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Rebecca Lee Schneider

Associate Professor

Primary Research Areas

  • adult and extension education
  • aquatic science
  • earth science
  • ecology
  • ecosystem biology
  • environmental sciences
  • hydrology
  • landscape ecology
  • natural resources
  • water resource management
  • watershed science

Graduate Fields

Research Focus

My research specifically is designed to integrated theoretical aspects of wetland eco-hydrology with applied issues of water resource management. My current research focuses on (a) how roadside ditch networks alter stream channels with impacts on floods, droughts, and water quality; (b) how wetland evapotranspiration influences groundwater dynamics and chemistry, and (c) how streamside plant root systems influence erosion, stream geomorphology, and water quality degradation.

Educational Background

  • Ph.D, Cornell University, 1994
  • M.Sc, University of Virginia, 1984
  • B.S., Loyolla College, 1977

Research Grants

  • ROAD DITCH NETWORKS: RAPID CONDUITS FOR TRANSPORTING PATHOGENS AND NUTRIENTS IN AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF TO DRINKING WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS

Selected Publications

PubMed Listings
  • 2005. Schneider, R., T.L. Negley, and C. Wafer. Factors influencing groundwater seepage in a large, mesotrophic lake in New York. Journal of Hydrology 310:1-16.

     

  • 2005. Kiley, D., and R.L. Schneider. Riparian roots through time, space, and disturbance. Plant and Soil 269(1-2):259-272.

     

  • 2004. Sebestyen, S., and R.L. Schneider. Seepage patterns, pore water, and aquatic plants: Hydrological and biogeochemical relationships in lakes. Biogeochemistry 68(3):383-409.

     

  • 2002. Schneider, R.L., E. Mills, and D. Josephson. Aquatic-terrestrial linkages and implications for landscape management. Pgs. 241-262 in J. Liu and W. Taylor (Editors). Integrating Landscape Ecology into Natural Resource Management. Cambridge University Press. 480pp.

     

  • 2001. Pauliukonas, N., and R.L. Schneider. Temporal patterns in evapotranspiration from lysimeters with three common wetland plant species in the eastern United States. Aquatic Botany 71:35-46.