Below is a list of papers that have come from our lab. The list is organized chronologically. Someday I may have additional lists sorted by study system and topic. If you do not have a subscription to any of these journals, you can request electronic copies from Dr. Heffernan.
2017
Pearse, W.D., J. Cavender-Bares, S.E. Hobbie, M. Avolio, P.M. Groffman, S.J. Hall, J.B. Heffernan, J. Learned, K.C. Nelson, D.E. Pataki, and T.L.E. Trammell. In press. Ecological homogenisation in North American urban yards: vegetation diversity, composition, and structure. Ecosphere. BioRxiv
Bernhardt, E. S., Heffernan, J. B., Grimm, N. B., Stanley, E. H., Harvey, J. W., Arroita, M., Appling, A. P., Cohen, M. J., McDowell, W. H., Hall, R. O., Read, J. S., Roberts, B. J., Stets, E. G. and Yackulic, C. B. 2017. The Metabolic Regimes of Flowing Waters. Limnology and Oceanography. doi:10.1002/lno.10726
Eagle, A., L. Olander, K. Locklier, J.B. Heffernan, and E.S. Bernhardt. 2017. Fertilizer Management and Environmental Factors Drive N2O and NO3 Losses in Corn: A Meta-Analysis. Soil Science Society of America Journal 81(5):1191-1202. doi:10.2136/sssaj2016.09.0281
Groffman, PM, M Avolio, J Cavender-Bares, ND Bettez, JM Grove, SJ Hall, SE Hobbie, KL Larson, SB Lerman, DH Locke, JB Heffernan, JL Morse, C Neill, KC Nelson, J O’Neil-Dunne, DE Pataki, C Polsky, R Roy Chowdhury, TLE Trammell. 2017. Ecological Homogenization of Residential Macrosystems. Nature Ecology and Evolution 1: 0191.
Wheeler, M., C. Neill, P.M. Groffman, M. Avolio, N. Bettez, J. Cavender-Bares, R. Roy Chowdhury, L. Darling, J. M. Grove, S. J. Hall, J.B. Heffernan, S. E. Hobbie, K. Larson, J. Morse, K. Nelson, L. A. Ogden, J. O'Neil-Dunne, D. Pataki, C. Polsky, M. K. Steele, T.L.E. Trammell. 2017. Continental-scale homogenization of residential lawn plant communities. Landscape and Urban Planning 165: 54-63.
Steele, M. K.§, and J. B. Heffernan. 2017. Topographic and land use bend and break fractal rules of water body size distributions. Limnology and Oceanography Letters 2: 71–80. doi:10.1002/lol2.10038
Bernhardt, E. S., Heffernan, J. B., Grimm, N. B., Stanley, E. H., Harvey, J. W., Arroita, M., Appling, A. P., Cohen, M. J., McDowell, W. H., Hall, R. O., Read, J. S., Roberts, B. J., Stets, E. G. and Yackulic, C. B. 2017. The Metabolic Regimes of Flowing Waters. Limnology and Oceanography. doi:10.1002/lno.10726
Eagle, A., L. Olander, K. Locklier, J.B. Heffernan, and E.S. Bernhardt. 2017. Fertilizer Management and Environmental Factors Drive N2O and NO3 Losses in Corn: A Meta-Analysis. Soil Science Society of America Journal 81(5):1191-1202. doi:10.2136/sssaj2016.09.0281
Groffman, PM, M Avolio, J Cavender-Bares, ND Bettez, JM Grove, SJ Hall, SE Hobbie, KL Larson, SB Lerman, DH Locke, JB Heffernan, JL Morse, C Neill, KC Nelson, J O’Neil-Dunne, DE Pataki, C Polsky, R Roy Chowdhury, TLE Trammell. 2017. Ecological Homogenization of Residential Macrosystems. Nature Ecology and Evolution 1: 0191.
Wheeler, M., C. Neill, P.M. Groffman, M. Avolio, N. Bettez, J. Cavender-Bares, R. Roy Chowdhury, L. Darling, J. M. Grove, S. J. Hall, J.B. Heffernan, S. E. Hobbie, K. Larson, J. Morse, K. Nelson, L. A. Ogden, J. O'Neil-Dunne, D. Pataki, C. Polsky, M. K. Steele, T.L.E. Trammell. 2017. Continental-scale homogenization of residential lawn plant communities. Landscape and Urban Planning 165: 54-63.
