journal articles
| 2019 - Fleming, P. et al , Legacy sediment erosion hot spots - a cost-effective approach for targeting water quality improvements. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation. |
| 2017 - Inamdar, S., Johnson, E., Rowland, R., Warner, D., Walter, R., & Merritts, D. Freeze–thaw processes and intense rainfall: the one-two punch for high sediment and nutrient loads from mid-Atlantic watersheds. Biogeochemistry |
| 2014 - Weitzman et al. Potential nitrogen and carbon processing in a landscape rich in milldam legacy sediments. Biogeochemistry. |
| 2013 - Elliot, S. J. et al. Subfossil leaves reveal a new upland hardwood component of the pre-european piedmont landscape, Lancaster County PA. PLOS ONE. |
| 2011 - Merritts et al. Anthropocene streams and base-level controls from historic dams in the unglaciated mid-Atlantic region, USA. The Royal Society |
| 2011 - Gutshall, M. A. & Oberholtzer, W. L. Floodplain Restoration: Basics, Benefits and Practical Applications. Sustain. |
| 2011 - Hartranft, J. L. et al The Big Spring Run Restoration Experiment: Policy, Geomorphology, and Aquatic Ecosystems in the Big Spring Run Watershed, Lancaster County, PA. Sustain. |
| 2009 - Voli, M. et al Preliminary Reconstruction of A Pre-European Settlement Valley Bottom Wetland, Southeastern Pennsylvania. Water Resources. IMPACT. |
| 2008 - Walter, R. C. & Merritts, D. M. Natural Streams and the Legacy of Water-Powered Mills. Science. |