Aquatic Ecology Research Proejcts in the Patrick Lab
Coastal Streams in TexasThe stream ecology of coastal Texas is both fascinating and potentially unique. An ongoing research project in the Patrick Lab will be to increase our understanding of the ecology of these systems.
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Stream RestorationDr. Patrick has been working with the Maryland Department of Natural Resources to monitor the effect of the restoration on litter decomposition rates; benthic invertebrates; fish; and microbial communities in a stream that is being restored on the property of the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center in Edgewater, MD.
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Chesapeake Bay and South Texas Seagrass ModelingDr. Patrick is currently working with collaborators at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) on a new Chesapeake Bay Seagrass modeling project lead by scientists at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) and the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES).
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Effects of invasive fish removal in HawaiiThe Patrick Lab is looking at the benthic invertebrate communities pre- and post-removal in control and experimental reaches of 12 streams on the island of Oahu to understand how benthic macroinvertebrates are responding to the removal of non-native fish.
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Smithsonian Marine Global Earth ObservatoryThis past summer Patrick Lab and Smee Lab members collected predation rate data in Oso Bay, Laguna Madre, and Aransas Bay as part of the global “Bite Map” experiment lead by SI Marine GEO. Marine GEO is a global network of institutions that are collecting biodiversity and ecosystem process rate data in shallow coastal ecosystems
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Metacommunity TheoryMetacommunity Theory embraces the fact that communities are never closed despite being spatially separate. We bring the metacommunity perspective to all of our projects and are committed to advancing our understanding of metacommunity ecology through modeling projects and the analysis of large datasets.
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