| Current Research Projects | |
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Hydrological Linkages Between Landscapes and Stream Networks |
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Funding source |
National Science Foundation - Hydrologic Sciences Program |
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PIs |
PI: Brian McGlynn (MSU) co-PI: Michael Gooseff (CSM) |
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Collaborators |
Ken Bencala (USGS) and Steve Wondzell (USFS) |
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Student Researchers |
MSU - Kelsey Jencso, PhD CSM - Rob Payne, PhD |
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Watershed Carbon Distribution and Flux Across Environmental Gradients |
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Funding source |
National Science Foundation - Integrated Carbon Cycle Research Program (ICCRP) National Science Foundation - DDIG - Division of Environmental Biology, Ecosystem Science Cluster, Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant to Diego Riveros-Iregui and Brian McGlynn |
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PIs |
PI: Brian McGlynn (MSU) co-PIs: Howie Epstein (UVA), Daniel Welsch (FSU) |
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Student Researchers |
MSU - Vince Pacific, MS-PhD MSU - Diego Riveros, PhD UVA - Daniel Muth, PhD UVA - Ryan Emanuel, PhD |
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Landuse change impacts on water quality in a developing mountain watershed Kristin Gardner's web site with additional information on this project |
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EPA STAR Understanding Ecological Thresholds in Aquatic Systems through Retrospective Analysis EPA STAR fellowship to Kristin Gardner Seed funding NSF - Geography and Hydrology Programs (joint funding) - ALSM high resolution topography data acquisition NSF EPSCoR Fellowship to Kristin Gardner NSF GK- 12 Science and Society Fellowship to Kristin Gardner Montana Department of Environmental Quality - Science to inform the TMDL process USGS 104b Montana seed grant program |
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PIs |
PI: Brian McGlynn (MSU), co-PIs: Kristin Gardner (MSU), Duncan Patten (MSU), Jamie Shanley (USGS), Lisa Graumlich (MSU) |
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Student Researchers |
Kristin Gardner (PhD student) Becca McNamara (MS Student) |
| Landscape Limnology of Mountain Watersheds: Nutrient Retention and Ecosystem Stability in Complex Aquatic Ecosystems | |
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Funding source |
National Science Foundation - Ecosystems Program |
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PIs |
PI: Wayne Wurtsbaugh (USU) co-PIs: Michelle Baker (USU), Brian McGlynn (MSU) |
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Student Researchers |
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Predictive Modeling of Snowmelt Dynamics: Thresholds and the Hydrologic Regime of the Tenderfoot Creek Experimental Forest, Montana |
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Funding Source |
USGS 104b |
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PIs: |
Marshall (MSU) and McGlynn (MSU) |
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Modular Curriculum for Hydrological Advancement - Toward an Online Faculty Learning Community for Hydrology Education |
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Funding Source |
National Science Foundation Division of Undergraduate Education CCLI Program |
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PIs: |
Wagener (PSU), McGlynn (MSU), Gooseff (CSM), Marshall (MSU), Sharma (PSU). |
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Linkages Between Climate, Watershed Structure, Land Cover, and Snow Runoff Dynamics: Initiation of the ICEWATER Regional Experimental Watershed Constellation |
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Funding Source |
Inland Northwest Research Alliance (INRA) |
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PIs: |
McGlynn (MSU), Marshall (MSU), and Wraith (MSU) |
| Recent Projects | |
| Characterization of the riparian wetlands and associated metal contamination at the headwaters of the Stillwater River, Montana | |
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Funding source |
US Forest Service |
| PI | Brian McGlynn |
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Student Researchers |
Steve Cook (MS student) |
| Groundwater Surface Water Interactions in an Alpine-Valley Transition | |
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Funding source |
USGS 104b grant Program |
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PIs |
PI: Brian McGlynn (MSU), co-PI: Rick Sojda (USGS) |
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Student Researchers |
Tim Covino (MS student) Brian Edwards - undergraduate researcher |
| BICA (Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area) Seeps and Springs | |
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Funding source |
Greater Yellowstone Network's Vital Signs Monitoring Program |
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PIs |
PI: Brian McGlynn (MSU) and Duncan Patten (MSU) |
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Student Researchers |
Denine Schmitz |
| Tropical Hydrology: The impact of landuse change on small watershed hydrology and biogeochemistry in the Amazon Basin, Brazil | |
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Funding source |
MSU International Programs Office National Science Foundation (collaborators funded - not MSU directly) Potsdam University, Germany |
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Student Researchers |
Katie Schultz (Former undergraduate Scholars Program student) |
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Characterizing hillslope–riparian–stream interactions: A
scaling perspective, Maimai, New Zealand
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Funding source |
NSF - Hydrologic Sciences Program |
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Researchers |
Brian McGlynn, Jeff McDonnell, Jamie Shanley, Rick Hooper, Carol Kendall |
