2025
*Zarek K, Jones CN, *Peterson DM, Plont S, Shogren AS, Tatariw C, Speir SL, Mortazavi B, Burgin AJ. Investigating spatial and temporal nitrogen dynamics in a forested headwater stream over the course of an annual drying event. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences.https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JG008522
Cain MR, Hixson JL, Jones CN, Rhoads BL, Ward AS. Empirical evidence of dynamic hydrogeomorphic feature inundation in a lowland floodplain. Hydrological Processes. http://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.70043
Hayes W, Jones CN, Khalid O, Eaves L, Mize W, Fowlkes J, Fry R, Pieper K. Exploring demographic disparities in private well water testing in North Carolina. Environmental Science and Technology. http://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.4c05437
Golden HE, Christensen JR, McMillan H, Kelleher CA, Lane CR, Husic A, Li L, Ward AS, Hammond J, Seybold EC, Jaeger KL, Zimmer M, Sando R, Jones CN, Segura C Mahoney DT, Price AN, Cheng F. Advancing the science of headwater streamflow for global water protection. Nature Water. http://doi.org/10.1038/s44221-024-00351-1
2024
Lopez Lloreda C, Maze J, Wardinski K, Corline N, McLaughlin D, Jones CN, Scott DT, Palmer M, Hotchkiss N. CO2and CH4 concentrations in headwater wetlands influenced by morphology and changing hydro-biogeochemical conditions. Ecosystems. http://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-024-00936-7
Busch M, Boersma K, Cook S, Jones CN, Loflen C, Mazor R, Stancheva R, Price AN, Stubbington R, Zimmer M, Allen D. Macroinvertebrate, algal, and diatom assemblages respond to drying and wetting transitions in non-perennial streams. Freshwater Biology. In Press.
Drewry K, Jones CN, Hayes W, Beighley RE, Wang QR, Hochard J, Mize W, Fowlkes J, Goforth C, Pieper KJ. Using inundation extents to predict microbial contamination in private wells after flooding events. Environmental Science and Technology. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.3c09375
Wilson L, Hayes W, Jones CN, Eaves LA, Wait K, George A, Freeman B, Mize W, Fowlkes J, Currie J, Burchell M, Gray K, Fry RC, Pieper KJ. Lead occurrence in North Carolina well water: importance of sampling representation and collection techniques. Environmental Research Letters. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ad2b2c
Swenson L, Zipper S, *Peterson D, Jones CN, Burgin A, Seybold E, Kirk M, Hatley C. Changes in water age and source during dry-down of a non-perennial stream. Water Resources Research. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023WR034623
2023
Speir SL, Jones CN, Shogren AJ, Atkinson CL. Uncertainty in streamflow measurements significantly impacts estimates of downstream nitrate export. Environmental Research Letters.https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ad0ad2
Seybold E, Bergstrom A, Jones CN, Burgin A, Zipper S, Godsey S, Dodds W, Zimmer M, Shanafield M, Datry T, Mazor R, Messager M, Olden K, Ward A, Yu S, Kaiser K, Shogren A, Walker R. How Low Can You Go? Widespread challenges in measuring low stream discharge and a path forward. Limnology and Oceanography Letters. https://doi.org/10.1002/lol2.10356
Park J, Kumar M, Jones CN. Modeling wetland functions: Is space-to-time substitution of perimeter-area relation appropriate? Water. https://doi.org/10.3390/w15193445
Morrison RR, Jones CN, Lininger K, Thoms M, Wohl E. Resilient floodplains in the Anthropocene. In Thoms, M (Ed). River Resilience. In Press
2022
Pieper KJ, Pierce G, Dobbin K, Jones CN, Weiss S, Moloney K. Impacts of regulated water service extension on water quality, perception, and affordability in Orleans, NY. Environmental Science & Technology Letters. [in press]
*Wardinski KM, Scott DT, McLaughlin DL, Hotchkiss ER, Jones CN, Strahm BD. Water soluble organic matter from soils at the terrestrial-aquatic interface in wetland-dominated landscapes. Journal of Geophysical Research – Biogeosciences. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JG006994
Kelleher CA, Gannon JP, Jones CN, Aksoy S. Best management practices for teaching hydrologic coding in physical, hybrid, and virtual classrooms. Frontiers in Water.https://doi.org/10.3389/frwa.2022.875732
