A.
Center/Institute/Program
Center for Reservoir Research/Murray State University
Hancock Biological
Station
561 Emma Drive
Murray, KY 42701
Phone: 270-474-2272
Fax: 270-474-0120
E-mail: David.White@murraystate.edu
Director/Chairperson:
Dr. David White
Representative to AERC:
Dr. David White
Alternate: Dr. Susan Hendricks
B. Major objectives of the
Center/Institute/Program
1. To improve the understanding of
reservoir and aquatic ecosystems through inter- and multi-disciplinary and
applied research, both long- and short-term.
2. To provide data base support, technical
services and facilities to faculty, researchers and students interested in
aquatic ecosystem science.
3. To promote and provide for the
inter-disciplinary training of undergraduate and graduate students in reservoir
and aquatic ecosystem science.
C. Major ecosystem research emphases
1. Reservoir ecosystems.
2. Agricultural stream ecosystems.
3. Land Between the Lakes Ecosystem.
D. Staff
Permanent
scientific staff: PhD: 18, MS: 5
Scientific
support staff: Postdocs: 3, Technicians: 5
Other
support staff: Clerical: 2, Administrative: 2, Editorial: 1,
Database: 2
Graduate
students: PhD: 2, MS:
14
Undergraduate
researchers (grant supported): 12
Summer
undergraduates: 35
E. Approximate annual funding (recent year)
Core
funding: $570,000/yr, Source: State of Kentucky
Grants: $2,550,000/yr, Major sources: EPA, NSF, NASA, DOE, State of Kentucky
F. Areas and facilities for ecosystem research studies
Hancock
Biological Station, Mid-America Remote Sensing Center, Chemical Services
Laboratory, Kentucky Lake and Western Kentucky.
G. Research staff directly involved in ecosystem research (names and
specialty areas)
Anderson,
Jeffery – sediment water interface redox potential
Duobinis-Gray,
Leon – aquatic parasitology
Fuller,
Claire – host-parasite relationships
Hendricks,
Susan – stream ecology, hyporheic processes
Johnston,
Karla – laboratory operations, database development
Johnston,
Tim – microbiology, microbial ecology
Kind,
Thomas – remote sensing, GIS
Kipphut,
George – aquatic geochemistry, physical limnology
Loganathan,
Bommanna – organic chemistry, toxicology
Naugle,
Burl – hydrology, LandSat TM, remote sensing
Owen,
David – metals chemistry, organic contaminants
Ratliff,
Judy – metals chemistry
Rice,
Gary – field operations
Timmons,
Tom – fisheries biology
White, David – stream ecology, limnology
Whiteman, Howard – ecology, amphibians
Williamson, Matt – database management
H. Long-term data sets (code name, number of years of data, computer
accessibility)
1. Kentucky Lake, long-term monitoring
program (water chemistry, biota) since 1988, Oracle database.
2. Kentucky Lake, Geographic Information
System, layers include topography, geology, soils, land use, hydrology, water
chemistry, Landsat, since 1988, Oracle database.
3. Plant distributions, Purchase Area
Herbarium and HBS Herbarium since 1954, Oracle database.
4. Four Rivers database (water chemistry,
biota) since 1998, Oracle database.