Water, Wetlands & Watersheds Seminar
Fall 2008 Schedule
Howard T. Odum Center for Wetlands
Conference Room, Phelps Lab
Wednesdays 11:45 – 12:35 pm
Click on titles to watch the recorded presentations.
August
| 27 | Mark Brown, Interim Director, Center for Wetlands Mark Clark, Assistant professor, UF Soil and Water Sciences | Introduction… food for thought |
September
| 3 | Jonathon Martin, Professor, UF Geological Sciences | The subterranean estuary: What are the magnitudes of submarine groundwater discharge, what are sources of water, how much elemental cycling occurs, and are nutrient fluxes important? |
| 10 | Daniel McLaughlin, Doctoral Candidate, Environmental Engineering Sciences | Ecohydrologic evaluation of wetlands on clay settling areas |
| 17 | John Burns, Principal Scientist, MACTEC Engineering & Consulting, Inc. | Cyanobacteria – An international perspective on the world’s need for water (CANCELLED) |
| 24 | Vicky Hoge,Environmental Scientist IV, St. John’s River Water Management District | The use of liquid alum and alum residual to reduce phosphorus loading in the Lake Apopka and Upper Ocklawaha River basins |
October
| 1 | Bob Knight, President & Enviornmental Scientist, Wetland Solutions, Inc. | Engineered wetlands for mitigation of regional groundwater contamination by nitrate nitrogen |
| 8 | Mark Brown , Professor, UF Environmental Engineering Sciences | The Value of Water: Environmental accounting for full cost recovery |
| 15 | Claire L. Schelske, Professor Emeritus, UF Fisheries & Aquatic Sciences | A new look at the abrupt change in primary producers in Lake Apopka (CANCELLED) |
| 22 | Dean Dobberfuhl, Ph.D., Technical Program Manager, St. John’s River Water Management District | Effects of urban development on tributaries of the Lower St. Johns River, Florida |
| 29 | Mark Hostetler, Associate Professor, UF Wildlife Ecology and Conservation | WHY THE HECK SHOULD I MOW MY LAWN? Thoughts, policies, and research on developing and maintaining sustainable communities |
November
| 5 | Brian Katz, Research Hydrologist, USGS Tallahassee | Estimating nitrogen loading to ground water and assessing vulnerability to nitrate contamination in the karstic Ichetucknee Springs Basin |
| 12 | Vic Engel, Hydrologist, Everglades National Park Michael Sukop and Shadab Anwar, FIU Dept. of Earth Sciences | A Overview of two regional stormwater treatment facilities designed to treat agricultural runoff in the TCAA |
| 19 | Tom Frazer, Associate Professor, UF Fisheries & Aquatic Sciences | Is increased nutrient delivery compromising the ecological integrity of Florida’s spring-fed coastal rivers? |
December
| 3 | Mark Rains, Associate Professor, Department of Geology, University of South Florida | Controls on physical and chemical hydrology and associated ecological structure and function in barrier island mangroves, Indian River Lagoon, Florida |
Students may register for 1 hour credit under SOS 6932 section 1506 or ENV 6935 section 9041