WATER, WETLANDS & WATERSHEDS SEMINAR Fall 2009
Wednesdays, 11:45 ? 12:35 PM, Phelps Lab Seminar Room
Brown bag (bring lunch if you’d like), the public is welcome 
Students may register for 1 credit: SWS 4932/sec.7076, SWS 6932/sec.1506 or ENV 6935/(call 392-0842 for section #)

Schedule (also see attached PDF)
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Aug 26
Mark Brown, Professor, Env. Eng. Sci.
Mark Clark, Asst. Professor, Soil & Water Sci.
Introduction……food for thought

September 2
Mike Shirley, PhD, Director of GTM National Estuarine Research Reserve
Promoting sustainable land use ethics through science‐based programming: managing a national estuarine research reserve

Sept 9 
Harvey Harper III PE, President of Environmental Research & Design, Orlando, FL
The role of nutrient limitation in lake restoration 

Sept 16
Rafael Munoz‐Carpena, Associate Professor, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, UF
Water balance, seasonal hydroperiod variation and residence time of small natural freshwater wetlands in the humid tropics in Costa Rica

Sept 23 
Christa Zweig Postdoctoral Associate, FL Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Res. Unit, UF
Vegetation ecology of the Everglades: implications for Restoration

Sept 30 
Todd LeVasseur, PhD candidate, Department of Religion, UF
If you drill it, it will drain: complexities in Wargal, India

October 7
Erich Marzolf, Environmental Specialist VI, St. John’s River Water Management District
Making the most of reclaimed water: water and nutrients 

Oct 14
David Tomasko, PhD, Sr. Environmental Scientist IV/Manager, Watershed Science and Assessment Program, PBS&J
The role of quantitative pollution ecology in water resource management ? some examples from Florida

Oct 21
Courtney Hart, GIS Analyst, Idea Integration, consultant to SJRWMD
Using hyperspectral imagery to detect submerged aquatic vegetation in the St. Johns River

Oct 28 
Ron Chandler, Associate in Research, Environmental Scientist, The Water Atlas, USF
Resolving sustainability at the lot, block and neighborhood level

November 4 
Joe Stewart, PE, Engineer Scientist, St. John’s River Water Management District
Hydraulic and hydrodynamic characteristics of the Middle St Johns River, Florida

Nov 18
Matthew Cohen, Assistant Professor, School of Forest Resources and Conservation, UF
Ecohydrology of self‐organized patterned landscapes in the Everglades

December 2 
Debra Childs Woithe, Consulting Environmental Scientist, Debra Childs Woithe, Inc.
Habitat monitoring and performance measures: development of a statewide habitat reporting system for 6 priority habitats (springs, softwater streams,
seagrass, coral, sandhill and scrub)

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Presented by:
Howard T. Odum Center for Wetlands ~ The Water Institute ~ Dept. of Soil & Water Science

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Sharlynn Sweeney, PhD
Center for Environmental Policy &
Howard T. Odum Center for Wetlands
Department of Environmental Engineering
University of Florida
PO Box 116350
Gainesville, FL 32611
phone: 352.392.2425
fax: 352.392.3624