Water Resources Center
Water Resources Science Graduate Program

The University of Minnesota Water Resources Center (WRC) administers the WRS Graduate Program. The Water Resources Center is affiliated with the College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences and University of Minnesota Extension.

Seminar Series Duluth

Interdisciplinary Seminar in Water Resources

Fall Semester 2012

 

Where:  Swenson Science Building (SSB) 202

University of Minnesota Duluth

[Parking available at meters in front of building or other parts of campus]

 

When:  Wednesdays, 2:00 to 3:00 pm

 

Date

Speaker

Seminar Title

Sept 5

 

No seminar

Sept 12

Randall Hicks

UMD-Biology

Rusting Away:  Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion in the Duluth-Superior Harbor

Sept 19

Jacqueline Welch

WRS M.S. Graduate

Comparison of the Structure and Composition of Bacterioplankton Communities in the Ballast Water of Commercial Ships and the Duluth-Superior Harbor

Sept 26

Tom Johnson

UMD-Large Lakes Observatory

Analyzing Lake Sediment Cores for Past Climate: Examples from East Africa

Oct 3

Norine Dobiesz

UMD-Large Lakes Observatory

The Challenges of Integrating Great Lakes Fisheries and Environmental Data to Enable an Ecosystem Approach to Data Management

Oct 10

Jay Austin

UMD-Large Lakes Observatory

Near-Inertial Oscillations in Lake Superior

Oct 17

Euan Reavie

NRRI-CWE

A Few Ways We Use Microalgal Tools to Inform Water Quality Management

Oct 24

Erik Brown

UMD-Large Lakes Observatory

21st Century Environmental Change in East Africa Recorded in Lake Malawi Sediments

Oct 31

Donn Branstrator

UMD-Biology

Decade(s) of Research on Spiny Water Flea in Island Lake Reservoir

Nov 7

Sergei Katsev

UMD-Large Lakes Observatory

Rates of Organic Carbon Mineralization and Preservation in Lakes versus Seas

Nov 14

George Host

NRRI-CWE

An Ecological Design for Restoration in the St. Louis River Estuary

Nov 21

John Lindgren

MN DNR

Restoration of Water Quality, Habitat and Fish and Wildlife Populations in the St. Louis River Estuary

Nov 28

Steve Diamond

EPA Mid-Continent Ecology Division

Nanotechnology: An Emerging Concern for Regulatory Agencies

Dec 5

Nancy Schuldt

Fond du Lac Environmental Program

Ginibiiminaan (Our Water)

Dec 12

Jenny Jasperson

WRS Graduate Student

East Branch Amity Creek: Groundwater- Surface Water Interactions and Post-Flood Assessment