Qian, Song S

Song S Qian
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Assistant Professor
Associate Professor
Professor, Environmental Sciences , College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics

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Song.Qian@utoledo.edu

selected publications

Article (Faculty180)
- 2023
  
  A restructured Bayesian approach to estimate abundance of a rare and invasive fish. Biological Invasions.
- 2021
  
  Chlorophyll \textita as an indicator of microcystin: Short-term forecasting and risk assessment in Lake Erie. Ecological Indicators.
- 2021
  
  Embracing uncertainty to reduce bias in hydroacoustic species apportionment. Fisheries Research. 233:105750.
- 2021
  
  Evaluating the Impact of Watershed Development and Climate Change on Stream Ecosystems: A Bayesian Network Modeling Approach. Water Research.
- 2021
  
  Validation of the model-predicted spawning area of grass carp Ctenopharyngodon idella in the Sandusky River. Journal of Great Lakes Research. 47:29-36.
- 2020
  
  All tests are imperfect: Accounting for false positives and false negatives using Bayesian statistics. Heliyon. 6:e03571.
- 2020
  
  All tests are imperfect: accounting for false positives and false negatives using Bayesian statistics. Heliyon.
- 2020
  
  Ecoregional or site-specific lake nutrient criteria? Evidence from ecological fallacy. Ecological Indicators. 111:105989.
- 2020
  
  Effects of climate and land-use changes on fish catches across lakes at a global scale. Nature Communications. 11:1-14.
- 2020
  
  Using structural equation modeling to better understand microcystis biovolume dynamics in a mediterranean hypereutrophic reservoir. Ecological Modelling. 435:109282.
- 2019
  
  A global analysis of cladoceran body size and its variation linking to habitat, distribution and taxonomy. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 187:1119-1130.
- 2019
  
  Evaluating catchability in a large-scale gillnet survey using hydroacoustics: making the case for coupled surveys. Fisheries Research. 211:309-318.
- 2019
  
  Improving estimates of built-up area from night time light across globally distributed cities through hierarchical modeling. Science of The Total Environment. 647:1266.
- 2019
  
  Rethinking the lake Trophic State Index. PeerJ PrePrints.
- 2019
  
  The implications of Simpson's paradox for cross-scale inference among lakes. Water Research. 163:114855.
- 2019
  
  Total phosphorus-precipitation and Chlorophyll a-phosphorus relationships of lakes and reservoirs mediated by soil iron at regional scale. Water research. 154:136.
- 2019
  
  Using Bayesian change point model to enhance understanding of the shifting nutrients-phytoplankton relationship. Ecological modelling. 393:120.
- 2018
  
  A Meta-Analysis on the Effect of Agricultural Conservation Practices on Nutrient Loss. Journal of Environmental Quality. 47:1172.
- 2018
  
  Effectiveness of shallow water habitat remediation for improving fish habitat in a large temperate river. Ecological Engineering. 123:54.
- 2018
  
  Inferred fish behavior its implications for hydroacoustic surveys in nearshore habitats. Fisheries research. 199:63.
- 2018
  
  Modeling framework to estimate spawning and hatching locations of pelagically-spawned eggs. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. https.
- 2018
  
  On abandoning hypothesis testing in environmental standard compliance assessment. Environmental Management.
- 2018
  
  Reciprocally-transplanted lizards along an elevational gradient match light-environment use of local lizards via phenotypic plasticity. Functional Ecology.
- 2018
  
  The effects of nutrients on stream invertebrates: A regional estimation by generalized propensity score. Ecological Processes.
- 2018
  
  The effects of nutrients on stream invertebrates: a regional estimation by generalized propensity score. Ecological Processes. 7:doi.
- 2018
  
  The multiple-comparison trap and the Raven's paradox -- perils of using null hypothesis testing in environmental assessment. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 190.
- 2018
  
  Updating the ELISA standard curve fitting process to reduce uncertainty in estimated microcystin concentrations. MethodsX. 5:304.
- 2018
  
  âAsian carpâ is societally and scientifically problematic. Let's replace it. Fisheries. 43:311.
- 2017
  
  Comparative analysis of discretization methods in Bayesian networks. Environmental Modelling and Software. 87:64-71.
- 2017
  
  Meta-analysis constrained by data: Recommendations to improve relevance of nutrient management research. Agronomy Journal. 109:2441.
- 2017
  
  Sparse targets in hydroacoustic surveys: Balancing quantity and quality of in situ target strength data. Fisheries Research. 188:173.
- 2016
  
  A cross-scale view of N and P limitation using Bayesian hierarchical model. Limnology and Oceanography. 61:2276.
- 2016
  
  Applying statistical causal analyses to agricultural conservation: a case study examining P loss impact. Journal of the American Water Resources Association. 52:198-208.
- 2016
  
