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To support sound decision-making in environmental management, we need rigorous, defensible, and transparent synthesis of scientific evidence. The Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) and associated aquatic science societies are leaders in applying sci...

The University of Rhode Island’s Watershed Watch Volunteer Monitoring Program has been collecting water quality data on dozens of Rhode Island lakes and ponds for over 25 years, allowing exploration of long-term trends in common water quality parameters. Not all lakes and p...

Graphene is a two-dimensional nanomaterial with unique mechanical, thermal, electrical, and optical properties. With increasing applications of graphene-family nanomaterials (GFNs) in numerous fields such as electronics, biomedicine, and surface coatings, concern for their impact...

The last decade has seen a proliferation of studies describing the benefits people accrue from natural processes by translation of remotely sensed land use and / or land cover (LULC) data to ecosystem service provision. Yet, critical assessment of systemic errors resulting from r...

Coral reefs worldwide have degraded during the last five decades. Protection of reefs is challenging because of the many watershed, coastal and oceanic stressors that affect them. There are numerous actions that can be taken to reduce coral reef stressors, but implementation nece...

Global economic development and an increasing population have dramatically increased demand for water resources. Anthropogenic chemicals released from waste water treatment plants (WWTP), as well as industrial and agricultural operations, often negatively affect the quality of re...

Coastal tidal wetlands are well recognized for the key ecosystem services they provide such as flood protection, water quality improvement, and carbon sequestration. In the southeastern United States, some communities are relying on coastal wetlands for the management of secondar...

The use of cerium oxide nanoparticles (CeNPs) in fuel additives and other industrial products may result in the accumulation of these nanoparticles in terrestrial compartments. The biological interaction between CeNPs, plants, and the root-associated microbiome is poorly understo...

Understanding the capacity of ecosystems to adapt and to cope (i.e. adaptive capacity) with change is crucial to their management. However, definitions of adaptive capacity are often unclear and confusing, making application of this concept difficult. In this paper, we revisit de...

Headwater ephemeral tributaries are interfaces between uplands and downstream waters. Terrestrial coarse particulate organic matter (CPOM) is important in fueling aquatic ecosystems; however, the extent to which ephemeral tributaries are functionally connected to downstream water...

To address increasing demand during the last decades, bean producers have intensified agricultural activities by increasing the use of industrial inputs. Such intensification can impose environmental as well as economic risks to fragile ecosystems. Emergy and economic analyses we...

Over their lifetime, fish experience damage to their fins from a variety of natural sources (e.g., predators, abrasion). Generally, that damage is repaired through the process of fin regeneration. However, some chemicals have been shown to impair the fin regeneration process. Aqu...

We describe a collection of aquatic and wetland habitats in an inland landscape, and their occurrence within a terrestrial matrix, as a “freshwater ecosystem mosaic” (FEM). Aquatic and wetland habitats in any FEM can vary widely, from permanently ponded lakes, to ephe...

Dissolved oxygen (DO) has a fundamental effect on both the health and the biogeochemical function of aquatic ecosystems. In estuaries, changes in DO relevant to biotic systems often occur over a wide range of temporal and spatial scales, forced by tidal inundation and rainfall, o...

Graphene is a two-dimensional nanomaterial composed of sp2 hybridized carbon atoms with unique mechanical, thermal, electrical and optical properties. Due to their high strength and light weight, graphene family nanomaterials (GFNs), such as graphene oxide (GO) are increasingly b...

Environmental geochemists frequently use archives of sediment, peat, and glacial ice to reconstruct historical trends in atmospheric mercury (Hg) deposition to ecosystems. These archives primarily record the deposition of inorganic Hg and fail to adequately reconstruct the histor...

This module promotes student discovery and learning about the interconnectedness of humans and ecosystems. Centered on ecosystem services, these six classroom-ready lessons incorporate use of EnviroAtlas to encourage a systems approach to thinking about the world. This approach p...

The industrial use and widespread application of carbon-based nanomaterials have caused a rapid increase in their production over the last decades. However, toxicity of these materials is not fully known and still being investigated for potential human and ecological health risks...

Natural disasters, such as hurricanes and forest fires, could trigger collapse and reorganization of social-ecological systems. In the face of external perturbations, a resilient system would have capacity to absorb impacts, adapt to change, learn, and if needed, reorganize withi...

The rate of deforestation declined steadily in Thailand since the year 2000 due to economic transformation away from forestry. However, these changes did not occur in Nan Province located in northern Thailand. Deforestation is expected to continue due to high demand for forest pr...

Estuaries are dynamic transition zones linking freshwater and oceanic habitats. These productive ecosystems are threatened by a variety of stressors including human modification of coastal watersheds. In this study we examined potential linkages between estuarine condition and...

The ability of ecosystems to regulate water quality and flood events has been linked to health outcomes, including mosquito-borne illnesses. In the San Juan Bay Estuary watershed of Puerto Rico, habitat alterations and land-use development have disrupted watershed hydrology, exac...

Ammonia (NH3) is the most abundant alkaline component in the atmosphere, is therefore of great importance in the neutralization of atmospheric acids and formation of aerosol particles. Numerous studies have been published investigating the effects of NH3 fluxes on agricultural ec...

The accuracy of atmospheric chemical mechanisms used in air quality models is critical for robustly predicting the production and decay of air pollutants and developing strategies to reduce concentrations that are above levels harmful to humans and ecosystems. In this study we do...

EnviroAtlas was developed under three assumptions: 1) we would be able to develop nationally consistent geospatial data that would be meaningful for regional and local decision-making, 2) if community planners and decision-makers had access to better data, they would use those da...