The Ecohydrology Research Group was formed in Fall 2003. Our research is focused on the nexus of three concepts: hydrological connectivity, geological controls on physical and chemical hydrology, and hydrological controls on ecosystem structure and function. Specifically, our research is focused on:
- delineating flowpaths and quantifying fluxes along flowpaths within hydrological landscapes,
- quantifying how these fluxes control the physical and chemical characteristics of surface water and shallow groundwater in ecosystems embedded within these hydrological landscapes, and
- quantifying how the physical and chemical characteristics of the surface water and shallow groundwater control the structure and function of ecosystems embedded within these hydrological landscapes.
We pursue these efforts in a variety of surface-water and shallow-groundwater environments, including depressional wetlands, headwater streams and mainstem rivers, and mangroves and lagoons. Our research is focused within the hydrological sciences, but often extends into the ecological sciences and occasionally has sociopolitical implications. Therefore, collaboration is essential to our success.
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