Lab Members

Graduate Students

Heather in mountains

 

Heather Ann Arnett (M.S. student):
Developing a calibration set to relate diatom community structure to nitrogen concentrations in lakes spanning the Rocky Mountains from Colorado to Montana.

Kristin Ditzler (M.S. student):
Assessing the effects of white perch removal on trophic structure in lakes in Maine.

Kristin in the woods
Courtney on Dorr Mt.
Courtney Salm (Ph.D. student):
Assessing the infuence of lake-specific ecological processes on diatom-based climate reconstructions from saline lakes.

 

Undergraduate Students

Looking down from Borestone Mountain
Marcus Collado (Wildlife Ecology): Investigating the response of algae to atmospheric nitrogen deposition in lakes of the Pacific Northwest.

Gilbert Fulford ( Forest Ecosystem Science):
Investigating the response of diatoms in alpine lakes to climate change over the last 2,000 years.
Gibby sailing in Alaska
drama at the beach
Eileen Spinney (Soil Science):
Contributing to a long-term phytoplankton database to assess the response of alpine lakes to climate and atmospheric deposition of nitrogen.
Carl Tugend (Zoology):
Assessing changes in phytoplankton community structure in response to alewife introductions in lakes in Maine.
 Carl on the slopes

 

Lab Affiliates

Dennis microscoping

Dennis Anderson (Research Technician):
Dennis conducts diatom and nutrient analyses, and assists with student projects and training.

Andrea Nurse (Research Associate):
Andrea assists with paleoecological research and conducts phytoplankton analyses.

Andrea on horseback returning from Rainbow Lake