  First direct confirmation of grass carp spawning in a Great Lakes tributary. Journal of Great Lakes Research. 42:899.
- 2016
  
  Hydrological drivers of record-setting water level rise on Earth's largest lake system. Water Resources Research. 52:4026.
- 2016
  
  Response and biophysical regulation of carbon dioxide fluxes to climate variability and anomaly in contrasting ecosystems in northwestern Ohio, USA. Agricultural and forest meteorology. 220:50.
- 2016
  
  Response to CO 2 enrichment of understory vegetation in the shade of forests. Global change biology. 22:944.
- 2015
  
  A continuous variable Bayesian networks model for water quality modeling: A case study of setting nitrogen criterion for small rivers and streams in Ohio, USA. Environmental Modelling and Software. 69:14-22.
- 2015
  
  A hierarchical model for estimating long-term trend of atrazine concentration in the surface water of the contiguous U.S.. Journal of the American Water Resources Association. 51:1128-1137.
- 2015
  
  Implications of Stein's Paradox for Environmental Standard Compliance Assessment. Environmental Science and Technology. 49:5913-5920.
- 2015
  
  Quantifying and reducing uncertainty in estimated microcystin concentrations from the ELISA method. Environmental Science and Technology. 49:14221-14229.
- 2015
  
  The frequency component of water quality criterion compliance assessment should be data driven. Environmental Management. 56:24-33.
- 2014
  
  A Bayesian hierarchical model to guide development and evaluation of substance objectives under the 2012 Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement. Journal of Great Lakes Research. 40:49.
- 2014
  
  A hierarchical zero-inflated model for species compositional data -- from individual taxon responses to community response. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods. 12:498-506.
- 2014
  
  A study of anthropogenic and climatic disturbance of the New River Estuary using a Bayesian belief network. Marine pollution bulletin. 83:107.
- 2014
  
  A study of anthropogenic and climatic disturbance of the New River Estuary using a Bayesian belief network. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 83:107-115.
- 2014
  
  Bayesian hierarchical modeling of larval Walleye (Sander vitreus) abundance and mortality: accounting for spatial and temporal variability on a large river. Journal of Great Lakes Research. 40:29.
- 2014
  
  Ecological threshold and environmental management: A note on statistical methods for detecting thresholds. Ecological Indicators. 38:192-197.
- 2014
  
  Implications of Stein's Paradox in Environmental Standard Compliance Assessmen. Environmental Science and Technology. In Review.
- 2014
  
  Modeling of non-point source nitrogen pollution from 1979 to 2008 in Jiaodong Peninsula, China. Hydrological processes. 28:3264.
- 2014
  
  Phosphorus targets and eutrophication objectives in Saginaw Bay: A 35 year assessment. Journal of Great Lakes Research. 40:4.
- 2014
  
  Re: M. Song, Y. Guan,âThe environmental efficiency of Wanjiang demonstration area: A Bayesian estimation approachâ[Ecol. Indic. 36 (2014) 59--67]. Ecological Indicators. 648.
- 2014
  
  Statistics in ecology is for making a ``principled'' argument. Landscape Ecology. 29:937.
- 2014
  
  Trends in the distribution and abundance of Hexagenia spp. in Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron, 1954--2012: Moving towards recovery?. Journal of Great Lakes Research. 40:156.
- 2013
  
  A critique of the use of indicator-species scores for identifying thresholds in species responses. Freshwater Science. 32:471.
- 2013
  
  Optimizing an estuarine water quality monitoring program through an entropy-based hierarchical spatiotemporal Bayesian framework. Water Resources Research. 49:6933.
- 2013
  
  Population decline of the Elfin-woods Warbler Setophaga angelae in eastern Puerto Rico. Bird Conservation International. 23:136.
- 2012
  
  Characteristics of multi-temporal scale variation of vegetation coverage in the Circum Bohai Bay Region, 1999--2009. Acta Ecologica Sinica. 32:297.
- 2012
  
  Multinomial Regression for Analyzing Macroinvertebrate Assemblage Composition Data. Freshwater Sciences. 31:681-694.
- 2012
  
  On model coefficient estimation using Markov chain Monte Carlo simulations: A potential problem and the solution. Ecological Modelling. 247:302-306.
- 2012
  
  Online cetacean habitat modeling system for the US east coast and Gulf of Mexico. Endangered Species Research. 18:1.
- 2012
  
  Photoperiodic regulation of the seasonal pattern of photosynthetic capacity and the implications for carbon cycling. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109:8612.
- 2012
  
  To threshold or not to threshold? That's the question. Ecological Indicators. 15:1-9.
- 2011
  