Steele, M. K.§, and J. B. Heffernan. 2017. Topographic and land use bend and break fractal rules of water body size distributions. Limnology and Oceanography Letters 2: 71–80. doi:10.1002/lol2.10038
2016
Stanley, E.H., R.A. Sponseller, J.B. Heffernan. 2016. Landscape and Regional Stream
Ecology. Ch. 9 (pp. 389–415) In: Stanley, E.H. and J. B. Jones (eds.) Stream Ecosystems in a Changing Environment. Academic Press. 548pp.
Groffman, P.M., J. M. Grove, C. Polsky, N. Bettez, J. Morse, J. Cavender-Bares, S. J. Hall,
J.B. Heffernan, S. E. Hobbie, K. Larson, C. Neill, K. Nelson, L. A. Ogden, J. O'Neil-Dunne, D. Pataki, R. Roy Chowdhury, and D. Locke. 2016. Satisfaction, water and fertilizer use in the American residential macrosystem. Environmental Research Letters 11(3) 034004.
Trammell, T.LE., D.E. Pataki, J. Cavender-Bares, P.M. Groffman, S.J. Hall, J.B. Heffernan, SE Hobbie, J.L. Morse, C. Neill, and K.C. Nelson. 2016. Plant N content and isotopic composition in residential lawns across seven major U.S. cities. Oikos 181 (1), 271-285
Hall, S.J., J. Learned; B. Ruddell, K. Larson, J. Cavender-Bares, N. Bettez, P.M. Groffman, J.M. Grove, J. B. Heffernan, S. E. Hobbie, J. L. Morse, C. Neill, K.C. Nelson, J. O’Neil-Dunne, L. Ogden, D.E. Pataki, W.D. Pearse, C. Polsky, R. Roy Chowdhury, M. K. Steele, and T. Trammel. 2016. Convergence of microclimate in residential landscapes across diverse cities in the US. Landscape Ecology 31(1): 101-117.
Larson, K.L., K.C. Nelson, S.J. Hall, S.R. Samples, P.M. Groffman, M. Grove, N. Bettez, J.
Cavender-Bares, J.B. Heffernan, S. Hobbie, J. Learned, J.L. Morse, C. Neill, L.A. Ogden, J. O’Neil-Dunne, D.E. Pataki, C. Polsky, R. Roy Chowdhury, and M. K. Steele§. 2016. Ecosystem Services in Managing Residential Landscapes: Priorities, Value Dimensions, and Cross-Regional Patterns. Urban Ecosystems. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11252-015-0477-1
Ecology. Ch. 9 (pp. 389–415) In: Stanley, E.H. and J. B. Jones (eds.) Stream Ecosystems in a Changing Environment. Academic Press. 548pp.
Groffman, P.M., J. M. Grove, C. Polsky, N. Bettez, J. Morse, J. Cavender-Bares, S. J. Hall,
J.B. Heffernan, S. E. Hobbie, K. Larson, C. Neill, K. Nelson, L. A. Ogden, J. O'Neil-Dunne, D. Pataki, R. Roy Chowdhury, and D. Locke. 2016. Satisfaction, water and fertilizer use in the American residential macrosystem. Environmental Research Letters 11(3) 034004.
Trammell, T.LE., D.E. Pataki, J. Cavender-Bares, P.M. Groffman, S.J. Hall, J.B. Heffernan, SE Hobbie, J.L. Morse, C. Neill, and K.C. Nelson. 2016. Plant N content and isotopic composition in residential lawns across seven major U.S. cities. Oikos 181 (1), 271-285
Hall, S.J., J. Learned; B. Ruddell, K. Larson, J. Cavender-Bares, N. Bettez, P.M. Groffman, J.M. Grove, J. B. Heffernan, S. E. Hobbie, J. L. Morse, C. Neill, K.C. Nelson, J. O’Neil-Dunne, L. Ogden, D.E. Pataki, W.D. Pearse, C. Polsky, R. Roy Chowdhury, M. K. Steele, and T. Trammel. 2016. Convergence of microclimate in residential landscapes across diverse cities in the US. Landscape Ecology 31(1): 101-117.
Larson, K.L., K.C. Nelson, S.J. Hall, S.R. Samples, P.M. Groffman, M. Grove, N. Bettez, J.
Cavender-Bares, J.B. Heffernan, S. Hobbie, J. Learned, J.L. Morse, C. Neill, L.A. Ogden, J. O’Neil-Dunne, D.E. Pataki, C. Polsky, R. Roy Chowdhury, and M. K. Steele§. 2016. Ecosystem Services in Managing Residential Landscapes: Priorities, Value Dimensions, and Cross-Regional Patterns. Urban Ecosystems. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11252-015-0477-1
2015
2014
Watts, A. C., D. L. Watts, M. J. Cohen, J. B. Heffernan, D. McLaughlin, J. B. Martin, D.A. Kaplan, A. B. Murray, T.Z. Osborne, L.N. Kobziar. In press. Evidence for biogeomorphic patterning in a low-relief karst landscape.
