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ArticleApplied and environmental microbiology2025

Effect of beaver dam analogs (BDAs) on waterborne protozoal pathogens

Ariel I Loredo, Andrea Packham, Nick Graham, Skylar Johnson, Stephanie Elliott, Brian H Bird, Carrie Monohan, Sarah Yarnell, Woutrina A Smith

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Article in Applied and environmental microbiology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Ariel I LoredoThe One Health Institute, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, California, USA.ORCID 0009-0007-8026-483X
Andrea PackhamThe One Health Institute, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, California, USA.
Nick GrahamThe Sierra Fund, Nevada City, California, USA.
Skylar JohnsonThe One Health Institute, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, California, USA.
Stephanie ElliottThe One Health Institute, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, California, USA.
Brian H BirdThe One Health Institute, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, California, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8170-8710
Carrie MonohanDepartment of Earth and Environmental Sciences, California State University, Chico, Chico, California, USA.
Sarah YarnellCenter for Watershed Sciences, University of California, Davis, California, USA.
Woutrina A SmithThe One Health Institute, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, California, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8976-8347

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Installing beaver dam analogs (BDAs) in freshwater ecosystems is a process-based restoration technique mimicking natural beaver dams to increase stream channel complexity, floodplain connectivity, and hydrological residence time. BDAs have been applied in recent years by resource managers to improve riparian habitats with beneficial effects on ecosystem services, including improved water quality. While BDAs have been shown to reduce suspended sediments and nutrients in surface waters, research is needed to evaluate BDA effects on waterborne fecal pathogens such as IMPORTANCE: Beaver dam analogs (BDAs) are a cost-effective, low-environmental impact technique for stream and riparian meadow restoration that provide a variety of beneficial ecosystem services; however, their impact on waterborne fecal protozoal pathogens has not been evaluated. This study used an

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Cryptosporidium parvumFresh WaterGiardia lambliaAnimalsCaliforniaEcosystemRiversbeaver dam analogsCryptosporidium parvumG. duodenalisGiardia lambliaG. intestinalishydrologyprotozoariparian wet meadow

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