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Freshwater Ecosystems: Revitalizing Educational Programs in Limnology (1996)

Chapter: Appendix D: Other Contributors to This Report

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Suggested Citation:"Appendix D: Other Contributors to This Report." National Research Council. 1996. Freshwater Ecosystems: Revitalizing Educational Programs in Limnology. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/5146.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix D: Other Contributors to This Report." National Research Council. 1996. Freshwater Ecosystems: Revitalizing Educational Programs in Limnology. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/5146.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix D: Other Contributors to This Report." National Research Council. 1996. Freshwater Ecosystems: Revitalizing Educational Programs in Limnology. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/5146.
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OTHER CONTRIBUTORS TO THIS REPORT 352 D Other Contributors to This Report During the course of this project, many individuals other than committee members and those acknowledged in the preface contributed their time to the development of the study and this report. These individuals assisted in planning the study that led to the report, developing recommendations for improving the value of education in limnology for water resources management jobs, writing about limnology programs in their universities, and developing written material for the report. We acknowledge the possibility of overlooking some individual from this list of contributors and apologize if this occurred. Participants in planning meeting that led to this project: Judy Meyer, University of Georgia, Chair Jill Baron, Colorado State University Ken Bencala, U.S. Geological Survey Nick Clesceri, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Christopher D'Elia, University of Maryland Penelope Firth, National Science Foundation Stuart Fisher, Arizona State University William Lewis, University of Colorado John Magnuson, University of Wisconsin Donald Nielsen, University of California, Davis Ann Spacie, Purdue University Richard Sparks, Illinois Natural History Survey Robert Wetzel, University of Alabama Attendees at the workshop on perspectives on limnological education from water managers: Jeff Bode, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Wayne Cheyney, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation

OTHER CONTRIBUTORS TO THIS REPORT 353 Richard DiBuono, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers David Dilks, Limno-Tech, Inc. James Erckman, Seattle Water Department Tom Fontaine, South Florida Water Management District Wayne Poppe, Tennessee Valley Authority Don Porcella, Electric Power Research Institute Dan Tadgerson, Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians William Taft, Michigan Department of Natural Resources Contributors of text boxes and other material in Chapters 2, 3, and 4: Arthur Brooks, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee Dennis Cooke, Kent State University Stuart Fisher, Arizona State University Ralph Fuhrman, civil and environmental engineer, Washington, D.C. Charles Hawkins, Utah State University Dieter Imboden, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Library staff of the J. W. Jones Ecological Research Center William Lewis, University of Colorado Gene Likens, Cary Arboretum Bill Mitsch, Ohio State University Earl Spangenberg, University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point Heinz Stefan, University of Minnesota Jack Vallentyne, Great Lakes Laboratory for Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences We also thank the individuals at the 69 universities who responded to our questionnaire and provided the information found in Appendix A and the staff of limnological societies and journals for providing the information on membership and publication statistics found in Appendix B.

OTHER CONTRIBUTORS TO THIS REPORT 354

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To fulfill its commitment to clean water, the United States depends on limnology, a multidisciplinary science that seeks to understand the behavior of freshwater bodies by integrating aspects of all basic sciences—from chemistry and fluid mechanics to botany, ichthyology, and microbiology. Now, prominent limnologists are concerned about this important field, citing the lack of adequate educational programs and other issues.

Freshwater Ecosystems responds with recommendations for strengthening the field and ensuring the readiness of the next generation of practitioners. Highlighted with case studies, this book explores limnology's place in the university structure and the need for curriculum reform, with concrete suggestions for curricula and field research at the undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral levels. The volume examines the wide-ranging career opportunities for limnologists and recommends strategies for integrating limnology more fully into water resource decision management.

Freshwater Ecosystems tells the story of limnology and its most prominent practitioners and examines the current strengths and weaknesses of the field. The committee discusses how limnology can contribute to appropriate policies for industrial waste, wetlands destruction, the release of greenhouse gases, extensive damming of rivers, the zebra mussel and other "invasions" of species—the broad spectrum of problems that threaten the nation's freshwater supply. Freshwater Ecosystems provides the foundation for improving a field whose importance will continue to increase as human populations grow and place even greater demands on freshwater resources. This volume will be of value to administrators of university and government science programs, faculty and students in aquatic science, aquatic resource managers, and clean-water advocates—and it is readily accessible to the concerned individual.

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