John L. Stoddard

Research Life Scientist

Voice: 541-754-4441
Email: stoddard.john@epa.gov

Education:

B.A., University of California, Santa Cruz, 1979.
M.A., Biological Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1982
Ph.D., Biological Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1986

Previous Positions:

1989-1997: Project Scientist, Long-Term Monitoring and Temporally-Integrated Monitoring of Ecosystems Projects, ERL, Corvallis, OR
1985-1989: Director of Research and Methods Development, New York City Department of Environmental Protection: Limnological Research and Methods Development
1988-1989: Adjunct Professor, Biology Department, Fordham University: Graduate Limnology.
1985: Post-doctoral Research Biologist, U.C. Santa Barbara: Sierra Nevada Paleolimnological Research

Research Interests and Skills:

Effects of human disturbances on aquatic ecosystems
Air pollution effects in forested watersheds

Professional Societies:

American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Geophysical Union
American Society of Limnology and Oceanography
Ecological Society of America

Appointments / Honors:

U.S. EPA Gold Medal for Exceptional Service (2004)
U.S. EPA Silver Medal for Superior Service (2002)
U.S. EPA Bronze Medal for Commendable Service (2001)
U.S. EPA Level 1 Scientific and Technological Achievement Award (2000)
U.S. representative to the International Cooperative Programme on Assessment and Monitoring of Acidification of Rivers and Lakes, and the International Cooperative Programme on Integrated Monitoring on Air Pollution Effects.

Selected Publications:

