Jennifer Fraterrigo
My interests lie at the interface of ecosystem and landscape ecology. My research emphasizes the causes of spatial heterogeneity and its consequences for ecological processes, and much of my work focuses on understanding the broad-scale effects of anthropogenic disturbance on ecosystem structure and function. I am particularly interested in the effects of current and historical land use on contemporary nutrient, microbial and plant patterns and water quality, as well as the joint effects of spatial heterogeneity and temporal stochasticity on population and community dynamics. I use a variety of approaches in my research, including field-based observational and experimental studies, GIS techniques, and computer simulation models.
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Zsolt Gemesi
My research is focused on geospatial analysis of lake watersheds in Iowa. I am currently investigating the composition and configuration of land cover within 132 lake watersheds to determine what changes in these watersheds could lead to significant changes in water quality. A recently initiated research will attempt to define a carbon budget for eutrophic Iowa lakes, by measuring CO2, CH4 and DIC emission from lakes and quantifying the amount of CO2 that is sequestered by cyanobacteria.

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Tera Ratliff is a PhD student from Cincinnati, Ohio. In 2004, she received her BA in physical geography from Miami University of Ohio. She is interested in how disturbance affects community and food chain interactions. In particular, she is interested in how anthropogenic disturbances influence community composition in lakes.

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