Wednesday, 20 Sep 2023
Do Rivers Have Rhythm? Describing the Energetic Regimes of Flowing Waters
Freshwater scientists asked the deceptively simple question: Are there river biomes? We wanted to understand if there were characteristic rhythms of productivity and respiration in river ecosystems. This talk will explore the answers after taking the "pulse" of hundreds of rivers through the StreamPULSE project. Emily S. Bernhardt, PhD. is the James B. Duke Professor of Biogeochemistry and current Chair of the Department of Biology at Duke...