By 7:45 a.m. on Tuesday, June 21, 2022 Laura Naslund had already spent over an hour in a canoe on a little pond on the east side of Athens, Georgia. Naslund, a graduate student in the Odum School of Ecology and a 2022 Spencer Grant recipient, was finishing up the first field sampling event of … Continue reading A day in the life of a pond: Measuring small-reservoir emissions to inform infrastructure decisions

Freshwater crabs play an important role in the breakdown of nutrients from natural materials that fall into streams, but few studies have looked into exactly how their relationships with other detritivores and the leaf litter itself impacts ecosystems.  

As climate change causes rising temperatures and changes in rainfall across the planet, Dr. Don Nelson is shedding light on the differing values of populations in Northeastern Brazil to inform future water management decisions.

Researchers Seth Wenger and Amy Rosemond examine the consequences of climate warming on how the carbon contained in leaves, fallen trees, and other natural materials is processed within streams.

Researcher Nandita Gaur uses tomography to map nutrient pathways from septic systems into Lake Lanier

Graduate student Denzell Cross builds on past research to monitor how urban aquatic insect communities change over time.

Dr. Susan Wilde recently characterized a new toxin that is made by the novel cyanobacteria and kills waterfowl and birds of prey

Mary Freeman and Seth Wenger are working to improve the understanding of how dams, water withdrawals and other flow modifications affect fish populations.

Dr. Catherine Pringle and Dr. Alan Covich collaborated on a study on the effects of global climate change, specifically extreme weather events, on ropical stream ecosystems in Puerto Rico.

Researcher Krista Capps is organizing scientific data and building relationships between decision makers to enhance local understanding of existing water infrastructure

Researcher Amy Rosemond studies how nutrient uptake in streams impacts carbon processing

USGS researcher Mary Freeman tracks freshwater fish populations in southeastern streams

The presence of a little-known group of parasites in zooplankton populations in the ponds of Whitehall Forest immediately drew the attention of River Basin Center affiliate Alex Strauss, an assistant professor in the Odum School of Ecology, when he arrived at UGA.

Graduate students Hailey Yondo and Jenna Haag map the supply and demand of Georgia’s trout fishery in space and time

Streamlining the GDOT consultation process to help support imperiled aquatic species.

Researcher Brian Bledsoe redefines the term 100-year flood and develops maps that more accurately depict flood risk

Water scarcity in arid environments around the world is a threat to ecosystem health as well as to the livelihoods of the one billion people who inhabit them. Dr. Adam Milewski, an affiliate with the River Basin Center at the University of Georgia and an Associate Professor and Associate Department Head in the Department of … Continue reading Water Scarcity in Arid Environments

Researcher David Radcliffe is tracking the input of phosphorus to Lake Lanier, Atlanta’s water supply through groundwater measurements, lake sampling, and modeling.

Dr. Stacey Lance is working to identify suitable habitat for Carolina gopher frogs, a species identified as endangered in the Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama, and to survey existing populations on private lands.

Katie Hill, an affiliate of UGA’s River Basin Center and research professional in the Planning and Environmental Services unit at the Carl Vinson Institute of Government at the University of Georgia is investigating how communities can adapt to climate change challenges.

Promoting healthy environments for vulnerable communities.