Publications

Abbott, B. W., A. V. Rocha, A. Shogren, J. P. Zarnetske, F. Iannucci, W. B. Bowden, S. P. Bratsman, L. Patch, R. Watts, R. Fulweber, R. J. Frei, A. M. Huebner, S. M. Ludwig, G. T. Carling, and J. A. O’Donnell. 2021. Tundra wildfire triggers sustained lateral nutrient loss in Alaskan Arctic. Global Change Biology 27:1408-1430. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.15507

Covino, T.P., A.N. Wlostowski, M.N. Gooseff, W.M. Wollheim, and W.B. Bowden. 2021. The seasonality of in-stream nutrient concentrations and uptake in Arctic headwater streams in the northern foothills of Alaska’s Brooks Range. Journal of Geophysical Research – Biogeosciences [Accepted Paper #2020JG005949RR]

Iannucci, F. M., J. Beneš, A. Medvedeff, and W. B. Bowden. 2021. Biogeochemical responses over 37 years to manipulation of phosphorus concentrations in an Arctic river: The Upper Kuparuk River Experiment. Hydrological Processes 35:e14075. DOI: 10.1002/hyp.14075

Medvedeff, A. B., F. M. Iannucci, L. A. Deegan, A. D. Huryn, and W. B. Bowden. 2021. Long-term hydrological, biogeochemical, and ecological data for the Kuparuk River, North Slope, Alaska. Hydrological Processes 35:e14115. DOI: 10.1002/hyp.14115

Shogren, A. J., J. P. Zarnetske, B. W. Abbott, F. Iannucci, A. Medvedeff, S. Cairns, M. J. Duda, and W. B. Bowden. 2021. Arctic concentration-discharge relationships for dissolved organic carbon and nitrate vary with landscape and season. Limnology and Oceanography 66:S197-S215. DOI: 10.1002/lno.11682

Kincaid, D. W., E. C. Seybold, E. C. Adair, W. B. Bowden, J. N. Perdrial, M. C. H. Vaughan, and A. W. Schroth. 2020. Land Use and Season Influence Event-Scale Nitrate and Soluble Reactive Phosphorus Exports and Export Stoichiometry from Headwater Catchments. Water Resources Research 56.

Shogren, A. J., J. P. Zarnetske, B. W. Abbott, F. Iannucci, and W. B. Bowden. 2020. We cannot shrug off the shoulder seasons: addressing knowledge and data gaps in an Arctic headwater. Environmental Research Letters 15. DOI: 10.1029/2020WR027361

Shogren, A. J., J. P. Zarnetske, B. W. Abbott, F. Iannucci, R. J. Frei, N. A. Griffin, and W. B. Bowden. 2019. Revealing biogeochemical signatures of Arctic landscapes with river chemistry. Scientific Reports 9.
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-49296-6

Vaughan, M. C. H., W. B. Bowden, J. B. Shanley, A. Vermilyea, and A. W. Schroth. 2019. Shining light on the storm: in-stream optics reveal hysteresis of dissolved organic matter character. Biogeochemistry 143:275-291. DOI: 10.1007/s10533-019-00561-w

Wagner, C. R. H., S. Greenhalgh, M. T. Niles, A. Zia, and W. B. Bowden. 2020. Evaluating water quality regulation as a driver of farmer behavior: a social-ecological systems approach. Ecology and Society 25. Articl3 35. DOI: 10.5751/ES-12034-250435

Seybold, E., A. J. Gold, S. P. Inamdar, C. Adair, W. B. Bowden, M. C. H. Vaughan, S. M. Pradhanang, K. Addy, J. B. Shanley, A. Vermilyea, D. F. Levia, B. C. Wemple, and A. W. Schroth. 2019. Influence of land use and hydrologic variability on seasonal dissolved organic carbon and nitrate export: insights from a multi-year regional analysis for the northeastern USA. Biogeochemistry 146:31-49. DOI: 10.1007/s10533-019-00609-x

Addy, K., A. J. Gold, J. A. Loffredo, A. W. Schroth, S. P. Inamdar, W. B. Bowden, D. Q. Kellogg, and F. J. B. Birgand. 2018. Stream response to an extreme drought-induced defoliation event. First on-line: 25 August 2018. DOI: 10.1007/s10533-018-0485-3

Kendrick, M*., A. Huryn, W.B. Bowden, L. Deegan, R. Findlay, A. Hershey, B.J. Peterson, J. Beneš, E. Schuett. 2018. Decadal-scale trends of dissolved nutrients and insect isotopic patterns in an Arctic river. Global Change Biology 24(12): 5738-5750. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.14448.

Parker, S.P*., W.B. Bowden, M.B. Flinn, C.D. Giles, K.A. Arndt#, J.P. Beneš, and D.G. Jent*. 2018. Effect of particle size and heterogeneity on sediment biofilm metabolism and nutrient uptake scaled using two approaches. Ecosphere 9(3): e02137. DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.2137.