Appling, A.P. and J.B. Heffernan. In press. Nutrient limitation, organism physiology, and the fine-scale (de)coupling of biogeochemical cycles. American Naturalist.
Liebowitz, D.L., M.J. Cohen, J.B. Heffernan, T.K. Frazer, and L. V. Kohrnak. In press. Environmentally mediated consumer control of algae proliferation in Florida springs. Freshwater Biology.
Polsky C., Knudson, J.M. Grove, N. Bettez, J. Cavender-Bares, P. M. Groffman, S. J. Hall, J. B. Heffernan, S. E. Hobbie, K. Larson, J. Morse, C. Neill, K. Nelson, J. O'Neil-Dunne, L. A. Ogden, D. Pataki, R. Roy Chowdhury, M.K. Steele. In press. Assessing the Homogenization of Urban Land Management with an Application to US Residential Lawncare. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 111(12):4432–4437
Steele, M. K., J. B. Heffernan, N. Bettez, J. Cavender-Bares, J. M. Grove, S. J. Hall, S. E. Hobbie, K. Larson, J. Morse, C. Neill, K. Nelson, J. O'Neil-Dunne, L. A. Ogden, D. Pataki, C. Polsky, R. Roy Chowdhury. In press. Convergent surface water distributions in US cities. Ecosystems.
King, S., J. B. Heffernan, and M. J. Cohen. 2014. Nutrient flux, autotrophic demand, and nutrient limitation in streams and rivers. Freshwater Sciences 33(1):85-98. *Featured article
Steele, M. K., and J. B. Heffernan. In press. Morphological characteristics of urban water bodies: mechanisms of landscape change and implications for ecosystem function. Ecological Applications.
Groffman, P. M., J. Cavender-Bares, N. Bettez, J. M. Grove, S. J. Hall, J.B. Heffernan, S. E. Hobbie, K. Larson, J. Morse, C. Neill, K. Nelson, J. O'Neil-Dunne, L. A. Ogden, D. Pataki, C. Polsky, R. Roy Chowdhury, M. K. Steele§. 2014. Ecological Homogenization of Urban America. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 12(1):74-81
Heffernan, J.B., Soranno, P., M. Angilletta, L. Buckley, D. Gruner, T. Keitt, J. Kellner, J. Kominoski, A. Rocha, J. Xiao, T. K. Harms, S. Goring, L. Koenig, W.H. McDowell, H. Powell, A. Richardson, C. Stow, R. Vargas, K. C. Weathers. 2014. Macrosystems Ecology: Understanding ecological pattern and process at continental scales. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 12(1):5-14.
Fork, M. L., and J. B. Heffernan. 2014. Direct and indirect effects of terrestrial organic matter on river denitrification. Ecosystems 17(1):14-28. doi:10.1007/s10021-013-9705-9
Appling, A.P. and J.B. Heffernan. In press. Nutrient limitation, organism physiology, and the fine-scale (de)coupling of biogeochemical cycles. American Naturalist.
Liebowitz, D.L., M.J. Cohen, J.B. Heffernan, T.K. Frazer, and L. V. Kohrnak. In press. Environmentally mediated consumer control of algae proliferation in Florida springs. Freshwater Biology.
Polsky C., Knudson, J.M. Grove, N. Bettez, J. Cavender-Bares, P. M. Groffman, S. J. Hall, J. B. Heffernan, S. E. Hobbie, K. Larson, J. Morse, C. Neill, K. Nelson, J. O'Neil-Dunne, L. A. Ogden, D. Pataki, R. Roy Chowdhury, M.K. Steele. In press. Assessing the Homogenization of Urban Land Management with an Application to US Residential Lawncare. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 111(12):4432–4437
Steele, M. K., J. B. Heffernan, N. Bettez, J. Cavender-Bares, J. M. Grove, S. J. Hall, S. E. Hobbie, K. Larson, J. Morse, C. Neill, K. Nelson, J. O'Neil-Dunne, L. A. Ogden, D. Pataki, C. Polsky, R. Roy Chowdhury. In press. Convergent surface water distributions in US cities. Ecosystems.
King, S., J. B. Heffernan, and M. J. Cohen. 2014. Nutrient flux, autotrophic demand, and nutrient limitation in streams and rivers. Freshwater Sciences 33(1):85-98. *Featured article
Steele, M. K., and J. B. Heffernan. In press. Morphological characteristics of urban water bodies: mechanisms of landscape change and implications for ecosystem function. Ecological Applications.
