Global Change and Watershed Biogeochemistry Group
Kara Goodwin
Master's Student
kara_goodwin@vancouver.wsu.edu
B.A. in Biology with a concentration in Environmental Studies, Bryn Mawr College 2002
Research Interests:
My research interests lie in the interactions between human activities and their impacts on the ecosystems on which we rely. I am particularly interested in the effects of land use on water quality and the transport and transformations of nutrients, such as nitrogen and phosphorus, downstream through watersheds. Through the use of nutrient transport models and geographic information systems (GIS), I am investigating the patterns of and controls on nitrogen export from the sub-basins of the Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys. This work also tests the applicability of global models to regional scales. My previous research experience includes the impacts of an invasive aquatic plant (Trapa natans) on the biogeochemistry of the Hudson River, led by scientists at the Institute of Ecosystem Studies, and an internship at Fire Island National Seashore focusing on population control of white-tailed deer.
For the 2009-10 school year I will be an NSF GK-12 Fellow (link to our gk-12 page?) partnered with a six-grade Earth Science teacher to help strengthen inquiry-based learning in the classroom.
Publications and Presentations
- Goodwin, K.E., J.A. Harrison, D.J. Sobota (2008) A High Resolution Model of Dissolved Inorganic Nitrogen Transport in the Sacramento and San Joaquin Basins. CALFED Science Conference, Sacramento, CA: 10/08.
- Goodwin, K., N. Caraco, and J. Cole (2008) Temporal dynamics of dissolved oxygen in a floating-leaved macrophyte bed. Freshwater Biology 53:1632-1641.
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Goodwin, K., N. Caraco, and J. Cole. 2007. Temporal Dynamics of Dissolved Oxygen in a Floating Leaved Macrophyte
Bed. Oral presentation at the
30th Congress of the International Association of Theoretical and Applied
Limnology (SIL). Montreal, Canada.