John Gardner

Email: gardj@email.unc.edu

Office: Mitchell Hall 214

Website: https://gardnerjohn.weebly.com/

PhD: Environmental Science. Duke University. 2018

MS: Marine, Estuarine, and Environmental Science. University of Maryland. 2014

BS/BA: Environmental Science/Geography. University of Missouri. 2010

About me

I work with Tamlin Pavelsky in the Global Hydrology Lab. I study physical, ecological, and built aspects of rivers from headwater streams to coasts. I use satellite remote sensing, field campaigns using in-situ sensors, and simple models to ask theoretical and applied research questions within three major themes: connectivity and networks, environmental heterogeneity and change, and environmental sensing. My current work focuses on how river-lake network structure affects spatial and temporal patterns in suspended sediment using satellite remote sensing of rivers and lakes across the US.

Research Articles

Knee K, Gardner J, Brenner D, Fox R, Gustafson A, Fisher T, Jordan T. 2018. Measuring diel and spatial variation in biogenic N2 delivery, production and loss with natural tracers: Application to watershed-scale estimation of denitrification. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods

Gardner J, Doyle M. 2018. Sediment-water surface area along rivers: water column vs. benthic. Ecosystems

Pivato M, Carniello L, Gardner J, Silvestri S, Marani M. 2018. Water and sediment temperature dynamics in shallow tidal environments: the role of the heat flux at the sediment-water interface. Advances in Water Resources.

Ensign S, Doyle M, Gardner J. 2017. New strategies for measuring rates of environmental process in rivers, lakes, and estuaries. Freshwater Science.

Gardner J, Fisher T, Jordan T, Knee K. 2016. Balancing watershed nitrogen budgets: accounting for biogenic gases in streams. Biogeochemistry.