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Submitted Manuscripts	E. Burnor, M. S. Rane, M. A. P. Donnelly, L. A. White, C. Hoover, M. Sun, C. Collins, A. Abram, M. Otstot, J. Rojas, C. Berkobien, S. Jain, D. J. Vugia, M. K. Wolfe, A. B. Boehm, T. M. Leon, E. L. Murray, A. T. Yu. Correlations between wastewater concentrations of influenza A and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and clinical laboratory-based testing and hospitalizaton data in California. Submitted. S. Lowry, Y. Zhang, A. B. Boehm. Persistence of fecal source tracking markers human fecal-associated Bacteroidales (HF813), cross-assembly phage-like marker (crAssphage), pepper mild mottle virus (PMMoV), and tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV) in coastal waters. Submitted. A. Paulos, A. Zulli, A. Bidwell, S. Hilton, B. Shelden, D. Duong, A. B. Boehm, M. K. Wolfe. Measles RNA detection in wastewater solids: longitudinal monitoring at a national scale. Submitted. P. Brandao-Dias, E. A. Allan, E. D. Snyder, R. Guillemette, L. M. Sassoubre, B. Thalinger, A. B. Boehm, K. Deiner, R. P. Kelly, S. Theroux. Fate and transport of environmental DNA: mapping the knows and unknowns. Submitted. Link to preprint. E. M. G. Chan, E. Burnor, A. Zulli, C. Lu, A. T. Yu, A. B. Boehm. Spatial aggregation methods for interpreting wastewater concentrations at jurisdictional scales: Insights from two SARS-CoV-2 monitoring programs. Submitted. Link to preprint. M. Zhang, C. E. Anderson, G. Zheng, C. Blish, A. B. Boehm. Sunlight inactivation of influenza A virus and bacteriophage on surfaces. Submitted. E. V. Cardenas, M. Jiang, G. Rodriguez-Nava, J. Paredes, W. Tariq, N. Pincus, E. Miranti, E. Whitaker, M. Sampson, A. Zulli, A. Marra, A. Boehm, J. L. Salinas. Wastewater-based hospital surveillance for antimicrobial resistance: A scoping literature review linking wastewater and clinical data. Submitted. T. Ahmed, S. Philo, A. B. Boehm, R. Halden, K. Bibby, J. Delgado Vela. Assessing normalization methods in wastewater based epidemiology: A systematic review. Submitted. M. K. Wolfe, A. L. Bidwell, S. Hilton, A. B. Boehm. Wastewater surveillance for avian influenza: national patterns of detection and relationship with reported outbreaks and infections. Submitted. Link to preprint.
Highlighted recent research protocols from protocols.io	A. Zulli, D. Duong, B. Hughes, V. Chan-Herur, D. Catoe, A. Jaffe, A. Paulos, A. Bidwell, M. K. Wolfe, A. B. Boehm. WWSCAN probe-based hybridization of wastewater for metagenomic analysis of viruses. Link. Meghan M. Shea, Alexandria B Boehm 2023. Coastal Environmental DNA Sampling & Gravity Filtration Protocol. protocols.io Link. Vikram Chan-Herur, David Catoe, Dorothea Duong, Yi-Chieh Wu, Alexandria B Boehm, Bradley J White, Marlene K Wolfe 2023. SARS-CoV-2 Whole Genome Amplicon Sequencing from Wastewater Solids or Liquid Wastewater. protocols.io Link. Aaron Topol, Marlene Wolfe, Brad White, Krista Wigginton, Alexandria B Boehm 2021. High Throughput pre-analytical processing of wastewater settled solids for SARS-CoV-2 RNA analyses. protocols.io Link. Aaron Topol, Marlene Wolfe, Krista Wigginton, Bradley White, Alexandria B Boehm 2021. High Throughput RNA Extraction and PCR Inhibitor Removal of Settled Solids for Wastewater Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 RNA. protocols.io Link. Aaron Topol, Marlene Wolfe, Brad White, Krista Wigginton, Alexandria B. Boehm. 2021. High Throughput SARS-COV-2, PMMOV, and BCoV quantification in settled solids using digital RT-PCR. protocols.io Link.
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2026	S. Kim, A. Zulli, E. Chan. D. Duong, R. Linfield, C. McCormack, B. J. White, M. K. Wolfe, A. B. Boehm, A. J. Pickering. 2026.Wastewater surveillance reveals patterns of antibiotic resistance across the United States. Nature Communications Link.In press. M. Shakya, K. C. Ma, L. J. Hughes, C. Smith, L. J. Atherton, A. B. Boehm, P. W. Cook, D. M. Cornforth, M. Gardner, I. V. Goraichuk, J. L. Harcourt, H. Hicks, M. Johnson, A. Kelleher, H. E. Reese, S. J. Sabin, T. C. Smith, A. Tamin, M. K. Wolfe, B. J. Silk, C. R. Paden, N. Thornburg, A. MacNeil. 2026. Early Detection and Surveillance of the SARS-CoV-2 Variant BA.3.2 - Worldwide and United States, November 2024-February 2026. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 75(10);130- 137. Link G. Rodriguez-Nava, A. Zulli, M. Grieshop, E. P. Viana-Cardenas, S. Jong, E. Miranti, M. Jiang, A. Ayala, M. Sampson, A. Bhatt, A. B. Boehm, J. L. Salinas. 2026. Implementation of wastewater-based epidemiology in a Northern California acute care hospital: A pilot study, June-July 2024. Journal of Hospital Infection. In press. Link A. Zulli, B. J. White, D. Duong, B. Shelden, V. Chan-Herur, M. K. Wolfe, A. B. Boehm. Nationwide wastewater sequencing surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 lineages: validation against clinical data across 28 U.S. states. 2026. PeerJ, 14:e20941 Link. S. Conforti, A. Zulli, A. B. Boehm. 2026. Enterovirus D68 in United States wastewater: a longitudinal surveillance study integrating climatic, demographic, and clinical data. The Lancet Regional Health - Americans, 57, 101446. Link to paper. C. E. Anderson, M. Zhang, G. Zheng, L. Xu, W. A. Mitch, K. P. McNeill, A. B. Boehm. 2026. Rapid solar photoinactivation of influenza virus and phi6 in colored surface water. Environmental Science & Technology, 60, 5735-5746. Link. A. Tahmina, A. Zulli, F. Ishtiaq, J. C. C. Wong, J. Calabria de Araujo, K. Kuhn, A. B. Boehm, K. Bibby, J. Delgado Vela. 2026. Charting the future of wastewater-based epidemiology for vector-borne diseases: Opportunities, challenges, and climate-driven needs. Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology, 12, 499-507. Link. A. B. Boehm, M. K. Wolfe, A. L. Bidwell, A. Zulli, B. J. White, B. Shelden, D. Duong. 2026. Pathogen nucleic-acids in wastewater solids from 147 treatment plants in the United States: 2024-2025. Data in Brief, 65, 112503. Link Z. T. Renfro, A. Zulli, J. Parsonnet, A. B. Boehm, C. L. Bennett. 2026. Flush with data: Harnessing emergency department wastewater as an innovative approach for surveillance of infectious disease. American Journal of Epidemiology, kwag019, Link. S. Lowry, A. Diedrich, E. Lum, O. Shanks, A. B. Boehm. 2026. Occurrence of novel human tomato brown rugose fruit virus and conventional microbial source tracking markers in a Hawaiian coupled stream-beach system. Environmental Science: Processes and Impacts, 28, 215-229. Link. Z. T. Renfro, A. Zulli, V. Levy, R. Nawy, A. Mercado, S. Jong, J. L. Salinas, H. Eastwood, C. Below, A. B. Boehm, J. Parsonnet, C. L. Bennett. 2026 Pilot emergency department wastewater surveillance during the 2024-2025 respiratory virus season. JAMA Network Open, 9(1), e2555023. Link to paper.
2025	S. Kang, A. Wettlauffer, J. de Korne, C. B. Niwagaba, L. Strande, D. Duong, B. Shelden, T. R. Julian, A. B. Boehm. 2025. Importance of a heat snap in RT-PCR quantification of rotavirus double-stranded RNA in wastewater. Environmental Science: Water Research and Technology, 11, 2919-2925. Link to paper. E. M. G. Chan, A. Zulli, A. B. Boehm. 2025. Wastewater concentrations of rotavirus RNA are associated with infection and vaccination metrics in the USA. npj Viruses, 3, 75. Link to paper. C. E. Anderson, J. Hernandez, S. Hanif, Y. Crider, M. Lepech, S. L. Billington, A. B. Boehm, J. Benjamin-Chung. 2025. Investigating cement-based surfaces as sustainable flooring solution to improve Ascaris Suum egg removal and inactivation in low-resource settings. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 19(10): e0012919. Link to paper. A. B. Boehm. M. K. Wolfe, A. Bidwell, B. White, B. Shelden, D. Duong. Detection of monkeypox clade Ib DNA in wastewater solids at wastewater treatment plants, United States. Emerging Infectious Disease, 31(10), 1984-1987. Link to paper. G. Zheng, E. Chan, A. B. Boehm. 2025. Systematic review and meta-analysis of enteric virus shedding in human excretions. eBiomedicine, 119, 105878. Link. A. Paulos, S. Hilton, B. Hughes, D. Duong, A. B. Boehm, M. K. Wolfe. 2025. Detection of hemagglutinin H5 influenza A virus RNA and model of potential inputs to an urban California sewershed. Environmental Science & Technology, 59(31), 16168-16179. Link. A. Zulli, D. Duong, B. Shelden, A. Bidwell, M. K. Wolfe, B. J. White, A. B. Boehm. 2025. West Nile Virus (Orthoflavivirus nilense) RNA concentrations in wastewater solids at five wastewater treatment plants in the United States. PeerJ, 13:e19748. Link. J. A. Steele, A. Zimmer-Faust, T. J. Clerkin, A. Gonzalez-Fernandez, S. Lowry, A. D. Blackwood, K. Raygoza, K. Langlois, A. B. Boehm, R. T. Noble, J. F. Griffith, K. C. Schiff. 2025. Survey of Pathogens and Human Fecal Markers in Stormwater Across a Highly Populated Urban Region. Environmental Science: Processes and Impacts, 27, 1354-1367. Link. A. Zulli, R. Linfield, D. Duong, B. Shelden, A. B. Boehm. 2025. Community infections linked with Parvovirus B19 genomic DNAs in wastewater, Texas, USA, 2023-2024 Emerging Infectious Disease, 31(7), 1442-1445. Link. A. Yu, Burnor, M. Wolfe, R. Kantor, T. Leon, S. Ravuri, M. Rane, M. Panditrao, C. Naughton, A. Rabe, S. Harris-Lovett, A. Abram, D. Borthwick, B. White, J. Silva, Joaquin, C. Lang, W. Probert, D. Wadford, H. Bischel, Heather, S. Jain, K. Nelson, A. Boehm, D. Vugia. 2025. Wastewater for Public Health: Timely, sensitive, and reliable SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant monitoring in California. Environmental Science: Processes and Impacts, 11, 876-890. Link. S. Lowry, J. Steele, J. Griffith, K. Schiff, A. B. Boehm. 2025. Simulated gastrointestinal risk from recreational exposure to Southern California stormwater and relationship to human-associated Bacteroidales marker HF183. Environment Science: Processes and Impacts, 27, 718-728. Link. C. Anderson, J. Hernandez, S. Hanif, L. Owens, Y. Crider, S. Billington, M. Lepech, A. B. Boehm, and J. Benjamin-Chung. 2015. Evaluating the Survival and Removal of Escherichia coli from Surfaces Made with Traditional and Sustainable Cement-Based Materials in Field-Relevant Conditions. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 10:e0213124. Link. E. M. G. Chan, A. B. Boehm. 2025. Respiratory virus season surveillance in the United States using wastewater metrics, 2023-2024. ACS ES&T Water, 5(2), 985-992. Link. L. Herndon, Y. Zhang, F. Safir, B. Ogunlade, H. Balch, A. B. Boehm, J. Dionne. 2025. Bacterial Wastewater-Based Epidemiology Using Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy and Machine Learning. Nano Letters, 25(4), 1250-1259. Link. A. Zulli, M. Zheng, S. Jong, C. Blish, A. B. Boehm. 2025. Infectivity and persistence of influenza A virus in raw milk. Environmental Science & Technology Letters, 12(1), 31-36. Link. A. L. Rosengart, A. L. Bidwell, M. K. Wolfe, A. B. Boehm, F. W. Townes. 2025. Spatiotemporal variability of the pepper mild mottle virus biomarker in wastewater. ACS Environmental Science & Technology Water, 5(1), 341-350. Link. S. Ravuri, E. Burnor, I. Routledge, N. Linton, M. Thakur, A. B. Boehm, M. Wolfe, H. N. Bischel, C. C. Naughton, Alexander T. Yu, L. A. White, T. M. Leon. 2025. Real-time county-aggregated wastewater-based estimates for SARS-CoV-2 effective reproduction numbers. Epidemics, 50, 100803. Link to paper. L. Roldan-Hernandez, C. Van Oost, A. B. Boehm. 2025. Solid-liquid partitioning of Dengue, West Nile, Zika, Hepatitis A, Influenza A, and SARS-CoV-2 viruses in wastewater from across the United States. Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology, 11, 88- 99. Link to paper.
