Brian McGlynn | Scholars@Duke

Brian McGlynn
Adjunct Professor

Our field-based research focuses on the spatial and temporal scaling of hydrological and ecological processes across natural and disturbed watersheds and stream networks.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Adjunct Professor, Earth and Ocean Sciences, Nicholas School of the Environment 2019

Contact Information

3115 Environment Hall, Durham, NC 27708
Box 90328, Environment Hall 3115, Durham, NC 27708-0328
brian.mcglynn@duke.edu (919) 684-1743
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Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry 2002
- M.S., State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry 1997
- A.B., Gettysburg College 1993
Duke Appointment History
- Professor of Watershed Hydrology & Biogeosciences, Earth and Ocean Sciences, Nicholas School of the Environment 2012 - 2019
Recognition
In the News
- MAR 22, 2016 The Atlantic
  
  Jedediah Purdy: The violent remaking of Appalachia
- OCT 6, 2015
  
  Nicholas Faculty Launch Five-Year Project to Research Stream Biomes
Expertise
Subject Headings
Research
Selected Grants
- Macrosystems, Collaborative Research: Defining Stream Biomes Beyond the Steady State awarded by National Science Foundation 2015 - 2020
- Mountain top mining effects on watershed hydrology and biogeochemistry awarded by National Science Foundation 2014 - 2019
- Human and Natural Forcings of Critical Zone Dynamics and Evolution at the Calhoun Critical Zone Observatory awarded by National Science Foundation 2013 - 2018
- Soil Carbon Transformation in Heterogeneous Landscapes: Implications for Soil, Water and Air awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill 2013 - 2016
- Hydrologic Influences on Soil Trace Gas fluxes awarded by National Science Foundation 2012 - 2015
- Transfer from MSU: Seeing the Forest for the Trees: Interpreting and Quantifying Emergent Catchment Hydrology Behavior awarded by National Science Foundation 2013 - 2015
- Watershed hydro-climatology: Understanding climate and catchment structure influences on steamflow 2012 - 2014
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Academic Articles
  - Singh, N. K., R. E. Emanuel, F. Nippgen, B. L. McGlynn, and C. F. Miniat. “The Relative Influence of Storm and Landscape Characteristics on Shallow Groundwater Responses in Forested Headwater Catchments.” Water Resources Research 54, no. 12 (December 1, 2018): 9883–9900. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018WR022681.
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  - Kaiser, K. E., and B. L. McGlynn. “Nested Scales of Spatial and Temporal Variability of Soil Water Content Across a Semiarid Montane Catchment.” Water Resources Research 54, no. 10 (October 1, 2018): 7960–80. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018WR022591.
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  - Ross, M. R. V., F. Nippgen, B. A. Hassett, B. L. McGlynn, and E. S. Bernhardt. “Pyrite Oxidation Drives Exceptionally High Weathering Rates and Geologic CO2 Release in Mountaintop-Mined Landscapes.” Global Biogeochemical Cycles 32, no. 8 (August 1, 2018): 1182–94. https://doi.org/10.1029/2017GB005798.
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  - Kaiser, K. E., B. L. McGlynn, and J. E. Dore. “Landscape analysis of soil methane flux across complex terrain.” Biogeosciences 15, no. 10 (May 25, 2018): 3143–67. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-3143-2018.
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  - Seybold, E., and B. McGlynn. “Hydrologic and biogeochemical drivers of dissolved organic carbon and nitrate uptake in a headwater stream network.” Biogeochemistry 138, no. 1 (March 1, 2018): 23–48. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-018-0426-1.
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  - Zimmer, M. A., and B. L. McGlynn. “Lateral, Vertical, and Longitudinal Source Area Connectivity Drive Runoff and Carbon Export Across Watershed Scales.” Water Resources Research 54, no. 3 (March 1, 2018): 1576–98. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017WR021718.
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  - Smith, T., L. Marshall, and B. McGlynn. “Typecasting catchments: Classification, directionality, and the pursuit of universality.” Advances in Water Resources 112 (February 1, 2018): 245–53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2017.12.020.
