David B. Arscott

Assistant Director

Stroud Water Research Center
970 Spencer Road
Avondale, PA 19311
Phone: 610-268-2153, ext. 278
Fax: 610-268-0490
Email

Education

Ph.D. 2001. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich, Switzerland conducted at the Swiss Federal Institute of Environmental Science and Technology (EAWAG). (Freshwater Ecology).

M.S. 1997. University of New Hampshire (UNH), Dept. Natural Resources, Durham, NH, USA. (Water Resources Management).

B.S. 1994. Central Michigan University (CMU) in Mt. Pleasant, MI, USA. (Biology, Chemistry, Conservation)

Previous Positions

2006-2009 Scientist - Freshwater Ecologist at the National Institute for Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA), Christchurch, New Zealand Research: aquatic invertebrate ecology of gravel-bed rivers and riparian wetlands, water allocation, ecohydrology (flow-biota relationships in rivers), landscape ecology, surface-groundwater interactions, Antarctic ecology

2003-2006 Project Coordinator/Research Scientist at Stroud Water Research Center, Avondale, PA, USA Research: water quality, invertebrate ecology, riparian and wetland ecology, water resources management

2002-2003 Research Assistant Professor at the University of Minnesota, Crookston, Center for Agriculture and Natural Resources, Crookston, MN, USA Research/teaching: natural resource sustainable development, riparian, wetland, and fisheries ecology and management

1994-1995 Student Conservation Association Resource Assistant Internship with the US Forest Service, Fisheries/Wildlife Division, Ketchikan Rangers District, Alaska Research: Fish habitat surveys, stream water quality, fish ladder handler

Teaching and Teaching Assistantships

2003-2006 University of Pennsylvania – Guest Lectures for Primer in Stream Ecology and Introduction to Freshwater Ecology (Environmental Studies Program)

2002-2003 University of Minnesota, Crookston – Assistant Professor, Dept. of Natural Resources – Wetland and Riparian Ecology and Management; Principles of Fisheries Management; Water Resources Management: Special Topics Seminar Series

1998-2001 Swiss Federal Institute for Science and Technology – Teaching Assistant in the Dept. of Limnology, EAWAG – Biostatistics; Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Taxonomy

1995-1997 University of New Hampshire – Teaching Assistant in the Dept. of Natural Resources – Introduction to Water Resources Management; Conservation of Natural Resources

Research Interests

My past research has focused on aquatic primary production, distribution and diversity of aquatic macroinvertebrates, ecohydrology, and the ecology of rivers and flood plains. Broad interests include riverine landscape ecology and dynamics, aquatic invertebrate and algal ecology, aquatic food web structure and dynamics, habitat conservation, and land-water interactions. Research experiences in Michigan, New Hampshire, Alaska, Minnesota, New York, Italy, Switzerland, New Zealand, and Antarctica have provided me with a broad spectrum of experiences in aquatic habitats from the arctic tundra to the European and Southern Alps to Antarctica.

Current Research Publications

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Arscott, D.B., J. Bind, & M. Hicks. In Prep. Spatial and temporal distribution of aquatic habitat and flow along a hydrologically complex river corridor (Selwyn River, New Zealand).

Arscott, D.B., S.T. Larned, M. Scarsbrook, & P. Lambert. In revision. Aquatic invertebrate community structure along an intermittence gradient: Selwyn River, New Zealand. Journal of the North American Benthological Society. December 2008.

Arscott, D.B., J.K. Jackson, E.B. Kratzer. 2006. Role of rarity and taxonomic resolution in a regional and spatial analysis of stream macroinvertebrates. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 25:977-997.

Arscott, D.B., C.L. Dow, and B.W. Sweeney. 2006. Landscape template of New York City’s drinking-water-supply watersheds. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 25:867-886

Arscott, D.B., K. Tockner, J.V. Ward. 2005. Lateral organization of aquatic invertebrates along the continuum of a braided-floodplain river (Tagliamento River, NE Italy). Journal of the North American Benthological Society 24:934-945.

Arscott, D.B., K. Tockner, J.V. Ward. 2003. Spatio-temporal patterns of benthic invertebrates along the river continuum of a braided Alpine river (Tagliamento River, NE Italy). Archiv für Hydrobiologie 158:431-460.

