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Sean C Emmons, PhD

Sean C. Emmons is a Research Ecologist at the Eastern Ecological Science Center in Kearneysville, WV

Dr. Sean C. Emmons is an ecologist who focuses on freshwater ecosystem ecology and conservation from a coupled human and natural systems perspective. Sean's research aims to provide key partners with actionable research products that can be used for spatial conservation planning and boosting implementation of conservation initiatives. 

Professional Experience

  • 2023 - Present: Post-doctoral Research Ecologist, US Geological Survey, Eastern Ecological Science Center

  • 2022-2023: Post-doctoral Researcher, Penn State University

Education and Certifications

  • Ph.D. 2022: Geography and Environmental Sustainability, University of Oklahoma

  • M.Sc. 2018: Biology, Marshall University

  • B.Sc. 2016: Wildlife and Fisheries Biology, PennWest California

Science and Products

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Conceptual diagram of how management practices could have downstream effects on freshwater ecosystems

Agricultural and Urban Management Practices have Hidden Costs and Benefits to Stream Health

The findings of the study highlight that management practices can have both hidden costs and benefits to fish and macroinvertebrates depending on regional and local factors like how many and what type of management practices are implemented.
By
Chesapeake Bay Activities, Eastern Ecological Science Center
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Agricultural and Urban Management Practices have Hidden Costs and Benefits to Stream Health

The findings of the study highlight that management practices can have both hidden costs and benefits to fish and macroinvertebrates depending on regional and local factors like how many and what type of management practices are implemented.
Learn More

Attributes for NHDPlus Version 2.1 Catchments and Modified Routing of Upstream Watersheds for Selected Regions of the Conterminous United States

This metadata record describes a series of data sets of climate and land-use/land-cover features (provided in parquet file format) linked to NHDPlus Version 2.1’s (NHDPlusV2) stream segments, their associated catchments and their upstream watersheds within selected regions in the conterminous United States. All data can be linked to NHDPlusV2 using the COMID field in these tables and the ComID in
By
Eastern Ecological Science Center
No results found.

Causal inference approaches reveal both positive and negative unintended effects of agricultural and urban management practices on instream biological condition

Agricultural and urban management practices (MPs) are primarily designed and implemented to reduce nutrient and sediment concentrations in streams. However, there is growing interest in determining if MPs produce any unintended positive effects, or co-benefits, to instream biological and habitat conditions. Identifying co-benefits is challenging though because of confounding variables (i.e., those
Authors
Sean Cassian Emmons, Taylor E Woods, Matthew Joseph Cashman, Olivia Devereux, Gregory Noe, John A. Young, Scott Stranko, Jay V. Kilian, Katherine Hanna, Kelly O. Maloney
By
Chesapeake Bay Activities, Eastern Ecological Science Center

Science and Products

link
Conceptual diagram of how management practices could have downstream effects on freshwater ecosystems

Agricultural and Urban Management Practices have Hidden Costs and Benefits to Stream Health

The findings of the study highlight that management practices can have both hidden costs and benefits to fish and macroinvertebrates depending on regional and local factors like how many and what type of management practices are implemented.
By
Chesapeake Bay Activities, Eastern Ecological Science Center
link

Agricultural and Urban Management Practices have Hidden Costs and Benefits to Stream Health

The findings of the study highlight that management practices can have both hidden costs and benefits to fish and macroinvertebrates depending on regional and local factors like how many and what type of management practices are implemented.
Learn More

Attributes for NHDPlus Version 2.1 Catchments and Modified Routing of Upstream Watersheds for Selected Regions of the Conterminous United States

This metadata record describes a series of data sets of climate and land-use/land-cover features (provided in parquet file format) linked to NHDPlus Version 2.1’s (NHDPlusV2) stream segments, their associated catchments and their upstream watersheds within selected regions in the conterminous United States. All data can be linked to NHDPlusV2 using the COMID field in these tables and the ComID in
By
Eastern Ecological Science Center
No results found.

Causal inference approaches reveal both positive and negative unintended effects of agricultural and urban management practices on instream biological condition

Agricultural and urban management practices (MPs) are primarily designed and implemented to reduce nutrient and sediment concentrations in streams. However, there is growing interest in determining if MPs produce any unintended positive effects, or co-benefits, to instream biological and habitat conditions. Identifying co-benefits is challenging though because of confounding variables (i.e., those
Authors
Sean Cassian Emmons, Taylor E Woods, Matthew Joseph Cashman, Olivia Devereux, Gregory Noe, John A. Young, Scott Stranko, Jay V. Kilian, Katherine Hanna, Kelly O. Maloney
By
Chesapeake Bay Activities, Eastern Ecological Science Center
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