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Refereed Journal
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	Ahn, C., P. M. Gillevet, M. Sikaroodi, and K. L. Wolf. 2008. Assessing soil microbial community structures and physicochemistry along a gradient of microtopography in a Virginia palustrine forested wetland. Wetland Ecology and Management (in press)
	Moser, K. F., C. Ahn, G. B. Noe. 2007. The influence of microtopography on soil nutrients in created mitigation wetlands. Restoration Ecology (in press)
	Moser, K. F., C. Ahn, G. B. Noe. 2007. Characterization of microtopography and its influence on vegetation patterns in created wetlands. Wetlands 27: 1081-1097.
	Ahn, C., P. M. Gillevet, and M. Sikaroodi. 2007. Molecular characterization of microbial communities in treatment microcosm wetlands as influenced by macrophytes and phosphorus loading. Ecological Indicators 7: 852-863
	Ahn, C., Moser, K. F., Sparks, R. E., and D. C. White. 2007. Developing a dynamic model to predict the recruitment and early survival of Salix Nigra (Black Willow) in response to flooding. Ecological Modeling 204: 315-325.
	Kang, S., C. Ahn. 2006. Evaluating the effects of land use planning on discharge regime and water quality at an urban watershed Journal of Korean Spatial Planning Review 50: 3-18.
	Ahn, C., R. E. Sparks, and D. C. White. 2006. “Analysis of naturalization alternatives of the Illinois Floodplain-river to restore moist-soil plants”, Living Rivers: Trends and Challenges in Science and Management, Hydrobiologia 565: 217-228
	Sparks, R. E., C. Ahn, M. Demissie, A. M. Isserman, D. M. Johnston, Yanqing Lian, Z. Nedovic-Budic, and D. C. White. 2005. Linking hydrodynamics, conservation biology, and economics in choosing naturalization alternatives for the Illinois River, USA, In: Buijse, A.D., F. Klijn, R.S.E.W. Leuven, H. Middelkoop, F. Schiemer, J.H. Thorp & H.P. Wolfert [eds.] (2005) Rehabilitating large regulated rivers, Archiv für Hydrobiologie Supplement 155 (Large Rivers 15): 521-538. E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Stuttgart. 738 pp.
	Ahn, C., R. E. Sparks, and D. C. White. 2004. A dynamic model to predict responses of millets (Echinochloa sp.) to different hydrologic conditions for the Illinois floodplain-river restoration. River Research and Applications 20: 485-498.
	Ahn, C., D. C. White, and R. E. Sparks. 2004. Moist-soil plants as ecohydrologic indicators to recover flood pulse in the Illinois River. Restoration Ecology 12: 207-213
	Ahn, C. and W. J. Mitsch. 2002. Evaluating the use of recycled coal combustion products for constructed wetlands: an ecologic-economic modeling approach. Ecological Modeling 150: 117-140
	Ahn, C. and W. J. Mitsch. 2002. Scaling considerations of mesocosm wetlands in simulating a large marsh. Ecological Engineering 18:327-342
	Ahn, C. and W. J. Mitsch. 2001. Chemical analysis of sediment and leachate of constructed wetlands lined with FGD by-products. Journal of Environmental Quality 30: 1457-1463
	Ahn, C., W. J. Mitsch and W. E. Wolfe. 2001. Effects of recycled FGD liner material on water quality and macrophytes of constructed wetlands: A mesocosm experiment. Water Research 35 (3): 633-642
Book Chapters
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	Ahn, C. 2007. “Creating and restoring wetlands – ecological monitoring for mitigation success”, Proceeding of 3rd International Workshop on River Environment, Invited Speaker, Korea Institute of Construction Technology (KICT) (in both English and Korean)
	Ahn, C., P. M. Gillevet, and M. Sikaroodi. 2006. Assessing microbial community structure in treatment microcosm wetlands. Proceeding of 10th International Conference on Wetland Systems for Water Pollution Control, International Water Association, Volume III, pp 1939-1947.
	Ahn, C., R. E. Sparks, and D. C. White. 2006. “Analysis of naturalization alternatives of the Illinois Floodplain-river to restore moist-soil plants”. In: R.S.E.W. Leuven, A. M. J. Ragas, A. J. M. Smits & G. van der Velde (eds.) Developments in Hydrobiology, Living Rivers: Trends and Challenges in Science and Management, 217-228 pp, Springer (ISBN 1-4020-4780-0)
	Park, S., K. Yoo, C. Ahn, K. Ok, E. Park, D. Yi, H. Kang, and S. Park. 2001. (Korean edition), Silenced Rivers. Patrick MacCully, Zedbook.
