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Organization

Center for Wetlands

The Center for Wetlands at the University of Florida, the first of its kind in the world, was founded in 1973 by H.T. Odum. His goal was to use the Center as a focal point for both basic ecological research ...

Organization Type

Research Center or Laboratory

Project

Development of a Framework for the Analysis of Feedbacks and Linkages between Functioning and Management of Louisiana Coastal Zone and the Broader Ecological and Economic System

Tides, storm fronts, hurricanes and powerful storms, annual and great river floods, and shifting deltaic lobes have some effect on the ecological, economic and geological health of the Louisiana coastal zone. Global climate change and sea level rise also have ...

Person

Dr. Kelly A. Rusch

Dr. Rusch is a professor at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Director of the Institute for Ecological Infrastructure Engineering, Louisiana State University. Dr. Rusch’s research interests include: continuous growth/process control technology development for aquaculture production systems ...

Organizations

Louisiana State University

Job Title

Professor

Person

Dr. Mark W. Clark

Dr. Clark is a Research Assistant Professor at the Wetland Biogeochemistry Laboratory, University of Florida. His research interests include wetland nutrient assimilation and storage processes, vegetative succession dynamics, wetland macrophyte ecophysiology, ecological engineering design, and using wetland processes to improve ...

Organizations

Wetland Biogeochemistry Laboratory

Person

Dr. Scott Milroy

Dr. Milroy's research interests include tropical ecosystems, ecological modeling, ecological engineering, feedback mechanisms, closed-system micro/macrocosms, and modeling approaches to adaptation testing. GoMRI-funded projects: A Comprehensive Assessment of Oil Distribution, Transport, Fate and Impacts on Ecosystems and the Deepwater Horizon Oil ...

Organizations

Department of Marine Science

Job Title

Assistant Professor

Project

The Use of Coastal Wetlands for Wastewater Assimilation and Restoration in the Gulf of Mexico

A hypoxic zone has developed off the shore of Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico where hypolimnetic waters with dissolved oxygen less than 2 mg/L oxygen now extend over an area of 13,000 to 20,000 square km. Nitrogen, particularly nitrate ...

Project Status

Project not complete