To assess the ecological condition of each wetland, vegetation, soil, and water chemistry samples and hydrology, weather, buffer, and general field observations are collected. These factors are evaluated to reflect key stress indicators and ecological health of the wetlands.
Our multi-institutional team is seeking up to four postdoctoral researchers for an interdisciplinary project titled: Coupling lake, watershed, and estuarine models to better understand the role of engineered freshwater discharges in driving the severity, location, and timing of harmful algal… Read More
PhD student Alexis “AJ” Jackson is featured in the latest issue of Heartland LIVING Magazine. The portrait was taken when she was the Vaughn-Jordan Research Intern in Archbold’s Plant Ecology Research Program, and is part of a series of 100… Read More
Four inductive approaches for classifying streamflow regimes across the Amazon using streamflow records from Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
Identifying the effects of chronic saltwater intrusion in coastal floodplain swamps using remote sensing Coastal floodplain swamps are an important part of the coastal wetland mosaic, however they are threatened due to accelerated rates of sea level rise and saltwater… Read More
Dr. David Kaplan is recruiting a student to work on the 2021 National Wetland Condition Assessment. Assistantship includes stipend, tuition & benefits.
In April, the Supreme Court declared, in a 6-3 ruling, that the CWA requires the federal government to regulate some groundwater pollutants that can navigate into waters such as oceans, rivers and streams.
Ghost Forests: How Rising Seas Are Killing Southern U.S. Woodlands
Dye Release In Silver Springs from nreaver on Vimeo. On March 8th, 2015, Dr. Kaplan’s Watershed Ecology Lab implemented the first of four proposed dye tracer experiments in Silver River, one of Florida’s largest springs. The study is part of… Read More