Professor Allan’s research includes three primary strands:  (1) Land-water linkages and stream ecosystem function,  (2) Conservation and restoration of stream ecosystems, (3) Population and community ecology.  Geographically, much of this research takes place in Michigan.  Recent research activities in Venezuela  and Alaska are now in the manuscript development stage, and may result in further research in the future.

While not research in the narrow sense, I have a strong interest in the application of science to river conservation.  I recently completed a six-year stint as Chair of the Science and Technical Advisory Committee of American Rivers, and serve on an advisory panel to a program of The Nature Conservancy that funds post-doctoral researchers in conservation and aquatic sciences.
 

• Development and Testing of a Decision Support System for River Restoration

• Flow Alteration in Great Lakes Basin Rivers:  Extent and Effects

• The Development of a Nonwadable Rivers Assessment Protocol for Michigan Rivers

 
 

Last updated November22, 1999
 J.D. Allan, School of Natural Resources & Environment
University of Michigan