* Graduate student, Hotchkiss Lab (primary advisee or co-advised)
** Undergraduate student, Hotchkiss Lab
Sinning, K.A., S.H. Schoenholtz, E.R. Hotchkiss, D. McLaughlin, G.J. Pond, & S. Entrekin. Accepted for Publication. Salinization drives trophic mismatches between macroinvertebrate secondary production and food resources. Freshwater Science.
Corline, N., E.R. Hotchkiss, B. Badgely, B.D. Strahm, D.T. Scott, J. Maze, K. Wardinski, C. López Lloreda*, M. Palmer, C.N. Jones, & D. McLaughlin. 2026. Variation and drivers of water chemistry in a low-relief wetlandscape. Hydrological Processes 40: e70726. doi:10.1002/hyp.70726. [open access]
Krause, J., C. Knutson, E.R. Hotchkiss, M. Cohen, & A.S. Ward. 2026. A systematic review of the methods and magnitudes of dissolved oxygen exchanges in streams and rivers. Frontiers in Water 8: 1954977. doi:10.3389/frwa.2026.1954977 [open access]
Wardinski, K., C. López Lloreda*, N. Corline, L. Lehmann, K. Peeler, D. McLaughlin, E.R. Hotchkiss, K. Ryan, C.N. Jones, B. Strahm, M. Palmer, & D. Scott. 2026. Water table rise sustains carbon release from soils in wetland-dominated landscapes: an intact soil core study. Biogeochemistry 169: 45. doi:10.1007/s10533-026-01328-w. [open access] [data]
Bhide, S.V., S.B. Grant, K. McGuire, K, Prestegaard, S.S. Kaushal, A. Sekellick, M.A. Rippy, T. Schenk, S. Curtis, J.D. Gomez-Velez, E.R. Hotchkiss, P. Vikesland, & S. Saksena. 2026. Transit time modeling framework for predicting freshwater salinization in urban catchments. Water Research 297: 125692. doi:10.1016/j.watres.2026.125692. [open access]
Hall, R.O., E.R. Hotchkiss, M.A. Baker, & S. Plont*. 2026. Dynamics of respired dissolved organic carbon in a stream. Ecosystems 29: 14. doi:10.1007/s10021-025-01030-2. [data] [code]
Naseri, Y.M, C. Snyder, Biswas, E.C. Henrick, E.R. Hotchkiss, M.J. Jha, S. Jiang, S., E.C. Kern, V.K. Lohani, L.T. Marston, C.P. Vanags, & K. Xia. 2026. Student and instructor perceptions of data science integration into science and engineering courses. European Journal of Engineering Education. doi:10.1080/03043797.2025.2573223. [open access]
Bhide, S.V., S.B. Grant, P. Benettin, M.A. Rippy, A. Monofy, K.E. Furst, S. Shelton, S.S. Kaushal, S. Misra, P.J. Vikesland, E.R. Hotchkiss, A. Spiesman, G. Prelewicz, T. Schenk, H. Post, D. Alvi, B. Steglitz, & A. Husic. 2026. Transit times link pollution sources to drinking water quality in a ‘One Water’ system. Water Research 288: 124652. doi:10.1016/j.watres.2025.124652. [open access]
Marin, D.E., S.B. Grant, S.V. Bhide, M.A. Rippy, J.D. Gomez-Velez, R.N. Brent, S.S. Kaushal, H. Post, S. Shelton, S. Misra, E.R. Hotchkiss, A. Monofy, D. Alvi, B. Schmitz, S. Curtis, C.C. Davis, P. Viksland, & A. Husic. 2025. Ion clusters reveal the sources, impacts, and drivers of freshwater salinization. Environmental Science & Technology 59: 14053-14062. doi:10.1021/acs.est.5c04512. [open access]
Corline, N.J., E.R. Hotchkiss, B. Badgley, B.D. Strahm, D.T. Scott, & D.L. McLaughlin. 2025. Tadpole aggregations create biogeochemical hotspots in wetland ecosystems. Journal of Animal Ecology 94: 501-518. doi:10.1111/1365-2656.14222 [open access]
Naseri, M.Y., C. Snyder, K.X. Pérez-Rivera*, S. Bhandari, H.A. Workneh, N. Aryal, G. Biswas, E.C. Henrick, E.R. Hotchkiss, M.K. Jha, S. Jiang, E. Kern, V.K. Lohani, L.T. Marston, C.P. Vanags, & K. Zia. 2025. Integrating Data Science into Undergraduate Science and Engineering Courses: Lessons Learned by Instructors in a Multi-University Research Practice Partnership. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Transactions on Education 68: 1-12. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10666964 [open access]
