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Overview

Sean J. Bennett is affiliated with the University at Buffalo, State University of New York in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of Environmental Science, with a focus on several interrelated subfields including Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Water Science and Technology, Soil Science, and Global and Planetary Change.

The main topics addressed in Bennett's work encompass Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes, Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior, Soil erosion and sediment transport, Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics, and Radioactive contamination and transfer.

Bennett has contributed to multiple peer-reviewed publications with recent papers covering various aspects of environmental and hydrological sciences. Notable publications include:

  • Emergent Hydrodynamics and Skimming Flow Over Mussel Covered Beds in Rivers, 2020, Water Resources Research
  • Freshwater mussel burrow position and its relation to streambed roughness, 2022, Freshwater Science
  • Physically based numerical model for the landscape evolution of soil-mantled watersheds driven by rainfall and overland flow, 2023, Journal of Hydrology
  • Assessing the effect of topography on Cs-137 concentrations within forested soils due to the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident, Japan, 2021, Earth Surface Dynamics
  • Simultaneous Measurement of Turbulent Surface Velocities and Fish Movement in an Open Channel Flow with Implications for Agent-Based Models, 2023, Journal of Hydraulic Engineering

Bennett frequently collaborates with several researchers within their field. Among the most frequent co-authors are Joseph F. Atkinson, Brandon J. Sansom, Jundong Qiao, S.K. Delavan, and Andrew Hannes.

Their contributions have appeared consistently across a range of publication venues including Water Resources Research, Freshwater Science, Journal of Hydrology, Earth Surface Dynamics, and Journal of Hydraulic Engineering.

Best Publications

  • Mean flow and turbulence structure over fixed, two-dimensional dunes: implications for sediment transport and bedform stability

    S. J. Bennett;J. L. Best

  • A MODEL FOR THE ENTRAINMENT AND TRANSPORT OF SEDIMENT GRAINS OF MIXED SIZES, SHAPES, AND DENSITIES

    John S. Bridge;Sean J. Bennett

  • Velocity structure, turbulence and fluid stresses in experimental gravity currents

    Benjamin C. Kneller;Sean J. Bennett;William D. McCaffrey

  • TURBULENCE MODULATION AND PARTICLE VELOCITIES OVER FLAT SAND BEDS AT LOW TRANSPORT RATES

    James Leonard Best;Sean Bennett;John Bridge;Mike Leeder

  • Using simulated emergent vegetation to alter stream flow direction within a straight experimental channel

    Sean J Bennett;Taner Pirim;Brian D Barkdoll

  • A depth‐averaged two‐dimensional model for flow, sediment transport, and bed topography in curved channels with riparian vegetation

    Weiming Wu;F. Douglas Shields;Sean J. Bennett;Sam S. Y. Wang

  • Spectral analysis of turbulent flow and suspended sediment transport over fixed dunes

    Jeremy G. Venditti;Sean J. Bennett

  • Experiments on headcut growth and migration in concentrated flows typical of upland areas

    Sean J. Bennett;Carlos V. Alonso;Shyam N. Prasad;Mathias J. M. Römkens

  • Coherent Flow Structures in Open Channels

    Philip Ashworth;S.J. Bennett;J.L. Best;S.J. McLelland

  • Predicting head cut erosion and migration in concentrated flows typical of upland areas

    Carlos V. Alonso;Sean J. Bennett;Otto R. Stein

  • Bed form initiation from a flat sand bed

    Jeremy G. Venditti;Jeremy G. Venditti;Michael A. Church;Sean J. Bennett

  • Assessment of soil erosion using RUSLE and GIS: a case study of the Yangou watershed in the Loess Plateau, China

    Qing Tang;Yong Xu;Sean J. Bennett;Yang Li

  • Morphodynamics of small-scale superimposed sand waves over migrating dune bed forms

    Jeremy G. Venditti;Michael Church;Sean J. Bennett

  • Fluid and sediment dynamics of upper stage plane beds

    Sean J. Bennett;Sean J. Bennett;John S. Bridge;James L. Best

  • Agricultural practices and sustainable livelihoods: Rural transformation within the Loess Plateau, China

    Qing Tang;Sean J. Bennett;Yong Xu;Yang Li

  • Modeling fluvial response to in-stream woody vegetation: implications for stream corridor restoration

    Sean J. Bennett;Weiming Wu;Carlos V. Alonso;Sam S. Y. Wang

  • On the transition between 2D and 3D dunes

    Jeremy G. Venditti;Michael Church;Sean J. Bennett

  • Riparian vegetation and fluvial geomorphology

    Sean J. Bennett;Andrew Simon

  • CHARACTERISTICS OF ACTIVELY ERODING EPHEMERAL GULLIES IN AN EXPERIMENTAL CHANNEL

    S. J. Bennett;J. Casalí;K. M. Robinson;K. C. Kadavy

  • Effect of slope on the growth and migration of headcuts in rills

    Sean J Bennett

  • Distorted Froude‐scaled flume analysis of large woody debris

    Nicholas P. Wallerstein;Carlos V. Alonso;Sean J. Bennett;Colin R. Thorne

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew Simon
Andrew Simon Agricultural Research Service
James Leonard Best
James Leonard Best University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Jeremy G. Venditti
Jeremy G. Venditti Simon Fraser University
Seth M. Dabney
Seth M. Dabney Agricultural Research Service
John S. Bridge
John S. Bridge Binghamton University
Peter M. Allen
Peter M. Allen Baylor University
Michael Church
Michael Church University of British Columbia
Eddy J. Langendoen
Eddy J. Langendoen Agricultural Research Service
Colin R. Thorne
Colin R. Thorne University of Nottingham
Philip Ashworth
Philip Ashworth University of Brighton

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