Dr. Richard D. Bartleson
- Ecology
- Environmental Science
- Habitat Loss
- Harmful Algal Blooms
- Hypoxia
- Pollution
- Restoration
- Modeling
- Biological Oceanography
- Chemical Oceanography
- Physical Oceanography
- B.S. Biology, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA, 1980
- M.S. Engineering Science, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA, 1988
- Ph.D. Environmental Science, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA, 2004
Rick's broad research interest is marine and aquatic ecosystem ecology. He is also interested in finding solutions to eutrophication problems and in developing techniques to produce energy from algae. Most of his work has involved the interactions of aquatic communities and nutrients. He has constructed simulation models and mesocosm facilities, conducted lab and mesocosm experiments and conducted field experiments and a restoration project. He has training and experience in the use of most types of oceanographic equipment including Doppler current meters. His research to date has been on effects of water quality on seagrasses, effects of large seagrass beds on current flow and water quality, sediment effects on seagrass growth, effects of epiphyte grazers on seagrasses, nutrient effects on macroalgal and cyanobacterial growth, nutrient threshold indicators, ecosystem metabolism, seagrass restoration, and algal enhanced water treatment. He is also interested in effects of warming seas, hypoxia, effects of thermal effluent, and harmful algae ecology.