Water Resources Research Act Program

Details for Project ID VT_2024_Stockwell

Assessing the impact of imparied lakes on zooplankton community responses to salt stress

Institute: Vermont
Year Established: 2024 Start Date: 2024-09-01 End Date: 2025-08-31
Total Federal Funds: $14,992 Total Non-Federal Funds: $14,992

Principal Investigators: Jason Stockwell

Project Summary: Lakes in Vermont and around the world face multiple environmental stressors such as land use intensification, climate change, and freshwater salinization as a result of the use of road salts; we propose to investigate whether a history of exposure to environmental stressors mediates the response of zooplankton communities to additional salt stress by combining field surveys and laboratory experiments