2024	J. A. Bullington, K. Langenfeld, J. R. Phaneuf, A. B. Boehm, C. A. Francis. 2024. Microbial community of a sandy beach subterranean estuary is spatially heterogeneous and impacted by winter waves. Environmental Microbiology, 26(12), e70009 Link to paper. H. Schenk, W. Rauch, A. Zulli, A. B. Boehm. 2024. SARS-CoV-2 surveillance in US wastewater: Leading indicators and data variability analysis in the 2023-2024 season. PLOS One, 19(11): e0313927. Link. M. K. Wolfe, M. R. J. Varkila, A. Zulli, J. Parsonnet, A. B. Boehm. 2024. Detection and quantification of human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) total nucleic acids in wastewater settled solids from two California communities.Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 90:e01477-24. Link. A. Zulli, E. M. G. Chan, A. B. Boehm. 2024. Detection of Hepatovirus A (HAV) in wastewater indicates widespread national distribution and association with socioeconomic indicators of vulnerability. mSphere, 9:e00645-24. Link J. J. Zhu, A. B. Boehm, J. Z. Ren. 2024. Environmental Machine-learning, Baseline Reporting, And Comprehensive Evaluation: The EMBRACE Checklist. Environmental Science & Technology, 58, 45, 19909-19912. Link. L. Mendoza Grijalva, A. Seck, L. Roldan-Hernandez, K. E. Graham, A. B. Boehm, W. A. Tarpeh. 2024. Persistence of respiratory, enteric, and fecal indicator viruses in fecal sludge from on-site sanitation in Dakar, Senegal. Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development, 14(10), 916-928 Link. A. B. Boehm, M. K. Wolfe, A. L. Bidwell, A. Zulli, V. Chan-Herur, B. J. White, B. Shelden, D. Duong. 2024. Human pathogen nucleic acids in wastewater solids from 191 wastewater treatment plants in the United States. Scientific Data, 11, 1141. Link. A. T. Yu, E. Burnor, A. Rabe, S. Rutschmann, M. K. Wolfe, J. Burmester, C.-Y. Pan, A. Chen, H. Guevara, C. Morales, D. A. Wadford, A. B. Boehm, D. J. Vugia. 2024. Wastewater Surveillance for Norovirus - California. Emerging Infectious Disease, 30(11), doi.org/10.3201/eid3011.241001. Link. S. L. McLellan, A. Chariton, A. Condello, J. S. McClary-Gutierrez, M. K. Schussman, E. M. Marzinelli, J. M. O'Neil, E. Schott, J. Bowen , J. Vineis , L. Maignien, C. Lemonnier, M. Perennou, K. Gibb, G.-J. Zhou, K. Leung, M. Kirs, J. Griffith, J. Steele, S. Swearer, A. L. O'Brien, D. Song, S. Liang, J. Li, L. Airoldi, F. Mancuso, P. Salomon, A. W. Silva-Lima, R. C. Pereira, A. B. Boehm, E. Lim , S. Wuertz, E. Fernandez, E. Teira, M.-L. Liao, Y.-W. Dong, P. D. Steinberg. 2024. Universal microbial indicators provide surveillance of sewage contamination in harbours worldwide. Nature Water, 2, 1061-1070. Link. L. Kennedy, A. Mattis, A. B. Boehm. 2024. You can bring plankton to fecal indicator organisms, but you cannot make the plankton graze: particle contribution to E. coli and MS2 inactivation in surface waters. mSphere, 9(10), 9:e00656-24. Link. S. Louis, M. Mark-Carew, M. Biggerstaff, J. Yoder, A. B. Boehm, M. K. Wolfe, M. Flood, S. Peters, M. G. Stobierski, J. Coyle, M. T. Leslie, M. Sinner, D. Nims, V. Salinas, L. Lustri, H. Bojes, V. Shetty, E. Burnor, A. Rabe, G. Ellison-Giles, A. T. Yu, A. Bell, S. Meyer, R. Lynfield, M. Sutton, R. Scholz, R. Falender, S. Matzinger, A. Wheeler, F. S. Ahmed, J. Anderson, K. Harris, A. Walkins, S. Bohra, V. O'Dell, V. T. Guidry, A. Christensen, Z. Moore, E. Wilson, J. L. Clayton, H. Parsons, K. Kniss, A. Budd, J. W. Mercante, H. E. Reese, M. Welton, M. Bias, J. Webb, D. Cornforth, S. Santibanez, R. H. Soelaeman, M. Kaur, A. E. Kirby, J. R. Barnes, N. Fehrenbach, S. J. Olsen, M. A. Honein. 2024 Wastewater surveillance for influenza A virus and H5 subtype concurrent with the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) A(H5N1) virus outbreak in cattle and poultry and associated human cases - United States, May 12-July 13, 2024. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2024;73:804-809. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7337a1 J. Delgado Vela, S. Philo, J. Brown, M. Taniuchi, M. Cantrell, A. Kossik, M. Ramaswamy, S. Ajjampur, F. Guerfali, R. Holm, J. S. Meschke, M. C. Otero, A. Pickering, M. Rahman, A. Shaw, A. Shrestha, K. Sirikanchana, V. Maketa Tevuzula, R. Halden, A. B. Boehm, K. Bibby. 2024. Moving beyond wastewater: perspectives on environmental surveillance of infectious diseases for public health action in low-resource settings. Environment and Health, 2(10), 684-687 Link. A. Zulli, E. M. G. Chan, B. Shelden, D. Duong, X.-R. S. Xu, B. J. White, M. K. Wolfe, A. B. Boehm. 2024. Detection of Candida auris in wastewater solids in 190 wastewater treatment plants in the United States suggests widespread occurrence in communities. mBio, 15:e00908-24. Link. W. Zambrana, C.-H. Huang, D. Solis, M. K. Sahoo, B. A. Pinsky, Alexandria B. Boehm. 2024. Spatial and temporal variation in respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) subtype RNA in wastewater, and relation to clinical specimens. mSphere, 9:e00224-24. Link. E. Chan, A. Bidwell, Z. Li, S. Tilmans, A. B. Boehm. 2024. Policy impact evaluation: A potential use case for longitudinal monitoring of viruses in wastewater at small geographic scales. PLOS Water, 3(6): e0000242. Link. S. Fernandez, C. E. Anderson, A. B. Boehm, D. N. Congreve. 2024. Strengthening the Academic Pipeline for Underrepresented Students via Early Exposure to Graduate Education. Chem, 10(6), 1609-1619. Link. Not peer reviewed. M. K. Wolfe, D. Duong, B. Shelden, E. M. G. Chan, V. Chan-Herur, S. Hilton, A. H. Paulos, X.-R. S. Xu, A. Zulli, B. J. White, A. B. Boehm. 2024. Detection of hemagglutinin H5 influenza A virus sequence in municipal wastewater solids at wastewater treatment plants with increases in influenza A in spring, 2024. Environmental Science & Technology Letters, 11, 6, 526-532. Link. This paper won best paper in ES&T Letters for 2024. M. Shea and A. B. Boehm. 2024. Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding differentiates between micro-habitats within the rocky intertidal. Environmental DNA, 6(2), e521. Link. M. Zhang, M. Leong, W. Mitch, C. Blish, A. B. Boehm. 2024. Persistence and Free Chlorine Disinfection of Human Coronaviruses and Their Surrogates in Water. Applied & Environmental Microbiology, 90:e00055-24. Link. A. B. Boehm, M. K. Wolfe, B. J. White, B. Hughes, D. Duong, N. Banaei, A. Bidwell. 2024. Human norovirus (HuNoV) GII RNA in wastewater solids at 145 United States wastewater treatment plants: Comparison to positivity rates of clinical specimens and modeled estimates of HuNoV GII shedders. Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology, 34, 440 - 447. DOI: 10.1038/s41370-023-00592-4. Link. M. Zhang, L. Roldan-Hernandez, A. B. Boehm. 2024. Persistence of Human Respiratory Viral RNA in Wastewater Settled Solids. Applied & Environmental Microbiology, 90:e02272-23. Link. Maria L. Daza-Torres, J. Cricelio Montesinos-Lopez, Heather N. Bischel, Colleen C. Naughton, Angel N. Desai, Marlene K. Wolfe, Alexandria B. Boehm, and Miriam Nuno 2024. A Mixed-Effects Mode l to Predict COVID-19 Hospitalizations Using Wastewater Sueveillance. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 12(2), 112485. Link. A. Zulli, M. Varkila, J. Parsonnet, M. K. Wolfe, A. B. Boehm. 2024. Observations of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) nucleic-acids in wastewater solids across the United States in the 2022-2023 season: Relationships with RSV infection positivity and hospitalization rates. ES&T Water, 4(4), 1657-1667. Link. A. B. Boehm, B. Hughes, D. Duong, B. White, N. Banaei, M. K. Wolfe. 2024. A retrospective longitudinal study of adenovirus group F, norovirus GI and GII, rotavirus, and enterovirus nucleic-acids in wastewater solids at two wastewater treatment plants: Solid-liquid partitioning and relation to clinical testing data. mSphere, 9:e00736-23. Link. A. Mertens, B. F. Arnold, J. Benjamin-Chung, A. B. Boehm, J. Brown, D. Capone, T. Capone, E. Fuhrmeister, J. Grembi, D. Holcomb, J. Knee, L. Kwong, A. Lin, S. P. Luby, R. Nala, K. Nelson, S. Njenga, C. Null, A. J. Pickering, M. Rahman, H. Reese, L. Steinbaum, J. Stewart, R. Thilakaratne, O. Cumming, J. M. Colford Jr., A. Ercumen. Associations between detection of enteropathogens and microbial source tracking markers in the environment and child enteric infections and growth: a systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis. Lancet Global Health, 12(3), e433-e444 Link. M. K. Wolfe, A. Paulos, A. Zulli, D. Duong, B. Shelden, B. J. White, A. B. Boehm. 2024. Wastewater detection of emerging arbovirus infections: Case study of Dengue in the United States. Environmental Science & Technology Letters, 11(1), 9-15. Link.
