The Ecohydrology Research Group was formed in Fall 2003. Our research is focused on hydrological connectivity from ridges to reefs, especially between hillslopes, wetlands, and headwater streams; the roles that hydrological processes play in governing ecosystem structure and function; and the roles that science plays in informing water-related law, policy, and decision-making. We pursue these efforts in a variety of surface-water and shallow groundwater environments, including wetlands, headwater streams, rivers, and estuaries. Our research is focused on the hydrological sciences, but often extends into the ecological sciences and has sociopolitical implications. Therefore, collaborations are essential to our success.
Recent Publications
- Bold indicates current faculty, current student, or graduate
- Van Alphen, R., Rains K. C., Rodgers M., Malservisi R., Dixon T. (2024) UAV-based wetland monitoring : Multispectral and lidar fusion with random forest classification. Drones 8(3).
- Rains K.C., C.S. Bledsoe, T.E.C. Kraus, N. Wurzburger (2024) Evidence that ericoid mycorrhizal shrubs can outcompete ectomycorrhizal trees for nitrogen in tannin-rich litter Ecosphere 15:e4818.
- Laanbroek HJ, Rains M.C., Verhoeven J.T.A., Whigham D.F. (2024) The effect of intentional summer flooding for mosquito control on the nitrogen dynamics of impounded Avicennia germinans mangrove forests. Scientific Reports 14:2165.
- Lawlor S., Rains K.C., Landry S., Rains M. (2023) Forensic wetland and deepwater habitat mapping for setting pre-development conditions Wetland Science and Practice October.
- Rains, M., Schmidt, K. Landry S., Kleindl W., Rains K.C. (2023) Reorganizing the waterscape: asymmetric loss of wetlands and gain of artifical water features in a mixed-use watershed Wetlands 43 Article 91.
- Guerrón-Orejuela E.J., Rains K.C., Brigino T., Kleindl W., Landry S., Spellman P., Walker C., Rains M. (2023) Mapping groundwater recharge potential in high latitude landscapes using public data, remote sensing, and analytic hierarchy process Remote Sensing 15(10):2630.
- Leibowitz S.G., Hill R.A., Creed I.F., Compton J.E., Golden H.E., Weber M., Rains M.C. Jones C.E., Henry Lee E., Christensen J.R., Belmore R.A., Lane C.R. (2023) National hydrologic connectivity classification links wetlands with stream water quality. Nature Water 1, 370–380.
- Stepchinski, L.M., Rains, M., Lee, L., Lis, R., Nutter, W., Rains, K., and Stewart, S., (2023) Hydrologic connectivity and flow generation from California vernal pool, swale, and headwater stream complexes to downstream waters Wetlands 43.
- Gerlach M.E., Rains K.C., Guerrón-Orejuela E.J., Kleindl W.J., Downs J., Landry S.M., Rains M.C. (2022) Using remote sensing and machine learning to locate groundwater discharge to salmon-bearing streams. Remote Sensing 14(1):63.
- Flower H., Rains M., Taşcı Y., Zhang J-Z, Trout K., Lewis D.B., Das A., Dalton R. (2022) Why is calcite a strong phosphorus sink in freshwater? Investigating the adsorption mechanism using batch experiments and surface complexation modeling. Chemosphere 286:131596.
- Nowicki R.S., Rains M.C., LaRoche J.J., Downs C.M., Kruse S.E. (2022) The peculiar hydrology of west-central Florida’s sandhill wetlands, ponds, and lakes – Part 2: hydrogeologic controls. Wetlands 42:1-17.