Kottkamp AI, Jones CN, Palmer MA, Tully K. Physical protection in aggregates and organo-mineral associations contribute to carbon stabilization at the transition zone of seasonally saturated wetlands. Wetlands. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13157-022-01557-3
Krabbenhoft C, Allen G, Lin P, Godsey S, Allen D, Burrows R, DelVecchia A, Fritz K, Shanafield M, Burgin A, Zimmer M, Datry T, Dodds W, Jones CN, Mims M, Franklin C, Hammond J, Zipper S, Ward A, Costigan K, Beck K, Olden J. Assessing placement bias of the global river gauge network. Nature Sustainability. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-022-00873-0
2021
Zipper SC, Hammond JC, Zimmer M, Shanafield M, Datry T, Allen D, Jones CN, Kaiser KE, Godsey SE, Burrows R, Blaszczak J, Busch MH, Price AN, Boersma K, Allen G, Krabbenhoft C, Dodds W, Mims M, Kampf S, and Burgin AJ. Pervasive changes in stream intermittency across the United States. Environmental Research Letters. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac14ec
Hondula KL, Jones CN, Palmer MA. 2021. Effects of seasonal inundation on methane fluxes from forested freshwater wetlands. Environmental Research Letters. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac1193
Price AN, Jones CN, Hammond JC, Zimmer MA, Zipper SC. 2021. The drying regimes of non-perennial rivers and streams. Geophysical Research Letters. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL093298
Pieper K, Jones CN, Roads W, Gholson D, Katner A, Boellstorff D, Beighley R. 2021. Microbial contamination of drinking water supplied by private wells after Hurricane Harvey. Environmental Science and Technology. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.0c07869
Govenor H, Hession WC, Keys TA, Jones CN, Stewart RD, Krometis LA. 2021. Evaluating rare earth elements as tracers of fluvial processes: Fine sediment transport and deposition in a small stream. Transactions of the ASABE. https://doi.org/10.13031/trans.14358
Hondula KL, DeVries B, Jones CN, Palmer MA. 2021. Effects of using high resolution satellite-based inundation time series to estimate methane fluxes from forested wetlands. Geophysical Research Letters.https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL092556
Hammond J, Zimmer M, Shanafield M, Kaiser K, Godsey S, Mims M, Zipper S, Burrows R, Kampf S, Dodds W, Jones CN, Krabbenhoft C, Boersma K, Datry T, Olden J, Allen G, Price A, Costigan K, Hale R, Ward A, Allen A. 2021. Spatial patterns and drivers of non-perennial flow regimes in the contiguous U.S. Geophysical Research Letters. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL090794
2020
Maietta CP, Hondula KL, Jones CN, Palmer MA. 2020. Hydrological conditions influence soil and methane-cycling microbial populations in seasonally saturated wetlands. Frontiers in Environmental Science. https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2020.593942
Busch MH, Costigan KH, Fritz KM, Datry T, Krabbenhoft CA, Hammond JC, Zimmer M, Olden JD, Burrows RM, Dodds WK, Boesma KS, Shanafield M, Dampf SK, Mims MC, Bogan MT, Ward AS, Rocha MP, Godsey S, Allen GH, Blaszczak, Jones CN, Allen DC. 2020. What’s in a name? Patterns, trends, and suggestions for defining non-perennial rivers and streams? Water. https://doi.org/10.3390/w12071980
Zimmer M, Kaiser K, Blaszczak J, Zipper S, Hammond J, Fritz K, Costigan K, Hosen J, Godsey S, Allen G, Kampf S, Burrows R, Krabbenhoft C, Dodds W, Hale R, Olden J, Shanafield M, DelVecchia A, Ward A, Mims M, Datry T, Bogan M, Boersma K, Busch M, Jones CN, Burgin A, Allen D. 2020. Zero or not? Causes and consequences of zero-flow stream gage readings. WIREs Water. https://doi.org/10.1002/wat2.1436
Lee S, McCarty GW, Moglen GE, Lang MW, Jones CN, Palmer M, Yeo IY, Anderson M, Sadeghi AM, Rabenhorst MC. 2020. Seasonal drivers of geographically isolated wetland hydrology in a low-gradient, Coastal Plain landscape. Journal of Hydrology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.124608
2019
Scott DT, Gomez-Velez JD, Jones CN, Harvey JW. 2019. Floodplain inundation spectrum across the United States. Nature Communications. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13184-4
