Sustainability and Environmental Research

Four-Dimensional Ecology Education (4DEE) for Everyone: Teaching Ecology to Non-majors, Vikki L. Rodgers, Sara E. Scanga, Justin R St Juliana, Erica S. Tietjen, Jon M. Honea, Loren B. Byrne, Zakiya H. Leggett, and George Middendorf

Submissions from 2023 2023

Quantifying the Potential Health Impacts of Unvented Combustion in Homes – A Meta- Analysis, P. Jacob Bueno de Mesquita, Nuria Casquero-Modrego, Iain Walker, Brennan D. Less, and Brett C. Singer

Multidimensionality of Biodiversity in Urban Social-Ecological Soil Systems, Loren B. Byrne

Approaches for Assessing Flows, Concentrations, and Loads of Highway and Urban Runoff and Receiving-Stream Stormwater in Southern New England with the Stochastic Empirical Loading and Dilution Model (SELDM), Gregory E. Granato, Alana B. Spaetzel, and Lillian C. Jeznach

Ecological characteristics impact PFAS concentrations in a U.S. North Atlantic food web, Melanie L. Hedgespeth, David L. Taylor, Sawyer Balint, Morgan Schwartz, and Mark G. Cantwell

Describing the diet of a generalist feeder: the striped searobin (Prionotus evolans) from Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island (USA), Margaret Heinichen, Anne Innes-Gold, Joseph A. Langan, Tyler Richman, Jeremy Collie, and Austin Humphries

Assessing Potential Effects of Climate Change on Highway-Runoff Flows and Loads in Southern New England by Using Planning-Level Space-for-Time Analyses, Lillian C. Jeznach, Gregory E. Granato, Daniel Sharar-Salgado, Susan Cheung Jones, and Daniel Imig

Modeling the effects of reservoir operation on algal dynamics, Lillian C. Jeznach, Jenny Kroon, Eileen Sundberg, and Ashley Bosse

Monitoring of Tetracycline Group Antibiotic Residues in Various Food Products of Animal Origin in the Turkish Market, Senem Şanlı, Seyfi Sardoğan, and Nurullah Şanlı

Integrated field, model, and theoretical advances inform a predictive understanding of transport and transformation in the critical zone, Joel Singley, Martin Briggs, Beth Hoagland, Rachel Lauer, Jessie Meeks, Aaron B. Regberg, David M. Rey, Kenny Swift Bird, and Adam S. Ward

Upper Thermal Tolerances of Two Native and One Invasive Crayfish in Missouri, USA, Jacob T. Westhoff, Hisham A. Abdelrahman, and James A. Stoeckel

Marine Submicron Aerosols from the Gulf of Mexico: Polluted and Acidic with Rapid Production of Sulfate and Organosulfates, Shan Zhou, Fangzhou Guo, Chun Ying Chao, Subin Yoon, Sergio L. Alvarez, Sujan Shrestha, James H. Flynn, Sascha Usenko, Rebecca J. Sheesley, and Robert J. Griffin

Submissions from 2022 2022

AFTERWORD: Transdisciplinary urban ecosystem research, education, and stewardship, Loren B. Byrne

Teaching about the essence of soil biodiversity, Loren B. Byrne

The essence of soil biodiversity, Loren B. Byrne

Using the Prepositional Framework for Urban Environmental Education: Teaching and Learning About Ecology in, of, for, and with cities, Loren B. Byrne

Model archive for analysis of flows, concentrations, and loads of highway and urban runoff and receiving-stream stormwater in southern New England with the Stochastic Empirical Loading and Dilution Model (SELDM), G.E Granato, A.B. Spaetzel, and Lillian C. Jeznach

Effects of Biopolymers on the Liquid Limit and Undrained Shear Strength of Soft Clays, Pamela K. Judge, Eileen Sundberg, Don J. DeGroot, and Guoping Zhang

Evaluation of natamycin in commercial dairy products by a green capillary zone electrophoresis method and confirmation with a Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry, Senem Şanlı, Sinem Kılıçarslan, and Nurullah Şanlı

