Dr. Emma J. Rosi

Aquatic Ecologist | PhD, University of Georgia

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freshwater, invasive species, human impacts

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Emma Rosi is advancing our understanding of how land use, urbanization, and climate change shape freshwater ecosystems, with projects exploring environmental contaminants such as pharmaceutical and personal care products, aging wastewater infrastructure, environmental implications of agricultural GMOs, and the effects of dams.

Rosi directs the Baltimore Ecosystem Study (BES), a National Science Foundation Long Term Ecological Research site. As part of BES, Rosi is exploring the role that failing wastewater infrastructure plays in polluting streams and creating antibiotic-resistant ‘superbugs’. She is also revealing how prescription and illicit drugs that enter our waterways impact freshwater quality and aquatic life.

In addition to her work on human-driven threats to freshwaters, Rosi co-leads a long-term project, in collaboration with Yale University, investigating how wildebeest and hippos shape the food web in the Kenyan reach of Africa’s Mara River.

Rosi is a leader in the field of freshwater science and has conducted research on the role of  emerging contaminants shaping these systems.  Rosi serves on the  US Environmental Protection Agency’s Science Advisory Board and her research has implications for our understanding of anthropogenic stressors on freshwater ecosystems. 
 
Theoretical Perspectives of the Baltimore Ecosystem Study: Conceptual Evolution in a Social-Ecological Research Project
Pickett, Steward T. A., M. L. Cadenasso, M. E. Baker, L. E. Band, C. G. Boone, G. L. Buckley, Peter M. Groffman, et al. (2024) 2020. “Theoretical Perspectives of the Baltimore Ecosystem Study: Conceptual Evolution in a Social-Ecological Research Project”. Bioscience 70 (4): 297-314+.
Towards more realistic estimates of DOM decay in streams: Incubation methods, light, and non-additive effects
Kelso, Julia E., Emma J. Rosi, and Michelle A. Baker. 2020. “Towards More Realistic Estimates of DOM Decay in Streams: Incubation Methods, Light, and Non-Additive Effects”. Freshwater Science 39 (3). University of Chicago Press: 559-75. doi:10.1086/710218.
Urban ecology as an integrative science and practice.
Pickett, Steward T. A., Morgan Grove, Shannon L. LaDeau, Emma J. Rosi, and Mary L. Cadenasso. 2020. “Urban Ecology As an Integrative Science and Practice”. In Urban Ecology: Its Nature and Challenges, 122-43. CABI. doi:10.1079/9781789242607.0122.
A River of Bones: Wildebeest Skeletons Leave a Legacy of Mass Mortality in the Mara River, Kenya
Subalusky, Amanda L., Christopher L. Dutton, Emma J. Rosi, Linda M. Puth, and David M. Post. 2020. “A River of Bones: Wildebeest Skeletons Leave a Legacy of Mass Mortality in the Mara River, Kenya”. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 8. Frontiers Media SA. doi:10.3389/fevo.2020.00031.
A 2000-year sediment record reveals rapidly changing sedimentation and land use since the 1960s in the Upper Mara-Serengeti Ecosystem
Dutton, Christopher L., Amanda L. Subalusky, Troy D. Hill, Julie C. Aleman, Emma J. Rosi, Kennedy B. Onyango, Kanuni Kanuni, Jenny A. Cousins, A. C. Staver, and D.M. Post. 2019. “A 2000-Year Sediment Record Reveals Rapidly Changing Sedimentation and Land Use since the 1960s in the Upper Mara-Serengeti Ecosystem”. Science of The Total Environment 664: 148-60. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.01.421.
Hippos (<i>Hippopotamus amphibius</i>): The animal silicon pump
Schoelynck, Jonas, Amanda L. Subalusky, Eric Struyf, Christopher L. Dutton, D. Unzue-Belmonte, Bart Van de Vijver, D.M. Post, Emma J. Rosi, Patrick Meire, and Patrick J. Frings. 2019. “Hippos (<i>Hippopotamus amphibius< I>): The Animal Silicon Pump”. Science Advances 5 (5): eaav0395. doi:10.1126/sciadv.aav0395.
Influences of the antidepressant fluoxetine on stream ecosystem function and aquatic insect emergence at environmentally realistic concentrations
Richmond, Erinn K., Emma J. Rosi, Alexander J. Reisinger, B. Hanrahan, Ross M. Thompson, and Michael Grace. 2019. “Influences of the Antidepressant Fluoxetine on Stream Ecosystem Function and Aquatic Insect Emergence at Environmentally Realistic Concentrations”. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 34 (1): 513-31. doi:10.1080/02705060.2019.1629546.
Transport and instream removal of the Cry1Ab protein from genetically engineered maize is mediated by biofilms in experimental streams
Shogren, Arial, Jennifer L. Tank, Emma J. Rosi, Martha M. Dee, Shannon L. Speir, Diogo Bolster, and Scott P. Egan. 2019. “Transport and Instream Removal of the Cry1Ab Protein from Genetically Engineered Maize Is Mediated by Biofilms in Experimental Streams”. PLOS ONE 14 (5): e0216481. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0216481.
Stoichiometry and daily rhythms: experimental evidence shows nutrient limitation decouples N uptake from photosynthesis
Chamberlin, Catherine A., Emily S. Bernhardt, Emma J. Rosi, and James B. Heffernan. 2019. “Stoichiometry and Daily Rhythms: Experimental Evidence Shows Nutrient Limitation Decouples N Uptake from Photosynthesis”. Ecology 100 (10). Wiley. doi:10.1002/ecy.2822.
Limnological effects of a large Amazonian run-of-river dam on the main river and drowned tributary valleys
Almeida, Rafael M., Stephen K. Hamilton, Emma J. Rosi, João Durval Arantes, Nathan Barros, Gina Boemer, Anderson Gripp, et al. 2019. “Limnological Effects of a Large Amazonian Run-of-River Dam on the Main River and Drowned Tributary Valleys”. Scientific Reports 9 (1). Springer Science and Business Media LLC. doi:10.1038/s41598-019-53060-1.