Search Results - "DeRolph, Christopher R"

Spatially explicit land-energy-water future scenarios for cities: Guiding infrastructure transitions for urban sustainability by McManamay, Ryan A., DeRolph, Christopher R., Surendran-Nair, Sujithkumar, Allen-Dumas, Melissa

“…Cities drive the majority of global human resource consumption and serve as hubs of major infrastructural networks. To offset their resource demands, cities…”
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Advancing wildlife connectivity in land use planning: a case study with four‐toed salamanders by Wade, Bryce S., Carter, Evin T., Derolph, Christopher R., Byrd, Greg, Darling, Sarah E., Hayter, Lindsey E., Jett, R. Trent, Herold, Jamie M., Giffen, Neil R.

“…Stable habitat connections that wildlife can safely traverse are essential to biodiversity conservation and healthy ecosystems. We developed high‐resolution…”
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A stream classification system to explore the physical habitat diversity and anthropogenic impacts in riverscapes of the eastern United States by McManamay, Ryan A, Troia, Matthew J, DeRolph, Christopher R, Olivero Sheldon, Arlene, Barnett, Analie R, Kao, Shih-Chieh, Anderson, Mark G

“…Describing the physical habitat diversity of stream types is important for understanding stream ecosystem complexity, but also prioritizing management of…”
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When energy doesn’t add up: use of an energyshed framework in assessing progress towards renewable energy transitions by Garrett, Kayla P, McManamay, Ryan A, DeRolph, Christopher R

“…Global progress in energy transitions to support climate mitigation goals has been slower than anticipated; this has prompted shifts away from traditional…”
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U.S. national water and energy land dataset for integrated multisector dynamics research by Sturtevant, Jillian, McManamay, Ryan A., DeRolph, Christopher R.

“…Understanding resource demands and tradeoffs among energy, water, and land socioeconomic sectors requires an explicit consideration of spatial scale. However,…”
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A dataset of eco-evidence tools to inform early-stage environmental impact assessments of hydropower development by McManamay, Ryan A., Parish, Esther S., DeRolph, Christopher R.

“…The datasets described herein provide the foundation for a decision support prototype (DSP) toolkit aimed at assisting stakeholders in determining evidence of…”
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Methods for integrating high-resolution land, climate, and infrastructure scenarios in a hydrologic simulation model by Nair, Sujithkumar Surendran, McManamay, Ryan A., Derolph, Christopher R., Allen-Dumas, Melissa

“…[Display omitted] Global alterations of the hydrologic cycle by humans have led to alarming rates of water shortages and irreversible ecosystem change. Our…”
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The Economic Accessibility of CO2 Sequestration through Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) in the US by Langholtz, Matthew, Busch, Ingrid, Kasturi, Abishek, Hilliard, Michael R., McFarlane, Joanna, Tsouris, Costas, Mukherjee, Srijib, Omitaomu, Olufemi A., Kotikot, Susan M., Allen-Dumas, Melissa R., DeRolph, Christopher R., Davis, Maggie R., Parish, Esther S.

“…Bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) is one strategy to remove CO2 from the atmosphere. To assess the potential scale and cost of CO2…”
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Ecosystem services from partially harvested riparian buffers can offset biomass production costs by Jager, Henriette I., Nair, Sujithkumar Surendran, Efroymson, Rebecca A., DeRolph, Christopher R., Parish, Esther S., Wang, Gangsheng

“…There is a broad consensus that riparian buffers provide environmental benefits and increase resilience to climate change. In this study, we examined the…”
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A stream classification system for the conterminous United States by McManamay, Ryan A., DeRolph, Christopher R.