Song, C., W. K. Dodds, J. Rüegg, A. Argerich, C. L. Baker, W. B. Bowden, M. M. Douglas, K. J. Farrell*, M. B. Flinn, E. A. Garcia, A. M. Helton, T. K. Harms, S. Jia, J. B. Jones, L. E. Koenig*, J. S. Kominoski, W. H. McDowell, D. McMaster, S. P. Parker*, A. D. Rosemond, C. M. Ruffing, K. R. Sheehan, M. T. Trentman*, M. R. Whiles, W. M. Wollheim, and F. Ballantyne. 2018. Continental-scale decrease in net primary productivity in streams due to climate warming. Nature Geoscience 11:415-420. DOI: 10.1038/s41561-018-0125-5

Vaughan, M.C.H*., B. Wemple, W.B. Bowden, J. Shanley, A. Vermilyea, and A.W. Schroth. 2018. Using in situ UV-Visible spectrophotometer sensors to predict riverine phosphorus species concentrations. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods 16(12): 840-855. DOI: 10.1002/lom3.10287

Bowden, W.B., J. Glime, and T. Riis. 2017. Bryophytes and Macrophytes. Chapter 18 in R. Hauer and G. Lamberti. Methods in Stream Ecology. 3rd Edition. Academic Press. Burlington, Massachusetts, USA. [This is a thorough update and revision of Bowden et al. 2007]

Norman, B. C., Whiles, M. R., Collins, S. M., Flecker, A. S., Hamilton, S. K., Johnson, S. L., Rosi-Marshall, E. J., Ashkenas, L. R., Bowden, W. B., Crenshaw, C. L., Crowl, T., Dodds, W. K., Hall, R. O., El-Sabaawi, R., Griffiths, N. A., Marti, E., McDowell, W. H., Peterson, S. D., Rantala, H. M., Riis, T., Simon, K. S., Tank, J. L., Thomas, S. A., von Schiller, D. and Webster, J. R. 2017. Drivers of nitrogen transfer in stream food webs across continents. 2017. Ecology 98(12): 3044–3055. DOI:10.1002/ecy.2009

Tank, J.L., E. Martí, T. Riis, D. von Schiller, W.K. Dodds, M.R. Whiles, L. Ashkenas, W.B. Bowden, B.M. Cheever, S.M. Collins, C.L. Crenshaw, T.A. Crowl, N.A. Griffiths, N.B. Grimm, S.K. Hamilton, S.L. Johnson, W.H. McDowell, E.J. Rosi-Marshall, K.S. Simon, S.A. Thomas, J.R. Webster, W.M. Wollheim. Partitioning assimilatory nitrogen uptake in streams: an analysis of stable isotope tracer additions across continents. Ecological Monographs (early view late 2017). DOI: 10.1002/ecm.1280

Vaughan, M.C.H.*, W.B. Bowden, J.B. Shanley, A. Vermilyea, R. Sleeper*, A.J. Gold, S. Pradhanang, S.P. Inamdar, D.F. Levia, A.S. Andres, F. Birgand, A.W. Schroth. 2017. High-frequency dissolved organic carbon and nitrate measurements reveal differences in storm hysteresis and loading in relation to land cover and seasonality. Water Resources Research 53, 5345–5363. DOI: 10.1002/2017WR020491

Bowden, W.B. 2016. Background Facts: Role of Phosphorus in Lake Champlain Pollution. Vermont Journal of Environmental Law 17: 501-515.

Abbott, B.W., J.B. Jones, E.A.G. Schuur, F.S. Chapin III, W.B. Bowden, M.S. Bret-Harte, H.E. Epstein, M.D. Flannigan, T.K. Harms, T.N. Hollingsworth, M. Mack, A.D. McGuire, S.M. Natali, A.V. Rocha, S.E. Tank, M.R. Turetsky, J.E. Vonk, K.P. Wickland, and the Permafrost Carbon Network. 2016. Biomass offsets little or none of permafrost carbon release from soils, streams, and wildfire: an expert assessment. Environmental Research Letters 11. DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/11/3/034014

Gough, L. N.D. Bettez, K.A. Slavik, W.B. Bowden, A.E. Giblin, G.W. Kling, J.A. Laundre, and G.R. Shaver. 2016. Effects of long-term nutrient additions on arctic tundra, stream, and lake ecosystems: Beyond NPP. Oecologia. DOI: 10.1007/s00442-016-3716-0

Parker, S.P.*, W.B. Bowden, and M.B. Flinn. 2016. The effect of acid strength and post-acidification reaction time on the determination of chlorophyll a in ethanol-extracted aquatic periphyton. 2016. Limnology and Oceanography Methods, 14: 839–852. DOI 10.1002/lom3.10130 [Posted on Early View online: DOI: 10.1002/lom3.10130/full]

Treat, C., W. Wollheim, R.K. Varner, and W.B. Bowden. Increased nitrate availability for leaching during fall in tundra soils. Geophysical Research Letters 11(6):064013.†DOI:10.1088/1748-9326/11/6/064013

Rueegg, J., W. K. Dodds, M. D. Daniels, K. R. Sheehan, C. L. Baker, W. B. Bowden, K. J. Farrell, M. B. Flinn, T. K. Harms, J. B. Jones, L. E. Koenig*, J. S. Kominoski, W. H. McDowell, S. P. Parker*, A. D. Rosemond, M. T. Trentman*, M. Whiles, and W. M. Wollheim. 2016. Baseflow physical characteristics differ at multiple spatial scales in stream networks across diverse biomes. Landscape Ecology 31:119-136. DOI: 10.1007/s10980-015-0289-y

Wlostowski*, AN, MN Gooseff, W Wollheim, WB Bowden 2016. Breakthrough curve decomposition: A conceptual framework for analyzing solute transport processes in rivers, independent of 1D numerical transport models. Limnology and Oceanography Methods. DOI: 10.1002/lom3.10148.

