讲座题目：Challenges of Coastal Ecosystems (I) and Creating Wetlands (II) in SW Florida, USA

主讲人：张立 研究员

主持人：陈雪初 副教授

开始时间：2019-06-03（周一）上午9:30

讲座地址：闵行校区 生科辅楼119

主办单位：生态与环境科学学院 科技处

报告人简介：

     Dr. Li Zhang received her Ph.D. in Environmental Sciences from The Australian National University, Australia in 2000. She became a post-doctoral researcher at the Olentangy River Wetland Research Park at The Ohio State University in 2000-2002 then Assistant Director there from 2002 to 2012. She joined the Everglades Wetland Research Park at Florida Gulf Coast University's Kapnick Center in Naples, Florida as Assistant Director in 2012, where she continued university research, administration, and teaching to this day. Her research focuses on wetland and ecosystem restoration, ecological engineering, ecosystem modeling, and watershed and GIS modeling. She has travelled extensively around the world for professional meetings and teaching and has research experience in several countries besides the USA such as China, Germany, Australia, and Canada. She serves as Associate Editor of Journal of Ecological Indicators and peer reviewers for scientific journals: Nature, Ecological Modelling; Wetlands; Ecohydrology; Environmental Quality; Environmental Management; Marine Geodesy, Ecological Engineering; Ecosystems; and Environmental Modelling & Software;Water Research.

报告内容简介: 

     Water quality has become major concern for coastal ecosystems in southwest Florida, USA since red-tide and harmful blue-green algae bloomed last summer. Understanding interactions between ecosystem functions associated with forcing elements from estuaries (e.g. tides), the atmosphere (wind), and watersheds (precipitation, runoff and excessive nutrients) could help to identify the source of blooms. Wetlands play an important role such as mitigating climate change and water quality improvement. Thus, creating wetlands should be unique solution to enhance water quality and sustain coastal ecosystems.