2023	Sarah Philo, Kara De Leon, Rachel Noble, Nicolette Zhou, Rashed Alghafri, Itay Bar-Or, Amanda Darling, Nishita Dsouza, Oumaima Hachimi, Devrim Kaya, Sooyeol Kim, Katrin Gaardbo Kuhn, Blythe Layton, Cresten Mansfeldt, Bethany Oceguera, Tyler Radniecki, Jeffrey Ram, Lauren Saunders, Abhilasha Shrestha, Lauren Stadler, Joshua Steele, Bradley Stevenson, Kyle Bibby, Alexandria Boehm, Rolf Halden, and Jeseth Delgado Vela. Wastewater surveillance for bacterial targets: current challenges and future goals. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 90:e01428-23.. Link to paper. M. Schoen, A. Bidwell, M. K. Wolfe, A. B. Boehm. 2023. United States influenza 2022-2023 season characteristics as inferred from wastewater solids, influenza hospitalization and syndromic data. Environmental Science & Technology, 57 (49), 20542-20550. Link to paper. L. Kennedy, S. Lowry, A. B. Boehm. 2023. Temperature and particle content interact to affect human norovirus and MS2 persistence in surface water. Environmental Science: Processes and Impacts., 26, 71-81, DOI: 10.1039/D3EM00357D. Link to paper. D. Valencia, A. T. Yu, A. Wheeler, L. Hopkins, I. Pray, L. Horter, D. J. Vugia, S. Matzinger, L. Stadler, N. Kloczko, M. Welton, S. Bertsch-Merbach, K. Domakonda, D. Antkiewicz, H. Turner, C. Crain, A. Mulenga, M. Shafer, J. Owiti, R. Schneider, K. H. Janssen, M. K. Wolfe, S. L. McClellan, A. B. Boehm, A. Roguet, B. White, M. K. Schussman, M. S. Rane, J. Hemming, C. Collins, A. Abram, E. Burnor, R. Westergaard, J. N. Ricaldi, J. Person, N. Fehrenbach. 2023. Notes from the Field: The National Wastewater Surveillance System's Centers of Excellence Contributions to Public Health Action During the Respiratory Virus Season - Four U.S. Jurisdictions, 2022-23, MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2023;72: 1309-1312. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7248a4. Link to paper. C. Anderson and A. B. Boehm. 2023. Sunlight inactivation of enveloped viruses in clear water. Environmental Science & Technology, 57, 50, 21395-21404. Link to paper. A. B. Boehm, D. A. Wadford, B. Hughes, D. Duong, A. Chen, T. Padilla, C. Wright, L. Moua, T. Bullick, M. Salas, C. Morales, B. J. White, C. A. Glaser, D. J. Vugia, A. T. Yu, M. K, Wolfe. Trends of enterovirus D68 concentrations in wastewater in two California communities parallel trends of statewide confirmed cases, February 2021-April 2023. Emerging Infectious Disease, 29(11). Link. L. Roldan-Hernandez and A. B. Boehm.2023. Adsorption of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), rhinovirus, SARS-CoV-2, and F+ bacteriophage MS2 RNA onto wastewater solids from raw wastewater. Environmental Science & Technology, 57(36), 13346-13355. Link to paper. W. Zambrana and A. B. Boehm. 2023. Occurrence of Human Viruses on Fomites in the Environment: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. ACS Environment AU, 3(5), 277-294. Link to paper. DOI: 10.1021/acsenvironau.3c00025. A. B. Boehm, M. K. Wolfe, B. J. White, B. Hughes, D. Duong, A. Bidwell. 2023. More than a Tripledemic: Influenza A Virus, Respiratory Syncytial Virus, SARS-CoV-2, and Human Metapneumovirus in Wastewater during Winter 2022 - 2023. Environmental Science & Technology Letters, 10, 8, 622-627. Link to paper. A. Natarajan, B. Fremin, D. Schmidtke, M. Wolfe, S. Zlitni, K. Graham, E. Brooks, C. Severyn, K. Sakamoto, N. Lacayo, S. Kuersten, J. Koble, G. Caves, I. Kaplan, U. Singh, P. Jagannathan, A. Rezvani, A. Bhatt, A. Boehm. 2023. Tomato brown rugose fruit virus Mo gene is a novel microbial source tracking marker. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 89, 7, e00583-23. Link to paper. S. A. Lowry, M. K. Wolfe, A. B. Boehm. Respiratory virus concentrations in human excretions that contribute to wastewater: A systematic review. Journal of Water and Health, 21 (6): 831-848. Link. K F Kadonsky, C C Naughton, M Susa, R Olson, G L Singh, M L Daza-Torres, J C Montesinos-Lopez, Y E Garcia Puerta, M Gafurova, A Gushari, J Cosgrove, B J White, A B Boehm, M K Wolfe, M Nuno, H N Bischel. Expansion of wastewater-based disease surveillance to improve health equity in California's Central Valley: sequential shifts in case:wastewater and hospitalization:wastewater ratios. Frontiers in Public Health, 11, 1141097. Link to paper. P. Arts, J. Kelly, C. Midgely, K. Anglin, S. Lu, G. Abedi, R. Andino, K. Bakker, B. Banman, A. B. Boehm, M. Briggs-Hagen, A. Brouwer, M. Davidson, M. Eisenberg, M. Garcia-Knight, S. Knight, M. Peluso, J. Pineda-Ramirez, R. Diaz Sanchez, S. Saydah, M. Tassetto, J. Martin, and K. R. Wigginton. 2023. Longitudinal and Quantitative Fecal Shedding Dynamics of SARS-CoV-2, Pepper Mild Mottle Virus and CrAssphage. mSystems, 8:e00132-23.. Link. R. Yin, C. E. Anderson, J. Zhao, A. B. Boehm, W. A. Mitch. Controlling Contaminants Using a Far-UVC-based Advanced Oxidation Process for Potable Reuse. Nature Water, 1, 555 - 562. Link. A. B. Boehm, M. K. Wolfe, B. J. White, B. Hughes, D. Duong. Divergence of wastewater SARS-CoV-2 and reported laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 incident case data coincident with wide-spread availability of at-home COVID-19 antigen tests. PeerJ, 11:e15631 Link. A. B. Boehm, Marlene K. Wolfe, Krista R. Wigginton, Amanda Bidwell, Bradley J. White, Bridgette Hughes, Dorothea Duong, Vikram Chan-Herur, Heather N. Bischel, Colleen C. Naughton. 2023. Human viral nucleic acids concentrations in wastewater solids from Central and Coastal California USA. Scientific Data, 10, 396. Link. R. T. Searcy, J. R. Phaneuf, A. B. Boehm. 2023. High-frequency fecal indicator bacteria (FIB) observations to assess water quality drivers at an enclosed beach. PLOS One, 18(6): e0286029. Link to paper. A. Keshaviah, M. B Diamond, M. J Wade, S. V Scarpino, and Global Wastewater Action Group. 2023. Wastewater monitoring can anchor global disease surveillance systems. Lancet Global Health, 11(6), e976-e981. Link. C. E. Anderson, M. K. Wolfe, A. B. Boehm. 2023. Enveloped and non-enveloped virus survival on microfiber towels. PeerJ, 11:e15202. Link. C. E. Anderson, J. Tong, W. Zambrana, A. B. Boehm, M. K. Wolfe. 2023. Efficacy of commonly used handwashing methods for viruses. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 108(4), 820-828. Link. E. Chan, L. Kennedy, M. Wolfe, A. Boehm. 2023. Identifying trends in SARS-CoV-2 RNA in wastewater to infer changing COVID-19 incidence: Effect of sampling frequency. PLOS Water, 2(4): e0000088. Link. M. Shea, J. Kuppermann, M. Rogers, D. S. Smith, P. N. Edwards, A. B. Boehm. 2023. Systematic review of marine environmental DNA metabarcoding studies: Toward best practices for data usability and accessibility. PeerJ, 11:e14993. Link. L. Kennedy, V. Constantini, K. Huynh, S. Loeb, W. Jennings, S. Lowry, M. Mattioli, J. Vinje, A. Boehm. 2023. Persistence of human norovirus (GII) in surface water: Decay rate constants and inactivation mechanisms. Environmental Science & Technology, 57(9), 3671-3679. Link. A. B. Boehm, B. Hughes, D. Duong, V. Chan-Herur, A. Buchman, M. K. Wolfe, B. J. White. 2023. Wastewater surveillance of human influenza, metapneumovirus, parainfluenza, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), rhinovirus, and seasonal coronaviruses during the COVID-19 pandemic. Lancet Microbe, 4(5), e340-e348. Link. S. Kim and A. B. Boehm. Wastewater monitoring of SARS-CoV-2 RNA at K-12 schools: Comparison to pooled clinical testing data. PeerJ, 11:e15079. Link. A. Mertens; B. F. Arnold; J. Benjamin-Chung; A. B. Boehm; J. Brown; D. Capone; T. Clasen; E. Fuhrmeister; J. Grembi; D. Holcomb; J. Knee; L. H. Kwong; A. Lin; S. P. Luby; R. Nala; K. Nelson; S. Njenga; C. Null; A. J. Pickering; M. Rahman; H. Reese; L. Steinbaum; J. Stewart; R. Thilakaratne; O. Cumming; J. M. Colford Jr.; A. Ercumen. 2023. Effects of water, sanitation, and hygiene interventions on detection of enteropathogens and host-specific faecal markers in the environment: an individual-participant data meta-analysis. Lancet Planetary Health, 7(3), e197-e208. Link. W. Zambrana, J. Tong, C. Anderson, A. B. Boehm, M.K. Wolfe. Quantifying the viral reduction achieved using ash and sand as handwashing agents. 2023. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 108(2), 441-448. Link. M. K. Wolfe, A. T. Yu, D. Duong, M. S. Rane, B. Hughes, V. Chan-Herur, M. Donnelly, S. Chai, B. J. White, D. J. Vugia, A. B. Boehm. 2023. Use of Wastewater for Mpox Outbreak Surveillance in California. New England Journal of Medicine, 388:570-575. Link. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc2213882.
2022	Ryan Searcy and A. B. Boehm. Know before you go: Data-driven beach water quality forecasting. Environmental Science & Technology, 57(46), 17930-17939. Link. S. Kim, M. K. Wolfe, C. Criddle, D. Duong, V. Chan-Herur, B. White, A. B. Boehm. 2022. Effect of SARS-CoV-2 digital droplet RT-PCR assay sensitivity on COVID-19 wastewater based epidemiology. PLOS Water 1(11): e0000066. Link.. L. Jin, A. Pruden, A. B. Boehm, P. J. J. Alvarez, L. Raskin, T. Kohn, X. Li, 2022. Integrating environmental dimensions of "One Health" to combat antimicrobial resistance: Essential research needs. Environmental Science & Technology, 56, 21, 14871- 14874. Viewpoint, not peer reviewed. W. Zambrana, D. Catoe, M. Coffman, S. Kim, A. Anand, D. Solis, M. Sahoo, B. Pinsky, A. Bhatt, A. B. Boehm, M. K. Wolfe. 2022. SARS-CoV-2 RNA and N antigen quantification via wastewater at campus level, building cluster level and individual building level. ACS Environmental Science & Technology Water, 2022, 2, 11, 2025 - 2033. Link. M. Schoen, M. K. Wolfe, L. Li, D. Duong, B. White, B. Hughes, A. B. Boehm. 2022. SARS-CoV-2 RNA wastewater settled solids surveillance frequency and impact on predicted COVID-19 incidence using a distributed lag model. ACS Environmental Science & Technology Water, 2, 11, 2167-2174. Link. L. Roldan-Hernandez, K. E. Graham, D. Duong, A. B. Boehm. 2022. Persistence of endogenous SARS-CoV-2 and pepper mild mottle virus RNA in wastewater settled solids. ACS ES&T Water, 2 (11), 1944 - 1952. Link. Tsao J, Kussman AL, Segovia N, Abrams GD, Boehm AB, Hwang CE. 2022. Prevalence of Positive Rapid Antigen Tests After 7-Day Isolation following SARS-CoV-2 Infection in College Athletes when Omicron Variant Dominant. JAMA Netw Open. 5(10):e2237149. Link. M. Sivaganesan, J. R. Willis, M. Karim, A. Babatola, D. Catoe, A. B. Boehm, M. Wilder, H. Green, A. Lobos, V. J. Harwood, S. Hertel, R. Klepikow, M. F. Howard, P. Laksanalamai, A. Roundtree, M. Mattioli, S. Eytcheson, M. Molina, M. Lane, R. Rediske, A. Ronan, N. DSouza, J. B. Rose, A. Shrestha, C. Hoar, A. I. Silverman, W. Faulkner, K. Wickman, J.G. Kralj, S. L. Servetas, M. E. Hunter, S. A. Jackson, O. C. Shanks. 2022. Interlaboratory Performance and Quantitative PCR Data Acceptance Metrics for NIST SRM 2917. Water Research, 225, 119162. Link. M. Wolfe, D. Duong, K. Bakker, M. Ammerman, L. Mortenson, B. Hughes, P. Arts, A. Lauring, W. Fitzsimmons, E. Bendall, C. Hwang, E. Martin, B. White, A. B. Boehm, K. R. Wigginton. 2022. Wastewater-based detection of two influenza outbreaks. Environmental Science & Technology Letters, 9(8), 687 - 692. Link This paper won best paper for 2022 for ES&T Letters J. A. Soller, W. Jennings, M. Schoen, A. Boehm, K. Wigginton, R. Gonzalez, K. E. Graham, A. Kirby, M. Mattioli. 