WRS Twin Cities Seminar Series

Previous Semesters:

Fall Semester 2009 Schedule

 

Where:

University of Minnesota - St. Paul Campus
375 Borlaug Hall (unless otherwise noted)

When:

Fridays, 3:00-3:50 pm.

Printable Schedule, pdf

Date

 

Sep. 18

Studying Hydrology Abroad: Quantifying Water Residence Times for Catchments in the Czech Republic

Mike Talbot – Dept. of Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering

Sep. 25

Where does phosphorus go in urban ecosystems?

Laurel Reeves – Minnesota Dept. of Natural Resources

Oct. 2

Global perspectives on water resources

David Mulla – Dept. of Soil, Water and Climate

View UMConnect presentation

Oct. 9

Road salt effects on Twin Cities water resources

Heinz Stefan – Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering

View UMConnect presentation

Oct. 16

The Other Inconvenient Truth: Feeding and Fueling a World of 9+ Billion

Jon Foley – Institute on the Environment

View UMConnect presentation

Oct. 23

Functional Linkages between Nutrient Supply and Periphyton Production in Nutrient-enriched Watersheds: a national comparison

Richard Kiesling – USGS, Dept. of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology

View UMConnect presentation

Oct. 30

Perspectives on sustaining Minnesota’s lakes: Biological monitoring, IBIs, and stressor identification

Marcus Beck - Conservation Biology PhD Student

View UMConnect presentation

Nov. 6

Bivalve shells as recorders of nutrient conditions in aquatic environments: New findings from waters near and afar

Rob Dietz – Water Resources Science PhD Student

Nov. 13

Pesticides and Water Quality in Minnesota: Prevention, Evaluation and Mitigation

Joseph Zachmann – Minnesota Department of Agriculture

Nov. 20

Minnesota’s Water Quality Monitoring Plan: Monitoring the States Major Watersheds in 10 Years

Shannon Lotthammer – Minnesota Pollution Control Agency

Nov. 27

No Seminar

Dec. 4

Minnesota’s plan to develop TMDLs and Protection Strategies Through Watershed Management Plans

Gaylen Reetz– Minnesota Pollution Control Agency