On Wednesday, April 19th from 12 pm to 12:50 pm, Tiffany Messer will present at the next installment of the BSEN 989 Seminar Series in 112 Chase Hall. Dr. Messer's presentation is entitled, "How Should Water Quality be Monitored in Natural Systems? A Tale of Diverse Techniques and Scales."
As the flyer states, "Over the past decade the availability and use of high-frequency water quality sensors has continued to increase. However, knowledge gaps still remain due to prohibitive costs and monitoring capabilities. Water quality monitoring approaches are oft en contingent on the scale of research and/or monitoring project budgets. Dr. Messer will focus on diverse approaches used for monitoring water quality at varying scales in wetland, stream, and agroecosystems. Strengths and limitations of each technique will be reviewed. Lastly, recent unprecedented observations on temporal and positional variability will be explored. Special emphasis will be given to the future direction of water quality monitoring particularly for fate and transport in surface water systems."