2022. Modeling Infection from SARS-CoV-2 Wastewater Concentrations: Promise, Limitations, and Future Directions. Journal of Water and Health, 20(8), 1197-1211. Link. F. Hassard; T. R. Smith, A. B. Boehm, O. O'Mara, S. Nolan, M. Di Cesare; D. Graham. 2022. Wastewater surveillance for rapid identification current and emerging infectious disease threats in prisons. Lancet Microbe, 3(8), E556-E557. Opinion piece, not peer reviewed. Link. J. Swarthout, E. Fuhrmeister, L. Hamzah, A. Harris, M. Ahmed, E. Gurley, S. Satter, A. B. Boehm, and A. J. Pickering. 2022. Differential overlap in human and animal fecal microbiomes and resistomes in rural versus urban Bangladesh. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 88(14),e00759-22. Link A. B. Boehm, B. Hughes, M. K. Wolfe, B. J. White, D. Duong, V. Chan-Herur. Regional replacement of SARS-CoV-2 variant BA.1 with BA.2 as observed through wastewater surveillance. 2022. Environmental Science & Technology Letters, 9, 6, 575-580. Link. J. Huissman, Jeremie Scire, Lea Caduff, Xavier Fernandez-Cassi, Pravin Ganesanandamoorthy, Anina Kull, Andreas Scheidegger, Elyse Stachler, Alexandria B. Boehm, Bridgette Hughes, Alisha Knudson, Aaron Topol, Krista R. Wigginton, Marlene K. Wolfe, Tamar Kohn, Christoph Ort, Tanja Stadler, Timothy R. Julian. 2022. Wastewater-based estimation of the effective reproductive number of SARS-CoV-2. Environmental Health Perspectives, 130(5), article number 057011-1. Link. M. K. Wolfe, B. Hughes, D. Duong, V. Chan-Herur, K. R. Wigginton, B. White, A. B. Boehm. 2022. Detection of SARS-CoV-2 variant Mu, Beta, Gamma, Lambda, Delta, Alpha, and Omicron in wastewater settled solids using mutation-specific assays is associated with regional detection of variants in clinical samples. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 88(8), e00045-22. Link. This paper earned Alexandria Boehm a 2024 Highly Cited Author for American Society of Microbiology journals M. B. Rugh, S. B. Grant, W.-C. Hung, J. A. Jay, E. A. Parker, M. Feraud, D. Li, S. Avasarala, P. A. Holden, H. Liu, M. A. Rippy, L. C. Van De Werfhorst, T. Kefela, J. Peng, S. Shao, K. E. Graham, A. B. Boehm, S. Choi, S. K. Mohanty, Y. Cao. 2022. Highly variable removal of pathogens, antibiotic resistance genes, conventional fecal indicators and human-associated fecal source markers in a pilot-scale stormwater biofilter operated under realistic stormflow conditions. Water Research, 219, 118525. Link. J. Delago Vela, J. McClary-Gutierrez, M. Al-Faliti, V. Allan, P. Arts, R. Barbero, C. Bell, N. D'Souza, K. Bakker, D. Kaya, R. Gonzalez, K. Harrison, S. Konnoly, I. Keenum, L. Li, B. Pecson, S. Philo, R. Schneider, A. Shresta, L. Stadler, K. Wigginton, A. B. Boehm, R. Halden, K. Bibby. 2022. Impact of disaster research on the development of early career researchers: Lessons learned from the wastewater monitoring pandemic response efforts. Environmental Science & Technology, 56(8), 4724-4727. Link. Not peer-reviewed, opinion piece. A. Yu, B. Hughes, M. Wolfe, T. Leon, D. Duong, A. Rabe, L. Kennedy, S. Ravuri, B. White, K. Wigginton, A. Boehm, D. Vugia. 2022. Estimating relative abundance of two SARS-CoV-2 variants through wastewater surveillance at two large metropolitan sites. Emerging Infectious Disease, 28(5), 940-947. Link. R. Searcy, A. B. Boehm, C. Weinstock, R. Marin III, C. Preston, S. Jensen, B. Roman, J. Birch, C. Scholin, K. Van Houtan, J. Kiernan, K. Yamahara. 2022. High-frequency and long-term observations of eDNA from imperiled salmonids in a coastal stream: temporal dynamics, relationships with environmental factors, and comparisons to conventional observations. Environmental DNA, 4(4), 776-789. Link Sooyeol Kim, Lauren Kennedy, Marlene Wolfe, Craig Criddle, Dorothea Duong, Aaron Topol, Bradley J White, Rose Kantor, Kara Nelson, Joshua Steele, Kylie Langlois, John Griffith, Amity Zimmer-Faust, Sandra McLellan, Melissa Schussman, Michelle Armmerman, Krista Wigginton, Kevin Bakker, Alexandria Boehm. 2022. SARS-CoV-2 RNA is enriched by orders of magnitude in solid relative to liquid wastewater at publicly owned treatment works. Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology, 8, 757 - 770. DOI: 10.1039/D1EW00826A. Link. Kirby AE, Welsh RM, Marsh ZA, Yu AT, Vugia DJ, Boehm AB, Wolfe MK, White BJ, Matzinger SR, Wheeler A, Bankers L, Andresen K, Salatas C, NYDEP, Gregory DA, Johnson MC, Trujillo M, Kannoly S, Smyth DS, Dennehy JJ, Sapoval N, Ensor K, Treangen T, Stadler LB, Hopkins L. 2022. Notes from the Field: Early Evidence of the SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.529 (Omicron) Variant in Community Wastewater - United States, November - December 2021. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2022;71:103- 105. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7103a5. B. Hughes, D. Duong, B. J. White, K. R. Wigginton, E. Chan, M. Wolfe, A. B. Boehm. 2022. Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) RNA in wastewater settled solids reflects RSV clinical positivity rates. Environmental Science & Technology Letters, 9(2), 173-178. Link.
2021	F. Feddersen, A. B. Boehm, S. N. Giddings, X. Wu, D. Liden. 2021. Modeling Untreated Wastewater Evolution and Swimmer Illness for Four Wastewater Infrastructure Scenarios in the San Diego-Tijuana (US/MX) Border Region. Geohealth, 5(11), e2021GH000490. DOI: 10.1029/2021GH000490. Link . C. E. Anderson and A. B. Boehm. 2021. Transfer rate of enveloped and non-enveloped viruses between fingerpads and surfaces. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 87 (22), e01215-21, doi: 10.1128/AEM.01215-21. Link. K. E. Graham, C. E. Anderson, A. B. Boehm. 2021. Viral pathogens in urban stormwater runoff: Occurrence and removal via vegetated biochar-amended biofilters. Water Research, 207, 117829. DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2021.117829. Link. J. Winter, G. Darmstadt, A. B. Boehm, J. Davis. 2021. The impact of on-premises piped water supply on fecal contamination pathways in rural Zambia. NJP Clean Water, 4, article 47. DOI: 10.1038/s41545-021-00138-x, Link. A. I. Silverman and A. B. Boehm. 2021. Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of the Persistence of Enveloped Viruses in Environmental Waters and Wastewater in the Absence of Disinfectants. Environmental Science & Technology, 55(21), 14480-14493. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.1c03977. Link. A. Natarajan, A. Han, S. Zlitni, E. F. Brooks,, S. E. Vance, M. Wolfe, U. Singh,, P. Jagannathan, B. A. Pinsky, A. Boehm, A. S. Bhatt. Standardized and optimized preservation, extraction and quantification techniques for detection of fecal SARS-CoV-2 RNA. Nature Communications, 12, Article number: 5753. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-25576-6. Link. M. K. Wolfe, A. Topol, A. Knudson, A. Simpson, B. J. White, D. J. Vugia, A. T. Yu, L. Li, M. Balliet, P. Stoddard, G. S. Han, K. R. Wigginton, A. B. Boehm. 2021. High frequency, high throughput quantification of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in wastewater settled solids at eight publicly owned treatment works in Northern California shows strong association with COVID-19 incidence. mSystems, 6(5), e00829-21. DOI: doi/10.1128/mSystems.00829-2. Link. M. M. Coffman, J. S. Guest, M. K. Wolfe, C. C. Naughton, A. B. Boehm, J. Delgado Vela, J. S. Carrera. 2021. Preventing Scientific and Ethical Misuse of Wastewater. Environmental Science & Technology, DIO: 10.1021/acs.est.1c04325, Link. *Not peer reviewed, opinion piece. Adrian Simpson, Aaron Topol, Bradley White, Marlene Wolfe, Krista Wigginton, Alexandria B Boehm. 2021. Effect of storage conditions on SARS-CoV-2 RNA quantification in wastewater solids. PeerJ 9:e11933. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.1193. Link. J. S. McClary-Gutierrez, Z. T. Aanderud, M. Al-faliti, C. Duvallet, Raul Gonzalez, J. Guzman, R. H. Holm, M. Jahne, R. S. Kantor, P. Katsivelis, K. Gaardbo Kuhn, L. M. Langan, C. Mansfeldt, S. L. McLellan, L. M. Mendoza Grijalva, K. S. Murnane, C. C. Naughton, A. I. Packman, S. Paraskevopoulos, T. S. Radniecki, F. A. Roman Jr., A. Shrestha, L. Stadler, J. A. Steele, B. M. Swalla, P. Vikesland, B. Wartell, C. J. Wilusz, J. Chui Ching Wong, A. B. Boehm, R. U. Halden, K. Bibby, J. Delgado Vela. 2021. Standardizing Data Reporting in the Research Community to Enhance the Utility of Open Data for SARS-CoV-2 Wastewater Surveillance. Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology. Link. J. McClary-Gutierrez, M. Mattioli, P. Marcenac, A. Silverman, A. Boehm, K. Bibby, M. Balliet, F. de los Reyes III, D. Gerrity, J. Griffith, P. Holden, D. Katehis, G. Kester, N. LaCross, E. Lipp, J. Meiman, R. Noble, D. Brossard, S. McLellan. 2021. SARS-CoV-2 Wastewater Surveillance for Public Health Action: Connecting Perspectives from Wastewater Researchers and Public Health Officials During a Global Pandemic. DOI: 10.3201/eid2709.210753. Emerging Infectious Disease. Link. Mark A. Borchardt, Alexandria B. Boehm, Marc Salit, Susan K. Spencer, Krista R. Wigginton, and Rachel T. Noble. 2021. The Environmental Microbiology Minimum Information (EMMI) Guidelines: qPCR and dPCR Quality and Reporting for Environmental Microbiology. ES&T. Link. This paper won first runner up for best paper at ES&T for 2021. S. K. Loeb, W. Jennings, K. Wiggington, A. B. Boehm. 2021. Sunlight Inactivation of Human Norovirus using a Genome-Wide PCR-Based Approach and Enzyme Pre-Treatment. Environmental Science & Technology, 55(13), 8783-8792. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.1c01575. Link. M. K. Wolfe, A. Archana, D. Catoe, M. M. Coffman, S. Dorevitch, K. E. Graham, S. Kim, L. Mendoza Grijalva, L. Roldan-Hernandez, A. I. Silverman, N. Sinnott-Armstrong, D. J. Vugia, A. T. Yu, W. Zambrana, K. R. Wigginton, A. B. Boehm. 2021. Scaling of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in settled solids from multiple wastewater treatment plants to compare relative incidence of laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 in their sewersheds. Environmental Science & Technology Letters, 8, 5, 398- 404. Link. A. Archana, C. A. Francis, and A. B. Boehm. 2021. The beach aquifer microbiome: Research gaps and data needs. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 9, 123. DOI: 10.3389/fenvs.2021.653568. Link. R. T. Searcy, A. B. Boehm. 2021. A day at the beach: Enabling coastal water quality prediction with high-frequency sampling and data-driven models. Environmental Science & Technology, 55(3), 190-1918. doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.0c06742. Link. E. A. Andruszkiewic, K. M. Yamahara, C. Closek, A. B. Boehm. 2020. Quantitative PCR assays to detect whales, rockfish, and common murre environmental DNA in marine water samples of the Northeastern Pacific. PLOS One, 15(12): e0242689. Link. K. E. Graham, S. K. Loeb, M. K. Wolfe, D. Catoe, N. Sinnott-Armstrong, S. Kim, K. M. Yamahara, L. M. Sassoubre, L. M. Mendoza, L. Roldan-Hernandez, L. Li, K. Langenfeld, K. R. Wigginton, A. B. Boehm. 2021. SARS-CoV-2 RNA in wastewater settled solids is associated with COVID-19 cases in a large urban sewershed. Environmental Science & Technology, 55, 488-498. Link.
