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Stephen D. Sebestyen

Stephen D. Sebestyen

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
37
Citations
5120
World Ranking
8922
National Ranking
3200

Overview

Stephen D. Sebestyen is affiliated with the US Forest Service in the United States and has a robust research portfolio primarily centered on Environmental Science. Their work encompasses various subfields including Ecology, Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Water Science and Technology.

The scientist's research focuses extensively on topics related to Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology, Coastal Wetland Ecosystem Dynamics, Mercury Impact and Mitigation Studies, Fire Effects on Ecosystems, Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics, and Climate Change and Permafrost.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Stephen D. Sebestyen include Randall K. Kolka, Natalie A. Griffiths, Paul J. Hanson, Carl P. J. Mitchell, and Colin P. R. McCarter.

Regular publication venues for their research include:

  • Forest Service Research Data Archive
  • Hydrological Processes
  • OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
  • Biogeochemistry
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences

Among recent papers are:

  • Rapid Net Carbon Loss From a Whole-Ecosystem Warmed Peatland, 2020, AGU Advances
  • Soil metabolome response to whole-ecosystem warming at the Spruce and Peatland Responses under Changing Environments experiment, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Climate Sensitivity of Peatland Methane Emissions Mediated by Seasonal Hydrologic Dynamics, 2020, Geophysical Research Letters
  • An Integrative Model for Soil Biogeochemistry and Methane Processes: I. Model Structure and Sensitivity Analysis, 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences
  • Warming Stimulates Iron-Mediated Carbon and Nutrient Cycling in Mineral-Poor Peatlands, 2021, Ecosystems

Best Publications

  • Hot Spots and Hot Moments in Riparian Zones: Potential for Improved Water Quality Management

    Philippe Vidon;Craig Allan;Douglas Burns;Tim P. Duval

  • Carbon isotope fractionation of dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) due to outgassing of carbon dioxide from a headwater stream

    Daniel H. Doctor;Carol Kendall;Stephen D. Sebestyen;James B. Shanley

  • Taking the pulse of snowmelt: in situ sensors reveal seasonal, event and diurnal patterns of nitrate and dissolved organic matter variability in an upland forest stream

    Brian A. Pellerin;John Franco Saraceno;James B. Shanley;Stephen D. Sebestyen

  • Stability of peatland carbon to rising temperatures

    Rachel Wilson;Anya Hopple;Malak Tfaily;Stephen Sebestyen

  • Ecosystem Processes and Human Influences Regulate Streamflow Response to Climate Change at Long-Term Ecological Research Sites

    Julia A. Jones;Irena F. Creed;Kendra L. Hatcher;Robert J. Warren

  • Changing forest water yields in response to climate warming: results from long‐term experimental watershed sites across North America

    Irena F. Creed;Adam T. Spargo;Julia A. Jones;Jim M. Buttle

  • Sources, transformations, and hydrological processes that control stream nitrate and dissolved organic matter concentrations during snowmelt in an upland forest

    Stephen D. Sebestyen;Elizabeth W. Boyer;James B. Shanley;Carol Kendall

  • Ecoenzymatic stoichiometry and microbial processing of organic matter in northern bogs and fens reveals a common P-limitation between peatland types

    Brian H Hill;Colleen M. Elonen;Terri M. Jicha;Randall K. Kolka

  • Tracing sources of nitrate in snowmelt runoff using a high‐resolution isotopic technique

    N. Ohte;S.D. Sebestyen;J.B. Shanley;D.H. Doctor

  • Long-Term Monitoring Sites and Trends at the Marcell Experimental Forest

    Stephen D. Sebestyen;Carrie Dorrance;Donna M. Olson;Elon S. Verry

  • Rapid Net Carbon Loss From a Whole‐Ecosystem Warmed Peatland

    Paul Hanson;Natalie Griffiths;Colleen Iversen;Richard Norby

  • Representing northern peatland microtopography and hydrology within the Community Land Model

    Xiaoying Shi;Peter E. Thornton;Daniel M. Ricciuto;Paul J. Hanson

  • Uncertainty in Peat Volume and Soil Carbon Estimated Using Ground-Penetrating Radar and Probing

    Andrew D. Parsekian;Lee Slater;Dimitrious Ntarlagiannis;James Nolan

  • Invasive Earthworms Deplete Key Soil Inorganic Nutrients (Ca, Mg, K, and P) in a Northern Hardwood Forest

    Kit Resner;Kyungsoo Yoo;Stephen D. Sebestyen;Anthony Aufdenkampe

  • Drivers of atmospheric nitrate processing and export in forested catchments

    Lucy A. Rose;Stephen D. Sebestyen;Emily M. Elliott;Keisuke Koba

  • Soil metabolome response to whole-ecosystem warming at the Spruce and Peatland Responses under Changing Environments experiment.

    Rachel M. Wilson;Malak M. Tfaily;Malak M. Tfaily;Max Kolton;Eric R. Johnston

  • New Insights on Ecosystem Mercury Cycling Revealed by Stable Isotopes of Mercury in Water Flowing from a Headwater Peatland Catchment

    Glenn E. Woerndle;Martin Tsz-Ki Tsui;Stephen D. Sebestyen;Joel D. Blum

  • Metabolic and physiochemical responses to a whole-lake experimental increase in dissolved organic carbon in a north-temperate lake

    Jacob A. Zwart;Nicola Craig;Patrick T. Kelly;Stephen D. Sebestyen

  • Responses of stream nitrate and DOC loadings to hydrological forcing and climate change in an upland forest of the northeastern United States

    Stephen D. Sebestyen;Elizabeth W. Boyer;James B. Shanley

  • Trends in stream nitrogen concentrations for forested reference catchments across the USA

    A. Argerich;S.L. Johnson;S.D. Sebestyen;C.C. Rhoades

  • Coupled hydrological and biogeochemical processes controlling variability of nitrogen species in streamflow during autumn in an upland forest

    Stephen D. Sebestyen;James B. Shanley;Elizabeth W. Boyer;Carol Kendall

Frequent Co-Authors

Randall K. Kolka
Randall K. Kolka US Forest Service
James B. Shanley
James B. Shanley United States Geological Survey
Natalie A. Griffiths
Natalie A. Griffiths Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Paul J. Hanson
Paul J. Hanson Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Elizabeth W. Boyer
Elizabeth W. Boyer Pennsylvania State University
Carol Kendall
Carol Kendall United States Geological Survey
Daniel M. Ricciuto
Daniel M. Ricciuto Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Scott D. Bridgham
Scott D. Bridgham University of Oregon
Colleen M. Iversen
Colleen M. Iversen Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Richard J. Norby
Richard J. Norby University of Tennessee at Knoxville

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