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Overview

Scott G. Leibowitz is affiliated with the Environmental Protection Agency in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of environmental science, with a focus on watershed and water quality research. Their work spans several key areas including hydrology, ecosystem fire effects, nutrient dynamics, and environmental chemistry.

The scientist's research addresses critical topics such as hydrology and watershed management studies, fire effects on ecosystems, flood risk assessment and management, soil and water nutrient dynamics, landslides and related hazards, fish ecology and management studies, and hydrology and sediment transport processes.

Frequent coauthors in their publications include Ryan A. Hill, Marc H. Weber, Jana E. Compton, Mussie T. Beyene, and Michael J. Pennino. These collaborations reflect a broad engagement with colleagues working in environmental and water resource research.

Leibowitz has published notably in venues such as The Science of The Total Environment, JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association, Water Resources Research, Ecosystems, and Nature Water. The Science of The Total Environment accounts for the highest number of their publications.

  • National hydrologic connectivity classification links wetlands with stream water quality, 2023, Nature Water
  • Wildfire Induces Changes in Receiving Waters: A Review With Considerations for Water Quality Management, 2022, Water Resources Research
  • Vulnerable Waters are Essential to Watershed Resilience, 2022, Ecosystems
  • Wildfires can increase regulated nitrate, arsenic, and disinfection byproduct violations and concentrations in public drinking water supplies, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Patterns and predictions of drinking water nitrate violations across the conterminous United States, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment

Their primary field of study is environmental science, with a significant focus on global and planetary change, water science and technology, ecology, environmental chemistry, and management, monitoring, policy, and law within the discipline.

Best Publications

  • Do geographically isolated wetlands influence landscape functions

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

  • ISOLATED WETLANDS AND THEIR FUNCTIONS: AN ECOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE

    Scott G. Leibowitz

  • The Stream‐Catchment (StreamCat) Dataset: A Database of Watershed Metrics for the Conterminous United States

    Ryan A. Hill;Marc H. Weber;Scott G. Leibowitz;Anthony R. Olsen

  • Assessing the accuracy and stability of variable selection methods for random forest modeling in ecology

    Eric W Fox;Ryan A Hill;Scott G Leibowitz;Anthony R Olsen

  • TEMPORAL CONNECTIVITY IN A PRAIRIE POTHOLE COMPLEX

    Scott G. Leibowitz;Kevin C. Vining

  • Trends in Drinking Water Nitrate Violations Across the United States

    Michael J. Pennino;Jana E. Compton;Scott G. Leibowitz

  • Connectivity of Streams and Wetlands to Downstream Waters: An Integrated Systems Framework

    Scott G. Leibowitz;Parker J. Wigington;Kate A. Schofield;Laurie C. Alexander

  • Enhancing protection for vulnerable waters

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

  • Wildfire Induces Changes in Receiving Waters: A Review With Considerations for Water Quality Management

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  • Juvenile Coho Salmon Growth and Survival across Stream Network Seasonal Habitats

    Joseph L. Ebersole;Parker J. Wigington;Joan P. Baker;Michael A. Cairns

  • Geographically isolated wetlands are part of the hydrological landscape

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

  • Integrated coastal reserve planning: making the land–sea connection

    David M. Stoms;Frank W. Davis;Sandy J. Andelman;Mark H. Carr

  • Rethinking the longitudinal stream temperature paradigm: region‐wide comparison of thermal infrared imagery reveals unexpected complexity of river temperatures

    Aimee H. Fullerton;Aimee H. Fullerton;Christian E. Torgersen;Joshua J. Lawler;Russell N. Faux

  • Hydrological, Physical, and Chemical Functions and Connectivity of Non‐Floodplain Wetlands to Downstream Waters: A Review

    Charles R. Lane;Scott G. Leibowitz;Bradley C. Autrey;Stephen D. LeDuc

  • Non-navigable streams and adjacent wetlands: addressing science needs following the Supreme Court's Rapanos decision

    Scott G. Leibowitz;Parker J. Wigington Jr.;Mark Cable Rains;Donna M. Downing

  • Coho salmon dependence on intermittent streams

    PJ Wigington;JL Ebersole;ME Colvin;SG Leibowitz

  • A Watershed Integrity Definition and Assessment Approach to Support Strategic Management of Watersheds

    J E Flotemersch;S G Leibowitz;R A Hill;J L Stoddard

  • Comparing the Extent and Permanence of Headwater Streams From Two Field Surveys to Values From Hydrographic Databases and Maps

    Ken M. Fritz;Elisabeth Hagenbuch;Ellen D'Amico;Molly Reif

  • Intermittent Surface Water Connectivity: Fill and Spill Vs. Fill and Merge Dynamics

    Scott G. Leibowitz;David M. Mushet;Wesley E. Newton

  • A synoptic assessment for prioritizing wetland restoration efforts to optimize flood attenuation.

    Lynne S. McAllister;Barbara E. Peniston;Scott G. Leibowitz;Brooke Abbruzzese

  • ENVIRONMENTAL AUDITING: A Synoptic Approach for Assessing Cumulative Impacts to Wetlands

    Brooke Abbruzzese;Scott G. Leibowitz

Frequent Co-Authors

Jana E. Compton
Jana E. Compton Environmental Protection Agency
Charles R. Lane
Charles R. Lane Environmental Protection Agency
Heather E. Golden
Heather E. Golden Environmental Protection Agency
Irena F. Creed
Irena F. Creed University of Toronto
Ken M. Fritz
Ken M. Fritz Environmental Protection Agency
Matthew J. Cohen
Matthew J. Cohen University of Florida
John L. Stoddard
John L. Stoddard Environmental Protection Agency
James W. Jawitz
James W. Jawitz University of Florida
James S. Famiglietti
James S. Famiglietti University of Saskatchewan
Joshua J. Lawler
Joshua J. Lawler University of Washington

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