Interactions between climate change and beavers in coastal streams
Project Leader:
Project Investigators:
Keith Nislow (USFS)
Wil Wollheim (UNH)
States:
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
Ohio
Kentucky
Indiana
Michigan
Wisconsin
Illinois
Minnesota
Iowa
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Status:
Completed
Overview
This project investigated the effects of climate on multiple aspects of river hydrology, including the interaction with expanding beaver populations in the Northeast. Our findings suggest that beavers increase water retentions, and sometimes flooding, in rivers which increases nitrogen removal. Information from this project allows managers and citizen groups to understand how the expansion of beavers will intersect with a changing climate to influence river flooding and freshwater quantity and quality.
Presentations
MBL Undergraduate Research Symposium. Aug 20, 2014. Influence of beavers on streamside vegetation in coastal New England. Lia Tosiello (Brown University) and Christopher Neill (Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole)
