Patricia A. Soranno

Affiliated Faculty College of Agriculture and Natural Resources

• Professor

• Fisheries and Wildlife
• Data-intensive Landscape Limnology Lab
• College of Agriculture and Natural Resources

• 334 Natural Resources Building
• 517-884-1769
• soranno@msu.edu

WEBSITE

https://www.canr.msu.edu/people/patricia_soranno

BIOGRAPHY

As a landscape limnologist, the focus of my research is to gain a better understanding of lakes and their place in the landscape. Lakes can be studied at three important spatial scales: within-lake, lake catchment, and the landscape, and my research includes all three. My main lines of research are: (1) The effects of land use on lake nutrients and biological communities; (2) Development of a landscape-context paradigm for lake ecosystems; (3) The application of a landscape-context paradigm to lake assessment and management; and (4) Quantifying ecosystem reference conditions.

AREA OF EXPERTISE

• Landscape limnology
• Macrosystems ecology
• Land-water interactions
• Water quality
• Limnology
• Landscape ecology