I have a number of areas of research that I am working on at the present time and they include all of the following:
(Please Note: I do these on my own. I have no funding. If you are interested in any of these areas and wish to contribute something please contact me).
• EPA Water Quality Standards which are basically outdated and put the Public in harm's way.
• Grey Water: There is a massive input from Industry on the safety of such standards but the studies appear to have little scientific validity including biosolid sludge.
• Trout movement and feeding ranges
• Spring and stream temperature profiles related to climate change.
• Trout vision and selection
• EPA RBPs (Rapid Benthic Protocols). Outdated and misunderstood?
• Stream Insect Classification System
• Insect Emergence Patterns
• Stream Management
• Stream Remediation
• Instream Construction Devices
• The Best And Most Cost Effective Methods to Restore Inland Waters
• Trout Strains and species and their interrelationships in streams, lakes and rivers.
• Economic Factors and flow patterns of income due to recreational fishing in America
• Pollution from fracturing and related activities including water quality.
• Pesticide engangement
• Coal mining and externalization of damage to the public
• Economic impacts of externalized damage to public in terms money, health and safety.
• Environmental Microbiology: Lessons Never Learned: Viruses and Vaccines