Monofy, A., S.B. Grant, F. Boano, M.A. Rippy, J.D. Gomez-Velez, S.S. Kaushal, E.R. Hotchkiss, & S. Shelton. 2024. Toward a universal model of hyporheic exchange and nutrient cycling in streams. AGU Advances 5: e2024AV001373. doi:10.1029/2024AV001373 [open access]
López Lloreda, C.*, J. Maze, D. McLaughlin, C.N. Jones, D. Scott, M. Palmer, K. Wardinski, N. Corline, & E.R. Hotchkiss. 2024. CO2 and CH4 concentrations in headwater wetlands influenced by morphology and changing hydro-biogeochemical conditions. Ecosystems 27: 999-1019. doi:10.1007/s10021-024-00936-7 [open access] [data]
Iannucci, F.M., J.B. Jones, K. Olson, M.E. Muscarella, & E.R. Hotchkiss. 2024. Temperature and flow control organic carbon metabolism in boreal headwater streams. Journal of Geophysical Research – Biogeosciences 10: e2024JG008281. doi:10.1029/2024JG008281 [open access]
Hare, D.K., A.M. Helton, C.S. Cummins, P.M. Bumpers, N.J. Tomczyk, P.A. Rogers, S.J. Wenger, E.R. Hotchkiss, A.D. Rosemond, & J.P. Benstead. 2024. Leaf litter breakdown phenology in headwater stream networks is modulated by groundwater thermal regimes and litter type. Limnology and Oceanography Letters 9: 532-542. doi:10.1002/lol2.10423 [open access]
Sadro, S., E.R. Hotchkiss, K.L. Cottingham, M.J. Vanni, S.L. Speir, & C.M. O'Reilly. 2024. Revisiting the Freshwater Imperative: Harnessing Team Science to Face Emerging Challenges to Freshwaters. Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin 33: 101-106. doi:10.1002/lob.10645 [open access]
DeVilbiss, S.E., B.D. Badgley, E.R. Hotchkiss, & M.K. Steele. 2024. Subsidy-stress response of ecosystem functions along experimental freshwater salinity gradients. Biogeochemistry 167: 743-757. doi:10.1007/s10533-024-01131-5 [open access]
Hotchkiss, E.R. & T. DelSontro. 2024. Organic Carbon Cycling and Ecosystem Metabolism. Chapter 28 (pp 939-997) In: Wetzel’s Limnology: Lake and River Ecosystems, 4th Edition. Jones, I.D. & J.P. Smol, Eds. Academic Press. ISBN: 9780128227015 [contact Erin for PDF of chapter]
Bretz, K.A.*, N.M. Murphy**, & E.R. Hotchkiss. 2023. Carbon biogeochemistry and export governed by flow in a non-perennial stream. Water Resources Research 59: e2022WR034004. doi:10.1029/2022WR034004 [open access] [data]
Plont, S.*, D. Scott, & E.R. Hotchkiss. 2023. Biogeochemical processes are altered by non-conservative mixing at stream confluences. Water Resources Research 59: e2022WR034224. doi:10.1029/2022WR034224 [open access] [data]
Conroy, H., E.R. Hotchkiss, K.M. Cawley, K. Goodman, R.O. Hall, J.B. Jones, W.M. Wollheim, & D. Butman. 2023. Seasonality Drives Carbon Emissions along a Stream Network. Journal of Geophysical Research – Biogeosciences 128: e2023JG007439. doi:10.1029/2023JG007439 [open access] [data & code]
Tomczyk, N.J., A.D. Rosemond, J.S. Kominoski, D.W.P. Manning, J.P Benstead, V. Gulis, S.A. Thomas, E.R. Hotchkiss, & A.M. Helton. 2023. Nitrogen and phosphorus uptake stoichiometry tracks supply during two-year whole-ecosystem nutrient additions. Ecosystems 26: 1018-1032. doi:10.1007/s10021-022-00813-1 [full text] [data & code]