Groffman, P. M., J. Cavender-Bares, N. Bettez, J. M. Grove, S. J. Hall, J.B. Heffernan, S. E. Hobbie, K. Larson, J. Morse, C. Neill, K. Nelson, J. O'Neil-Dunne, L. A. Ogden, D. Pataki, C. Polsky, R. Roy Chowdhury, M. K. Steele§. 2014. Ecological Homogenization of Urban America. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 12(1):74-81
Heffernan, J.B., Soranno, P., M. Angilletta, L. Buckley, D. Gruner, T. Keitt, J. Kellner, J. Kominoski, A. Rocha, J. Xiao, T. K. Harms, S. Goring, L. Koenig, W.H. McDowell, H. Powell, A. Richardson, C. Stow, R. Vargas, K. C. Weathers. 2014. Macrosystems Ecology: Understanding ecological pattern and process at continental scales. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 12(1):5-14.
Fork, M. L., and J. B. Heffernan. 2014. Direct and indirect effects of terrestrial organic matter on river denitrification. Ecosystems 17(1):14-28. doi:10.1007/s10021-013-9705-9
2013
Cohen, M.J., M. L. Kurz, J. B. Heffernan, J. B. Martin, R. L. Douglas, C. R. Foster, and R. G. Thomas. 2013. Diel Phosphorus Variation and the Stoichiometry of Ecosystem Metabolism in a Large Spring-Fed River. Ecological Monographs 83(2):155-176.
Heffernan, J. B., D.L. Watts, and M. J. Cohen. 2013. Discharge competence and pattern formation in peatlands: a meta-ecosystem model of the Everglades ridge-slough landscape. PLoS One 8(5): e64174. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0064174.
Cavender-Bares, J., J. Heffernan, E. King, S. Polasky, P. Balvanera, W. C. Clark, K. N. Lee. 2013. Sustainability and Biodiversity (Chapter 390), In S. Levin (Editor). Encyclopedia of Biodiversity, 2nd Edition. Elsevier.
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Sponseller, R. A., J. B. Heffernan, and S. G. Fisher. 2013. On the multiple roles of water in river networks. Ecosphere 4(2):17,doi:10.1890/ES12-00225.1
Heffernan, J. B., D.L. Watts, and M. J. Cohen. 2013. Discharge competence and pattern formation in peatlands: a meta-ecosystem model of the Everglades ridge-slough landscape. PLoS One 8(5): e64174. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0064174.
Cavender-Bares, J., J. Heffernan, E. King, S. Polasky, P. Balvanera, W. C. Clark, K. N. Lee. 2013. Sustainability and Biodiversity (Chapter 390), In S. Levin (Editor). Encyclopedia of Biodiversity, 2nd Edition. Elsevier.
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Sponseller, R. A., J. B. Heffernan, and S. G. Fisher. 2013. On the multiple roles of water in river networks. Ecosphere 4(2):17,doi:10.1890/ES12-00225.1
2012
Heffernan, J. B., A. Albertin, M. Fork*, B. Katz, and M.J. Cohen. 2012. Denitrification and inference of nitrogen sources in the karstic Floridan Aquifer. Biogeosciences 9, 1671-1690. doi:10.5194/bg-9-1671-2012
Cohen, M. J., J. B. Heffernan, A. A. Albertin, and J. B. Martin. 2012. Inference of riverine nitrogen processing from longitudinal and diel variation in dual nitrate isotopes J. Geophys. Res. - Biogeosciences, 117, G01021, doi:10.1029/2011JG001715
Heffernan, J. B., and S. G. Fisher. 2012. Plant-microbe interactions and nitrogen dynamics during wetland establishment in a desert stream. Biogeochemistry 107:379-391. DOI 10.1007/s10533-010-9559-6
Cohen, M. J., J. B. Heffernan, A. A. Albertin, and J. B. Martin. 2012. Inference of riverine nitrogen processing from longitudinal and diel variation in dual nitrate isotopes J. Geophys. Res. - Biogeosciences, 117, G01021, doi:10.1029/2011JG001715
Heffernan, J. B., and S. G. Fisher. 2012. Plant-microbe interactions and nitrogen dynamics during wetland establishment in a desert stream. Biogeochemistry 107:379-391. DOI 10.1007/s10533-010-9559-6
2011
2010
Watts, D.L., M.J. Cohen, J.B. Heffernan, T. Osborne, and M.W. Clark. 2010. Hydrologic modification and the loss of self-organized patterning in the Everglades ridge-slough mosaic. Ecosystems 13(6):813-827.