Whittier, T.R., J.L. Stoddard, R.M. Hughes, and G.A. Lomnicky. 2006. Associations among Catchment- and Site-Scale Disturbance Indicators and Biological Assemblages at Least- and Most-Disturbed Stream and River Sites in the Western United States. American Fisheries Society Symposium. 48:641-664. WED-05-052
Stoddard, J. L., D. P. Larsen, C. P. Hawkins, R. K. Johnson, and R. H. Norris. In Press (2005). Setting expectations for the ecological condition of running waters: the concept of reference condition. Ecological Applications.
Stoddard, J. L., J. S. Kahl, F. A. Deviney, D. R. DeWalle, C. T. Driscoll, A. T. Herlihy, J. H. Kellogg, P. S. Murdoch, J. R. Webb, and K. E. Webster. 2003. Response of surface water chemistry to the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990. EPA/620/R-03/001, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Corvallis, Oregon.
Kahl, J. S., J. L. Stoddard, R. Haueber, S. G. Paulsen, R. Birnbaum, F. A. Deviney, J. R. Webb, D. R. DeWalle, W. Sharpe, C. T. Driscoll, A. T. Herlihy, J. H. Kellogg, P. S. Murdoch, K. Roy, K. E. Webster, and N. S. Urquhart. 2004. Have U.S. surface waters responded to the Clean Air Act Amendments. Environmental Science and Technology 38:485A-490A.
Skjelkvåle, B. L., J. L. Stoddard, D. Jeffries, K. Tørseth, T. Høgåsen, J. Bowman, J. Mannio, D. Monteith, R. Mosello, M. Rogora, D. Rzychon, J. Vesely, J. Wieting, A. Wilander, and A. Worsztynowicz. 2005. Regional scale evidence for improvements in surface water chemistry 1990-2001. Environmental Pollution 137:165-176.
Aber, J. D., C. L. Goodale, S. V. Ollinger, M.-L. Smith, A. H. Magil, M. E. Martin, R. A. Hallett, and J. L. Stoddard. 2003. Is nitrogen deposition altering the nitrogen status of Northeastern forests? Bioscience 53:375-389.
Stoddard, J. L. 2004. Use of ecological regions in aquatic assessments of ecological condition. Environmental Management 34:S61-S70.
Driscoll, C. T., G. B. Lawrence, A. J. Bulger, T. J. Butler, C. S. Cronan, C. Eager, K. F. Lambert, G. E. Likens, J. L. Stoddard, and K. C. Weathers. 2004. Acidic deposition in the northeastern United States: Sources and inputs, ecosystem effects and management strategies. Pages 159-190 in J. M. Gunn, R. J. Steedman, and R. A. Ryder, editors. Boreal Shield Watersheds: Lake Trout Ecosystems in a Changing Environment. Lewis Publishers, Boca Raton, FL.
Kaste, O., J. L. Stoddard, and A. Henriksen. 2003. Implication of lake water residence time on the classification of Norwegian surface water sites into progressive stages of nitrogen saturation. Water, Air and Soil Pollution 142:409-424.
Klemm, D. J., K. A. Blocksom, F. A. Fulk, A. T. Herlihy, R. M. Hughes, P. R. Kaufmann, D. V. Peck, J. L. Stoddard, and W. T. Thoeny. 2003. Development and evaluation of a macroinvertebrate biotic integrity index (MBII) for regionally assessing Mid-Atlantic Highlands streams. Environmental Management 31:656-669.
Rohm, C. M., J. M. Omernik, A. J. Woods, and J. L. Stoddard. 2002. Regional characteristics of nutrient concentrations in streams and their application to nutrient criteria development. Journal of the American Water Resources Association 38:213-239.
Sickman, J. O., J. M. Melack, and J. L. Stoddard. 2002. Regional analysis of inorganic nitrogen yield and retention in high-elevation ecosystems of the Sierra Nevada and Rocky Mountains. Biogeochemistry 57:341-374.
Stoddard, J.L., T.S. Traaen, B.L. Skjelkvåle, and M. Johannessen. 2001. Assessment of nitrogen leaching at UN/ECE ICP-Waters sites. Water Air Soil Pollut. 130:781-786.
McCormick, F.H., R.M. Hughes, P.R. Kaufmann, A.T. Herlihy, J.L. Stoddard, W. Davis, and D.V. Peck. 2001. Development of an index of biotic integrity for the Mid-Atlantic Highlands region. Trans. Amer. Fish. Soc. 130:857-877.
Skjelkvåle, B.L., J.L. Stoddard, and T. Andersen. 2001. Trends in surface water acidification in Europe and North America (1989-1998). Water Air Soil Pollut.130:787-792.
Driscoll, C.T., G.B. Lawrence, A.J. Bulger, T.J. Butler, C.S. Cronan, C. Eagar, K.F. Lambert, G.E. Likens, J.L. Stoddard, and K.C. Weathers. 2001. Acidic Deposition in the Northeastern United States: sources and inputs, ecosystem effects, and management strategies. BioScience 51(3):180-198.
Stoddard, J.L., D.S. Jeffries, A. Lükewille, T.A. Clair, P. J. Dillon, C.T. Driscoll, M. Forsius, M. Johannessen, J.S. Kahl, J.H. Kellogg, A. Kemp, J. Mannio, D. Monteith, P.S. Murdoch, S. Patrick, A. Rebsdorf, B.L. Skjelkvåle, M. Stainton, T. Traaen, H. van Dam, K.E. Webster, J. Wieting, and A. Wilander. 1999. Regional trends in aquatic recovery from acidification in North America and Europe. Nature 401:575-578.
G.B. Lawrence, M.B. David, G.M. Lovett, P.S. Murdoch, D.A. Burns, J.L. Stoddard, B.P. Baldigo, J.H. Porter, and A.W. Thompson.1999. Soil calcium status and the response of stream chemistry to changing acidic deposition rates. Ecological Applications, 9:1059-1072.
Herlihy, A.T., J.L. Stoddard, and C.B. Johnson. 1998. The relationship between stream chemistry and watershed land use data in the mid-Atlantic region, U.S. Water Air and Soil Pollution 105:377-386.
Stoddard, J.L., C.T. Driscoll, J.S. Kahl, and J.H. Kellogg. 1998. A regional analysis of lake acidification trends for the northeastern U.S., 1982-1994. Environ. Monit. Assess. 51:399-413.
Stoddard, J.L., C.T. Driscoll, S. Kahl, and J. Kellogg. 1998. Can site-specific trends be extrapolated to the regional level? A lake acidification example from the northeastern U.S. Ecological Applications 8:288-299.
Stoddard, J.L. 1994. Long-term changes in watershed retention of nitrogen: its causes and aquatic consequences. Pages 223-284 in L.A. Baker, editor. Environmental Chemistry of Lakes and Reservoirs. Advances in Chemistry Series No. 237, Am. Chem. Soc. Washington.
Stoddard, J.L., and P.S. Murdoch. 1991. Catskill Mountains. Pages 237-271 in D.F. Charles, editor. Acidic Deposition and Aquatic Ecosystems: Regional Case Studies. Springer-Verlag, New York.
Young, T.C., and J.L. Stoddard. 1996. The Temporally Integrated Monitoring of Ecosystems (TIME) project design I. Classification of northeast lakes using a combination of geographic, hydrogeochemical, and multivariate techniques. Water Resources Research 32:2517-2528.
Stoddard, J.L., N.S. Urquhart, A.D. Newell, and D. Kugler. 1996. The Temporally Integrated Monitoring of Ecosystems (TIME) project design II. Detection of regional acidification trends. Water Resources Research 32:2529-2538.
Stoddard, J.L. 1995. Episodic acidification during snowmelt of high elevation lakes in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California. Water Air Soil Pollut. 85:353-358.
Stoddard, J.L., and J.H. Kellogg. 1993. Trends and patterns in lake acidification in the state of Vermont: evidence from the Long-Term Monitoring project. Water Air Soil Pollut. 67:301-317.
Murdoch, P.S., and J.L. Stoddard. 1993. Chemical characteristics and temporal trends in eight streams of the Catskill Mountains, New York. Water Air Soil Pollut. 67:281-300.
Stoddard, J.L. 1991. Trends in Catskill stream water quality: evidence from historical data. Water Resources Research. 27:2855-2864.

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