Arscott, D.B., B. Keller, K. Tockner, & J.V. Ward. 2003. Habitat structure and Trichoptera diversity in 2 headwater flood plains, N. E. Italy. International Review of Hydrobiology 88: 255-273.

Arscott, D.B., R. Glatthaar, K. Tockner, & J.V. Ward. 2002. Larval blackfly distribution and diversity along a braided floodplain river in the Alps (Tagliamento River, Italy). Verhandlungen Internationale Vereinigung Limnologie 28:524-531.

Arscott, D.B., K. Tockner, D. van der Nat, J.V. Ward. 2002. Geomorphic dynamics and aquatic habitat structure along a braided Alpine river (Tagliamento River, N.E. Italy). Ecosystems 5:802-814.

Arscott, D.B., K. Tockner, & J.V. Ward. 2001. Thermal heterogeneity along a braided floodplain river in the Alps (Tagliamento River, N.E. Italy). Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 58: 2359-2373.

Arscott, D.B., K. Tockner, & J.V. Ward. 2000. Aquatic habitat diversity along the corridor of an Alpine floodplain river (Fiume Tagliamento, Italy). Archiv für Hydrobiologie 49: 679-704.

Arscott, D.B., W.B. Bowden, & J.C. Finlay. 2000. Effects of desiccation and temperature/irradiance on the metabolism of 2 arctic stream bryophyte taxa. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 19: 263-273.

Arscott, D.B., W.B. Bowden, & J.C. Finlay. 1998.Comparison of epilithic algal and bryophyte metabolism in an arctic tundra stream, Alaska. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 17: 210-227.

Aufdenkampe, A.K., L.J. Standley, C.L. Dow, D.B. Arscott. 2006. Molecular tracers of soot and sewage contamination in streams supplying NYC drinking water. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 25:928-953.

Blaine, J.G., B.W. Sweeney, and D.B. Arscott. 2006. Enhanced source-water monitoring for New York City: historical framework, political context, and project design. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 25:851-866.

Bott, T.L., J.D. Newbold, and D.B. Arscott. 2006. Ecosystem metabolism in Piedmont streams: The influence of riparian vegetation is modulated by reach geomorphology. Ecosystems 9:398-421.

Bott, T.L., D.S. Montgomery, D.B. Arscott, and C.L. Dow. 2006. Primary productivity in receiving reservoirs: links to influent streams. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 25:1045-1061.

Bott, T.L., D.S. Montgomery, J.D. Newbold, D.B. Arscott, C.L. Dow, A.K. Aufdenkampe, J.K. Jackson, and L.A. Kaplan. 2006. Ecosystem metabolism in streams of the Catskill Mountains (Delaware and Hudson River watersheds) and Lower Hudson Valley. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 25:1018-1044.

Dow, C.L., D.B. Arscott, J.D. Newbold. 2006. Relating major ions and nutrients to watershed conditions across a mixed-use, water-supply watershed. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 25:887-911.

Kaiser, E., D.B. Arscott, K. Tockner, B. Sulzberger. 2004. Transformations and discharge of organic carbon and nitrogen in the Tagliamento River, Italy. Aquatic Sciences – Research Across Boundaries 66:103-116.

Kratzer, E.B., J.K. Jackson, D.B. Arscott, A.K. Aufdenkampe, C.L. Dow, L.A. Kaplan, J.D. Newbold, B.W. Sweeney. 2006. Macroinvertebrate distribution in relation to land use and water chemistry in New York City drinking-water-supply watersheds. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 25:954-976.

Larned, S.T., D.B. Arscott, J. Schmidt, J. Diettrich. Submitted. A framework for analyzing longitudinal and temporal flow variation in hydrologically-complex rivers. Journal of the American Water Resources Association.

Larned, S.T., D.M. Hicks, J. Schmidt, A.J.H. Davey, K. Dey, M. Scarsbrook, D.B. Arscott, R.A. Woods. 2008. The Selwyn River of New Zealand: A benchmark system for alluvial plain rivers. River Research and Applications. 24:1-24.