2020	A. B. Boehm and J. A. Soller. 2020. Refined ambient water quality thresholds for human-associated fecal indicator HF183 for recreational waters with and without co-occurring gull fecal contamination. Microbial Risk Assessment, 16, 100139. doi: 10.1016/j.mran.2020.100139. Link. W. C. Jennings, E. Galvez, A. L. Prieto, A. B. Boehm. 2020. Norovirus and crAssphage in an urban river: sources and covariation with bacterial indicators for consideration. Water Research X, 9, 100071. doi: 10.1016/j.wroa.2020.100071. Link. Schoen, M., Boehm, A. B., Soller, J. A., Shanks, O. 2020. Contamination scenario matters when using viral and bacterial human-associated genetic markers as indicators of health risk in untreated sewage-impacted recreational waters. Environmental Science & Technology, 54(20), 13101-13109. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.0c02189. Link.. C. Poulin, R. Peletz, A. Ercumen, A. Pickering, K. Marshall, A. Boehm, R. Khush, C. Delaire. 2020. What environmental factors influence the concentration of fecal indicator bacteria in groundwater? Insights from explanatory modelling in Uganda and Bangladesh. Environmental Science & Technology, 54(21), 13566- 13578. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.0c02567. Link.. A. Bivins, D. North, A. Ahmad, W., Alm, E., Been, F., Bhattacharya, P., Bijlsma, L., Boehm, A., Brown, J., Buttiglieri, G., Calabro, V., Carducci, A., Castiglioni, S., Cetecioglu, Z., Charkraborty, S., Costa, F., de los Reyes III, F., Delgado Vela, J., Farkas, K., Fernandez C. X.; Gerba, C., Gerrity, D., Girones, R., Gonzalez, R., Haramoto, E., Harris, A., Holden, P., Islam, M. T., Jones, D., Kasprzyk-Hordern, B., Kitajima, M., Kotlarz, N., Kumar, M., Kuroda, K., La Rosa, G., Malpei, F., Matus, M., McLellan, S., Medema, G., Meschke, J. S., Mueller, J., Newton, R., Nilsson, D., Noble, R., van Nuijs, A., Peccia, J., Perkins, A., Pickering, A., Rose, J., Sanchez, G., Smith, A., Stadler, L., Stauber, C., Thomas, K., van der Voorn, T., Wigginton, K.R., Zhu, K., Bibby, K. (2020) Wastewater-Based Epidemiology: Global Collaborative to Maximize Contributions in the Fight Against COVID-19, Environmental Science & Technology, 54(13), 7754-7757. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.0c02388. A. I. Silverman and A. B. Boehm. 2020. Systematic review and meta-analysis of the persistence and disinfection of human coronaviruses and their viral surrogates in water and wastewater. Environmental Science & Technology Letters, 7, 544-553. Link. DOI: 10.1021/acs.estlett.0c00313. K. M. Yamahara, D. P. Keymer, S. P. Walters, B. A. Layton, R. S. Thompson, M. Rosener, A. B. Boehm. 2020. Application of molecular source tracking and mass balance approach to identify sources of fecal indicator bacteria in a tropical river. PLOS ONE 15(4): e0232054. Link. K. Wigginton, A. B. Boehm. 2020.Environmental Engineers and Scientists Have Important Roles to Play in Stemming Outbreaks and Pandemics Caused by Enveloped Viruses. Environmental Science & Technology, 54, 7, 3736-3739. A. B. Boehm, C. Bell, N. Fitzgerald, E. Gallo, C. P. Higgins, T. S. Hogue, R. G. Luthy, A. Portmann, B. A. Ulrich, J. Wolfand. 2020. Biochar-augmented biofilters to improve pollutant removal from stormwater - Can they improve receiving water quality? Environmental Science: Water Research & Techology,6, 1520-1537. DOI: 10.1039/D0EW00027B. Link. W. C. Jennings, S. Cunniff, K. Lewis, H. Deres, D. R. Reineman, J. Davis, A. B. Boehm. 2020. Participatory science for coastal water quality: freshwater plume mapping and volunteer retention in a randomized informational intervention. Environmental Science: Processes and Impacts, 22, 918 - 929. DOI: 10.1039/C9EM00571D. Link. L. Hamzah, A. B. Boehm, J. Davis, A. J. Pickering, M. Wolfe, M. Mureithi, A. Harris. 2020. Ruminant Fecal Contamination of Drinking Water Introduced Post-Collection in Rural Kenyan Households. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(2), 608. Link. A. Djurhuus, C. J. Closek, R. P. Kelly, K. J. Pitz, R. P. Michisaki, H. A. Starks, K. R. Walz, E. A. Andruszkiewicz, E. Olesin, K. Hubbard, E. Montes, D. Otis, F. E. Muller-Karger,F. P. Chavez, A. B. Boehm, M. Breitbart. 2020. Environmental DNA reveals seasonal shifts and potential interactions in a marine community. Nature Communications, 11, article number 254. Link.
2019	Collin J. Closek, Jarrod A. Santora, Hilary A. Starks, Isaac D. Schroeder, Elizabeth A. Andruszkiewicz, Keith M. Sakuma, Steven J. Bograd, Elliott L. Hazen, John C. Field, Alexandria B. Boehm. 2019. Marine vertebrate biodiversity and distribution within the central California Current using environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding and ecosystem surveys. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6:732. Link. A. B. Boehm. 2019. Risk-based water quality thresholds for coliphage in surface waters: Effect of temperature and contamination aging. Environmental Science: Processes and Impacts, 21, 2031-2041. B. Kranner, N. Afrooz, N. Fitzgerald, A. Boehm. 2019. Fecal indicator bacteria and virus removal in stormwater biofilters: Effects of biochar, media saturation, and field conditioning. PLOS One,14(9): e0222719 E. Fuhrmeister, A. Ercumen, A. Pickering, K. Jeanis, M. Ahmed, S. Brown, B. Arnold, A. Hubbard, M. Alam, D. Sen, S. Islam, M. H. Kabir, L. Kwong, M. Islam, L. Unicomb, M. Rahman, A. B. Boehm, S. Luby, J. Colford, K. Nelson. 2019. Predictions of enteric pathogens in the domestic environment from human and animal sources in rural Bangladesh. Environmental Science & Technology, 53(17), 10023-10033. Link. A. B. Boehm, A. Silverman, A. Schriewer, K. Goodwin. 2019. Systematic review and meta-analysis of decay rates of waterborne mammalian viruses and coliphage in surface waters. Water Research, 164, 114898. Link. E. A. Andruszkiewicz, J. R. Koseff, O. B. Fringer, N. T. Ouellette, A. B. Lowe, C. A. Edwards, A. B. Boehm. 2019. Modeling environmental DNA transport in the coastal ocean using Lagrangian particle tracking. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6, 477, 10.3389/fmars.2019.00477. Link. C. Weiskerger, J. Brandao, W. Ahmed, A. Aslan, L. Avolio, B. Bradgley, A. Boehm, T. Edge, J. Fleisher, C. Heaney, Luisa Jordao, J. kinzelman, J. Klaus, G. Kleinheinz, P. Merilainen, J. P. Nshimyimana, M. Phanikumar, A. Piggot, T. Pitkanen, C. Robinson, M. Sadowsky, C. Staley, Z. Staley, E. Symonds, L. Vogel, K. Yamahara, R. Whitman, H. Solo-Gabriele, V. 2019. Harwood. Impacts of a changing Earth on microbial dynamics and human health risks in the continuum between beach water and sand. Water Research, 162, 456-470. A. Harris, A. J. Pickering, A. B. Boehm, M. Mrisho, J. Davis. 2019. Comparison of analytical techniques to explain variability in stored drinking water quality and microbial hand contamination of female caregivers in Tanzania. Environmental Science: Processes and Impacts, 21, 893-903. Link. J. McClary, N. Ramos, A. B. Boehm. 2019. Photoinactivation of uncultured, indigenous enterococci. Environmental Science: Processes and Impacts 21, 104 - 112.Link.
2018	A. R. M. N. Afrooz, A. K. Pitol, D. Kitt, A. B. Boehm. 2018. Role of microbial cell properties on bacterial pathogen and coliphage removal in biochar-modified biofilters. Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology, 4, 2160-2169. Link. Nominated as one of the Best Papers of 2018 for the journal. A. Pitol, H. Bischel, A. B. Boehm, T. Kohn, T. R. Julian. 2018. Transfer of enteric viruses (adenovirus and coxsackievirus) and bacteriophage (MS2) from liquid to human skin. Applied and Environmental Microbiology., 84, e01809-18. Link. A. B. Boehm, K. E. Graham, W. C. Jennings. 2018. Can we swim yet? Systematic review, meta-analysis, and risk assessment of aging sewage in surface waters. Environmental Science & Technology, 52(17), 9634-9645. Link. Nelson, K. L., Boehm, A. B., Davies-Colley, R.J., Dodd, M. C., Kohn, T., Linden, K. G., Liu, Y., Maraccini, P. A., McNeill, K., Mitch, W. A., Nguyen, T. H., Parker, K. M., Rodriguez, R. A., Sassoubre, L. M., Silverman, A. I., Wigginton, K. R., Zepp, R. G. 2018. Sunlight-mediated inactivation of health-relevant microorganisms in water: A review of mechanisms and modeling approaches. Environmental Science: Processes and Impacts, 20, 1089-1122. Link. This article is open access. Nominated as one of the Best Papers of 2018 for the journal. S. L. McLellan, E. P. Sauer, M. J. Bootsma, S. R. Corsi, A. B. Boehm, S. K. Spenser, M. A. Borchardt. 2018. Sewage loading and microbial risk in urban waters of the Great Lakes. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene, 6(1):46. DOI: http://doi.org/10.1525/elementa.301 Link. R. Searcy, M. Taggart, M. Gold, A. B. Boehm. 2018. Implementation of an automated beach water quality Nowcast system at ten California oceanic beaches. Journal of Environmental Management, 223, 633-632. Link. J. Wolfand, C. D. Bell, A. B. Boehm, T. Hogue, R. G. Luthy. 2018. Multiple pathways to bacterial load reduction by stormwater best management practices: tradeoffs in performance, volume, and treated area. Environmental Science & Technology, 52(11), 6370-6379. Link. A correction was published for this article and is available at this Link. K. E. Graham, A. J. Prussin, L. C. Marr, L. M. Sassoubre, A. B. Boehm. 2018. Microbial Community Structure of Sea Spray Aerosols at Three California Beaches. FEMS Microbial Ecology, 94(3), fiy005. Link. W. C. Jennings, E. C. Chern, D. O'Donahue, M. G. Kellogg, A. B. Boehm. 2018. Frequency detection of a human fecal indicator in the urban ocean: environmental drivers and covariation with enterococci. Environmental Science: Processes and Impacts, 20, 480-492. doi: 10.1039/c7em00594f. Link. J. McClary, A. B. Boehm. Transcriptional response of Staphylococcus aureus to sunlight in oxic and anoxic conditions. Frontiers in Microbiology, 9, article 249, doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.00249. Link. A. Harris, M. Islam, L. Unicomb, A. Boehm, S. Luby, J. Davis, A. J. Pickering. 2018. Fecal contamination on produce from wholesale and retail food markets in Dhaka, Bangladesh. American Journal of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene, 98, 287-294. Link. Y. Cao; M. Sivaganesan, C. A Kelty, D. Wang, A. B. Boehm, J. F. Griffith, S. B. Weisberg, O. C. Shanks. 2018. A human fecal contamination score for ranking recreational sites using the HF183/BacR287 quantitative real-time PCR method. Water Research, 128, 148-156. Link.
2017	K. I. Brown, K. Graham, J. Soller, A. B. Boehm. 2017. Estimating probability of illness due to swimming in recreational water with a mixture of human- and gull-associated microbial source tracking markers. Environmental Science: Processes and Impacts, 19, 1528 - 1541. DOI: 10.1039/C7EM00316A A. Djurhuus, J. Port, C. J. Closek, K. M. Yamahara, O. Romero-Maraccini, K.R. Walz, D. B. Goldsmith, R. Michisaki, M. Breitbart, A. B. Boehm, F. P. Chavez. 2017. Evaluation of filtration and DNA extraction methods for environmental DNA biodiversity assessments across multiple trophic levels. Frontiers in Marine Science, 4, 314. Link. E. A. Andruszkiewicz, L. M. Sassoubre, A. B. Boehm. 2017. Persistence of marine fish environmental DNA and the influence of sunlight. PLoS ONE, 2(9): e0185043. Link. J. McClary, L. M. Sassoubre, A. B. Boehm. 2017. Staphylococcus aureus Strain Newman photoinactivation and cellular response to sunlight exposure. Applied & Environmental Microbiology, 83(17), e01052-17. Link. M. A. Islam, M. M. Islam, R. Hasan, M. I. Hossain, A. Nabi, M. Rahman, W. H. F. Goessens, H. P. Endtz, A. B. Boehm, S. M. Faruque. 2017. Environmental spread of metallo-β-lactamase-1-producing multi-drug resistant bacteria in Dhaka, Bangladesh Occurrence.Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 83 (15), e00793-17. Link. L. Steinbaum, L. H. Kwong, A. Ercumen, M. S. Negash, A. J. Lovely, S. M. Njenga, A. B. Boehm, A. J. Pickering, K. L. Nelson. 2017. Detecting and Enumerating Soil-Transmitted Helminth Eggs in Soil: New Method Development and Results from Field Testing in Kenya and Bangladesh. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 11(4): e0005522. Link. E. A. Andruszkiewicz, H. A. Starks, F. P. Chavez, L. M. Sassoubre, B. A. Block, A. B. Boehm. 2017. Biomonitoring of marine vertebrates in Monterey Bay using eDNA metabarcoding. PLOS ONE, 12(4): e0176343. Link. A.R.M.N. Afrooz, A. B. Boehm. 2017. Effects of submerged zone, media aging, and antecedent dry period on the performance of biochar-amended biofilters in removing fecal indicators and nutrients from natural stormwater. Ecological Engineering, 102, 320-330. Link. K. I. Brown, K. Graham, A. B. Boehm. 2017. Risk-based threshold of gull-associated fecal marker concentrations for recreational water. Environmental Science & Technology Letters, 4, 44-48. Link. S.E. Eftim,T. Hong, J. A. Soller, A. B. Boehm, I. Warren, A. Ichida, S. P. Nappier. 2017. Occurrence of norovirus in raw Sewage - a systematic literature review and meta-analysis. Water Research, 111, 366-374. Link. A. B. Boehm, N. Ismail, L. M. Sassoubre, E. A. Andruszkiewicz. 2017. Oceans in peril: Grand challenges in applied water quality research for the 21st century. Environmental Engineering Science, 34(1), 3-15. Link. M.C. Mattioli, L. M. Sassoubre, T. L. Russell, A. B. Boehm. 2017. Decay of sewage-sourced microbial source tracking markers and fecal indicator bacteria in marine waters. Water Research, 108, 106-114. Link.
