Peer-reviewed publications below. Link to non-peer reviewed publications including data publications here.

Peer-reviewed publications (* indicates current or former undergraduate student, 1indicates joint first authorship)

Oleksy IA and Richardson DC. Shorter ice duration and changing phenology influence under-ice lake temperature dynamics. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences. Accepted.

Rabaey JS, Holgerson MA, Richardson DC, Andersen MR, Bansal S, Bortolotti LE, Cotner JB, Hornbach DJ, Johnson OF, Martinsen KT, Moody EK. 2024. Freshwater biogeochemical hotspots: High production and respiration rates in shallow waterbodies. Geophysical Research Letters. http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2023GL106689

Howard DE, Brentrup JA, Richardson DC, Lewis ASL, Olsson FE, Carey CC. 2024. Variability in ice cover does not affect annual metabolism estimates in a small eutrophic reservoir. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JG008057

Richardson DC1, Filazzola A1, Woolway RI, Imrit MA, Bouffard D, Weyhenmeyer GA, Magnuson J, Sharma S. Non-linear responses in interannual variability of lake ice with climate change. Limnology and Oceanography. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.12527 [link] PDF

Ray NE, Holgerson MA, Andersen MR, Bikse J, Bortolotti LE, Futter M, Kokorite I, Law A, McDonald C, Mesman JP, Peacock M, Richardson DC, Arsenault J, Bansal S, Cawley K, Finlay K, Kuhn M, Shahabinia AR. 2023. Spatial and temporal variability in greenhouse gases in shallow lakes and ponds. Limnology and Oceanography 68(7): 1530-1545. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.12362. 

Volponi SN*, Wander HL*, Richardson DC, Williams CJ, Bruesewitz DA, Arnott S, Brentrup JA, Edwards HL, Ewing HA, Holeck K, Johnson L, Kim BS, Morales-Williams AM, Nadkarni N, Norman BC, Parmalee L, Shultis A, Tracy A, Ward NK, Weathers KC, Wigdahl-Perry CR, Yokota K. 2023. Nutrient function over form: Organic and inorganic nitrogen additions have similar effects on lake phytoplankton nutrient limitation. Limnology and Oceanography 68(2) 307-321. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.12270

Holgerson MA, Richardson DC, Roith J, Bortolotti LE, Finlay K, Hornbach D, Barnhart A, Gurung K, Ness A, Andersen MR, Bansal S, Finlay JC, Cianci-Gaskill JA, Hahn S, Janke BD, McDonald C, Mesman JP, North RL, Roberts CO*, Sweetman JN, Webb JR. 2022. Classifying Mixing Regimes in Ponds and Shallow Lakes. Water Resources Research 58, e2022WR032522. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022WR032522

Richardson DC1, Holgerson MA1, Farragher MJ*, Hoffman KK, King KBS, Alfonso MB, Andersen MR, Cheruveil KS, Coleman KA, Farruggia MJ, Fernandez RL, Hondula KL, Moreira GL, Paul K*, Peierls BL, Rabaey JS, Sadro S, Sánchez ML, Smyth RL, Sweetman JN. 2022. A functional definition to distinguish ponds from lakes and wetlands. Scientific Reports 12:10472 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-14569-0

Sharma S, Filazzola A, Nguyen T, Imrit M, Blagrave K, Bouffard D, Daly J, Feldman H, Feldsine N, Hendricks-Franssen HJ, Granin N, Hecock R, Henning L’Abée-Lund J, Hopkins E, Howk N, Iacono M, Knoll L, Korhonen J, Malmquist H, Marszelewski W, Matsuzaki SI, Miyabara Y, Miyasaka K, Mills A, Olson L, Peters T, Richardson DC, Robertson D, Rudstam L, Wain D, Waterfield H, Weyhenmeyer G, Wiltse B, Yao H, Zhdanov A, and Magnuson J. 2022. Long-term ice phenology records spanning up to 578 years for 78 lakes around the Northern Hemisphere. Nature Scientific Data 9, 318. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-022-01391-6

Ward NK, Brentrup JA, Richardson DC, Weathers KC, Hanson PC, Hewett R, Carey CC. 2022. Inflow stream dynamics affect spatial variability in oligotrophic lake ecosystem metabolism. Aquatic Sciences 84(3): 1-19.