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  - Zimmer, M. A., and B. L. McGlynn. “Bidirectional stream–groundwater flow in response to ephemeral and intermittent streamflow and groundwater seasonality.” Hydrological Processes 31, no. 22 (October 30, 2017): 3871–80. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.11301.
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  - Nippgen, Fabian, Matthew R. V. Ross, Emily S. Bernhardt, and Brian L. McGlynn. “Creating a More Perennial Problem? Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining Enhances and Sustains Saline Baseflows of Appalachian Watersheds..” Environmental Science & Technology 51, no. 15 (August 2017): 8324–34. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.7b02288.
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  - Reyes, W. M., H. E. Epstein, X. Li, B. L. McGlynn, D. A. Riveros-Iregui, and R. E. Emanuel. “Complex terrain influences ecosystem carbon responses to temperature and precipitation.” Global Biogeochemical Cycles 31, no. 8 (August 1, 2017): 1306–17. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017GB005658.
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  - Zimmer, M. A., and B. L. McGlynn. “Ephemeral and intermittent runoff generation processes in a low relief, highly weathered catchment.” Water Resources Research 53, no. 8 (August 1, 2017): 7055–77. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016WR019742.
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  - Kelleher, C., B. McGlynn, and T. Wagener. “Characterizing and reducing equifinality by constraining a distributed catchment model with regional signatures, local observations, and process understanding.” Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 21, no. 7 (July 5, 2017): 3325–52. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-3325-2017.
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  - Zimmer, M. A., and B. L. McGlynn. “Time-lapse animation of hillslope groundwater dynamics details event-based and seasonal bidirectional stream–groundwater gradients.” Hydrological Processes 31, no. 10 (May 15, 2017): 1983–85. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.11124.
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  - Rinderer, M., B. L. McGlynn, and H. J. van Meerveld. “Groundwater similarity across a watershed derived from time-warped and flow-corrected time series.” Water Resources Research 53, no. 5 (May 1, 2017): 3921–40. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016WR019856.
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  - Ward, A. S., C. A. Kelleher, S. J. K. Mason, T. Wagener, N. McIntyre, B. McGlynn, R. L. Runkel, and R. A. Payn. “A software tool to assess uncertainty in transient-storage model parameters using Monte Carlo simulations.” Freshwater Science 36, no. 1 (March 1, 2017): 195–217. https://doi.org/10.1086/690444.
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  - Piper, L. R., W. F. Cross, and B. L. McGlynn. “Colimitation and the coupling of N and P uptake kinetics in oligotrophic mountain streams.” Biogeochemistry 132, no. 1–2 (January 1, 2017): 165–84. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-017-0294-0.
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  - Smith, T., K. Hayes, L. Marshall, B. McGlynn, and K. Jencso. “Diagnostic calibration and cross-catchment transferability of a simple process-consistent hydrologic model.” Hydrological Processes 30, no. 26 (December 30, 2016): 5027–38. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.10955.
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  - Kalinin, A., T. Covino, and B. McGlynn. “The influence of an in-network lake on the timing, form, and magnitude of downstream dissolved organic carbon and nutrient flux.” Water Resources Research 52, no. 11 (November 1, 2016): 8668–84. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016WR019378.
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  - Bergstrom, A., B. McGlynn, J. Mallard, and T. Covino. “Watershed structural influences on the distributions of stream network water and solute travel times under baseflow conditions.” Hydrological Processes 30, no. 15 (July 15, 2016): 2671–85. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.10792.
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  - Bergstrom, A., K. Jencso, and B. McGlynn. “Spatiotemporal processes that contribute to hydrologic exchange between hillslopes, valley bottoms, and streams.” Water Resources Research 52, no. 6 (June 1, 2016): 4628–45. https://doi.org/10.1002/2015WR017972.
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  - Singh, N. K., R. E. Emanuel, and B. L. McGlynn. “Variability in isotopic composition of base flow in two headwater streams of the southern Appalachians.” Water Resources Research 52, no. 6 (June 1, 2016): 4264–79. https://doi.org/10.1002/2015WR018463.
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  - Somers, K. A., E. S. Bernhardt, B. L. Mcglynn, and D. L. Urban. “Downstream Dissipation of Storm Flow Heat Pulses: A Case Study and its Landscape-Level Implications.” Journal of the American Water Resources Association 52, no. 2 (April 1, 2016): 281–97. https://doi.org/10.1111/1752-1688.12382.