Rupp, D.E., S.T. Larned, D.B. Arscott, J. Schmidt. 2008. Reconstruction of a longitudinally-continuous daily flow record for a mid-reach drying river. Journal of Hydrology 359:88-104. Stream Bryophyte Group. 1999. Roles of bryophytes in stream ecosystems. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 18:151-184.

Sweeney, B.W., D.B. Arscott, C.L. Dow, J.G. Blaine, A.K. Aufdenkampe, T.L. Bott, J.K. Jackson, L.A. Kaplan, J.D. Newbold. 2006. Enhanced source-water monitoring for New York City: summary and perspective. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 25:1062-1067.

Tockner, K., J.V. Ward, D.B. Arscott, P.J. Edwards, J. Kollmann, A.M. Gurnell, G.E. Petts, & B. Maiolini. 2003. The Tagliamento River: A model ecosystem of European importance. Aquatic Sciences 65:239-253.

Ward, J.V., K. Tockner, D.B. Arscott, & C. Claret. 2002. Riverine landscape diversity. Freshwater Biology 47: 517-539.

Wollheim, W.M., B.J. Peterson, L.A. Deegan, J.E. Hobbie, B. Hooker, W.B. Bowden, K.J. Edwardson, D.B. Arscott, & A.E. Hershey. 2001. Influence of stream size on ammonium and suspended particulate nitrogen processing. Limnology and Oceanography 46: 1-13.

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Client Reports

Arscott, D.B. & B. Crocker. 2008. Tongariro Power Scheme river monitoring programme: summary of results (2007-08). Prepared by NIWA Ltd. for Genesis Energy Ltd. July 2008. NIWA Client Report CHC2008-081.

Arscott, D.B. 2008. Interim update: Flushing-flows for the management of nuisance periphyton growth in the Opuha River, New Zealand (2004-2006). Prepared by NIWA Ltd. for Opuha Water Partnership. March 2008. NIWA Client Report CHC2008-017.

Arscott, D.B., B. Crocker, M. Whiting. 2007. Tongariro Power Scheme river monitoring programme: summary of results (2006-07). Prepared by NIWA Ltd. for Genesis Energy Ltd. September 2007. NIWA Client Report CHC2007-116.

Arscott, D.B., D.J. Kelly, E. Tuck. 2007. Flushing-flows for the control of nuisance periphyton growth in the Opuha-Opihi River system (2004-2006). Prepared by NIWA Ltd. for Alpine Energy Ltd. April 2007. NIWA Client Report CHC2007-034.

Larned, S., D.B. Arscott, N. Blair, B. Jarvie, D. Jellyman, K. Lister, M. Schallenberg, S. Sutherland, K. Vopel, and B. Wilcock. 2007. Ecological studies of Didymosphenia geminata in New Zealand, 2006-07. Prepared by NIWA Ltd. for MAF Biosecurity New Zealand. Client Report CHC2007-070, NIWA Ltd., Christchurch, NZ.

Sweeney, B.W., D.B. Arscott, C.L. Dow, A.K. Aufdenkampe, T.L. Bott, J.K. Jackson, L.A. Kaplan, J.D. Newbold. 2005. Water quality monitoring in the source areas for New York City: An integrative watershed approach. A report on year 5 monitoring activities (2004). Prepared by the Stroud Water Research Center for New York Department of Environmental Conservation. 27 October 2005. Report – SWRC Contribution No. 2005007.

Sweeney, B.W., D.B. Arscott, C.L. Dow, A.K. Aufdenkampe, T.L. Bott, J.K. Jackson, L.A. Kaplan, J.D. Newbold. 2004. Water quality monitoring in the source areas for New York City: An integrative watershed approach. A report on year 4 monitoring activities (2003). Prepared by the Stroud Water Research Center for New York Department of Environmental Conservation. 31 August 2004. Report – SWRC Contribution No. 2004009.

Sweeney, B.W., D.B. Arscott, C.L. Dow, A.K. Aufdenkampe, T.L. Bott, J.K. Jackson, L.A. Kaplan, J.D. Newbold. 2004. Water quality monitoring in the source areas for New York City: An integrative watershed approach. A report on Phase I of Monitoring (2000-2002). Prepared by the Stroud Water Research Center for New York Department of Environmental Conservation. 30 July 2004. Report – SWRC Contribution No. 2004008.

