2 1 | i s t s i t n e c s g n l b a n e i playing our part in the global scientific debate earthwatch research continues to contribute to global understanding of sustainability and engagement, as our growing number of scientifi c publications show. for instance, our freshwater watch scientists, working closely with research teams in our 20 partner organisations, have illustrated how citizen scientists can support environmental research and reinforce agency monitoring in projects around the world. this has resulted in a number of publications in international peer-reviewed journals, as well as the development of a special issue of the leading scientifi c journal, science of the total environment, which will be published in 2017. earthwatch scientists also published an article in conservation biology. the piece examines key factors that improve outcomes of citizen science projects in terms of implementation of results in management planning. ongoing work at wytham woods has led to several publications, including one co-authored by dr martha crockatt on how soil-feeding organisms are aff ected by the impact of habitat fragmentation in uk woodland. the study was published in the journal ecosystems. key publications from earthwatch scientists over this last year include: • chandler, m., rullman, a., cousins, j., esmail, n., begin, e., venicx, g., eisenberg, c. and studer, m. in press. contributions to publications and management plans from 7 years of citizen science: use of a novel evaluation tool on earthwatch-supported projects. conservation biology; doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2016.09.024 • loiselle, s.a., cunha, d.g.f., shupe, s., valiente, e., rocha, l., heasley, e., belmont, p.p. and baruch, a., 2016. micro and macroscale drivers of nutrient concentrations in urban streams in south, central and north america. plos one, 11(9), p.e0162684 • riutta, t., clack, h., crockatt, m. and slade, e.m. 2016. landscape-scale implications of the edge eff ect on soil fauna activity in a temperate forest. ecosystems (2016) 19: 534. doi:10.1007/s10021-015-9939-9 • thornhill, i., loiselle, s.a., lind, k., ophof, d. 2016. the citizen science opportunity for researchers and agencies bioscience 2016; doi:10.1093/biosci/ • loiselle, s.a.; thornhill, i.; bailey, n. 2016. citizen science: advantages of shallow versus deep participation. frontiers in environmental science doi:10.3389/conf.fenvs.2016.01.00001. • castilla, e.p., cunha, d.g.f., lee, f.w.f., loiselle, s., ho, k.c. and hall, c., 2015. quantifi cation of phytoplankton bloom dynamics by citizen scientists in urban and peri-urban environments. environmental monitoring and assessment, 187(11), pp.1-11. for full references and details of all publications by earthwatch scientists please visit our website.