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Flood of Mud: The Roanoke River -- Past and Future

September 10, 2005 - February 29, 2008 | Media and Technology, Exhibitions
Flood of Mud: The Roanoke River -- Past and Future is a video project examining long-term impacts of historic land clearing and erosion on temperate rivers and their floodplains. The 17-minute video targets youth and adult visitors to the North Carolina Aquariums. The video highlights the NSF-funded research project EAR-0105929, "Modeling the Impacts of Post-settlement Sediment Deposition on Floodplain Vegetation," which applies paleoecological and dendrochronological methods and computer modeling to examine and predict the impact of sedimentation on forest composition, productivity and functioning of the lower Roanoke River in North Carolina.

Funders

NSF
Funding Program: ISE/AISL
Award Number: 0527540
Funding Amount: 74938

TEAM MEMBERS

  • StylinskiBWW
    Principal Investigator
    University of Maryland
  • Phillip Townsend
    Co-Principal Investigator
    University of Maryland
  • Discipline: Ecology, forestry, and agriculture | Geoscience and geography
    Audience: Youth/Teen (up to 17) | Adults | Museum/ISE Professionals
    Environment Type: Media and Technology | Films and IMAX | Exhibitions | Aquarium and Zoo Exhibits

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