O’Reilly, C.M., J. Cross, K.L. Cottingham, E.R. Hotchkiss, A. Mook, S. Sadro, & M. Vanni. 2023. Revisiting the Freshwater Imperative: Grand Challenges Survey and Workshop. Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin 32: 35-36. doi:10.1002/lob.10551 [PDF]
DelVecchia, A.G., S. Rhea, K.S. Aho, E.H. Stanley, E.R. Hotchkiss, A. Carter, & E.S. Bernhardt. 2023. Variability and drivers of CO2, CH4, and N2O concentrations in streams across the United States. Limnology & Oceanography 68: 394-408. doi:10.1002/lno.12281 [open access]
Battin, T.J., E. Bernhardt, E. Bertuzzo, L. Gómez Gener, R.O. Hall, E.R. Hotchkiss, R. Lauerwald, T. Maavara, T. Paveksly, L. Ran, P. Raymond, P. Regnier, & J. Rosentreter. 2023. River ecosystem metabolism and carbon biogeochemistry in a changing world. Nature 613: 449-459. doi:10.1038/s41586-022-05500-8 [PDF]
Bertuzzo, E., E.R. Hotchkiss, A. Argerich, J.S. Kominoski, D. Oviedo-Vargas, P. Savoy, R. Scarlett, D. von Schiller, & J.B. Heffernan. 2022. Respiration regimes in rivers: Partitioning source-specific respiration from metabolism time series. Limnology & Oceanography 67: 2374-2388. doi:10.1002/lno.12207 [open access] [data & code]
Tromboni, F., E.R. Hotchkiss, A.E. Schechner, W.K. Dodds, S.R. Poulson, & S. Chandra. 2022. High rates of daytime river metabolism are an underestimated component of carbon cycling. Communications Earth & Environment 3: 270. doi:10.1038/s43247-022-00607-2 [open access] [data]
Naseri, M.Y., C. Snyder, B. McLoughlin, S. Bhandari, N. Aryal, G. Biswas, E. Henrick, E.R. Hotchkiss, M.K. Jha, S.X. Jiang, E.C. Kern, V.K. Lohani, L.T. Marston, C.P. Vanags, & K. Xia. 2022. A modular approach for integrating data science concepts into multiple undergraduate STEM+C courses. American Society for Engineering Education Conference Proceedings. https://peer.asee.org/42010 [open access]
Grant, S.B., M.A. Rippy, T.A. Birkland, T. Schenk, K. Rowles, S. Misra, P. Aminpour, S. Kaushal, P. Vikesland, E. Berglund, J.D. Gomez-Velez, E.R. Hotchkiss, G. Perez, H.X. Zhang, K. Armstrong, S.V. Bhide, L. Krauss, C. Mass, K. Mendoza, C. Shipman, Y. Zhang, & Y. Zhong. 2022. Can common pool resource theory catalyze stakeholder-driven solutions to the freshwater salinization syndrome? Environmental Science & Technology 56: 13517-13527. doi:10.1021/acs.est.2c01555 [open access]
Wardinski, K.M., E.R. Hotchkiss, C.N. Jones, D.L. McLaughlin, B.D. Strahm, & D.T. Scott. 2022. Water soluble organic matter from soils at the terrestrial-aquatic interface in wetland-dominated landscapes. Journal of Geophysical Research – Biogeosciences 127: e2022JG006994. doi:10.1029/2022JG006994 [open access] [data]
García, V.J., E.R. Hotchkiss, & P. Rodríguez. 2022. Ecosystem metabolism in sub-Antarctic streams and rivers impacted by non-native beaver. Aquatic Sciences 84: 54. doi:10.1007/s00027-022-00876-1 [PDF] [data]
Plont, S.*, J. Riney**, & E.R. Hotchkiss. 2022. Integrating perspectives on dissolved organic carbon removal and whole-stream metabolism. Journal of Geophysical Research – Biogeosciences 127: e2021JG006610. doi:10.1029/2021JG006610 [PDF] [data]
O'Donnell, B*. & E.R. Hotchkiss. 2022. Resistance and resilience of stream metabolism to high flow disturbances. Biogeosciences 19: 1111–1134. doi:10.5194/bg-19-1111-2022 [open access] [data]
Bretz, K.A.*, A.R. Jackson**, S. Rahman**, J.M. Monroe**, & E.R. Hotchkiss. 2021. Integrating ecosystem patch contributions to stream corridor carbon dioxide and methane fluxes. Journal of Geophysical Research – Biogeosciences 126: e2021JG006313. doi:10.1029/2021JG006313 [open access]
