Community ecologyInterested in dynamics of primary producer communities and how species composition can impact environmental variables including nutrient concentrations in the water column and emissions into the surrounding environment
Particularly intrigued by the role of phytoplankton communities and how species assemblage is influenced by allochthonous inputs of carbon matter Investigating macrophyte (aquatic plant) assemblages in littoral habitat that has been disturbed by flooding over time |
Water smartweed (Polygonum amphibia), a macrophyte with terrestrial and aquatic forms, grows in a robust patch along an inundated roadway in Fish Lake (Lodi, Wisconsin). Photo credit: CEC
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