2016	C. Liu, D. Kong, P.-C. Hsu, H. Yuan, H.-W. Lee, Y. Liu, H. Wang, S. Wang, K. Yan, D. Lin, P. Maraccini, K. Parker, A. Boehm, Y. Cui. 2016. Rapid Water Disinfection Using Vertically Aligned MoS2 Nanofilms and Visible Light. Nature Nanotechnology, 11, 1098-1104. Link. A.R.M.N. Afrooz, A. B. Boehm. 2016. Escherichia coli Removal in Biochar-modified Biofilters: Effects of Biofilm. PLOS One 11(12): e0167489. Link. K. E. Brown and A. B. Boehm. 2016. Transport of fecal indicators from beach sand to the surf zone by recirculating seawater: laboratory experiments and numerical modeling. Environmental Science & Technology, 50(23), 12840-12847. Link. A. B. Boehm, D. Wang, A. Ercumen, M. Shea, A. R. Harris, O. C. Shanks, C. Kelty, A. Ahmed, Z. H. Mahmud, B. F. Arnold, C. Chase, C. Kullmann, R. Ahmed, J. M. Colford, Jr., S. P. Luby, A. J. Pickering. 2016. Occurrence of host-associated fecal markers on child hands, household soil, and drinking water in rural Bangladeshi households. Environmental Science & Technology Letters, 3(11), 393-398. Link. N. Ismail, J. Tommerdahl, A. B. Boehm, R. G. Luthy. 2016. Escherichia coli reduction by bivalves in an impaired river impacted by agricultural land use. Environmental Science & Technology, 50, 11025-11033. Link. L. M. Sassoubre, K. M. Yamahara, L. Gardner, B. Block, A. B. Boehm. 2016. Environmental DNA (eDNA) shedding and decay rates of three marine fish. Environmental Science & Technology, 50(19), 10456-10464 Link. L. Steinbaum, S. M. Njenga, J. Kihara, A. B. Boehm, J. Davis, C. Null, A. J. Pickering. 2016. Soil-Transmitted Helminth Eggs are Present in Soil at Multiple Locations within Households in Rural Kenya. PLOS One, 11(6): e0157780. Link. P. A. Maraccini, J. H. Wenk, A. B. Boehm. 2016. Exogenous Indirect Photoinactivation of Bacterial Pathogens and Indicators in Water with Natural and Synthetic Photosensitizers in Simulated Sunlight With Reduced UVB. Journal of Applied Microbiology, 121, 587-597 Link. P. A. Maraccini, M. C. Mattioli, L. M. Sassoubre, Y. Cao, J. Griffith, J. Ervin, L. Van de Werfhorst, A. B. Boehm. 2016. Solar Inactivation of Enterococci and Escherichia coli in Natural Waters: Effects of Water Absorbance and Depth. Environmental Science & Technology, 50(10), 5068-5076. Link. P. A. Maraccini, J. H. Wenk, A. B. Boehm. 2016. Photoinactivation of Eight Health-Relevant Bacterial Species: Determining the Importance of the Exogenous Indirect Mechanism. Environmental Science & Technology, 50(10), 5050-5059. Link. A. Harris, A. J. Pickering, M. Harris, S. Doza, M. S. Islam, L. Unicomb, S. Luby, J. Davis, A. B. Boehm. 2016. Ruminants contribute fecal contamination to the household environment in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Environmental Science & Technology, 50(9), 4642-4649. Link. S. B. Weisberg, N. Bednarsek, R. A. Feely, F. Chan, A. B. Boehm, M. Sutula, J. L. Ruesink, B. Hales, J. L. Largier, J. A. Newton. 2016. Water quality criteria for an acidifying ocean: Challenges and opportunities. Ocean & Coastal Management, 126, 31-41. Link. D. Wang, K. M. Yamahara, Y. Cao, A. B. Boehm. 2016. Absolute Quantification of Enterococcal 23S rRNA Gene Using Digital PCR. Environmental Science & Technology, 50(7), 3399-3408. Link. N. R. De Sieyes, T. L. Russell, K. I Brown, S. Mohanty, A. B. Boehm. 2016. Transport of enterococci and F+ coliphage through the saturated zone of the beach aquifer. Journal of Water and Health, 14, 26-38. Link to uncorrected proof.
2015	A. B. Boehm, J. A. Soller, O. C. Shanks. 2015. Human-associated fecal qPCR measurements and simulated risk of gastrointestinal illness in recreational waters contaminated with raw sewage. Environmental Science & Technology Letters, 2, 270-275. Link. S. Mohanty and A. B. Boehm. 2015. Effect of weathering on mobilization of biochar particles and bacterial removal in a stormwater biofilter. Water Research, 85, 208-215. Link. M. C. Mattioli, J. Davis, M. Mrisho, A. B. Boehm 2015. Quantification of human Norovirus GII on hands of mothers with children under the age of five in Bagamoyo, Tanzania. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 93, 478-484. Link. K. M. Yamahara, E. Demir-Hilton, C. Preston, R. Marin, D. Pargett, B. Roman, S. Jensen, J Birch, A. B. Boehm, C. Scholin. 2015. Simultaneous monitoring of fecal indicators and harmful algae using an in situ autonomous sensor. Letters in Applied Microbiology, 61, 107-207. Link. M. T. Nguyen, J. T. Jasper, A. B. Boehm, K. L. Nelson. 2015. Sunlight inactivation of fecal indicator bacteria in open-water unit process treatment wetlands: Modeling endogenous and exogenous inactivation rates. Water Research, 83, 282-292. Link. K. I. Brown and A. B. Boehm. 2015. Comparative decay of Catellicoccus marimmalium and enterococci in beach sand and seawater. Water Research , 83, 377-384. Link. A. B. Boehm, M. Z. Jacobson, M. J. Donnell, M. Sutula, W. Wakefield, S. B. Weisberg, E. Whiteman. 2015. Ocean acidification science needs for natural resource managers of the North American west coast. Oceanography, 28(2), 170-181. Link. P. A. Maraccini, D. Wang, J. McClary, A. B. Boehm. 2015. Growth-dependent photoinactivation kinetics of Enterococcus faecalis. Journal of Applied Microbiology, 118, 1226-1237. Link. L. M. Sassoubre, K. M. Yamahara, A. B. Boehm. Temporal stability of the microbial community in sewage-polluted seawater exposed to natural sunlight cycles and marine microbiota. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 81, 2107-2116. Link. W. Thoe, M. Gold, A. Griesbach, M. Grimmer, M. L. Taggart, A. B. Boehm. 2015. Sunny with a chance of gastroenteritis: predicting swimmer risk at California beaches. Environmental Science & Technology, 49, 423-431, Link. N. S. Ismail, H. Dodd, L. M. Sassoubre, A. J. Horne, A. B. Boehm, R. G. Luthy. 2015. Improvement of urban lake water quality by removal of Escherichia coli through the action of the bivalve Anodonta Californiensis. Environmental Science & Technology, 49, 1664-1672. M. C. Mattioli, J. Davis, A. B. Boehm, 2015. Hand-to-mouth contacts result in greater ingestion of feces than dietary water consumption in Tanzania: A quantitative fecal exposure assessment model. Environmental Science & Technology, 49, 1912-1920. Link. S. K. Mohanty, M. C. D. Bulicek, D. W. Metge, R. W. Harvey, J. N. Ryan and A. B. Boehm. 2015. Mobilization of microspheres from a fractured soil during intermittent infiltration events. Vadose Zone Journal, 14 (1), doi: 10.2136/vzj2014.05.0058. The article is featured on the cover here . Link to paper.
2014	C. Liu, X. Xie, W. Zhao, J. Yao, D. Kong, A. B. Boehm, Y. Cui. 2014. Static electricity powered copper oxide nanowire microbicidal electroporation for water disinfection. Nano Letters, 14(10), 5603-5608. Link. J. A. Soller, M. E. Schoen, A. Varghese, A. M. Ichida, A. B. Boehm, N. J. Ashbolt, J. E. Ravenscroft. 2014. Human health risk implications of multiple sources of faecal indicator bacteria in a recreational waterbody. Water Research, 66, 254-264. Link. W. Thoe, M. Gold, A. Griesbach, M. Grimmer, M. L. Taggart, A. B. Boehm. 2014. Predicting water quality at Santa Monica Beach: Evaluation of five different models for public notification of unsafe swimming conditions. Water Research, 67, 105-117. Link. S. Mohanty, A. B. Boehm. 2014. Escherichia coli removal in biochar-augmented biofilter: effect of infiltration rate, initial bacterial concentration, biochar particle size and presence of compost. Environmental Science & Technology, 48(19), 11535-11542. Link. D. Hospodsky, A.J. Pickering, T.R. Julian, D. Miller, S. Gorthala, A. B. Boehm, and J.Peccia. 2014. Hand bacterial communities vary across two different human populations. Microbiology, 160, 1144-1152. Link. S.K. Mohanty, K. B. Cantrell, K. L. Nelson, A. B. Boehm. 2014. Efficacy of biochar to remove Escherichia coli from stormwater under steady and intermittent flow. Water Research, 61, 288-296.Link. A. B. Boehm, K. M. Yamahara, L. M. Sassoubre. 2014. Diversity and transport of microorganisms in intertidal sands of the California Coast. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 80, 3943-3951. Link. V. M. Yau, K. Schiff, B. Arnold, J. Griffith, J. Gruber, C. Wright, T. Wade, S. Burns, J. Hayes, C. McGee, M. Gold, Y. Cao, A. B. Boehm, S. B. Weisberg, J. M. Colford. 2014. Effect of submarine groundwater discharge on bacterial indicators and swimmer health at Avalon Beach, CA, USA. Water Research, 59, 23-36. Link. T. L. Russell, L. M. Sassoubre, C. Zhou, D. French-Owen, A. Hassaballah, A. B. Boehm. 2014. Impacts of beach wrack removal on surf zone water quality at a marine beach. Environmental Science & Technology, 48, 2203-2211 Link. T. Riedel, A. G. Zimmer-Faust, V. Thulsiraj, T. Madi, K. T. Hanley, D. L. Ebentier, M. Byappanahalli, B. Layton, M. Raith, A. B. Boehm, J. F. Griffith, P. A. Holden, O. C. Shanks, S. B. Weisberg, J. A. Jay. 2014. Detection limits and cost comparisons of human- and gull-associated conventional and quantitative PCR assays in artificial and environmental waters. Journal of Environmental Management, 136, 112-120. Link. L. M. Sassoubre, M. M. Ramsey, M. S. Gilmore, A. B. Boehm. 2014. Transcriptional response of Enterococcus faecalis to sunlight. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology , 130, 349-356. Link. D. Wang, H. Green, O. Shanks, A. B. Boehm. 2014. New performance metrics for quantitative PCR microbial source tracking methods. Environmental Science & Technology Letters, 1, 20-25 Link. M. C. Mattioli, A. B. Boehm, J. Davis, A. R. Harris, M. Mrisho, A. J. Pickering. 2014. Enteric pathogens in stored drinking water and on caregiver's hands in Tanzanian households with and without reported cases of child diarrhea. PLoS One, 9, e84939. Link.
