Emily S. Bernhardt

26.3k citations

209 papers · 16.1k indexed · 7 hit papers · h-index 72

Impact in

Environmental Chemistry top 0.05%
- Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
Soil Science top 0.2%
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics

Papers in

Environmental Chemistry 79
- Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics 65
Nature and Landscape Conservation 49
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies 42

Co-authors: Margaret A. Palmer Gene E. Likens Richard P. Phillips Adrien C. Finzi Holly Menninger Benjamin P. Colman Marcelo Ardón Jennifer Morse
Journals: Environmental Science & Technology (21 papers)Ecology (10 papers)Biogeochemistry (10 papers)Limnology and Oceanography (10 papers)Ecological Applications (8 papers)
Partner nations: United States France Canada

In The Last Decade

Emily S. Bernhardt

203 papers receiving 15.6k citations

Hit Papers

7 papers align trajectories log scale

River ecosystem metabolism and carbon biogeochemistry in a changing world 2023 · 271 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2023 Nature
2019 BioScience
2017 Limnology and Oceanography
2017 Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
2010 Freshwater Biology
2010 Science
2010 Ecology Letters

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1	Evaluating the effects of land-use change and future climate change on vulnerability of coastal landscapes to saltwater intrusion UNC Libraries ·R. E. Emanuel, Todd K. BenDor, Justin P. Wright, Matthew G. Stillwagon, Emily S. Bernhardt, Steven M. Anderson, Marcelo Ardón, Emily A. Ury, Abinash Bhattachan	2025	0
2	Linking Dissolved Organic Matter Composition to Landscape Properties in Wetlands Across the United States of America Global Biogeochemical Cycles ·Martin R. Kurek, Kimberly P. Wickland, Natalie Nichols, Amy M. McKenna, Steven M. Anderson, M. Dornblaser, Nikaan Koupaei‐Abyazani, Brett A. Poulin, Sheel Bansal, Jason B. Fellman, Gregory K. Druschel, Emily S. Bernhardt, Robert G. M. Spencer	2024	14
3	Diet choices determine mercury exposure risks for people living in gold mining regions of Peru SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Melissa J. Marchese, Jacqueline R. Gerson, Axel Berky, Charles T. Driscoll, Luis E. Fernandez, Heileen Hsu‐Kim, Kelsey N. Lansdale, Eliza Letourneau, Mario Montesdeoca, William Pan, Emily Robie, Cláudia M. Vega, Emily S. Bernhardt	2024	1
4	The impacts of dam construction on elemental deposition in a reservoir receiving mountaintop coal mining materials Lake and Reservoir Management ·Matthew N. Waters, Emily S. Bernhardt, Jacqueline R. Gerson	2023	2
5	Chronic Engineered Nanoparticle Additions Alter Insect Emergence and Result in Metal Flux from Aquatic Ecosystems into Riparian Food Webs Environmental Science & Technology ·Brittany G. Perrotta, Marie Simonin, Benjamin P. Colman, Steven M. Anderson, Ethan M. Baruch, Benjamin T. Castellon, Cole W. Matson, Emily S. Bernhardt, Ryan S. King	2023	5
6	Restored forested wetland surprisingly resistant to experimental salinization PLoS ONE ·Emily A. Ury, Marcelo Ardón, Justin P. Wright, Emily S. Bernhardt	2023	0
7	River ecosystem metabolism and carbon biogeochemistry in a changing world Nature ·Tom J. Battin, Ronny Lauerwald, Emily S. Bernhardt, Enrico Bertuzzo, Lluís Gómez‐Gener, Robert O. Hall, Erin R. Hotchkiss, Taylor Maavara, Tamlin M. Pavelsky, Lishan Ran, Peter A. Raymond, Judith A. Rosentreter, Pierre Regnier Hit paper breakdown →	2023	271
8	Variability and drivers of CO₂, CH₄, and N₂O concentrations in streams across the United States Limnology and Oceanography ·Amanda Delvecchia, Spencer Rhea, Kelly S. Aho, Emily H. Stanley, Erin R. Hotchkiss, Alice S. Carter, Emily S. Bernhardt	2022	12
9	Chemistry of surface water, precipitation, throughfall, leaves, sediment, soil, and air near a gold mining region in Peru Ecology ·Jacqueline R. Gerson, Natalie Szponar, Arianna Agostini, Rand Alotaibi, Bridget A. Bergquist, Arabella Chen, Luis E. Fernandez, Kelsey N. Lansdale, Anne H Lee, Maria F. Machicao, Melissa J. Marchese, Simon Topp, Cláudia M. Vega, Emily S. Bernhardt	2022	3
10	Rapid deforestation of a coastal landscape driven by sea‐level rise and extreme events Ecological Applications ·Emily A. Ury, Xi Yang, Justin P. Wright, Emily S. Bernhardt	2021	82
