DCISE Annual Report 2016-2017
EXTRAMURAL/INTRAMURAL
FUNDING
POCANTICO RIVER WATERSHED
HABITAT ASSESSMENT
Funding Source:
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
Investigators:
E. Melanie DuPuis, Michael Rubbo
Synopsis:
Pace will undertake a habitat assessment study of the
Pocantico River Watershed, using trained undergraduate and
graduate students to collect data. Pace's Westchester and White
Plains campuses are in the watershed, and Pace students and
faculty have studied the watershed for decades, providing
most of the scientific research on the watershed to date. Yet,
this small tributary is under-studied and in need of scientific
research that will assist local communities in future watershed
planning activities. Future planning could benefit significantly
from greater background knowledge of the watershed
environment, including habitat, water quality, hydrology, and
wildlife corridors and aquatic connectivity.
ADVANCES IN BIOLOGICAL
INFORMATICS (ABI) INNOVATION:
WALLACE
Funding Source:
National Science Foundation
Investigators:
Robert Anderson (Principal Investigator), Cory Merow (Co-
Principal Investigator), Matthew Aiello-Lammens (Co-Principal
Investigator)
Synopsis:
This project will greatly expand the software Wallace for
studying species distributions. These tools should lead to better
estimates of species ranges, which are important to interests as
diverse as conservation biology, the study of invasive species
and diseases passed to humans from insects and wildlife. The
project will train graduate and undergraduate students from
Pace University.
13
MS in Environmental Science student Michael
Tierney '18 assists a DEC-funded project to
enhance connectivity of amphibian habitats.