Submissions from 2021 2021

Assessment of littoral algal diversity from the northern Gulf of Mexico using environmental DNA metabarcoding, Sergei Bombin, Brian Wysor, and Juan M. Lopez-Bautista

The transformation of Caribbean coral communities since humans, Katie L. Cramer, Mary K. Donovan, Jeremy B.C. Jackson, Benjamin J. Greenstein, Chelsea A. Korpanty, Geoffrey M. Cook, and John M. Pandolfi

A global horizon scan of the future impacts of robotics and autonomous systems on urban ecosystems, Mark A. Goddard, Zoe G. Davies, Solène Guenat, Mark J. Ferguson, Jessica C. Fisher, Adeniran Akanni, Teija Ahjokoski, Pippin M.L. Anderson, Fabio Angeoletto, Constantinos Antoniou, Adam J. Bates, Andrew Barkwith, Adam Berland, Christopher J. Bouch, Christine C. Rega-Brodsky, Loren B. Byrne, David Cameron, Rory Canavan, Tim Chapman, Stuart Connop, Steve Crossland, Marie C. Dade, David A. Dawson, Cynnamon Dobbs, Colleen T. Downs, Erle C. Ellis, Francisco J. Escobedo, Paul Gobster, Natalie Marie Gulsrud, Burak Guneralp, Amy K. Hahs, James D. Hale, Christopher Hassall, and Marcus Hedblom

Food sovereignty policies and the quest to democratize food system governance in Nicaragua, Wendy Godek

Submissions from 2020 2020

Comparison of SELDM Simulated Total-Phosphorus Concentrations with Ecological Impervious-Area Criteria, Lillian C. Jeznach and Gregory E. Granato

Model archive for analysis of the effects of impervious cover on receiving-water quality with the Stochastic Empirical Loading Dilution Model (SELDM): U.S. Geological Survey data release, Lillian C. Jeznach and Gregory E. Granato

Proactive modeling of water quality impacts of extreme precipitation events in a drinking water reservoir, Lillian C. Jeznach, Mark Hagemann, Mi-Hyun Park, and John E. Tobiason

A framework for modeling contaminant impacts on reservoir water quality, Lillian C. Jeznach, Christina Jones, Thomas Matthews, John E. Tobiason, and David P. Ahlfeld

Modeling Crude Oil Fate and Transport in Freshwater, Lillian C. Jeznach, Aarthi Mohan, John E. Tobiason, and David Reckhow

Teaching across disciplines: a case study of a project-based short course to teach holistic coastal adaptation design, Pamela K. Judge, Jane A. Buxton, Thomas C. Sheahan, Eleanor R. Phetteplace, David L. Kriebel, and Elisabeth M. Hamin Infield

Legal Issues Affecting Blue Carbon Projects on Publicly-Owned Coastal Wetlands, Read Porter, Cody Katter, and Cory Lee

Nicaragua’s agroecological transition: Transformation or reconfiguration of the agri-food regime?, Katharina Schiller, Wendy Godek, Laurens Klerkx, and P. Marijn Poortvliet

Dow Jones sustainability indices, do they make a difference? The U.S. and the European Union companies, Bryan Schmutz, Minoo Tehrani, Lawrence Fulton, and Andreas W. Rathgeber

Green cities and waste management: The restaurant industry, Minoo Tehrani, Lawrence Fulton, and Bryan Schmutz

Submissions from 2019 2019

Deepening Engineering Skills through Community Engaged Learning in a Sustainable Energy Systems Course, Maija A. Benitz and Li-Ling Yang

Teaching Wind Energy to Engineering and Education Undergraduates Through Community Engagement, Maija A. Benitz and Li-Ling Yang

Beyond the black box: Promoting mathematical collaborations for elucidating interactions in soil ecology, Alison E. Bennett, Katharine Preedy, Antonio Golubski, James Umbanhowar, Stuart R. Borrett, Loren Byrne, Kent Apostol, James D. Bever, Lori Biederman, Aimée T. Classen, Kim Cuddington, Marie Anne De Graaff, Karen A. Garrett, Lou Gross, Alan Hastings, Jason D. Hoeksema, Volodymyr Hrynkiv, Justine Karst, Miro Kummel, Charlotte T. Lee, Chao Liang, Wei Liao, Keenan Mack, Laura Miller, Bonnie Ownley, Claudia Rojas, Ellen L. Simms, Vonda K. Walsh, Matthew Warren, and Jun Zhu