“…Stream classifications are important for understanding stream ecosystem diversity while also serving as tools for aquatic conservation and management. With…”
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Evidence-based indicator approach to guide preliminary environmental impact assessments of hydropower development by McManamay, Ryan A., Parish, Esther S., DeRolph, Christopher R., Witt, Adam M., Graf, William L., Burtner, Alicia

“…Global expansion of hydropower resources has increased in recent years to meet growing energy demands and fill worldwide gaps in electricity supply. However,…”
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Remedial effectiveness of a pond biomanipulation: Habitat value and concentrations of polychlorinated biphenyls in fish by Efroymson, Rebecca A., Peterson, Mark J., Jett, R. Trent, Griffiths, Natalie A., Carter, Evin T., Fortner, Allison M., DeRolph, Christopher R., Ku, Peijia, Matson, Paul G., Pilla, Rachel M., Mathews, Teresa J.

“…The fish and plant communities in a pond contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in East Tennessee, USA, were manipulated to reduce ecological and…”
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Spatially explicit land-energy-water future scenarios for cities: Guiding infrastructure transitions for urban sustainability by McManamay, Ryan A., DeRolph, Christopher R., Surendran-Nair, Sujithkumar, Allen-Dumas, Melissa

“…Cities control the majority of global human resource consumption and serve as hubs of major infrastructural networks. To offset their resource demands, cities…”
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Review of environmental metrics used across multiple sectors and geographies to evaluate the effects of hydropower development by Parish, Esther S., Pracheil, Brenda M., McManamay, Ryan A., Curd, Shelaine L., DeRolph, Christopher R., Smith, Brennan T.

“…•Hydropower literature review produced database of over 3000 environmental metrics.•Metrics varied by project location, life cycle stage, size and literature…”
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A Checklist of River Function Indicators for hydropower ecological assessment by Pracheil, Brenda May, McManamay, Ryan A., Parish, Esther S., Curd, Shelaine L., Smith, Brennan T., DeRolph, Christopher R., Witt, Adam M., Ames, Shannon, Day, Mary Beth, Graf, Will, Infante, Dana, McCoskey, Dana N., Rugani, Kelsey, Vezina, Corey, Welch, Timothy, West, Anna

“…Hydropower generation has advantages for societies that seek low-carbon, renewable energy alternatives, but sustainable hydropower production will require an…”
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US cities can manage national hydrology and biodiversity using local infrastructure policy by McManamay, Ryan A., Nair, Sujithkumar Surendran, DeRolph, Christopher R., Ruddell, Benjamin L., Morton, April M., Stewart, Robert N., Troia, Matthew J., Tran, Liem, Kim, Hyun, Bhaduri, Budhendra L.

“…Cities are concentrations of sociopolitical power and prime architects of land transformation, while also serving as consumption hubs of “hard” water and…”
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Predicting environmental mitigation requirements for hydropower projects through the integration of biophysical and socio-political geographies by DeRolph, Christopher R., Schramm, Michael P., Bevelhimer, Mark S.

“…Uncertainty about environmental mitigation needs at existing and proposed hydropower projects makes it difficult for stakeholders to minimize environmental…”
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Multidecadal biological monitoring and abatement program\ assessing human impacts on aquatic ecosystems within the Oak Ridge Reservation in eastern Tennessee, USA by Matson, Paul G., Stevenson, Louise M., Griffiths, Natalie A., DeRolph, Christopher R., Jett, R. Trent, Fortner, Allison M., Jones, Michael W., Jones, Nikki J., Mathews, Teresa J.

“…Human activities can be powerful drivers of ecosystem change within catchments. While most long‐term catchment studies have been conducted at pristine sites,…”
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City energysheds and renewable energy in the United States by DeRolph, Christopher R., McManamay, Ryan A., Morton, April M., Nair, Sujithkumar Surendran

“…Cities are powerful political and economic entities, and for many cities cultivating renewable energy penetration is sound economic policy. Many power plants…”
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Sensor-Equipped Unmanned Surface Vehicle for High-Resolution Mapping of Water Quality in Low- to Mid-Order Streams by Griffiths, Natalie A, Levi, Peter S, Riggs, Jeffery S, DeRolph, Christopher R, Fortner, Allison M, Richards, Jason K

“…Longitudinal profiling of water quality via the deployment of sensors from watercraft has advanced the understanding of spatial patterns in large rivers and…”
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