A. Center/Institute/Program

Center for Water and Wetland Resources/The University of Mississippi Field Station

15 Road 2078

Abbeville, MS 38601-2078

Phone: 662-915-5804

Fax: 662-915-6554

E-mail: jandersn@olemiss.edu

Web Page: http://www.baysprings.olemiss.edu

Director/Chairperson: Dr. James Anderson

Representative to AERC: Dr. James Anderson

B. Major objectives of the Center/Institute/Program

1. Provide the infrastructure to support nationally and internationally recognized basic and applied research related to northern Mississippi habitats.

2. Increase scientific understanding of sustainable freshwater ecosystems.

3. Build adaptive capacity in incorporating new information into management and policy development related to freshwater use.

C. Major ecosystem research emphases

1. Best management practices.

2. Long-term monitoring.

D. Staff

Permanent scientific staff: 3

Scientific support staff: 4

Graduate students: 2

Summer graduates and undergraduates: 21

E. Approximate annual funding (recent year)

Core funding: $178,000/yr, Source: State Appropriation

Grants: $307,341/yr, Major sources: U.S. Department of Agriculture and MS Department of Quality

F. Areas and facilities for ecosystem research studies

The University of Mississippi Field Station, Oxford, MS, 740 acres.

G. Research staff directly involved in ecosystem research (names and specialty areas)

Buchholz, R. – animal behavior

Chambers, J. – acoustic

Cooper, C. – hydro-ecology

Davidson, G. – hydro-geology

Halda-Alija, L.

Hart, J. – analytical chemist

Holland, M. – plant ecology

Moore, M. – hydro-ecology

Threlkeld, S. – ecoto-toxicology

Woolsey, R.

Willett, K.

H. Long-term data sets (code name, number of years of data, computer accessibility)

1. Climatic data: precipitation, wind speed, and temperature from 2001 to present.

2. Plant data: long-term monitoring plots from 1996 to present.

http://www.baysprings.olemiss.edu/research