Seminar Schedule Fa07 – Howard T. Odum Center for Wetlands

Howard T. Odum Center for Wetlands
Conference Room, Phelps Lab
Wednesdays 11:45 – 12:35 pm

Mark Brown, Acting Director, Center for Wetlands

Introduction… food for thought

5	Rex Ellis, Assistant Research Scientist, UF Soils and Water Science Department	Subaqeous soils: the wet end of the soil continuum
12	Angelique Keppler, Doctoral Candidate, UF Soil and Water Science Department	Investigating re-vegetation patterns, nutrient limitations, and storages of nitrogen as determinants of restoration success
19	Jeff Smith, Restoration Ecologist, Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge	Ecological restoration at Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge
26	Ed Dunne, Assistant Research Scientist, UF Soil and Water Science Department	Using wetlands within agricultural dominated watersheds: some international perspectives

3	Jim Heffernan, Post Doc Associate, Water Institute/School of Forest Resources & Conservation	Wetlands as alternative stable states in desert streams
10	Caitlin Hicks, Masters Student, Soil and Water Science Department	Coastal ecosystems as carbon sinks: A case study from a constructed system in the Indian River Lagoon
17	Kelly Reiss, Post Doc Associate, Center for Wetlands	Do Florida wetland mitigation banks return full wetland function: interpretation of biological assessments and permit review
24	Matt Cohen, Assistant Professor, School of Forest Resources and Conservation	Adaptive Management and the Scrutiny of Environmental Narratives
31	Carrie Reinhardt Adams, Assistant Professor, Environmental Horticulture Department	Improving wetland restoration: the transition from invasive species control to native species establishment

7	Savannah Howington, Science Coordinator, Everglades National Park	Major Accomplishments under the Everglades Critical Ecosystem Studies Initiative
14	Pam Livingston Way and Alicia Steinmetz, St. Johns River Water Management District	A Overview of two regional stormwater treatment facilities designed to treat agricultural runoff in the TCAA
21	Ramesh Reddy, Graduate Research Professor, Soil and Water Science Department	Phosphorus memory in wetlands and aquatic systems: Implications to ecosystem restoration
28	Todd Osborne, Assistant Research Scientist, UF Soil and Water Science Department	Effects of water level management on organic soil subsidence in Blue Cypress Marsh, Florida

Patrick Bohlen, Associate Research Biologist and Director of Research, MacArthur Agro-ecology Research Center

O let them be left: sustaining wet and wildness on Florida’s cattle ranches

Howard T. Odum Center for Wetlands