My students and I study estuarine waters and the wetlands that surround them. We apply techniques of geology in combination with modern and paleo-ecology to answer a variety of questions concerning the function of estuaries and their response to climatic and anthropogenic influences. Student research projects may be field, lab, or historically based.
Many students integrate all three approaches into their research.
Global Biogeochemical Cycles Chmura, G.L., Beecher, C.B., Helmer , L.L. and Sunderland, E.M. in review. Rates of salt marsh sediment accumulation in the outer Bay of Fundy. Canadian Journal of Earth Science Pospelova, V., Chmura, G. L. and Walker, H.A. in review. Interpretation of environmental conditions from dinoflagellate cyst assemblages in estuarine systems. Stone, P.A., Gleason, P.J. and Chmura, G.L. accepted with revision.