WATER, WETLANDS AND WATERSHEDS SEMINAR SERIES
Seminars are Wednesdays, 11:45am-12:35pm, Phelps Lab 101. Bring a brown bag lunch if you'd like.
The public is welcome and students may register for 1 credit: ENV 6935, SWS 4932, or SWS 6932, or online: contact mjsisk@ufl.edu for SWS section #.
See seminar titles below for links to the seminar recordings once available.
This seminar series is presented by the Howard T. Odum Center for Wetlands, the Water Institute and the Soil & Water Sciences Department.
Fall 2020
Sept. 2
Christine Angelini, Assistant Professor, EES
Mark Clark, Associate Professor, SWS
David Kaplan, Assistant Professor, EES
Introduction to the seminar series...food for thought
Sept. 9
Cherie Westbrook, Professor, Department of Geography & Planning, Global Institute for Water Security, University of Saskatchewan
Sept. 16
John Kominoski, Associate Professor, Institute of Environment, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, Miami, FL
Understanding interactions among discrete and continuous disturbances in coastal ecosystems
Sept. 23
Vince Lovko, Staff Scientist and Program Manager, Mote Marine Lab, Sarasota, FL
Changes in phytoplankton community structure as an indicator of ecosystem disturbance
Sept. 30
Natasha Woods, Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences Moravian College, Bethlehem PA
Community disassembly and reassembly in maritime forests
Oct. 7
Eric Milbrandt, Marine Laboratory Director, Sanibel Captiva Conservation Foundation, Sanibel, FL
A large hypoxic event in the eastern Gulf of Mexico associated with the 2018 red tide bloom
Oct. 14
Ashley Smyth, Assistant Professor, Department of Soil and Water Sciences, Tropical Research & Education Center, UF
Climate change impacts on ecosystem functions and services of seagrass ecosystems
Oct. 21
Anna Braswell - Assistant Professor, School of Forest Resources and Conservation, UF
Conceptualizing coastal wetlands in a macroscale framework
Oct. 28
Elizabeth Staugler, Extension Agent, Charlotte County, Florida Sea Grant, IFAS/UF
Communicating complex ecosystem science for greater impact at local levels
Nov. 4
Charles Scaife, PhD Candidate, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
From soils to catchments: a hydrologic perspective of vegetation-climate interactions across scales
Nov. 18
Amanda Spivak, Associate Professor, Department of Marine Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Soil organic carbon development and turnover in natural and disturbed salt marsh environments
Dec. 2
Wesley Anderson, PhD Recent graduate, Soil and Water Sciences, UF