Environmental Sciences Fall 2009 Seminar Series
updated 10/13/09
The Fall Environmental Sciences Seminar Series is sponsored by the NRESS Ph.D. Program, the Department of Earth Sciences, the Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, the Environmental Research Group, the Institute for the Study of Earth Oceans and Space (EOS), the University Office of Sustainability, and the Class of 1954 Fund. The theme this semester is Ecosystem Services.
These seminars are open to the public and will be held Thursdays at 4pm with refreshments at 3:40 pm in DeMeritt Hall 112, unless otherwise noted.
| September 10 | Ecosystem-based Management in the Ocean: Working Toward Implementation Andy Rosenberg, Professor, Department of Natural Resources and the Environment; Director, Ocean Process Analysis Lab, University of New Hampshire |
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| September 24 | Interactions among Ecosystem Services, Ecosystem Dynamics, and Human Outcomes and Behavior Patrick Bourgeron, Director, Center for the Environment, Plymouth State University |
| October 1 | Headwaters - Developing a Collaborative Conservation Approach to Support Land Use Decision-Making Christine Feurt, Coastal Training Program Coordinator, Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve; Director, Center for Sustainable Communities, Department of Environmental Studies, University of New England |
| October 15 | Valuing Ecosystems for Water Filtration and Nitrogen Removal Christopher Neill, Associate Scientist, The Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratory |
| October 22 | Wildlands, Woodlands, & Farmlands: New England's 'Natural Infrastructure' Brian Donahue, Associate Professor, Department of American Studies; Director, Environmental Studies Program, Brandeis University |
| October 29 | Valuation of Ecosystem Services: What Happens When Markets Don't Work? John Halstead, Professor, Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of New Hampshire |
| November 5 | Lawn Landscapes in Suburban Boston: Human Drivers, Ecological Implications, and Ecosystem Services Colin Polsky, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Geography, Clark University |
| November 12 | Urban Ecosystem Services: Linking Social and Ecological Variables through Habitat Structure Management and Landscape Design Loren Byrne, Assistant Professor, Department of Biology and Marine Biology, Roger Williams University |
| November 19 | Accounting for Ecosystem Service Contributions to the Economy through Spatial Dynamic Modeling of Landscapes Roel Boumans, Research Associate Professor, Rubenstein School for the Environment and Natural Resources; Fellow, Gund Institute for Ecological Economics, University of Vermont |
| November 26 | No Seminar, Thanksgiving Vacation |
| December 3 | Stormwater Management Based on the Natural Systems Model Robert Roseen, Assistant Research Professor, Civil Engineering; Director, UNH Stormwater Center; University of New Hampshire |