Office: Hudson 125 Phone: 564-4036 Office Hours: TR 11-1
 | Ecology (BIO/ENV 304) Study of ecological systems and the interrelationships with the environment. Topics include the ecological principles of energy flow, biogeochemical cycles, and population and community structure and dynamics. Laboratory includes field illustrations of ecological habitats, experience utilizing ecological techniques and review of ecological literature. |
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Wetlands Ecology and Management (ENV 339) |
Introduction to hydrological, chemical and biological interactions in wetland ecosystems. Emphasis placed on integrating ecological, social and economic values into management and protection of wetland habitats.
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Summer Research Experience for Undergraduate (funded by National Science Foundation) |
This is an eight-week summer research experience for undergraduate students interested in ecosystem research. Students work on interdisciplinary investigation of ecosystem-level processes in the sandstone-pavement jack pine barrens in northeastern New York.
REU 2001
The 2001 REU wetland group (Kaitlin Bars, Jamie Bellona, and Sacha Maxwell) studied the effects of acid deposition on a moss community of a bog ecosystem. The results of the study demonstrated that the nitrogen deposition at the current trend might benefit the growth of Sphagnum spp. in the short term. However, in the long term, an accumulation of nitrogen in a bog ecosystem may cause its population to decline.
Sacha Maxwell, Jamie Bellona, and Kaitlin Bars
REU 2002
Anna Bourakovsky, Clara Englert, Malia Leonard and Katherine Vazquez released two beetle species to control purple loosestrife invasion at Plattsburgh. The REU 2002 Wetland group also studied C, N and P concentrations in soils of purple loosestrife patches and compared the results with the concentrations in soils of native vegetation patches.
REU 2003
Karen Setty and Rachel Ruppel studied the decomposition rates of Typha spp. in northern freshwater wetlands over a stream-marsh-peatland gradient. They found dry biomass reduction took place most rapidly in the stream site and least rapidly in the peatland site, while fluctuations of percent nitrogen content did not show a distinct trend. Also, a high level of dissolved oxygen corresponded to a higher decay rate, while a low pH value corresponded to a lower decay rate.
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