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Todd V. Royer is affiliated with Indiana University in the United States and conducts research primarily in the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work focuses on topics such as soil and water nutrient dynamics, hydrology and watershed management studies, and soil erosion and sediment transport.

Their research emphasizes understanding nutrient mobilization and transport mechanisms in agricultural and aquatic ecosystems. This is reflected in their recent publications, which address various aspects of nutrient cycling, cover crop impacts, and environmental controls on nutrient retention.

Recent papers include:

  • Storm size and hydrologic modification influence nitrate mobilization and transport in agricultural watersheds, 2021, Biogeochemistry
  • Cover crops control nitrogen and phosphorus transport from two agricultural watersheds at multiple measurement scales, 2021, Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment
  • Seasonal evaluation of biotic and abiotic factors suggests phosphorus retention in constructed floodplains in three agricultural streams, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Effect of winter cover crops on soil nutrients in two row-cropped watersheds in Indiana, 2021, Journal of Environmental Quality
  • Global Patterns and Controls of Nutrient Immobilization on Decomposing Cellulose in Riverine Ecosystems, 2022, Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Todd V. Royer include:

  • Jennifer L. Tank
  • Shannon L. Speir
  • Ursula H. Mahl
  • Lienne R. Sethna
  • Matt T. Trentman

The researcher's work has been published repeatedly in several scientific venues, indicating sustained engagement in specific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Biogeochemistry
  • Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Hydrological Processes
  • Journal of Environmental Quality

Their main fields of study are Environmental Science, with 35 publications, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with 9 publications. Subfields of study in their research portfolio include:

  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Water Science and Technology
  • Soil Science
  • Ecology
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation

Todd V. Royer's scholarly contributions are concentrated on multiple interconnected topics, including:

  • Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Soil erosion and sediment transport
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology
  • Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics

Best Publications

  • Timing of Riverine Export of Nitrate and Phosphorus from Agricultural Watersheds in Illinois: Implications for Reducing Nutrient Loading to the Mississippi River

    Todd V. Royer;Mark B. David;Lowell E. Gentry

  • Toxins in transgenic crop byproducts may affect headwater stream ecosystems

    E. J. Rosi-Marshall;J. L. Tank;T. V. Royer;M. R. Whiles

  • Transport and fate of nitrate in headwater agricultural streams in Illinois.

    Todd V. Royer;Jennifer L. Tank;Mark B. David

  • Phosphorus transport pathways to streams in tile-drained agricultural watersheds.

    L. E. Gentry;M. B. David;T. V. Royer;C. A. Mitchell

  • Diversity of Fungi, Bacteria, and Actinomycetes on Leaves Decomposing in a Stream

    Mitali Das;Todd V. Royer;Laura Gunn Leff

  • Nutrient uptake in streams draining agricultural catchments of the midwestern United States

    Melody J. Bernot;Jennifer L. Tank;Todd V. Royer;Mark B. David

  • Benthic organic carbon influences denitrification in streams with high nitrate concentration

    Clay P. Arango;Jennifer L. Tank;Jamie L. Schaller;Todd V. Royer

  • Pharmaceutical Compounds and Ecosystem Function: An Emerging Research Challenge for Aquatic Ecologists

    Emma J. Rosi-Marshall;Todd V. Royer

  • Pharmaceuticals suppress algal growth and microbial respiration and alter bacterial communities in stream biofilms

    Emma J. Rosi-Marshall;Dustin W. Kincaid;Heather A. Bechtold;Todd V. Royer

  • Global patterns and drivers of ecosystem functioning in rivers and riparian zones

    Scott D. Tiegs;David M. Costello;Mark W. Isken;Guy Woodward

  • DENITRIFICATION AND THE NITROGEN BUDGET OF A RESERVOIR IN AN AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE

    Mark B. David;Lareina G. Wall;Todd V. Royer;Jennifer L. Tank

  • Export of dissolved organic carbon from agricultural streams in Illinois, USA

    Todd V. Royer;Mark B. David

  • Effects of nutrient enrichment and leaf quality on the breakdown of leaves in a hardwater stream

    Todd V. Royer;G. Wayne Minshall

  • Occurrence of maize detritus and a transgenic insecticidal protein (Cry1Ab) within the stream network of an agricultural landscape

    Jennifer L. Tank;Emma J. Rosi-Marshall;Todd V. Royer;Matt R. Whiles

  • Nitrogen Mass Balance of a Tile-drained Agricultural Watershed in East-Central Illinois

    Lowell E. Gentry;Mark B. David;Frederick E. Below;Todd V. Royer

  • Denitrification associated with plants and sediments in an agricultural stream

    Jamie L. Schaller;Todd V. Royer;Todd V. Royer;Mark B. David;Jennifer L. Tank

  • Spatial and Temporal Variability in Sediment Denitrification Within an Agriculturally Influenced Reservoir

    Lareina G. Wall;Jennifer L. Tank;Todd V. Royer;Melody J. Bernot

  • Agricultural land use alters the seasonality and magnitude of stream metabolism

    Natalie A. Griffiths;Jennifer L. Tank;Todd V. Royer;Sarah S. Roley

  • Responses of stream macroinvertebrates to Bt maize leaf detritus.

    Catherine P. Chambers;Matt R. Whiles;Emma J. Rosi-Marshall;Jennifer L. Tank

  • Relationships among nutrients, chlorophyll-a, and dissolved oxygen in agricultural streams in Illinois.

    Allyson M. Morgan;Todd V. Royer;Mark B. David;Lowell E. Gentry

Frequent Co-Authors

Jennifer L. Tank
Jennifer L. Tank University of Notre Dame
Mark B. David
Mark B. David University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Natalie A. Griffiths
Natalie A. Griffiths Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Emma J. Rosi-Marshall
Emma J. Rosi-Marshall Loyola University Chicago
Matt R. Whiles
Matt R. Whiles University of Florida
G. Wayne Minshall
G. Wayne Minshall Idaho State University
Laura Gunn Leff
Laura Gunn Leff Kent State University
John D. Graham
John D. Graham Indiana University
Adam S. Ward
Adam S. Ward Oregon State University
Christopher T. Robinson
Christopher T. Robinson Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology

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