Bernard W. Sweeney

5.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
77 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Bernard W. Sweeney is a scholar working on Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Bernard W. Sweeney has authored 77 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 64 papers in Ecology, 43 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 14 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Bernard W. Sweeney's work include Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology (37 papers), Fish Ecology and Management Studies (35 papers) and Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (13 papers). Bernard W. Sweeney is often cited by papers focused on Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology (37 papers), Fish Ecology and Management Studies (35 papers) and Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (13 papers). Bernard W. Sweeney collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Australia. Bernard W. Sweeney's co-authors include Robin L. Vannote, John K. Jackson, J. Denis Newbold, David H. Funk, Louis A. Kaplan, Laurel J. Standley, Thomas L. Bott, Juliann M. Battle, Richard J. Horwitz and W. Cully Hession and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Bernard W. Sweeney

75 papers receiving 3.9k citations

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Geographic Analysis of Thermal Equilibria: A Conceptual Model for Evaluating the Effect of Natural and Modified Thermal Regimes on Aquatic Insect Communities

1980 643 citations Robin L. Vannote, Bernard W. Sweeney profile →

Peers

Bernard W. Sweeney

ECOLO

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Björn Malmqvist Sweden

P. S. Lake Australia

Barbara J. Downes Australia

Michael J. Winterbourn New Zealand

Arthur C. Benke United States

Josefa Velasco Spain

Sonja C. Jähnig Germany

Leon A. Barmuta Australia

Jonathan P. Benstead United States

Brendan G. McKie Sweden

Björn Malmqvist Sweden

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4.7k ×1.4

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3.3k ×1.5

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688 ×1.0

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984 ×1.6

691 ×1.2

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Chou, Hsuan, Dereje D. Jima, David H. Funk, et al.. (2020). Transcriptomic and life history responses of the mayfly Neocloeon triangulifer to chronic diel thermal challenge. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 19119–19119. 6 indexed citations

Funk, David H., et al.. (2019). Phenological modeling of the parthenogenetic mayfly Neocloeon triangulifer (Ephemeroptera: Baetidae) in White Clay Creek. Ecological Modelling. 416. 108892–108892. 4 indexed citations

Chou, Hsuan, Wimal Pathmasiri, Susan Sumner, et al.. (2018). The Good, the Bad, and the Lethal: Gene Expression and Metabolomics Reveal Physiological Mechanisms Underlying Chronic Thermal Effects in Mayfly Larvae (Neocloeon triangulifer). Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 6. 21 indexed citations

Jackson, John K., Juliann M. Battle, Erik M. Pilgrim, et al.. (2014). Cryptic biodiversity in streams: a comparison of macroinvertebrate communities based on morphological and DNA barcode identifications. Freshwater Science. 33(1). 312–324. 69 indexed citations

Sweeney, Bernard W. & J. Denis Newbold. (2014). Streamside Forest Buffer Width Needed to Protect Stream Water Quality, Habitat, and Organisms: A Literature Review. JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association. 50(3). 560–584. 263 indexed citations

Bott, Thomas L., John K. Jackson, Matthew E. McTammany, et al.. (2012). Abandoned coal mine drainage and its remediation: impacts on stream ecosystem structure and function. Ecological Applications. 22(8). 2144–2163. 47 indexed citations

Clare, Elizabeth L., et al.. (2011). Eating local: influences of habitat on the diet of little brown bats (Myotis lucifugus). Molecular Ecology. 20(8). 1772–1780. 168 indexed citations

Newbold, J. Denis, et al.. (2010). Water Quality Functions of a 15‐Year‐Old Riparian Forest Buffer System¹. JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association. 46(2). 299–310. 57 indexed citations

Sweeney, Bernard W., et al.. (2002). Riparian Forest Restoration: Increasing Success by Reducing Plant Competition and Herbivory. Restoration Ecology. 10(2). 392–400. 97 indexed citations

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Newbold, J. Denis, Thomas L. Bott, Louis A. Kaplan, Bernard W. Sweeney, & Robin L. Vannote. (1997). Organic Matter Dynamics in White Clay Creek, Pennsylvania, USA. Journal of the North American Benthological Society. 16(1). 46–50. 62 indexed citations

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Jackson, John K. & Bernard W. Sweeney. (1995). Egg and Larval Development Times for 35 Species of Tropical Stream Insects from Costa Rica. Journal of the North American Benthological Society. 14(1). 115–130. 93 indexed citations

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Sweeney, Bernard W.. (1993). Effects of Streamside Vegetation on Macroinvertebrate Communities of White Clay Creek in Eastern North America. 171 indexed citations

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Sweeney, Bernard W., David H. Funk, & Laurel J. Standley. (1993). Use of the stream mayfly Cloeon triangulifer as a bioassay organism: Life history response and body burden following exposure to technical chlordane. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 12(1). 115–125. 39 indexed citations

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Funk, David H., Bernard W. Sweeney, & Robin L. Vannote. (1988). Electrophoretic Study of Eastern North American Eurylophella (Ephemeroptera: Ephemerellidae) with the Discovery of Morphologically Cryptic Species. Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 81(2). 174–186. 34 indexed citations

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Sweeney, Bernard W., David H. Funk, & Robin L. Vannote. (1986). Population Genetic Structure of Two Mayflies (Ephemerella subvaria, Eurylophella verisimilis) in the Delaware River Drainage Basin. Journal of the North American Benthological Society. 5(4). 253–262. 43 indexed citations

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Sweeney, Bernard W., et al.. (1986). The relative importance of temperature and diet to larval development and adult size of the winter stonefly, Soyedina carolinensis (Piecoptera: Nemouridae). Freshwater Biology. 16(1). 39–48. 62 indexed citations

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Sweeney, Bernard W. & Robin L. Vannote. (1984). Influence of food quality and temperature on life history characteristics of the parthenogenetic mayfly, Cloeon triangulifer. Freshwater Biology. 14(6). 621–630. 82 indexed citations

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Sweeney, Bernard W. & Robin L. Vannote. (1982). POPULATION SYNCHRONY IN MAYFLIES: A PREDATOR SATIATION HYPOTHESIS. Evolution. 36(4). 810–821. 128 indexed citations

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Sweeney, Bernard W. & Robin L. Vannote. (1978). Size Variation and the Distribution of Hemimetabolous Aquatic Insects: Two Thermal Equilibrium Hypotheses. Science. 200(4340). 444–446. 202 indexed citations

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Sweeney, Bernard W. & Juan A. Schnack. (1977). Egg Development, Growth, and Metabolism of Sigara Alternata (Say) (Hemiptera: Corixidae) in Fluctuating Thermal Environments. Ecology. 58(2). 265–277. 61 indexed citations

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