Spring 2008 SEMINAR SCHEDULE

(all seminars are held Wednesday at Noon in 102 Water Science Laboratory, unless otherwise noted)

Date

Name

Title

30 Jan

Stephanie Schmidt

From Axes to Zebra Mussels:  Teaching and Assessing Analytical and Graphing Skills in an Introductory Biology Course

6 Feb

Rachel Penczykowski

Phosphorus in Lake Mendota

13 Feb

Amy Kamarainen

An ecological and social history of Lake Wingra and its watershed

20 Feb

Noah Lottig

Biogeochemistry of Northern Highlands Lake District streams

27 Feb

Matt Diebel

Prioritizing stream restoration in agricultural landscapes

5 Mar

Dick Lathrop (WI DNR)

Perspectives on the eutrophication of Lake Mendota and the lower Yahara lakes

12 Mar

Oonsie Biggs

Can variance indicators be used to avoid ecological regime shifts?

19 Mar

NO SEMINAR

SPRING BREAK

26 Mar

Kaesar Scholar:        Marc Mangel      (University of California - Santa Cruz)

The Keystone Species and the Ultraviolet Catastrophe:  Southern Ocean Krill, Krill Predators, and Krill Fishery Management in a Changing Climate

2 Apr

Matt Fuller

Biogeochemistry of Alpine beaver ponds

9 Apr

Nick Preston

Terrestrial support of lakes across the landscape

16 Apr

Steve Powers

Towards an understanding of nutrient dynamics across flowpaths that matter: interpreting nutrient additions with a versatile model

23 Apr

Jacques Finlay (University of Minnesota)

Biogeochemical responses to warming in arctic rivers

30 Apr

Frances Veit and Rachel Wykle

Your Limnology Library:  Beyond the Candy Jar

7 May

Eric Booth

Evaluating stream/floodplain restoration on the East Branch Pecatonica River, WI