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Water, Wetlands & Watersheds Seminar
Fall 2010 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
25 | Mark Brown, Professor, Env. Eng. Sciences & Mark Clark, Assistant professor, Soil and Water Sciences | Introduction... food for thought |
September
1 | Andre Clewell, PhD, 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 |
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22 | Robert Hensley, PhD 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 |
October
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, PhD, 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 |
November
3 | David Kaplan , PhD, 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, PhD, Seagrass Ecosystems Analysts | The importance of macroalgae in seagrass ecosystems |
December
1 | 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.