I am a freshwater ecologist studying how ponds and lakes function and respond to environmental change. My research program focuses on community and ecosystem ecology, and I am interested in how organisms and ecosystem processes interact. I ask questions about freshwater food webs, community composition, greenhouse gas production, and ecosystem metabolism. My research relies on field studies, small-scale and whole-ecosystem experiments, and collaborations to scale local observations to global patterns.
Cornell Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
The Importance of Wetlands and Waterbodies to the Global Carbon Budget
What is a pond? Study provides first data-driven definition
Meredith Holgerson (@pondscience) / X
Current Students - Strecker Aquatic Ecology Lab
Rebecca HOMAN, Professor (Full), PhD, Denison University, Granville, Department of Biology
Meredith Holgerson (@pondscience) / X
Pond emission measurements improve climate predictions
Meredith Holgerson
Cornell's - Cornell Ecology and Evolutionary Biology