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  - Nippgen, F., B. L. McGlynn, R. E. Emanuel, and J. M. Vose. “Watershed memory at the Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory: The effect of past precipitation and storage on hydrologic response.” Water Resources Research 52, no. 3 (March 1, 2016): 1673–95. https://doi.org/10.1002/2015WR018196.
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  - Welch, C. M., P. C. Stoy, F. A. Rains, A. V. Johnson, and B. L. Mcglynn. “The impacts of mountain pine beetle disturbance on the energy balance of snow during the melt period.” Hydrological Processes 30, no. 4 (February 15, 2016): 588–602. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.10638.
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  - Ross, Matthew R. V., Brian L. McGlynn, and Emily S. Bernhardt. “Deep Impact: Effects of Mountaintop Mining on Surface Topography, Bedrock Structure, and Downstream Waters..” Environmental Science & Technology 50, no. 4 (February 4, 2016): 2064–74. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5b04532.
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  - Rains, F. A., P. C. Stoy, C. M. Welch, C. Montagne, and B. L. McGlynn. “A Comparison of Methods Reveals that Enhanced Diffusion Helps Explain Cold-Season Soil CO2 Efflux in a Lodgepole Pine Ecosystem.” Cold Regions Science and Technology 121 (January 1, 2016): 16–24. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coldregions.2015.10.003.
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  - Du, Zhe, Diego A. Riveros-Iregui, Ryan T. Jones, Timothy R. McDermott, John E. Dore, Brian L. McGlynn, Ryan E. Emanuel, and Xu Li. “Landscape position influences microbial composition and function via redistribution of soil water across a watershed..” Applied and Environmental Microbiology 81, no. 24 (December 2015): 8457–68. https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.02643-15.
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  - Mitchell, S. R., R. E. Emanuel, and B. L. McGlynn. “Land-atmosphere carbon and water flux relationships to vapor pressure deficit, soil moisture, and stream flow.” Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 208 (August 5, 2015): 108–17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2015.04.003.
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  - Kelleher, C., T. Wagener, and B. McGlynn. “Model-based analysis of the influence of catchment properties on hydrologic partitioning across five mountain headwater subcatchments.” Water Resources Research 51, no. 6 (June 1, 2015): 4109–36. https://doi.org/10.1002/2014WR016147.
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  - Nippgen, F., B. L. McGlynn, and R. E. Emanuel. “The spatial and temporal evolution of contributing areas.” Water Resources Research 51, no. 6 (June 1, 2015): 4550–73. https://doi.org/10.1002/2014WR016719.
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  - Creed, I. F., D. M. McKnight, B. A. Pellerin, M. B. Green, B. A. Bergamaschi, G. R. Aiken, D. A. Burns, et al. “The river as a chemostat: Fresh perspectives on dissolved organic matter flowing down the river continuum.” Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 72, no. 8 (April 1, 2015): 1272–85. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2014-0400.
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  - Chen, X., M. Kumar, and B. L. Mcglynn. “Variations in streamflow response to large hurricane-season storms in a southeastern U.S. watershed.” Journal of Hydrometeorology 16, no. 1 (January 1, 2015): 55–69. https://doi.org/10.1175/JHM-D-14-0044.1.
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  - Shanley, J. B., S. D. Sebestyen, J. J. Mcdonnell, B. L. Mcglynn, and T. Dunne. “Water's Way at Sleepers River watershed - revisiting flow generation in a post-glacial landscape, Vermont USA.” Hydrological Processes 29, no. 16 (January 1, 2015): 3447–59. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.10377.
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  - Mcguire, K. J., S. D. Sebestyen, N. Ohte, E. M. Elliott, T. Gomi, M. B. Green, B. L. Mcglynn, and N. Tokuchi. “Merging perspectives in the catchment sciences: The US-Japan Joint Seminar on catchment hydrology and forest biogeochemistry.” Hydrological Processes 28, no. 5 (February 28, 2014): 2878–80. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.10129.
