TRIAGE
Texas Research Institute for Aquatic and Groundwater Ecology
Welcome to TRIAGE
Freshwater only represents around 2.5% of the total water on earth and is therefore an important and limited resource for both organisms and human societies. Freshwater ecosystems are currently facing myriad unprecedented and substantial issues: increased water use for human needs, the introduction of non-native species, alteration of natural flow regimes, watershed land use changes, overexploitation of biological resources, inputs of pollutants and nutrients, and global climate change. Individually and cumulatively, these issues pose substantial challenges for the future of clean and sustainable freshwater and persistence of aquatic communities.
Our Mission
The Texas Research Institute for Aquatic and Groundwater Ecology (TRIAGE) was established in 2020 as a research effort cooperative among academic, government, and non-governmental scientists to conduct research on freshwater ecosystems and their biological communities, utilize research results to help solve important issues, support long-term field studies and modeling efforts, and develop decision support tools for scientists, resources managers, and the public.
The Research Group
TRIAGE is housed at Texas State University but has participating members across North America and aims to make TRIAGE a leading freshwater sciences research entity in Texas, the United States, North America, and the world.