Smith LL, Jones CN, Nelson NG. 2019. Featured Collection Introduction: The Emerging Science of Aquatic Systems Connectivity II. Journal of American Water Resources Research. https://doi.org/10.1111/1752-1688.12760
Jones CN, Ameli AA, Neff BP, Evenson GR, McLaughlin DL, Golden HE, Lane CR. 2019. Modeling connectivity of non-floodplain wetlands: Insights, approaches, and recommendations. Journal of American Water Resources Association. https://doi.org/10.1111/1752-1688.12735
**Recipient of the 2020 Boggess Award for Paper of the year in JAWRA
Jones CN, Nelson NG, Smith LL. 2019. Featured Collection Introduction: The Emerging Science of Aquatic Systems Connectivity I. Journal of American Water Resources Research. https://doi.org/10.1111/1752-1688.12739
**Manuscript designated as a top downloaded article in 2019
Schulte ML, McLaughlin DL, Wurster FC, Varner MJ, Stewart RD, Aust WM, Jones CN, Gile B. 2019. Short- and long-term hydrologic controls on smoldering fire in wetland soils. International Journal of Wildland Fire. https://doi.org/10.1071/WF18086
Schulte ML, McLaughlin DL, Wurster FC, Balentine K, Varner MJ, Aust WM, Stewart RD, Jones CN. 2019. Linking ecosystem function and hydrologic regime to inform restoration of a forested peatland. Journal of Environmental Management. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.12.042
2018
Pieper KJ, Tang M, Jones CN, Weiss S, Greene A, Mohsin H*, Parks J, Edwards MA. 2018. Impact of road salt on water quality and corrosion in drinking water from private wells. Environmental Science and Technology. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.8b04709
Evenson GR, Jones CN, McLaughlin DL, Golden HE, Lane CR, Devries B, Alexander LC, McCarty GW, Sharifi A. 2018. A watershed-scale model for depressional wetland-rich landscapes. Journal of Hydrology X. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hydroa.2018.10.002
Keys TA, Govenor H, Jones CN, Hession WC, Hester ET, Scott DT. 2018. Effects of large wood on floodplain connectivity in a headwater Mid-Atlantic stream. Ecological Engineering. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2018.05.007
Jones CN, McLaughlin DL, Henson KA, Kaplan DA. 2018. From salamanders to greenhouse gases: Does upland management affect wetland functions? Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. https://doi.org/10.1002/fee.1744
*Manuscript featured on the cover of February 2018 Issue
Jones CN, Evenson GR, McLaughlin DL, Vanderhoof MK, Lang MW, McCarty GW, Golden HE, Lane CR, Alexander LC. 2018. Estimating restorable wetland water storage at landscape scales. Hydrological Processes. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.11405
*Manuscript featured as an HPToday Scientific Briefing
**Manuscript designated as Top 20 downloaded articles in 2018.
2017
Golden HE, Creed IF, Ali G, Basu NB, Neff BP, Rains MC, Mclaughlin DL, Alexander LC, Ameli AA, Christensen JR, Evenson GR, Jones CN, Lane CR, Lang M. 2017. Integrating geographically isolated wetlands into land management decisions. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. https://doi.org/10.1002/fee.1504
2016
Hester ET, Guth CR, Scott DT, Jones CN. 2016. Vertical surface water–groundwater exchange processes within a headwater floodplain induced by experimental floods. Hydrological Processes. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.10884
Keys TA, Jones CN, Scott DT, Chuquin D. 2016. A cost-effective image processing approach for analyzing the ecohydrology of river corridors. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods. https://doi.org/10.1002/lom3.10095
2015
Jones CN, Scott DT, Guth C, Hester ET, Hession WC. 2015. Seasonal variation in floodplain biogeochemical processing in a restored headwater stream. Environmental Science and Technology. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5b02426
2014
Jones CN, Scott DT, Edwards BL, Keim RF. 2014. Perirheic mixing and biogeochemical processing in flow-through and backwater floodplain wetlands. Water Resources Research. https://doi.org/10.1002/2014WR015647
Scott DT, Keim RF, Edwards BL, Jones CN, Kroes DE. 2014. Floodplain biogeochemical processing of floodwaters in the Atchafalaya River Basin during the Mississippi River flood of 2011. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences. https://doi.org/10.1002/2013JG002477