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ArticleThe Science of the total environment2022

Characterizing temporal variability in streams supports nutrient indicator development using diatom and bacterial DNA metabarcoding.

Nathan J Smucker, Erik M Pilgrim, Huiyun Wu, Christopher T Nietch, John A Darling, Marirosa Molina, Brent R Johnson, Lester L Yuan

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Article in The Science of the total environment, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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  1. From subsidies to stressors: Positively skewed ecological gradients alter biological responses to nutrients in streams.Ecological applications : a publication of the Ecological Society of America · 2025
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Nathan J SmuckerUnited States Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Cincinnati, OH 45268, USA. Electronic address: smucker.nathan@epa.gov.
Erik M PilgrimUnited States Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Cincinnati, OH 45268, USA.
Huiyun WuOak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, P.O. Box 117, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831 USA c/o United States Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, USA.
Christopher T NietchUnited States Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Cincinnati, OH 45268, USA.
John A DarlingUnited States Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, USA.
Marirosa MolinaUnited States Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, USA.
Brent R JohnsonUnited States Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Cincinnati, OH 45268, USA.
Lester L YuanUnited States Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water, Washington, DC 20460, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Interest in developing periphytic diatom and bacterial indicators of nutrient effects continues to grow in support of the assessment and management of stream ecosystems and their watersheds. However, temporal variability could confound relationships between indicators and nutrients, subsequently affecting assessment outcomes. To document how temporal variability affects measures of diatom and bacterial assemblages obtained from DNA metabarcoding, we conducted weekly periphyton and nutrient sampling from July to October 2016 in 25 streams in a 1293 km

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DiatomsRiversDNA, BacterialDNA Barcoding, TaxonomicEcosystemEnvironmental MonitoringNitrogenNutrientsPhosphorusDNA, BacterialNitrogenNutrientsPhosphorusAgricultureAlgaeBioassessmentMetricsNitrogenPhosphorus

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PMID35378187
PMCPMC9169572

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