A 72-h exposure study with eastern oysters (Crassostrea virginica) and the nanomaterial graphene oxide, Bushra Khan, Adeyemi S. Adeleye, Robert M. Burgess, Roxanna Smolowitz, Stephen M. Russo, and Kay T. Ho

Proposed State Offshore Oil & Gas Legislation and Resolutions: 2017-18, Marine Affairs Institute, Roger Williams University School of Law and Megan Betts

Takings Implications of Offshore Wind Energy Development, Marine Affairs Institute, Roger Williams University School of Law; Jourdan Thompson; and Read Porter

Submissions from 2018 2018

Bridging education and engineering students through a wind energy-focused community engagement project, Maija A. Benitz and Li Ling Yang

Effects of capture surface morphology on feeding success of scyphomedusae: a comparative study, Nicholas Bezio, John H. Costello, Elijah Perry, and Sean P. Colin

A Mathematical Model for the Effects of Fertilization on Nitrogen Concentrations in Unsaturated Soil on Blueberry Farms in Southern New Jersey, Alexandra C. Halligan, Amanda M. Becotte, Ashley M. Crane, and Edward T. Dougherty

Evidence that the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is rapidly accumulating plastic, L. Lebreton, B. Slat, F. Ferrari, B. Sainte-Rose, J. Aitken, R. Marthouse, S. Hajbane, S. Cunsolo, A. Schwarz, A. Levivier, K. Noble, P. Debeljak, H. Maral, R. Schoeneich-Argent, R. Brambini, and J. Reisser

IFC-Based BIM-to-BEM Model Transformation, Issa J. Ramaji, John I. Messner, and Ehsan Mostavi

Mercury content of blue crabs (Callinectes sapidus) from southern New England coastal habitats: Contamination in an emergent fishery and risks to human consumers, David L. Taylor and Nicholas M. Calabrese

Submissions from 2017 2017

Migratory Bird Conservation and Shellfish Aquaculture in Rhode Island: Legal Issues, Nicole Andrescavage

Flood and Erosion Control Structures (Climate Adaptation Academy Fact Sheet #4), Audrey Elzerman

Molecular assisted identification reveals hidden red algae diversity from the Burica Peninsula, Pacific Panama, David Wilson Freshwater, Jennifer N. Idol, Seth L. Parham, Cindy Fernández-García, Noemi León, Paul W. Gabrielson, and Brian Wysor

Crassulacean acid metabolism as a continuous trait: variability in the contribution of Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) in populations of Portulacaria afra, Lonnie J. Guralnick and Kate Gladsky

Proactive modeling of water quality impacts of extreme precipitation events in a drinking water reservoir, Lillian C. Jeznach, Mark Hagemann, Mi Hyun Park, and John E. Tobiason

Marine aquarium trade in India: Challenges and opportunities for conservation and policy, Sanjeevi Prakash, Thipramalai Thangappan Ajith Kumar, Rajeev Raghavan, Andrew Rhyne, Michael F. Tlusty, and Thanumalaya Subramoniam

Real-time PCR assay for Aquimarina macrocephali subsp. homaria and its distribution in shell disease lesions of Homarus americanus, Milne-Edwards, 1837, and environmental samples, Robert A. Quinn, Suchandra Hazra, Roxanna Smolowitz, and Andrei Y. Chistoserdov

Utilizing Transportation Infrastructure, Big Data and AI for Localized EV Energy Neutrality, Charles Thangaraj

A transdisciplinary approach to the initial validation of a single cell protein as an alternative protein source for use in aquafeeds, Michael Tlusty, Andrew Rhyne, Joseph T. Szczebak, Bradford Bourque, Jennifer L. Bowen, Gary Burr, Christopher J. Marx, and Lawrence Feinberg