2013	S. Aminzadeh, L. Pendleton, S. Bothwell, A. Pickle, A. B. Boehm. 2013. US Coastal and Estuarine Stormwater Management Approaches. Choices, 28 (3) 2013. Layton, B., Cao, Y., Ebentier, D.L., Hanley, K.T., Van De Werfhorst, L., Wang, D., Madi, T., Whitman, R.L., Byappanahalli, M.N., Balleste, E., Meijier, W., Schriewer, A., Wuertz, S., Converse, R.R., Noble, R.T., Srinivasan, S., Rose, J.B., Lee, C.S., Lee, J., Shields, J., Stewart, J.R., Reischer, G., Farnleitner, A., Sinagalliano, C.D., Rodrigues, R., Lozach, S., Gourmelon, M., Peed, L., Shanks, O.C., Jay, J., Holden, P., Boehm, A.B.. and Griffith, J.F. 2013. Performance of human fecal-associated PCR-based assays: an international source identificiaiton method evaluation. Water Research, 47, 6897-6908. Link. V. J. Harwood, A. B. Boehm, L. M. Sassoubre, V. Kannappan, J. R. Stewart, T.-T. Fong, M.-P. Caprais , R. R. Converse, D. Diston, J. Ebdon, J. A. Fuhrman, M. Gourmelon, J. Gentry-Shields, J. F. Griffith, D. Kashian, R. T. Noble, H. Taylor, and M. Wicki. 2013. Performance of Viruses and Bacteriophages for Fecal Source Determination in a Multi-Laboratory, Comparative Study. Water Research, 47, 6929-6943. Link. Raith, M., Kelty, C.A., Griffith, J.F., Schriewer, A., Wuertz, S., Mieszkin, S., Gourmelon, M., Reischer, G., Farnleitner, A., Ervin, J., Holden, P.,Ebentier, D.L., Jay, J., Wang, D., Boehm, A.B.., Aw, T. G,, Rose, J.B., Balleste, E., Meijer, W. G., Sivaganesan, M. and Shanks, O.C. 2013. Comparison of PCR and quantitative real-time PCR methods for the characterization of ruminant and cattle fecal pollution sources. Water Research, 47, 6921-6928. Link. C.D. Sinigalliano, J. Ervin, L.C. Van De Werfhorst, B. Badgley, E. Balleste, J. Bartkowiak, A. B. Boehm, M. Byappanahalli, K.D. Goodwin, M. Gourmelon, J. Griffith, P.A. Holden, J.A. Jay, B.A. Layton, C. Lee, J. Lee, W.G. Meijer, R.T. Noble, M. Raith, H. Ryu, M.J. Sadowsky, A. Schriewer, D. Wang, D. Wanless, R. Whitman, S. Wuertz, J.W. Santo Domingo. 2013. Multi-Laboratory Evaluations of the Performance of Catellicoccus marimamm\ alium PCR Assays Developed to Target Gull Fecal Sources Water Research, 47, 6883-6896. Link. Ervin, J.S., Russell, T.L., Layton, B.A., Yamahara, K.M., Wang, D., Sassoubre, L.M., Cao, Y., Kelty, C.A., Sivaganesan, M., Boehm, A.B.., Holden, P., Weisberg, S.B. and Shanks, O.C. 2013. Characterization of fecal concentrations in human and other animal sources by physical, cutlure, and quantitative real-time PCR methods. Water Research, 47, 6873-6882.Link. Ebentier, D.L., Hanley, K.T., Cao, Y., Badgley, B.D., Boehm, A.B.., Ervin, J.S., Goodwin, K.D., Gourmelon, M., Griffith, J.F., Holden, P.A., Kelty, C.A., Lozach, S., McGee, C., Peed, L.A., Raith, M., Ryu, H., Sadowsky, M.J., Scott, E.A., Santo Domingo, J., Schriewer, A., Sinigalliano, C.D., Shanks, O.C., Van De Werfhorst, L.C., Wang, D., Wuertz, S., Jay, J.A. Evaluation of the repeatability and reproducibility of a suite of qPCR-based microbial source tracking methods. Water Research, 47, 6839-6848. Link. J. Stewart, A. B. Boehm, E. A. Dubinsky, T.-T. Fong, K. D. Goodwin, J. F. Griffith, R. T Noble , O. C. Shanks, K. Vijayavel, S. B Weisberg. 2013. Recommendations following a multi-laboratory comparison of microbial source tracking methods. Water Research, 47, 6829-6838. Link. A. B. Boehm, L. C. Van De Werfhorst, J. F. Griffith, P. A. Holden, J. A. Jay, O. C. Shanks, D. Wang, S. B. Weisberg. 2013. Performance of forty-one microbial source tracking methods: A twenty-seven lab evaluation study. Water Research, 47, 6812-6828. Link. D. Wang, A. H. Farnleitner, K. G. Field, H. C. Green, O. C. Shanks, A. B. Boehm. 2013. Enterococcus and Escherichia coli fecal source apportionment with microbial source tracking genetic markers -- Is it feasible? Water Research, 47, 6849-6861. Link. S. Mohanty, A. Torkelson, H. Dodd, K. L. Nelson, A. B. Boehm. 2013. Engineering solutions to improve the removal of bacteria by bioinfiltration systems during intermittent flow of stormwater. Environmental Science & Technology., 47, 10791-10798. Link. C. Liu, X. Xie, W. Zhao, N. Liu. P. A. Maraccini, L. M. Sassoubre, A. B. Boehm, Y. Cui. 2013. Conducting nanosponge electroporation for affordable and high-efficiency disinfection of bacteria and viruses in water. Nano Letters, 13, 4288-4293. Link. S. H. C. Wong, S. G. Monismith, A. B. Boehm. 2013. A simple estimate of entrainment rate of pollutants from a coastal discharge into the surf zone. Environmental Science & Technology, 47, 11554-11561. A. R. Harris, J. Davis, A. B. Boehm. 2013. Mechanisms of post-supply contamination of drinking water in Bagamoyo, Tanzania. Journal Water and Health, 11, 543-554. Link. T. L. Russell, L. M. Sassoubre, D. Wang, S. Masuda, H. Chen, C. Soetjipto, A. Hassaballah, A. B. Boehm. 2013. A coupled modeling and molecular biology approach to microbial source tracking at Cowell Beach, Santa Cruz, CA, USA. at Environmental Science & Technology, 47, 10231-10239. Link. J. E. Grebel, S. K. Mohanty, A. A. Torkelson, A. B. Boehm, C. P. Higgins, R. M. Maxwell, K. L. Nelson, D. L. Sedlak. 2013. Engineered infiltration systems for urban stormwater reclamation. Environmental Engineering Science, 30(8), 437-454. S. P. Walters, N. Gonzalez-Escalona, I. Son, D. C. Melka, L. M. Sassoubre, A. B. Boehm. 2013. Salmonella enterica diversity in central Californian coastal waterways. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 79, 4199-4209. Link. T. R. Julian, A. J. Pickering, J. O. Leckie, A. B. Boehm. 2013. Fecal indicator bacteria on fomites and hands are associated with increased risk of respiratory illness in day care centers. American Journal of Infection Control, 41, 728-733. Link. A. I. Silverman, B. M. Peterson, A. B. Boehm, K. McNeill, K. L. Nelson. 2013. Sunlight inactivation of human viruses and bacteriophages in coastal waters containing natural photosensitizers. Environmental Science & Technology. 47(4):1870-1878. Link. M. C. Mattioli, A. J. Pickering, R, Gilsdorf, J. Davis, A. B. Boehm. 2013. Hands and water as vectors of diarrheal pathogens in Bagamoyo, Tanzania. Environmental Science & Technology, 47, 355-363. Link.
2012	A. B. Boehm, C. Soetjipto, D. Wang. 2012. Solar inactivation of four Salmonella serovars in fresh and marine waters. Journal of Water and Health, 10, 504-509. L. M. Sassoubre, K. L. Nelson, A. B. Boehm. 2012. Photoinactivation mechanisms of Enterococcus faecalis in seawater. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 78, 7776-7785. Link. L. M. Sassoubre, D. C. Love, A. I. Silverman, K. L. Nelson, A. B. Boehm. 2012. Comparison of enterovirus and adenovirus concentration and enumeration methods in seawater from Southern California, USA and Baja Malibu, Mexico. Journal of Water and Health, 10, 419-430. Link. A. J. Pickering, T. R. Julian, S. J. Marks, M. C. Mattioli, A. B. Boehm, K. J. Schwab, J. Davis. 2012. Fecal contamination and diarrheal pathogens on surfaces and soils among Tanzanian households with and without improved sanitation. Environmental Science & Technology, 46, 5736-5743. Link. T. L. Russell, K. M. Yamahara, A. B. Boehm. 2012. Mobilization and transport of naturally occurring enterococci in beach sands subject to transient infiltration of seawater. Environmental Science & Technology, 46, 5988-5996. Link. K. M. Yamahara, L. M. Sassoubre, K. D. Goodwin, A. B. Boehm. 2012. Occurrence and persistence of human pathogens and indicator organisms in beach sands along the California coast. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 78, 1733-1745. S. H. C. Wong, A. E. Santoro, N. J. Nidzieko, J. L. Hench, A. B. Boehm. 2012. Coupled physical, chemical, and microbiological measurements suggest a connection between internal waves and surf zone water quality in the Southern California Bight. Continental Shelf Research, 34, 64-78. Link. P. A. Maraccini, D. M. Ferguson, A. B. Boehm. 2012. Diurnal variation in Enterococcus species composition in polluted ocean water: A potential role for enterococcal carotenoids in protection against photoinactivation. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 78, 305-310. Link.
2011	E. J. Viau, A. B. Boehm. 2011. Quantitative PCR-based detection of pathogenic Leptospira in Hawaiian coastal streams. Journal of Water and Health , 9, 637-646. H.-I. Tong, C. Connell, A. B. Boehm, Y. Lu. 2011. Effective detection of human noroviruses in Hawaiian waters using enhanced RT-PCR methods. Water Research, 45, 5837-5848. Link. K. Knee, E. Garcia-Solsona, J. Garcia-Orellana, A. B. Boehm, A. Paytan. 2011. Using radium isotopes to characterize water ages and coastal mixing rates: A sensitivity analysis. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods, 9, 380-395. Link T. R. Julian, F. J. Tamayo, J. O. Leckie, A. B. Boehm. 2011. A comparison of surface sampling methods for virus recovery from fomites. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 77, 6918-6925. Link. E. J. Viau, D. Lee, A. B. Boehm. 2011. Swimmer risk of gastrointestinal illness from exposure to tropical coastal waters contaminated with terrestrial runoff. Environmental Science and Technology, , 45 (17), 7158- 7165. Link. A. B. Boehm, K. M. Yamahara, S. P. Walters, B. A. Layton, D. P. Keymer, R. S. Thompson, K. L. Knee, and M. Rosener. 2011. Dissolved inorganic nitrogen, soluble reactive phosphorous, and microbial pollutant loading from tropical rural watersheds in Hawai'i to the coastal ocean during non-storm conditions. Estuaries and Coasts, 34 (5): 925-936. Link. A. J. Pickering, J. Davis, A. B. Boehm. 2011. Efficacy of alcohol-based hand sanitizer on hands soiled with dirt and cooking oil. Journal of Water and Health, 9 (3), 429-433. L. M. Sassoubre, S. P. Walters, T. Russell, A. B. Boehm. 2011. Sources and fate of Salmonella and fecal indicator bacteria in an urban stream. Journal of Environmental Monitoring, 13 (8), 2206-2212. Link . G. Imamura, R. M. Strickfaden, A. B. Boehm, J. A. Jay. 2011. Beach wrack is a reservoir for faecal indicator bacteria along the California coast, FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 77, 40-49. Link. E. J. Viau, K. Goodwin, K. M. Yamahara, L. M. Sassoubre, B. A. Layton, S. Burns, H-I Tong, S. H. C. Wong, Y. Lu, A. B. Boehm. 2011. Bacterial pathogens in Hawaiian coastal stream - associations with fecal indicators, land cover, and water quality. Water Research, 45, 3279-3290. Link. N. R. De Sieyes, K. M. Yamahara, A. Paytan, A. B. Boehm. 2011. Submarine groundwater discharge to a high-energy surf zone at Stinson Beach, California, estimated using radium isotopes. Estuaries and Coasts, 34, 256-266. Link. S. P. Walters, A. L. Thebo, A. B. Boehm. 2011. Impact of urbanization and agriculture on the occurrence of bacterial pathogens and Stx genes in coastal waterbodies of Central California. Water Research, 45, 1752-1762. Link. D. P. Keymer and A. B. Boehm. 2011. Recombination shapes the structure of an environmental Vibrio cholerae population. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 77, 537-544. Link. A. J. Pickering, T. R. Julian, S. Mamuya, A. B. Boehm, J. Davis. 2011. Hand fecal contamination among Tanzanian mothers varies temporally and following household activities. Tropical Medicine and International Health, 16, 233-239. Link. J. Davis, A. J. Pickering, K. Rogers, S. Mamuya, and A. B. Boehm. 2011. The effects of informational interventions on household water management, hygiene behaviors, stored drinking water quality, and hand contamination in peri-urban Tanzania. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 84, 184-191. Link. M. Goebes, A. B. Boehm, L. Hildemann. 2011. Contributions of foot traffic and outdoor concentrations to indoor airborne Aspergillus. Aerosol Science & Technology, 45, 352-363. Link. P. K. Bienfang, S. V. DeFelice, E. A. Laws, L. E. Brand, R. R. Bidigare, S. Christensen, H. Trapido-Rosenthal, T. K. Hernscheidt, D. J. McGillicuddy, D. M. Anderson, H. M. Solo-Gabriele, A. B. Boehm, L. C. Backer. 2011. Prominent human health impacts from several marine microbes: History, ecology, and public health implications. International Journal of Microbiology, 2011, doi:10.1155/2011/152815. Link.
