Grantee Research Project Results
Effects of Simultaneous Multiple Perturbations on Aquatic Food Webs
EPA Grant Number: U915210Title: Effects of Simultaneous Multiple Perturbations on Aquatic Food Webs
Investigators: Klug, Jennifer L.
Institution: University of Wisconsin - Madison
EPA Project Officer: Packard, Benjamin H
Project Period: December 1, 1997 through December 1, 2000
Project Amount: $84,201
RFA: STAR Graduate Fellowships (1997) RFA Text | Recipients Lists
Research Category: Fellowship - Ecology , Ecological Indicators/Assessment/Restoration , Academic Fellowships
Objective:
The objectives of this research project are to: (1) determine whether the effects of simultaneous multiple perturbations are predictable, given the knowledge of the effects of individual perturbations; and to(2) determine whether there are interactions among perturbations.
Approach:
I am using a combination of experimental and modelling approaches to investigate the combined effects of increased nutrients and dissolved humic organic matter on phytoplankton communities.
Supplemental Keywords:
fellowship, stressor, dissolved organic carbon, DOC, eutrophication, disturbance, phytoplankton., RFA, Ecosystem Protection/Environmental Exposure & Risk, Scientific Discipline, Water, Aquatic Ecosystem, Restoration, Aquatic Ecosystems & Estuarine Research, Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration, Nutrients, Ecology and Ecosystems, Environmental Monitoring, phytoplankton, aquatic plants, nutrient dynamics, nutrient flux, ecological variation, nutrient enrichment, marine food web, multiple stresses, restoration strategies, aquatic food web, food web dynamics, nitrogen compounds, food web changes, nitrogen, nutrient regeneration, nutrient concentrations, estuarine food web, dissolved humic organic matter, ecosystem restoration, aquatic ecosystems, nutrient managementProgress and Final Reports:
The perspectives, information and conclusions conveyed in research project abstracts, progress reports, final reports, journal abstracts and journal publications convey the viewpoints of the principal investigator and may not represent the views and policies of ORD and EPA. Conclusions drawn by the principal investigators have not been reviewed by the Agency.