Research

Freshwater Biology

Freshwater biologists investigate the biology and ecology of organisms living in lakes and streams. EEMB faculty focus on stream ecology, limnology, ecology of wetlands and salt lakes, tropical ecology, and physical processes in areas such as the Amazon Basin, the Sierra Nevada Mountains, the California coastal zone, and the Alaskan tundra.

Faculty Research

Bradley J. Cardinale, Ph.D. University of Maryland. Community and ecosystems ecology, freshwater biology, biodiversity and ecosystem functioning.

Scott D. Cooper, Ph.D. University of Wisconsin. Freshwater biology; stream ecology.

Thomas Even, Ph.D. UC Santa Barbara. Population and community ecology, river ecology, predator-prey interactions, science education.

Sally MacIntyre, Ph. D. Duke University. Physical-biological coupling; physical limnology and oceanography; tropical, temperate and arctic lakes; flow in kelp forests and coral reefs.

John M. Melack, Ph.D. Duke University. Limnology of tropical, saline, and alpine lakes; phytoplankton and zooplankton ecology; biogeochemistry; wetland ecology; remote sensing.