Assistant Professor of Biology

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Current Research

We are ecosystem ecologists interested in carbon and nitrogen cycling.  We aim to understand inland waters as both 1) biogeochemically important ecosystems and 2) connectors of other ecosystem components (e.g., land, ocean, atmosphere).  We are particularly interested in greenhouse gas production in and emissions from aquatic ecosystems.  This research is relevant to aquatic ecology, carbon and nitrogen cycle models, and greenhouse gas budgets.

Selected Publications

  • Aho, Kelly, Kaelin Cawley, Bob Hall, Bobby Hensley, Walter Dodds, Nicholas Harrison, and Keli Goodman. 2025. “Gas transfer velocity (k600) increases with discharge in steep streams but not in low-slope streams.” Limnology and Oceanography Letters, https://doi.org/10.1002/lol2.70003.
  • Atkins, Jeff, Kelly Aho, Xuan Chen, Andrew Elmore, Rich Fiorella, Wenqi Luo, Danica Lombardozzi, Claire Lunch, …. Andrew Richardson. 2025. “Recommendations for developing, documenting, and distributing derived data products from NEON data.” Ecosphere, 16:e70159. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.70159
  • Aho, Kelly, Kaelin Cawley, Bobby Hensley, Bob Hall, Walter Dodds, and Keli Goodman. 2024. “Gas transfer velocities derived from the NEON reaeration field and lab collection data product (DP1.20190.001).” Earth System Science Data, 16(12), 5563-5578. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-16-5563-2024
  • Aho, Kelly, Taylor Maavara, Kaelin Cawley, and Peter Raymond. 2023. “Inland waters can act as nitrous oxide sinks: Observation and modeling reveal that nitrous oxide undersaturation may partially offset emissions.” Geophysical Research Letters, 50, e2023GL104987. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL104987
  • Aho, Kelly, Jennifer Fair, Jake Hosen, Ethan Kyzivat, Laura Logozzo, Lisa Weber, Byungman Yoon, Jay Zarnetske, and Peter Raymond. 2022. “An intense precipitation event causes a temperate forested drainage network to shift from N2O source to sink.” Limnology and Oceanography, 67: S242-S257. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.12006
  • Aho, Kelly, Jennifer Fair, Jake Hosen, Ethan Kyzivat, Laura Logozzo, Gerard Rocher-Ros, Lisa Weber, Byungman Yoon, and Peter Raymond. 2021. “Distinct concentration-discharge dynamics in temperate streams and rivers: CO2exhibits chemostasis while CH4 exhibits source limitation due to temperature control.” Limnology and Oceanography, 66: 3656-3668.  https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.11906
  • Aho, Kelly, Jake Hosen, Laura Logozzo, Wade McGillis, and Peter Raymond. 2021. “Highest rates of primary productivity maintained despite CO2 depletion in a temperate river network.” Limnology and Oceanography Letters, 6: 200-206. https://doi.org/10.1002/lol2.10195
  • Aho, Kelly, and Peter Raymond. 2019. “Differential Response of Greenhouse Gas Evasion to Storms in Forested and Wetland Streams.” Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 124, 649-662. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JG004750

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