Sharma S1, Richardson DC1, Woolway RI1, Imrit MA, Bouffard D, Kevin Blagrave K, Daly J, Filazzola A, Granin N, Korhonen J, Magnuson J, Marszelewski W, Matsuzaki SIS, Perry W, Robertson DM, Rudstam LG, Weyhenmeyer GA, Yao H. 2021. Loss of Ice Cover, Shifting Phenology, and More Extreme Events in Northern Hemisphere Lakes. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JG006348

Pilla R, Mette EM, Williamson C, Adamovich B, Adrian R, Anneville O, Balseiro E, Ba S, Chandra S, Colom-Montero W, Devlin S, Dix M, Dokulil M, Feldsine N, Feuchtmayr H, Fogarty NK, Gaiser E, Girdner S, Gonzalez MJ, Hambright K, Hamilton D, Havens K, Hessen D, Hetzenauer H, Higgins S, Huttula T, Huuskonen H, Isles P, Joehnk K, Keller W, Klug J, Knoll L, Korhonen J, Korovchinsky NM, Koster O, Kraemer B, Leavitt P, Leoni B, Lepori F, Lepskaya EV, Lottig N, Luger M, Maberly S, MacIntyre S, McBride C, McIntyre P, Melles S, Modenutt B, Müller-Navarra D, Pacholski L, Paterson AM, Pierson D, Pislegina HV, Plisnier PD, Richardson DC, Rimmer A, Rogora M, Rogozin DY, Rusak J, Rusanovskaya OO, Sadro S, Salmaso N, Saros J, Sarvala J, Saulnier-Talbot E, Schindler D, Shimaraeva S, Silow E, Sitoki L, Sommaruga R, Straile D, Strock K, Swain H, Tallant JM, Thiery W, Timofeyev M, Tolomeev AP, Tominaga K, Vanni MJ, Verburg P, Vinebrooke R, Wanzenbock J, Weathers KC, Weyhenmeyer G, Zadereev E, Zhukova TV. 2021. Global data set of long-term summertime vertical temperature profiles in 153 lakes. Nature Scientific Data 8, 200. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00983-y

Kraemer BM, Pilla RM, Woolway RI, Anneville O, Ban S, Colom-Montero W, Devlin SP, Dokulil MT, Gaiser EE, Hambright KD, Hessen DO, Higgins SN, Jöhnk KD, Keller W, Knoll LB, Leavitt PR, Lepori F, Martin S. MS, Maberly SC, Müller-Navarra DC, Paterson AA, Pierson DC, Richardson DC, Rogora M, Rusak JA, Sadro S, Salmaso N, Schmid M, Silow EA, Sommaruga R, Stelzer JAA, Straile D, Thiery W, Verburg P, Weyhenmeyer GA, Adrian R. 2021. Climate change drives widespread shifts in lake thermal habitat. Nature Climate Change 11, 521–529. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-021-01060-3

Oleksy IA and Richardson DC. 2021. Climate change and teleconnections amplify lake stratification with differential local controls of surface water warming and deep water cooling. Geophysical Research Letters doi:10.1029/2020GL090959