Grant, S.B., H. Zhang, S.V. Bhide, T. Birkland, E. Berglund, A. Dietrich, J.L. Druhan, M. Edwards, S. Entrekin, J. Gomez-Velez, E. Hester, E.M.V. Hoek, E.R. Hotchkiss, D. Jassby, S.S. Kaushal, P. Kumar, K. Lopez, A. Maile-Moskowitz, K. McGuire, S. Mohanty, E.A. Parker, G. Prelewicz, M.A. Rippy, E.J. Rosenfeldt, T. Schenk, K. Schwabe, & P. Vikesland. 2021. Reversing Freshwater Salinization: A Holistic Approach. Advances in Water Research 31(3): 24-29. https://www.advancesinwaterresearch.org/awr/library/item/20210709/3945381/ [open access]
Gómez-Gener, L., E.R. Hotchkiss, H. Laudon, & R.A. Sponseller. 2021. Integrating discharge-concentration dynamics across carbon forms in a boreal landscape. Water Resources Research 57: e2020WR028806. doi:10.1029/2020WR028806 [open access]
Snyder, C., D.M. Asamen, M.Y. Naseri, N. Aryal, G. Biswas, A. Dubey, E. Henrick, E.R. Hotchkiss, M.K. Jha, S.X. Jiang, E.C. Kern, V.K. Lohani, L.T. Marston, C.P. Vanags, & K. Xia. 2021. Understanding data science instruction in multiple STEM domains. American Society for Engineering Education Conference Proceedings (peer-reviewed). https://peer.asee.org/37955 [open access]
Hamdan, M.*, P. Byström, E.R. Hotchkiss, M.J. Al-Haidarey, & J. Karlsson. 2021. An experimental test of climate change effects in Northern lakes: Increasing allochthonous organic matter and warming alters autumn primary production. Freshwater Biology 66: 815– 825. doi: 10.1111/fwb.13679 [open access]
Lakoba, V.T., L.L. Wind, S.E. DeVilbiss, M.E. Lofton, K.A. Bretz*, A.R. Weinheimer, C.E. Moore, C. Baciocco, E.R. Hotchkiss, & W.C. Hession. 2021. Salt Dilution and Flushing Dynamics of an Impaired Agricultural-Urban Stream. ES&T | Water 1: 407-416. doi: 10.1021/acsestwater.0c00160 [PDF]
Plont, S.*, B.M. O'Donnell*, M.T. Gallagher**, & E.R. Hotchkiss. 2020. Linking Carbon and Nitrogen Spiraling in Streams. Freshwater Science 39: 126-136. doi: 10.1086/707810 [PDF] [Supplemental Files]
O'Donnell, B.* & E.R. Hotchkiss. 2019. Coupling Concentration- and Process-Discharge Relationships Integrates Water Chemistry and Metabolism in Streams. Water Resources Research 55: 10179-10190. doi: 10.1029/2019WR025025 [open access]
Klaus, M., E. Geibrink, E.R. Hotchkiss, & J. Karlsson. 2019. Listening to air-water gas exchange in running waters. Limnology & Oceanography: Methods 17: 395-414. doi: 10.1002/lom3.10321 [PDF] Video Abstract
Barney, J., T. Schenk, D. Haak, S. Salom, B. Brown, & E.R. Hotchkiss. 2019. Building Partnerships and Bridging Science and Policy to Address the Biological Invasions Crisis. Invasive Plant Science and Management 12: 74-78. doi: 10.1017/inp.2018.33 [PDF]
Hamdan, M.*, P. Byström, E.R. Hotchkiss, M.J. Al-Haidarey, J. Ask, & J. Karlsson. 2018. Carbon dioxide stimulates lake primary production. Scientific Reports 8: 10878. doi:10.1038/s41598-018-29166-3 [open access]
Hotchkiss, E.R., S. Sadro, & P.C. Hanson. 2018. Toward a more integrative perspective on carbon metabolism across lentic and lotic inland waters. Limnology & Oceanography Letters 3: 57-63. doi:10.1002/lol2.10081 [open access]
Creed, I.F., A.K. Bergström, C.G. Trick, N.B. Grimm, D.O. Hessen, J. Karlsson, K.A. Kidd, E. Kritzberg, D.M. McKnight, E.C. Freeman, O.E. Senar, A. Andersson, J. Ask, M. Berggren, M. Cherif, R. Giesler, E.R. Hotchkiss, P. Kortelainen, M.M. Palta, T. Vrede, & G.A. Weyhenmeyer. 2018. Global change-driven effects on dissolved organic matter composition: Implications for food webs of northern lakes. Global Change Biology 24: 3692-3714. doi:10.1111/gcb.14129 [PDF]