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  - Jones, L. A., C. C. Muhlfeld, L. A. Marshall, B. L. Mcglynn, and J. L. Kershner. “Estimating thermal regimes of bull trout and assessing the potential effects of climate warming on critical habitats.” River Research and Applications 30, no. 2 (February 1, 2014): 204–16. https://doi.org/10.1002/rra.2638.
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  - Liang, L. L., D. A. Riveros-Iregui, R. E. Emanuel, and B. L. McGlynn. “A simple framework to estimate distributed soil temperature from discrete air temperature measurements in data-scarce regions.” Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres 119, no. 2 (January 27, 2014): 407–17. https://doi.org/10.1002/2013JD020597.
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  - Liang, L. L., D. A. Riveros-Iregui, R. E. Emanuel, and B. L. McGlynn. “A simple framework to estimate distributed soil temperature from discrete air temperature measurements in data-scarce regions.” Journal of Geophysical Research 119, no. 2 (January 27, 2014): 407–17. https://doi.org/10.1002/2013JD020597.
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  - Band, L. E., J. J. McDonnell, J. M. Duncan, A. Barros, A. Bejan, T. Burt, W. E. Dietrich, et al. “Ecohydrological flow networks in the subsurface.” Ecohydrology 7, no. 4 (January 1, 2014): 1073–78. https://doi.org/10.1002/eco.1525.
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  - Emanuel, R. E., A. G. Hazen, B. L. Mcglynn, and K. G. Jencso. “Vegetation and topographic influences on the connectivity of shallow groundwater between hillslopes and streams.” Ecohydrology 7, no. 2 (January 1, 2014): 887–95. https://doi.org/10.1002/eco.1409.
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  - Mallard, J., B. McGlynn, and T. Covino. “Lateral inflows, stream-groundwater exchange, and network geometry influence stream water composition.” Water Resources Research 50, no. 6 (January 1, 2014): 4603–23. https://doi.org/10.1002/2013WR014944.
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  - Mcguire, K. J., S. D. Sebestyen, N. Ohte, E. M. Elliott, T. Gomi, M. B. Green, B. L. Mcglynn, and N. Tokuchi. “Merging perspectives in the catchment sciences: The US-Japan Joint Seminar on catchment hydrology and forest biogeochemistry.” Hydrological Processes 28, no. 5 (2014): 2878–80. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.10129.
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  - Smith, T., L. Marshall, and B. McGlynn. “Calibrating hydrologic models in flow-corrected time.” Water Resources Research 50, no. 1 (January 1, 2014): 748–53. https://doi.org/10.1002/2013WR014635.
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  - Smith, T., L. Marshall, and B. McGlynn. “Calibrating hydrologic models in flow-corrected time.” Water Resources Research 50, no. 1 (2014): 748–53. https://doi.org/10.1002/2013WR014635.
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  - Smith, T., L. Marshall, B. McGlynn, and K. Jencso. “Using field data to inform and evaluate a new model of catchment hydrologic connectivity.” Water Resources Research 49, no. 10 (October 1, 2013): 6834–46. https://doi.org/10.1002/wrcr.20546.
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  - Mullen, R., L. Marshall, and B. Mcglynn. “A beta regression model for improved solar radiation predictions.” Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology 52, no. 8 (September 23, 2013): 1923–38. https://doi.org/10.1175/JAMC-D-12-038.1.
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  - Kelleher, C., T. Wagener, B. McGlynn, A. S. Ward, M. N. Gooseff, and R. A. Payn. “Identifiability of transient storage model parameters along a mountain stream.” Water Resources Research 49, no. 9 (September 6, 2013): 5290–5306. https://doi.org/10.1002/wrcr.20413.
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  - Montross, G. G., B. L. McGlynn, S. N. Montross, and K. K. Gardner. “Nitrogen production from geochemical weathering of rocks in southwest Montana, USA.” Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 118, no. 3 (July 1, 2013): 1068–78. https://doi.org/10.1002/jgrg.20085.
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  - Ward, A. S., R. A. Payn, M. N. Gooseff, B. L. McGlynn, K. E. Bencala, C. A. Kelleher, S. M. Wondzell, and T. Wagener. “Variations in surface water-ground water interactions along a headwater mountain stream: Comparisons between transient storage and water balance analyses.” Water Resources Research 49, no. 6 (June 18, 2013): 3359–74. https://doi.org/10.1002/wrcr.20148.
