Hunter J. Carrick

• Associate Professor of Aquatic Ecology
• 434 Forest Resources Building
• University Park
• Telephone: (814) 865-9219
• FAX: (814) 865-3725
• E-mail: hjc11@psu.edu
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• Department faculty webpage

Keywords:

• Bacteria
• Biostatistics
• Climate Change
• Ecology
• Ecosystem Studies
• Exotic Species
• Freshwater Biology
• Global Change
• Land Management or Land Use
• Land Use Change
• Limnology
• Molecular/Microbial Ecology
• Water Quality / Pollution
• Water Resources

Active Research Projects:

• Determining Variation in Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL)
• Pennsylvania Atmospheric Deposition Monitoring Program: Acidic Deposition Network, Mercury Deposition Network, Trace Metals Network
• Use of Periphyton Taxonomic Composition to Evaluate Stream Health
• Use of Periphyton to Estimate TMDL End-Points
• Water quality assessment for the Yellow Breeches, Beaverdam and Conestoga Watersheds, Pennsylvania

Completed Research Projects:

• 2004 Water Resources Research Center Annual Base Program
• Analysis of Periphton Assemblages to Support TMDL Development for the Conestoga River Watershed, Pennsylvania
• Atmospheric Deposition Monitoring for Bureau of Air Quality
• Microbial Food Web Structure and Function in Lake Erie: Influence of Benthic-Pelagic Coupling of Hypoxia in the Central Basin
• Microbial Food-Web Structure and Function in Lake Erie: Influence of Benthic-Pelatic Coupling on Hypoxia in the Central Basin
• Water Quality Assessment in Paxton Creek, PA