Seminar Schedule Fa10 – Howard T. Odum Center for Wetlands

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

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Mark Brown, Professor, Env. Eng. Sciences
Mark Clark, Assistant professor, Soil and Water Sciences

Introduction… food for thought

1	Andre Clewell, Ph.D., former FSU faculty, Pres. Emeritus of the Society for Ecological Restoration	*Lessons from Howards Prairie: Watershed Degradation and Restoration Approaches*
8	Roy R. “Robin” Lewis III , President, Lewis Environmental Services, Inc., Salt Springs, FL	*Seagrass conservation and restoration in Florida and the Caribbean Sea*
15	Frank Baker, Environmental Scientist, Florida Watershed Coordinator, EPA	*The watershed approach to water quality restoration – everyone is part of the problem, everyone is part of the solution* (no audio)
22	Robert Hensley, Ph.D. student, School of Natural Resources and Environment, UF	*Morphologic and vegetative controls on solute transport in Florida’s spring-fed rivers*
29	Mary Paulic, Florida Department of Environmental Protection	*The Orange Creek Basin Management Action Plan: A tool for water quality restoration*

6	Maria Lucia Silveira, Asst. Professor, Soil and Water Science, UF	*Pasture fertilization and water quality issues in South Florida*
13	Bob Swett, Assoc. Professor, Forest Resources and Conservation, UF	*Coastal and marine spatial planning in Florida*
20	Stuart Muller, Ph.D., Agricultural and Biological Engineering, UF	*An adaptive spatially-distributed water-quality model for the coastal Everglades*
27	Peter Sheng, Associate in Research, Environmental Scientist, The Water Atlas, USF	*Effect of wetlands on storm surge and waves*

3	David Kaplan , Ph.D., Agricultural and Biological Engineering, UF	*An ecohydrological model to assess the restoration potential of a degraded bald cypress (Taxodium distichum [L.] Rich.) floodplain swamp in south Florida (postponed until 01/26/2011)*
10	Jay Sah, Research Assoc., Southeast Environmental Research Center, FIU	*The changing face of endangered species habitat management challenges in the Himalayan Foothill floodplains and Everglades wetland*
17	Robert Virnstein, Ph.D., Seagrass Ecosystems Analysts	*The importance of macroalgae in seagrass ecosystems*

Paul Monaghan, Asst. Professor, Agricultural Education & Communication, UF

Residential landscaping behavior and water quality in Florida: barriers to sustainability and opportunities for change

Students may register for 1 hour credit under SWS 4932/section 7076, SWS 6932/section 1506.

Howard T. Odum Center for Wetlands