Thank You to Our 2019 Reviewers Clark, Martyn; Bahr, Jean; Bierkens, Marc F. P. ...
Water resources research,
20/May , Letnik:
56, Številka:
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The editors of Water Resources Research (WRR) express their appreciation to the reviewers of articles submitted to the journal in 2019. We are proud of the rigorous WRR review process, where ...reviewers habitually go out of their way to improve the caliber and impact of WRR papers. Of the 2,640 reviewers listed below for the 2,034 new papers and 1,129 revised papers submitted to the journal, 398 people reviewed three or more papers. On behalf of the journal and the authors, we thank all reviewers for their service and dedication to the scientific community. We look forward to the exciting advances that will be published in WRR in 2020.
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To improve our predictive understanding of daily total evapotranspiration (ET), we quantified the differential impact of environmental drivers, radiation (Q), and vapor pressure deficit (D) in a ...wetland and upland forest. Latent heat fluxes were measured using eddy covariance techniques, and data from four growing seasons were used to test for (1) environmental drivers of ET between the sites, (2) interannual differences in ET responses to environmental drivers, and (3) changes in ET responses to environmental drivers between the leaf expansion period and midsummer. Two simple ET models derived from coupling theory, one radiation‐based model, and another using mass transfer were used to examine the mechanisms underlying the drivers of ET. During summer months, ET from the wetland was driven primarily by Q, whereas it was driven by D in the upland. During the leaf expansion period in the upland forest the dominant driver was Q. ET from the wetland was linearly related to net radiation using coupling coefficients ranging from a low of 0.3–0.6 to a high of 1.0 between early May and midsummer. Interannually, ET from the upland forest exhibited near linear responses to D, with an effective reference canopy stomatal conductance varying from 1 to 5 mm s−1. The results show that ET predictions in northern Wisconsin and other mixed wetland‐upland forests need to consider both wetland and upland forest processes. Furthermore, leaf phenology effects on ET represent a knowledge gap in our understanding of seasonal environmental drivers.
Appreciation of peer reviewers for 2014 Montanari, Alberto; Bahr, Jean; Blöschl, Günter ...
Water resources research,
August 2015, Letnik:
51, Številka:
8
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During 2014 Water Resources Research benefited from the voluntary effort of 2103 reviewers. Their constructive and professional effort was instrumental for publishing high‐quality contributions ...thereby supporting the development of our knowledge of water resources. The contribution of the reviewers is instrumental to science for reaching the target of benefiting humanity. Editors and Associate Editors of Water Resources Research are grateful to the reviewers for their talented, unselfish, and continuous support to the journal.
Developing a real-time, portable, and inexpensive sensor for pathogenic bacteria is crucial since the conventional detection approaches such as enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and ...polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays are high cost, time-consuming, and require an expert operator. Here we present a portable, inexpensive, and convenient impedance-based biosensor using Interdigitated Electrode (IDE) arrays to detect Escherichia coli (E. coli) as a model to demonstrate the feasibility of an impedance-based biosensor. We manipulated the affinity of the IDE array towards E. coli (E. coli BL21 series) by functionalizing the IDEs’ surface with an E. coli outer membrane protein (OMP) Ag1 Aptamer. To determine the dominant factors affecting the sensitivity and the performance of the biosensor in detecting E. coli, we investigated the roles of the substrate material used in the fabrication of the IDE, the concentration of the aptamer, and the composition of the carboxy aliphatic thiol mixture used in the pre-treatment of the IDE surface. In the sensing experiments we used an E. coli concentration range of 25–1000 cfu mL−1 and confirmed the binding of the OMP Ag1 Aptamer to the outer membrane protein of the E. coli by Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FESEM), Optical Microscopy, and Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM). By tuning the surface chemistry, the IDEs’ substrate material, and the concentration of the OMP Ag1 Aptamer, our sensor could detect E. coli with the analytical sensitivity of approximately 1.8 Ohm/cfu and limit of detection of 9 cfu mL−1. We found that the molecular composition of the self-assembled monolayer (SAM) formed on the top of the IDEs before the attachment of the OMP Ag1 Aptamer significantly impacted the sensitivity of the sensor. Notably, with straightforward changes to the molecular recognition elements, this platform device can be used to detect a wide range of other microorganisms and chemicals relevant for environmental monitoring and public health.
•A real-time lab-on-chip design to detect E. coli with the detection limit of 9 cfu mL−1.
Appreciation of peer reviewers for 2016 Montanari, Alberto; Bahr, Jean; Blöschl, Günter ...
Water resources research,
June 2017, 2017-06-00, 20170601, Letnik:
53, Številka:
6
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On behalf of the journal, the American Geophysical Union, and the scientific community, the editors would like to sincerely thank those who reviewed manuscripts for Water Resources Research in 2016. ...Their time spent reading and commenting on manuscripts not only improves the manuscripts themselves but also increases the scientific rigor of future research in the field. Many of those listed below went above and beyond and reviewed three or more manuscripts for our journal, and those are indicated in italics. Together, they contributed 3674 individual reviews of manuscripts submitted to Water Resources Research for consideration, of which 562 were eventually published. Thank you again. We look forward to a 2017 of exciting advances in the field and communicating those advances to our community and to the broader public.
Metabolomics is the large-scale study of small molecule metabolites within a biological system. It has applications in measuring dietary intake, predicting heart disease risk, and diagnosing cancer. ...Metabolites are often measured using high-end analytical tools such as mass spectrometers or large spectrophotometers. However, due to their size, cost, and need for skilled operators, using such equipment at the bedside is not practical. To address this issue, we have developed a low-cost, portable, optical color sensor platform for metabolite detection. This platform includes LEDs, sensors, microcontrollers, a power source, and a Bluetooth chip enclosed within a 3D-printed light-tight case. We evaluated the color sensor's performance using both a range of dyed water samples as well as well-established colorimetric reactions for specific metabolite detection. The sensor accurately measured creatinine, L-carnitine, ascorbate, and succinate well within normal human urine levels with accuracy and sensitivity equal to or better than a standard laboratory spectrophotometer. Our color sensor offers a cost-effective, portable alternative for measuring metabolites via colorimetric assays, thereby enabling low-cost, point-of-care metabolite testing.
The rapid spread of West Nile virus (WNv) in North America is a major public health concern. Culex pipiens-restuans is the principle mosquito vector of WNv in the northeastern United States while ...Aedes vexans is an important bridge vector of the virus in this region. Vector mosquito abundance is directly dependent on physical environmental factors that provide mosquito habitats. The objective of this research is to determine landscape elements that explain the population abundance and distribution of WNv vector mosquitoes using stepwise linear regression. We developed a novel approach for examining a large set of landscape variables based on a land use and land cover classification by selecting variables in stages to minimize multicollinearity. We also investigated the distance at which landscape elements influence abundance of vector populations using buffer distances of 200, 400, and 1000 m. Results show landscape effects have a significant impact on Cx. pipiens-estuans population distribution while the effects of landscape features are less important for prediction of Ae. vexans population distributions. Cx. pipiens-restuans population abundance is positively correlated with human population density, housing unit density, and urban land use and land cover classes and negatively correlated with age of dwellings and amount of forested land.
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