Professor
Chairperson, Department of Biological Sciences, College of Arts & Sciences
My areas of specialization include: Aquatic ecology, wetland ecology, and paleolimnology of lakes in Florida, The Galapagos Islands, and mainland Ecuador. I use fossil algal pigments and diatoms recovered from lake sediments to examine historical changes in algal communities that result from environmental or climatic events, or anthropogenic activities. Currently, I am using cyanobacterial and other algal pigments to monitor changes in algal productivity and community composition in eutrophic and hypereutrophic lakes in north and central Florida, to determine the timing of cyanobacterial proliferation in these systems and to document historical water quality. I also am reconstructing Holocene El Niño periodicities from hypersaline lake sediment records in the Galapagos Islands, using laminations and changes in fossil diatoms, mineralogy, and geochemistry to track changes in El Niño frequency and intensity.
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About Melanie A. Riedinger-Whitmore
Chairperson, Department of Biological Sciences, College of Arts & Sciences
My areas of specialization include: Aquatic ecology, wetland ecology, and paleolimnology of lakes in Florida, The Galapagos Islands, and mainland Ecuador. I use fossil algal pigments and diatoms recovered from lake sediments to examine historical changes in algal communities that result from environmental or climatic events, or anthropogenic activities. Currently, I am using cyanobacterial and other algal pigments to monitor changes in algal productivity and community composition in eutrophic and hypereutrophic lakes in north and central Florida, to determine the timing of cyanobacterial proliferation in these systems and to document historical water quality. I also am reconstructing Holocene El Niño periodicities from hypersaline lake sediment records in the Galapagos Islands, using laminations and changes in fossil diatoms, mineralogy, and geochemistry to track changes in El Niño frequency and intensity.
| Present | Associate Professor, University of South Florida | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Courses
- Wetlands Environments
- Principles of Ecology
- Ecosystems of Florida
- Limnology
- Biogeography
- Biology I Cellular Processes
- Restoration Ecology
- Quarternay Ecology
| Ph.D., Ohio State University ‐ Zoology | ||
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Contact Information
Office: DAV 216
Phone: 727-873-4971
Email: mariedin@mail.usf.edu
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