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Principal Investigator
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Donald Weller
wellerd@si.edu
443-482-2214
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Quantitative Ecologist
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Ecological Modeling Projects

  • fish in eelgrass bed

    We study how land use and shoreline armoring affect submerged aquatic vegetation. (Photo: NOAA)

    Land Use Effects on SAV

  • croplands and riparian buffer from the air

    We study the ability of stream side forests and wetlands (“riparian buffers”) to remove pollutants in the water draining from farms and developed land.

    Riparian Buffers

  • map of land use and sample site

    SERC scientists want to learn how land uses affect habitat for migratory herring in the Chesapeake Bay watershed.

    River Herring Habitat Modeling

  • An incised stream channel

    We study how watershed characteristics affect the health and biodiversity of stream communities.

    Stream Health

  • Tom Jordan by an automated stream sampling station

    We study the water, sediment, nitrogen, and phosphorus discharged from watersheds in stream water.  We want to understand how they are controlled by weather, watershed inputs, and watershed characteristics.

    Watershed Discharges

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