Branch Chief: Quan Dong
FORT Scientists in the Aquatic Systems Branch conduct research in riverine and riparian environments; provide modeling expertise including aquatic habitat mapping and modeling and development of decision-support systems; design and monitor efficacy of constructed wetlands; and investigate population dynamics, biological requirements, and recovery possibilities of at-risk or declining species such as native fish, amphibians, and riparian vegetation.
FORT scientists Quan Dong and Jonathan Friedman were invited to participate in a delegation to China, March 19-April 8, 2012. The purpose of this visit is to develop research collaboration in ecological restoration, biological invasion, ecohydrology, and other areas. The delegation plans to visit the Ministry of Science and Technology and Beijing Agricultural University in Beijing as well as the Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography and Chinese Academy of Sciences in Urumqi, plus other institutions. Other delegates include professors from U.S. universities and U.S. Department of Agriculture scientists. Drs. Dong and Friedman plan to conduct several pilot field studies of Populus (cottonwoods) and Tamarix (salt cedar) species.
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Publications: 
Forty Years of Vegetation Change on the Missouri River Floodplain
Genetic diversity and species diversity of stream fishes covary across a land-use gradient
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