  A Bayesian changepoint-threshold model to examine the effect of TMDL implementation on the flow-nitrogen concentration relationship in the Neuse River basin. Water Research. 45:51-62.
- 2011
  
  Modeling contaminant concentration distributions in Chinaâs centralized source waters. Environmental science \& technology. 45:6041.
- 2011
  
  Multilevel regression models describing regional patterns of invertebrate and algal responses to urbanization across the USA. Journal of the North American Benthological Society. 30:797.
- 2011
  
  Response to King and Baker: limitation on threshold detection and characterization of community thresholds. Ecological Applications. 21:2840-2845.
- 2010
  
  Assessing the Risk of Hydroxybenzene Contamination in Fish Raised on a Chinese Aquaculture Farm. Human and Ecological Risk Assessment. 16:210.
- 2010
  
  On the Application of Multilevel Modeling in Environmental and Ecological Studies. Ecology. 91:355-361.
- 2010
  
  On the application of multilevel modeling in environmental and ecological studies. Ecology. 91:355.
- 2010
  
  Spatial variability of soil nitrogen and phosphorus of a mixed forest ecosystem in Beijing, China. Environmental Earth Sciences. 60:1783.
- 2009
  
  A Bayesian hierarchical modeling approach for analyzing observational data from marine ecological studies. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 58:1916-1921.
- 2009
  
  A Multilevel Model of the Impact of Farm-Level BMPs on Phosphorus Runoff. Journal of American Water Research Association. 45:369-377.
- 2009
  
  Calibrating and validating bacterial water quality models: a Bayesian approach. Water Research. 43:2688.
- 2009
  
  Calibrating and validating bacterial water quality models: a Bayesian approach. Water Research. 43:2688-2698.
- 2009
  
  Determinants of coastal treeline and the role of abiotic and biotic interactions. Plant Ecology. 202:55.
- 2008
  
  Comment on âEstimating ecological thresholds for phosphorus in the Evergladesâ. Environmental science \& technology. 42:6770.
- 2008
  
  Determinants of coastal treeline and the role of abiotic and biotic interactions. Plant Ecology. DOI 10.1007/s11258.
- 2008
  
  Examining conservation attitudes, perspectives, and challenges in India. Biological Conservation. 141:2357.
- 2008
  
  Examining conservation attitudes, perspectives, and challenges in India. Biological Conservation. 141:2357-2367.
- 2008
  
  Regional Scale Stressor-Response Models in Aquatic Ecosystems. Journal of the American Water Resources Association. 44(3):771-781.
- 2008
  
  Regional Scale Stressor-Response Models in Aquatic Ecosystems 1. JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association. 44:771.
- 2008
  
  Response to Comment on ``Estimating Ecological Thresholds for Phosphorus in the Everglades''. Environmental Science and Technology. 42:6772-6773.
- 2008
  
  The MANAGE Database: Nutrient Load and Site Characteristic Updates and Runoff Concentration Data. Journal of Environmental Quality. 37:2403-2406.
- 2008
  
  The MANAGE database: Nutrient load and site characteristic updates and runoff concentration data. Journal of Environmental Quality. 37:2403.
- 2008
  
  The effects of prey demography on humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) abundance around Anvers Island, Antarctica. Polar biology. 31:1217.
- 2008
  
  Tolerance of Pinus taeda and Pinus serotina to low salinity and flooding: Implications for equilibrium vegetation dynamics. Journal of Vegetation Science. 19:15-22.
- 2007
  
  Approaches to Evaluate Water Quality Model Parameter Uncertainty for Adaptive TMDL Implementation 1. JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association. 43:1499.
- 2007
  
  Combining model results and monitoring data for water quality assessment. Environmental Science and Technology. 41:5008-5013.
- 2007
  
  Ecological applications of multilevel analysis of variance. Ecology. 88:2489.
- 2007
  
  Estimating ecological thresholds for phosphorus in the Everglades. Environmental science \& technology. 41:8084.
- 2007
  
  Eutrophication risk assessment using Bayesian calibration of process-based models: Application to a mesotrophic lake. Ecological Modelling. 208:215.
- 2007
  
  Geospatial web services within a scientific workflow: Predicting marine mammal habitats in a dynamic environment. Ecological Informatics. 2:210-223.
- 2007
  
  Recent water level declines in the Lake Michigan- Huron System. Environmental Science \& Technology. 42:367.
- 2006
  
  A Bayesian approach to retransformation bias in transformed regression. Ecology. 87:1472.
- 2006
  
  Characterization of background concentrations of contaminants using a mixture of normal distributions. Environmental science \& technology. 40:6021.
- 2006
  
  Estimating Nutrients and Chlorophyll a Relationships in Finnish Lakes. Environmental Science and Technology. 40:7848.
- 2006
  
