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Peter Jacobson
Co-Chair of the Department, Associate Professor of Biology
Post-Doc. 1997-99, Desert Research Foundation of Namibia; Ph.D. 1997,
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Aquatic Ecology and
Conservation Biology
Tel: 641-269-3027; FAX: 641-269-4285;
Office: Science 1812; Email: jacobsop@grinnell.edu
My research addresses the ecology and restoration of rivers and streams.
The flow of water is the driving force that organizes and maintains the biota
associated with these systems. A principal objective of my work is the
examination of how alterations of this flow, both of natural and anthropogenic
origin, affect the structure and functioning of these ecosystems. In particular,
I am interested in how flooding, or the lack thereof, affects the productivity of
riparian forests along dryland rivers. I am currently studying river-floodplain
interactions and the ecological significance of floods along rivers in New Mexico
and Namibia. My research program combines approaches from limnology,
hydrology, geology and dendrochronology (tree ring analysis) to provide an
integrated perspective on how these systems respond to hydrologic alteration.
In addition, I am also interested in issues relating to natural resource management
and development in sub-Saharan Africa.
- Fall
ENV-195: Special Topic "Environmental Challenges and Responses"
ENV/GDS-251: Water, Development, and the Environment
- Spring
BIO-339: Biogeochemistry, with Lab
ENV-195: Special Topic "Environmental Challenges and Responses"
- Biology 150: Introduction to Biological Inquiry - "The Effects of Climate Change on Organisms"
- Biology 252: Organisms, Evolution, and Ecology
- Biology 340: Aquatic Biology
- Biology 395: AdvSpTp:Biogeochemistry, with lab
- ENV 251: Water, Development and the Environment
- GDS-295-01: Water, Development and the Environment (offered Spring 2008)
- GDS-295-02: Climate Change, Development and the Environment (offered Fall 2008)
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