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Presentations and published abstracts

Arscott, D.B., A. Savery, S. Larned. 2008. Aquatic invertebrates in a drying world: mobility, desiccation, and dissolved oxygen tolerance of 7 species. Annual Conference of the New Zealand Freshwater Sciences Society. New Plymouth, New Zealand. (Oral Presentation).

Arscott, D.B., S. Larned, D. Rupp, M. Scarsbrook, P. Lambert. 2008. Aquatic invertebrate community structure along an intermittent-perennial New Zealand River. Annual Conference of the North American Benthological Society. Salt Lake City, UT, USA. (Oral Presentation).

Arscott, D.B., L.R. Drummond, S. Larned, J. Tunnicliff, M. Hicks, D. Kelly. 2007. Flushing-flows for the management of nuisance periphyton in the Opuha River, NZ. Annual Conference of the New Zealand Freshwater Society. Queenstown, New Zealand. (Oral Presentation).

Arscott, D.B., J.K. Jackson, C.L. Dow, E.B. Kratzer, B.W. Sweeney, A.K. Aufdenkampe, J.D. Newbold, L.A. Kaplan, T.L. Bott. 2006. Macroinvertebrate community response along landuse gradients in the New York City drinking-water-supply watersheds. Annual Conference of the New Zealand Freshwater Sciences Society. Rotorua, New Zealand. (Oral Presentation).

Arscott, D.B., J.K. Jackson, E.B. Kratzer, C.L. Dow, J.D. Newbold, A.K. Aufdenkampe, L.A. Kaplan, T.L. Bott, and B.W. Sweeney. 2006. Using macroinvertebrate communities to assess anthropogenic impacts in New York City’s surface water supply catchments. Annual Conference of the North American Benthological Society. Anchorage, AK, USA. (Oral Presentation).

Arscott, D.B., C.L. Dow, A.K. Aufdenkampe, T.L. Bott, J.K. Jackson, L.A. Kaplan, J.D. Newbold, and B.W. Sweeney. 2005. Enhanced Water Quality Monitoring in the New York City Drinking Water Supply Watersheds. Invited Speaker – Institute for Ecosystem Studies, Millbrooke, NY, USA.

Arscott, D.B., J.K. Jackson, E.B. Kratzer. 2005. Order, family, genus, species: How does choice of taxonomic resolution effect multivariate statistical outcome? Annual Conference of the North American Benthological Society. New Orleans, LA, USA. (Oral Presentation)

Arscott, D.B., C.L. Dow, A.K. Aufdenkampe, T.L. Bott, J.K. Jackson, L.A. Kaplan, J.D. Newbold, and B.W. Sweeney. 2005. Enhanced Water Quality Monitoring in the New York City Drinking Water Supply Watersheds. Invited Seminar Speaker – University of Minnesota, St. Paul, USA. Graduate Program of Water Resources Science.

Arscott, D.B., E.B. Kratzer, J.K. Jackson, C.L. Dow, J.D. Newbold, A.K. Aufdenkampe, L.A. Kaplan, B.W. Sweeney. 2004. Stream macroinvertebrate communities and their relationships to dominant land cover/uses and water chemistry in the NYC source water areas. Joint Meeting of the American Entomological Society and the Entomological Society of Pennsylvania (81st Meeting). Avondale, PA, USA. (Invited Oral Presentation).

Arscott, D.B., E.B. Kratzer, J.K. Jackson, C.L. Dow, J.D. Newbold, A.K. Aufdenkampe, L.A. Kaplan, B.W. Sweeney. 2004. Stream macroinvertebrate communities and their relationships to dominant land cover/uses and water chemistry in the NYC source water areas. 2nd Annual New York City Watershed Science and Technical Conference. Fishkill, NY, USA. (Oral Presentation).

Arscott, D.B., C.L. Dow, A.K. Aufdenkampe, T.L. Bott, J.K. Jackson, L.A. Kaplan, J.D. Newbold, and B.W. Sweeney. 2004. Enhanced Water Quality Monitoring in the New York City Drinking Water Supply Watersheds. Invited Seminar Speaker – University of Minnesota, Crookston – Dept. of Natural Resources, Crookston, MN, USA.