Pilla R, Williamson C, Adamovich B, Adrian R, Anneville O, Chandra S, Colom-Montero W, Devlin S, Dix M, Dokulil M, Gaiser E, Girdner S, Hambright K, Hamilton D, Havens K, Hessen D, Higgins S, Huttula T, Huuskonen H, Isles P, Joehnk K, Jones I, Keller W, Knoll L, Korhonen J, Kraemer B, Leavitt P, Lepori F, Luger M, Maberly S, Melack J, Melles S, Müller-Navarra D, Pierson D, Pislegina, Plisnier PD, Richardson DC, Rimmer A, Rogora M, Rusak J, Sadro S, Salmaso N, Saros J, Saulnier-Talbot E, Schindler D, Schmid M, Shimaraeva S, Silow E, Sitoki L, Sommaruga R, Straile D, Strock K, Thiery W, Timofeyev M, Verburg P, Vinebrooke R, Weyhenmeyer G, Zadereev E. 2020. Global trends in lake thermal structure: Deep waters are warming less consistently than surface waters and thermal stability. Scientific Reports. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-76873-x

Brentrup JA, Richardson DC, Carey CC, Ward NK, Bruesewitz DA, Weathers KC. 2020. Under-ice respiration rates shift the annual carbon cycle in the mixed layer of an oligotrophic lake from autotrophy to heterotrophy. Inland Waters. DOI: 10.1080/20442041.2020.1805261

Lewis ASL*, Kim BS*, Edwards HL*, Wander HL*, Garfield CM*, Murphy HE*, Poulin ND*, Princiotta SD, Rose KC, Taylor AE*, Weathers KC, Wigdahl-Perry CR, Yokota K, Richardson DC, Bruesewitz DA. 2020. Prevalence of nitrogen and phosphorus colimitation of freshwater phytoplankton explained by nitrogen deposition and lake characteristics across northeastern United States. Inland Waters DOI: 10.1080/20442041.2019.1664233.

Richardson DC, Bruno EC*, Edwards HL*, Green DM*, Hollander AJ*, McFadden SR*, Reid KA*, Wander HL*. 2019. Serial introductions modify a trophic cascade, partially mitigating changes in lake ecosystem structure. Freshwater Science 38(3):642-653.

Richardson DC, Charifson DM*, Davis BA*, Krebs BS*, Long EC, Napoli M, Wilcove BA*. 2018. Watershed management and underlying geology in three lakes control divergent responses to decreasing acid precipitation. Inland Waters. doi: 10.1080/20442041.2018.1428428.

O’Reilly CM, Darner Gougis RD, Klug JL, Carey CC, Richardson DC, Bader NE, Soule D, Castendyk D, Meixner T, Stromberg J, Weathers KC. 2017. Using large datasets for open-ended inquiry activities in undergraduate science classrooms. Bioscience 67(12):1052-1061.

Richardson DC, Melles SJ, Pilla RM, Hetherington AL, Knoll LB, Williamson CE, Kraemer BM, Jackson JR, Long, EC, Moore K, Rudstam LG, Rusak JA, Saros JE, Sharma S, Strock KE, Weathers KC, Wigdahl-Perry CR. 2017. Transparency, geomorphology, and mixing regime explain variability in trends in lake temperature and stratification across northeastern North America (1975 – 2014). Water 9(6): 442 doi:10.3390/w9060442

Klug JK, Carey, CC, Richardson DC, R Darner Gougis. 2017. Integrating high-frequency and long-term data analyses into undergraduate ecology classes improves quantitative literacy. Ecosphere 8(3):e01733 DOI:10.1002/ecs2.1733

Richardson DC, Carey CC, Bruesewitz DA, Weathers KC. 2016. Intra- and inter-annual variability in metabolism in an oligotrophic lake. Aquatic Sciences DOI:10.1007/s00027-016-0499-7

Richardson DC, Charifson DM*, Stern EM*, Stanson VJ*, Thompson JE, Townley LA. 2016. Reconstructing a trophic cascade following unintentional introduction of golden shiner to Lake Minnewaska, New York, USA. Inland Waters 6(1): 29-33.

Charifson DM*, Huth P, Thompson JE, Angyal RK, Flaherty MJ, Richardson DC. 2015. History of Fish Presence and Absence Following Lake Acidification and Recovery in Lake Minnewaska, Shawangunk Ridge, NY. Northeastern Naturalist 22(4): 762-781.