Submissions from 2016 2016

A scalable modular heterogeneous system for home and office automation, Fredy Augusto Maciel Alves and Charles Thangaraj

Development of low cost device for in-situ algae monitoring, Aidan J. Bradley, Wesley C. Caruso, Yi Zheng, Charles V. Thangaraj, and Benjamin D. McPheron

An introductory examination of worldviews and why they matter for environmental and sustainability studies, Loren B. Byrne

Conservation triage: Debating which species to save and why, Loren B. Byrne

Learner-centered teaching activities for environmental and sustainability studies, Loren B. Byrne

Learner-centered teaching for environmental and sustainability studies, Loren B. Byrne

Preface, Loren B. Byrne

Review of Things Fall Apart? The Political Ecology of Forest Governance in Southern Nigeria by Pauline von Hellerman, Jeremy M. Campbell

A machine learning approach to classifying algae concentrations, Ethan T. Daniels and Benjamin D. McPheron

Attuning (to) Ambience: Thomas Rickert’s Ambient Rhetoric: The attunements of Rhetorical Being, Brian Hendrickson

Studying and Supporting Writing in Student Organizations as a High-Impact Practice, Brian Hendrickson

Inviting students to determine for themselves what it means to write across the disciplines, Brian Hendrickson and Genevieve Garcia de Mueller

Genomic diversification of marine cyanophages into stable ecotypes, Marcia F. Marston and Jennifer B.H. Martiny

Mediating claims of environmental degradation, source credibility and risk to human health: Ecuadorian news coverage of the Chevron case, Juliet Pinto, Paola Prado, and Alejandro Tirado-Alcaraz

Mediating claims of environmental degradation, source credibility and risk to human health: Ecuadorian news coverage of the Chevron case, Juliet Pinto, Paola Prado, and J. Alejandro Tirado-Alcaraz

Web 2.0 writing as engine of information capital, Christian J. Pulver

Submissions from 2015 2015

Evaluation of standard municipal energy benchmarking tools, Ethan T. Daniels, Charles Thangaraj, and Benjamin D. McPheron

Design of a Noise and Wildlife Optimized Residential Roof-Top Horizontal Wind-Turbine with PV Integration, Alexander Proulx, Aidan J. Bradley, Sara Vose, and Charles Thangaraj

A miniature combined horizontal wind-turbine and PV demonstration kit for K-12 STEM programs, Alexander Proulx, Anthony D'Amico, and Charles Thangaraj

Exceptional twentieth-century slowdown in Atlantic Ocean overturning circulation, Stefan Rahmstorf, Jason E. Box, Georg Feulner, Michael E. Mann, Alexander Robinson, Scott Rutherford, and Erik J. Schaffernicht

Submissions from 2014 2014

Students’ environmental responsibility and their willingness to pay for green buildings, Sharmin Attaran and Bilge Gokhan Celik

Urban and agricultural soils: conflicts and trade-offs in the optimization of ecosystem services, H. Setälä, R. D. Bardgett, M. Brady, and Loren B. Byrne

Mercury bioaccumulation in cartilaginous fishes from Southern New England coastal waters: Contamination from a trophic ecology and human health perspective, David L. Taylor, Nicholas J. Kutil, Anna J. Malek, and Jeremy S. Collie

Submissions from 2013 2013

An In-Class Role-Playing Activity to Foster Discussion and Deeper Understanding of Biodiversity and Ecological Webs, Loren B. Byrne

Comparison of Environmental Responsibility of Construction Management Students Based on Exposure to Sustainability in Curricula and on Campus, Bilge Gokhan Celik, Mehmet E. Ozbek, Sharmin Attaran, and Maral Jalili

Marine cyanophages exhibit local and regional biogeography, Marcia F. Marston, Samantha Taylor, Noel Sme, Rachel J. Parsons, Timothy J.E. Noyes, and Jennifer B.H. Martiny

Assessment of nonlethal methods for predicting muscle tissue mercury concentrations in coastal marine fishes, Maria N. Piraino and David L. Taylor