Arscott, D.B., E.B. Kratzer, J.K. Jackson. 2004. Examining rarity in a macroinvertebrate bioassessment database. Annual Conference of the North American Benthological Society. Vancouver, Canada. (Oral Presentation).

Arscott, D.B., K. Tockner, & J.V. Ward. 2003. Life in a Dynamic Floodplain River: The Tagliamento River, NE Italy. Invited Seminar Speaker - North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, USA. October 2003.

Arscott, D.B., W. Goeken, & M. MacGregor. 2003. Basin-wide water quality monitoring efforts in the Red River of the North. Red River Basin Commission Annual Summit meeting. Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. (Oral Presentation).

Arscott, D.B., K. Tockner, & J.V. Ward. 2002. Zoobenthos along lateral and longitudinal gradients in the Tagliamento River (N.E. Italy). Annual Conference of the North American Benthological Society, Pittsburg, PA, USA. (Oral Presentation).

Arscott, D.B., A. Hindakova, K. Tockner, & J.V. Ward. 2001. Periphyton diversity and dynamics along longitudinal and lateral gradients in a floodplain river. Annual Conference of the North American Benthological Society, La Crosse, WI, USA. (Oral Presentation).

Arscott, D.B., K. Tockner, & J.V. Ward. 2001. Influence of flooding along an Alpine river corridor. First International Symposium on Landscape Dynamics of River Corridors, Ascona, Switzerland. (Poster Presentation).

Arscott, D.B., K. Tockner, & J.V. Ward. Pattern and process along an Alpine river: incorporating the lateral dimension. Invited Seminar Speaker - National Institute for Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA), Christchurch, New Zealand. March 2001.

Arscott, D.B., K. Tockner, & J.V. Ward. Pattern and process along an Alpine river: incorporating the lateral dimension. Invited Seminar Speaker - Cawthron Institute, Nelson, New Zealand. March 2001.

Arscott, D.B., R. Glatthaar, K. Tockner, & J.V. Ward. 2001. Larval blackfly distribution and diversity along a braided floodplain river in the Alps (Tagliamento River, Italy). Societas Internationalis Limnologiae XXVIII Congress, Melbourne, Australia. (Oral Presentation).

Arscott, D.B., B. Keller, K. Tockner, & J.V. Ward. 2000. Habitat structure and Trichoptera diversity in 2 headwater flood plains, N.E. Italy. River Bottom V Conference Proceedings, Lunz, Austria. (Oral Presentation).

Arscott, D.B., K. Tockner, & J.V. Ward. 2000. Aquatic habitat turnover along the corridor of an Alpine floodplain river in N.E. Italy. American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, Copenhagen, Denmark. (Poster Presentation).

Arscott, D.B., K. Tockner, & J.V. Ward. 1999. Aquatic habitat structure along the Tagliamento River corridor (N.E. Italy). Annual Conference of the North American Benthological Society, Duluth, MN, USA. (Oral Presentation).

Arscott, D.B., W.B. Bowden, & J.C. Finlay. 1997. Stress effects on physiologically contrasting bryophytes in an arctic stream. Annual Conference of the North American Benthological Society, San Marcos, TX, USA. 14:85. (Oral Presentation).

Arscott, D.B., W.B. Bowden, & J.C. Finlay. 1996. Production by bryophytes in aquatic ecosystems. Annual Conference of the North American Benthological Society, Kalisbell, MT, USA. (Oral Presentation).

Arscott, D.B., W.B. Bowden, & J.C. Finlay. 1996. A comparison of primary production by epilithic algae and bryophytes in control and fertilized reaches of a tundra stream, Alaska. Annual Conference of the North American Benthological Society, Kalisbell, MT, USA. (Oral Presentation).

Bott, T.L., D. Montgomery, J.D. Newbold, D.B. Arscott, & C.L. Dow. 2006. Algal biomass and metabolic rates in New York City drinking water reservoirs and tributary streams. Annual Conference of the North American Benthological Society. Anchorage, AK, USA. (Oral Presentation).

