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Distinguished Visitor Series and Minnesota Aquatic Sciences Retreat

The first WRS Distinguished Visitor Series and Minnesota Aquatic Sciences Retreat will be held from 11 to 13 April 2008.

April 11

Michael Pace Seminar, U of MN Duluth

Title: Do Aquatic Ecosystems Run on
Alternative Fuels?

Location: 185 Life Sciences Building
Time: 3:15

Dr. Michael Pace is a professor in the Department of Environmental Sciences at the University of Virginia and an Adjunct Scientist at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies in Middlebrook, NY. His research focuses on food webs and biogeochemical processes in aquatic ecosystems and seeks to understand and predict properties of aquatic ecosystems from external watershed characteristics and from internal ecological interactions.

John Downing Seminar, U of MN Twin Cities

Title: Global Limnology: Upscaling from 10,000 Lakes to Planet Earth

Location: 335 Borlaug
Time: 3:00-4:00 (Reception immediately following seminar)

Dr. John Downing is a Professor in the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology at Iowa State University. His research in aquatic ecology and limnology is centered upon the highly impacted, eutrophic to hypereutrophic lakes and streams of the US Midwest.

April 12-13

Minnesota Aquatic Sciences Retreat

Seminar:

  • Life On the Extreme Edge of the Nutrient Spectrum
    John Downing

Location: Audubon Center of the North Woods, Sandstone, MN
Time: 12:00 noon, April 12th - 12:00 noon, April 13th

The retreat will feature focused sessions of presentations and discussions with the distinguished visitors followed by a series of brief talks from students, faculty and partners. Dinner and an evening poster session will be held on Saturday evening. Additional talks will follow on Sunday until noon.

Housing and meals will be provided by the Center for Freshwater Research and Policy. We anticipate a nominal ($10 or less) fee for graduate students and subsidized rates for faculty ($40-$50 for the weekend). Families are welcome and a variety of family friendly activities are available at the Audubon center.

Registration

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This retreat is being co-sponsored by the WRS (with funding from the Graduate School), the UMD Center for Freshwater Research and Policy, and the Minnesota Sea Grant Program.