Selected Ecological Engineering Publications

Gautam, M. R., and Acharya, K. Streamflow trend in Nepal: Impact of potential climate change in Nepalese Rivers. Accepted in Hydrological Sciences Journal.

Wang, X., Yang, T., Shao, Q., Acharya, K., Wang, W., and Yu, Z. Statistical downscaling of extremes of precipitation and temperature and construction of their future scenarios in an elevated and cold zone. Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment. Published online: Nov 2011, DOI: 10.1007/x00477-011-0535-z.

Stone, M. C., Chen, L., McKay, S. K., Goreham, J., Acharya, K., Fischenich, C., and Stone, A. B. Bending of submerged woody riparian vegetation as a function of hydraulic flow conditions. River Research and Applications. Published online: Sep 2011, DOI: 10.1002/rra.1592.

Chen, L., Stone, M.C., Acharya, K., and Steinhaus, K. (2011). Mechanical analysis for emergent vegetation in flowing fluids. Journal of Hydraulic Research 49, 766-774.

Li, Y., Acharya, K., Stone, M. C., Yu, Z., Young, M. H., Shafer, D., Zhu, J., Gray, K., Stone, A., Li, G., and Warwick, J. W. (2011). Spatiotemporal patterns in nutrient loads, nutrient concentrations, and algal biomass in Lake Taihu, China. Lake and Reservoir Management 27, 298-309.

Adhikari, A., Acharya, K., Shanahan, S. A., and Zhou, X. (2011). Removal of nutrients and metals by constructed and naturally created wetlands in the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 180, 97-113.

Carroll, R. W. H., Memmott, J., Warwick, J. W., Fritsen, C. H., Bonzongo, J. J., and Acharya, K. (2011). Seasonal variation of mercury associated with different phytoplankton size fractions in Lahontan reservoir, Nevada. Water, Air and Soil Pollution 217, 221-232.

Li, Y., Acharya, K., and Yu, Z. (2011). Modeling impacts of Yangtze River water transfer on water ages in Lake Taihu, China. Ecological Engineering 37, 325-334.

Li, Y., Acharya, K., Chen, D., and Stone, M. C. (2010). Modeling water ages and thermal structure of Lake Mead under changing water levels. Lake and Reservoir Management 26, 258-272.

Chen, D., Acharya, K., and Stone, M. C. (2010). Sensitivity analysis of nonequilibrium adaptation parameters for modeling mining-pit migration. Journal of Hydraulic Engineering 136, 806-811.

Gautam, M. R., Acharya, K., and Stone, M. C. (2010). Best Management Practices for stormwater management in the desert southwest. Journal of Contemporary Water Research and Education, Storm water management issue. 146, 39-49.

Gautam, M. R., Acharya, K., and Tuladhar, M. K. (2010). Upward trend of streamflow and precipitation in a small, non-snow-fed, mountainous watershed in Nepal. Journal of Hydrology. 387, 304-311.

Acharya, K., Schulman, C., and Young, M. H. (2010). Physiological response of Daphnia magna to linear anionic polyacrylamide: Ecological implications for receiving waters. Water, Air and Soil Pollution 212, 309-317.

Simth, A. S., Acharya, K., and Jack, J. J. (2009). Overcrowding, food and phosphorus limitation effects on ephipphia production and population dynamics in the invasive species Daphnia lumholtzi. Hydrobiologia 618, 47-56.

Acharya, K., Jack, J. J., and Smith, A. S. (2006). Stoichiometry of Daphnia lumholtzi and their invasion success: Are they linked? Archiv fur Hydrobiologie 165, 433-453.

Acharya, K., Bukaveckas, P., Jack, J. J., Kyle, M., and Elser, J. J. (2006). Consumer growth linked to diet and RNA - P stoichiometry: Response of Bosmina to variation in riverine food resources. Limnology and Oceanography 51, 1859-1869.

Kyle, M., Acharya, K., Weider, L. J., Looper, K., and Elser, J. J. (2006). Coupling of growth rate and body stoichiometry in Daphnia: a role for maintenance processes? Freshwater Biology 51, 2087-2095.

Acharya, K., Jack, J. J., and Bukaveckas, P. (2005). Dietary effects on life history traits of riverine Bosmina longirostris. Freshwater Biology 50, 965-975.

Weider, L., Makino, W., Acharya, K., Glenn, K. L., Kyle, M., Urabe, J., and Elser, J. J. (2005). Genotype x environment interactions, stoichiometric food quality effects and clonal coexistence in Daphnia pulex. Oecologia 143, 537-547.

Acharya, K., Elser, J. J., and Kyle, M. (2004). Effects of stoichiometric dietary mixing on Daphnia growth and reproduction. Oecologia 138, 330-340.

Acharya, K., Elser, J. J., and Kyle, M. (2004). Biological stoichiometry of Daphnia growth: An ecophysiological test of the growth rate hypothesis. Limnology and Oceanography 49, 656-665.

Woods, H. A., Makino, W., Cotner, J. B., Hobbie, S., Harrison, J. F., Acharya, K., and Elser, J. J. (2003). Temperature and the chemical composition of poikilothermic organisms. Functional Ecology 17, 237-245.

Elser, J. J., Acharya, K., Kyle, M., Cotner, J. B., Makino, W., Markow, T., and Watts, T. (2003). Growth rate-stoichiometry couplings in diverse biota. Ecology Letters 6, 936-943.

Asaeda, T., and Acharya, K. (2000). Simulations, using a population model of three cladoceran species, Daphnia magna, D. galeata and Bosmina longirostris in a single species and a competition environment. Marine and Freshwater Research 51, 275-288.

Asaeda, T., and Acharya, K. (2000). Application of individual growth and population models of Daphnia pulex to Daphnia magna, Daphnia galeata and Bosmina longirostris. Hydrobiologia 421, 141-155.

 

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