Abstracts
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	Ahn, C., P. M. Gillevet, and M. Sikaroodi. 2007. Assessing soil microbial community structures using LH-PCR along a gradient of microtopography in a Virginia palustrine forested wetland. Abstract of National Symposium, Wetlands 2007- Watershed-Wide Strategies to Maximize Wetland Ecological and Social Services, August 28-30, Williamsburg, Virginia
	Ahn, C., K. F.Moser, G. B. Noe. 2007. Characterization of microtopography and its influence on vegetation and soil nutrient patterns in created mitigation wetlands, Abstract of ESA/SER Joint Annual Meeting, August 5-10, Ecological Restoration in a Changing World, San Jose, California.
	Ahn, C., P. M. Gillevet, and M. Sikaroodi. 2006. Assessing microbial community structure in treatment microcosm wetlands. Abstract of 10th International Conference on Wetland Systems for Water Pollution Control, September 23-29, Lisbon, Portuga
	Moser, K. F., C. Ahn, G. B. Noe. 2006. Effects of disked microtopography on vegetation in mitigation wetlands in Virginia, Abstract of Ecological Society of America 91th Annual Meeting, Memphis, Tennessee.
	Ahn, C., P. M. Gillevet, and M. Sikaroodi. 2006. Assessing microbial communities in treatment wetlands as affected by phosphorus loading - a microcosm experiment. Abstract of Ecological Society of America 91th Annual Meeting, Memphis, Tennessee.
	Caballero, R. P., Shankle, C.E.N., Krekeler, M, and Ahn, C. 2005. Investigation of soils in a created wetland near Haymarket, Virginia, 2005 Annual Meeting of Geological Society of America, Salt Lake City, Utah.
	Ahn, C., and K. F. Moser. 2005. “Developing a dynamic model to predict the recruitment and survival of Salix nigra (black willow) in response to flooding . Joint Meeting of 90th Annual ESA and IX INTECOL Congress, Montreal, Canada
	Moser, K. F. and C. Ahn. 2005. Effects of microtopography on vegetation and soil nutrients in a mitigation wetland in Virginia. Society of Wetland Scientist 26th Annual Meeting, Coastal Plain Wetlands: Ecological, Landscape, and Regulatory Transformations, Charleston, South Carolina.
	Moser, K. F. and C. Ahn. 2005. Effects of microtopography on vegetation and soil nutrients in a Mitigation wetland in Virginia. Virginia Academy of Science 83rd Annual Meeting, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia
	Kang, S., C. Ahn, D. Kovacic, D. M. Johnston. 2004. Water Quality Impacts of Land Use Change: A Model for Functional Landscape Design Evaluation. 2004 Illinois Water Conference, Champaign, IL.
	Ahn, C., R. E. Sparks, and D. C. White. 2004. “Analysis of naturalization alternatives of the Illinois Floodplain-river to restore moist-soil plants”, Abstract of INTECOL 7th International Wetland Conference, Utrecht, Netherlands
	Sparks, R. E., C. Ahn, J. H. Chick, D. M. Johnston, T. Koel, M. Pegg. 2004. Analytic approaches to conservation and recovery of the Upper Mississippi River system. American Fisheries Society, Fourth World Fisheries Congress, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
	Sparks, R. E., C. Ahn, J. H. Braden, M. Demissie, A. M. Isserman, D. M. Johnston, Z. Nedovic- Budic, and D. C. White. 2003. Analysis of Rehabilitation and Restoration Alternatives for the Illinois River, USA.  Abstract of Lowland River Rehabilitation 2003, “Rehabilitating natural dynamics, landscapes and biodiversity in large regulated lowland rivers: opportunities and constraints, costs and benefits”, Wageningen, the Netherlands, September 29 – October 2
	Ahn, C., R. E. Sparks, and D. C. White. 2003. “Naturalizing flood regimes to restore moist-soil plants in large floodplain rivers: the case of the Illinois River”, Society of Wetland Scientist 24th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana
	White, D. C., R. E. Sparks, and C. Ahn. 2003. Linking moist-soil plant success to hydrology of a large-floodplain river, Abstract of 24th Annual Meeting, Society of Wetland Scientist, New Orleans, Louisiana
	Higgins, C., L. Zhang, C. Ahn, and W. J. Mitsch. 2003. Examining constructed wetlands lined with coal combustion products, Abstract of 24th Annual Meeting, Society of Wetland Scientist, New Orleans, Louisiana
