Nicole K. Ward

2022

  

Ward, N.K., M.G. Sorice, M.S. Reynolds, K.C. Weathers, W. Weng, C.C. Carey. Can interactive data visualizations promote waterfront best management practices? Lake and Reservoir Management, 1-14. 

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2021

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Roznere, M. Jeong, M., Maechling, L. Ward, N.K., Brentrup, J.A., Steele, B., Bruesewitz, D.A., Ewing, H.A., Weathers, K.C., Cottingham, K.L. & A. Quattrini Li. Towards a reliable heterogeneous robotic water quality monitoring system: An experimental Analysis. International Symposium on Experimental Robotics: ISER 2020, 139-150. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-71151-1_13

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Carey, C.C., Woelmer, W.M., Lofton, M.E., Figueiredo, R.J., Bookout, B.J., Corrigan, R.S., Daneshmand, V., Hounshell, A.G., Howard, D.W., Lewis, A.S., McClure, R.P., Wander, H.L., Ward, N.K., and Thomas, R.Q. Advancing lake and reservoir water quality management with near-term, iterative ecological forecasting. Inland Waters, DOI: 10.1080/20442041.2020.1816421.

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2020

  

Ward, N. K., Steele, B. G., Weathers, K. C., Cottingham, K. L., Ewing, H. A., Hanson, P. C., & Carey, C. C. Differential responses of
maximum versus median chlorophylla to air temperature and nutrient loads in an oligotrophic lake over 31 years. Water Resources Research, 56, e2020WR027296. 

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Farrell, K.J., Ward, N.K., Krinos, A., Hanson, P., Daneshmand, V., Figueiredo, R.J., Carey, C.C. Ecosystem-scale nutrient cycling responses to increasing air temperature vary with lake trophic state. Ecological Modelling 430 (2020): 109134.

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Brentrup, J.A., Richardson, D.C., Carey, C.C., Ward, N.K., Bruesewitz, D.A., and K.C. Weathers. Under-ice respiration rates shift the annual carbon cycle in the mixed layer of an oligotrophic lake from autotrophy to heterotrophy. Inland Waters, DOI: 10.1080/20442041.2020.1805261.

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Henson, V.R., Cobourn, K.M., Weathers, K.C., Carey, C.C., Farrell, K.J., Klug, J.L., Sorice, M.G., Ward, N.K., Weng, W. A practical guide for managing interdisciplinary teams: Lessons learned from coupled natural and human systems research. Social Sciences, 9 (7): 1 - 19.

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Hanson, P.C., Stillman, A.B., Jia, X., Karpatne, A., Dugan, H.A., Carey, C.C., Stachelek, J., Ward, N.K., Zhang, Y., Read, J.S., Kumar, V. Predicting lake surface water phosphorus dynamics using process-guided maching learning. Ecological Modelling 430 (2020): 109136.

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2019

  

Carey, C.C., Ward, N.K., Farrell, K., Lofton, M., Krinos, A., McClure, R., Subratie, K., Figueiredo, R., Doubek, J., Hanson, P., Papadopoulos, P., Arzberger, P. Enhancing collaboration between ecologists and computer scientists: lessons learned and recommendations forward. Ecosphere 10(5): e02753.

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Ward, N.K., Fitchett, L., Hart, J.A., Shu L., Stachelek, J., Weng, W., Zhang, Y., Dugan, H., Carey, C.C., Cobourn, K., Hanson, P.C., Sorice, M., and K.C. Weathers. Integrating fast and slow processes is essential for simulating human—freshwater interactions. Ambio 48(10): 1169-1182.

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Weng, W., Dugan, H.A., Farrell, K., Boyle, K.J., Weathers, K.C., Ward, N.K., Carey, C.C., Cobourn, K.M., Hanson, P.C. Coupling natural and human models in the context of a lake ecosystem: Lake Mendota, Wisconsin, USA. Ecological Economics 169(March 2020): 106556.

 

2018   

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Cobourn, K.M., Carey, C.C., Boyle, K.J., Duffy, C., Dugan, H.A., Farrell, K.J., Fitchett, L., Hanson, P.C., Hart, J.A., Henson, V.R., Hetherington, A.L., Kemanian, A.R., Rudstam, L.G., Shu, L. Soranno, P.A., Sorice, M.G., Stachelek, J., Ward, N.K., Weathers, K.C., Weng, W., Zhang, Y. From concept to practice to policy: modeling coupled natural and human systems in lake catchments. Ecosphere 9(5): 1-15.

 

Carey, C.C., McClure, R.P., Doubek, J.P., Lofton, M.E., Ward, N.K., and D. Scott. Chaoborus spp. transport CH4 from the sediments to the surface waters of a eutrophic reservoir, but their contribution to water column CH4 concentrations and diffusive efflux is minor. Environmental Science and Technology 52(3): 1165-1173.

 

Doubek, J.P., Campbell, K.L., Doubek, K.M., Hamre, K.D., Harrell, C.W., Lofton, M.E., McClure, R.P., Ward, N.K., Carey, C.C. The effects of hypolimnetic anoxia on the diel vertical migration of freshwater crustacean zooplankton. Ecosphere. Ecosphere 9(7):e02332. 10.1002/ecs2.2332. 

 

Ward, N.K., Maureira, F., Stöckle, C.O., Brooks, E.S., Painter, K.M., Yourek, M.A., and C.K. Gasch. Simulating field-scale variability and precision management with a 3D hydrologic cropping systems model. Precision Agriculture 19(2): 293-313.