Abbott, B. W*., J. B. Jones, S. E. Godsey, J. R. Larouche, and W. B. Bowden. 2015. Patterns and persistence of hydrologic carbon and nutrient export from collapsing upland permafrost. Biogeosciences 12:3725-3740. DOI: 10.5194/bg-12-3725-2015

Emerson, D., J.J. Scott, J. Benes, W.B. Bowden. 2015. Microbial iron oxidation in the arctic tundra and its implications for biogeochemical cycling. Applied Environmental Microbiology 81(23): 8066-8075. DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02832-15.

Kanwar, P*., W.B. Bowden, S. Greenhalgh. 2015. A Regional Ecological Risk Assessment of the Kaipara Harbour, New Zealand, Using a Relative Risk Model. Human and Ecological Risk Assessment: An International Journal 21 (4), 1123-1146. DOI: 10.1080/10807039.2014.976046.

Kanwar, P.*, S. Kaza, and W.B. Bowden. 2015. An evaluation of Māori values in multiscalar environmental policies governing Kaipara Harbour in New Zealand. International Journal of Water Resources Development, DOI: 10.1080/07900627.2015.1018410.

Kanwar*, P., K. Koliba, W.B. Bowden, and S. Greenhalgh. 2015. An institutional analysis of the Kaipara Harbour governance network in New Zealand. Society & Natural Resources. DOI:10.1080/08941920.2016.1144838.

Larouche, J. R*., B. W. Abbott*, W. B. Bowden, and J. B. Jones. 2015. The role of watershed characteristics, permafrost thaw, and wildfire on dissolved organic carbon biodegradability and water chemistry in Arctic headwater streams. Biogeosciences 12:4221-4233. DOI: 10.5194/bg-12-4221-2015.

Pearce, A.R.* E.B. Rastetter, B.L. Kwiatkowski, W.B. Bowden, M.C. Mack, and Y. Jiang. 2015. Recovery of arctic tundra from thermal erosion disturbance is constrained by nutrient accumulation: a modeling analysis. Ecological Applications. 25(5): 1271–1289. DOI: 10.1890/14-1323.1.

Vonk, J.E., S. E. Tank, W. B. Bowden, I. Laurion, W. F. Vincent, P. Alekseychik, M. Amyot, M. F. Billet, J. Canário, R. M. Cory, B. N. Deshpande, M. Helbig, M. Jammet, J. Karlsson, J. Larouche, G. MacMillan, M. Rautio, K. M. Walter Anthony, and K. P. Wickland. 2015. Reviews and syntheses: Effects of permafrost thaw on Arctic aquatic ecosystems. Biogeosciences, 12, 7129-7167, DOI: 10.5194/bg-12-7129-2015.

Abbott*, B.W., J.R. Larouche*, J.B. Jones, W.B. Bowden, and A.W. Balser. 2014. Elevated dissolved organic carbon biodegradability from thawing and collapsing permafrost. Journal of Geophysical Research. On-line October 2014. DOI: 10.1002/2014JG002678.

Bowden, W.B., B.J. Peterson, L.A. Deegan, A.D. Huryn, J.P. Benstead, H. Golden*, M. Kendrick*, S.M. Parker, E. Schuett, J. Valino, and J.E. Hobbie. 2014 Ecology of streams of the Toolik region. Chapter 7 in J.E. Hobbie and G. Kling, Alaska’s Changing Arctic. LTER Synthesis Book. Oxford University Press, New York. (ISBN 978-0-19-986040-1)

Kling, G.W., H.E. Adams, N.D. Bettez, W.B. Bowden, B.C. Crump, A.E. Giblin, K.E. Judd, K. Keller, G.W. Kipphut, E.R. Rastetter, G.R. Shaver, M. Stieglitz. 2014 Land-Water Interactions. Chapter 6 in J.E. Hobbie and G. Kling, Alaska’s Changing Arctic. LTER Synthesis Book. Oxford University Press, New York. (ISBN 978-0-19-986040-1)

Chichakly*, K., W.B. Bowden, M. Eppstein. 2013. Minimization of cost, sediment load, and sensitivity to climate change in a watershed management application. Environmental Modeling and Software 50:158-168. DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2013.09.009

Schuur, E. A. G., B. W. Abbott, W. B. Bowden, V. Brovkin, P. Camill, J. G. Canadell, J. P. Chanton, F. S. Chapin, III, T. R. Christensen, P. Ciais, B. T. Crosby, C. I. Czimczik, G. Grosse, J. Harden, D. J. Hayes, G. Hugelius, J. D. Jastrow, J. B. Jones, T. Kleinen, C. D. Koven, G. Krinner, P. Kuhry, D. M. Lawrence, A. D. McGuire, S. M. Natali, J. A. O’Donnell, C. L. Ping, W. J. Riley, A. Rinke, V. E. Romanovsky, A. B. K. Sannel, C. Schädel, K. Schaefer, J. Sky, Z. M. Subin, C. Tarnocai, M. R. Turetsky, M. P. Waldrop, K. M. Walter Anthony, K. P. Wickland, C. J. Wilson, and S. A. Zimov. 2013. Expert assessment of vulnerability of permafrost carbon to climate change. Climatic Change:1-16. DOI: 10.1007/s10584-013-0730-7.