Carey CC, Darner Gougis R, Klug JL, O’Reilly CM, Richardson DC. 2015. A model for using environmental data-driven inquiry and exploration to teach limnology to undergraduates. Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin 24(2): 32-35.

Bruesewitz DA, Carey CC, Richardson DC, Weathers KC. 2015. Under-ice thermal stratification dynamics of a large, deep lake revealed by high-frequency data. Limnology and Oceanography 60(2):347-359. doi: 10.1002/lno.10014.

Richardson DC, Oleksy IA*, Hollein TH, Arscott DB, Gibson C, Root S*. 2014. Habitat characteristics, temporal variability, and macroinvertebrate communities associated with a mat-forming nuisance diatom (Didymosphenia geminata) in Catskill mountain streams, New York. Aquatic Sciences 76:553-564.

Hoellein TH, Bruesewitz DA, Richardson DC. 2013. Revisiting Odum (1956): A synthesis of ecosystem metabolism reveals drivers of primary production and respiration across streams, lakes, wetlands, and estuaries.  Limnology and Oceanography 58(6): 2089-2100.

Richardson DC, Newbold JD, Aufdenkampe AK, Taylor PG and Kaplan LA. 2013. A method for measuring bacterial mineralization rates of suspended particulate organic carbon in stream ecosystems. Limnology and Oceanography Methods 11: 257-261.

Solomon CT, Bruesewitz DA, Richardson DC, et al. 2013. Ecosystem respiration: Drivers of daily variability and background respiration in lakes around the globe. Limnology and Oceanography 58(3): 849-866.

Klug JL, Richardson DC, Ewing HA, Hargreaves BR, Samal NR, Vachon D, Pierson DC, Lindsey AM, O’Donnell DM, Effler SW, Weathers KC.  2012. Ecosystem effects of a tropical cyclone on a network of lakes in northeastern North America. Environmental Science and Technology. dx.doi.org/10.1021/es302063v

Pace ML, Hampton SE, Limburg KE, Bennett EM, Cook EM, Davis AE, Grove JM, Kaneshiro KY, LaDeau SL, Likens GE, McKnight DM, Richardson DC, and Strayer DL. 2010. Communicating with the public: opportunities and rewards for individual ecologists. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 8(6):292-298.

Palmer MA and Richardson DC. 2009. Provisioning services: a focus on freshwater. In The Princeton Guide to Ecology, Levin, SA, Ed. Princeton University Press: Princeton, NJ.

Richardson DC, Kaplan LA, Newbold JD and Aufdenkampe AK. 2009. Temporal dynamics of seston: A recurring nighttime peak and seasonal shifts in composition in a stream ecosystem. Limnology and Oceanography 54(1):344-354.

Menninger HL, Palmer MA, Craig LS, and Richardson DC. 2008. Periodical cicada detritus impacts stream ecosystem function. Ecosystems 11(8):1306-1317.

Craig LS, Palmer MA, Richardson DC, et al. 2008. Stream restoration strategies for reducing river nitrogen loads. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 6(10):529-538.

Swan CM, Healey B and Richardson DC. 2008. The role of native riparian tree species in decomposition of invasive Tree of Heaven (Ailanthus altissima) leaf litter in an urban stream. Ecoscience 15(1):27-35.

Non-peer reviewed publications

Jones, JR, RL North, A Argerich, AP Thorpe, DV Obrecht, A Price, K Santamaria, and DC Richardson. 2023. Missouri reservoir profile data including temperature, depth, and oxygen profiles (1989-current) ver 1. Environmental Data Initiative. https://doi.org/10.6073/pasta/34d23adf277b07346a35fb8cdc984cc7 (Accessed 2023-12-18).

Richardson DC, MA Holgerson, MJ Farragher, KK Hoffman, KB King, MB Alfonso, MR Andersen, KS Cheruveil, KA Coleman, MJ Farruggia, RL Fernandez, KL Hondula, GA Lopez Moreira M, KE Paul, BL Peierls, JS Rabaey, S Sadro, ML Sanchez, RL Smyth, and JN Sweetman. Pond data: physical, chemical, and biological characteristics with scientific and United States of America state definitions from literature and legislative surveys ver 1. Environmental Data Initiative. https://doi.org/10.6073/pasta/ec507ac70846b17d0633d95aa3c680c6 (Accessed 2022-04-04).

