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| Our research program is interested in the ways that soil microbial communities adapt to exposure to human impacts on a molecular level. Current projects involve analysis of composition and response of upland, wetland, and subsurface communities to different landuse practices, nutrient gradients, and pollutants. We work with wetlands biogeochemists, ecologists, environmental engineers, and pesticide microbiologists on a variety of projects funded through agencies such as the US Environmental Protection Agency, US Department of Energy , US Department of Defense, and the National Science Foundation. Microbial communities are likely to be sensitive indicators of ecological change due to changing environmental conditions, such as impacts due to changing land use patterns or pollutants. Many of Florida’s wetlands are subject to eutrophication due to runoff from agricultural and urban sources, and we are investigating shifts in microbial community structure along these environmental gradients. We are also investigating possible relationships between microbial community structure and landuse patterns on a US Army base ( Ft. Benning), and the response of subsurface communities to chromium contamination and to remediation of perchloroethylene contaminated aquifers by co-solvent flushing. |
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