Publications
I am happy to send anyone a copy of my papers! Just send me an email request: sledford at gsu dot edu. Asterisks indicate a student author
2023
Ledford SH, *S Miller, L Pangle, and E Sudduth. 2023. Hyporheic exchange in an urban beaver pond mediates high nutrient groundwater inflow and pond productivity. Journal of Hydrology 622:129758. doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2023.129758.
Wheeler C* and SH Ledford. 2023. Stability in headwater chemical signatures across a dynamic flow regime in a highly urbanized Piedmont catchment. Hydrological Processes 37(2):e14825. doi:10.1002/hyp.14825.
Oswald C, C Kelleher, SH Ledford, K Hopkins, A Sytsma, D Tezlaff, L Toran, and C Voter. 2023. Integrating urban water fluxes and moving beyond impervious cover: a review. Journal of Hydrology. doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2023.129188.
2022
Hankins K, SH Ledford, and R Milligan. 2022. The socio-environmental context for Quarry Yards. Prepared for Microsoft Corporation. (White paper)
Ledford SH, M Briggs, R Glas, and MA Zimmer. 2022. Connecting diverse disciplines to improve understanding of surface water-groundwater interactions. Journal of Hydrology X, 17. doi:10/1016/j.hydroa.2022.100141.
Davis L*, R Milligan, C Stauber, N. Jelks, L Casanova, and SH Ledford. 2022. Environmental injustice and Escherichia coli in urban streams: Potential for community-led response. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water. doi:10.1002/wat2.1583.
CUAHSI Board & Staff#. 2022. COVID-19 impacts highlight the need for holistic evaluation of research and in the hydrologic sciences. Water Resources Research, 58, e2021WR030930. doi:10.1029/2021WR030930.
#Attributed authorship to the CUAHSI Board & Staff; my role as co-author is confirmed in the Appendix
2021
Ledford SH and Sherwood Design Engineers. 2021. Urban Stormwater and Microclimate Resilience: Georgia State University. (White paper- Available from: www.dropbox.com/s/kqol76xg360kl6e/GSU_Stormwater%20and%20Microclimate%20Resilience%20Report_Final%20Draft_Sherwood%202021.pdf?dl=0)
Ledford SH, J Diamond, and L Toran. 2021. Large spatiotemporal variability in metabolic regimes for an urban stream draining four wastewater treatment plants with implications for dissolved oxygen monitoring. PLoS ONE 16(8):e0256292. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0256292.
Data for this paper published on CUAHSI's HydroShare database: Ledford, S. H., L. Toran (2021). Wissahickon dissolved
oxygen and metabolism data, HydroShare, https://doi.org/10.4211/hs.d7caec9df1f8426690927d9957c3ed7f
Ledford SH, M Kurz, and L Toran. 2021. Contrasting Raz-Rru stream metabolism and nutrient uptake downstream of urban wastewater effluent sites. Freshwater Science. doi:10.1086/712932.
Data for this paper published on CUAHSI's HydroShare database: Ledford, S. H., Kurz, M., L. Toran (2020). Wissahickon
Metabolism Data, HydroShare, https://doi.org/10.4211/hs.ce9e86dc4cbc4e71b6d330e32ea01df0.
2020
Lautz LK, SH Ledford, and J Beltran. 2020. Legacy effects of cemeteries on groundwater quality and nitrate loads to a headwater stream. Environmental Research Letters. doi:10.1088/1748-9326/abc914.
Data for this paper and 2015-2017 papers on CUAHSI's HydroShare database: Ledford, S.H., L.K. Lautz (2020). Meadowbrook Creek Water Chemistry, 2012-2013, HydroShare, http://www.hydroshare.org/resource/d4bf09615d8940ccbe4bb1eee13abf3d
Ledford SH, M Zimmer, and D Payan. 2020. Anthropogenic and biophysical controls on low flow hydrology in the southeastern U.S. Water Resources Research. doi:10.1029/2020WR027098.
Ledford SH, MM Monteagudo, AN Flores, JB Glass, and KM Cobb. 2020. #GeoGRExit: Why geosciences programs are dropping the GRE. Eos, 101. doi:10.1029/2020EO145223.
Ledford SH and L Toran. 2020. Downstream evolution of wastewater treatment plant nutrient signals using high-temporal monitoring. Hydrological Processes 34:852-864. doi:10.1002/hyp.13640.
Data for this paper published on CUAHSI's HydroShare database: Ledford, S. H., L. Toran (2019). Sandy Run, PA, baseflow data, HydroShare, https://doi.org/10.4211/hs.7b81ceca6a5b426dac9905541fe27d95.
2018
Price JR, SH Ledford, MO Ryan, L Toran, and C Sales. 2018. Wastewater treatment plant effluent introduces recoverable shifts in microbial community composition in receiving streams. Science of the Total Environment 613-614: 1104-1116. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.09.162.
2017
Ledford SH, LK Lautz, PG Vidon, and JC Stella. 2017. Impact of Seasonal Changes in Stream Metabolism on Nitrate Concentrations in an Urban Stream. Biogeochemistry 133(3):317-331. doi:10.1007/s10533-017-0336-7.
2016
Ledford SH, LK Lautz, and JC Stella. 2016. Hydrogeologic processes impacting storage, fate, and transport of chloride from road salt in urban riparian aquifers. Environmental Science & Technology 50: 4979-4988. doi:10.1021/acs.est.6b00402.
2015
Ledford SH and LK Lautz. 2015. Floodplain connection buffers seasonal changes in urban stream water quality. Hydrological Processes 29(6):1002-1016. doi:10.1002/hyp.10210.
