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
Impacts of invasion by Phragmites australis ssp. australis on plant and bird communities in Great Lakes coastal marshes
Study of the marshes in the Columbia River Floodplain and the influence of the annual flood pulse on diversity and plant community composition
Reclamation and monitoring of wetlands on and adjacent to oil sands mine leases in Alberta
The relationship between various bioindicator groups and the extent of human disturbance acting on an ecosystem
The influence of landscape context on ecological integrity and ecosystem service provision
How restoration priorities should be identified
How restoration incentive schemes should be assessed
How to undertake policy responsive research
How biomonitoring programs should be designed to achieve differing monitoring objectives
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