- Phone:
- (812) 855-0563
- Email:
- troyer@indiana.edu
- Room Number:
- MSBII 426
- Areas of Interest:
- Aquatic biogeochemistry ,
- Water resources ,
- Nutrient and carbon cycling in streams and rivers ,
- Water quality and nutrient standards
Education
- Ph.D., Biology, Idaho State University, 1999
- M.S., Biology, Idaho State University, 1995
- B.S., Animal Ecology, Iowa State University, 1992
Courses
- Limnology
- Stream Ecology
Biography
Dr. Todd V. Royer is an aquatic ecologist specializing in water resources, nutrient and carbon cycling, water quality, and nutrient standards. He joined O'Neill in 2005 and also serves as an adjunct professor with Indiana University's Biology Department.
Royer's research investigates the ecological and biogeochemical processes that affect water quality in streams and rivers. Much of his work is conducted in agricultural landscapes where non-point sources of nutrients and other pollutants are a threat to water quality and ecological health. At his Indiana University laboratory, Royer and his students address questions related to aquatic biogeochemistry with particular focus on nitrogen, phosphorus, organic carbon, and land use activities that impact water quality. They use a combination of field studies and laboratory experiments to examine patterns and mechanisms across the land-water interface. Most of their projects are interdisciplinary, often involving collaboration with researchers in other fields of study, including hydrology, microbiology, and aquatic entomology.
Royer is an advisor for the National Ecological Observatory Network, chair of the Nutrient Science Advisory Committee for the state of Illinois, and an Associate Editor for the journal, Environmental Management. He is a long-time member of the Society for Freshwater Science and the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography.
Highlights
- Illinois Nutrient Science Advisory Committee
- Advisor, National Ecological Observatory Network
- National Science Foundation Grants
In the News
- "Five finalists selected for IU Grand Challenges research program" - IDS, January 8, 2016
- "Farmers say EPA rule will be a costly hindrance" - Bloomberg Businessweek, July 12, 2015
- "Farmers: EPA rule will be costly" - The Reporter-Times, July 12, 2015
- "Does Road Salt Hurt the Environment?" - WISH TV, February 5, 2014
- "Anti-anxiety Drug Found in Rivers Makes Fish More Aggressive," - Nature, the International Weekly Journal of Science, Feb. 14, 2013
Selected Works
- “Human-dominated rivers and river management in the Anthropocene,” Stream Ecosystems in a Changing Environment (ed. J. Jones and E. Stanley), Academic Press, (July 21, 2016)
- "Agricultural land use alters the seasonality and magnitude of stream metabolism," (with J.J. Beaulieu, N.A. Griffiths, L.T. Johnson, S.S. Roley, E.J. Rosi-Marshall, J.L. Tank, and M.R. Whiles), Limnology and Oceanography, 58(4): 1513-1529 (2013)
- "Dissolved organic carbon manipulation reveals coupled cycling of carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus in a nitrogen-rich stream," (with L.T. Johnson and D. Oviedo-Vargas), Limnology and Oceanography, 58(4): 1196-1206 (2013)
- "Pharmaceuticals suppress algal growth and microbial respiration and alter bacterial communities in stream biofilms," (with H. Bechtold, J.J. Kelly, D. Kincaid, M. Rojas, and E.J. Rosi-Marshall), Ecological Applications, 23: 583-593 (2013)
- "Manipulation of the dissolved organic carbon pool in an agricultural stream: responses in microbial community structure, denitrification, and assimilatory nitrogen uptake," (with J.M. Edgerton, L.T. Johnson, and L.G. Leff), Ecosystems, 15: 1027-1038 (2012)
- "Pharmaceutical compounds and ecosystem function: an emerging research challenge for aquatic ecologists," (with E. J. Rosi-Marshall), Ecosystems, 15: 867-880 (2012)
- "Effect of road salt application on seasonal chloride concentrations and toxicity in south-central Indiana streams," (with K. M. Gardner), Journal of Environmental Quality, 39: 1036–1042 (2010)
- "Timing of riverine export of nitrate and phosphorus from agricultural watersheds in Illinois: implications for reducing nutrient loading to the Mississippi River," (with M. B. David and L. E. Gentry), Environmental Science & Technology, 40: 4126–4131 (2006)