  Techniques for cetacean--habitat modeling. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 310:271.
- 2006
  
  Whale distribution in relation to prey abundance and oceanographic processes in shelf waters of the Western Antarctic Peninsula. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 317:297.
- 2005
  
  A Bayesian analysis of mouse infectivity data to evaluate the effectiveness of using ultraviolet light as a drinking water disinfectant. Water Research. 39:4229-4239.
- 2005
  
  Declining threshold for hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico. Environmental science \& technology. 39:716.
- 2005
  
  Nonlinear regression modeling of nutrient loads in streams: A Bayesian approach. Water Resources Research. 41.
- 2004
  
  A hierarchical modeling approach for estimating national distributions of chemicals in public drinking water systems. Environmental Science and Technology. 38:1176-1182.
- 2004
  
  Soil total phosphorus threshold in the Everglades: a Bayesian changepoint analysis for multinomial response data. Ecological Indicators. 4:29-37.
- 2004
  
  TEMPORAL CHANGES IN THE YADKIN RIVER FLOW VERSUS SUSPENDED SEDIMENT CONCENTRATION RELATIONSHIP 1. JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association. 40:1219.
- 2004
  
  Ultraviolet light inactivation of protozoa in drinking water: a Bayesian meta-analysis. Water Research. 38:317-326.
- 2004
  
  Will Lake Michigan Lake Trout Meet the Great Lakes Strategy 2002 PCB Reduction Goal?. Environmental Science and Technology. 38:359-363.
- 2003
  
  A Scientific Basis for Determining Phosphorus Imbalance Effects in the Everglades. Duke University Wetland Center, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina.
- 2003
  
  On Monte Carlo methods for Bayesian inference. Ecological Modelling. 159:269-277.
- 2003
  
  Setting standards for water quality in the Everglades. Chance. 16:10.
- 2003
  
  Setting standards for water quality in the Everglades. Chance. 16(3):10-16.
- 2003
  
  Support of Total Maximum Daily Load Programs Using Spatially Referenced Regression Models. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management. 129:315-329.
- 2003
  
  Two statistical methods for the detection of environmental thresholds. Ecological Modelling. 166:87-97.
- 2002
  
  Accounting for toxicity test variability in evaluating test results. Proceedings of the Water Environment Federation. 2002:558.
- 2001
  
  A Predictive Model of Mercury Fish Tissue Concentrations for the Southeastern United States. Environmental Science and Technology. 35:941-947.
- 2000
  
  Seasonal and long-term nutrient trend decomposition along a spatial gradient in the Neuse River watershed. Environmental Science and Technology. 34:4474-4482.
- 2000
  
  The ecological basis for a phosphorus (P) threshold in the Everglades: directions for sustaining ecosystem structure and function. Duke University Wetland Center, Durham, North Carolina.
- 2000
  
  Univariate Bayesian nonparametric binary regression with application in environmental management. Environmental and Ecological Statistics. 7:77-91.
- 1999
  
  Comments: Limits of phosphorus removal in wetlands (Kadlec, previous issue, pp. 165--175). Wetlands ecology and management. 7:235.
- 1999
  
  Exploring factors controlling the variability of pesticide concentrations in the Willamette River Basin using tree-based models. Environmental science \& technology. 33:3332.
- 1999
  
  Long-term phosphorus assimilative capacity in freshwater wetlands: A new paradigm for sustaining ecosystem structure and function. Environmental Science and Technology. 33(10):1545-1551.
- 1998
  
  A Size-Based Probabilistic Assessment of PCB Exposure from Lake Michigan Fish Consumption. Environmental Science and Technology. 32:2325-2330.
- 1998
  
  Modeling phosphorus trapping in wetlands using nonparametric Bayesian regression. Water Resources Research. 34:1745-1754.
- 1997
  
  AN ILLUSTRATION OF MODEL STRUCTURE IDENTIFICATION. Journal of the American Water Resources Association. 33:811-824.
- 1997
  
  Estimating the area affected by phosphorus runoff in an Everglades wetland: a comparison of universal kriging and Bayesian kriging. Environmental and Ecological Statistics. 4:1-29.
- 1997
  
  Estimating the long-term phosphorus accretion rate in the Everglades: A Bayesian Approach with risk assessment. Water Resources Research. 33:1681.
- 1997
  
  Estimating the long-term phosphorus accretion rate in the Everglades: A Bayesian approach with risk assessment. Water Resources Research. 33:1681-1688.
- 1997
  
  REPLY TO DISCUSSION by William W. Walker, Jr. 1: âAn Illustration of Model Structure Identificationâ 2. JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association. 33:1403.
- 1997
  
