Michael E. McClain
Publications
 

Books | Journal Articles | Book Chapters | Conference Papers | Technical Publications

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Books
Naiman RJ, Décamps H and McClain ME, 2005, Riparia - Ecology, Conservation, and Management of Streamside Communities. Elsevier Academic Press.
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McClain ME (ed). 2002, The Ecohydrology of South American Rivers and Wetlands. Special Puplication #6 of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences. [Preface / Table of Contents / Contributors]
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McClain ME, Victoria RL and Richey JE (eds.), 2001, The Biogeochemistry of the Amazon Basin. Oxford University Press. [Contributors / Table of Contents / Index]
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Journal Articles (Peer Reviewed)

McClain ME and Naiman RJ. 2008. Andean Influences on the Biogeochemistry and Ecology of the Amazon River. BioScience 58: 325-338. DOI: 10.1641/B580408 [Full text PDF]

Anderson EP, Montoya M, Soto A, Flores H, and McClain ME. 2008. Challenges and opportunities for indigenous management of a migratory fish, Prochilodus nigricans, in the Peruvian Amazon. In: Challenges for Diadromous Fishes in a Dynamic Global Environment. American Fisheries Society Symposium, Halifax, Canada. In press.

Gomez-Peralta D, SF Oberbauer, ME McClain, TE Philippi. 2008. Rainfall and Cloud-Water Interception in Tropical Montane Forests in the Eastern Andes of Central Peru. Forest Ecology and Management 255:1315–1325. DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.10.058 [Full text PDF]

Townsend-Small A, McClain ME, Hall B, Llerena CA, Noguera JL, Brandes JA. 2008. Contributions of suspended organic matter from mountain headwaters to the Amazon River: A one-year time series study in the central Peruvian Andes. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. Vol 72/3 pp 732-740. DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2007.11.020 [PDF available upon request ]

Jacobs SM, JS Bechtold, HC Biggs, NB Grimm, S Lorentz, ME McClain, RJ Naiman, SS Perakis, G Pinay, MC Scholes. 2007. Nutrient vectors and riparian processing in African semiarid savanna ecosystems. Ecosystems 10: 1231-1249. DOI: 10.1007/s10021-007-9092-1 [Full text PDF]

Melesse A, V Nangia, X Wang & M McClain. 2007. Wetland Restoration Response Analysis using MODIS and Groundwater Data. Sensors 7, 1916-1933. [Full text PDF]

Townsend-Small A, JL Noguera, ME McClain & JA Brandes. 2007. Radiocarbon and stable isotope geochemistry of organic matter in the Amazon headwaters, Peruvian Andes. Global Biogeochemical Cycles , 21, GB2029, doi:10.1029/2006GB002835. DOI: 10.1029/2006GB002835 [Full text PDF]

Wang X, A Melesse & ME McClain. 2007. Water quality changes as result of coalbed methane development in a rocky mountain watershed. Journal of the American Water Resources Association. doi: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2007.00118.x [Full text PDF]

Mena CA, R Bilsborrow & ME McClain. 2006. Socioeconomic drivers of deforestation in the Napo River Basin of Ecuador. Environmental Management 37: 802–815. [Full text PDF]

Saunders TJ, ME McClain & CA Llerena. 2006. The N and P biogeochemistry of terrestrial-aquatic flowpaths in a small montane catchment of the Peruvian Amazon. Hydrological Processes 20: 2549-2562. [Full text PDF]

Townsend-Small A, ME McClain & JA Brandes. 2005, Contributions of carbon and nitrogen from the Andes mountains to the Amazon River: Evidence from an elevational gradient of soils, plants, and river material. Limnology and Oceanography 50(2): 672–685. [Full text PDF]

Décamps H, G Pinay, RJ Naiman, GE Petts, ME McClain, A Hillbricht-Ilkowska, TA Hanley, RM Holmes, J Quinn, J Gibert, AM Planty Tabacchi, F Schiemer, E Tabacchi & M Zalewski. 2004, Riparian zones: Where biogeochemistry meets biodiversity in management practice. Polish Journal of Ecology 52 (1): 3-18.

