ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES at SWGC
BATEMAN, Lois
Associate professor
Keywords
• Rotifers; tardigrades; taxonomy; peatland; Newfoundland
Current research
• Model forest soil invertebrate study - rotifers and tardigrades
• Identification of Newfoundland peatland ortifers
• Identification of Newfoundland tardigrades
• Rotifer involvement in pitcher plant community
• Preparation of bdelloid rotifer species for scanning electron
microscopy
Past research
• Ecological investigations of peatland rotifers
• Identification of Newfoundland peatland rotifers
Potential research
• Use of scanning electron microscopy in bdelloid rotifer
and tardigrade taxonomy
CAMPBELL, Christine Assistant professor
Keywords
• Zooplankton; microfauna; herbivory
Research specialty
• Ecology of freshwater zooplankton; ecology of microfauna
in wastewater treatment; Environmental monitoring of freshwater
ecosystems (limnology)
Current research
• Effects of pH, cement dust and heavy metals on community
microfauna (protozoans, rotifers, gastrotrichs) and the nutrient
dynamics in an activated sludge-wastewater treatment system, Corner
Brook Pulp and Paper Mill
• Effects of flushing rates on community structures of freshwater
zooplankton in Newfoundland ponds, lakes and reservoirs
• Impact of herbivory of freshwater ostracods and amphipods
Past research
• Hydroelectric reservoirs and zooplankton community structures
in Cat Arm Reservoir, Great Northern Peninsula, Newfoundland
• Predator-prey dynamics, evaluation of predation by endemic
ostracods on zooplankton of saline lakes in South Australia
• Predator-prey dynamics, effect of predation by sticklebacks
and Chaoborus on zooplankton community structures in Newfoundland
lakes
Potential research
• Effects of flushing rates on biodiversity in Newfoundland
lakes
• Small-scale systems to evaluate disturbances on the functioning
of activated sludge-wastewater treatments Corner Brook Pulp and
Paper Mill
• Long-term zooplankton dynamics in Cat Arm hydroelectric
reservoir, Newfoundland
DOWNER, Don Associate professor
Keywords
• Marine biology education, effective schools; social history
(selected, resettled communities)
Current research
• Atlantic salmon and speckled brook trout, early development
and abundance
• Harp seals (for a children's book)
• Atlantic Salmon (for a children's book)
Past research
• Education, effective schools (a book)
• Social history, primarily of resettled communities in Newfoundland
(two books)
• Marine environments, intertidal zone organisms
Potential research
• Atlantic salmon and brook speckled trout, early stages
of development (embryology and survival rates)
• Social history, further work on resettled Newfoundland
and Labrador communities
DUST, Julian M. Associate
professor
Keywords
• Physical organic chemistry; kinetics; mechanisms of organic
chemical transformations
Current research
• Abiotic degradation of trichlorfan and dichlorvos
• Meisenheimer complexes of novel super-electrophilic heterocycles
• Carbanion chemistry, particularly "green" carbanion
chemistry
Past research
• Water-soluble polymers, polyethylene glycol derivatives
• Reginselectivity in Meisenheimer complexation
Potential research
• NMR in following pathways of pesticides decomposition
EDWARD, Andrews Associate
professor
Keywords
• Computers; networking; WWW; leeches; ecology; hirudinea;
parasites; helminths; crow; frogs; toads; amphibians; Newfoundland
Research specialty
• Helminth parasites of birds and animals
• Use of computers and networking for course development
and enrichment (new research area and ongoing development of expertise)
Current research
• Computer networks and the Internet for course delivery
and enrichment
• Ecology and distribution of freshwater leeches (Annelida:
Hirudinea) in Newfoundland
Past research
• Helminth parasites of the common crow (North American)
(Corvus brachyrhynchos, Brehm, 1822) in insular Newfoundland
• Ecology and distribution of frogs and toads in Newfoundland
• Development of a training manual for provincial parks for
the Burnt Island Ecological Reserve
IAMS, William J. Associate professor
Keywords
• Micropaleontology; radiolarians; environment; paleoecology;
oceans; organism-sediment interrelationships; Geoindicators
Current research
• Paleozoic radiolarian of western Newfoundland
• Lake sediments as environmental indicators
Past research
• Cups reefs of Bermuda (flora, fauna, and bioconstruction)
• Coralline, algal substrate colonization and growth rates
• Photogrammetric study of coastal erosion
Potential research
• Geoindicators of environmental change
• Newfoundland coastal environments
MANN, Henry Associate
professor
Keywords
• Charophyta; Characeae; vascular plants: taxonomy; ecology;
biogeography; phenology; Newfoundland, North America
Current research
• Taxonomy and exology of Newfoundland charophytes
• Distribution and phenology of Newfoundland and North American
charophytes
• Distribution, phenology, and ecology of Newfoundland vascular
plants
Past research
• Regeneration studies of Echeveria leaves
• Phloem and root anatomy of prairie perennials
Potential research
• Phytogeography and taxonomy of North America charophytes
• Ecology of Newfoundland charophytes
• Canadian, Greenland, European charophyte affinities
RAYNER-CANHAM, Geoff Professor
Keywords
• Chemical education; history of science; women in science
Current research
• Women in the history of science
• New techniques in chemistry, teaching Laboratories
• Relevance in the chemistry curriculum
Past research
• Chemistry in small, liberal arts colleges
• High school chemistry curriculum
• Computer-assisted problem solving
ROULEAU, Pierre Assistant
professor
Keywords
• Porous media physics; seismology; environmental geophysics;
data fusion; 3-D seismic mapping; tiltmeters; earthquakes; magnetospheric
physics
Current research
• High resolution, 3-D mapping of tectospheres
• Magnetospheric and micormeteorological field studies, Newfoundland
• Absorption by squeeze-flow in rock pores
Past research
• Intrinsic and scattering attenuation of seismic waves
• Earth-tilts from fluid injection in porous rocks
• Earth-tide tilts and their use in applied geophysics
Potential research
• Soil physics via ground-penetrating radar (GPR)
• Low-concentration contaminants in rocks and complex resistivity
• Ground-based magnetometers for space mission support
RUTHERFORD, P.M Assistant
professor
Keywords
• Soil science; biogeochemical cycling (carbon and nitrogen);
soil microbiology and biochemistry; contaminated soils and remediation;
radon gas; natural occurring radioactivity
Current research
• Carbon and nitrogen cycling in Newfoundland forest soils
• Utilization of selected wastes as soil amendment
Past research
• Bioremediation of contaminated soil
• Radon gas and natural occurring radioactivity in industrial
waste and soil
• Carbon and nitrogen cycling in agricultural soils
WARKENTIN, Ian G. Assistant professor
Keywords
• Population ecology; riparian songbirds; neotropical
Research specialty
• Population ecology and conservation of birds living in
human modified environments
• Development of policy and management practices related
to wildlife in protected areas
Current research
• Impact of forestry practices on riparian songbirds and
the value of buffer strips
• Population dynamics and ecology of the urban breeding merlins,
urban environments
• Songbird migration patterns in western Newfoundland
Past research
• Social and foraging behaviour of neotropical landbird communities
in Costa Rican mangrove forests
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