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  - Kaiser, K. E., B. L. Mcglynn, and R. E. Emanuel. “Ecohydrology of an outbreak: Mountain pine beetle impacts trees in drier landscape positions first.” Ecohydrology 6, no. 3 (June 1, 2013): 444–54. https://doi.org/10.1002/eco.1286.
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  - Patil, S., T. P. Covino, A. I. Packman, B. L. McGlynn, J. D. Drummond, R. A. Payn, and R. Schumer. “Intrastream variability in solute transport: Hydrologic and geomorphic controls on solute retention.” Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface 118, no. 2 (June 1, 2013): 413–22. https://doi.org/10.1029/2012JF002455.
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  - Gooseff, M. N., M. A. Briggs, K. E. Bencala, B. L. McGlynn, and D. T. Scott. “Do transient storage parameters directly scale in longer, combined stream reaches? Reach length dependence of transient storage interpretations.” Journal of Hydrology 483 (March 13, 2013): 16–25. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.12.046.
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  - Emanuel, R. E., A. G. Hazen, B. L. Mcglynn, and K. G. Jencso. “Vegetation and topographic influences on the connectivity of shallow groundwater between hillslopes and streams.” Ecohydrology, 2013.
  - Jones, L. A., C. C. Muhlfeld, L. A. Marshall, B. L. Mcglynn, and J. L. Kershner. “Estimating thermal regimes of bull trout and assessing the potential effects of climate warming on critical habitats.” River Research and Applications, 2013.
  - Kaiser, K. E., B. L. Mcglynn, and R. E. Emanuel. “Ecohydrology of an outbreak: Mountain pine beetle impacts trees in drier landscape positions first.” Ecohydrology 6, no. 3 (2013): 444–54. https://doi.org/10.1002/eco.1286.
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  - Wagener, T., C. Kelleher, M. Weiler, B. McGlynn, M. Gooseff, L. Marshall, T. Meixner, et al. “It takes a community to raise a hydrologist: The Modular Curriculum for Hydrologic Advancement (MOCHA).” Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 16, no. 9 (November 26, 2012): 3405–18. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-16-3405-2012.
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  - Covino, T., B. McGlynn, and R. McNamara. “Land use/land cover and scale influences on in-stream nitrogen uptake kinetics.” Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 117, no. 2 (June 1, 2012). https://doi.org/10.1029/2011JG001874.
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  - Mason, S. J. K., B. L. McGlynn, and G. C. Poole. “Hydrologic response to channel reconfiguration on Silver Bow Creek, Montana.” Journal of Hydrology 438–439 (May 17, 2012): 125–36. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.03.010.
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  - Payn, R. A., M. N. Gooseff, B. L. McGlynn, K. E. Bencala, and S. M. Wondzell. “Exploring changes in the spatial distribution of stream baseflow generation during a seasonal recession.” Water Resources Research 48, no. 4 (May 1, 2012). https://doi.org/10.1029/2011WR011552.
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  - Kelleher, C., T. Wagener, M. Gooseff, B. McGlynn, K. McGuire, and L. Marshall. “Investigating controls on the thermal sensitivity of Pennsylvania streams.” Hydrological Processes 26, no. 5 (February 28, 2012): 771–85. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.8186.
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  - Riveros-Iregui, D. A., B. L. Mcglynn, R. E. Emanuel, and H. E. Epstein. “Complex terrain leads to bidirectional responses of soil respiration to inter-annual water availability.” Global Change Biology 18, no. 2 (February 1, 2012): 749–56. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2011.02556.x.
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  - Covino, T., B. McGlynn, and J. Mallard. “Stream-groundwater exchange and hydrologic turnover at the network scale.” Water Resources Research 47, no. 12 (December 26, 2011). https://doi.org/10.1029/2011WR010942.
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  - Nippgen, F., B. L. McGlynn, L. A. Marshall, and R. E. Emanuel. “Landscape structure and climate influences on hydrologic response.” Water Resources Research 47, no. 12 (December 26, 2011). https://doi.org/10.1029/2011WR011161.
