Publications

"You must keep sending work out; you must never let a manuscript do nothing but eat its head off in a drawer.

You send that work out again and again, while you're working on another one. 

If you have talent, you will receive some measure of success - but only if you persist."
- Isaac Asimov


JOURNAL ARTICLES

Borsuk, M. E., T. A. Larsen, J. Lienert, and M. Maurer. Using decision analysis to chart a path for emerging toilet technology. Environmental Science & Technology, in press.

Mieleitner, J., M. E. Borsuk, H.-R. Bürgi, and P. Reichert. Identifying functional groups of phytoplankton using data of three lakes of different trophic state. Aquatic Sciences. In press.

Stow, C. A., K. H. Reckhow, S. S. Qian, E. C. Lamon, G. B. Arhonditsis, M. E. Borsuk, and D. Seo. Evaluating water quality model uncertainty for adaptive TMDL implementation. JAWRA. In press

Tomassini, L., P. Reichert, R. Knutti, T. F. Stocker, and M. E. Borsuk. Robust Bayesian uncertainty analysis of climate system properties using Markov Chain Monte Carlo methods. Journal of Climate, in press.

Fenner, K., V. Lanz, M. Scheringer, and M. E. Borsuk. Relating atrazine degradation rate in soil to environmental conditions: implications for global fate modeling. Environmental Science & Technology 41: 2840-2846

Spörri, C., M. E. Borsuk, I. Peters, and P. Reichert. 2007. The economic impacts of river rehabilitation: a regional input-output analysis. Ecological Economics 62: 341 – 351.

Schweizer, S., M. E. Borsuk, and P. Reichert. 2007. Predicting the morphological and hydraulic consequences of river rehabilitation. River Research and Applications 23: 303–322

Schweizer, S., M. E. Borsuk, I. Jowett, and P. Reichert. 2007. Predicting joint frequency distributions of depth and velocity for instream habitat assessment. River Research and Applications 23: 287–302.

Reichert, P., M. E. Borsuk, M. Hostmann, S. Schweizer, C. Spörri, K. Tockner and B. Truffer. 2007. Concepts of decision support for river rehabilitation.  Environmental Modelling & Software 22: 188-201.

Rieckermann, J., M. E. Borsuk, and W. Gujer. 2006. Using decision analysis to determine optimal experimental design for monitoring sewer exfiltration with tracers. Water Science & Technology 54 (6-7): 161-168.

Borsuk, M. E., P. Reichert, A. Peter, E. Schager, and P. Burkhardt-Holm. 2006. Assessing the decline of brown trout (Salmo trutta) in Swiss rivers using a Bayesian probability network. Ecological Modelling 192: 224-244.

Borsuk, M. E. and L. Tomassini. 2005. Uncertainty, imprecision, and the precautionary principle in climate change assessment. Water Science & Technology 52(6): 213-225.

Reichert, P. and M. E. Borsuk. 2005. Does high forecast uncertainty preclude effective decision support? Environmental Modelling & Software. 20: 991-1001

Hostmann, M., B. Truffer, P. Reichert and M. E. Borsuk. 2005. Stakeholder values in decision support for river rehabilitation. Archiv für Hydrobiologie (Large Rivers Supplement 15) 155: 491-506.

Rieckermann, J., M. E. Borsuk, P. Reichert, W. Gujer. 2005. A novel tracer method for quantifying sewer exfiltration. Water Resources Research 41: W05013, doi:10.1029/2004WR003699.

Borsuk, M. E., C. A. Stow, and K. H. Reckhow. 2004. A Bayesian network of eutrophication models for synthesis, prediction, and uncertainty analysis. Ecological Modelling 173: 219-239.

Borsuk, M. E. 2004. Predictive assessment of fish health and fish kills in the Neuse River estuary using the elicited judgment of scientific experts. Human & Ecological Risk Assessment 10: 415-434.

Borsuk, M. E., C. A. Stow, and K. H. Reckhow. 2004. The confounding effect of flow on estuarine response to nitrogen loading. Journal of Environmental Engineering 130: 605-614.

