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12/6/16: Silvia Newell
December 6, 2016 @ 10:30 am - 11:30 am
Please join us for a Great Lakes Seminar Series presentation:
Time: 10:30-11:30 EST
Location: NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Lake Superior Hall
Presenter: Silvia Newell, Assistant Professor, Wright State University
Title: Nitrogen cycling in eutrophic systems: Case studies in Lakes Erie and Taihu
Webinar recording: https://youtu.be/X5loqhigjvg
Abstract: Cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms (HABs) in Lake Taihu and western Lake Erie are driven largely by agricultural nitrogen (N) and phosphorus. Cyanobacterial community dominance and HAB development may depend on ammonium (NH4+) availability, and increased NH4+ has been linked to increased toxin production. Microcystis, the dominant toxic cyanobacterial genus in both lakes, cannot fix atmospheric N2; consequently, it must compete for NH4+ with other primary producers. Understanding the factors that govern N cycling and NH4+ availability is therefore crucial for identifying conditions that stimulate and maintain HABs.
Bio: Silvia Newell is an Assistant Professor at Wright State University in Dayton, OH. She has a Ph.D. in Geosciences from Princeton University. Her dissertation focused on biogeochemical cycling of nitrogen in low-oxygen marine environments in Chesapeake Bay and the Arabian Sea. For her post-doctoral work, first at Princeton and then at Boston University, she continued her exploration of the nitrogen cycle in the Sargasso Sea, the Gulf of Mexico, and Cape Cod. Currently, her work at Wright State focuses on hypereutrophic Lake Erie, Lake Okeechobee, and Lake Taihu in China, as well as local research on the Great Miami River and small lakes.
Important Visitor Information
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