Agricultural and Life Sciences (IFAS)
Jawitz Lab
Led by Jim Jawitz · Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences
What we study
The Jawitz Lab studies water quality, wetlands, and groundwater contamination using field work, hydro-ecological models, and experiments. They focus on minimizing human impacts on natural ecosystems and developing techniques for contaminated soil and water remediation.
What working here is like
- Computational
- Coding helps
- Papers
- 5
Recent papers, explained
- Drivers of spatiotemporal variability of river water quality
2026 · Environmental Research Letters
Uses a model to study how climate and land use affect water quality in river networks over time and space.
- Temporal vs. Spatial Heterogeneity in Wetlandscape Water Quality
2026 · Hydrological Processes
Tests whether water quality in small wetlands varies more over time or space, finding temporal changes dominate.
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- A century of water quality sampling in rivers of the United States
2026 · Communications Earth & Environment
Shows how water quality sampling in US rivers increased sharply until 2010, then dropped by 40%, with most samples taken from larger streams.
- Sampling Regime Effects on Detecting Spatial Stability of Water Quality
2025 · Water Resources Research
Examines how sampling frequency and density affect detecting stable water quality patterns in a Florida river.
- A Reduced‐Complexity Model to Predict Seasonal Variation in Estuarine Salinity
2025 · Geophysical Research Letters
Builds a simple model to predict estuarine salinity changes using river flow, tides, and ocean saltiness.
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