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327
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146

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
  • 2018 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

William H. McDowell is affiliated with the University of New Hampshire in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, focusing significantly on environmental chemistry and water science and technology. Their work also intersects with atmospheric science, oceanography, and nature and landscape conservation.

McDowell's main research topics include:

  • Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Marine and Coastal Ecosystems
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry
  • Water Quality and Pollution Assessment
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research

The scientist has contributed frequently to several publication venues, including:

  • Biogeochemistry
  • Hydrological Processes
  • HydroShare Resources
  • Water Resources Research
  • Global Change Biology

Recent papers authored or co-authored by McDowell include:

  • Light and flow regimes regulate the metabolism of rivers (2022), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Global carbon dioxide efflux from rivers enhanced by high nocturnal emissions (2021), Nature Geoscience
  • Wildfires lead to decreased carbon and increased nitrogen concentrations in upland arctic streams (2020), Scientific Reports
  • Experimental nitrogen and phosphorus enrichment stimulates multiple trophic levels of algal and detrital-based food webs: a global meta-analysis from streams and rivers (2020), Biological Reviews
  • Distinctive Patterns and Controls of Nitrous Oxide Concentrations and Fluxes from Urban Inland Waters (2021), Environmental Science & Technology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with McDowell include:

  • Adam S. Wymore
  • Jody D. Potter
  • Hannah M. Fazekas
  • Xinghui Xia
  • C. López-Lloreda

McDowell's work has been recognized through fellowships from two organizations:

  • Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU), awarded in 2020
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), awarded in 2018

Best Publications

  • Plumbing the Global Carbon Cycle: Integrating Inland Waters into the Terrestrial Carbon Budget

    Jonathan J. Cole;Yves T. Prairie;Nina F. Caraco;William H. McDowell

  • Biogeochemical Hot Spots and Hot Moments at the Interface of Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecosystems

    Michael E. McClain;Elizabeth W. Boyer;C. Lisa Dent;Sarah E. Gergel

  • The global abundance and size distribution of lakes, ponds, and impoundments

    J.A. Downing;Y.T. Prairie;J.J. Cole;C.M. Duarte

  • Nitrogen Saturation in Temperate Forest Ecosystems

    John Aber;William McDowell;Knute Nadelhoffer;Alison Magill

  • Control of nitrogen export from watersheds by headwater streams

    Bruce J. Peterson;Wilfred M. Wollheim;Patrick J. Mulholland;Jackson R. Webster

  • Stream denitrification across biomes and its response to anthropogenic nitrate loading

    Patrick J. Mulholland;Patrick J. Mulholland;Ashley M. Helton;Geoffrey C. Poole;Robert O. Hall

  • Origin, Composition, and Flux of Dissolved Organic Carbon in the Hubbard Brook Valley

    William H. McDowell;Gene E. Likens

  • Nitrous oxide emission from denitrification in stream and river networks

    Jake J. Beaulieu;Jennifer L. Tank;Stephen K. Hamilton;Wilfred M. Wollheim

  • An integrated conceptual framework for long‐term social–ecological research

    Scott L Collins;Stephen R Carpenter;Scott M Swinton;Daniel E Orenstein

  • Scaling the gas transfer velocity and hydraulic geometry in streams and small rivers

    Peter A. Raymond;Christopher J. Zappa;David Butman;Thomas L. Bott

  • Nitrogen stable isotopic composition of leaves and soil: tropical versus temperate forests

    L. A. Martinelli;M. C. Piccolo;A. R. Townsend;P. M. Vitousek

  • Spatial and temporal variations in DOM composition in ecosystems: The importance of long-term monitoring of optical properties

    R. Jaffé;D. McKnight;N. Maie;N. Maie;R. Cory;R. Cory

  • Soil C:N ratio as a predictor of annual riverine DOC flux at local and global scales

    J. A. Aitkenhead;William H. McDowell

  • The globalization of N deposition: ecosystem consequences in tropical environments

    Pamela A. Matson;William H. Mcdowell;Alan R. Townsend;Peter M. Vitousek

  • Inter‐biome comparison of factors controlling stream metabolism

    P. J. Mulholland;Christy Susan Fellows;J. L. Tank;N. B. Grimm

  • Ecosystem response to 15 years of chronic nitrogen additions at the Harvard Forest LTER, Massachusetts, USA

    Alison H Magill;John D Aber;William S Currie;Knute J Nadelhoffer

  • ‘Acid rain’, dissolved aluminum and chemical weathering at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, New Hampshire

    Noye M. Johnson;Charles T. Driscoll;John S. Eaton;Gene E. Likens

  • Long-Term Nitrogen Additions and Nitrogen Saturation in Two Temperate Forests

    Alison H. Magill;John D. Aber;Glenn M. Berntson;William H. McDowell

  • Vertical transport of dissolved organic C and N under long-term N amendments in pine and hardwood forests

    William S. Currie;John D. Aber;William H. Mcdowell;Richard D. Boone

  • Export of carbon, nitrogen, and major ions from three tropical montane watersheds

    William H. McDowell;Clyde E. Asbury

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

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

  • ORIGIN, COMPOSITION, AND FLUX OF DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON IN THE HUBBARD

    Brook Valley;William H. Mcdowell;Gene E. Likens

Frequent Co-Authors

Walter K. Dodds
Walter K. Dodds Kansas State University
Sherri L. Johnson
Sherri L. Johnson US Forest Service
Wilfred M. Wollheim
Wilfred M. Wollheim University of New Hampshire
Patrick J. Mulholland
Patrick J. Mulholland Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Jennifer L. Tank
Jennifer L. Tank University of Notre Dame
Stephen K. Hamilton
Stephen K. Hamilton Michigan State University
Nancy B. Grimm
Nancy B. Grimm Arizona State University
William B. Bowden
William B. Bowden University of Vermont
Bruce J. Peterson
Bruce J. Peterson Marine Biological Laboratory
Jackson R. Webster
Jackson R. Webster Virginia Tech

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