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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-18-4885-2026
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Data description article
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15 Jul 2026
Data description article |
| 15 Jul 2026
| 15 Jul 2026
Hydrologic, biogeochemical, microbial, and macroinvertebrate responses to network expansion, contraction, and disconnection across headwater stream networks with distinct physiography in Alabama, USA
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487, USA
Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, 30602, USA
Delaney M. Peterson
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487, USA
Department of Biological and Ecological Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, 97331, USA
Chelsea R. Smith
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487, USA
Charles T. Bond
School of Biological, Environmental, and Earth Sciences, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, 39406, USA
Ecosystems and Global Change Group, School of the Environment, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, K9L 0G2, Canada
Andrielle Larissa Kemajou Tchamba
Department of Biology, The University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi, 38677, USA
Michelle A. Wolford
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487, USA
Kaci Zarek
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487, USA
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 14850, USA
Shannon L. Speir
Department of Crop, Soil, and Environmental Sciences, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, 72701, USA
C. Nathan Jones
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487, USA
Jonathan P. Benstead
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487, USA
Michelle H. Busch
Kansas Geological Survey, Department of Geology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, 66045, USA
Michigan Natural Features Inventory, Michigan State University Extension, Lansing, Michigan, 48901, USA
Rebecca L. Hale
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, Maryland, 21037, USA
Connor L. Brown
Kansas Geological Survey, Department of Geology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, 66045, USA
Erin C. Seybold
Kansas Geological Survey, Department of Geology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, 66045, USA
Arial J. Shogren
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487, USA
Kevin A. Kuehn
School of Biological, Environmental, and Earth Sciences, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, 39406, USA
Yaqi You
Department of Environmental Resources Engineering, The State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, New York, 13210, USA
Colin R. Jackson
Department of Biology, The University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi, 38677, USA
Amy J. Burgin
Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, 50011, USA
Carla L. Atkinson
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487, USA
Data sets
Aquatic Intermittency Effects on Microbiomes in Stream Southeast Region Data Collection Stephen Plont et al. https://www.hydroshare.org/group/247
Short summary
Non-perennial streams are widespread and shape biodiversity, ecosystem processes, and downstream water quality. We combined sensor monitoring networks and spatiotemporal sampling approaches to track changes in hydrologic, ecological, and water quality patterns across in 3 watersheds between 2021-2024. This dataset provides valuable context as to how changes in stream flow and connectivity drive hydrologic, biogeochemical, and ecological patterns in intermittent streams in the southeastern US.
Non-perennial streams are widespread and shape biodiversity, ecosystem processes, and downstream...
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