From peatland restoration and reclamation to environmental planning or studying soil vegetation and water quality, our researchers our focused on the impacts humanity is having on land and water.
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Helen Jarvie
Geography and Environmental Management
- Eutrophication and water-quality management;
- Sources and biogeochemical cycling of macronutrients (phosphorus, nitrogen and carbon) in freshwaters;
- Impacts of nutrient enrichment and remediation on water quality and ecological status of surface waters.
Quinn Lewis
Geography and Environmental Management
- Morphology and evolution of fluvial landscapes
- Research on process, form, and the transfer of material and energy that links morphology and evolution of fluvial landscapes
- Developing new techniques to study lake and reservoir water levels globally with remote sensing
Merrin Macrae
Geography and Environmental Management
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Effects of changing hydrologic conditions on biogeochemical processes in both natural and disturbed environments
- Hydrologic change including those that result from land-use modification (e.g. agriculture, drainage) or climate variability
Richard Petrone
Geography and Environmental Management
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Understanding of soil – vegetation – atmosphere interactions as influenced by hydrologic and climatic conditions
- Trace gas exchange in wetland and forested systems
- Interactions between vegetation and hydrology and climate (weather), and modeling the impacts of climatic and land-use stresses on these linkages
Michael Stone
Geography and Environmental Management
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Environmental planning
- Water quality
- Sediment/water interactions
- Water resources management
Maria Strack
Geography and Environmental Management
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Understanding interactions between ecology, hydrology, biogeochemistry and soil properties in wetland ecosystems
- Quantifying greenhouse gas emissions related to land-use impacts on wetlands
- Determining impact of climate change on peatland ecosystems
- Evaluating the peatland function following restoration and reclamation
Chantel Markle
Department of Geography and Environmental Management (GEM)
- Wildlife ecology and management
- Herpetology
- Effects of climate-mediated disturbances on habitat use and function
- Ecohydrology of wildlife habitat
- Habitat restoration and management
- Can also supervise graduate students in the School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability and Geography and Environmental Management