​The Watershed Ecology Lab is a research group in the the Engineering School of Sustainable Infrastructure & Environment at the University of Florida. Research in the lab focuses on linkages between ecosystems and the hydrologic cycle, with the goal of advancing natural resources conservation and management.  Check out the research page to read more about what we do.

Lab News (click for links):

2/1/18-Kevin's study on  the cover of FRONTIERS!

1/30/18 - new paper: Phosphorous in RE-USE Water

1/14/18 - lab in the news! Nathan's Springs Work

1/10/18 - in the news! Kelsie's Amazon Dams study

12/8/17 - Invisibility of Amazon Fishers Paper out

11/11/17 - Lab in the Colombian national news!

11/3/17- Kelsie's amazon dams work highlighted

11/1/17- Amazon dams paper in science Advances!

10/11/17 - ALICE's AMAZON FISHERIES PAPER JUST OUT!
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9/6/17 - Katie's paper on human hysteresis OUT!

7/17/17 - CHECK OUT SUBODH's NEW PAPER IN WRR!

7/6/17-AMY's Paper out in global change biology!

6/1/17 - Welcome NCBS Intern Tristen Townsend!

4/22/16-AMy's paper on mangrove predatiOn out!

3/29/17 - Springs Work in National GEoGraphic!

3/17/17-Dr. K AWARDED UF "TERM" Professorship!

3/10/17 - Elliott wins 3rd place in 3-Min thesis

3/4/17- watershed MGMT paper with Dr. Fangli Su

2/6/17-ElliotT's Saltwater intrusion paper out!

1/16/17 - new lab member: Nadia Lily Kaplan!

12/9/16 - new oyster Paper out in plos one!

11/14/16-DK wins international educator award!

11/4/16 - NEW PAPER: IS THE EVERGLADES Patterned?

11/1/16 - lab's coastal work in the spotlight!

8/30/16-New PAPER out in Nature-Scientific Data!

6/15/2016 - lab awarded two new usgs projects

6/1/2016 - amy's research in EXPlore magazine!

5/12/2016 - Dr. k and partners awarded NSF grant

4/20/2016 - Lab AWARDED $550k EPA Wetland Grant

2/8/16-Darina's Paper accepted in River REsearch!

12/7/15 - AMy's research on display at the FLMNH!

12/2/15 - New Video: Drones, Divers, and Dye!

10/12/15 - oyster research in the spotlight!

9/8/15 - New Paper FROM THE LAB: FIRE + WETLANDS!

8/16/15-WElcome NEW PHD Students ElliotT & TREY

6/1/15 - ARTICLE PUBLISHED IN LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY!

5/6/15 - NEW EVERGLADES ARTICLE PUBLISHED IN HESS!

4/16/15 - New Video showcases lab's Research

4/14/15 ESSIE NEWSLETTER HIGHLIGHTS LAB RESEARCH!

4/13/15 - Julianne selected for  PURDUE SURF REU!

3/4/15 - LAB LEADS Dye TRACE STUDY @  silver springs

2/6/15 - AMY WINS 1st PRIZE: AWRA POSTER CONTEST!

1/16/15 - New pub: RESTORING  Ecosystem Services

1/15/15 - WETLAND "NEXUS" PAPER CITED BY EPA!

12/14/14 - Oyster &  water yield WORK @ AGU in SF

11/11/14 - New paper out in ecological indicators

10/29/14 - lab Awarded UF Water institute grant!

10/24/14 - "ENGINEERED LANDSCAPES" SYMPOSIUM

10/1/14 - Lab JOINS mangrove migration network

8/25/14 - Significant Nexus paper published in WRR

8/15/14-LAB RECEIVES $300k USGS/NPS GRANT AWARD!

8/5/14 - Workshop talk: Ecosystem Service Values

7/31/14 - Costa rican Tracer study published

7/9/14 - Yankeetown adopts Lab's Science plan

6/11/14 - New Paper in Earth Surface PRocesses

6/1/14 - New Paper in J. Contaminant Hydrology

5/15/14 - Amazon Dams workshop in brazil

5/1/14 - Science Plan for Yankeetown delivered

4/30/14 - Lab member Kelsie Timpe Wins EPA AWARD!

4/25/14 - INVITE TO HARVARD DESIGN COLLOQUIUM!

3/15/14 - Lab LEADS BioBlitz on GULF Coast!

12/13/13 - Fall 2013 GRADUATION

9/3/2013 - NEW PAPER out IN PLOS ONE

8/7/2013 - Forest water yield Study highlighted

8/6/2013 - We made the Cover of jawra!

6/17/2013 - Watershed and LAKE MGMT workshop

6/13/2013 - New water yield Paper published

6/7/2013 - WELCOME NEW LAB MEMBERS

2/6/2013 - Art/Science Book Reviewed in Science