Heffernan, J.B., D.M. Liebowitz, T.K. Frazer, J.M. Evans, and M.J. Cohen. 2010. Algal blooms and the nitrogen-enrichment hypothesis in Florida springs: Evidence, alternatives, and adaptive management. Ecological Applications 20(3): 816-829.
Heffernan, J.B., and M.J. Cohen. 2010. Direct and indirect coupling of productivity and diel nitrate dynamics in a subtropical spring-fed river. Limnology and Oceanography 55(2):677-688. *Faculty of 1000 Recommended Paper
Heffernan, J.B., M.J. Cohen, T.K. Frazer, R.G. Thomas, T.J. Rayfield, J. Gulley, J.B. Martin, J.J. Delfino, and W.D. Graham. 2010a. Hydrologic and biotic influences on nitrate removal in a sub-tropical spring-fed river. Limnology and Oceanography 55(1): 249-263.
Heffernan, J.B., D.M. Liebowitz, T.K. Frazer, J.M. Evans, and M.J. Cohen. 2010. Algal blooms and the nitrogen-enrichment hypothesis in Florida springs: Evidence, alternatives, and adaptive management. Ecological Applications 20(3): 816-829.
Heffernan, J.B., and M.J. Cohen. 2010. Direct and indirect coupling of productivity and diel nitrate dynamics in a subtropical spring-fed river. Limnology and Oceanography 55(2):677-688. *Faculty of 1000 Recommended Paper
Heffernan, J.B., M.J. Cohen, T.K. Frazer, R.G. Thomas, T.J. Rayfield, J. Gulley, J.B. Martin, J.J. Delfino, and W.D. Graham. 2010a. Hydrologic and biotic influences on nitrate removal in a sub-tropical spring-fed river. Limnology and Oceanography 55(1): 249-263.
2008
Roach, W.J., J.B. Heffernan, N.B. Grimm, R. Arrowsmith, C. Eisinger, and T. Rychener. 2008. Unintended consequences of urbanization for aquatic ecosystems: a case study from the Arizona desert. BioScience 58(8):715-727.
Heffernan, J.B., R.A. Sponseller, and S.G. Fisher. 2008. Consequences of a biogeomorphic regime shift for the hyporheic zone of a Sonoran Desert stream. Freshwater Biology 53(9):1954-1968.
Heffernan, J.B. 2008. Wetlands as an alternative stable state in desert streams. Ecology 89(5):1261-1271. *Faculty of 1000 Exceptional Paper
Heffernan, J.B., R.A. Sponseller, and S.G. Fisher. 2008. Consequences of a biogeomorphic regime shift for the hyporheic zone of a Sonoran Desert stream. Freshwater Biology 53(9):1954-1968.
Heffernan, J.B. 2008. Wetlands as an alternative stable state in desert streams. Ecology 89(5):1261-1271. *Faculty of 1000 Exceptional Paper
2007
2005
Grimm, N.B., R.J. Arrowsmith, C. Eisinger, J. Heffernan, D.B. Lewis, A. MacLeod, L. Prashad, W.J. Roach, T. Rychener, and R.W. Sheibley (2005). Effects of urbanization on nutrient biogeochemistry of aridland streams. In R. DeFries, G. Asner, and R. Houghton (editors). Ecosystem interactions with land use change. American Geophysical Union Geophysical Monograph Series
Sabo, J.L., R. Sponseller, M. Dixon, K. Gade, T. Harms, J. Heffernan, A.Jani, G.Katz, C.Soykan, J. Watts, and J. Welter (2005). Riparian zones increase regional species diversity by harboring different, not more species. Ecology 86(1): 56-62.
Sabo, J.L., R. Sponseller, M. Dixon, K. Gade, T. Harms, J. Heffernan, A.Jani, G.Katz, C.Soykan, J. Watts, and J. Welter (2005). Riparian zones increase regional species diversity by harboring different, not more species. Ecology 86(1): 56-62.
2004
Heffernan, J.B., and R A. Sponseller (2004). Re-mobilization and processing of nutrients in Sonoran Desert riparian soils following artificial re-wetting. Biogeochemistry 70(1):117-134.
Fisher, S.G., R.A. Sponseller, and J.B. Heffernan(2004). Horizons in stream biogeochemistry: Flowpaths to progress. Ecology 85(9): 2369-2379.
Fisher, S.G., R.A. Sponseller, and J.B. Heffernan(2004). Horizons in stream biogeochemistry: Flowpaths to progress. Ecology 85(9): 2369-2379.
