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4882
National Ranking
1680

Overview

Matthew J. Cohen is affiliated with the University of Florida in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with a strong emphasis on subfields such as environmental chemistry, nature and landscape conservation, water science and technology, global and planetary change, and ecology.

Their work covers a range of topics, including soil and water nutrient dynamics, fish ecology and management studies, hydrology and watershed management studies, marine and coastal ecosystems, plant water relations and carbon dynamics, freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology, and maternal mental health during pregnancy and postpartum.

Among recent publications, notable papers include:

  • "Light and flow regimes regulate the metabolism of rivers" (2022) published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Global carbon dioxide efflux from rivers enhanced by high nocturnal emissions" (2021) published in Nature Geoscience
  • "Vulnerable Waters are Essential to Watershed Resilience" (2022) published in Ecosystems
  • "Extent, patterns, and drivers of hypoxia in the world's streams and rivers" (2022) published in Limnology and Oceanography Letters
  • "Estimating Benthic Light Regimes Improves Predictions of Primary Production and constrains Light-Use Efficiency in Streams and Rivers" (2020) published in Ecosystems

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Matthew J. Cohen include:

  • Lily Kirk
  • James W. Jawitz
  • Daniel L. McLaughlin
  • Joshua M. Epstein
  • Crystal Edler Schiller

The scientist has published repeatedly in specific venues known for environmental and water research. These venues include:

  • Water Resources Research
  • HydroShare Resources
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Limnology and Oceanography
  • Hydrological Processes

Best Publications

  • Do geographically isolated wetlands influence landscape functions

    Matthew J. Cohen;Irena F. Creed;Laurie C. Alexander;Nandita Basu

  • Sensors in the Stream: The High-Frequency Wave of the Present

    Michael Rode;Andrew J. Wade;Matthew J. Cohen;Robert T. Hensley

  • The metabolic regimes of flowing waters

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

  • Wetlands as large-scale nature-based solutions : Status and challenges for research, engineering and management

    Josefin Thorslund;Jerker Jarsjo;Fernando Jaramillo;James W. Jawitz

  • Estimating the environmental costs of soil erosion at multiple scales in Kenya using emergy synthesis

    Matthew J. Cohen;Mark T. Brown;Keith D. Shepherd

  • Geographically Isolated Wetlands are Important Biogeochemical Reactors on the Landscape

    John M. Marton;Irena F. Creed;David B. Lewis;Charles R. Lane

  • Light and flow regimes regulate the metabolism of rivers

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  • Direct and indirect coupling of primary production and diel nitrate dynamics in a subtropical spring-fed river

    James B. Heffernan;Matthew J. Cohen

  • Empirical reformulation of the universal soil loss equation for erosion risk assessment in a tropical watershed

    Matthew J. Cohen;Keith D. Shepherd;Markus G. Walsh

  • Enhancing protection for vulnerable waters

    Irena F. Creed;Irena F. Creed;Charles R. Lane;Jacqueline N. Serran;Laurie C. Alexander

  • Influence of diel biogeochemical cycles on carbonate equilibrium in a karst river

    V. de Montety;V. de Montety;J.B. Martin;M.J. Cohen;C. Foster

  • FLORISTIC QUALITY INDICES FOR BIOTIC ASSESSMENT OF DEPRESSIONAL MARSH CONDITION IN FLORIDA

    Matthew J. Cohen;Susan Carstenn;Charles R. Lane

  • Geographically isolated wetlands are part of the hydrological landscape

    Mark Rains;S. G. Leibowitz;M. J. Cohen;I. F. Creed

  • Visible-near infrared reflectance spectroscopy for rapid, nondestructive assessment of wetland soil quality.

    Matthew J. Cohen;Joseph P. Prenger;William F. DeBusk

  • Realizing ecosystem services: wetland hydrologic function along a gradient of ecosystem condition

    Daniel L. McLaughlin;Matthew J. Cohen

  • Global carbon dioxide efflux from rivers enhanced by high nocturnal emissions

    Lluís Gómez-Gener;Gerard Rocher-Ros;Tom Battin;Matthew J. Cohen

  • A significant nexus: Geographically isolated wetlands influence landscape hydrology

    Daniel L. McLaughlin;David A. Kaplan;Matthew J. Cohen

  • Geographically isolated wetlands: Rethinking a misnomer

    David M. Mushet;Aram J.K. Calhoun;Laurie C. Alexander;Matthew J. Cohen

  • Diel phosphorus variation and the stoichiometry of ecosystem metabolism in a large spring-fed river

    Matthew J. Cohen;Marie J. Kurz;James B. Heffernan;Jonathan B. Martin

  • Species diversity in the Florida Everglades, USA: A systems approach to calculating biodiversity

    Mark T. Brown;Matthew J. Cohen;Eliana Bardi;Wesley W. Ingwersen

  • Predicting national sustainability: The convergence of energetic, economic and environmental realities

    Mark T. Brown;Matthew J. Cohen;Sharlynn Sweeney

Frequent Co-Authors

James B. Heffernan
James B. Heffernan Duke University
Jonathan B. Martin
Jonathan B. Martin University of Florida
James W. Jawitz
James W. Jawitz University of Florida
Michael N. Gooseff
Michael N. Gooseff University of Colorado Boulder
Irena F. Creed
Irena F. Creed University of Toronto
Charles R. Lane
Charles R. Lane Environmental Protection Agency
Mark T. Brown
Mark T. Brown University of Florida
Nandita B. Basu
Nandita B. Basu University of Waterloo
Thomas S. Bianchi
Thomas S. Bianchi University of New Hampshire
Wendy D. Graham
Wendy D. Graham University of Florida

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