Professional Headshot of Brent Heerspink taken at Michigan State University in the summer of 2019.
Brent Heerspink
Brent Heerspink is a Student Trainee with the Upper Midwest Water Science Center, and a PhD student at Michigan State University in the Earth and Environmental Sciences Department. Brents work focuses on the processes that control streamflow and water chemistry in rivers across the Great Lakes region.
Brent is intersted in how landscape characteristics and hydrologic processes effect stream water chemistry, and in interactions between surface and ground waters. Specifically, he study the role of surface and groundwater runoff processes in determining nutrient transport from the landscape to surface waters. He has background in hydrogeology, geochemistry and envrioental biology with expertise in the application of data analysis and hydrologic models to local to regional water quality and availability investigations.
Science and Products
Groundwater and Stream Temperature Modeling to Assess the Effect of Warming Temperatures on Coldwater Fish
Cold-water fish species such as trout and salmon are highly valued components of many stream ecosystems in Michigan and the Great Lakes region and are sensitive to rising stream temperatures. For example, the timing of spawning and development rates of these species are affected by stream temperature from late fall through spring. Historically, stream temperature modeling has focused on air temper
Brent Heerspink Headshot
Professional Headshot of Brent Heerspink taken at Michigan State University in the summer of 2019.
Science and Products
Groundwater and Stream Temperature Modeling to Assess the Effect of Warming Temperatures on Coldwater Fish
Cold-water fish species such as trout and salmon are highly valued components of many stream ecosystems in Michigan and the Great Lakes region and are sensitive to rising stream temperatures. For example, the timing of spawning and development rates of these species are affected by stream temperature from late fall through spring. Historically, stream temperature modeling has focused on air temper
Brent Heerspink Headshot
Professional Headshot of Brent Heerspink taken at Michigan State University in the summer of 2019.
Professional Headshot of Brent Heerspink taken at Michigan State University in the summer of 2019.