Snyder, L*. and W.B. Bowden. Nutrient dynamics in an oligotrophic arctic stream monitored in situ by wet chemistry methods. 2013. Water Resources Research 50: 2039–2049,
DOI: 10.1002/2013WR014317.

Bowden, W.B., J.R. Larouche, A.R. Pearce, B.T. Crosby, K. Krieger, M.B. Flinn, J. Kampman, M.N. Gooseff, S.E. Godsey, J.B. Jones, B.W. Abbott, M.T. Jorgenson, G.W. Kling, M. Mack, E.A.G. Schuur, A.F. Baron, and E.B. Rastetter. 2012. An Integrated Assessment of the Influences of Upland Thermal-Erosional Features on Landscape Structure and Function in the Foothills of the Brooks Range, Alaska. In: Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Permafrost. Edited by K.M. Hinkel. Salekhard, Russia, 24-29 June, 2012. Pages 61-66.

Flinn, M.B., W.B. Bowden, A.W. Balser, J.B. Jones, and M.N. Gooseff. Soil and Water Chemistry Characteristics of Thermo-Erosional Features in the Western Noatak River Basin, Alaska, USA. 2012. In: Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Permafrost. Edited by K.M. Hinkel. Salekhard, Russia, 24-29 June, 2012. Pages 101-106.

Larouche*, J.R., W.B. Bowden, R. Giordano, M.B. Flinn, and B.C. Crump. 2012. Microbial biogeography of streams in the Feniak Lake region, Noatak National Preserve, Alaska: Exploring influences of lithology and habitat. Frontiers in Microbiology 3:article 309. DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2012.00309.

Fitzgerald*, E., W.B. Bowden, and M. Kline. 2012 Urban impacts on streams are scale-dependent with nonlinear influences on their physical and biotic recovery in Vermont, United States. Journal of the American Water Resources Association. 48(4): 679‐697. DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2012.00639.x

Schuur, E.A.G., B. Abbott, and the Permafrost Carbon Network, including W.B. Bowden. 2011. High Risk of Permafrost Thaw. Nature (Comment) 480:32-33.

Prowse, T., K. Alfredsen, S. Beltaos, B.R. Bonsal, W.B. Bowden, C.R. Duguay, A.Korhola, J. McNamara, W.F. Vincent, V. Vuglinsky, K.M. Walter Anthony, G.A. Weyhenmeyer. 2011. Effects of Changes in Arctic Lake and River Ice. Ambio 40:63–74. DOI: 10.1007/s13280-011-0217-6.

Prowse, T., K. Alfredsen, S. Beltaos, B. Bonsal, C. Duguay, A. Korhola, J. McNamara, W.F.

Vincent, V. Vuglinsky, G. Weyhenmeyer, K. Walter Anthony, W.B. Bowden, V. Buzin, Y. Dibike, N. Gantner, L. Hinzman, L. Lia, T. Ouarda, R. Pienitz, J.D. Reist, M. Stickler, J. Weckström, F. Wrona. 2011. Changing lake and river ice regimes: trends, effects and implications. Chapter 6. In: Snow, water, ice, and Permafrost in the Arctic. An assessment report from the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP). Published by the AMAP Secretariat, Arctic Council, Oslo. ISBN ISBN 978-82-7971-071-4. Xii+538pp.

Bowden, W.B. 2010. Climate Change in the Arctic – Permafrost, Thermokarst, and Why They Matter to the Non-Arctic World. 2010. Geography Compass 4(10): 1553–1566. DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-8198.2010.00390.x.

Hilary K. McMillan, H.K., M.P. Clark, W.B.Bowden, M.D. Duncan, and R.A. Woods. 2010. Hydrological field data from a modeller’s perspective: Part 1. Diagnostic tests for model structure. Hydrological Processes. DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7841.

Phillips C., W. Allen, A. Fenemor, B. Bowden and R. Young. 2010. Integrated catchment management research: lessons for interdisciplinary science from the Motueka Catchment, New Zealand. Marine and Freshwater Research 61(7): 749-763. DOI: 10.1071/MF09099.

Brosten, T.R., J.H. Bradford, J.P. McNamara, M.N. Gooseff, J.P. Zarnetske, W.B. Bowden, and M.E. Johnston. 2009. Multi-offset GPR methods for hyporheic zone investigations

Near Surface Geophysics 7(4 – Special Issue): 247-257. DOI: 10.3997/1873-0604.2008034.

Brosten, T.R., J.H. Bradford, J.P. McNamara, M.N. Gooseff, J.P. Zarnetske, W.B. Bowden, and M.E. Johnston. 2009. Estimating 3D variation in active-layer thickness beneath arctic streams using ground-penetrating radar. Journal of Hydrology 373(3-4): 479-486. DOI:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.05.011

Gooseff, M.N, A. Balser, W.B. Bowden, and J.B. Jones. 2009. Effects of Hillslope Thermokarst in Northern Alaska. Eos 90(4): 29-36. (27 January 2009). DOI: 10.1029/2009EO040001

Zarnetske, J.P., M.N. Gooseff, W.B. Bowden, M.J. Greenwald, T.R. Brosten, J.H. Bradford, and J.P. McNamara. 2008. Influence of morphology and permafrost dynamics on hyporheic exchange in arctic headwater streams under warming climate conditions. Geophysical Research Letters 35: L02501,
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL032049.

