Invasive Plant Effects on Riparian Hydro-biogeochemistry
Dr. Dan Cadol, Dr. Talon Newton and Dr. Matt Zimmerer and myself have been working to understand vegetation recovery following the 2017 Tiffany Fire, around San Marcial New Mexico. Recently we were awarded funding to interrogate water loss via evapotranspiration (ET) from the Middle Rio Grande (roughly between Albuquerque and Truth or Consequences, ~250 km). Using a series of monitoring wells, we are tracking river water levels, and collecting data on greenhouse gas flux. Our hope is to discern how river-soil connectivity influences water loss via ET, and potentially explain some unexpected results we've gathered related to methane and nitrous oxide fluxes.
Dr. Dan Cadol, Dr. Talon Newton and Dr. Matt Zimmerer and myself have been working to understand vegetation recovery following the 2017 Tiffany Fire, around San Marcial New Mexico. Recently we were awarded funding to interrogate water loss via evapotranspiration (ET) from the Middle Rio Grande (roughly between Albuquerque and Truth or Consequences, ~250 km). Using a series of monitoring wells, we are tracking river water levels, and collecting data on greenhouse gas flux. Our hope is to discern how river-soil connectivity influences water loss via ET, and potentially explain some unexpected results we've gathered related to methane and nitrous oxide fluxes.
