Research Interests

Hydrology of Wetlands ~ Flow Dynamics in Wetlands ~ Groundwater Hydrology ~ Effects of hydrology on methane fluxes in wetlands ~ Surface Water ~ Groundwater Interactions

Research Activities

Present

Water Quality in the Northwest Lake Champlain Basin (New York)
Wetland Hydrology in the Adirondacks (New York)
Stream work with the Adirondack Lake Survey
Adirondack Mountain Watershed Study
Hydrology of Spring Pond Bog (Tupper Lake, New York)
Ground water flow through fractured bedrock
Effects of culverts and bridges on stream hydrology and fish passage

Past

Onondaga Lake Seepage Study (New York)
Lake Agassiz Peatlands (Minnesota)
Tully Valley Mudboils (New York)
Effects of Road Construction on Hydroperiod, Big Cypress National Preserve (Florida)
Surface Hydrology in the Northern Everglades (Florida)

Student Research Activities:

Summer 2000:

NSF-REU Project at Altona Flat Rock

Fall 2000:

Mark Corell*  Groundwater Flow Model of Altona Flat Rock, Clinton County, New York
Jennifer Edmonds*  Direct Runoff Events in Two Vermont Watersheds
Matthew Valentine*  Water Quality in the Northwest Lake Champlain Basin (New York)
Katie Wynne*  Water Quality in the Northwest Lake Champlain Basin (New York)

Spring 2001:

Andrew Johnson Estimating snow melt from measuring water content in the snow pack at Altona-Flat Rock
Danielle Gunn Database of municipal water quality in New York State
Matthew Valentine*  Water Quality in the Northwest Lake Champlain Basin (New York)
Katie Wynne*  Water Quality in the Northwest Lake Champlain Basin (New York)
Hydrology Class
Geology 343
Snow Hydrology at Altona-Flat Rock (Part of the Miner Agricultural Research Institute forest)

Summer 2001:

NSF-REU Project at Altona Flat Rock

Fall 2001:

Nick Mitrus Hydrodynamics of the Ausable River in Keene Valley (New York)
Katie Wynne*  Water Quality in the Northwest Lake Champlain Basin (New York)

Summer 2002:

NSF-REU Project at Altona Flat Rock

Fall 2002:

Christina Carvajal Fluvial Geomorphology of the Little Chazy River at Miner Dam, Altona Flat Rock
Katie Wynne Fractures in Altona Flat Rock

Winter Session 2003:

Molly Slocum Snow Hydrology in the Adirondacks

Fall 2003:

Jim Clark Surface Hydrology in the Adirondacks (Manning's coefficients, velocity profiles and changes with stream depth)
Brett Jutras*  Surface Hydrology in the Adirondacks (Correlating runoff time with watershed area)
Joe Thouin*  Adirondack Stream Hydrology (Relationships between watershed area and stream discharge)

Spring 2004:

Kent Pollero Water Quality in the Little Chazy River (New York State)
Joe Thouin Adirondack Stream Hydrology (Relationships between watershed area and stream discharge)

Spring 2005:

Mike Knutson Sediment Load in Adirondack Streams

Fall 2005:

Chris Stall Phosphorus in Ground Water at Altona Flat Rock

Spring 2007:

Kiersten Barry*  Snow Hydrology on Whiteface Mountain, Adirondacks
Adam Candee Depression Storage at Altona Flat Rock

Fall 2007:

Jacob Quinn Effects of Culverts on Stream Hydrology, Sediments and Fish Passage (True Brook)
Mallory Reedy
Samuel Adams
Greg Galuski Effects of Leaf Litter on Stream Hydrology

Spring 2008:

Samuel Adams Snow Hydrology in the Adirondacks

 

* Research results were presented at a professional meeting

Joe Thouin stream gauging while working on the NSF-CRUI project.
Photograph:  Edwin Romanowicz

Jacob Quinn measuring distances at a bridge crossing in True Brook (Adirondacks, New York, USA).  This study was to assess impacts of bridges and culverts on stream hydrology.  Photograph:  Edwin Romanowicz

Samuel Adams collecting a snow core on the Stephenson Range in the Adirondack Mountains.
Photograph:  Edwin Romanowicz

Mallory Reedy and Jacob Quinn are preparing to measure hydraulic gradients in True Brook (Adirondacks).  They are studying the effect of culverts on stream hydrology.  Photograph: Edwin Romanowicz


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