  Water quality model structure identification using dynamic linear modeling: River Cam case study revisited. Water science and technology. 36:27.
- 1996
  
  Computing the area affected by phosphorus runoff in an Everglades wetland using Bayesian and universal kriging. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOREST SERVICE GENERAL TECHNICAL REPORT RM. 164.
- 1996
  
  Predictive models for phosphorus retention in wetlands. Wetlands Ecology and Management. 4:159.
- 1994
  
  Modeling phosphorus trapping in wetland using generalized additive models. Water Resources Research. 30(11):3105-3114.
- 1990
  
  DO uncertainty with correlated inputs. Journal of Environmental Engineering Division, ASCE. 116:1164-1180.
- 3.12 Grass Carp Habitat Suitability, Establishment and Movement in the Detroit--St. Clair River Corridor. State of the Strait: Coordinating Conservation in the St. Clair-Detroit River System. 3.
- Seasonal overturn and stratification changes drive deep-water warming in one of Earth’s largest lakes. Nature Communications. 12.
Article (Web of Science)
- 2022
  
  Root/shoot ratio Understory vegetation. SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT. 804.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.150169 PMID: 34520923
- 2021
  
  Chlorophyll a as an indicator of microcystin: Short-term forecasting and risk assessment in Lake Erie. ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS. 130.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2021.108055
- 2021
  
  Evaluating the impact of watershed development and climate change on stream ecosystems: A Bayesian network modeling approach. WATER RESEARCH. 205.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2021.117685 PMID: 34601359
- 2021
  
  Seasonal overturn and stratification changes drive deep-water warming in one of Earth's largest lakes. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. 12.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-21971-1 PMID: 33727551
- 2021
  
  Validation of the model-predicted spawning area of grass carp Ctenopharyngodon idella in the Sandusky River. JOURNAL OF GREAT LAKES RESEARCH. 47:29-36.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2020.06.005
- 2021
  
  Embracing uncertainty to reduce bias in hydroacoustic species apportionment. FISHERIES RESEARCH. 233.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2020.105750
- 2020
  
  A hierarchical threshold modeling approach for understanding phenological responses to climate change: when did North American lilacs start to bloom earlier?. SN APPLIED SCIENCES. 2.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s42452-020-03847-z
- 2020
  
  Dynamic Bayesian Networks to Assess Anthropogenic and Climatic Drivers of Saltwater Intrusion: A Decision Support Tool Toward Improved Management. INTEGRATED ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/ieam.4355 PMID: 33034954
- 2020
  
  Using structural equation modeling to better understand microcystis biovolume dynamics in a mediterranean hypereutrophic reservoir. ECOLOGICAL MODELLING. 435.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2020.109282
- 2020
  
  Effects of climate and land-use changes on fish catches across lakes at a global scale. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. 11.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-14624-2 PMID: 32433562
- 2020
  
  Ecoregional or site-specific lake nutrient criteria? Evidence from ecological fallacy. ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS. 111.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2019.105989
- 2020
  
  All tests are imperfect: Accounting for false positives and false negatives using Bayesian statistics. HELIYON. 6.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e03571 PMID: 32211545
- 2019
  
  A global analysis of cladoceran body size and its variation linking to habitat, distribution and taxonomy. ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY. 187:1119-1130.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz053
- 2019
  
  Rethinking the lake trophic state index. PEERJ. 7.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.7717/peerj.7936 PMID: 31741785
- 2019
  
  The implications of Simpson's paradox for cross-scale inference among lakes. WATER RESEARCH. 163.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2019.114855 PMID: 31325701
- 2019
  
  Total phosphorus-precipitation and Chlorophyll a-phosphorus relationships of lakes and reservoirs mediated by soil iron at regional scale. WATER RESEARCH. 154:136-143.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2019.01.038 PMID: 30782555
- 2019
  
  Modeling framework to estimate spawning and hatching locations of pelagically spawned eggs. CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES. 76:597-607.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1139/cjfas-2018-0047
- 2019
  
  Evaluating catchability in a large-scale gillnet survey using hydroacoustics: Making the case for coupled surveys. FISHERIES RESEARCH. 211:309-318.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2018.11.009
- 2019
  
  Using Bayesian change point model to enhance understanding of the shifting nutrients-phytoplankton relationship. ECOLOGICAL MODELLING. 393:120-126.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2018.12.008
- 2019
  
  Improving estimates of built-up area from night time light across globally distributed cities through hierarchical modeling. SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT. 647:1266-1280.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.08.015
- 2018
  
  Effectiveness of shallow water habitat remediation for improving fish habitat in a large temperate river. ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING. 123:54-64.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2018.07.022
- 2018
  
