What is Ecohydrology?

The Institute for Ecohydrology Research is a research and environmental technology organization that conducts independent research projects and provides professional scientific assistance on simple to complex environmental issues. Our approach is to apply the best available science to challenging questions relating to ecosystem functioning and the biological responses using technology and methods that are scientifically sound, cost effective and provide high quality data. Our focus is on aquatic systems in general and the broad range of ecosystems that are dependent of hydrological processes including wetlands, rivers, lakes and watersheds. Ecohydrology is the integration of the disciplines of ecology and hydrology. We are interested in identifying the quantitative hydrologic parameters that control biological systems and how plants and animals respond to changes in the hydrologic processes due to seasonal or longer term changes in the weather or climate, respectively.

 

Latest news!

  • Fall 2012
    Featured in the article "Levelogger proves useful in Ecohydrologyical Research" in the Fall 2012 edition of Solinst's Newsletter "On the level" .

  • 01.13.2012
    Presentation of "Innovative Technology to Improve the Site Selection, Design & Implementation of Hardpan Vernal Pool Restoration" at the CNPS Conservation Conference in San Diego, CA.

  • 01.12.2012
    Presentation of "Response of Vernal Pool Plants to Climate Change in Hardpan Vernal Pools of the Central Valley" at the CNPS Conservation Conference in San Diego, CA.

  • 11.02.2011
    Executive Director Niall McCarten presents at The Wildlife Society Natural Resources Symposium at California State University, Sacramento.

  • 09.13.2011
    Executive Director Niall McCarten presents at the National University of Colombia in Medellin, Colombia.
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  • 03.17.2011
    Poster presentation at the National Military Fish and Wildlife Society Meeting’s Show and Tell Session in Kansas City, MO.
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  • 02.09.2011
    Presentation of “An Ecohydrology Study of Vernal Pools at Three Military Bases in California”at the Wildlife Society Meeting in Riverside.

  • 02.02.2011
    Presentation of research project to date for members of the Fish and Wildlife Service, USACE & EPA in Sacramento, CA.
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  • 12.14.2010
    Poster presentation at the American Geophysical Union meeting in San Francisco, CA

  • 12.01.2010
    Presentation at the SERDP & ESTCP's Partners in Environmental Technology Technical Symposium in Washington, DC.
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