	Higgins, C., L. Zhang, C. Ahn, and W. J. Mitsch. 2003. Experimenting with coal combustion products as wetland treatment liners, Designing Green Partnerships of Nature and Human, American Ecological Engineering Society, 3rd Annual Meeting, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland
	Sparks, R. E., C. Ahn, J. B. Braden, M. Demissie, A. M. Isserman, D. M. Johnston, Z. Nedovic-Budic, and D. C. White. 2002. Alternative futures for the Mississippi River.  Abstract of International Riversymposium 2002, 3-6 Sept., Brisbane, Australia
	Ahn, C., R. E. Sparks, and D. C. White. 2002. “Predicting responses of moist-soil plants to flood regimes: a simulation model to support restoration of the Illinois floodplain-river Ecosystem”, Abstract of Ecological Society of America 87th Annual Meeting & Society of Ecosystem Restoration's 14th Annual International Conference, Tucson Arizona Kim, D., J. Park, H. Kang, C. Ahn, and D. Lee. 2002. Removal of nitrogen and phosphorus in a constructed wetland system. VIII International Congress of Ecology (INTECOL), Seoul, Korea, August 11-16
	Ahn, C., R. E. Sparks, and D. C. White. 2002. “Predicting responses of moist-soil plants to flood regimes: a simulation model to support restoration of the Illinois floodplain-river Ecosystem”, Ecological Society of America 87th Annual Meeting & Society of Ecosystem Restoration's 14th Annual International Conference, Tucson, Arizona
	White, D. C., J.B. Braden, R.E. Sparks, C. Ahn, and D. M. Johnston. 2002. Linking moist-soil plant potential to the hydrology of a river regulated for navigation. Integrated Trans- boundary Water Management, Proceedings of a Special Joint Conference of Universities Council on Water Resources (UCOWR) meeting, Traverse City, Michigan, July 23-26
	Higgins, C., L. Zhang, C. Ahn, and W. J. Mitsch. 2002. Pilot-scale experiment of FGD liner wetlands. Abstract of 2002 Annual International Pittsburgh Coal Conference on Coal. Pittsburgh, PA. (CD)
	Ahn, C. and W. J. Mitsch. 2001. “Evaluating the use of recycled coal combustion products in constructed wetlands: An ecologic-economic modeling approach”, Society of Wetland Scientists, 22nd Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois
	Ahn, C. and W. J. Mitsch. 2001. “Effects of a recycled coal combustion by-product on ecological Functions of constructed wetlands, the State-of-the-Art Ecological Engineering Conference, Georgia Center for Continuing Education, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
	Ahn, C. and W. J. Mitsch. 2001. “Effects of a recycled coal combustion by-product on ecological functions of constructed wetlands, OARDC Annual Conference, April 5th, Wexner Center for the Arts, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
	Ahn, C. and W. J. Mitsch. 2000. “Scaling considerations of mesocosm wetlands in simulating full-scale wetlands”, 6th International Wetland Symposium of INTECOL, Millennium Wetland Event, Quebec City, Canada
	Ahn, C. and W. J. Mitsch. 1999. “Ecological engineering of Wetlands with Recycled FGD Liner: A Mesocosm Experiment”, Society of Wetland Scientists, 20th Annual Meeting, Norfolk, Virginia
	Ahn, C. and W. J. Mitsch. 1999. “Effects of FGD liner material on ecological functions of mesocosm treatment wetlands”, 6th Symposium on Biogeochemistry of Wetlands, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
	Mitsch, W. J., C. Ahn, and W. E. Wolfe. 1999. FGD liners with wetlands. Abstract of 17th Annual International Pittsburgh Coal Conference on Coal - Energy and the Environment. Pittsburgh, PA. (CD)
	Ahn, C., W. J. Mitsch and W. E. Wolfe. 1999. Effects of FGD Liner Material on Ecological Functions of Mesocosm Treatment Wetlands. Abstract of 6th Symposium on Biogeochemistry of Wetlands, University of Florida, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. p. 56
	Ahn, C., and W. J. Mitsch. 1999. Ecological Engineering of Wetlands with Recycled FGD Liner: A Mesocosm Experiment. Abstract of 20th Annual Meeting, Society of Wetland Scientists, Norfolk, VA, p. A-43
	Ahn, C. 1995. Use of wetland plants in wastewater treatment.  Korean Journal of Environmental Technology (in Korean)
	Ahn, C., S. Lee, D. Lee, and J. Kim. 1994. Effects of watercress, loach and sediment on water quality in wetland microcosm. Korean Society of Water Quality Proceeding: 122-127 (in Korean)