Carter, L.G., A.K. Aufdenkampe, D.B. Arscott, & C.L. Dow. 2006. Analysis of PAH and fecal steroid patterns to distinguish contamination sources to water supplies. Annual Conference of the North American Benthological Society. Anchorage, AK, USA. (Oral Presentation).

Datry, T., S. Larned, D.B. Arscott, P. Lambert. 2009. Distribution of benthic and hyporheic invertebrates along a flow permanence gradient in a New Zealand alluvial river. Annual Conference of the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography. Nice, France. (Oral Presentation).

Datry, T., S. Larned, D.B. Arscott, A. Savery, & C. Robinson. 2008. Hyporheic invertebrate responses to drying and rewetting in an intermittent river: from natural to laboratory experiments. Annual Conference of the North American Benthological Society. Salt Lake City, UT, USA. (Oral Presentation).

Dow, C.L., D.B. Arscott, A. K. Aufdenkampe, T.L. Bott, L.G. Carter, J.K. Jackson, L.A. Kaplan, J.D. Newbold, & B.W. Sweeney. 2006. Enhanced monitoring effort in New York City’s drinking-water-supply watershed. Annual Conference of the North American Benthological Society. Anchorage, AK, USA. (Oral Presentation).

Edwardson, K.J., W.B. Bowden, K. Slavik, D.B. Arscott, B.J. Peterson, & W. Schofield. 1998. Biogeochemistry of spring streams in the tundra foothills, North Slope, Alaska. Bulletin of the North American Benthological Society. Prince Edward Island, Canada. (Oral Presentation).

Hawes, I., B. Sorrell, D.B. Arscott, K.Safi. 2008. International Polar Year: From the heat of the summer to life in the cold and dark. Annual Antartica New Zealand Conference. Dunedin, New Zealand. (Oral Presentation delivered by B. Sorrell)

Hawes, I., B. Sorrell, K.Safi, J. Webster-Brown, D.B. Arscott, C. Howard-Williams. 2008. International Polar Year: Ecosystem processes during early winter freezing in Antarctic meltwater ponds. Annual Antartica New Zealand Conference. Dunedin, New Zealand. (Poster Presented by D.B. Arscott)

Kratzer, E.B., J.K. Jackson, D.B. Arscott, A.K. Aufdenkampe, C.L. Dow, L.A. Kaplan, B.W. Sweeney. 2004. Factors affecting the distribution of macroinvertebrates in the New York City drinking water watersheds. Annual Conference of the North American Benthological Society, Vancouver, Canada. (Oral Presentation).

Larned, S.T., D.B. Arscott, J. Diettrich, David Rupp, & Jochen Schmidt. 2008. A conceptual-empirical framework for intermittent river research. Annual Conference of the North American Benthological Society. Salt Lake City, UT, USA. (Oral Presentation).

Larned, S.T., D.B. Arscott, & D. Rupp. 2007. Intermittence controls ecological communities and processes in the Selwyn River, New Zealand. Annual Conference of the New Zealand Freshwater Sciences Society. Queenstown, New Zealand. (Oral Presentation).

Loegering, J.P., & D.B. Arscott. 2003. Economic impacts of nature-based recreation in northwest Minnesota. The Wildlife Society Tenth Annual Conference, Burlington, VT, USA. (Oral Presentation).

Rupp, D.E., D.B. Arscott, S.T. Larned, & J. Schmidt. 2007. Reconstructing two decades of aquatic invertebrate diversity and density along an alluvial plain river. Annual Conference of the American Geophysical Union. (Poster Presentation).

Safi, K., I. Hawes, B. Sorrell, & D.B. Arscott. 2008. Antarctic pond life during the extended season: the phytoplankton and bacterial story. Annual Conference of the New Zealand Freshwater Sciences Society. New Plymouth, NZ. (Oral Presentation).

Schmidt, A.P., D. van der Nat, D.B. Arscott, K. Tockner, & J.V. Ward. 2000. Inundation dynamics in an island- and a bar-braided flood plain (Tagliamento, N.E. Italy). River Bottom V Conference Proceedings, Lunz, Austria. (Poster Presentation).