I am happy to send anyone a copy of my papers! Just send me an email request: sledford at gsu dot edu. Asterisks indicate a student author
2023
Ledford SH, *S Miller, L Pangle, and E Sudduth. 2023. Hyporheic exchange in an urban beaver pond mediates high nutrient groundwater inflow and pond productivity. Journal of Hydrology 622:129758. doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2023.129758.
Wheeler C* and SH Ledford. 2023. Stability in headwater chemical signatures across a dynamic flow regime in a highly urbanized Piedmont catchment. Hydrological Processes 37(2):e14825. doi:10.1002/hyp.14825.
Oswald C, C Kelleher, SH Ledford, K Hopkins, A Sytsma, D Tezlaff, L Toran, and C Voter. 2023. Integrating urban water fluxes and moving beyond impervious cover: a review. Journal of Hydrology. doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2023.129188.
2022
Hankins K, SH Ledford, and R Milligan. 2022. The socio-environmental context for Quarry Yards. Prepared for Microsoft Corporation. (White paper)
Ledford SH, M Briggs, R Glas, and MA Zimmer. 2022. Connecting diverse disciplines to improve understanding of surface water-groundwater interactions. Journal of Hydrology X, 17. doi:10/1016/j.hydroa.2022.100141.
Davis L*, R Milligan, C Stauber, N. Jelks, L Casanova, and SH Ledford. 2022. Environmental injustice and Escherichia coli in urban streams: Potential for community-led response. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water. doi:10.1002/wat2.1583.
CUAHSI Board & Staff#. 2022. COVID-19 impacts highlight the need for holistic evaluation of research and in the hydrologic sciences. Water Resources Research, 58, e2021WR030930. doi:10.1029/2021WR030930.
#Attributed authorship to the CUAHSI Board & Staff; my role as co-author is confirmed in the Appendix
2021
Ledford SH and Sherwood Design Engineers. 2021. Urban Stormwater and Microclimate Resilience: Georgia State University. (White paper- Available from: www.dropbox.com/s/kqol76xg360kl6e/GSU_Stormwater%20and%20Microclimate%20Resilience%20Report_Final%20Draft_Sherwood%202021.pdf?dl=0)
Ledford SH, J Diamond, and L Toran. 2021. Large spatiotemporal variability in metabolic regimes for an urban stream draining four wastewater treatment plants with implications for dissolved oxygen monitoring. PLoS ONE 16(8):e0256292. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0256292.
Data for this paper published on CUAHSI's HydroShare database: Ledford, S. H., L. Toran (2021). Wissahickon dissolved
oxygen and metabolism data, HydroShare, https://doi.org/10.4211/hs.d7caec9df1f8426690927d9957c3ed7f
Ledford SH, M Kurz, and L Toran. 2021. Contrasting Raz-Rru stream metabolism and nutrient uptake downstream of urban wastewater effluent sites. Freshwater Science. doi:10.1086/712932.
Data for this paper published on CUAHSI's HydroShare database: Ledford, S. H., Kurz, M., L. Toran (2020). Wissahickon
Metabolism Data, HydroShare, https://doi.org/10.4211/hs.ce9e86dc4cbc4e71b6d330e32ea01df0.
2020
Lautz LK, SH Ledford, and J Beltran. 2020. Legacy effects of cemeteries on groundwater quality and nitrate loads to a headwater stream. Environmental Research Letters. doi:10.1088/1748-9326/abc914.
Data for this paper and 2015-2017 papers on CUAHSI's HydroShare database: Ledford, S.H., L.K. Lautz (2020). Meadowbrook Creek Water Chemistry, 2012-2013, HydroShare, http://www.hydroshare.org/resource/d4bf09615d8940ccbe4bb1eee13abf3d
Ledford SH, M Zimmer, and D Payan. 2020. Anthropogenic and biophysical controls on low flow hydrology in the southeastern U.S. Water Resources Research. doi:10.1029/2020WR027098.
Ledford SH, MM Monteagudo, AN Flores, JB Glass, and KM Cobb. 2020. #GeoGRExit: Why geosciences programs are dropping the GRE. Eos, 101. doi:10.1029/2020EO145223.
Ledford SH and L Toran. 2020. Downstream evolution of wastewater treatment plant nutrient signals using high-temporal monitoring. Hydrological Processes 34:852-864. doi:10.1002/hyp.13640.
Data for this paper published on CUAHSI's HydroShare database: Ledford, S. H., L. Toran (2019). Sandy Run, PA, baseflow data, HydroShare, https://doi.org/10.4211/hs.7b81ceca6a5b426dac9905541fe27d95.
2018
Price JR, SH Ledford, MO Ryan, L Toran, and C Sales. 2018. Wastewater treatment plant effluent introduces recoverable shifts in microbial community composition in receiving streams. Science of the Total Environment 613-614: 1104-1116. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.09.162.
2017
Ledford SH, LK Lautz, PG Vidon, and JC Stella. 2017. Impact of Seasonal Changes in Stream Metabolism on Nitrate Concentrations in an Urban Stream. Biogeochemistry 133(3):317-331. doi:10.1007/s10533-017-0336-7.
2016
Ledford SH, LK Lautz, and JC Stella. 2016. Hydrogeologic processes impacting storage, fate, and transport of chloride from road salt in urban riparian aquifers. Environmental Science & Technology 50: 4979-4988. doi:10.1021/acs.est.6b00402.
2015
Ledford SH and LK Lautz. 2015. Floodplain connection buffers seasonal changes in urban stream water quality. Hydrological Processes 29(6):1002-1016. doi:10.1002/hyp.10210.