Borsuk, M. E., C. A. Stow, and K. H. Reckhow. 2003. Integrated approach to total maximum daily load development for the Neuse River estuary using a Bayesian probability network model (Neu-BERN). Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management 129: 271-282.

Stow, C.A., M. E. Borsuk, and K. H. Reckhow. 2003. Comparison of estuarine water quality models for total maximum daily load development in the Neuse River Estuary. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management 129: 307-314.

Stow, C. A. and M. E. Borsuk. 2003. Assessing TMDL effectiveness using flow-adjusted concentrations:  A case study of the Neuse River, North Carolina. Environmental Science & Technology 37: 2043-2050.

Stow, C.A. and M. E. Borsuk. 2003. Enhancing causal assessment of estuarine fishkills using graphical models. Ecosystems 6: 11-19.

Qian, S. S., C. A. Stow, and M. E. Borsuk. 2003. On Monte Carlo methods for Bayesian inference. Ecological Modelling 159: 269-277.

Borsuk, M. E., S. P. Powers, and C. H. Peterson. 2002. A survival model of the effects of bottom-water hypoxia on the density of an estuarine clam (Macoma balthica). Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 59: 1266-1274.

Borsuk, M. E., C. A. Stow, and K. H. Reckhow. 2002. Predicting the frequency of water quality standard violations:  A probabilistic approach for TMDL development. Environmental Science & Technology 36: 2109-2115.

Stow, C. A., M. E. Borsuk, and K. H. Reckhow. 2002. TMDL development in the Neuse River watershed: An imperative for adaptive management. Water Resources Update 122: 16-26.

Borsuk, M. E., C. A. Stow, D. Higdon, and K. H. Reckhow. 2001. A Bayesian hierarchical model to predict benthic oxygen demand from organic matter loading in estuaries and coastal zones. Ecological Modelling 143: 165-181.

Borsuk, M. E., C. A. Stow, R. A. Luettich, Jr., H. W. Paerl, J. L. Pinckney. 2001. Modeling oxygen dynamics in an intermittently stratified estuary: Estimation of process rates using field data.  Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 52: 33-49.

Stow, C. A., M. E. Borsuk, and D. W. Stanley. 2001. Long-term changes in watershed nutrient inputs and riverine exports in the Neuse River, North Carolina. Water Research 35: 1489-1499.

Borsuk, M. E., R. T. Clemen, L. A.  Maguire, and K. H. Reckhow.  2001. Stakeholder values and scientific modeling in the Neuse River watershed. Group Decision and Negotiation 10: 355-373.

Qian, S. S., M. E. Borsuk, and C. A. Stow. 2000.  Seasonal and long-term trend decomposition along a spatial gradient in the Neuse River watershed.  Environmental Science and Technology 34: 4474-4482.

Stow, C. A. and M. E. Borsuk. 2000. An examination of long-term nutrient data in the Neuse River watershed.  Water Resources Research Institute of the University of North Carolina. Report No. 325-E.

Borsuk, M. E. and C. A. Stow. 2000. Bayesian parameter estimation in a mixed-order model of BOD decay. Water Research 34: 1830-1836.


BOOK CHAPTERS

Borsuk, M. E.  Ecological informatics: Bayesian networks. A chapter in the Encyclopedia of Ecology to be published by Elsevier in 2008.

Borsuk, M. E.  Ecological models: Statistical methods. A chapter in the Encyclopedia of Ecology to be published by Elsevier in 2008.

Borsuk, M. E.  and D. C. Lee. Stochastic population dynamic models as probability networks. A chapter in the Handbook of Ecological Modelling and Informatics to be published by WIT in 2007.

Stow, C. A., M. E. Borsuk, and K. H. Reckhow. 2007. Ecosystem risk assessment: The Neuse River Estuary, North Carolina. Risk Assessment for Environmental Health. Robson, M. and W. Toscano (eds.), John Wiley & Sons: San Francisco, CA. 


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