Bernhardt Lab
Aquatic–Terrestrial Biogeochemistry
Publications
Recent years are listed in full below. Underlined-style bold names indicate lab members at the time the work was conducted. For the complete 20+ year record, see the lab's Google Scholar or ORCID profile — those stay current automatically rather than risking transcription drift here. Non-peer-reviewed writing lives on the News page. Reprint requests: emily.bernhardt@duke.edu.
Schlesinger, W.H. & Bernhardt, E.S. (2020). Biogeochemistry: An Analysis of Global Change, 4th edition. Elsevier. 672pp.
Ardón, M., Lazaro, P., Emanuel, R.E., Neville, J.A., Anderson, S.M., Wright, J.P., & Bernhardt, E.S. Surface Elevation Trends in Natural and Restored Coastal Forested Wetlands Reveal Vulnerability to Saltwater Intrusion and Sea Level Rise. Estuaries and Coasts, 49(2).
Carter, A.M., Vlah, M.J., Hall, R.O., & Bernhardt, E.S. Accelerated carbon cycling after 50 years of warming and increasing hydrologic variability in a temperate stream. Limnology and Oceanography, 71(1).
Bernhardt, E.S., Rosi, E.J., Solomon, C.T., Campbell, J., Driscoll, C.T., Green, M.B., et al., McDowell, W.H. Forest recovery after deforestation is fueled by mineral weathering at the expense of ecosystem buffering capacity. PNAS, 122(42), e2419123122.
Naslund, L.C., Mehring, A.S., Tomczyk, N.J., Rosemond, A.D., McKay, S.K., Bernhardt, E.S., & Wenger, S.J. Consequences of dam removal for reservoir carbon storage and emissions. Journal of Environmental Management, 395, 127792.
Yeung, H.C.H., Pavelsky, T.M., Wang, C., McDowell, N.G., Emanuel, R.E., Bernhardt, E.S., & Yang, X. Overlooked and extensive ghost forest formation across the US Atlantic coast. Nature Sustainability, 8(12), 1445–1454.
Behrens, J.R., & Bernhardt, E.S. Community structure and metals concentration together determine aquatic-to-terrestrial metal subsidies in urban and forested streams. Freshwater Science.
Behrens, J.R., Joyce, A.S., Ferguson, P.L., Kolpin, D.W., Jayasundara, N., Barbo, N., & Bernhardt, E.S. Integrating Contaminant Source Indicators, Water Quality Measures, and Ecotoxicity to Characterize Contaminant Mixtures and PFAS Variability in an Urban Watershed. Environmental Science & Technology.
Basu, N.B., Meter, K.J.V., Bennett, E., Bernhardt, E., Inamdar, S., & McCrackin, M. Connecting the past with restoration futures: integrating legacy thinking into environmental decision making. Environmental Research Letters, 20(3), 030201.
Szponar, N., Vega, C.M., Gerson, J., McLagan, D.S., Pillaca, M., Delgado, S., et al., Bergquist, B.A. Tracing Atmospheric Mercury from Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining. Environmental Science & Technology.
Marzolf, N.S., Slaughter, W.M., Vlah, M.J., Rhea, S.A., DelVecchia, A.G., & Bernhardt, E.S. Ecosystem metabolism estimates from the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) stream and river sites. Scientific Data, 12(1), 478.
Thellman, A.N., Wooster, T., Malcom, H., Rosi, E.J., & Bernhardt, E.S. Stream bryophytes promote "cryptic" productivity in highly oligotrophic headwaters. Limnology and Oceanography, 70(2), 275–290.
Anderson, S.M., Bernhardt, E.S., Domec, J.C., Ury, E.A., Emanuel, R.E., Wright, J.P., & Ardón, M. Leaf Physiological Responses and Early Senescence Are Linked to Reflectance Spectra in Salt-Sensitive Coastal Tree Species. Forests, 15(9).
Steele, J.J.B., Thellman, A.N., Vought, O.K., Rosi, E.J., Wooster, T., Solomon, C.T., & Bernhardt, E.S. Bryospheres in oligotrophic headwater streams provide nutrient-dense habitats and dominate stream nutrient cycling. Freshwater Science, 43(4), 439–452.
Marzolf, N.S., Vlah, M.J., Lowman, H.E., Slaughter, W.M., & Bernhardt, E.S. Phenology of gross primary productivity in rivers displays high variability within years but stability across years. Limnology and Oceanography Letters.
Marchese, M.J., Gerson, J.R., Berky, A.J., Driscoll, C., Fernandez, L.E., Hsu-Kim, H., et al., Bernhardt, E.S. Diet choices determine mercury exposure risks for people living in gold mining regions of Peru. Environmental Research: Health, 2(3), 035001.
Bueno de Mesquita, C.P., Hartman, W.H., Ardón, M., Bernhardt, E.S., Neubauer, S.C., Weston, N.B., & Tringe, S.G. Microbial Ecology and Site Characteristics Underlie Differences in Salinity–Methane Relationships in Coastal Wetlands. J. Geophys. Res. Biogeosci., 129(6).
