Dr. Adam Yates

Biography

Professor Yates is an aquatic ecologist whose research blends aquatic landscape sciences to generate knowledge and tools that help solve critical issues threatening the health and sustainability of freshwater ecosystems. He leads the StrEAMS Lab (Stream Ecology, Assessment Monitoring Sciences), which is home to a diverse group of post-docs, technicians, and graduate and undergraduate students who work together with government and non-government agencies to enhance society’s ecological knowledge of river and stream ecosystems, ensuring these critical ecosystems are sustainably managed. Professor Yates' research integrates methods and theories from fields such as landscape and aquatic ecology to study the connections between landscape patterns and processes affecting stream ecosystems. His primary research goals include understanding the limits and controls of ecological communities and processes in stream ecosystems within landscapes dominated by human activities, and applying ecological knowledge to generate tools used by government and non-government agencies to conduct effective aquatic monitoring assessments that enable informed and effective management decisions.

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