Publications

Peer-Reviewed Scientific Publications

Lecher, A.L, Vokhshoori, N. Watson, A. (2024) New Approaches to Using Old Artifacts: Advances in Oceanography-Archeology Research. Limnology & Oceanography Bulletin, volume & issue TBD

Lagor, T., Lecher, A.L., Watson, A. (2024) No statistical difference in measurements between caliper and apps: A comparison of artifact measurement methods. Florida Undergraduate Research Journal, 3, 1-10.

Lecher, A. L., Acevedo Montalvo, G., & Watson, A. (2023). Documenting the effects of diagenesis on bone artifacts in coastal Florida through wetting experiments. Southeastern Archaeology, 42(3) 223-232.


Lecher, A.L., A brief history of Lake Okeechobee: A narrative of conflict (2021), Journal of Florida Studies, 1(9).

Santos, I. R., Chen, X., Lecher, A. L., Sawyer, A. H., Moosdorf, N., Rodellas, V., ... & Li, L. (2021). Submarine groundwater discharge impacts on coastal nutrient biogeochemistry. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, 2(5), 1-17.


Law, W., Lecher, A.L., Smith, J., Watson, A.P. (2021) Obama's Leadership in Addressing Climate Change. In Lansford, T., Brattebo D.M., Watson, R.P. (Ed) Leadership and Legacy: the Presidency of Barack Obama (pp. 267) Albany, NY: SUNY Press

Lecher, A.L., Mackey, K.R.M., Synthesizing the effects of submarine groundwater discharge on marine biota, (2018), Hydrology, 5(4) 60.

Lecher, A., Piecing together the plastic cycle, (2018), Nature Geoscience, 11(3) 153.

Lecher, A., Murray, J., Paytan, A., Quantifying processes governing nutrient concentrations in a coastal aquifer via principal component analysis, (2018), Hydrology, 5(1) 15.

Lecher, A., Mackey, K., Paytan, A., River and submarine groundwater discharge effects on diatom phytoplankton abundance in the Gulf of Alaska, (2017), Hydrology, 4(4) 61.

Mellet, T., Selvin, C., Defforey, D., Roberts, K., Lecher, A.L., Dennis, K., Gutknecht, J., Fields, C., Paytan, A., Assesing cumulative effects of climate change manipulations on phosphorous limitation in a Californian Grassland, (2017) Environmental Science and Technology.

Lecher, A.L., Groundwater discharge in the Arctic: A reiew of studies and implications for biogeochemsitry, (2017), Hydrology, 4 (3) 41.

Lecher, A., Chuang, P., Singleton, M., Paytan, A., Sources of methane to an Arctic lake in Alaska: An isotopic investigation, (2017), Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences.

Lecher, A., Paytan. A., Chien, C., Submarine groundwater discharge as a source of nutrients to the North Pacific and Arctic coastal ocean, (2016), Marine Chemistry.

Lecher, A., Fisher., A., Paytan., A., Submarine groundwater discharge in Northern Monterey Bay,California: Evaluation by mixing and mass balance models, (2016), Marine Chemistry.

Kodovska, F., Sparrow, K., Yvon-Lewis, S.A., Paytan, A., Dimova, N., Lecher, A., Kessler, J.D., Strong spatial gradients in dissolved methane and carbon dioxide concentration and flux to the atmosphere found in subarctic and arcticregions, (2016),  Earth and Planetary Science Letters.

Dimova, N., Paytan., A., Kessler, J., Sparrow, K., Garcia-Tigreros, F., Lecher, A., Murray, J., Tulaczyk, S. On the mechanisms and magnitude of groundwater discharge in the Arctic during warming climate: case study from Alaska, (2015), Environmental Science and Technology.

Lecher, A., Mackey., K., Murray., J., Kudela., R., Ryan., Fisher., A., Paytan., A., Nutrient loading through submarine groundwaterdischarge and phytoplankton growth in Monterey Bay, CA, (2015) Environmental Science and Technology.

Lecher, A. Kessler, J., Sparrow, K., Garcia-Tigeros, F., Dimova, N., Murray, J., Tulaczyk, S., Paytan, A., Methane Transport through submarine groundwater discharge to the North Pacific and Arctic Ocean at two Alaskan sites, (2015), Limnology and Oceanography, Methane Special Issue.

Paytan., A., Lecher, A., Dimova., N T., Sparrow, K.J., Garcia-Tigreros, F., Murray, J., Tulaczyk, S.M., Kessler, J.K, Methane transport form the active-layer to lakes in Arctic using Toolik Lake, Alaska asa case study, (2015), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 112(2).


Educational Publications

Lecher, A. L., M. Eichbauer, K. Schneider, and L. Young (2023), A regional ecosystem that helps undergraduate research flourish, Eos, 104, https://doi.org/10.1029/2023EO230395

Unger, S., Simpson, C., Lecher, A., & Goudreau, S. B. (2022). Student perceptions of hybrid courses in higher educationOnline Learning, 26(4), 424-448. DOI: 10.24059/olj.v26i4.2939

Lecher, A., (2022) Environmental Pollution and Public Health, A Project EDDIE, peer reviewed, open source curriculum

Lecher, A., Kiser, B., (2021) Broader impacts for STEM education in rural schools, Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin, 30(4)

Lecher, A., Watson, A., (2021) Wind and ocean ecosystems, A Project EDDIE peer reviewed, open source curriculum

Lecher, A.,  Introduction: Scientific method and data literacy, in Lecher, A., Ceccoli, D., (Ed)  Science and Society, 2021 ed.

Lecher, A.,  Science & energy: Sources & societal impacts, in Lecher, A., Ceccoli, D., (Ed)  Science and Society, 2021 ed.


Lecher, A., Environmental Statistics, 2018 ed, Lynn University Digital Press.

Lecher, A., Paytan, A., Geology in The World Book Encyclopedia, 2017 ed.

Lecher, A., Paytan, A., Marianas trench in The World Book Encyclopedia Online Edition, 2017 ed.

Lecher, A., Paytan, A., Cascadia subduction zone in The World Book Encyclopedia Online Edition, 2017 ed.

Lecher, A., Paytan, A., Tamu Massif in The World Book Encyclopedia Online Edition, 2017 ed.

Government Publications & Reports

Watson, A., Lecher, A., (2022) South Inlet Park Interim Report, Prepared for Palm Beach County County Archaeologist