Grimm NB, SE Gergel, WH McDowell, EW Boyer, CL Dent, P Groffman, S Hart, J Harvey, C Johnston, E Mayorga, ME McClain & G Pinay. 2003, Merging aquatic and terrestrial perspectives of nutrient biogeochemistry. Oecologia 442:485-501. DOI: 10.1007/s00442-003-1382-5 [Full text PDF]

McClain ME and Cossio RE. 2003, The use and conservation of riparian zones in the rural Peruvian Amazon. Environmental Conservation 30: 242-248. DOI: 10.1017/S0376892903000237 [Full text PDF]

McClain ME, EW Boyer, CL Dent, SE Gergel, NB Grimm, PM Groffman, SC Hart, JW Harvey, CA Johnston, E Mayorga, WH McDowell & G Pinay. 2003, Biogeochemical hot spots and hot moments at the interface of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. Ecosystems 6: 301-312. [Full text PDF]

Ramos O, C Llerena, M McClain & J Quintanilla. 2003. Perdidas de nitrógeno del bosque de neblina en la sub-cuenca de San Alberto, Oxapampa, Perú. Revista Boliviana de Quimica 20: 86-90.

Saunders TJ, LV McIndoo & ME McClain. 2003. Importancia Ecológica, Servicios Ambientales y Manejo Participativo de la Cuenca Amazónica. Vol. 1 of the IUCN online journal Simposium. [HTML]

Sobieraj, JA, Elsenbeer H & McClain ME. 2002, The cation and silica chemistry of a Subandean river basin in western Amazonia. Hydrological Processes 16: 1353-1372. [full text PDF]

McClain ME, Aparicio LM & Llerena CA. 2001, Water use and protection in rural communities of the Peruvian Amazon. Water International 26: 400-410. [full text PDF]

Hedges JI, Mayorga E, Tsamakis E, McClain ME, Aufdenkampe A, Benner R, Opsahl S, Black B, Pimentel T, Quintinilla J & Maurice L. 2000, Organic matter in Bolivian tributaries of the Amazon river: A comparison to the lower mainstem. Limnology and Oceanography 45: 1449-1466. [Abstract][full text PDF]

Downing JA, McClain ME, Twilley R, Melack JM, Elser J, Rabalais NN, Lewis WM, Turner RE, Corredor J, Soto D, Yanez-Aranciba A, Kopaska JA & Howarth RW. 1999, The impact of accelerating land-use change on the N-cycle of tropical aquatic ecosystems: Current conditions and projected changes. Biogeochemistry 46: 109-148. [full text PDF]

Lewis WM, Melack JM, McDowell WH, McClain ME & Richey JE. 1999. Nitrogen yields from undisturbed watershed in the Americas. Biogeochemistry 46: 149-162. [full text PDF]

McClain ME and Llerena CA. 1998, El Manejo de Cuencas en la Selva: De los Andes a la Amazonia. Agua y Riego 11: 11-13. [full text PDF]

McClain ME, Richey JE, Brandes JA and Pimentel TP. 1997, Dissolved organic matter and terrestrial-lotic linkages in the central Amazon basin. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 11: 295-311. [full text PDF]

Richey JE, Wilhelm SR, McClain ME, Victoria RL, Melack JM & Araujo-Lima C. 1997, Organic matter and nutrient dynamics in river corridors of the Amazon basin and their response to anthropogenic change. Ciencia e Cultura 49: 98-110.

Brandes JA, McClain ME and Pimentel TP. 1996, N-15 evidence for the origin and cycling of inorganic nitrogen in a small Amazonian catchment. Biogeochemistry 34:45-56 [full text PDF]

McClain ME and Richey JE. 1996, Regional-scale linkages of terrestrial and lotic ecosystems in the Amazon basin: A conceptual model for organic matter. Arch. Hydrobiol. Suppl. 113 Large Rivers 10: 111-125 [full text PDF]

McClain ME, Richey JE and Victoria RL. 1995, Andean contributions to the biogeochemistry of the Amazon river system. Bulletin de l'Institut Francais d'Etudes Andines 24: 425-437. [full text PDF]

McClain ME, Richey JE and Pimentel TP. 1994, Groundwater nitrogen dynamics at the terrestrial-lotic interface of a small catchment in the Central Amazon Basin. Biogeochemistry 27: 113-127 [full text PDF]

McClain ME, Swart PK and Vacher L. 1994, Reply - The hydrogeochemistry of early meteoric diagenesis in a Holocene deposit of biogenic carbonates. Journal of Sedimentary Research A64:415-416

McClain ME, Swart PK and Vacher L. 1992, The hydrogeochemistry of early meteoric diagenesis in a Holocene deposit of biogenic carbonates. Journal of Sedimentary Petrology 62:1008-1022 [full text PDF]

Book Chapters

McClain ME, RE Cossio, D Gann & TJ Saunders. 2008. Land use and cover in riparian areas of the Andean Amazon: Consequences for people and ecosystems. IAI-SCOPE RAP: Understanding ecosystem function and environmental constraints to guide the management strategies of the future.

