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Dr. Alexander Brooks
Assistant Research Scientist, Ecohydrologist
Phone 
6179227289
E-Mail 
Alex.Brooks@dri.edu
Division 
Hydrologic Sciences
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Publications
2025
Allred, B., McCord, S., Assal, T., Bestelmeyer, B., Boyd, C., Brooks, A. C., Cady, S., Duniway, M., Fuhlendorf, S., Green, S., Harrison, G., Jensen, E., Kachergis, E., Knight, A., Mattilio, C., Mealor, B., Naugle, D., O’Leary, D., Olsoy, P., Peirce, E., Reinhardt, J., Shriver, R., Smith, J., Tack, J., Tanner, A., Tanner, E., Twidwell, D., Webb, N., & Morford, S. (2025). Sentinel-2 based estimates of rangeland fractional cover and canopy gap class for the western United States. Scientific Data, 12(1), 1889. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-06160-9

2022
Rhea, A., Covino, T., Rhoades, C., & Brooks, A. S. (2022). Use of geostatistical models to evaluate landscape and stream network controls on post-fire stream nitrate concentrations. Hydrological Processes, 36(9), e14689. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.14689

Brooks, A. C., Covino, T., & Hall, E. (2022). Evaluating Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of River-Floodplain Surface Water Connectivity Using Hydrometric, Geochemical and Microbial Indicators. Water Resources Research, 58(5), e2021WR030336. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021WR030336

2021
Naslund, L., Gerson, J., Brooks, A. C., Rosemond, A., Walters, D., & Bernhardt, E. (2021). Ecosystem modification and network position impact insect-mediated contaminant fluxes from a mountaintop mining-impacted river network. Environmental Pollution, 291, 118257. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2021.118257

Simonin, M., Rocca, J., Gerson, J., Moore, E., Brooks, A. C., Czaplicki, L., Ross, M., Fierer, N., Craine, J., & Bernhardt, E. (2021). Consistent declines in aquatic biodiversity across diverse domains of life in rivers impacted by surface coal mining. Ecol Appl, 31(6), e02389. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.2389

Ross, M., Nippgen, F., McGlynn, B., Thomas, C., Brooks, A. C., Shriver, R., Moore, E., & Bernhardt, E. (2021). Mountaintop mining legacies constrain ecological, hydrological and biogeochemical recovery trajectories. Environmental Research Letters, 16(7), 075004. IOP Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac09ac

2020
Naslund, L., Gerson, J., Brooks, A. C., Walters, D., & Bernhardt, E. (2020). Contaminant Subsidies to Riparian Food Webs in Appalachian Streams Impacted by Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining. Environmental Science & Technology, 54(7), 3951-3959. American Chemical Society. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.9b05907

2019
Brooks, A. C., Ross, M., Nippgen, F., McGlynn, B., & Bernhardt, E. (2019). Excess Nitrate Export in Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining Watersheds. J. Geophys. Res. Biogeosci., 124(12), 3867-3880. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JG005174