Freshwater Ecology and Conservation Lab

My lab is interested in patterns and processes in aquatic ecosystems and how land use change influences processes with these systems. Through our work, we contribute to the understanding of freshwater ecological systems and the interaction and feedbacks between the surrounding terrestrial landscape. We are particularly interested in how species traits, especially stoichiometric traits and thermal preferences, influence structure and function within aquatic systems. To do this, we employ combination of field observational and mesocosm studies to understand how body stoichiometry, trophic ecology, threshold elemental ratios, and growth efficiencies respond under various conditions and state of physiological distress. Furthermore, we study how these organismal rates link to community- and ecosystem-level processes. Please look over our research interests to learn more. 

Interested in the research being conducted in the Aquatic Ecology lab? Thinking about graduate school? Feel free to contact me with any questions.

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"Water is the most critical issue of our lifetime and our children's lifetime. The health of our waters is the principal measure of how we live on the land."
-Luna Leopold-