Bernard W. Sweeney

5.8k citations

77 papers · 4.4k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 35

Ecology top 0.2%
Nature and Landscape Conservation top 0.5%
Water Science and Technology top 2%
Environmental Chemistry top 1%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics top 2%

Co-authors: Robin L. Vannote John K. Jackson J. Denis Newbold David H. Funk Louis A. Kaplan Laurel J. Standley Thomas L. Bott Juliann M. Battle
Topics: Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology (37 papers)Fish Ecology and Management Studies (35 papers)Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (13 papers)
Cited by: Nature and Landscape Conservation Ecology Ecological Modeling
Journals: Science Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Environmental Science & Technology
Partner nations: United States Canada Australia

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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

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Transcriptomic and life history responses of the mayfly Neocloeon triangulifer to chronic diel thermal challenge 2020 ·Scientific Reports ·Hsuan Chou,Dereje D. Jima,David H. Funk,John K. Jackson,Bernard W. Sweeney,David B. Buchwalter	6
2	Phenological modeling of the parthenogenetic mayfly Neocloeon triangulifer (Ephemeroptera: Baetidae) in White Clay Creek 2019 ·Ecological Modelling ·(unknown),David H. Funk,John K. Jackson,Bernard W. Sweeney	4
3	The Good, the Bad, and the Lethal: Gene Expression and Metabolomics Reveal Physiological Mechanisms Underlying Chronic Thermal Effects in Mayfly Larvae (Neocloeon triangulifer) 2018 ·Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution ·Hsuan Chou,Wimal Pathmasiri,(unknown),Susan Sumner,Dereje D. Jima,David H. Funk,John K. Jackson,Bernard W. Sweeney,David B. Buchwalter	21
4	Cryptic biodiversity in streams: a comparison of macroinvertebrate communities based on morphological and DNA barcode identifications 2014 ·Freshwater Science ·John K. Jackson,Juliann M. Battle,(unknown),Erik M. Pilgrim,Eric D. Stein,Peter E. Miller,Bernard W. Sweeney	69
5	Streamside Forest Buffer Width Needed to Protect Stream Water Quality, Habitat, and Organisms: A Literature Review 2014 ·JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association ·Bernard W. Sweeney,J. Denis Newbold	263
6	Abandoned coal mine drainage and its remediation: impacts on stream ecosystem structure and function 2012 ·Ecological Applications ·Thomas L. Bott,John K. Jackson,Matthew E. McTammany,J. Denis Newbold,Steven T. Rier,Bernard W. Sweeney,Juliann M. Battle	47
7	Eating local: influences of habitat on the diet of little brown bats (Myotis lucifugus) 2011 ·Molecular Ecology ·Elizabeth L. Clare,(unknown),Bernard W. Sweeney,Paul D. N. Hebert,M. Brock Fenton	168
8	Water Quality Functions of a 15‐Year‐Old Riparian Forest Buffer System¹ 2010 ·JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association ·J. Denis Newbold,(unknown),Bernard W. Sweeney,(unknown),(unknown)	57
9	Riparian Forest Restoration: Increasing Success by Reducing Plant Competition and Herbivory 2002 ·Restoration Ecology ·Bernard W. Sweeney,(unknown),Tina Yerkes	97
10	Organic Matter Dynamics in White Clay Creek, Pennsylvania, USA 1997 ·Journal of the North American Benthological Society ·J. Denis Newbold,Thomas L. Bott,Louis A. Kaplan,Bernard W. Sweeney,Robin L. Vannote	62
11	Egg and Larval Development Times for 35 Species of Tropical Stream Insects from Costa Rica 1995 ·Journal of the North American Benthological Society ·John K. Jackson,Bernard W. Sweeney	93
12	Effects of Streamside Vegetation on Macroinvertebrate Communities of White Clay Creek in Eastern North America 1993 ·Bernard W. Sweeney	171
13	Use of the stream mayfly Cloeon triangulifer as a bioassay organism: Life history response and body burden following exposure to technical chlordane 1993 ·Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry ·Bernard W. Sweeney,David H. Funk,Laurel J. Standley	39
14	Electrophoretic Study of Eastern North American Eurylophella (Ephemeroptera: Ephemerellidae) with the Discovery of Morphologically Cryptic Species 1988 ·Annals of the Entomological Society of America ·David H. Funk,Bernard W. Sweeney,Robin L. Vannote	34
15	Population Genetic Structure of Two Mayflies (Ephemerella subvaria, Eurylophella verisimilis) in the Delaware River Drainage Basin 1986 ·Journal of the North American Benthological Society ·Bernard W. Sweeney,David H. Funk,Robin L. Vannote	43
16	The relative importance of temperature and diet to larval development and adult size of the winter stonefly, Soyedina carolinensis (Piecoptera: Nemouridae) 1986 ·Freshwater Biology ·Bernard W. Sweeney,Robin L. Vannote,(unknown)	62
17	Influence of food quality and temperature on life history characteristics of the parthenogenetic mayfly, Cloeon triangulifer 1984 ·Freshwater Biology ·Bernard W. Sweeney,Robin L. Vannote	82
18	POPULATION SYNCHRONY IN MAYFLIES: A PREDATOR SATIATION HYPOTHESIS 1982 ·Evolution ·Bernard W. Sweeney,Robin L. Vannote	128
19	Size Variation and the Distribution of Hemimetabolous Aquatic Insects: Two Thermal Equilibrium Hypotheses 1978 ·Science ·Bernard W. Sweeney,Robin L. Vannote	202
20	Egg Development, Growth, and Metabolism of Sigara Alternata (Say) (Hemiptera: Corixidae) in Fluctuating Thermal Environments 1977 ·Ecology ·Bernard W. Sweeney,Juan A. Schnack	61

About Bernard W. Sweeney

Bernard W. Sweeney is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology and Ecological Modeling, having authored 77 papers that have together received 4.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology (37 papers), Fish Ecology and Management Studies (35 papers) and Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (13 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Nature and Landscape Conservation (2.3k citations), Ecology (3.4k citations) and Ecological Modeling (417 citations). Bernard W. Sweeney has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Canada and Australia. Frequent 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. Their work appears in journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Environmental Science & Technology.

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