These are papers we will be reading and reviewing.

Week 1, January 21
Incorporating Concept Sketching into Teaching Undergraduate Geomorphology by Luke Reusser, Ashley Corbett, and Paul R. Bierman
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Instructions to Authors, Journal of Geoscience Education download PDF
Content Guidelines, Journal of Geoscience Education
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Read and be prepared to discuss these letters
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Week 2, January 28
Investigating the Influence of Hydrogeomorphic Setting on the Response of Lake Sedimentation to Climatic Changes by Lee B. Corbett and Jeffrey S. Munroe.
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Instructions to Authors, Paleolimnology
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Week 3, February 4
Using Long-term Ecological Data to Identify Altitudinal Shifts of Species and Communities in Response to Recent Climate Change by Carrie Pucko and Brian Beckage.
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Instructions to Authors, Diversity and Distributions, A Journal of Conservation Biogeography
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Week 4, February 11
Quantifying seventy years of landuse change in the Winooski River Basin, northern Vermont by Will Hackett and Paul Bierman.
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Instructions to Authors, Journal of Environmental Management
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Week 5, February 18
Evaluating the efficiency and temporal variation of pilot-scale hybrid and integrated 3 constructed wetlands for treating high BOD and P concentrated dairy effluent by Martin Lee, Aleksandra Drizo, Donna Rizzo, Greg Druschel, Nancy Hayden, and Eamon Twohig.
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Summary Guide and Checklist for Authors: The Science of the Total Environment
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Science of the Total Environment, Guide for Authors
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Week 6, February 25
Forest carbon storage in the northeastern United States: effects of harvesting frequency and intensity including wood products by Jared S. Nunery and William S. Keeton.
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Ecological Applications, Guide for Authors
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Read and be prepared to discuss this paper
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Another view on academia from the New York times
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Week 7, March 4
Chapter 4, Geomorphic Hydrology from Key Concepts in Geomorphology by Paul Bierman and David Montgomery
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Summary of National Academy Workshop, Reconsidering the Textbook
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More about knowledge surveys
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Week 8, March 18
Stability evaluation of streambanks in Vermont by Borg et al.
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Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering click here to see Resources for author's web site.
Week 9, March 25
Advances in ungauged streamflow prediction using artificial neural networks by Besaw et al.
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Instructions for authors, Journal of Hydrology
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Week 10, April 1
Tracking fluvial sand through the Waipaoa River Basin, New Zealand, using meteoric 10Be by Reusser and Bierman
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Instructions for authors, Geology
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Week 11, April 8
Cyclical and Increasing Precipitation and Runoff in the Winooski River Basin, Northern Vermont by Hackett et al.
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Instructions for authors, Journal of Hydrology
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Week 12, April 15
Exploratory data analysis using a self-organizing map and MANOVA for environmental monitoring by Pearce et al.
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Instructions for authors, Ground Water
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Week 13, April 29
Carbon stocks and fluxes from residential lands: Turfgrass biomass and productivity by Holland and Jenkins
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Instructions for authors, Ecological Applications
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