@article{nelson_montefiore_anthony_merriman_kuster_fox_2019, title={Undergraduate Perceptions of Climate Education Exposure in Natural Resources Management}, volume={62}, ISSN={2151-0040}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.13031/trans.13361}, DOI={10.13031/trans.13361}, abstractNote={Abstract. To meet rising demands for climate-literate workers, undergraduate courses and curricula will require updates so that students are afforded opportunities to engage in climate science education. Previous research on undergraduate climate education has primarily focused on evaluating whether students have grounding in essential climate science principles, but these studies fail to capture the degree to which students feel they are exposed to climate education in their undergraduate programs and courses. In this study, we characterize recent trends in undergraduates’ perceived exposure to climate education across the U.S. by analyzing responses to a national survey of graduate students who attended undergraduate institutions in the U.S. (n = 423). Survey respondents scored the levels of exposure that they received to a variety of climatological topics during their undergraduate studies, which ranged from applied (e.g., earth observations, numerical modeling) to interdisciplinary (e.g., agricultural climatology, hydroclimatology) and specialized (e.g., boundary-layer climatology). Our results reveal that those who received bachelor’s degrees from programs related to human dimensions of natural resources management (e.g., geography, resource economics) generally felt that their undergraduate curricula provided them with exposure to climate education, whereas those who graduated from programs in engineering and the agricultural and life sciences largely reported a lack of climate coverage in their undergraduate studies. Students of all disciplinary backgrounds indicated that they received poor exposure to numerical modeling of historical and future climatic conditions. Findings from this study underline key areas in which curricular or course improvements are needed to ensure that future decision-makers are confident in their practical use of climate science. Keywords: Climate change, Climate science, Natural resources management, Postsecondary education, Undergraduate education, United States.}, number={3}, journal={Transactions of the ASABE}, publisher={American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE)}, author={Nelson, Natalie G. and Montefiore, Lise and Anthony, Cord and Merriman, Laura and Kuster, Emma and Fox, Garey A.}, year={2019}, pages={831–839} }
 @article{merriman_hathaway_burchell_hunt_2017, title={Adapting the relaxed tanks-in-series model for stormwater wetland water quality performance}, volume={9}, number={9}, journal={Water}, author={Merriman, L. S. and Hathaway, J. M. and Burchell, M. R. and Hunt, W. F.}, year={2017} }
 @article{merriman_moore_wang_osmond_al-rubaei_smolek_blecken_viklander_hunt_2017, title={Evaluation of factors affecting soil carbon sequestration services of stormwater wet retention ponds in varying climate zones}, volume={583}, ISSN={["1879-1026"]}, DOI={10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.01.040}, abstractNote={The carbon sequestration services of stormwater wet retention ponds were investigated in four different climates: U.S., Northern Sweden, Southern Sweden, and Singapore, representing a range of annual mean temperatures, growing season lengths and rainfall depths: geographic factors that were not statistically compared, but have great effect on carbon (C) accumulation. A chronosequence was used to estimate C accumulations rates; C accumulation and decomposition rates were not directly measured. C accumulated significantly over time in vegetated shallow water areas (0–30 cm) in the USA (78.4 g C m− 2 yr− 1), in vegetated temporary inundation zones in Sweden (75.8 g C m− 2 yr− 1), and in all ponds in Singapore (135 g C m− 2 yr− 1). Vegetative production appeared to exert a stronger influence on relative C accumulation rates than decomposition. Comparing among the four climatic zones, the effects of increasing rainfall and growing season lengths (vegetative production) outweighed the effects of higher temperature on decomposition rates. Littoral vegetation was a significant source to the soil C pool relative to C sources draining from watersheds. Establishment of vegetation in the shallow water zones of retention ponds is vital to providing a C source to the soil. Thus, the width of littoral shelves containing this vegetation along the perimeter may be increased if C sequestration is a design goal. This assessment establishes that stormwater wet retention ponds can sequester C across different climate zones with generally annual rainfall and lengths of growing season being important general factors for C accumulation.}, journal={SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT}, author={Merriman, L. S. and Moore, T. L. C. and Wang, J. W. and Osmond, D. L. and Al-Rubaei, A. M. and Smolek, A. P. and Blecken, G. T. and Viklander, M. and Hunt, W. F.}, year={2017}, month={Apr}, pages={133–141} }
 @article{al-rubaei_merriman_hunt_viklander_marsalek_blecken_2017, title={Survey of the operational status of 25 Swedish municipal stormwater management ponds}, volume={143}, number={6}, journal={Journal of Environmental Engineering (New York, N.Y.)}, author={Al-Rubaei, A. M. and Merriman, L. S. and Hunt, W. F. and Viklander, M. and Marsalek, J. and Blecken, G. T.}, year={2017} }
 @article{merriman_hunt_bass_2016, title={Development/ripening of ecosystems services in the first two growing seasons of a regional-scale constructed stormwater wetland on the coast of North Carolina}, volume={94}, ISSN={["1872-6992"]}, DOI={10.1016/j.ecoleng.2016.05.065}, abstractNote={A well-functioning constructed stormwater wetland (CSW) will provide many ecosystem services. However, there has not been an effort to monitor and evaluate these services as a CSW develops in the first years after construction – the ‘ripening’ period. In this study, ecosystem services development was assessed during the first two growing seasons of a CSW located on the coast of North Carolina. The CSW research site was a regional-scale stormwater project with two different flow regimes: event and base flow. The full potential of some ecosystem services of this CSW were realized immediately such as volume reduction, TSS and NO2,3 treatment. Others were fully developed after the 1st growing season, e.g. TAN, ON, TN, and TP treatment. Mostly, ripening of the CSW was complete, as areal C densities exceeded median C densities observed in other stormwater wetlands, and vegetation biodiversity measurements aligned with other stormwater wetlands in North Carolina, just one year after construction. The establishment of vegetation was deemed the most important design goal during this vital period, as vegetation is interlinked with other services: evapotranspiration, water quality improvement, and C input to the soil.}, journal={ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING}, author={Merriman, L. S. and Hunt, W. F. and Bass, K. L.}, year={2016}, month={Sep}, pages={393–405} }
 @article{merriman_hunt_2014, title={Maintenance versus maturation: Constructed storm-water wetland's fifth-year water quality and hydrologic assessment}, volume={140}, number={10}, journal={Journal of Environmental Engineering (New York, N.Y.)}, author={Merriman, L. S. and Hunt, W. F.}, year={2014} }
 @article{merriman_wilson_winston_hunt_2013, title={Sophia title}, volume={18}, number={10}, journal={Journal of Hydrologic Engineering}, author={Merriman, L. S. and Wilson, C. E. and Winston, R. J. and Hunt, W. F.}, year={2013}, pages={1372–1376} }