Water, Wetlands & Watersheds Seminar
Spring 2009 Schedule
Wednesdays 11:45 – 12:35 pm, Phelps Lab Seminar Room
Public is welcome & Students may register for 1 credit: SOS 6932, sec.9241 OR ENV 6935, sec.8749
January
| 7 | Mark Brown, Professor EES Mark Clark, Asst. professor, SWS | Introduction… food for thought |
| 14 | Mary Jane Angelo, Associate Professor, College of Law, UF | Recent developments in federal wetlands law |
| 21 | Bill Pine, Assistant Professor, Forest Resources and Conservation, UF | Active adaptive management of endangered humpback chubs in the Colorado River: lessons from Grand Canyon |
| 28 | Matt Cohen, Assistant Professor, Forest Resources and Conservation, UF | A nitrogen budget for a spring fed river |
February
| 4 | Jason Evans, Postdoctoral Reseacher, Wildlife Ecology & Conservation, UF | The next big bubble: Do biofuels mean boom or bust for biodiversity conservation in the U.S.? |
| 11 | Ted Schurr, Assistant Professor, Botany, UF | Permafrost carbon and climate feedbacks in a warmer world |
| 18 | Claire Schelske, Professor Emeritus, Fisheries & Aquatic Sci., UF | A new look at the abrupt change in primary producers in Lake Apopka |
| 25 | Pamela Bowen, Environmental Scientist, St. John’s River Water Management District | Using Florida’s waterbirds to monitor wetland restoration success |
March
April
| 1 | Brian Reichert, MS student, Wildlife Ecology & Conservation, UF | Wetland ecology and conservation of the endangered Florida Snail Kite |
| 8 | Sonny Hall, Technical Program Manager St. John’s River Water Management District | Minimum flows and levels: Balancing hydrologic requirements of natural resources and human uses |
| 15 | Elizabeth Deimeke, MS student, Forest Resources and Conservation, UF | Ecosystem assessment: evaluating condition, function or both? |