Biodiversity & Complex Systems Science

Research

Research Themes

Forest canopy surrounding a carbon-flux observation tower
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Carbon–Climate Feedback
Harvard Forest Flux Tower Research directions
  • Trends of Terrestrial Carbon-Climate Feedback
  • Thermal Acclimation of Ecosystem Respiration
The Three Gorges Dam spanning the Yangtze River
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Ecohydrology
Three Gorges Dam · Yangtze River Research directions
  • Flow – Riparian Vegetation Interactions
  • Dammed Rivers as Complex Social–Ecological Systems
A river flowing through wetlands into a broad estuary
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Biogeochemistry
River–estuary continuum Research directions
  • Regime Shifts in Eutrophic River Ecosystems
  • Terrestrial Support of Aquatic Food Webs