Mississippi River Water Quality: Policy, Farm Landscapes and Hypoxia
R. Eugene Turner
Thursday, 12 Nov 2009 at 8:00 pm – Sun Room, Memorial Union
R. Eugene Turner is a Distinguished Research Master in the Coastal Ecology Institute and Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences at Louisiana State University. A hybrid oceanographer and wetland ecologist, he is active in the scientific aspects of coastal environmental management. In particular, his work addresses hypoxic zones, or Dead Zones, in which water oxygen levels are reduced to a level that can no longer support living aquatic organisms. Turner works regularly with The Land Institute and the Green Lands, Blue Waters Project on land use issues within the Mississippi River watershed. A reception will precede the lecture in the South Ballroom at 7:00 pm. The Dennis Keeney Distinguished Lecture.R. Eugene Turner received a B.A. degree from Monmouth College (Ill.), a M.S. degree from Drake University (Biology), and a Ph.D. from the University of Georgia (Ecology). He is chair of the INTECOL (The International Association for Ecology ) Wetlands Working Group, Executive Board Member of INTECOL, and serves on several national scientific committees. Turner is Honorary Editor-in-Chief of Wetlands Ecology and Management. He was the recipient of the National Wetland Award and, with Nancy Rabalais, of the 1999 Blasker Award for Science and Engineering.
Cosponsored By:
- Dennis Keeney Distinguished Lecture Endowment
- Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture
- Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)
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