Stream restoration milestones: monitoring scales determine successes and failures

SS Kaushal, ML Fork, RJ Hawley, KG Hopkins… - Urban …, 2023 - Springer
Urban stream restoration is growing globally, but there is much to learn from successes,
failures, and evaluating tradeoffs in restoration practices. Significant time and resources …

Nontarget chemical composition of surface waters may reflect ecosystem processes more than discrete source contributions

C Shi, G Mahadwar, E Dávila-Santiago… - Environmental …, 2023 - ACS Publications
We investigated environmental, landscape, and microbial factors that could structure the
spatiotemporal variability in the nontarget chemical composition of four riverine systems in …

Anthropogenic effects on global soil nitrogen pools

SC Chien, JA Krumins - Science of The Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
The amount of nitrogen stored in terrestrial soils, its “nitrogen pool”, moderates
biogeochemical cycling affecting primary productivity, nitrogen pollution and even carbon …

[HTML][HTML] Native Bamboo (Indosasa shibataeoides McClure) Invasion of Broadleaved Forests Promotes Soil Organic Carbon Sequestration in South China Karst

Z Chen, X Xu, Z Wu, Z Huang, G Gao, J Zhang… - Forests, 2023 - mdpi.com
Bamboo invasion into broadleaf forests is a common phenomenon in karst areas; however,
the effect of bamboo invasion on soil organic carbon (SOC) in karst areas and the …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of litter removal and biochar application on soil properties in urban forests of Southern China

T Yan, X Liu, W Yan, J Lei, Y Peng, J Wang, X Zhang… - Forests, 2024 - mdpi.com
Urban forests are crucial components of cities, serving as vital 'green lungs' that embody
urban civilization and sustainability. Despite their significance in maintaining the urban …

Sources of variation in nutrient loads collected through street swee** in the Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan Area, Minnesota, USA

SE Hobbie, RA King, T Belo, P Kalinosky… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Excess non-point nutrient loading continues to impair urban surface waters. Because of the
potential contribution of tree litterfall to nutrient pollution in stormwater, street swee** is a …

Patterns of decomposition and functional traits for flower and leaf litter in tropical woody species

MIG de Alencar, ATC Dias, AEB Asato, A Caliman - Oecologia, 2024 - Springer
The variation within and across species has afterlife effects on carbon and nutrient cycling
through the alteration of litter decomposability. However, the focus on leaves may not reflect …

“Blooming” of litter-mixing effects: the role of flower and leaf litter interactions on decomposition in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems

MIG Alencar, RD Guariento, B Guenet… - …, 2024 - bg.copernicus.org
The diversity effect on decomposition, through the litter-mixing effects plays a central role in
determining the nutrient and carbon dynamics in ecosystems. However, the litter-mixing …

Urbanization and stream ecology: Moving the bar on multidisciplinary solutions to wicked urban stream problems

ML Fork, KG Hopkins, J Chappell… - Freshwater …, 2022 - journals.uchicago.edu
Decades of research on the effects of urbanization on stream ecology have shown that
urban stream problems are inherently wicked. These problems are wicked in the sense that …

There and Back Again: An Investigation of Reciprocal Linkages Across a Mosaic of Stream-Riparian Ecosystems in Northern Yellowstone National Park

JM Brooks - 2024 - search.proquest.com
Abstract In northern Yellowstone National Park, restoration of large carnivores had
cascading consequences for stream-riparian habitats, transitioning their plant communities …