Christopher Bednar Division of Natural Science and Mathematics Keystone College

Landscape limnology is the spatially-explicit study of lakes, streams, and wetlands as they interact with freshwater, terrestrial, and human landscapes to determine the effects of pattern on ecosystem processes across temporal and spatial scales. (Soranno et al. 2010) Several Themes Patch Characteristics Connectivity and Directionality Spatial Hierarchy

Study aquatic ecosystems Identify patch characteristics Identify interactions with other systems Identify its scale and hierarchal position Models Relationships between multiple systems Source: Soranno (2009)

Concepts used for continued research Environmental management Urban development Wildlife conservation Wetland studies Examples TransCanada Keystone XL Pipeline New Orleans urban development and Mississippi River Colorado River draining

Arp, C., & Jones, B. (n.d.). Large Lakes and Landscape Limnology. Retrieved December 7, 2011, from National Park Service: te2.pdf Bremigan, M., Soranno, P., Gonzalez, M., Bunnell, D., Arend, K., Renwick, W., et al. (2008). Hydrogeomorphic features mediate the effects of land use/cover on reservior productivity and food webs. Limnology and Oceangraphy, Cheruvelil, K., & Soranno, P. (2008). Relationships between lake macrophyte cover and lake and landscape features. Aquatic Botany, Soranno, P., Cheruvelil, K., Webster, K., Bremigan, M., Wagner, T., & Stow, C. (2010). Using Landscape Limnology to Classify Freshwater Ecosystems for Multi-ecosystem Management and Conservation. BioScience, Soranno, P., Webster, K., Cheruvelil, K., & Bremigan, M. (2009). The lake landscape-context framework: linking aquatic connections, terrestrial features, and human effects at multiple spatial scales. Verh. Internat. Verein. Limnol., State, Landscape Limnology Research Group at Michigan. (n.d.). Landscape Limnology. Retrieved December 4, 2011, from Landscape Limnology - Department of Fisheries and Wildlife: