Dr. Thomas Isenhart
Position
- Professor - Natural Resource Ecology and Management
Research Area
Area of Expertise
- Water quality
Affiliations
- Iowa State University
Projects
- Evaluating Phosphorus Retention in Saturated Riparian Buffers (2025)
- Legacy Phosphorus Storage and Remobilization in a Dynamic Floodplain (2025)
- Uncovering Soil and Sediment Properties to Inform Saturated Buffer Design (2025)
- Linking agricultural practices to water quality improvement: The importance of spatial scale in accurately characterizing nonpoint source nutrient loads in Iowa stream systems (2023)
- Extending saturated buffers to additional landscape positions (2022)
- Building cross-scale predictability of land-to-aquatic nitrogen loads in agriculture-dominated watersheds (2021)
- Continued assessment of corncobs as an alternative carbon source to enhance bioreactor performance for improved water quality (2021)
- Influence of bank stabilization on floodplain sediment and phosphorus storage (2021)
- Dam! Impacts of Beaver Dams on Surface and Groundwater Quality (2020)
- Soil Organic Carbon Controls on Nitrate Removal in Saturated Riparian Buffers (2020)
- Watershed-scale Phosphorus Inputs from Streambanks (2019)
- Before the Streams: Modeling the Effectiveness of In-Field and Edge-of-Field Practices in Reducing Nitrogen Loads (2018)
- Corn Cobs as an Alternative Carbon Source to Enhance Bioreactor Performance for Improved Water Quality (2018)
- Evaluation of Saturated Buffers as a Conservation Drainage Practice for Treating Agricultural Subsurface Drainage (2018)
- Total Phosphorus Loads in Iowa Rivers and Estimation of Stream Bank Phosphorus Contribution (2017)
- Woodchip Bioreactors for Improved Water Quality (2017)
- Establishment and Monitoring of Saturated Buffers (2016)
- Phosphorus Contributions from Eroding Iowa Stream Banks (2016)
- Woodchip Bioreactors for Improved Water Quality (2016)
- Evaluation of Stacked Conservation Practices on Phosphorus and Sediment Loss (2015)
- Woodchip Bioreactors for Improved Water Quality (2015)
- Developing Remote Sensing Protocols for Inventory of Nutrient Management Practices (2014)
- Developing Remote Sensing Protocols for Inventory of Permanent Vegetative Practices (2014)
- Establishment and Monitoring of Saturated Buffers within High–Priority HUC–12 Watersheds (2013)
- Phosphorus Transport in Iowa Streams: Importance of Stream Bed and Bank Erosion (2013)