Grantham Lab – Freshwater Science & Management

Bridging ecology and hydrology to inform sustainable water management

Managing freshwater resources under climate change

Planning for future dam removals

There are thousands of aging dams in the U.S. that are no longer serving their intended function and/or pose a safety risk to downstream communities. In many cases, the removal of old dams is more cost-effective than retrofitting or rebuilding

How do we quantify biodiversity in California for conservation planning and management?

In a new paper in Journal of Environmental Management, Molly Oshun explores how we can make better use of existing biodiversity data in California to inform conservation planning and management. Read more here.

New issue of Breakthroughs, Magazine of the Rausser College of Natural Resources, highlights the Berkeley Freshwater Research Group

The Spring 2023 issue of Breakthroughs focuses on “The Future of Water” and spotlights research in the Carlson, Ruhi, and Grantham labs to advance understanding of California’s threatened freshwater ecosystems. Read the story here.

Changes in steam vertebrate communities linked to spatial and temporal patterns in drying

A new paper led by Hana Moidu in Freshwater Biology explores the environmental factors that affect the distribution and composition of stream vertebrates in an intermittent stream. Using a long-term monitoring data from Coyote Creek in northern California, Hana and

Bridging ecology and hydrology to inform sustainable water management

Managing freshwater resources under climate change

Environmental flow science

Spatial conservation planning

Lab News

Planning for future dam removals

How do we quantify biodiversity in California for conservation planning and management?

New issue of Breakthroughs, Magazine of the Rausser College of Natural Resources, highlights the Berkeley Freshwater Research Group

Changes in steam vertebrate communities linked to spatial and temporal patterns in drying