Sipsey River Research

Sipsey River Facts

• Heads in Appalachian Plateau
• Flows mostly in Coastal Plain
• Mostly free-flowing
• Classic forested floodplain swamp in lower reaches
• Excellent site for study of floodplain/main channel inter-
  actions in river with undisturbed
  hydrology
• More facts

Current Research Projects

The links listed below will take you to individual webpages with additional information about their research

• Sarah Daily, Ph.D. Student - Invasive organisms
• Tom Kennedy, Ph.D. Student - Life history strategies and food web dynamics of floodplain fishes
• B.J. Weibell, Ph.D. Student - Insect production dynamics
• Dr. Charles Lydeard, Associate Professor - Unionid fauna