Gooseff, M.N., R.A. Payn, J.P. Zarnetske, W.B. Bowden, J.P. McNamara, and J.H. Bradford. 2008. Comparison of flushing behavior of dead zones during instantaneous and constant-rate stream tracer additions – implications for design and interpretation of non-conservative tracer experiments. Journal of Hydrology 357: 112– 124. DOI: 10.1029/2007WR006274

Bowden, W.B., M.J. Greenwald, M.N. Gooseff, J.P. Zarnetske, J.P. McNamara, J. Bradford, and T. Brosten. 2008. Carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus interactions in the hyporheic zones of arctic streams that drain areas of continuous permafrost. In: D.L. Kane and K.M. Hinkel (eds.), pp. 165-171, Proceedings, Ninth International Congress on Permafrost. Fairbanks, 29 June-3 July, 2008.

Cao, W., W.B. Bowden, T. Davie and A. Fenemor. 2008. Modelling impacts of land cover change on critical water resources in the Motueka River catchment, New Zealand. Water Resources Management. DOI: 10.1007/s11269-008-9268-2.

Payn, R. A., M. N. Gooseff, D. A. Benson, O. A. Cirpka, J. P. Zarnetske, W. B. Bowden, J. P. McNamara, and J. H. Bradford. 2008. Comparison of instantaneous and constant-rate stream tracer experiments through non-parametric analysis of residence time distributions. Water Resour. Res., 44, W06404,
DOI: 10.1029/2007WR006274

Greenwald, M. J.*, W. B. Bowden, M. N. Gooseff, J. P. Zarnetske, J. P. McNamara, J. H. Bradford, and T. R. Brosten.* 2008. Hyporheic exchange and water chemistry of two arctic tundra streams of contrasting geomorphology. J. Geophysical Research (Biogeosciences). DOI: 10.1029/2007JG000549.

Zarnetske, J.P.*, M.N. Gooseff, T.R. Brosten*, J.H. Bradford, J. P. McNamara, and W.B. Bowden. 2007. Transient storage as a function of geomorphology, discharge, and permafrost active layer conditions in Arctic tundra streams. Water Resour. Res., 43, DOI: 10.1029/2005 WR004816.

Benstead, J.P., A.C. Green, L.A. Deegan, B.J. Peterson, K. Slavik, W.B. Bowden, and A.E. Hershey. 2007. Recovery of three arctic stream reaches from experimental nutrient enrichment. Freshwater Biology 52:1077–1089. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2007.01723.x.

Bowden, W.B., J. Glime, and T. Riis. 2007. Bryophytes and Macrophytes. Chapter 18 in R. Hauer and G. Lamberti. Methods in Stream Ecology. 2nd Edition. Academic Press. Burlington, Massachusetts, USA. ISBN: 9780123329080

Mulder, K.* and W.B. Bowden. 2007. Organismal stoichiometry and the adaptive advantage of variable nutrient use and production efficiency in Daphnia. Ecological Modeling. 202: 427–440.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2006.11.007

Morse, N.#, W.B. Bowden, A. Hackman*, C. Pruden, E. Steiner#, and E. Berger. 2007. Using weighted average sound pressure to estimate reaeration in stream reaches. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 26(1):28–37. 10.1899/0887-3593(2007)26[28:USPTER]2.0.CO;2

Cole, A., W.A. Allen, M. Kilvington, A. Fenemor, and B. Bowden. 2007. Participatory modelling with an influence matrix and the calculation of whole-of-system sustainability values. International Journal of Sustainable Development 10(4): 382-401. DOI: 10.1504/IJSD.2007.017911.

Brosten*, T, JH Bradford, JP McNamara, JP Zarnetske, MN Gooseff, WB Bowden. 2006. Temporal thaw depth beneath two arctic stream types using ground-penetrating radar. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes. 17: 341–355. DOI: 10.1002/ppp.566.

McIntosh, A., W.B. Bowden, E. Fitzgerald*, A. Hackman*, B. Kirk*, J. Todd, H. Vladich, A. Voinov. 2006. RAN: Working with neighborhoods to manage stormwater. Stormwater, May/June, pp. 95-99.

Fitzgerald, E*. and W.B. Bowden. 2006. Quantifying increases in stream power and energy using flow duration curves for Potash Brook, South Burlington, Vermont. Stormwater, March/April, pp 88-94.

Young, R.G., A.J. Quarterman, R.F. Eyles, R.A. Smith, and W.B. Bowden. 2005. Water quality and thermal patterns across a complex catchment: interacting influences of land cover, geology and longitudinal position. New Zealand Journal of Marine & Freshwater Science. 39: 803–825.

Simon*, K.S., C.R. Townsend, B.J.F. Biggs and W.B. Bowden. 2005. Temporal variation of N and P uptake in 2 New Zealand streams. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 24(1): 1-18.

Cao*, W., W.B. Bowden, T. Davie, and A. Fenemor. 2006. Multi-variable and multi-site calibration and validation of SWAT in a large mountainous catchment with high spatial variability. Hydrological Processes. Hydrol. Process. 20, 1057–1073. DOI: 10.1002/hyp.5933.

Bradford, J.H., J.P. McNamara, W.B. Bowden, and M.N. Gooseff. 2005. Measuring thaw depth beneath arctic streams using ground-penetrating radar. Hydrological Processes. 19: 2689–2699.