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  - Jencso, K. G., and B. L. McGlynn. “Hierarchical controls on runoff generation: Topographically driven hydrologic connectivity, geology, and vegetation.” Water Resources Research 47, no. 11 (December 12, 2011). https://doi.org/10.1029/2011WR010666.
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  - Campos, N., R. Lawrence, B. McGlynn, and K. Gardner. “Using Quickbird and Landsat imagery to analyze temporal changes in mountain resort development: Big Sky, Montana 1990-2005.” Journal of Applied Remote Sensing 5, no. 1 (October 19, 2011). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.3615998.
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  - Gardner, K. K., B. L. Mcglynn, and L. A. Marshall. “Quantifying watershed sensitivity to spatially variable N loading and the relative importance of watershed N retention mechanisms.” Water Resources Research 47, no. 8 (August 30, 2011). https://doi.org/10.1029/2010WR009738.
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  - Emanuel, R. E., D. A. Riveros-Iregui, B. L. McGlynn, and H. E. Epstein. “On the spatial heterogeneity of net ecosystem productivity in complex landscapes.” Ecosphere 2, no. 7 (July 1, 2011). https://doi.org/10.1890/ES11-00074.1.
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  - Riveros-Iregui, D. A., B. L. McGlynn, L. A. Marshall, D. L. Welsch, R. E. Emanuel, and H. E. Epstein. “A watershed-scale assessment of a process soil CO2 production and efflux model.” Water Resources Research 47, no. 5 (June 10, 2011). https://doi.org/10.1029/2010WR009941.
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  - Pacific, V. J., B. L. McGlynn, D. A. Riveros-Iregui, D. L. Welsch, and H. E. Epstein. “Landscape structure, groundwater dynamics, and soil water content influence soil respiration across riparian-hillslope transitions in the Tenderfoot Creek Experimental Forest, Montana.” Hydrological Processes 25, no. 5 (February 28, 2011): 811–27. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.7870.
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  - Grabs, T. J., K. G. Jencso, B. L. McGlynn, and J. Seibert. “Calculating terrain indices along streams: A new method for separating stream sides.” Water Resources Research 46, no. 12 (December 23, 2010). https://doi.org/10.1029/2010WR009296.
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  - Emanuel, R. E., H. E. Epstein, B. L. McGlynn, D. L. Welsch, D. J. Muth, and P. D’Odorico. “Spatial and temporal controls on watershed ecohydrology in the northern Rocky Mountains.” Water Resources Research 46, no. 11 (December 10, 2010). https://doi.org/10.1029/2009WR008890.
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  - Campos, N., R. Lawrence, B. McGlynn, and K. Gardner. “Effects of LiDAR-Quickbird fusion on object-oriented classification of mountain resort development.” Journal of Applied Remote Sensing 4, no. 1 (December 1, 2010). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.3519370.
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  - Covino, T., B. McGlynn, and M. Baker. “Separating physical and biological nutrient retention and quantifying uptake kinetics from ambient to saturation in successive mountain stream reaches.” Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 115, no. 4 (December 1, 2010). https://doi.org/10.1029/2009JG001263.
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  - Jencso, K. G., B. L. McGlynn, M. N. Gooseff, K. E. Bencala, and S. M. Wondzell. “Hillslope hydrologic connectivity controls riparian groundwater turnover: Implications of catchment structure for riparian buffering and stream water sources.” Water Resources Research 46, no. 10 (October 29, 2010). https://doi.org/10.1029/2009WR008818.
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  - Covino, T. P., B. L. McGlynn, and R. A. McNamara. “Tracer additions for spiraling curve characterization (TASCC): Quantifying stream nutrient uptake kinetics from ambient to saturation.” Limnology and Oceanography: Methods 8, no. SEPT (September 1, 2010): 484–98. https://doi.org/10.4319/lom.2010.8.484.
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  - Shoutis, L., D. T. Patten, and B. McGlynn. “Terrain-based predictive modeling of riparian vegetation in a northern rocky mountain watershed.” Wetlands 30, no. 3 (June 1, 2010): 621–33. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13157-010-0047-5.