  A Meta-Analysis on the Effect of Agricultural Conservation Practices on Nutrient Loss. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY. 47:1172-1178.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.2134/jeq2018.01.0036
- 2018
  
  On Abandoning Hypothesis Testing in Environmental Standard Compliance Assessment. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT. 62:183-189.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s00267-018-1037-2
- 2018
  
  "Asian Carp" is Societally and Scientifi cally Problematic. Let's Replace It. FISHERIES. 43:311-316.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/fsh.10087
- 2018
  
  The multiple-comparison trap and the Raven's paradox-perils of using null hypothesis testing in environmental assessment. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT. 190.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10661-018-6793-1
- 2018
  
  The effects of nutrients on stream invertebrates: a regional estimation by generalized propensity score. ECOLOGICAL PROCESSES. 7.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1186/s13717-018-0132-x PMID: 30997316
- 2018
  
  Reciprocally transplanted lizards along an elevational gradient match light environment use of local lizards via phenotypic plasticity. FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY. 32:1227-1236.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.13071
- 2018
  
  Inferred fish behavior its implications for hydroacoustic surveys in nearshore habitats. FISHERIES RESEARCH. 199:63-75.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2017.11.018
- 2018
  
  Updating the ELISA standard curve fitting process to reduce uncertainty in estimated microcystin concentrations. METHODSX. 5:304-311.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.mex.2018.03.011 PMID: 30023312
- 2017
  
  Meta-Analysis Constrained by Data: Recommendations to Improve Relevance of Nutrient Management Research. AGRONOMY JOURNAL. 109:2441-2449.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.2134/agronj2017.04.0215
- 2017
  
  Sparse targets in hydroacoustic surveys: Balancing quantity and quality of in situ target strength data. FISHERIES RESEARCH. 188:173-182.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2016.12.020
- 2017
  
  Comparative analysis of discretization methods in Bayesian networks. ENVIRONMENTAL MODELLING & SOFTWARE. 87:64-71.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2016.10.007
- 2016
  
  First direct confirmation of grass carp spawning in a Great Lakes tributary. JOURNAL OF GREAT LAKES RESEARCH. 42:899-903.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2016.05.002
- 2016
  
  Hydrological drivers of record-setting water level rise on Earth's largest lake system. WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH. 52:4026-4042.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/2015WR018209
- 2016
  
  Response and biophysical regulation of carbon dioxide fluxes to climate variability and anomaly in contrasting ecosystems in northwestern Ohio, USA. AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY. 220:50-68.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2016.01.008
- 2016
  
  APPLYING STATISTICAL CAUSAL ANALYSES TO AGRICULTURAL CONSERVATION: ACASE STUDY EXAMINING P LOSS IMPACTS. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN WATER RESOURCES ASSOCIATION. 52:198-208.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/1752-1688.12377
- 2016
  
  Response to CO2 enrichment of understory vegetation in the shade of forests. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY. 22:944-956.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13126
- 2016
  
  Hydrological drivers of record-setting water level rise on Earth's largest lake system. WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH. 52:4026-4042.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/2015wr018209
- 2015
  
  Quantifying and Reducing Uncertainty in Estimated Microcystin Concentrations from the ELISA Method. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY. 49:14221-14229.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b03029
- 2015
  
  A Hierarchical Model for Estimating Long-Term Trend of Atrazine Concentration in the Surface Water of the Contiguous US. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN WATER RESOURCES ASSOCIATION. 51:1128-1137.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/jawr.12284
- 2015
  
  A continuous variable Bayesian networks model for water quality modeling: A case study of setting nitrogen criterion for small rivers and streams in Ohio, USA. ENVIRONMENTAL MODELLING & SOFTWARE. 69:14-22.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2015.03.001
- 2015
  
  The Frequency Component of Water Quality Criterion Compliance Assessment Should be Data Driven. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT. 56:24-33.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s00267-015-0493-1
- 2015
  
  Implications of Stein's Paradox for Environmental Standard Compliance Assessment. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY. 49:5913-5920.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b00656
- 2014
  
  Phosphorus targets and eutrophication objectives in Saginaw Bay: A 35 year assessment. JOURNAL OF GREAT LAKES RESEARCH. 40:4-10.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2013.10.003
- 2014
  
  Trends in the distribution and abundance of Hexagenia spp. in Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron, 1954-2012: Moving towards recovery?. JOURNAL OF GREAT LAKES RESEARCH. 40:156-167.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2014.03.001
- 2014
  
  A hierarchical zero-inflated model for species compositional data-from individual taxon responses to community response. LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY-METHODS. 12:498-506.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.4319/lom.2014.12.498
- 2014
  
  A study of anthropogenic and climatic disturbance of the New River Estuary using a Bayesian belief network. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN. 83:107-115.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.04.011
- 2014
  
