Past & Ongoing Research Projects

Examples of past and ongoing research

• Paleoenvironment and paleoclimate of Pleistocene Lake Mojave and Silver Lake
• Monitoring groundwater levels and water chemistry of the DSC wellfield
• Biology and conservation of endemic Mohave tui chub and interactions with non-native fishes 
• Long-term demography of desert holly  
• Foraging ecology and predator-prey interactions of desert rodents   
• Effects of flash flooding and fire on desert plants and consumers 
• Ecosystem function of biological soil crusts 
• Physiological adaptations of desert invertebrates 
• Erosion and aeolian transport of dust and nutrients 
• Long-term community dynamics of desert lizards 
• Archeological history of human settlements along pluvial Lake Mojave