Water, Wetlands & Watersheds Seminar
fall 2021 SCHEDULE
Special topic for this semester is Coastal Systems, co-hosted by the UF CENTER FOR COASTAL SOLUTIONS
Wednesdays, 11:45 – 12:35 PM, EST
Webinar format for the public, Zoom links will be provided to distance students.
***The public can view livestreams and recordings on our YouTube channel.***
Students may register for 1 credit: ENV 6935, SWS 4932, or SWS 6932, contact mjsisk@ufl.edu for SWS section #.
| Date | Presenter | Title | Details | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug. 25 | Christine Angelini, Associate Professor, Env. Eng. Sciences Mark Clark, Associate Professor, Soil & Water Sciences David Kaplan, Associate Professor, Env. Eng. Sciences | Introduction to the seminar series, academic programs, research centers | ||
| Sept. 1 | Chuanmin Hu, Professor Optical Oceanography, College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL | Rising green tides and golden tides: An oceanographic regime shift? | MORE INFO | WATCH |
| Sept. 8 | Debra Hernandez, Executive Director, Southeast Coastal Ocean Observing Regional Association (SECOORA) | Coastal and Ocean Observing in the Southeast: Old and new technologies and techniques to meet community information needs | MORE INFO | WATCH |
| Sept. 15 | Myoseon Jang, Associate Professor, Environmental Engineering Sciences, UF | Atmospheric processes of aerosolized algal toxins generated from red and green water | MORE INFO | WATCH |
| Sept. 22 | Nancy Denslow, Professor And Director Of Aquatic Toxicology, College of Veterinary Medicine, UF | Agricultural pesticides and wastewater contaminants & the challenges they present to aquatic life | MORE INFO | WATCH |
| Sept. 29 | Sherry Larkin, Professor, Food and Resource Economics Department; Director, Florida Sea Grant | Florida Sea Grant 101 | MORE INFO | WATCH |
| Oct. 7 | Mike Allen, Professor, School of Forest, Fisheries, & Geomatics Sciences; Director, Nature Coast Biological Station, UF | Exploring implications of a snook expansion into northern Florida for food webs and minimum flows in coastal springs and rivers | MORE INFO | WATCH |
| Oct. 13 | Christa Court, Assistant Professor, Regional Economics, Food and Resource Economics Department; Director, Economic Impact Analysis Program, UF | Quantifying the economic impacts of harmful algal blooms | MORE INFO | WATCH |
| Oct. 20 | Cynthia Heil, Director, Red Tide Institute & Manager, HAB Mitigation & Ecology Program, Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, FL | Red tide demise: What’s the status of Florida red tide mitigation research? | MORE INFO | WATCH |
| Oct. 27 | Frank Muller-Karger, Professor Biological Oceanography and Remote Sensing, College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL | Marine Life 2030: User requirements, standards, and best practices for marine biodiversity information for the ocean decade | MORE INFO | WATCH |
| Nov. 3 | Tom Bianchi, Professor of Geology, Jon L. and Beverly A. Thompson Endowed Chair of Geological Sciences, UF | Carbon processing at the land-ocean interface: challenges in the 21st century | MORE INFO | WATCH |
| Nov. 10 | Tom Ankersen, Legal Skills Professor; Conservation Clinic Director, Levin College of Law, UF | Who owns the shoreline: the law and policy of ambulatory boundaries | MORE INFO | WATCH |
| Nov. 17 | Kate Hubbard Research Scientist, Director, FWC Center for Red Tide Research, FL Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute (FWC-FWRI) | Expanding the toolbox for observing and understanding harmful algal bloom dynamics | MORE INFO | WATCH |
| Dec. 1 | Jason Evans, Associate Professor of Environmental Science and Studies, Stetson University, DeLand, FL | Coastal watershed management and the rising seas: A few tales of science, policy, models, and decision-making in the U.S. southeast Atlantic | MORE INFO | WATCH |