Hydro-ecology of Flowing Waters
Laurel G. Larsen has been a hydrologist with the U.S. Geological Survey’s National Research Program in Reston, VA since 2008. Dr. Larsen’s research focuses on understanding cross-scale feedbacks and interactions between physical and biological components of flowing aquatic environments that influence ecosystem evolution. Her dissertation work, supported by the Hertz Foundation, National Science Foundation, and Canon National Parks Science Scholars Program, involved field and laboratory work to identify the processes dominantly responsible for the development, maintenance, and degradation of a patterned landscape in the Everglades. This work resulted in a series of predictive numerical models that have provided guidance for Everglades restoration efforts. Now at the USGS, Dr. Larsen is applying her expertise in simulation modeling, environmental fluid mechanics, and fine sediment and organic matter dynamics to new projects in the Everglades, tidal marshes, and small Piedmont streams in urbanizing watersheds.
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