Hall, R.O. & E.R. Hotchkiss. 2017. Stream Metabolism. Chapter 34 In: Methods in Stream Ecology, volume 2, 3rd Edition. Hauer, F.R. & G.A. Lamberti, Eds. Academic Press. ISBN: 9780128130476. [contact Erin for PDF of chapter; Supplemental Files can be downloaded as a .zip here]
Mineau, M.M., W.M. Wollheim, I.D. Buffam, S.E.G. Findlay, R.O. Hall, E.R. Hotchkiss, L.E. Koenig, W.H. McDowell, & T.B. Parr. 2016. Dissolved organic carbon uptake in streams: A review and assessment of reach-scale measurements. Journal of Geophysical Research - Biogeosciences 121: 2019-2029. doi:10.1002/2015JG003204 [open access]
Hall, R.O., J.L. Tank, M.A. Baker, E.J. Rosi-Marshall, & E.R. Hotchkiss. 2016. Metabolism, gas exchange, and carbon spiraling in rivers. Ecosystems 19: 73-86. doi:10.1007/s10021-015-9918-1 [PDF]
Hotchkiss, E.R., R.O. Hall, R.A. Sponseller, D. Butman, J. Klaminder, H. Laudon, M. Rosvall, & J. Karlsson. 2015. Sources of and processes controlling CO2 emissions change with the size of streams and rivers. Nature Geoscience 8: 696-699. doi:10.1038/ngeo2507 [PDF]
Burrows, R.M., E.R. Hotchkiss, M. Jonsson, H. Laudon, B.G. McKie, & R.A. Sponseller. 2015. Nitrogen limitation of heterotrophic biofilms in boreal streams. Freshwater Biology 60: 1237-1251. doi:10.1111/fwb.12549 [PDF]
Hotchkiss, E.R. & R.O. Hall. 2015. Whole-stream 13C tracer addition reveals distinct fates of newly fixed carbon. Ecology 96: 403-416. doi:10.1890/14-0631.1 [PDF]
Jonsson, M., P. Hedström, K. Stenroth, E.R. Hotchkiss, F. Vasconcelos, J. Karlsson, & P. Byström. 2015. Climate change modifies the size structure of assemblages of emerging aquatic insects. Freshwater Biology 60: 78-88. doi:10.1111/fwb.12468 [PDF]
Hotchkiss, E.R., R.O. Hall, M.A. Baker, E.J. Rosi-Marshall, & J.L. Tank. 2014. Modeling priming effects on microbial consumption of dissolved organic carbon in rivers. Journal of Geophysical Research - Biogeosciences 119: 982-995. doi:10.1002/2013JG002599 [open access]
Hotchkiss, E.R. & R.O. Hall. 2014. High rates of daytime respiration in three streams: Use of δ18O2 and O2 to model diel ecosystem metabolism. Limnology & Oceanography 59: 798-810. doi:10.4319/lo.2014.59.3.0798 [PDF]
Hotchkiss, E.R., E. Flaherty, A. Krist, & C. Martinez del Rio. 2012. Lab Manual for Animal Biology, University of Wyoming. Fountainhead Press, Inc.
Hubbard, K.A., L.K. Lautz, M.J. Mitchell, B. Mayer, & E.R. Hotchkiss. 2010. Evaluating nitrate uptake in a Rocky Mountain stream using labelled 15N and ambient nitrate chemistry. Hydrological Processes 24: 3322-3336. doi:10.1002/hyp.7764 [PDF]
Hotchkiss, E.R. & R.O. Hall. 2010. Linking calcification by exotic snails to stream inorganic carbon cycling. Oecologia 163: 235-245. doi:10.1007/s00442-009-1536-1 [PDF]
Solomon, C.T., E.R. Hotchkiss, J.M. Moslemi, A.J. Ulseth, E.H. Stanley, R.O. Hall, & A.S. Flecker. 2009. Sediment size and nutrients regulate denitrification in a tropical stream. Journal of the North American Benthological Society* 28: 480-490. doi:10.1899/07-157.1 [PDF] *now Freshwater Science
Hotchkiss, E.R., A.K. Davis, J.J. Cherry, & S. Altizer. 2005. Mycoplasmal conjunctivitis and the behavior of wild house finches (Carpodacus mexicanus) at bird feeders. Bird Behavior 17: 1-8. [PDF]