11	Ecosystem modification and network position impact insect-mediated contaminant fluxes from a mountaintop mining-impacted river network Environmental Pollution ·Laura C. Naslund, Jacqueline R. Gerson, Alexander C. Brooks, Amy D. Rosemond, David Walters, Emily S. Bernhardt	2021	3
12	Consistent declines in aquatic biodiversity across diverse domains of life in rivers impacted by surface coal mining Ecological Applications ·Marie Simonin, Jennifer D. Rocca, Jacqueline R. Gerson, Eric M. Moore, Alexander C. Brooks, Lauren M. Czaplicki, Matthew Ross, Noah Fierer, Joseph M. Craine, Emily S. Bernhardt	2021	23
13	Lethal impacts of selenium counterbalance the potential reduction in mercury bioaccumulation for freshwater organisms Environmental Pollution ·Jacqueline R. Gerson, Rebecca A. Dorman, Collin A. Eagles‐Smith, Emily S. Bernhardt, David Walters	2021	6
14	Metabolic rhythms in flowing waters: An approach for classifying river productivity regimes Limnology and Oceanography ·Philip Savoy, Alison Appling, James B. Heffernan, Edward G. Stets, Jordan S. Read, Judson W. Harvey, Emily S. Bernhardt	2019	61
15	Emergent productivity regimes of river networks Limnology and Oceanography Letters ·Lauren Koenig, Ashley M. Helton, Philip Savoy, Enrico Bertuzzo, James B. Heffernan, Robert O. Hall, Emily S. Bernhardt	2019	42
16	Mesocosm approaches to study the influence of environmental complexity on nanoparticle fate and transport, transformations, bioavailability, and toxicity AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·Cole W. Matson, R. S. King, Benjamin T. Castellon, Brittany G. Perrotta, Lawrence A. Baker, Marie Simonin, Astrid Avellan, Sheree M. Anderson, Matthew Wright, Ben Colman, Gregory V. Lowry, Mark R. Wiesner, Emily S. Bernhardt	2019	1
17	Pyrite Oxidation Drives Exceptionally High Weathering Rates and Geologic CO₂ Release in Mountaintop‐Mined Landscapes Global Biogeochemical Cycles ·Matthew Ross, F. Nippgen, Brooke A. Hassett, B. L. McGlynn, Emily S. Bernhardt	2018	43
18	Selenium Ecotoxicology in Freshwater Lakes Receiving Coal Combustion Residual Effluents: A North Carolina Example Environmental Science & Technology ·Jessica E. Brandt, Emily S. Bernhardt, Gary S. Dwyer, Richard T. Di Giulio	2017	38
19	Thermodynamic constraints on the utility of ecological stoichiometry for explaining global biogeochemical patterns Ecology Letters ·Ashley M. Helton, Marcelo Ardón, Emily S. Bernhardt	2015	69
20	Roots and fungi accelerate carbon and nitrogen cycling in forests exposed to elevated CO ₂ Ecology Letters ·Richard P. Phillips, Ina C. Meier, Emily S. Bernhardt, A. Stuart Grandy, Kyle Wickings, Adrien C. Finzi	2012	248

About Emily S. Bernhardt

Emily S. Bernhardt is a scholar working on Environmental Chemistry, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Water Science and Technology and Soil Science, having authored 209 papers that have together received 16.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (65 papers), Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (47 papers), Fish Ecology and Management Studies (42 papers), Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (37 papers), Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes (28 papers), Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (24 papers), Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology (21 papers) and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (20 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Environmental Chemistry (4.1k citations), Soil Science (2.9k citations), Nature and Landscape Conservation (3.4k citations), Ecology (7.0k citations) and Water Science and Technology (3.5k citations). Emily S. Bernhardt has collaborated with scholars based in United States, France and Canada. Frequent co-authors include Margaret A. Palmer, Gene E. Likens, Richard P. Phillips, Adrien C. Finzi, Holly Menninger, Benjamin P. Colman, Marcelo Ardón, Jennifer Morse, Ashley M. Helton and Emma J. Rosi. Their work appears in journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, Ecology, Biogeochemistry, Limnology and Oceanography and Ecological Applications.

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