Ward, NK, JA Brentrup, DC Richardson, and CC Carey. 2022. Lake ecosystem metabolism estimates from 3 locations in Lake Sunapee, NH, USA during the summer stratified period from June to September 2018 ver 1. Environmental Data Initiative. https://doi.org/10.6073/pasta/c54eeb67934e3c2576fcec4402767747 (Accessed 2022-02-21).

Sharma, S, Richardson DC, and Woolway RI. 2021. Our lakes are losing their ice cover faster than ever — here’s what that means for us. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/our-lakes-are-losing-their-ice-cover-faster-than-ever-heres-what-that-means-for-us-173471

Richardson DC, CC Carey, KC Weathers, DA Bruesewitz, LSPA, BG Steele. 2020. High Frequency Meteorological, Drift-Corrected Dissolved Oxygen, and Thermistor Temperature Data – Lake Sunapee Buoy, NH, USA, 2007 – 2013. Environmental Data Initiative. https://doi.org/10.6073/pasta/846a36bf6fd704e508511e5f8a2ab3b5. Dataset accessed 1/29/2020.

Klug JL, DC Richardson, HA Ewing, BR Hargreaves, NR Samal, D Vachon, D C Pierson, BG Steele, DM O’Donnell, SW Effler, PA del Giorgio, KC Weathers. 2019. High-frequency water temperature and dissolved oxygen data and derived stability and metabolism metrics for nine lakes in northeastern North America for months before and after Tropical Cyclone Irene, Fall 2011. Environmental Data Initiative. https://doi.org/10.6073/pasta/7684d5140f6ef95b97763c6ba50d208b.

Mohonk Preserve, C Belardo, N Feldsine, A Forester, P Huth, E Long, V Morgan, M Napoli, E Pierce, DC Richardson, D Smiley, S Smiley, J Thompson. 2018. History of Acid Precipitation on the Shawangunk Ridge: Mohonk Preserve Precipitation Depths and pH, 1976 to Present. Environmental Data Initiative. https://doi.org/10.6073/pasta/734ea90749e78613452eacec489f419c

Richardson, DC.  Global Climate Change and the Shawangunk Ridge. Friends of the Shawangunks: Shawangunks Watch Winter 2017 issue.

O’Reilly, C.M., D.C. Richardson, and R.D. Gougis. 15 March 2017. Project EDDIE: Climate Change. Project EDDIE Module 8, Version 1. https://serc.carleton.edu/eddie/enviro_data/activities/climate_change.html.

DC Richardson, JL Klug and CC Carey. 26 Jun 2015. Project EDDIE: Lake Metabolism. Project EDDIE Module 2, Version 1. http://cemast.illinoisstate.edu/data-for-students/modules/lake-metabolism.shtml.

Carey, CC, JL Klug, and DC Richardson. 1 April 2015. Project EDDIE: Lake Ice Phenology. Project EDDIE Module 1, Version 1. http://cemast.illinoisstate.edu/data-for-students/modules/ice-phenology.shtml.

Richardson DC. The continually changing Lake Minnewaska. Friends of the Shawangunks: Shawangunks Watch Fall 2014 issue.

Richardson DC. Changes in acidity and fish in the sky lakes: Why is Lake Minnewaska turning green? Friends of the Shawangunks: Shawangunks Watch Summer 2013 issue.

Root SM* and Richardson DC. 2010. Rock snot growing in New York rivers. Poughkeepsie Journal. 12 Sep. 2010: 3F. Print.

Richardson DC and Dorsi JJ*. 2010. Ice-out records track climate change. Poughkeepsie Journal. 11 Apr. 2010: 3F-4F. Print.