We investigate changes to lake ecosystems over both long and short time periods. Institute members seek answers to questions such as:
How has a lake's ecosystem changed over time in response to regional climate changes?
What are the long-term impacts of human activities on lake ecosystems?
What can lake-dwelling organisms reveal about regional and local climate change during post-glacial time?
What can lake sediment chemistry tell us about the long-term evolution of the drainage basin and lake ecosystem?
What evidence of atmospheric pollution is archived in lake and peat sediment?
Faculty
Ronald Davis, George Jacobson Jr., Brenda Hall, Steve Norton, Ann Dieffenbacher-Krall,
Marcus Vandergoes, Andrea Nurse
Research
Synthesis of Paleolimnological Evidence for Human Impacts on Lakes in New England
Ron Davis
Effects of Changes in a Montane Catchment During the Past Thousand Years on a Lake in Dominica, W.I.
Ron Davis
Lake-Level Influences on Chironomid-Based Reconstructions of Paleotemperature
Ann Dieffenbacher-Krall, George Jacobson Jr.
Late-Glacial and Holocene Lake Levels in Maine
Ann Dieffenbacher-Krall, George Jacobson Jr.
Assessment of Long-Term Deposition of Mercury to Bog Ecosystems in the Northern Hemisphere
Steve Norton
Temporal and Spatial Changes in Mercury Accumulation in Lakes in the Northeastern U.S.
Steve Norton
Evaluation of Abiotic Controls on Trophic Status of Low Alkalinity Lakes in Maine
Steve Norton
Acidification Trajectories of Oliogotrophic Aqueous Systems
Steve Norton
Millennial-scale fluctuations of Dry Valleys lakes
Brenda Hall
Contributions to Science:
Large Variability in Hydrology of Maine Lakes During the Holocene
Paleolimnological Evidence for Anthropogenic Lake Acidification