Bernhardt, E.S., G.E. Likens, R.O. Hall, D.C. Buso, S.G. Fisher, T.M. Burton, J.L. Meyer, W.H. McDowell, M.S. Mayer, W.B. Bowden, S.E.G. Findlay, K.H. MacNeale, R.S. Stelzer, and W.H. Lowe. 2005. Can’t see the forest for the stream? – In-stream processing and terrestrial nitrogen exports. BioScience 55(3): 219-230.

Benstead, J. P., L.A. Deegan, B.J. Peterson, A.D. Huryn, W.B. Bowden, K. Suberkropp, K.M. Buzby, A.D. Green, and J.A. Vacca. 2005. Responses of beaded Arctic stream to short-term N and P fertilization. Freshwater Biology 50, 277–290.

Watson, A.J. T.J.A. Davie, W.B. Bowden, and J.J. Payne. 2004. Drainage to shallow groundwater under a closed-canopy Radiata pine plantation on the Canterbury Plains, South Island, New Zealand Journal of Hydrology (NZ) 43(2): 111-122.

Slavik, K., B.J. Peterson, L.A. Deegan, W.B. Bowden, A.E. Hershey, John Hobbie. 2004. Long-term responses of the Kuparuk River to phosphorus fertilization. Ecology 85(4):939-954.

Simon*, K.S., C.R. Townsend, B.J.F. Biggs, W.B. Bowden, and R.D. Frew. 2004. Habitat-specific nitrogen dynamics in New Zealand streams containing native or invasive fish. Ecosystems 7:1-16.

Dodds, W.K, E. Martí, J.L. Tank, J. Pontius, S.K. Hamilton, N.B. Grimm, W.B. Bowden, W.H. McDowell, B.J. Peterson, H. M. Valett, J.R. Webster, S. Gregory. 2004. Carbon and nitrogen stoichiometry and nitrogen cycling rates in streams. Oecologia 140: 458–467.

Bowden, W.B., A. Fenemor, N. Deans. 2004. Integrating water and catchment research for the public good: the Motueka River-Tasman Bay initiative, New Zealand. UNESCO/HELP special publication. Water Resources Development 20(3): 311-323.

Webster J.R., P.J. Mulholland, J.L. Tank, H.M. Valett, W.K. Dodds, B.J. Peterson, W.B. Bowden, C.N. Dahm, S. Findlay, S.V. Gregory, N.B. Grimm, S.K. Hamilton, S.L. Johnson, E. Marti, W.H. McDowell, J.L. Meyer, D.D. Morrall, S.A. Thomas, W.M. Wollheim. 2003. Factors affecting ammonium uptake in streams – an inter-biome perspective. Freshwater Biology 48 (8): 1329-1352.

Edwardson, K.J.*, W.B. Bowden, C. Dahm, J. Morrice. 2003. The hydraulic characteristics and geochemistry of hyporheic and parafluvial zones in Arctic tundra streams, North Slope, Alaska. Advances in Water Resources 26:907-923.

Mulholland P.J., J.L. Tank, J.R. Webster, W.B. Bowden, W.K. Dodds, S.V. Gregory, N.B. Grimm, S.K. Hamilton, S.L. Johnson, E. Marti, W.H. McDowell, J.L. Merriam, J.L. Meyer, B.J. Peterson, H.M. Valett, W.M. Wollheim. 2002. Can uptake length in streams be determined by nutrient addition experiments? Results from an interbiome comparison study. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 21(4): 544-560.

Findlay, S., J. Tank, S. Dye, H.M. Valett, P. Mulholland, W.H. McDowell, S. Johnson, S.K. Hamilton, J. Edmonds, W.K. Dodds, W.B. Bowden. 2002. Bacterial and fungal biomass in detritus-based microhabitats of headwater streams. Microbial Ecology 43:55-56.

Dodds, W.K., A.J. López, W.B. Bowden, S. Gregory, N.B. Grimm, S.K. Hamilton, A.E. Hershey, E. Martí, W.H. McDowell, J.L. Meyer, D. Morrall, P.J. Mulholland, B.J. Peterson, J.L. Tank, H.M. Valett, J.R. Webster, W. Wollheim, 2002. Nitrogen uptake as a function of concentration in streams. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 21(2) 206–220.

Mulholland, P.J., C.S. Fellows, J.L. Tank, N.B. Grimm, J.R. Webster, S.K. Hamilton, E. Marti, L. Ashkenas, W.B. Bowden, W.K. Dodds, W.H. McDowell, J.L. Meyer, and B.J. Peterson. 2001. Inter-biome comparison of factors controlling stream metabolism. Freshwater Biology 46(11):1503-1517.

Bowden, W.B. 2001. Ecological engineering at the catchment scale for water management: the Motueka River initiative. Proceedings of the International Ecological Engineering Conference. Lincoln, New Zealand. November 2001.

Wollheim, W.M., B.J. Peterson, L.A. Deegan, J.E. Hobbie, B. Hooker, W.B. Bowden, K.J. Edwardson, D.B. Arscott, A.E. Hershey, and J. Finlay. 2001. Influence of stream size on ammonium and suspended particulate nitrogen processing. Limnology and Oceanography 46:1-13.

Peterson, B. J., W. Wollheim, P. J. Mulholland, J. R. Webster, J. L. Meyer, J. L. Tank, N. B. Grimm, W. B. Bowden, H. M. Valett, A. E. Hershey, W. B. McDowell, W. K. Dodds, S. K. Hamilton, S. Gregory and D. J. D’Angelo. 2001. Stream processes alter the amount and form of nitrogen exported from small watersheds. Science 292: 86-90.

