The Soil and Water Research Lab conducts research in a variety of natural and engineered ecosystems, ranging from treatment wetlands to rivers, reservoirs, swamps, and coastal marshes. Some studies are conducted under strict laboratory control in an effort to understand specific environmental processes and mechanism, while other involve extensive field sampling or field manipulations.
Three key areas of current research are:
- Sea Level Rise - Water Quality - Anthropogenic Ecotone Current Funding:
2014-2015: “Lower Meramec Hands-On Stewardship & Watershed Education,” National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Five Star and Urban Waters Grant. P.I.s: K. Dockery (The Open Space Council); L.G. Chambers (SLU); L. Reuter (Artist). 2014-2015: “Identification of Regional Sites, Data Sources, and Collaborations to Support Studies of Sustainable River-Reservoir Systems,” Saint Louis University, Presidential Research Fund. P.I.s: A.L. Cox, L.G. Chambers, and D.M. Hanes (SLU). |
Past Funding:
2011-2012: “Urban Stormwater, Carbon Cycling, and Sea Level Rise,” Florida Sea Grant, Nutrient Dynamics Graduate Research Grant. P.I.s: L.G. Chambers and K.R. Reddy (UF).
2011-2012: “Biogeochemical Effects of Saltwater Intrusion on Everglades Peat,” Everglades Foundation Graduate Research Grant. Student P.I.: L.G. Chambers (UF), Co-P.Is: S.E. Davis (Everglades Foundation) and T. Troxler (FIU).
2011-2012: “Urban Stormwater, Carbon Cycling, and Sea Level Rise,” Florida Sea Grant, Nutrient Dynamics Graduate Research Grant. P.I.s: L.G. Chambers and K.R. Reddy (UF).
2011-2012: “Biogeochemical Effects of Saltwater Intrusion on Everglades Peat,” Everglades Foundation Graduate Research Grant. Student P.I.: L.G. Chambers (UF), Co-P.Is: S.E. Davis (Everglades Foundation) and T. Troxler (FIU).