  Modeling of non-point source nitrogen pollution from 1979 to 2008 in Jiaodong Peninsula, China. HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES. 28:3264-3275.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9886
- 2014
  
  Ecological threshold and environmental management: A note on statistical methods for detecting thresholds. ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS. 38:192-197.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2013.11.008
- 2014
  
  A Bayesian hierarchical model to guide development and evaluation of substance objectives under the 2012 Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement. JOURNAL OF GREAT LAKES RESEARCH. 40:49-55.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2014.07.005
- 2014
  
  Bayesian hierarchical modeling of larval walleye (Sander vitreus) abundance and mortality: Accounting for spatial and temporal variability on a large river. JOURNAL OF GREAT LAKES RESEARCH. 40:29-40.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2014.08.001
- 2013
  
  Optimizing an estuarine water quality monitoring program through an entropy-based hierarchical spatiotemporal Bayesian framework. WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH. 49:6933-6945.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/wrcr.20509
- 2013
  
  A critique of the use of indicator-species scores for identifying thresholds in species responses. FRESHWATER SCIENCE. 32:471-488.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1899/12-056.1
- 2013
  
  Population decline of the Elfin-woods WarblerSetophaga angelaein eastern Puerto Rico. Bird Conservation International. 23:136-146.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1017/s0959270913000166
- 2012
  
  On model coefficient estimation using Markov chain Monte Carlo simulations: A potential problem and the solution. ECOLOGICAL MODELLING. 247:302-306.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2012.08.020
- 2012
  
  Multinomial regression for analyzing macroinvertebrate assemblage composition data. FRESHWATER SCIENCE. 31:681-694.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1899/11-026.1
- 2012
  
  Photoperiodic regulation of the seasonal pattern of photosynthetic capacity and the implications for carbon cycling. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 109:8612-8617.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1119131109
- 2012
  
  To threshold or not to threshold? That's the question. ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS. 15:1-9.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2011.08.019
- 2011
  
  A Bayesian changepoint–threshold model to examine the effect of TMDL implementation on the flow–nitrogen concentration relationship in the Neuse River basin. WATER RESEARCH. 45:51-62.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2010.08.003
- 2011
  
  Modeling Contaminant Concentration Distributions in China’s Centralized Source Waters. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY. 45:6041-6048.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1021/es1038563
- 2011
  
  Multilevel regression models describing regional patterns of invertebrate and algal responses to urbanization across the USA. Journal of the North American Benthological Society. 30:797-819.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1899/10-140.1
- 2010
  
  Assessing the Risk of Hydroxybenzene Contamination in Fish Raised on a Chinese Aquaculture Farm. Human and Ecological Risk Assessment: An International Journal. 16:210-222.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/10807030903459072
- 2010
  
  On the application of multilevel modeling in environmental and ecological studies. ECOLOGY. 91:355-361.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1890/09-1043.1
- 2010
  
  Spatial variability of soil nitrogen and phosphorus of a mixed forest ecosystem in Beijing, China. ENVIRONMENTAL EARTH SCIENCES. 60:1783-1792.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s12665-009-0314-z
- 2009
  
  A Bayesian hierarchical modeling approach for analyzing observational data from marine ecological studies. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN. 58:1916-1921.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2009.09.029
- 2009
  
  A Multilevel Model of the Impact of Farm-Level Best Management Practices on Phosphorus Runoff. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN WATER RESOURCES ASSOCIATION. 45:369-377.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2008.00298.x
- 2009
  
  Calibrating and validating bacterial water quality models: A Bayesian approach. WATER RESEARCH. 43:2688-2698.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2009.02.034
- 2009
  
  Determinants of coastal treeline and the role of abiotic and biotic interactions. Plant Ecology. 202:55-66.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s11258-008-9465-3
- 2008
  
  Examining conservation attitudes, perspectives, and challenges in India. BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION. 141:2357-2367.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2008.06.027
- 2008
  
  Recent Water Level Declines in the Lake Michigan−Huron System. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY. 42:367-373.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1021/es070664+
- 2008
  
  Regional Scale Stressor-Response Models in Aquatic Ecosystems. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN WATER RESOURCES ASSOCIATION. 44:771-781.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2008.00205.x
- 2008
  
  The MANAGE Database: Nutrient Load and Site Characteristic Updates and Runoff Concentration Data. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY. 37:2403-2406.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.2134/jeq2008.0079
- 2008
  
  The effects of prey demography on humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) abundance around Anvers Island, Antarctica. Polar Biology. 31:1217-1224.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s00300-008-0460-x
- 2008
  
  Tolerance of Pinus taeda and Pinus serotina to low salinity and flooding: Implications for equilibrium vegetation dynamics. Journal of Vegetation Science. 19:15-22.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.3170/2007-8-18410
- 2007
  
