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Steven A. Thomas is affiliated with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Environmental Science, with a substantial focus on ecology and the conservation of natural landscapes. The scientist's work further delves into Environmental Chemistry, Water Science and Technology, and Pollution studies.

Their main research topics include:

  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology
  • Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
  • Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Fish biology, ecology, and behavior
  • Hydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact

Steven A. Thomas has published in several scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Science
  • Global Change Biology
  • Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation
  • Water Resources Research

Among their recent papers are:

  • Reducing adverse impacts of Amazon hydropower expansion (2022, Science)
  • Temperature dependence of metabolic rate in tropical and temperate aquatic insects: Support for the Climate Variability Hypothesis in mayflies but not stoneflies (2020, Global Change Biology)
  • Effects of riparian deforestation on benthic invertebrate community and leaf processing in Atlantic forest streams (2020, Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation)
  • Residence Time in Hyporheic Bioactive Layers Explains Nitrate Uptake in Streams (2020, Water Resources Research)
  • Nitrogen supply and physical disturbance shapes Arctic stream nitrogen uptake through effects on metabolic activity (2021, Freshwater Biology)

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Steven A. Thomas include:

  • Alexander S. Flecker
  • Flavia Tromboni
  • Rafael Feijó-Lima
  • Timothy P. Moulton
  • Eugênia Zandonà

Best Publications

  • Ecological stoichiometry in freshwater benthic systems: recent progress and perspectives

    Wyatt F. Cross;Jonathan P. Benstead;Paul C. Frost;Steven A. Thomas

  • Local adaptation in Trinidadian guppies alters ecosystem processes

    Ronald D. Bassar;Michael C. Marshall;Andrés López-Sepulcre;Eugenia Zandonà

  • Fish Distributions and Nutrient Cycling in Streams: Can Fish Create Biogeochemical Hotspots?

    Peter B. McIntyre;Peter B. McIntyre;Alexander S. Flecker;Michael J. Vanni;James M. Hood

  • Factors affecting ammonium uptake in streams – an inter‐biome perspective

    Jackson R. Webster;Patrick J. Mulholland;Jennifer L. Tank;H. Maurice Valett

  • Forcings and chaos in interannual to decadal climate change

    J. Hansen;M. Sato;R. Ruedy;A. Lacis

  • Buffered, lagged, or cooled? Disentangling hyporheic influences on temperature cycles in stream channels

    Alicia S. Arrigoni;Alicia S. Arrigoni;Geoffrey C. Poole;Geoffrey C. Poole;Leal A. K. Mertes;Scott J. O'Daniel

  • Stream denitrification and total nitrate uptake rates measured using a field 15N tracer addition approach

    Patrick J. Mulholland;H. Maurice Valett;Jackson R. Webster;Steven A. Thomas

  • Narrow thermal tolerance and low dispersal drive higher speciation in tropical mountains.

    Nicholas R. Polato;Brian A. Gill;Alisha A. Shah;Miranda M. Gray

  • Coupled cycling of dissolved organic nitrogen and carbon in a forest stream

    E. N Jack Brookshire;H. Maurice Valett;Steven A. Thomas;Jackson R. Webster

  • Weather whiplash in agricultural regions drives deterioration of water quality

    Terrance D. Loecke;Amy J. Burgin;Diego A. Riveros-Iregui;Adam S. Ward

  • Climate variability predicts thermal limits of aquatic insects across elevation and latitude

    Alisha A. Shah;Brian A. Gill;Andrea C. Encalada;Alexander S. Flecker

  • Coupling Nutrient Uptake and Energy Flow in Headwater Streams

    Christy Susan Fellows;H. M. Valett;C. N. Dahm;P. J. Mulholland

  • Physical factors influencing fine organic particle transport and deposition in streams

    G. Wayne Minshall;Steven A. Thomas;J. Denis Newbold;Michael T. Monaghan

  • A conceptual framework for ecosystem stoichiometry: balancing resource supply and demand

    John D. Schade;Javier F. Espeleta;Christopher A. Klausmeier;Megan E. McGroddy

  • ENDOGENOUS AND EXOGENOUS CONTROL OF ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION: N CYCLING IN HEADWATER STREAMS

    H. M. Valett;S. A. Thomas;S. A. Thomas;P. J. Mulholland;J. R. Webster

  • Partitioning assimilatory nitrogen uptake in streams: an analysis of stable isotope tracer additions across continents

    J. L. Tank;E. Martí;T. Riis;D. von Schiller

  • Effects of light on NO3− uptake in small forested streams: diurnal and day-to-day variations

    Patrick J. Mulholland;Steven A. Thomas;H. Maurice Valett;Jackson R. Webster

  • Widespread intraspecific organismal stoichiometry among populations of the Trinidadian guppy

    Rana W. El-Sabaawi;Eugenia Zandonà;Tyler J. Kohler;Michael C. Marshall

  • The influence of particle size on seston deposition in streams

    Steven A. Thomas;J. Denis Newbold;Michael T. Monaghan;G. Wayne Minshall

  • Cryptic species diversity reveals biogeographic support for the 'mountain passes are higher in the tropics' hypothesis.

    B. A. Gill;B. C. Kondratieff;K. L. Casner;A. C. Encalada

  • Evaluation of an Inexpensive Small-Diameter Temperature Logger for Documenting Ground Water-River Interactions

    Adam N. Johnson;Brian R. Boer;William W. Woessner;Jack A. Stanford

Frequent Co-Authors

Alexander S. Flecker
Alexander S. Flecker Cornell University
Jackson R. Webster
Jackson R. Webster Virginia Tech
David N. Reznick
David N. Reznick University of California, Riverside
Patrick J. Mulholland
Patrick J. Mulholland Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Cameron K. Ghalambor
Cameron K. Ghalambor Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Kelly R. Zamudio
Kelly R. Zamudio Cornell University
Catherine M. Pringle
Catherine M. Pringle University of Georgia
Geoffrey C. Poole
Geoffrey C. Poole Montana State University
Juan M. Guayasamin
Juan M. Guayasamin Universidad San Francisco de Quito
Andrea C. Encalada
Andrea C. Encalada Universidad San Francisco de Quito

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