The main focus of the Watershed Biogeochemistry Group is to investigate major elemental cycles in streams and their watersheds, particularly carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus pools and fluxes. We are especially interested in quantifying and characterizing the rich array of organic molecules that exist in stream ecosystems, and serve as the main food source to microorganisms and consequently to all biological communities. Throughout the watershed, water is found in many places beyond stream channels, including aquifers, soils, and sediments. Our biogeochemistry laboratory has the capabilities to perform a wide range of chemistry analyses in water samples from all these places.
Watershed Biogeochemistry Staff
Watershed Biogeochemistry News
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Hydrologic implications of projected changes in rain-on-snow melt for Great Lakes Basin watersheds
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Stroud Center Scientist to Serve as Nature Conservancy Trustee
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Respiration regimes in rivers: partitioning source-specific respiration from metabolism time series
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Adventures in Geographic Space: Postdoc Daniel Myers Recalls the Wild as He Solves Water Challenges
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Partitioning inorganic carbon fluxes from paired O2–CO2 gas measurements in a neotropical headwater stream, Costa Rica
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