Selected Publications
Carter, A. M., Vlah, M. J., Hall, R. O., & Bernhardt, E. S. (2026). Accelerated carbon cycling after 50 years of warming and increasing hydrologic variability in a temperate stream. Limnology and Oceanography, 71(1). https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.70313
Yeung, H. C. H., Pavelsky, T. M., Wang, C., McDowell, N. G., Emanuel, R. E., Bernhardt, E. S., & Yang, X. (2025). Overlooked and extensive ghost forest formation across the US Atlantic coast. Nature Sustainability, 8(12), 1445–1454. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-025-01691-w
Bernhardt, E. S., Rosi, E. J., Solomon, C. T., Campbell, J., Driscoll, C. T., Green, M. B., … McDowell, W. H. (2025). Forest recovery after deforestation is fueled by mineral weathering at the expense of ecosystem buffering capacity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 122(42), e2419123122. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2419123122
Thellman, A. N., Wooster, T., Malcom, H., Rosi, E. J., & Bernhardt, E. S. (2025). Stream bryophytes promote “cryptic” productivity in highly oligotrophic headwaters. Limnology and Oceanography, 70(2), 275–290. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.12741
Marchese, M. J., Gerson, J. R., Berky, A. J., Driscoll, C., Fernandez, L. E., Hsu-Kim, H., … Bernhardt, E. S. (2024). Diet choices determine mercury exposure risks for people living in gold mining regions of Peru. Environmental Research Health, 2(3). https://doi.org/10.1088/2752-5309/ad3d79
O’Donnell, K. L., Bernhardt, E. S., Yang, X., Emanuel, R. E., Ardón, M., Lerdau, M. T., … Wright, J. P. (2024). Saltwater intrusion and sea level rise threatens U.S. rural coastal landscapes and communities. Anthropocene, 45. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ancene.2024.100427
Vlah, M. J., Rhea, S., Bernhardt, E. S., Slaughter, W., Gubbins, N., DelVecchia, A. G., … Ross, M. R. V. (2023). MacroSheds: A synthesis of long-term biogeochemical, hydroclimatic, and geospatial data from small watershed ecosystem studies. Limnology and Oceanography Letters, 8(3), 419–452. https://doi.org/10.1002/lol2.10325
DelVecchia, A. G., Rhea, S., Aho, K. S., Stanley, E. H., Hotchkiss, E. R., Carter, A., & Bernhardt, E. S. (2023). Variability and drivers of CO2, CH4, and N2O concentrations in streams across the United States. Limnology and Oceanography, 68(2), 394–408. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.12281
Bernhardt, E. S., Savoy, P., Vlah, M. J., Appling, A. P., Koenig, L. E., Hall, R. O., … Grimm, N. B. (2022). Light and flow regimes regulate the metabolism of rivers. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 119(8), e2121976119. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2121976119