Bowden, W.B., B.D. Fahey, J. Ekanayake, and D.L. Murray. 2001. Hillslope and wetland hydrodynamic in a tussock grassland, South Island, New Zealand. Hydrological Processes 15:1707-1730.

Tank, J.L., P.J. Mulholland, J.L. Meyer, W.B. Bowden, J.R. Webster, B.J. Peterson, and D. Sanzone. 2000. Contrasting food web linkages for the grazing pathways in 3 temperate streams, using 15N as a tracer Verh. Internat. Verein. Limnol.. Proceedings of the XXVII Congress of the International Association of Theoretical and Applied Limnology, Dublin, Ireland, 1998.

Hobbie, J.E. B.J. Peterson, N. Bettez, L.Deegan, W.J. O’Brien, G.W. Kling, G.W. Kipphut, W.B. Bowden, and A.E. Hershey. 1999. Impact of global change on the biogeochemistry and ecology of an Arctic freshwater system. Polar Research 18 (2):207-214

Arscott, D.B.*, W.B. Bowden, and J.C. Finlay. 2000. Effects of desiccation and temperature/irradiance on the metabolism of 2 Arctic stream bryophyte taxa. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 19(2):263-273.

Wollheim, W.M., B.J. Peterson, L.A. Deegan, M. Bahr, M. J.E. Hobbie, D. Jones, W.B. Bowden, A.E. Hershey, G.W. Kling, and M.C. Miller. 1999. A coupled field and modelling approach for the analysis of nitrogen cycling in streams. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 18(2) 199-121.

The Stream Bryophyte Group (Bowden, organizer and lead author). 1999. Roles of bryophytes in stream ecosystems. Journal of the North American Benthological Society. 18(2):151-184.

Hallet,R.*, C.T. Smith, and W.B. Bowden. 1999. Nitrogen dynamics in forest soils after municipal sludge additions. Water, Air and Soil Pollution. 112: 259-278.

Sullivan, N*., W.B. Bowden, W.H. McDowell. Short-term decomposition of foliar litter from three tropical tree species before and after hurricane disturbance. 1999. Biotropica. 31(3): 382-393.

Harvey, C.J., B.J. Peterson, W.B. Bowden, A.E. Hershey, M.C. Miller, L.A. Deegan, and J.C. Finlay. 1998. Biological responses of Oksrukuyik Creek, a tundra stream, to fertilization. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 17(2): 190-209.

Fahey, B.; W.B. Bowden; J. Smith; and D.L. Murray. 1998. Hillslope wetland hydrological linkages in the headwaters of a tussock grassland catchment at Glendhu, South Island, New Zealand. pp. 157-164 in K. Kovar; U. Tappeiner ; N.E. Peters; and R.G. Craige (eds.), Hydrology, water resources and ecology in headwaters. Proceedings of HeadWater’98, Meran Merano, Italy, 20 23 April 1998. IAHS Press. Wallingford, UK.

Ashby, J*., W.B. Bowden, P. Murdoch. 1998. Controls on denitrification in headwater catchments of a hardwood forest in the Catskill Mountains, New York. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 30(7): 853-864.

Arscott, D.B*, W.B. Bowden, J.C. Finlay#. 1998. Comparison of epilithic algal and bryophyte metabolism in an arctic tundra stream, Alaska. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 17(2): 210-227.
DOI: 10.2307/1467963

Hershey, A., W.B. Bowden, L. Deegan, J.E. Hobbie, B.J. Peterson, G. Kipput, G. Kling, M. Lock, M. Miller, R. Vestal. 1997. The Kuparuk River: a long-term study of biological and chemical processes in an arctic river. In: A. Milner and M. Oswood (eds.). Freshwaters of Alaska. Ecological Synthesis. Ecological Studies Series, Volume 119. Springer-Verlag. New York.

Harvey, C.J., B.J. Peterson, W.B. Bowden, L.A. Deegan, J.C. Finlay, A.E. Hershey, and M.C. Miller. 1997. Organic matter dynamics in the Kuparuk River, a tundra river in Alaska, USA. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 16:18-23. DOI: 10.2307/1468225

McDowell, W.H., C.P. McSwiney*, and W.B. Bowden. 1996. Effects of Hurricane Hugo on groundwater chemistry and riparian function in a tropical rain forest. Biotropica 28(4a):577-584.

Catricala*, C., W.B. Bowden, C.T. Smith, W.H. McDowell. 1996. Chemical characteristics of leachate pulp and paper mill residuals used to reclaim sandy soils. Water Air and Soil Pollution 89:1-21.

Bowden, W.B. 1996. Best management practices for sustainable forestry: the functioning wetland interface. Proceedings of the Society of American Foresters, pp. 115-120.

Hobbie, J. E., L. A. Deegan, B. J. Peterson, E. B. Rastetter, G. R. Shaver, G. W. Kling, W. J. O’Brien, F. S. T. Chapin, Michael C. Miller, G. W. Kipphut, W. B. Bowden, A. E. Hershey and M. E. McDonald. 1995. Long term measurements at the Arctic LTER site, pp. 391 409. In: T. M. Powell and J.H. Steele (eds.), Ecological Time Series. Chapman and Hall, New York.

Finlay, J.C#. and W.B. Bowden. 1994. Controls on production of bryophytes in an arctic tundra stream. Freshwater Biology 32:455-466.

