Jonny Behrens
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Jonny Behrens
@jonnybehrens.bsky.social
Urban + freshwater + ecosystem scientist, science policy enthusiast. Post doc at Oak Ridge, alum of #dukerivercenter. Opinions are own. tinyurl.com/jbehrens
Biological community dynamics alter the timing, amount, & composition of insect biomass and metal export. In urban, impacted streams, altered composition and phenology of emergent insect communities can increase metal flux, posing elevated risk to consumers in paired terrestrial ecosystems!
June 16, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Excited to share today at @freshwaterscience.bsky.social #SUSE7 the amazing collaborative effort we undertook at/after SUSE6 to develop a framework of tools and principles to help communities preserve headwater streams!
May 14, 2025 at 11:29 AM
For those at #AGU24, looking forward to sharing my research on #PFAS and chemical contaminants in urbanized watersheds at poster H51Q-0944 Friday (tomorrow) morning! 💧🛣️

Come by and say hello 😄
December 13, 2024 at 1:38 AM
Fellow #agu24 NC/VA/GA/TN/etc. watershed scientists (& friends) - check out this late breaking townhall Tuesday (TH23N) @ 12:30 to brainstorm ways to collaborate and study (from field to satellite) how our watersheds/ecosystems are responding after Hurricane Helene
December 4, 2024 at 8:17 PM
With Hurricane Helene's devastation to Appalachian communities, we are starting to see how the destruction has changed the landscape, wildlife, and water quality nearby. Satellite images (👀 link) show massive amounts of sediment moved by the flood waters in Erwin, TN. www.planet.com/stories/erwi...
November 15, 2024 at 2:59 PM
Excited to 📣 I'll be giving my public PhD defense talk on April 30th @ 3:30 PM (ET)! Hear how urban & forested stream ecosystems move energy (& pollutants) + implications for humans & wildlife! Zoom link coming, for those interested 💦🐛
April 9, 2024 at 9:08 PM
First post on Blue sky! Excited to connect with people interested in environmental sciences and policy.

For fun, a photo of a turtle thriving in the urban stream I study - against all the stress we place on the ecosystem! 💦🐢
January 8, 2024 at 4:23 PM