  Approaches to Evaluate Water Quality Model Parameter Uncertainty for Adaptive TMDL Implementation1. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN WATER RESOURCES ASSOCIATION. 43:1499-1507.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2007.00123.x
- 2007
  
  Combining Model Results and Monitoring Data for Water Quality Assessment. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY. 41:5008-5013.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1021/es062420f
- 2007
  
  ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS OF MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE. ECOLOGY. 88:2489-2495.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1890/06-2041.1
- 2007
  
  Estimating Ecological Thresholds for Phosphorus in the Everglades. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY. 41:8084-8091.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1021/es062624w
- 2007
  
  Eutrophication risk assessment using Bayesian calibration of process-based models: Application to a mesotrophic lake. ECOLOGICAL MODELLING. 208:215-229.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2007.05.020
- 2007
  
  Geospatial web services within a scientific workflow: Predicting marine mammal habitats in a dynamic environment. Ecological Informatics. 2:210-223.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoinf.2007.07.007
- 2006
  
  Characterization of Background Concentrations of Contaminants Using a Mixture of Normal Distributions. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY. 40:6021-6025.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1021/es0606071
- 2006
  
  Estimating Nutrients and Chlorophyll a Relationships in Finnish Lakes. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY. 40:7848-7853.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1021/es061359b
- 2006
  
  Whale distribution in relation to prey abundance and oceanographic processes in shelf waters of the Western Antarctic Peninsula. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 317:297-310.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.3354/meps317297
Book (Faculty180)
- 2022
  
  Bayesian Applications in Environmental and Ecological Studies with R and Stan. Chapman \& Hall/CRC Press.
- 2016
  
  Environmental and Ecological Statistics with R, Second Edition. CRC Press.
- 2009
  
  Environmental and Ecological Statistics with R. CRC Press.
Chapter (Faculty180)
- 2012
  
  Analytical options for estimating ecological thresholdsâstatistical considerations. Design and analysis of long-term ecological monitoring studies. Cambridge University Press.
- 2010
  
  4 Monte Carlo, Bayesian Monte Carlo, and First-Order Error Analysis. Application of Uncertainty Analysis to Ecological Risks of Pesticides. CRC Press. 76.
- 2010
  
  Uncertainty analysis using classical and Bayesian hierarchical models. Application of Uncertainty Analysis to Ecological Risk of Pesticides.
- 2009
  
  Bayesian hierarchical/multilevel models for inference and prediction using cross-system lake data. Real World Ecology. Springer, New York, NY. 111.
- 2008
  
  An ecological basis for establishment of a phosphorus threshold for the Everglades ecosystem. Everglades Experiments. Springer, New York, NY. 595.
- 2008
  
  Long-term phosphorus assimilative capacity (PAC) in the Everglades. Everglades Experiments. Springer, New York, NY. 567.
- 2008
  
  Spatial Distributions of Total Phosphorus and Phosphorus Accretion Rates in Everglades Soils. Everglades Experiments. Springer, New York, NY. 579.
- 2004
  
  Classification schemes for priority setting and decision making. Comparative Risk Assessment and Environmental Decision Making. Springer, Dordrecht. 213.
Early Access (Web of Science)
- 2021
  
  Improving the reliability of eDNA data interpretation. MOLECULAR ECOLOGY RESOURCES.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.13367 PMID: 33655639
Editorial Material (Web of Science)
- 2014
  
  Statistics in ecology is for making a "principled" argument. LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY. 937-939.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10980-014-0042-y
Letter (Web of Science)
- 2014
  
  Re: M. Song, Y. Guan, "The environmental efficiency of Wanjiang demonstration area: A Bayesian estimation approach" [Ecol. Indic. 36 (2014) 59-67]. ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS. 648-649.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2014.05.029
- 2011
  
  Response to King and Baker: limitations on threshold detection and characterization of community thresholds. Ecological Applications. 2840-2845.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1890/10-2075.1
- 2008
  
  Response to Comment on “Estimating Ecological Thresholds for Phosphorus in the Everglades”. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY. 6772-6773.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1021/es801411r
Other Scholarly Work (Faculty180)
- 1995
  
  A nonparametric Bayesian model of phosphorus retention
- 1995
  
  Bayesian inference of binary response regression models with nonparametric link
Presentation (Faculty180)
Proceedings (Faculty180)
Review Article (Web of Science)
- 2016
  
  A cross-scale view of N and P limitation using a Bayesian hierarchical model. LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY. 2276-2285.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/lno.10375
- 2006
  
  Techniques for cetaceanhabitat modeling. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 271-295.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.3354/meps310271

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