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.
Selected Recent Publications
- Bold indicates current faculty, current student, or graduate
- Lawlor S, Rains KC, Landry S, Rains M (2023) Forensic Wetland and Deepwater Habitat Mapping for Setting Pre-development Conditions Wetland Science and Practice In Press
- Rains, M, Schmidt, K Landry S, Kleindl W, Rains KC (2023) Reorganizing the waterscape: Asymmetric loss of wetlands and gain of artifical water features in a mixed-use watershed Wetlands In Press
- Guerrón-Orejuela EJ, Rains KC, 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 SG, Hill RA, Creed IF, Compton JE, Golden HE, Weber M, Rains MC Jones CE, Henry Lee E, Christensen JR, Belmore RA, Lane CR (2023) National hydrologic connectivity classification links wetlands with stream water quality. Nature Water 1, 370–380.
- Stepchinski, LM, 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 ME, Rains KC, Guerrón-Orejuela EJ, Kleindl WJ, Downs J, Landry SM, Rains MC (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 DB, 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 RS, Rains MC, LaRoche JJ, Downs CM, Kruse SE (2022) The peculiar hydrology of west-central Florida’s sandhill wetlands, ponds, and lakes – Part 2: hydrogeologic controls. Wetlands 42:1-17
- Nowicki RS, Rains MC, LaRoche JJ, Pasek MA (2021) The peculiar hydrology of west-central Florida’s sandhill wetlands, ponds, and lakes – Part 1: physical & chemical evidence of connectivity to a regional water-supply aquifer. Wetlands 41:113
- Lewis DB, Jimenez KL, Abd-Elrahman A, Andreu M, Landry SM, Northrop RJ, Campbell C, Flower H, Rains MC , Richards CL (2021) Total and mobile fractions of carbon and nitrogen in surface soils across a mangrove salt marsh ecotone.Science of the Total Environment
- Walker CM, Whigham DF, Bentz S, Argueta J, King RS, Rains MC, Simenstad C, Guo C, Baird SJ, Field C (2021) Linking landscape attributes to salmon and decision-making in the southern Kenai Lowlands, Alaska, USA. Ecology and Society 26:1