February 12

Peter T. Doran, Associate Professor
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago
Title: "Climate and ecosystem change in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, East Antarctica"
Research Interests: hydrological and biogeochemical processes in polar lakes, paleolimnology
http://tigger.uic.edu/~pdoran/home.htm
[ This lecture co-sponsored by the Environmental Studies Program ]

Robert E. Rickleffs, CuratorsÕ Professor of Biology
Department of Biology, University of Missouri at St. Louis
Title: "Host-parasite relationships in avian malaria"
Research Interests: Global biodiversity, evolution of avian life histories
http://www.umsl.edu/~ricklefs/
[ This lecture co-sponsored by the Environmental Studies Program ]

Brian L. Strom, Research Entomologist
USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Pineville, Louisiana
Title: "Host selection in a tree-killing bark beetle -- biological implications and practical applications"
Research Interests: plant-insect interactions, insect behavior, management of forest biota
http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/4501/strom.htm

Philippe Ross, Professor Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Colorado School of Mines
Title: "Mining impacted waters -- issues of metal toxicity and bioavailability"
Research Interests: aquatic toxicology
http://www.mines.edu/academic/envsci/people/faculty/ross.html

Robert O. Hall, Jr., Assistant Professor
Department of Zoology and Physiology, University of Wyoming
Title: "From physiology to river ecosystem function -- three ways to estimate the impact of invasive New Zealand mud snails in rivers"
Research Interests: stream ecosystem dynamics
http://www.uwyo.edu/bhall

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