Meredith Holgerson Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

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.

Current Students - Strecker Aquatic Ecology Lab

What is a pond? Study provides first data-driven definition

Meredith Holgerson

Bird, Books, and Biogeochemistry — Claire G. Griffin

Current Students - Strecker Aquatic Ecology Lab

A functional definition to distinguish ponds from lakes and wetlands

PEOPLE – Holgerson Lab of Freshwater Ecology

Methane Surprise: Ponds Release More Greenhouse Gas Than They Store

Meredith Holgerson - Assistant Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology - Cornell University