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  - Wagener, T., M. Sivapalan, P. A. Troch, B. L. McGlynn, C. J. Harman, H. V. Gupta, P. Kumar, P. S. C. Rao, N. B. Basu, and J. S. Wilson. “The future of hydrology: An evolving science for a changing world.” Water Resources Research 46, no. 5 (May 1, 2010). https://doi.org/10.1029/2009WR008906.
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  - Wondzell, S. M., M. N. Gooseff, and B. L. McGlynn. “An analysis of alternative conceptual models relating hyporheic exchange flow to diel fluctuations in discharge during baseflow recession.” Hydrological Processes 24, no. 6 (March 1, 2010): 686–94. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.7507.
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  - Pacific, V. J., K. G. Jencso, and B. L. McGlynn. “Variable flushing mechanisms and landscape structure control stream DOC export during snowmelt in a set of nested catchments.” Biogeochemistry 99, no. 1 (January 7, 2010): 193–211. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-009-9401-1.
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  - Payn, R. A., M. N. Gooseff, B. L. McGlynn, K. E. Bencala, and S. M. Wondzell. “Channel water balance and exchange with subsurface flow along a mountain headwater stream in Montana, United States.” Water Resources Research 45, no. 11 (November 1, 2009). https://doi.org/10.1029/2008WR007644.
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  - Gardner, K. K., and B. L. McGlynn. “Seasonality in spatial variability and influence of land use/land cover and watershed characteristics on stream water nitrate concentrations in a developing watershed in the Rocky Mountain West.” Water Resources Research 45, no. 8 (August 1, 2009). https://doi.org/10.1029/2008WR007029.
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  - Pacific, V. J., B. L. McGlynn, D. A. Riveros-Iregui, H. E. Epstein, and D. L. Welsch. “Differential soil respiration responses to changing hydrologic regimes.” Water Resources Research 45, no. 7 (July 1, 2009). https://doi.org/10.1029/2009WR007721.
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  - Riveros-Iregui, D. A., and B. L. McGlynn. “Landscape structure control on soil CO2 efflux variability in complex terrain: Scaling from point observations to watershed scale fluxes.” Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 114, no. 2 (June 28, 2009). https://doi.org/10.1029/2008JG000885.
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  - Jencso, K. G., B. L. McGlynn, M. N. Gooseff, S. M. Wondzell, K. E. Bencala, and L. A. Marshall. “Hydrologic connectivity between landscapes and streams: Transferring reach- and plot-scale understanding to the catchment scale.” Water Resources Research 45, no. 4 (April 1, 2009). https://doi.org/10.1029/2008WR007225.
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  - Riveros-Iregui, D. A., B. L. McGlynn, H. E. Epstein, and D. L. Welsch. “Interpretation and evaluation of combined measurement techniques for soil CO2 efflux: Discrete surface chambers and continuous soil CO2 concentration probes.” Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 113, no. 4 (December 28, 2008). https://doi.org/10.1029/2008JG000811.
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  - Campos, N., R. L. Lawrence, B. McGlynn, and K. Gardner. “Comparing the effects of fused and non-fused imagery on objectoriented classificaiton.” American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing Asprs Annual Conference 2008 Bridging the Horizons: New Frontiers in Geospatial Collaboration 1 (December 1, 2008): 118–26.
  - McIlroy, Susan K., Cliff Montagne, Clain A. Jones, and Brian L. McGlynn. “Identifying linkages between land use, geomorphology, and aquatic habitat in a mixed-use watershed..” Environmental Management 42, no. 5 (November 2008): 867–76. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-008-9166-7.
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  - Pacific, V. J., B. L. McGlynn, D. A. Riveros-Iregui, D. L. Welsch, and H. E. Epstein. “Variability in soil respiration across riparian-hillslope transitions.” Biogeochemistry 91, no. 1 (October 1, 2008): 51–70. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-008-9258-8.
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  - Wondzell, S. M., M. N. Gooseff, and B. L. McGlynn. “Flow velocity and the hydrologic behavior of streams during baseflow.” Geophysical Research Letters 34, no. 24 (December 28, 2007). https://doi.org/10.1029/2007GL031256.
