Also Zoology Food webs and nutrients in lakes; Land use and phosphorus in freshwaters; Large-scale experiments; Ecological economics; Social-ecological systems; Modeling
Also Institute for Environmental Studies redox potentials at water/peat interface in wetland ponds -- statistical techniques development for evaluation of negative skewness in ectotherm thermoregulation -- microcomputer techniques for ecosystem modeling -- evaluation of mitigation procedures for highway impacts on wetlands -- hydrological factors in wetland formation -- riverine wetland formation -- wetland%
Also Civil and Environmental Engineering, Geology and Geophysics Assessment of the near-surface underground using non-invasive tomographic studies (geotomography). -- On-shore and off-shore near surface geophysics -- Non-destructive detection of anomalies in civil engineering infrastructure. -- Study of low strain stiffness in rock masses and soils with P- and S-waves. -- Geomaterial process evaluation using elastic and and electromagnetic waves.
Geological Engineering Program
Also Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine Ecology, epidemiology and evolution of infectious disease, combining field and laboratory studies to understand how pathogens in dynamic ecosystems are transmitted among hosts, across complex landscapes, and over time.
Also Botany moss/algal/bacterial interactions in Sphagnum-dominated peatlands -- molecular biology of sugar uptake by algae and peatmoss -- use of molecular technology to assess microbial biodiversity in acid bogs -- physiological, community, and evolutionary ecology of freshwater filamentous algae -- evolutionary transition from green algae to lower land plants
Also Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences dynamics of global ocean circulation -- global coupled atmospheric-ocean system -- dynamics of global climate system
Also Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies hydroecology/ ecohydrology -- hydrogeology -- river restoration -- remote sensing -- hydrologic consequences of climate change -- vegetative water use / vegetation patterning -- sustainable land-use practices -- stream-aquifer interactions -- ecosystem function / services -- human interaction with aquatic ecosystems
Geological Engineering Program
Also Zoology aquatic ecosystem ecology -- disturbance and hydrology as determinants of metabolism and nutrient cycling; subsurface processes -- large scale and multiple scale processes in lotic ecosystems
Also Botany restoration ecology -- wetland ecology -- reestablishment of rare plants -- interaction of native and exotic species -- adaptive management
aquatic ecosystems and processes (e.g., predation, nutrient cycling) that structure those ecosystems -- studies of Great Lakes fishes -- ecology of inland lakes; paleolimnology
Also Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences internal dynamics of global climate -- numerical simulation of atmosphere and ocean circulation -- analysis of past climates -- development of climate theory -- predictions of future climate -- seasonal and interannual weather changes -- climate-environment interactions