Research Publications

The following research publications have stemmed from freshwater research funded through the Freshwater Collaborative.

Peyton McCauley, Cora Sutherland & Melissa K. Scanlan, Spring 2025 Symposium Special Edition, Powering Progress or Peril? The Hidden Environmental Costs of Data Centers and AI, 51 Rutgers Comput. & Tech. L. J. SE1 (2025). [https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5560480]

Jonna Rosenthal, Kpoti Gunn. “Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in biochar-amended soils: a review,” Soil Research 63, SR24123, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1071/SR24123

Robert S. Stelzer, Eric Strauss, Jessica R. Lucas et al. “Rayon is the Predominant Microfiber in Zebra Mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) from a North American Lake in the Context of a Global Analysis of Bivalves,” Water Air Soil Pollut 236, 673 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-025-08248-9

Jackson Mikel, Brody Berens, Grace Versnik, Kiley Wadzinski, Trevor Rottiger, Melissa Siewert, Olivia Stellpflug, Shannon C. Riha, and Joseph E. Mondloch, “Influence of Charge Compensating Anions on the Adsorption of Perfluorobutanesulfonate in MOF-808,” ACS Omega, 2025, DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.5c05815.

Rajpreet Grewal & Melissa K. Scanlan, Navigating Rough Waters After Sackett v. EPA: Federal, Tribal, and State Strategies, 50.1 Columbia Journal of Environmental Law 61 (2025)

Nicole Kooij, Allie Fowle, Samantha Lyons, Alder M. Yu, Tisha C. King-Heiden, “Comparative immunomodulatory effects of chronic exposure to imidacloprid and thiamethoxam on the respiratory burst response in zebrafish and fathead minnow larvae,” Fish & Shellfish Immunology, Vol. 165, 2025, 110556, ISSN 1050-4648, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsi.2025.110556.

Cora L. Sutherland & Melissa K. Scanlan, Great Lakes Offshore Wind: An Analysis of Coastal Management Planning Tools, 6 Notre Dame Journal on Emerging Technologies 308 (2025) (https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5198830). 

Seyed Javad Amirfakhri, Ben Zobel, Michael Karsten Lilla, Christopher Tomaszewski, Olivia Stellpflug. 2025. “Enhanced PFBS adsorption via silver-impregnated activated carbon: Mechanistic insights and Thermodynamic analysis,” Chemosphere, Vol. 375, 2025, 144257, ISSN 0045-6535,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2025.144257.

Nicole Kooij, Tisha C. King-Heiden. 2025. “Adaptation of the in vivo respiratory burst assay for fathead minnow larvae (Pimephales promelas)” Journal of Immunological Methods, Vol. 536, 113797. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jim.2024.113797

Zhaohui Li, Jadyn Strommen, Aaron Garza, Anna Bowman, Angie Rayniak, Laura Schulz, Lori Allen, and Shangping Xu. 2024. “Comparison and Contrast of Calcite vs. Dolomite after Heat Treatment to Enhance Toluidine Blue Removal from Water” Crystals 14, no. 10: 874. https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst14100874

Mitchell M. Schutte, Shimaa M. Kteeba, Laodong Guo. 2024. “Photochemical reactivity of water-soluble dissolved organic matter from microplastics and microfibers” Science of The Total Environment,
Volume 911, 168616, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.168616

Michael A. Holly, Kpoti M. Gunn, Daniel Keymer, and Joseph R. Sanford. 2024. “Evaluation of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Leaching from Biosolids and Mitigation Potential of Biochar through Undisturbed Soil Columns,” ACS ES&T Water 4 (2), 413-426. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsestwater.3c00414

Melissa K. Scanlan, Anya Janssen. 2024. “Solving the Phosphorus Paradox: Five States’ Approaches to Restoring Nutrient-Impaired Surface Water Quality,” SSRNhttp://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4860243

Zhaohui Li, Anna Bowman, Angie Rayniak, Jadyn Strommen, Lori Allen, Shangping Xu. 2024. “Heat treatment of calcite to enhance its removal of color dye alizarin red S,” Crystals, 14, 450. https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst14050450

Zhaohui Li, Anna Bowman, Angie Rayniak, Shangping Xu. 2024. “Anionic dye alizarin red S removal using heat treated dolomite,” Crystals, 14, 187. https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst14020187

Benjamin Davidson, Jamie Brenner, Nimish Pujara. 2023. “Beaching model for buoyant marine debris in bore-driven swash” Flow. 3:35. doi:10.1017/flo.2023.31

Anya Jeninga, Nicole Kooij, Elisabeth Harrahy, Tisha King-Heiden. 2023. “Binary mixtures of imidacloprid and thiamethoxam do not appear to cause additive toxicity in fathead minnow larvae (Pimephales promelas),” Frontiers in Toxicology, Vol 5. doi.org/10.3389/ftox.2023.1282817

Andrian Lee and Melissa Scanlan. 2023. “Got Lead in Your Water? The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law May Be Poised to Help” 13.1 Michigan Journal of Environmental and Administrative Law 142.

Robert S. Stelzer, Jackie A. Behrens, Sarah Pascarella, A.J. Paea, Jessica R. Lucas. 2023. “Size Selection by Zebra Mussels (Dreissena polymoropha) Exposed to Microplastic Fibers,” Water, Air, & Soil Pollution234(10), 629. 10.1007/s11270-023-06643-8 

Hui Lin, Sarah L. Bartlett, Laodong Guo. 2023. “Distinct variations in fluorescent DOM components along a trophic gradient in the lower Fox River-Green Bay as characterized using one-sample PARAFAC approach,” Science of The Total Environment, Volume 902, 165891, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.165891

Benjamin Davidson, Kallyn Batista, Sabeel Samrah, Lorena M Rios Mendoza, Nimish Pujara. 2022. “Microplastic contamination of sediments across and within three beaches in western Lake Superior,” Journal of Great Lakes Research, Volume 48, Issue 6 Pages 1563-1572, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jglr.2022.09.011

Michael A. Holly, Joseph R. Sanford, Patrick S. Forsythe, Marcia R. Silva, Daniel D. Lakich, Camryn K. Swan, and Keenan A. Leonard. 2022. “Common Buckthorn Engineered Biochar (Rhamnus Cathartica), Calcined Quagga Mussel Shells (Dreissena Rostriformis), Pickled Steel, and Steel Slag as Filter Media for the Sorption of Phosphorus from Agricultural Runoff,” Conservation 2, no. 4: 726-738. https://doi.org/10.3390/conservation2040047