A5071481840- Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
- Marine and coastal ecosystems
- Water Quality and Pollution Assessment
- Biological Control of Invasive Species
- Aquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity
- Ecology and Conservation Studies
- Mosquito-borne diseases and control
- Hydrological Forecasting Using AI
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
- Water Quality Monitoring Technologies
University of Wisconsin–Madison
2021-2025
U.S. National Science Foundation
2024
Northland College
2020-2023
Ashland (United States)
2020
Abstract Excessive algae growth can lead to negative consequences for ecosystem function, economic opportunity, and human animal health. Due the cost‐effectiveness temporal availability of satellite imagery, remote sensing has become a powerful tool water quality monitoring. The use remotely sensed products monitor related cyanobacteria productivity during bloom event may help inform management strategies inland waters. To evaluate ability imagery pigments dissolved oxygen conditions in...
ABSTRACT The Winam Gulf in the Kenyan region of Lake Victoria experiences prolific, year-round cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms (cyanoHABs) which pose threats to human, livestock, and ecosystem health. To our knowledge, there is limited molecular research on gulf’s cyanoHABs, thus, strategies employed for survival proliferation by toxigenic cyanobacteria this remain largely unexplored. Here, we used metagenomics analyze Gulf’s composition, function, biosynthetic potential. Dolichospermum...
We report 40 metagenomic libraries collected from the Winam Gulf of Lake Victoria during May-July 2022-2023 and an additional eight opportunistic adjacent Lakes Simbi, Naivasha, regional river systems. The sampling period captured cyanobacterial bloom events - shedding insight onto community composition genomic potential.
Piedras Blancas National Park, in southern Costa Rica, is an important component of two biological corridors connecting the Osa Peninsula (Corcovado Park) and La Amistad International Park. Understanding mammal community composition will provide baseline data to evaluate success conservation efforts. We used camera traps opportunistic observations describe medium-sized large mammals park. deployed for 1,440 trap nights (2016-2018). detected 19 species from seven orders 13 families. Five are...
Dengue is a mosquito-borne viral disease representing significant global public health burden, particularly in urban areas of tropical and sub-tropical countries including Colombia. spread primarily by the Aedes aegypti albopictus mosquitos. Hydroclimatic variables are known to influence prevalence dengue impacting vector population development, replication, human-mosquito interactions. Several large-scale climate phenomena (ENSO), temperature, precipitation, relative humidity have been...
Disturbance regimes related to water level fluctuation play an important role in the structuring of aquatic macrophyte communities. In managed systems, winter drawdowns have shown promise controlling populations nuisance macrophytes, however, may unintended negative consequences on erosion, fauna, and nontarget plant species. The Chippewa Flowage, located Sawyer County, WI, has implemented targeted with goal reducing levels Myriophyllum spicatum. To evaluate effects M. spicatum native...
Disturbance regimes related to water level fluctuation play an important role in the structuring of aquatic macrophyte communities. In managed systems, winter drawdowns have shown promise controlling populations nuisance macrophytes, however, may unintended negative consequences on erosion, fauna, and nontarget plant species. The Chippewa Flowage, located Sawyer County, WI, has implemented targeted with goal reducing levels Myriophyllum spicatum. To evaluate effects M. spicatum native...
Beal MRW, O’Reilly BE, Soley CK, Hietpas KR, Block PJ. 2022. Variability of summer cyanobacteria abundance: can season-ahead forecasts improve beach management? Lake Reserv Manage. XX:XX–XX.As anthropogenic eutrophication and the associated increase continue to plague inland waterbodies, local officials are seeking novel methods proactively manage water resources. Cyanobacteria particular concern health due their ability produce dangerous hepatotoxins neurotoxins, which threaten waterbodies...