Schmidt, J., S. Larned, D.B. Arscott, J. Diettrich, & D. Rupp. 2009. Hydrological indices describing longitudinal and temporal flow variations in intermittent river systems for quantifying hydrology - ecology interactions. 2nd International Multidisciplinary Conference on Hydrology and Ecology. Vienna, Austria. (Oral Presentation).

Slavik, K., B.J. Peterson, D.B. Arscott, W.B. Bowden, & R.L. Lowe. 1998. Comparison of primary production in spring, mountain, and tundra streams on the North Slope of Alaska. Annual Conference of the North American Benthological Society. Prince Edward Island, Canada. (Poster Presentation).

Wollheim, W.M., J.C. Finlay, B.J. Peterson, W.B. Bowden, & D.B. Arscott. 1996. Nitrogen uptake by bryophytes in reference and fertilized reaches of an arctic tundra river. Annual Conference of the North American Benthological Society. 13:120. (Oral Presentation).

Grants for scientific research and community activism

Measuring Watershed Health: training conservation planners how to use biophysical tools for monitoring streams in temperate and neo-tropical ecosystems – Awarded to the Stroud Water Research Center, Avondale, PA. February 2006. The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. $446,527 over one year. Assisted in developing, writing, and submitting research proposal.

Nature Northwest Program Supplement – Awarded to D.B. Arscott and J.P. Loegering. Department of Natural Resources, University of Minnesota, Crookston. December 2002. Northwest Minnesota Foundation. $30,450 over two years. Authored, submitted, and participated in project.

Red Lake River Corridor Enhancement Project – Awarded to the Red Lake River Corridor Enhancement Workgroup (Project Manager: D.B. Arscott). October 2002. Northwest Regional Sustainable Development Partnership. $40,000 matching. Northwest Minnesota Foundation. $40,000. Red Lake Watershed District. $10,000. Project collaboration with Red Lake River Communities, the College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture and the College of Natural Resources at the University of Minnesota, St. Paul, and the Natural Resources Department at the University of Minnesota, Crookston. Authored, submitted, and participated in project.

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International conference organization

1st International Symposium on Landscape Dynamics of Riverine Corridors, Ascona, Switzerland. 2001. Contributions: Web site creation and maintenance, registration management, technology assistant.

Referee for peer reviewed manuscripts and grants (2002-08)

Annales de Limnologie

Aquatic Sciences

Archiv fur Hydrobiologie

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Earthwatch: Conservation Research Initiative Grant Program (Pacific NW Region)

Ecological Applications

Environmental Management

Freshwater Biology

Hydrological Processes

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

River Research and Applications

U.S. Civilian Research & Development Foundation (CRDF; International Grant Program)

Water International

Water Resources Research

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Society memberships

Member, North American Benthological Society (since 1996)

Member, American Institute of Biological Scientists (since 2002)

Member, New Zealand Freshwater Sciences Society (since 2006)

Ph. D. Committee Advisor

Mr. P. Jellyman. University Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand. 2006-09.

Mr. D. Gray. University Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand. 2006-09.

Professional coursework and training

Geographic Information Systems Mini-course. 1999. Annual Meeting of the North American Benthological Society. Duluth, Minnesota, USA.

Taxonomy and Ecology of Aquatic Organisms: Plecoptera. 2000. EAWAG/ETH, Switzerland. Course instructor: V. Lubini, private consultant.

Taxonomy and Ecology of Aquatic Organisms: Ephemeroptera. 2000. EAWAG/ETH, Switzerland. Course instructor: M. Sartori & J-L Gattoliat, Zoological Museum of Lausanne, Switzerland.

Taxonomy and Ecology of Aquatic Organisms: Hydracarina. 1999. EAWAG/ETH, Switzerland. Instructor: R. Gerecke, University of Tübingen, Germany.

Taxonomy and Ecology of Aquatic Organisms: Chironomidae. 1999. EAWAG/ETH, Switzerland. Instructor: B. Janecek, University of Agriculture, Vienna Austria.

Taxonomy and Ecology of Aquatic Organisms: Trichoptera. 1998. EAWAG/ETH, Switzerland. Instructors: J. Waringer & W. Graf, University of Agriculture, Vienna Austria.

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