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Matt Diebel

Graduate Student

Contact:

Matt Diebel
UW - Madison
Center for Limnology
680 N. Park St.
Madison, WI 53706
Email: mwdiebel@wisc.edu
Phone: (608)262-3088
Fax: (608)265-2340
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Education:

2008 Ph.D. Limnology and Marine Science, University of Wisconsin - Madison
2003 M.S. Water Resources Management, University of Wisconsin - Madison
1996 B.A. Biology, Colorado College

Research interests:

My main research interest is the geographic prioritization of stream restoration. I am working to identify restoration goals that are compatible with commonly used restoration techniques. I then use GIS- based models of fish distributions and nutrient and sediment loads to estimate restoration potential. I am also using nitrogen stable isotopes to trace nutrient sources and transformations in agricultural watersheds.

Research projects:

Wisconsin Buffer Initiative

Publications:

Helmus, M. R., K. Savage, M. W. Diebel, J. T. Maxted, and A. R. Ives. 2007. Separating the determinants of phylogenetic community structure. Ecology Letters 10:917-925.

Fitzpatrick, F. A., M. C. Peppler, H. E. Schwar, J. A. Hoopes, and M. W. Diebel. 2005. Monitoring channel morphology and bluff erosion at two installations of flow-deflecting vanes, North Fish Creek, Wisconsin, 2000–03. U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 04-5272.

Fitzpatrick, F. A., M. W. Diebel, M. A. Harris, T. L. Arnold, M. A. Lutz, and K. D. Richards. 2005. Effects of urbanization on the geomorphology, habitat, hydrology and fish index of biotic integrity of streams in the Chicago area, Illinois and Wisconsin. Pages 87-115 in L. R. Brown, R. H. Gray, R. M.

Hughes, and M. Meador, editors. Effects of Urbanization on Stream Ecosystems. American Fisheries Society, Symposium 47, Bethesda, Maryland.

Vander Zanden, M.J., Vadeboncoeur, Y., Diebel, M.W., and Jeppesen, E. 2005. Primary consumer stable nitrogen isotopes as indicators of nutrient source. Environmental Science and Technology 39(19):7509- 7515.

Diebel, M.W. and Sullivan, D.J. 2003. Surface-water-resources information for the Ho-Chunk Nation lands and vicinity, Wisconsin. U.S. Geological Survey Water Resources Investigations Report 02-4307.

Personal:

I enjoy all kinds of silent sports, including biking, running, canoeing and skiing. Last year I finished my third Birkebeiner ski marathon.