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From: Sharlynn Sweeney [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2012 1:30 PM I've attached PDF announcement/flyer for the Fall 2012 Water, Wetlands and Watersheds Seminar Series. Sharlynn WATER, WETLANDS & WATERSHEDS SEMINAR Fall 2012 Wednesdays, 11:45 - 12:35 PM, Phelps Lab 101 Brown bag (bring lunch if you'd like), the public is welcome & students may register for 1 credit: ENV 6935 sec. 7454, SWS 4932 sec.7076, SWS 6932 sec. 1506, or contact [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> for online section Aug 22 Mark Brown Professor, EES & Mark Clark Associate Professor, SWS Introduction...food for thought Aug 29 Louise Venne, PhD Graduate, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, UF Wading bird response to fire in the Everglades Sept 5 Lisa Chambers, PhD Graduate, Soil and Water Science Department, UF Coastal wetlands and sea level rise: the biogeochemical effects of increased salinity and inundation on soil carbon Sept 12 Kathleen McKee, Research Coordinator, Water Institute, UF Florida's water future in a global context Sept 19 Stefan Gerber, Asst. Professor, Soil and Water Sciences, UF Modeling effects of nitrogen availability and land-use on land carbon sequestration Sept 26 Bob Knight, Director, H. T. Odum Florida Springs Institute & President, Wetlands Solutions, Inc. HTO's Springs Legacy Oct 3 Flavio Hazan, PhD candidate, Interdisciplinary Ecology, School of Natural Resources and Environment, UF Evaluating master planned communities' design impacts on water quality using the Watershed Assessment Model (WAM): The Restoration project case study Oct 10 Angelique Bochnak, Env. Scientist IV, St. Johns River Water Management District The impact of water resource management on ecohydrology of peat-based wetland ecosystems Oct 17 Ann Shortelle, Executive Director, Suwannee River Water Management District Minimum flows and levels: A wild ride down the river Oct 24 Andrew LoSchiavo, Adaptive Management Coordinator for Everglades Restoration Program, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville, FL What is Adaptive Management? and How is science used in ecosystem restoration decision? Oct 31 David Kaplan, Assistant Professor, Environmental Engineering Sciences, UF Flow rating curves in the Everglades ridge and slough mosaic: Exploring landscape-scale hydraulic geometry Nov 7 Joseph Delesantro, MS student, Forest Resources and Conservation, UF Disentangling the effects of mean water level and hydrologic variation on wetland structure and function Nov 14 David Pfahler, PhD candidate, Environmental Engineering Sciences, UF Maximizing sustainable production: Balancing water, carbon, and energy at the watershed scale Nov 28 Chris Keller, Project Manager & Environmental Engineer, Wetland Solutions, Inc., Gainesville, FL Groundwater recharge wetlands Presented by: Howard T. Odum Center for Wetlands ~ The Water Institute ~ Dept. of Soil & Water Science Visit http://www.cfw.ufl.edu/seminar_schedule.shtml for previous seminars and recordings as they become available. Sharlynn Sweeney, Ph.D. Center for Environmental Policy and H.T. Odum Center for Wetlands University of Florida 352-392-2424