Aho Biogeochemistry Lab
Ecosystems, biogeochemistry, global change
Overview
We are ecosystem ecologists interested in carbon and nitrogen cycling. We aim to understand inland waters as both 1) biogeochemically important ecosystems and 2) connectors of other ecosystem components (e.g., land, ocean, atmosphere). We are particularly interested in greenhouse gas production in and emissions from aquatic ecosystems. This research is relevant to aquatic ecology, carbon and nitrogen cycle models, and greenhouse gas budgets.
News
July 2025 - The Aho Lab has moved from Michigan State University to the Department of Biology at Boston University!
June 2025 - Kelly Aho is at Harvard Forest for the summer as a Bullard Fellow.
Feb 2025 - New papers on gas transfer velocity (k600) in L&O Letters and Earth System Science Data showing that k600 scales with discharge in steep streams but not in low-slope streams.
July 2024 - PhD student, Abby Beilman, is awarded a University Distinguished Fellowship!
Jan 2024 - Kelly Aho gives invited talk at Biogeomon in Puerto Rico. Great session on Aquatic Carbon Cycling in the Anthropocene organized by Kevin Ryan and Kim Wickland!
Nov 2023 - Undergrad researcher, Sage Stockdale, has won the Warren W. and Annelids C. Wood Undergraduate Research Award AND has been spotlighted by MSU EES this month. Nice work, Sage!
Nov 2023 - New paper in GRL showing that inland waters don’t always emit nitrous oxide, but can sometimes also act as nitrous oxide sinks.
