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61
Citations
11860
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1812
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796

Research.com Recognitions

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

Overview

Michael N. Gooseff is affiliated with the University of Colorado Boulder in the United States. Their research primarily engages with Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, focusing on subfields such as Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, Water Science and Technology, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics including Polar Research and Ecology, Cryospheric Studies and Observations, Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics, Climate Change and Permafrost, Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, Fish Ecology and Management Studies, and Arctic and Antarctic Ice Dynamics.

Michael N. Gooseff has contributed to several research papers recently, including:

  • Seasonal Subsurface Thaw Dynamics of an Aufeis Feature Inferred From Geophysical Methods, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface
  • Increasing Alaskan river discharge during the cold season is driven by recent warming, 2023, Environmental Research Letters
  • The seasonal evolution of albedo across glaciers and the surrounding landscape of Taylor Valley, Antarctica, 2020, The Cryosphere
  • Aufeis fields as novel groundwater-dependent ecosystems in the arctic cryosphere, 2020, Limnology and Oceanography
  • Cross-Site Comparisons of Dryland Ecosystem Response to Climate Change in the US Long-Term Ecological Research Network, 2021, BioScience

Frequent co-authors of Michael N. Gooseff include Joel Singley, Diane M. McKnight, T. P. Covino, Peter T. Doran, and Anna Bergstrom.

The scientist has published work in a variety of venues such as Hydrological Processes, Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences, Water Resources Research, Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface, and Journal of Hydrology.

Among recognitions, Michael N. Gooseff has been named a Fellow of the Geological Society of America.

Best Publications

  • Hydrologic connectivity between landscapes and streams: Transferring reach- and plot-scale understanding to the catchment scale

    Kelsey G. Jencso;Brian L. McGlynn;Michael N. Gooseff;Steven M. Wondzell

  • The polar regions in a 2°C warmer world

    Eric Post;Richard B. Alley;Torben R. Christensen;Marc Macias-Fauria

  • River corridor science: Hydrologic exchange and ecological consequences from bedforms to basins

    Judson Harvey;Michael Gooseff

  • Changes in the character of stream water dissolved organic carbon during flushing in three small watersheds, Oregon

    Eran Hood;Michael N. Gooseff;Sherri L. Johnson

  • Moving beyond the banks: hyporheic restoration is fundamental to restoring ecological services and functions of streams.

    Erich T. Hester;Michael N. Gooseff

  • Sediment and nutrient delivery from thermokarst features in the foothills of the North Slope, Alaska: Potential impacts on headwater stream ecosystems

    William B. Bowden;Michael N. Gooseff;Michael N. Gooseff;A. Balser;A. Green;A. Green

  • Channel water balance and exchange with subsurface flow along a mountain headwater stream in Montana, United States

    R. A. Payn;R. A. Payn;M. N. Gooseff;B. L. McGlynn;K. E. Bencala

  • Hillslope hydrologic connectivity controls riparian groundwater turnover: Implications of catchment structure for riparian buffering and stream water sources

    Kelsey G. Jencso;Brian L. McGlynn;Michael N. Gooseff;Kenneth E. Bencala

  • A modelling study of hyporheic exchange pattern and the sequence, size, and spacing of stream bedforms in mountain stream networks, Oregon, USA

    Michael N. Gooseff;Justin K. Anderson;Steven M. Wondzell;Justin LaNier

  • Investigating controls on the thermal sensitivity of Pennsylvania streams

    C. Kelleher;T. Wagener;M. Gooseff;B. McGlynn

  • Soil Microbial Responses to Increased Moisture and Organic Resources along a Salinity Gradient in a Polar Desert

    David J. Van Horn;Jordan G. Okie;Jordan G. Okie;Heather N. Buelow;Michael N. Gooseff

  • Comparing transient storage modeling and residence time distribution (RTD) analysis in geomorphically varied reaches in the Lookout Creek basin, Oregon, USA

    Michael N. Gooseff;Steve M. Wondzell;Roy Haggerty;Justin Anderson

  • Weathering reactions and hyporheic exchange controls on stream water chemistry in a glacial meltwater stream in the McMurdo Dry Valleys

    Michael N. Gooseff;Michael N. Gooseff;Diane M. McKnight;W. Berry Lyons;Alex E. Blum

  • Relating transient storage to channel complexity in streams of varying land use in Jackson Hole, Wyoming

    Michael N. Gooseff;Robert O. Hall;Jennifer L. Tank

  • A method for estimating surface transient storage parameters for streams with concurrent hyporheic storage

    Martin A. Briggs;Michael N. Gooseff;Christopher D. Arp;Michelle A. Baker

  • Rethinking hyporheic flow and transient storage to advance understanding of stream‐catchment connections

    Kenneth E. Bencala;Michael N. Gooseff;Briant A. Kimball

  • Defining Hyporheic Zones – Advancing Our Conceptual and Operational Definitions of Where Stream Water and Groundwater Meet

    Michael N. Gooseff

  • Patterns in stream longitudinal profiles and implications for hyporheic exchange flow at the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest, Oregon, USA

    Justin K. Anderson;Justin K. Anderson;Steven M. Wondzell;Michael N. Gooseff;Roy Haggerty

  • Management of Large Wood in Streams: An Overview and Proposed Framework for Hazard Evaluation†

    Ellen Wohl;Brian P. Bledsoe;Kurt D. Fausch;Natalie Kramer

  • Denitrification and hydrologic transient storage in a glacial meltwater stream, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica

    Michael N. Gooseff;Diane M. McKnight;Robert L. Runkel;John H. Duff

  • Determining in‐channel (dead zone) transient storage by comparing solute transport in a bedrock channel–alluvial channel sequence, Oregon

    Michael N. Gooseff;Justin LaNier;Roy Haggerty;Kenneth Kokkeler;Kenneth Kokkeler

  • Hydrologic and geomorphic controls on hyporheic exchange during base flow recession in a headwater mountain stream

    Adam S. Ward;Adam S. Ward;Michael Fitzgerald;Michael N. Gooseff;Thomas J. Voltz

Frequent Co-Authors

Diane M. McKnight
Diane M. McKnight University of Colorado Boulder
Brian L. McGlynn
Brian L. McGlynn Duke University
John E. Barrett
John E. Barrett Virginia Tech
William B. Bowden
William B. Bowden University of Vermont
Kamini Singha
Kamini Singha Colorado School of Mines
Adam S. Ward
Adam S. Ward Oregon State University
Steven M. Wondzell
Steven M. Wondzell US Forest Service
Wilfred M. Wollheim
Wilfred M. Wollheim University of New Hampshire
James P. McNamara
James P. McNamara Boise State University
Kenneth E. Bencala
Kenneth E. Bencala United States Geological Survey

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