Kurek, M.R., Wickland, K.P., Nichols, N.A., McKenna, A.M., Anderson, S.M., Dornblaser, M.M., et al., Spencer, R.G.M. Linking Dissolved Organic Matter Composition to Landscape Properties in Wetlands Across the USA. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 38(5).
Vlah, M.J., Ross, M.R.V., Rhea, S., & Bernhardt, E.S. Leveraging gauge networks and strategic discharge measurements to aid the development of continuous streamflow records. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 28(3), 545–573.
Marinos, R.E., Groffman, P.M., Driscoll, C.T., & Bernhardt, E.S. Accelerated soil nitrogen cycling in response to a whole ecosystem acid rain mitigation experiment. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 189.
Neville, J.A., Emanuel, R.E., Nelson, N.G., Bernhardt, E.S., & Ardón, M. Standard metrics for characterizing episodic salinization in freshwater systems. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods.
O'Donnell, K.L., Bernhardt, E.S., Yang, X., Emanuel, R.E., Ardón, M., et al., Wright, J.P. Saltwater intrusion and sea level rise threatens U.S. rural coastal landscapes and communities. Anthropocene, 45, 100427.
Battin, T.J., Lauerwald, R., Bernhardt, E.S., Bertuzzo, E., Gómez Gener, L., Hall, R.O., Hotchkiss, E.R., et al. River ecosystem metabolism and carbon biogeochemistry in a changing world. Nature, 613(7944), 449–459.
Vlah, M.J., Rhea, S., Bernhardt, E.S., Slaughter, W., Gubbins, N., DelVecchia, A.G., et al., Ross, M.R.V. MacroSheds: A synthesis of long-term biogeochemical, hydroclimatic, and geospatial data from small watershed ecosystem studies. Limnology and Oceanography Letters, 8(3), 419–452.
Thellman, A., Savoy, P., & Bernhardt, E. High potential but low achievement: Frequent disturbance constrains the light use efficiency of river ecosystems. Ecosphere, 14(10).
Green, M.B., Pardo, L.H., Campbell, J.L., Rosi, E., Bernhardt, E.S., Driscoll, C.T., et al., Templer, P.H. Combination of factors rather than single disturbance drives perturbation of the nitrogen cycle in a temperate forest. Biogeochemistry, 166(2), 139–157.
Rumschlag, S.L., Mahon, M.B., Jones, D.K., Battaglin, W., Behrens, J., Bernhardt, E.S., et al., Rohr, J.R. Density declines, richness increases, and composition shifts in stream macroinvertebrates. Science Advances, 9(18), eadf4896.
Perrotta, B.G., Simonin, M., Colman, B.P., Anderson, S.M., Baruch, E., Castellon, B.T., et al., King, R.S. Chronic Engineered Nanoparticle Additions Alter Insect Emergence and Result in Metal Flux from Aquatic Ecosystems into Riparian Food Webs. Environmental Science & Technology, 57(21), 8085–8095.
Bergemann, C.M., Avellan, A., Perrotta, B.G., Bernhardt, E.S., & Simonin, M. Seasonal Differences and Grazing Pressure Alter the Fate of Gold Nanoparticles in a Microcosm Experiment. Environmental Science & Technology, 57(37), 13970–13979.
Rosi, E.J., Bernhardt, E.S., Creed, I., Likens, G.E., & McDowell, W.H. Taking the Pulse of Global Change with World Heritage Data Sets. Eos, 104(10), 14–17.
Sayers, C.J., Evers, D.C., Ruiz-Gutierrez, V., Adams, E., Vega, C.M., Pisconte, J.N., et al., Fernandez, L.E. Mercury in Neotropical birds: a synthesis and prospectus on 13 years of exposure data. Ecotoxicology, 32(8), 1096–1123.
DelVecchia, A.G., Rhea, S., Aho, K.S., Stanley, E.H., Hotchkiss, E.R., Carter, A., & Bernhardt, E.S. Variability and drivers of CO2, CH4, and N2O concentrations in streams across the United States. Limnology and Oceanography, 68(2), 394–408.
Rhea, S., Gubbins, N., DelVecchia, A.G., Ross, M.R.V., & Bernhardt, E.S. User-focused evaluation of National Ecological Observatory Network streamflow estimates. Scientific Data, 10(1), 89.
Waters, M.N., Bernhardt, E.S., & Gerson, J.R. The impacts of dam construction on elemental deposition in a reservoir receiving mountaintop coal mining materials. Lake and Reservoir Management, 39(3), 246–258.
Ury, E.A., Ardón, M., Wright, J.P., & Bernhardt, E.S. Restored forested wetland surprisingly resistant to experimental salinization. PLoS One, 18(12), e0296128.
The full record back through 2002 — including foundational papers on Hubbard Brook, mountaintop mining, and stream metabolism — is on Google Scholar and ORCID, kept current automatically. Representative citations organized by research theme are also on the Research page.