Publications

Sun, Q., Wang, B., Sansom, B.J., Trauth, K., Brown, H., Zhu, W., Kunz, J., Barnhart, C., McMurray, S., Roberts, A.D., Shulse, C., Knerr, C.J., Steevens, J.A., Deng, B. 2025. Evaluation episodic sediment deposition zones in freshwater mussel habitats across Missouri, USA. Journal of Ecohydraulics, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1080/24705357.2025.2462298.

Legleiter, C.J., Sansom, B.J., Scholl, V.M., Burgess, M.A. 2024. Hyperspectral image transects during transient events in rivers (HITTER): Framework development and application to a tracer experiment on the Missouri River, USA. Remote Sensing 16: 374. DOI: 10.3390/rs16193743.

Sansom, B.J., Ruiz-Ramos, D.V., Thompson, N.L., Roberts, M.O., Taylor, Z.A., Ortiz, K., Jones, J.J., Richter, C.A., Klymus, K.E. 2024. Detection and transport of environmental DNA from two federally endangered mussels. PlosOne 19:e0304323. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0304323.

Sansom, B.J., Call, B.C., Legleiter, C.J., Jacobson, R.B. 2023. Performance evaluation of a channel rehabilitation project on the Lower Missouri River and implications for the dispersal of larval pallid sturgeon. Ecological Engineering 194: 107045. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2023.107045.

Li, G., Elliott, C.M., Call, B.C., Sansom, B.J., Jacobson, R.B., Wang, B. 2023. Turbulence near a sandbar island in the lower Missouri River. River Research and Applications 39: 1857-1874. DOI: 10.1002/rra.4180. 

Atkinson, C.L., Hopper, G.W., Kreeger, D.A., Lopez, J., Maine, A.N., Sansom, B.J., Schwalb, A., Vaughn, C.C. 2023. Gains and gaps in knowledge surrounding freshwater mollusk ecosystem services. Freshwater Mollusk Biology and Conservation 26: 20-31. DOI: 10.31931/fmbc-d-22-00002.

Aoki, L.R., Mars Brisbin, M., Hounshell, A.G., Kincaid, D.W., Larson, E.I., Sansom, B.J., Shogren, A. J., Smith, R.S., Sullivan-Stack, J. 2022. Preparing aquatic research for an extreme future: call for improved definitions and responsive, multidisciplinary approaches. BioScience 72: 508-520. DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biax020.

Sansom, B.J., Atkinson, J.F., Bennett, S.J. 2022. Freshwater mussel burrow position and its relation to streambed roughness. Freshwater Science 41: 315-326. DOI: 10.1086/719993.

Legleiter, C.J., Sansom, B.J., Jacobson, R.B. 2022. Remote sensing of visible dye concentrations during a tracer experiment on a large, turbid river. Water Resources Research 58: e2021WRO31396. DOI: 10.1029/2021WR031396.

Sansom, B.J., Bennett, S.J., Atkinson, J.F. 2020. Emergent hydrodynamics and skimming flow over mussel covered beds in labile rivers. Water Resources Research 56: e2019WRO26252. DOI: 10.1029/2019WR026252

Sansom, B.J., Bennett, S.J., Atkinson, J.F., Vaughn, C.C. 2018. Long-term persistence of freshwater mussel communities in labile channels. Freshwater Biology 63: 1469-1481. DOI: 10.1111/fwb.13175.

Sansom, B.J., Sassoubre, L.M. 2017. Environmental DNA (eDNA) shedding and decay rates to model freshwater mussel eDNA transport in a river. Environmental Science and Technology 51: 14244-14253. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.7b05199.