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  - Covino, TP, and McGlynn, BL. "Stream gains and losses across a mountain-to-valley transition: Impacts on watershed hydrology and stream water chemistry." Water Resources Research 43, no. 10 (October 2007). Full Text
  - Riveros-Iregui, D. A., R. E. Emanuel, D. J. Muth, B. L. McGlynn, H. E. Epstein, D. L. Welsch, V. J. Pacific, and J. M. Wraith. “Diurnal hysteresis between soil CO 2 and soil temperature is controlled by soil water content.” Geophysical Research Letters 34, no. 17 (September 16, 2007). https://doi.org/10.1029/2007GL030938.
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  - Wagener, T., M. Weiler, B. McGlynn, M. Gooseff, T. Meixner, L. Marshall, K. McGuire, and M. McHale. “Taking the pulse of hydrology education.” Hydrological Processes 21, no. 13 (June 30, 2007): 1789–92. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.6766.
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  - Seibert, J., and B. L. McGlynn. “A new triangular multiple flow direction algorithm for computing upslope areas from gridded digital elevation models.” Water Resources Research 43, no. 4 (April 1, 2007). https://doi.org/10.1029/2006WR005128.
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  - McDonnell, J. J., B. McGlynn, K. Vache, and I. Tromp-Van Meerveld. “A perspective on hillslope hydrology in the context of PUB.” Iahs Aish Publication, no. 301 (December 1, 2005): 204–12.
  - Gooseff, M. N., and B. L. McGlynn. “A stream tracer technique employing ionic tracers and specific conductance data applied to the Maimai catchment, New Zealand.” Hydrological Processes 19, no. 13 (August 30, 2005): 2491–2506. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.5685.
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  - McGuire, K. J., J. J. McDonnell, M. Weiler, C. Kendall, B. L. McGlynn, J. M. Welker, and J. Seibert. “The role of topography on catchment-scale water residence time.” Water Resources Research 41, no. 5 (May 1, 2005): 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1029/2004WR003657.
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  - McGlynn, B. L., J. J. McDonnell, J. Seibert, and C. Kendall. “Scale effects on headwater catchment runoff timing, flow sources, and groundwater-streamflow relations.” Water Resources Research 40, no. 7 (January 1, 2004). https://doi.org/10.1029/2003WR002494.
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  - McGlynn, B. L., and J. J. McDonnell. “Quantifying the relative contributions of riparian and hillslope zones to catchment runoff.” Water Resources Research 39, no. 11 (January 1, 2003). https://doi.org/10.1029/2003WR002091.
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  - McGlynn, B. L., and J. J. McDonnell. “Role of discrete landscape units in controlling catchment dissolved organic carbon dynamics.” Water Resources Research 39, no. 4 (January 1, 2003). https://doi.org/10.1029/2002WR001525.
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  - McGlynn, B. L., and J. Seibert. “Distributed assessment of contributing area and riparian buffering along stream networks.” Water Resources Research 39, no. 4 (January 1, 2003). https://doi.org/10.1029/2002WR001521.
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  - McGlynn, B., J. McDonnell, M. Stewart, and J. Seibert. “On the relationships between catchment scale and streamwater mean residence time.” Hydrological Processes 17, no. 1 (January 1, 2003): 175–81. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.5085.
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  - Weiler, M., B. L. McGlynn, K. J. McGuire, and J. J. McDonnell. “How does rainfall become runoff? A combined tracer and runoff transfer function approach.” Water Resources Research 39, no. 11 (January 1, 2003). https://doi.org/10.1029/2003WR002331.
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  - McGlynn, B. L., J. J. McDonnel, and D. D. Brammer. “A review of the evolving perceptual model of hillslope flowpaths at the Maimai catchments, New Zealand.” Journal of Hydrology 257, no. 1–4 (February 1, 2002): 1–26. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0022-1694(01)00559-5.
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  - McGlynn, B. L., J. J. McDonnell, J. B. Shanley, and C. Kendall. “Riparian zone flowpath dynamics during snowmelt in a small headwater catchment.” Journal of Hydrology 222, no. 1–4 (September 13, 1999): 75–92. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0022-1694(99)00102-X.
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  - McDonnell, J. J., B. L. McGlynn, K. Kendall, J. Shanley, and C. Kendall. “The role of near-stream riparian zones in the hydrology of steep upland catchments.” Iahs Aish Publication 248 (December 1, 1998): 173–80.
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