Elizabeth Boyer
Professor of Environmental Science
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304 Forest Resource Building
University Park, PA 16802 - ewb100@psu.edu
- 814-865-8830
Research Summary
Hydrology, Biogeochemistry, Environmental Systems, Water Quality.
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Most Recent Publications
In-stream influences on dissolved organic carbon concentration and composition in an acidic and metal-enriched stream: a reach-scale reactive solute transport experiment
D McKnight, G Hornberger, K Bencala, Elizabeth Boyer, Water Resources Research
Spatial variability of nitrate concentrations under varying seasonal conditions in tributaries to Cayuga Lake Watershed, New York, USA
H Golden, Elizabeth Boyer, M Brown, S Purucker, R Germain, Journal of the American Water Resources Association on p. 945-962
Sources of nitrate and processes that affect its transformation and transport in stream watersheds draining varying land uses
D Burns, Elizabeth Boyer, E Elliott, C Kendall, Journal of Environmental Quality on p. 1149-1159
The role of headwater streams in downtown water quality
R Alexander, Elizabeth Boyer, R Smith, G Schwarz, R Moore, Journal of the American Water Resources Association on p. 41-59
Groundwater flow path dynamics and nitrogen transport potential in the riparian zone of an agricultural headwater catchment
M Williams, A Buda, H Elliott, J Hamlett, Elizabeth Boyer, J Schmidt, Journal of Hydrology on p. 870-879
Future riverine inorganic nitrogen load to the Baltic Sea from Sweden
C Teutschbein, R Sponseller, T Grabs, M Blackburn, Elizabeth Boyer, J Hytteborn, K Bishop, Global Biogeochemical Cycles
Dual nitrate isotopes in dry deposition: Utility for partitioning NO source contributions to landscape nitrogen deposition
E Elliott, C Kendall, Elizabeth Boyer, D Burns, G Lear, H Golden, A Bytnerowicz, T Butler, R Glatz, Journal of Geophysical Research, Biogeosciences
Atmospheric mercury deposition to forests in the eastern USA
M Risch, D Gay, J DeWild, L Zhang, Elizabeth Boyer, D Krabbenhoft, Environmental Pollution
Intentional versus unintentional nitrogen use in the United States: trends, efficiency and implications
B Houlton, Elizabeth Boyer, A Finzi, J Galloway, A Leach, D Liptzin, J , T Rosenstock, D Sobota, A Townsend, Biochemistry on p. 11-23
Spectrofluorometric characterization of aquatic fulvic acid for determination of precursor organic material and general structural properties
D McKnight, Elizabeth Boyer, P Doran, P Westerhoff, T Kulbe, D Anderson, Limnology and Oceanography on p. 38-48
Most-Cited Papers
Homogenization of the terrestrial water cycle
Delphis F. Levia, Irena F. Creed, David M. Hannah, Kazuki Nanko, Elizabeth W. Boyer, Darryl E. Carlyle-Moses, Nick van de Giesen, Domenico Grasso, Andrew J. Guswa, Janice E. Hudson, Sean A. Hudson, Shin’ichi Iida, Robert B. Jackson, Gabriel G. Katul, Tomo’omi Kumagai, Pilar Llorens, Flavio Lopes Ribeiro, Diane E. Pataki, Catherine A. Peters, Daniel Sanchez Carretero, John S. Selker, Doerthe Tetzlaff, Maciej Zalewski, Michael Bruen, 2020, Nature Geoscience on p. 656-658
Carbon Budget of Tidal Wetlands, Estuaries, and Shelf Waters of Eastern North America