2010	T. R. Julian, J. O. Leckie, A. B. Boehm . 2010. Virus transfer between fingerpads and fomites. Journal of Applied Microbiology, 109, 1868-1874. Link. K. L. Knee, R. Gossett, A. B. Boehm and A. Paytan. 2010. Caffeine and agricultural pesticide concentrations in surface water and groundwater on the north shore of Kaua`i (Hawai`i, USA). Marine Pollution Bulletin, 60, 1376-1382. Link. B. A. Layton, S. P. Walters, L. Lam, A. B. Boehm. 2010. Enterococcus species distribution among human and animal hosts using multiplex PCR. Journal of Applied Microbiology, 109, 539-547. Link. R. L. Whitman, Z. Ge, M. B. Nevers, A. B. Boehm, E. Chern, R. A. Haugland, A. M. Lukasik, M. Molina, K. Przybyla-Kelly, D. A. Shively, E. White, R. G. Zepp, M. N. Byappanahalli. 2010. Relationship and variation of qPCR and culturable enterococci estimates in ambient surface waters are predictable. Environmental Science & Technology, 44, 5049-5054. Link. A. J. Pickering, J. Davis, S. P. Walters, H. M. Horak, D. P. Keymer, D. Mushi, R. Strickfaden, J. S. Chynoweth, J. Liu, A. Blum, K. Rogers, A. B. Boehm. 2010. Hands, water, and health: fecal contamination in Tanzanian communities with improved, non-networked water supplies. Environmental Science & Technology, 44,3267-3272. Link. K. L. Knee, J. H. Street, E. G. Grossman, A. B. Boehm, and A. Paytan. 2010. Nutrient inputs to the coastal ocean from submarine groundwater discharge in a groundwater-dominated system: relation to land use (Kona coast, Hawai`i, USA). Limnology & Oceanography, 55, 1105-1122. A. J. Pickering, A. B. Boehm, Mathew Mwanjali, J. Davis. 2010. Efficacy of waterless hand hygiene as compared to handwashing with soap: A field study in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 82, 270-278. Link. H. M. Horak, J. S. Chynoweth, W. P. Myers, J. A. Davis, S. Fendorf, A. B. Boehm. 2010. Water quality of water in rain catchments compared to other drinking water sources in the East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea. Journal of Water and Health, 8, 126-138. A. E. Santoro, N. J. Nidzieko, G. L. van Dijken, K. R. Arrigo, A. B. Boehm. 2010. Contrasting spring and summer phytoplankton dynamics in the nearshore Southern California Bight. Limnology and Oceanography, 55, 264-278. Link.
2009	S. P. Walters, K. M. Yamahara, A. B Boehm. 2009. Persistence of nucleic acid markers of health-relevant organisms in seawater microcosms: Implications for their use in assessing risk in recreational waters. Water Research. Special issue on microbial method comparisons, 43, 4929-4939. Link. A. B. Boehm, J. Griffith, C. McGee, T. Edge, H. Solo-Gabriele, R. Whitman, Y. Cao, M. Getrich, J. A. Jay, D. Ferguson, K. Goodwin, C. Lee, M. Madison, S. Weisberg. 2009. Fecal indicator bacteria enumeration in beach sand: A comparison study of extraction methods in medium to coarse sands. Journal of Applied Microbiology, 107, 1740 - 1750. Link. A. B. Boehm, K. M. Yamahara, D. C. Love, B. M. Peterson, K. McNeill, K. L. Nelson. 2009. Covariation and photoinactivation of traditional and novel indicator organisms and human viruses at a sewage-impacted marine beach. Environmental Science & Technology, 43, 8046-8052. Link. T. R. Julian, R. A. Canales, J. O. Leckie, A. B. Boehm. 2009. A model of exposure to rotavirus from non-dietary ingestion iterated by simulated intermittent contacts. Risk Analysis, 25, 617-632. Link. This paper won best paper of the year in the journal. Link to announcement. This paper has an erratum. B. A. Layton, S. P. Walters, and A. B. Boehm. 2009. Distribution and diversity of the enterococcal surface protein (esp) gene in animal hosts and the Pacific Coast Environment. Journal of Applied Microbiology, 106, 1521-1531. Link. K. M. Yamahara, S. P. Walters, and A. B. Boehm. 2009. Growth of enterococci in unaltered, unseeded beach sands subjected to tidal wetting. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 75, 1517-1524. Link. In the original version of the paper, the color of the circles in Fig 1C are reversed from what they should be. D. P. Keymer, L. Lam, and A. B. Boehm. 2009. Biogeographic patterns in genomic diversity among a large collection of Vibrio cholerae isolates.Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 75, 1658-1666. Link. A. B. Boehm, N. J. Ashbolt, J. M. Colford, Jr., L. E. Dunbar, L. E. Fleming, M. A. Gold, J. A. Hansel, P. R. Hunter, A. M. Ichida, C. D. McGee, J. A. Soller, and S. B. Weisberg. 2009. A sea change ahead for recreational water quality criteria. Journal of Water and Health, 7, 9-20. Link.
2008	G. G. Shellenbarger, N. D. Athearn, J. Y. Takekawa, A. B. Boehm. 2008. Fecal indicator bacteria and Salmonella in ponds managed as bird habitat, San Francisco Bay, CA. Water Research , 42, 2921-2930. Link. K. L. Knee, B. A. Layton, J. Street, A. B. Boehm, A. Paytan. 2008. Sources of nutrients and fecal indicator bacteria to nearshore waters on the North Shore of Kaua`i. Estuaries and Coasts, 31, 607-622. Link to paper. This article was chosen as a feature for Coastal and Estuarine Science News October issue for its strong implication for management of coastal areas. Link N. R. De Sieyes, K. M. Yamahara, B. A. Layton, E. H. Joyce, A. B. Boehm. 2008. Submarine discharge of nutrient enriched fresh groundwater at Stinson Beach, California is enhanced during neap tides. Limnology and Oceanography, 53, 1434-1445. Link to paper. A. E. Santoro, C. A. Francis, N. DeSieyes, A. B. Boehm. 2008. Shifts in the relative abundance of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria and archaea across physicochemical gradients in a subterranean estuary. Environmental Microbiology, 10, 1069-1079. Link to paper.
2007	A. B. Boehm. 2007. Enterococci concentrations in diverse coastal environments exhibit extreme variability. Environmental Science & Technology, 41, 8227-8232. Link to paper. A. E. Santoro and A. B. Boehm. 2007. Frequent occurrence of the human-specific Bacteroides fecal marker at an open coast marine beach: Relationship to waves, tides, and traditional indicators. Environmental Microbiology, 9, 2038-2049. Link to paper. K. M. Yamahara, B. A. Layton, A. E. Santoro, A. B. Boehm. 2007. Beach sands along the California coast are diffuse sources of fecal bacteria to coastal waters. Environmental Science & Technology, 41, 4515-4521. Link to paper. D. P. Keymer, M. C. Miller, G. K. Schoolnik, A. B. Boehm. 2007. Genomic and phenotypic diversity of coastal Vibrio cholerae is explained by environmental factors. 2007. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 73, 3705-3714. Link to paper. M. C. Miller, D. P. Keymer, A. Avelar, A. B. Boehm, G. K. Schoolnik. 2007. Detection and transformation of genome segments variable within a coastal population of Vibrio cholerae. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 73, 3695-3704. Link to paper.
2006	D. Hou, S. J. Rabinovici, A. B. Boehm. 2006. Enterococci predictions from a partial least squares regression model can improve the efficacy of beach management advisories. Environmental Science & Technology, 40, 1737 -1743 Link. A. E. Santoro, A. B. Boehm, C. A. Francis. 2006. Denitrifier community composition along a nitrate and salinity gradient in a coastal aquifer. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 72, 2102-2109. Link to paper. A. B. Boehm, A. Paytan, G. G. Shellenbarger, K. A. Davis. 2006. Composition and flux of groundwater from a California beach aquifer: Implications for nutrient supply to the surf zone. Continental Shelf Research, 26, 269-282. Link. Due to a typesetting error, equation 7 is not printed correctly. Please download the errata. S. Given, L. H. Pendleton, A. B. Boehm. 2006. Regional public health cost estimates of contaminated coastal waters: A case study of gastroenteritis at Southern California beaches. Environmental Science & Technology, 40, 4851 - 4858 Link. N. B. Handler, A. Paytan, C. P. Higgins, R. G. Luthy, and A. B. Boehm. 2006. Human development is linked to multiple water-body impairments along the California Coast. Estuaries and Coasts (formerly Estuaries), 29, 860-870. Link.
2005	A. B. Boehm, D. P. Keymer, G. G. Shellenbarger. 2005. An analytical model of enterococci inactivation, grazing, and transport in the surf zone of a marine beach. Water Research, 39, 3565-3578. Link. A. B. Boehm and S. B. Weisberg. 2005. Tidal forcing of enterococci at marine recreational beaches at fortnightly and semidiurnal frequencies. Environmental Science & Technology, 39, 5575-5583. Link.
2004	A. B. Boehm, G. G. Shellenbarger, and A. Paytan. 2004. Groundwater Discharge: A potential association with fecal indicator bacteria in the surf zone. Environmental Science & Technology, 38, 3558-3566. Link. A. B. Boehm, D. B. Lluch-Cota, K. A. Davis, C. D. Winant, and S. G. Monismith. 2004. Covariation of coastal water temperature and microbial pollution at interannual to tidal periods. Geophysical Research Letters, 31, L06309, doi:10.1029/2003GL019122. Link. R. L. Reeves, S. B. Grant, R. D. Mrse, C. M. C. Oancea, B. F. Sanders, A. B. Boehm. 2004. Sources, management, and scaling of fecal indicator bacteria in runoff from a coastal urban watershed in Southern California. Environmental Science and Technology, 38, 2637-2648. Link.
2003	A. B. Boehm. 2003. A model of microbial transport and inactivation in the surf zone and application to field measurements of total coliform in Northern Orange County, California. Environmental Science & Technology, 37, 5511-5517. Link. A. B. Boehm, J. A. Fuhrman, R. D. Mrse, and S. B. Grant. 2003. A tiered approach for identification of a human fecal pollution source at a recreational beach: Case study at Avalon Bay, Catalina Island, California, USA. Environmental Science & Technology, 37, 673-680. Reprint.
2002	A. B. Boehm, S. B. Grant, J.-H. Kim, S. L. Mowbray, C. D. McGee, C. D. Clark, D. M. Foley, and D. E. Wellman. 2002. Decadal and shorter period variability of surf zone water quality at Huntington Beach, California. Environmental Science & Technology, 36, 3885-3892. Click here for a view of the cover of the Sept. 15 2002 ES&T featuring this paper. Link. A. B. Boehm, B. F. Sanders, and C. D. Winant. 2002. Cross-shelf transport at Huntington Beach -Implications for the fate of sewage discharged through an offshore ocean outfall. Environmental Science & Technology, 36, 1899-1906. Link. A. B. Boehm. 2002. A Scaling theory for number-flux distributions generated during steady-state coagulation and settling and application to particles in Lake Zurich, Switzerland. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 254, 266-273. Link.
2001	S. B. Grant, B. F. Sanders, A. B. Boehm, J. A. Redman, J. H. Kim, R. D. Mrse, and others. 2001. Generation of enterococci bacteria in a coastal saltwater marsh and its impact on surf zone water quality. Environmental Science & Technology, 35, 2407-2416. Link. A. B. Boehm and S. B. Grant. 2001. A steady-state model of particulate organic carbon flux below the mixed layer and application to the Joint Global Ocean Flux Study. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 106, 31227-21237. Link.
1998	A. B. Boehm and S. B. Grant. 1998. The influence of coagulation, sedimentation, and grazing by zooplankton on phytoplankton aggregate size distributions in aquatic systems. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 103, 15601-15612. Link to abstract available. A. B. Boehm, C. Poor, and S. B. Grant. 1998. Particle coagulation and the memory of initial conditions, Journal of Physics A: Mathematics and General, 31, 9241-9254. Link.

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