Bowden, W.B., J.C. Finlay# and P.E. Maloney#. 1994. Long term effects of PO4 fertilization on the distribution of bryophytes in an arctic stream. Freshwater Biology 32:445-454.

Medalie*, L., W.B. Bowden, and C.T. Smith. 1994. Nutrient leaching following land application of municipal sewage sludge in a mixed northern hardwood forest. J. Env. Qual. 28:130-138.

Smith, C.T., W.B. Bowden, T.E. Howard. 1993. Matching forest soils research with northeastern land use trends. Chapter 7 in T. Sims (ed.) Agricultural research in the northeastern United States: a critical review. Proceedings of the Northeast Branch of the American Society of Agronomy, 1992. American Society of Agronomy. Madison, Wisconsin.

Bormann, B.T., F.H. Bormann, W.B. Bowden, R.S. Pierce, S. Hamburg, M. Snyder, D. Wang and R. Ingersoll. 1993. Rapid N2 fixation in pines, alder, and locust: evidence from the sandbox ecosystem study. Ecology 74:583-598.

Bowden, W.B., McDowell, W.H., C.E. Asbury, and A.M. Finley. 1992. Riparian nitrogen dynamics in two geomorphologically distinct tropical rain forest watersheds: nitrous oxide fluxes. Biogeochemistry 18:77-99.

McDowell, W.H., W.B. Bowden, and C.E. Asbury. 1992. Riparian nitrogen dynamics in two geomorphologically distinct tropical rain forest watersheds: subsurface solute dynamics. Biogeochemistry 18:53-75

Bowden, W.B., B.J. Peterson, J. Finlay#, and J. Tucker. 1992. Epilithic oxygen production and consumption in a fertilized arctic stream. Hydrobiologia 240:121-131. Also reprinted in W.J. O’Brien (ed.) Toolik Lake: Ecology of an Aquatic Ecosystem in Arctic Alaska. Development in Hydrobiology. Volume 78. Kluwer Academic Publishers. Boston.

Smith, C.T., S.D. McMahon, D.R. Devoe*, and W.B. Bowden. 1992. Silvicultural and environmental aspects of wastewater sludge utilization. Proceedings of a workshop on “The use of wastes and by-products as fertilizer and soil amendments for pastures and crops”. Massey University, Fertilizer and Lime Research Centre, Palmerston North, New Zealand. 19-20 February 1992.

Bowden, W.B., C.J. Vorosmarty, J.M. Morris, B.J. Peterson, J.E. Hobbie, P.S. Steudler, and B. Moore. 1991. Transport and processing of nitrogen in a tidal freshwater wetland. Water Resources Research 27(3):389-408. DOI: 10.1029/90WR02614

Bowden, R.D., G. Geballe, and W.B. Bowden. 1989. Foliar uptake of ammonium and nitrate from fog water by Picea rubens. Can. J. Forestry Res. 19: 382-386.

Bowden, W.B. 1987. The biogeochemistry of nitrogen in freshwater wetlands. Biogeochemistry 4: 313 348.

Bormann, F.H., W.B. Bowden, R.S. Pierce, S.P. Hamburg, R.C. Ingersoll, G.E. Likens, and G.K. Voigt. 1987. The Hubbard Brook Sandbox experiment. In: W.R. Jordan, M.E. Gilpin, and J.D. Aber (eds.) Restoration ecology: a synthetic approach to ecological research. Cambridge University Press.

Bowden, W.B., and F.H. Bormann. 1986. Soil water transport and loss of nitrous oxide after forest clearcutting. Science 233: 867-869.

Bowden, W.B. 1986. Gaseous nitrogen emissions from undisturbed terrestrial ecosystems: an assessment of their impacts on local and global nitrogen budgets. Biogeochemistry 2: 49-279.

Weathers, K.C., G.E. Likens, F.H. Bormann, J.S. Eaton, W.B. Bowden, F.L. Andersen, D.A. Cass, J.N. Galloway, W.C. Keene, K.D. Kimball, P. Huth, and D. Smiley. 1986. A regional acidic cloud/fog water event in the eastern United States. Nature 319: 657-658.

Morris, J.T. and W.B. Bowden. 1986. A mechanistic, numerical model of sedimentation, mineralization, and decomposition for marsh sediments. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 50: 96-105.

Bowden, W.B. 1986. Nitrification, nitrate reduction, and nitrogen immobilization in a tidal freshwater marsh sediment. Ecology 67: 88-99.

Bowden, W.B. 1984. A nitrogen 15 isotope dilution study of ammonium production and consumption in the sediments of a tidal freshwater marsh. Limnol. Oceanogr. 29:1004-1015.
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1984.29.5.1004

Bowden, W.B. 1984. Nitrogen and phosphorus in the sediments of a tidal freshwater marsh in Massachusetts (USA). Estuaries 7: 108-118.

Vorosmarty, C.J., B. Moore, W.B. Bowden, J.E. Hobbie, and B.J. Peterson. 1982. The transport and processing of nitrogen in a tidal freshwater marsh and river ecosystem: modeling the roles of water movement and biotic activity in determining water quality. p. 689 698 in W. Lauenroth, G.V. Skogerboe, and M. Flug (eds.). Analysis of ecological systems: state of the art in ecological modeling.

Bowden, W.B. 1977. A comparison of two direct-count techniques for quantitatively enumerating aquatic bacteria. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 13: 1229-1232.