R. G. Najjar, M. Herrmann, R. Alexander, E. W. Boyer, D. J. Burdige, D. Butman, W. J. Cai, E. A. Canuel, R. F. Chen, M. A.M. Friedrichs, R. A. Feagin, P. C. Griffith, A. L. Hinson, J. R. Holmquist, X. Hu, W. M. Kemp, K. D. Kroeger, A. Mannino, S. L. McCallister, W. R. McGillis, M. R. Mulholland, C. H. Pilskaln, J. Salisbury, S. R. Signorini, P. St-Laurent, H. Tian, M. Tzortziou, P. Vlahos, Z. A. Wang, R. C. Zimmerman, 2018, Global Biogeochemical Cycles on p. 389-416
Net ecosystem production and organic carbon balance of U.S. East Coast estuaries: A synthesis approach
Maria Herrmann, Raymond G. Najjar, W. Michael Kemp, Richard B. Alexander, Elizabeth W. Boyer, Wei Jun Cai, Peter C. Griffith, Kevin D. Kroeger, S. Leigh McCallister, Richard A. Smith, 2015, Global Biogeochemical Cycles on p. 96-111
Atmospheric deposition of organic carbon via precipitation
Lidiia Iavorivska, Elizabeth W. Boyer, David R. DeWalle, 2016, Atmospheric Environment on p. 153-163
How Hydrologic Connectivity Regulates Water Quality in River Corridors
Jud Harvey, Jesus Gomez-Velez, Noah Schmadel, Durelle Scott, Elizabeth Boyer, Richard Alexander, Ken Eng, Heather Golden, Albert Kettner, Chris Konrad, Richard Moore, Jim Pizzuto, Greg Schwarz, Chris Soulsby, Jay Choi, 2019, Journal of the American Water Resources Association on p. 369-381
Thresholds of lake and reservoir connectivity in river networks control nitrogen removal
Noah M. Schmadel, Judson W. Harvey, Richard B. Alexander, Gregory E. Schwarz, Richard B. Moore, Ken Eng, Jesus D. Gomez-Velez, Elizabeth W. Boyer, Durelle Scott, 2018, Nature Communications
Atmospheric mercury deposition to forests in the eastern USA
Martin R. Risch, John F. DeWild, David A. Gay, Leiming Zhang, Elizabeth W. Boyer, David P. Krabbenhoft, 2017, Environmental Pollution on p. 8-18
Advancing ecohydrology in the 21st century: A convergence of opportunities
Andrew J. Guswa, Doerthe Tetzlaff, John S. Selker, Darryl E. Carlyle-Moses, Elizabeth W. Boyer, Michael Bruen, Carles Cayuela, Irena F. Creed, Nick van de Giesen, Domenico Grasso, David M. Hannah, Janice E. Hudson, Sean A. Hudson, Shin'ichi Iida, Robert B. Jackson, Gabriel G. Katul, Tomo'omi Kumagai, Pilar Llorens, Flavio Lopes Ribeiro, Beate Michalzik, Kazuki Nanko, Christopher Oster, Diane E. Pataki, Catherine A. Peters, Andrea Rinaldo, Daniel Sanchez Carretero, Branimir Trifunovic, Maciej Zalewski, Marja Haagsma, Delphis F. Levia, 2020, Ecohydrology
A framework for nitrogen futures in the shared socioeconomic pathways
David R. Kanter, Wilfried Winiwarter, Benjamin L. Bodirsky, Lex Bouwman, Elizabeth Boyer, Simon Buckle, Jana E. Compton, Tommy Dalgaard, Wim de Vries, David Leclère, Adrian Leip, Christoph Müller, Alexander Popp, Nandula Raghuram, Shilpa Rao, Mark A. Sutton, Hanqin Tian, Henk Westhoek, Xin Zhang, Monika Zurek, 2020, Global Environmental Change
Systematic variation in evapotranspiration trends and drivers across the Northeastern United States
Matthew A. Vadeboncoeur, Mark B. Green, Heidi Asbjornsen, John L. Campbell, Mary Beth Adams, Elizabeth W. Boyer, Douglas A. Burns, Ivan J. Fernandez, Myron J. Mitchell, James B. Shanley, 2018, Hydrological Processes on p. 3547-3560
News Articles Featuring Elizabeth Boyer
Nov 18, 2024
American soil losing more crop nutrients due to heavier rainstorms, study shows
Loss of phosphorus from agricultural lands is increasing due to heavier storms, potentially threatening crop growth, according to team led by researchers at Penn State.
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