McClain ME, A Alvarez, M Brklacich, J Calvo, E Castellanos, HLC Coutinho, J Jimenez Osornio & M Schellenberg. 2008. Conservation to sustain ecological processes and services in landscapes of te Americas. IAI-SCOPE RAP: Understanding ecosystem function and environmental constraints to guide the management strategies of the future.

McClain ME. 2008, Ecohydrology as a tool in the sustainable development of large tropical rivers. in D. Harper, M. Zalewski, and N. Pacini (eds.), Ecohydrology: Processes, Models and Case Studies. CABI, Oxfordshire. [full text PDF]

McClain ME, R Galarraga, CA Llerena & JE Ruiz. 2007. Linking Global Change Research to Improved Policies and Management for Rivers: Lessons from the Andean Amazon Rivers Analysis and Monitoring Project.in Tiessen H, M Brklacich, G Breulmann, and RSC Menezes. (eds.). Communicating Global Change Science to Society. Island Press, Washington DC.[full text PDF - manuscript]

Baethgen WE, RL Berbara, N Caetano, A Castellanos, B Goebel, M McClain, R Menezes, A Sanchez-Azofeifa, and M Stauffer. 2007. The challenge of steering research towards policy relevance: lessons learned from 10 years of the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research Projects. IAI-SCOPE RAP: Linking the Sciences of Environmental Change to Society and Policy - lessons from 10 years of research networks in the Americas.

McClain ME. 2002, The application of ecohydrological principles for better water quality management in South American rivers and wetlands. pp. 193-209 In McClain ME (ed), The Ecohydrology of South American Rivers and Wetlands. Special Publication #6 of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences. [full text PDF]

McClain ME, 2001. The relevance of biogeochemistry to Amazon development and conservation. pp. 3-16 In McClain ME, Victoria, RL & Richey JE (eds.) The Biogeochemistry of the Amazon. Oxford University Press. [full text PDF]

McClain ME & Elsenbeer H, 2001. Terrestrial inputs to Amazon streams and internal biogeochemical processing. pp. 185-208 In McClain ME, Victoria, RL & Richey JE (eds.) The Biogeochemistry of the Amazon. Oxford University Press. [full text PDF]

McClain ME, Bilby RE and Triska FJ. 1998, Biogeochemistry of N, P, and S in Northwest rivers: Natural distributions and responses to disturbance. pp. 347-372, In Naiman RJ & Bilby RE (eds.) River Ecology and Management: Lessons from the Pacific Coastal Ecoregion. Springer-Verlag, New York. [full text PDF]

 

 

 

Conference and Other Papers

Stiefel JM, AM Melesse, ME McClain, and RM Price. 2007. Surface and Groundwater Dynamics of Rainwater Harvesting in Rajasthan, India: A GIS and Tracer Approach. Rainwater and Urban Design 2007 Conference Proceedings, Sydney, Australia [full text PDF]

Anderson Olivas E, M Montoya, and ME McClain. 2005. Better-managed water for western Amazonia. World Water 28:30-31.

McClain ME, 2001. The Natural Attenuation of Contaminants in Large Tropical Rivers, proceedings of the International Scientific and Industrial Forum - Great Rivers 2001. May 15-18, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

McClain ME. 1999, Water resources management in the Amazon basin: Issues, challenges, and opportunities. Proceedings of the International Conference "Great Rivers-99", UNESCO. [full text PDF]

McClain ME, Mayorga E, Logsdon MG & Richey JE. 1996, A conceptual framework for modelling organic matter dynamics in large river systems. Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium on the Geochemistry of the Earth´s Surface: 323-326.

Technical Publications

Naiman RJ, Bunn SE, Hiwasaki L, McClain ME, Vörösmarty CJ, and Zalewski M. 2007, The Science of Flow-Ecology Relationships: Clarifying Key Terms and Concepts. Joint White Paper for the ESSP Open Science Conference. [full text PDF]

McClain ME and Zalewski M. 2001, Summary of the projects presented to the International Symposium - Hydrological and Geochemical Processes in Large Scale River Basins, held in Manaus, Brazil, 15-19 November 1999. UNESCO Technical Document.

Zalewski M and McClain ME. 1998. A List of Scientific Activities of IHP-V Projects 2.3/2.4 "Ecohydrology". Technical Documents in Hydrology No. 21, UNESCO, Paris [full text PDF]

 

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