A5049032898- Fire effects on ecosystems
- Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
- Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology
- Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
- Smart Materials for Construction
- Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
- Flood Risk Assessment and Management
- Crustacean biology and ecology
- Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Marine and fisheries research
- Problem and Project Based Learning
- Interdisciplinary Research and Collaboration
- Biomedical and Engineering Education
Lake County
2020-2024
Michigan State University
2019
Abstract Clear Lake, a medium-sized hypereutrophic, polymictic lake in northern California, has had recurring harmful cyanobacteria blooms (HCBs) for over century despite reductions external phosphorus (P) loadings. Internal P loading can alter nutrient availability and limitation supporting HCBs but is rarely quantified or compared with loads. We have loads from 2019 to 2021 the three main tributaries (accounting 46% of flow) internal loadings using two methods: mass balance modeled release...
Biology labs often make use of student teams. However, some students resist working in teams, based on poor experiences. Although instructors sometimes struggle with effective teams biology are achievable. We increased learning and satisfaction when research by (1) including the syllabus a teamwork objective “to practice team management, modeling behaviors inclusion ethics, using leadership skills to foster problem solving, communication, conflict consensus building, idea generation”; (2)...
Water resources of the United States (US), most which are associated with river basins and managed by water utilities, influenced multiple landowners land uses across diverse political jurisdictions varying stakeholder interests. utilities occupy a challenging domain where they tasked simultaneously providing affordable safe while maintaining environmental quality. When periodic crises occur, users often poorly prepared to understand tradeoffs consequences management decisions. The...
In the last ten years Araipama gigas, commonly known as pirarucu, expanded its distribution upstream into Madeira River rapids where it is not a native species.The invasion was favored by escapes from Peruvian fish farms in Basin, they have been raising pirarucu since 1970s.Although had formerly represented geographical barrier to this limiting floodplain habitats, construction of Santo Antônio and Jirau dams 2011 flooded two most important falls, replacing stretch with lentic or semi-lentic...
Abstract Clear Lake (Lake County, CA, USA) is hypereutrophic and used for drinking water, tribal use, supports a significant fishing economy. The Mendocino Complex (2018), one of the largest wildfires in California's post‐settlement history, burned 40% watershed, providing timely opportunity to study impacts historical current on this valuable aquatic resource. Using long‐term monthly monitoring data from 1968 2019, paired with watershed fire data, we found that three years watershed's...
Invasive species are a widespread threat to stream ecosystems across the planet. In Southern California, USA, invasive red swamp crayfish Procambarus clarkii (Girard, 1852) poses significant native aquatic fauna. Studies have suggested that artificial refuge traps (ARTs) resembling burrows can be used remove crayfish, but, date, no studies focused on optimizing ART design and deployment maximize catch. This month-long study tested effect of modifications diameter, color, soak time P. catch...
Aquatic macrophyte diversity and structure play an important role in freshwater communities, yet little research on macrophytes has focused native communities the undisturbed hemiboreal lakes of North America. We used data collected from 15 inland Isle Royale National Park (Michigan, USA) to identify relationships among metrics that describe dispersal introduction potential (richness, diversity, community via growth form, connectivity) lake control establishment potential. Results partial...