Research Areas
- Response of wetland communities to disturbances including agricultural and urban land use and invasive species,
- Optimization of environmental monitoring programs,
- Ecological assessments,
- Design criteria and indicators for wetlands constructed as part of reclamation or compensation,
- The influence of landscape context on ecological integrity – culminating in the need to treat aquatic habitats as components of an ecohydrologic network.
Ongoing Research
- What are the ecological impacts of invasion by Phragmites australis ssp. australis on Great Lakes coastal marshes?
- How effective are different P. australis ssp. australis management approaches, including herbicide application, biocontrol, and reseeding with native plants?
- What are the fate and effects of microplastic pollution in aquatic ecosystems and how should we monitor microplastics and assess the risk they pose aquatic organisms in the Laurentian Great Lakes?
- What are the consequences of turfgrass to meadow restoration in urban areas for pollinators and climate change?
- Are stormwater management ponds just infrastructure or are they also valuable urban blue/green spaces and what factors affect their biodiversity and habitat value?
- How do beavers alter the biodiversity and hydrology of floodplain wetlands in the Columbia River Floodplain?
- How restoration priorities should be identified and how should restoration incentive schemes be assessed?
- How can we best undertake policy responsive research?
- How should biomonitoring programs should be designed to achieve differing monitoring objectives?
