laura K. Lautz;Danielle K. Hare;Danielle K. Hare;Ricardo González-Pinzón

  • Using Diurnal Temperature Signals to Infer Vertical Groundwater-Surface Water Exchange.

    Dylan J. Irvine;Dylan J. Irvine;Martin A. Briggs;Laura K. Lautz;Ryan P. Gordon

  • Sources and pathways of stream generation in tropical proglacial valleys of the Cordillera Blanca, Peru

    Ryan P. Gordon;Laura K. Lautz;Jeffrey M. McKenzie;Bryan G. Mark

  • Hyporheic flow path response to hydraulic jumps at river steps: Flume and hydrodynamic models

    T. Endreny;L. Lautz;D. I. Siegel

  • Spatial patterns of hyporheic exchange and biogeochemical cycling around cross‐vane restoration structures: Implications for stream restoration design

    Ryan P. Gordon;Laura K. Lautz;Timothy L. Daniluk

  • Inferring watershed hydraulics and cold-water habitat persistence using multi-year air and stream temperature signals.

    Martin A. Briggs;Zachary C. Johnson;Craig D. Snyder;Nathaniel P. Hitt

  • Observing temporal patterns of vertical flux through streambed sediments using time-series analysis of temperature records

    Laura K. Lautz

  • Heat tracing of heterogeneous hyporheic exchange adjacent to in‐stream geomorphic features

    Laura K. Lautz;Nathan T. Kranes;Donald I. Siegel

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeffrey M. McKenzie
Jeffrey M. McKenzie McGill University
Martin A. Briggs
Martin A. Briggs United States Geological Survey
Donald I. Siegel
Donald I. Siegel Syracuse University
Bryan G. Mark
Bryan G. Mark The Ohio State University
Zunli Lu
Zunli Lu Syracuse University
Gregory D. Hoke
Gregory D. Hoke Syracuse University
Ian Cartwright
Ian Cartwright Monash University
Myron J. Mitchell
Myron J. Mitchell SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Adam S. Ward
Adam S. Ward Oregon State University
Bernhard Mayer
Bernhard Mayer University of Calgary

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