Water, Wetlands & Watersheds Seminar
Spring 2010 Schedule
Wednesdays 11:45 – 12:35 pm, Phelps Lab Seminar Room
Public is welcome & Students may register for 1 credit: SOS 6932, sec.9241
January
| 6 | Mark Brown, Professor EES Mark Clark, Asst. professor, SWS | Introduction… food for thought |
| 13 | Erich Marzolf, Environmental Specialist VI, St. John’s River Water Management District | The use of rough fish removal as a lake restoration tool in Florida |
| 20 | Gregory Kiker, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Ag. and Biological Engineering, UF | Use of multi-Scale models, data and scenario projections to reduce risk of climate change effects and human disturbances on the distribution of endangered shorebirds on Florida military installations |
| 27 | Treavor Boyer, Assistant Professor, Environmental Engineering Sciences, UF | Floating island treatment system (FITS): Phosphorus removal from organic-rich surface water |
February
| 3 | Jennifer Mitchell, Postdoctoral associate, Soil and Water Science, UF | The influence of exotic Chinese Privet on nutrient cycling in riparian forests |
| 10 | L. Rex Ellis, Assistant Research Professor, Soil and Water Science, UF | Subaqueous soils: extending the USDA/NRCS soil survey into aquatic habitats |
| 17 | Pierce Jones, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, UF | Development, landscaping and water in Florida |
| 24 | Sylvia Lang-Josan, Ph.D. student, Soil and Water Science, UF | Using green roofs to manage stormwater quantity and quality: how effective are they? |
March
| 3 | Richard Hamann, Associate in Law, Center for Governmental Responsibility, UF | Comprehensive regional water management: the Florida experience (no slideshow at this seminar, so only audio) |
| 17 | Katrina Schwartz, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Political Science, UF | Questioning the consensus paradigm in ecosystem-based management: the case of Picayune Strand |
| 24 | Ed Dunne, Ph.D., Supervising Environmental Scientist, St. John’s River Water Mgmt District | A multipronged approach to managing a subtropical lake, its wetlands and watershed |
| 31 | Alexander Cheesman, Ph.D. student, Soil and Water Sciences, UF | Sources and nature of biogenic phosphorus in select freshwater wetlands |
April