About

Emily Stanley is a professor affiliated with the Center for Limnology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Her research focuses on limnology, particularly within the context of freshwater and marine sciences. She is involved with the North Temperate Lakes Long Term Ecological Research (NTL-LTER) program, contributing to the understanding of ecological processes in temperate lake ecosystems. Her work emphasizes ecological research and long-term environmental monitoring, supporting the broader mission of the Center for Limnology and the Department of Integrative Biology at UW–Madison.

Research topics

• Meteorology
• Environmental science
• Geology
• Biology
• Ecology
• Atmospheric sciences
• Geography
• Mathematics
• Oceanography
• Climatology
• Chemistry

Selected publications

• Light and flow regimes regulate the metabolism of rivers

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2022 · 201 citations

  • Environmental science
  • Atmospheric sciences
  • Ecology

  Mean annual temperature and mean annual precipitation drive much of the variation in productivity across Earth's terrestrial ecosystems but do not explain variation in gross primary productivity (GPP) or ecosystem respiration (ER) in flowing waters. We document substantial variation in the magnitude and seasonality of GPP and ER across 222 US rivers. In contrast to their terrestrial counterparts, most river ecosystems respire far more carbon than they fix and have less pronounced and consistent seasonality in their metabolic rates. We find that variation in annual solar energy inputs and stability of flows are the primary drivers of GPP and ER across rivers. A classification schema based on these drivers advances river science and informs management.

  PublisherOA PDFDOI

• Global carbon dioxide efflux from rivers enhanced by high nocturnal emissions

  Nature Geoscience · 2021 · 189 citations

  • Environmental science
  • Atmospheric sciences
  • Climatology
  DOI

Recent grants

• LTER: Comparative Study of a Suite of Lakes in Wisconsin

  NSF · $7.5M · 2021–2027

• Collaborative Proposal: MSB-FRA: A macrosystems ecology framework for continental-scale prediction and understanding of lakes

  NSF · $1.1M · 2016–2024

• COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: Defining Stream Biomes to Better Understand and Forecast Stream Ecosystem Change

  NSF · $313k · 2015–2020

• Collaborative Research: The Effects of Cross-Scale Interactions on Freshwater Ecosystem State Across Space and Time

  NSF · $591k · 2011–2017

• LTER: Comparative Study of a Suite of Lakes in Wisconsin

  NSF · $8.0M · 2014–2022

Frequent coauthors

• Martin W. Doyle

  Duke University

  42 shared

• Andrew J. Boulton

  42 shared

• H. Maurice Valett

  University of Montana

  40 shared

• Stuart Findlay

  Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies

  38 shared

• Pierre Marmonier

  Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1

  36 shared

• Luke C. Loken

  University of Wisconsin–Madison

  35 shared

• John T. Crawford

  31 shared

• Noah R. Lottig

  University of Wisconsin–Madison

  27 shared

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