Publications


REFEREED PUBLICATIONS (*STUDENT ADVISEE; †INVITED)
[11] Gianniny, G., J. M. Stark, B. W. Abbott, R. Lee, and J. Brahney. (2024) Soil temperature and moisture as key controls of phosphorus export in mountain watersheds. Science of the Total Environment 921: 170958, doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.170958. [link] [pdf]
[10] †Lee, R., J. Boll, and S. Kumar. (2023) Editorial: Limits and permanence of modern interventions in the water cycle. Frontiers in Water 5: 1179819, doi: 10.3389/frwa.2023.1179819. [link] [pdf]
[9] Lee, R. M., B. Shoshitaishvili, R. L. Wood, *J. Bekker, and B. W. Abbott. (2023) The meanings of the Critical Zone. Anthropocene 42: 100377, doi: 10.1016/j.ancene.2023.100377. [link] [pdf]
[8] Lee, R. M., N. Griffin, E. Jones, B. W. Abbott, R. J. Frei, S. Bratsman, M. Proteau, I. M. Errigo, A. Shogren, W. B. Bowden, J. Zarnetske, and Z. T. Aanderud. (2022) Bacterioplankton dispersal and biogeochemical function across Alaskan Arctic catchments. Environmental Microbiology 24(12): 5690–5706, doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.16259. [link] [pdf] Media coverage: https://lifesciences.byu.edu/byu-researchers-fight-to-preserve-permafrost-and-restore-earths-climate
[7] Abbott, B. W., M. Brown, J. Carey, J. Ernakovich, J. M. Frederick, L. Guo, G. Hugelius, R. M. Lee, M. M. Loranty, R. Macdonald, P. J. Mann, S. M. Natali, D. Olefeldtt, P. Pearson, A. Rec, M. Robards, V. G. Salmon, *S. S. Sayedi, C. Chadel, E. A. G. Schuur, S. Shakil, A. J. Shogren, J. Strauss, S. E. Tank, B. F. Thornton, R. Treharne, M. Turetsky, C. Voigt, N. Wright, Y. Yang, J. P. Zarnetske, *Q. Zhang, and S. Zolkos. (2022) We must stop fossil fuel emissions to protect permafrost ecosystems. Frontiers in Environmental Science 10: 889428, doi: 10.3389/fenvs.2022.889428. [link] [pdf] Media coverage:
https://www.awi.de/en/about-us/service/press/single-view/tauender-permafrost-beeinflusst-das-weltklima.html
[6] Jones, E. F., R. J. Frei, R. M. Lee, J. D. Maxwell, R. Shoemaker, A. P. Follett, … B. W. Abbott. (2021) Citizen science reveals unexpected solute patterns in semiarid river networks. PLOS One 16(8): e0255411, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0255411. [link] [pdf]
[5] Chen, X., R. M. Lee, D. Dwivedi, K. Son, Y. Fang, X. Zhang, E. Graham, J. Stegen, J. B. Fisher, D. Moulton, and T. Scheibe. (2021) Integrating field observations and reactive transport modeling to predict watershed water quality under environmental perturbations. Journal of Hydrology, 602: 125762, doi: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.125762. [link] [pdf]
[4] Lee, R. M., K. J. McGuire, B. D. Strahm, J. D. Knoepp, C. R. Jackson, and R. D. Stewart. (2020) Revisiting the Hewlett and Hibbert (1963) hillslope drainage experiment and modeling effects of decadal pedogenic processes and leaky soil boundary conditions. Water Resources Research 56: e2019WR025090, doi: 10.1029/2019WR025090. [link] [pdf] Media coverage: https://eos.org/editor-highlights/repeating-famous-hillslope-experiment-provides-new-insights
[3] Lee, R. M., T. W. Biggs, and X. Fang. (2018) Thermal and hydrodynamic changes under a warmer climate in a variably stratified hypereutrophic reservoir. Water 10(9), doi: 10.3390/w10091284. [link] [pdf]
[2] Lee, R. M. and T. W. Biggs. (2015) Impacts of land use, climate variability, and management on thermal structure, anoxia, and transparency in hypereutrophic urban water supply reservoirs. Hydrobiologia 745(1): 263–284, doi: 10.1007/s10750-014-2112-1. [link] [pdf]
[1] Biggs, T. W., C.-T. Lai, P. Chandan, R. M. Lee, A. Messina, R. S. Lesher, and N. Khatoon. (2015) Evaporative fractions and elevation effects on stable isotopes of high elevation lakes and streams in arid western Himalaya. Journal of Hydrology 522: 239–249, doi: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.12.023. [link] [pdf]