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Office Address:                                                                                                            

Division of Environmental Biology, National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Blvd., Suite 635, Arlington, VA 22230

phone: (703) 292-7909, Fax: (703) 292-9064, email: mwalbrid@nsf.gov

Home Address:

3031 Meeting St., Falls Church, VA 22044

phone: (703) 533 0663

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Department of Biology, PO Box 6057, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506-6057

phone: (304) 293-5201, ext. 31458, Fax: (304) 293-6363, email: mark.walbridge@mail.wvu.edu

Home Address:

4117 Cove Point Dr., Morgantown, WV 26508

phone: (304) 594 3464

Ph.D. in Botany (1986) University of North Carolina

Dissertation: Phosphorus Availability in Acid Organic Coastal Plain Soils

M.S. in Biology (1982) West Virginia University

Thesis: Vegetation Patterning and Community Distribution in Four High-elevation Headwater Wetlands in West Virginia

B.A., cum laude, in Biology (1973) West Virginia University

January 2004 – present.

Professor, Department of Biology,West Virginia University, August 2001 – present (currently on leave-of-absence)

Chair, Department of Biology, West Virginia University, August 2001 - January 2005

Editor-in-Chief, Urban Ecosystems, June 1995 – January 2005

Associate Professor, Environmental Science & Public Policy Program, George Mason University, January 2001 – August 2001

Director, Environmental Management Certificate Program, George Mason University, July 1991 - August 2001

Associate Professor, Department of Biology, George Mason University, September 1995 – January 2001

Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, George Mason University, September 1989 - August 1995

Director, DOE Graduate Fellowships for Global Change Program, George Mason University, 1991 - 1994

National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow in Environmental Biology/Research Assistant Professor, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Duke University, June 1988 - August 1989

Visiting Assistant Professor, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Duke University, September 1986 - May 1988

Postdoctoral Research Associate, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Duke University, October 1985 - August 1986

Faculty Study Leave Award, George Mason University (Fall 1997)

Secretary/Newsletter Editor, Applied Ecology Section, Ecological Society of America (1995-1997)

Chair, Metropolitan Washington Chapter, Ecological Society of America (1994-1995)

Nominee, University-wide Teaching Excellence Award, George Mason University (1994)

Chair-elect, Metropolitan Washington Chapter, Ecological Society of America (1993- 1994)

National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship in Environmental Biology (1988 - 1989)

American Association for the Advancement of Science

American Society of Agronomy/Soil Science Society of America

British Soil Science Society

Ecological Society of America

Society of Wetland Scientists

Biogeochemistry (Phosphorus Cycling and Interactions with C and N Cycles in Wetland and Terrestrial Forest Ecosystems);

Landscape Ecology (Biogeochemical Connections Between Ecosystems at Local and Regional Scales);

Spatial Processes (Spatially Explicit Patterns Within Ecosystems and Their Relationship to Nutrient Cycling/Biogeochemistry);

Urban Ecosystems (Affects of Urbanization on Nutrient Cycles);

Global Change.

"Phosphorus Transformations in Forested Floodplains." Supplement, National Science Foundation, Ecosystem Studies Program, $113,048, October 2001--September 2005 (2006) (Jean-Christophe Clement, Substitute Principal Investigator) Awarded 3/05.

"Phosphorus Transformations in Forested Floodplains." REU Supplement, National Science Foundation, Ecosystem Studies Program, $15,317, October 2001--September 2005 (2006) (Jean-Christophe Clement, Substitute Principal Investigator) Awarded 5/04.

"A Revision of Biology 410—Cell and Molecular Biology Methods." Summer Grant For Course Development, Eberly College of Arts and Sciences, West Virginia University, $3000, Summer 2002.

"Phosphorus Transformations in Forested Floodplains." National Science Foundation, Ecosystem Studies Program, $675,338 ($828,260), October 2001--September 2005 (2006) (Jean-Christophe Clement, Substitute Principal Investigator).

"Wetland Assessment and Monitoring Program for Fairfax County, Virginia." U.S. EPA, Fiscal Year 2000 Wetland Program Development Grants (with Fairfax Co. Dept. of Public Works and Environmental Services), $150,000 (Walbridge—75K/Fairfax Co.—75K), August 2000—August 2004, administered through George Mason University.

"A Novel Procedure for Estimating Soil P Mineralization." National Science Foundation, Small Grants for Exploratory Research, $49,750, 1997-2001

"A Novel Procedure for Estimating Phosphorus Mineralization in Soils." Research Funding for Tenured Faculty, George Mason University, $5000, 1999.

"Rapid Assessment of Phosphorus Retention Capacities of Forested Wetlands in Virginia’s Lower Piedmont and Coastal Plain." Graduate Research Assistantship, George Mason University, $6733, 1994-1995.

"Phosphate Removal Capacity, Hydrology and Landscape Position of Selected Freshwater Wetlands in the Virginia Piedmont and Coastal Plain - An Evaluation Technique." Virginia Water Resources Research Center, $21,895, 1993-1994 (with F.D. Heliotis).

"Phosphate Removal Capacity, Hydrology and Landscape Position of Selected Freshwater Wetlands in the Virginia Piedmont and Coastal Plain." Rappahannock Area Development Commission, $50,000, 1992-1993 (with F.D. Heliotis).

"Influence of Flooding on Biogeochemical Processes in Forested Riparian Zones." USDA, $105,306, 1991-1994 (with B. Graeme Lockaby and T.M. Williams).

"Analysis of Soils Collected Along a Drainage Gradient in Maine." NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center, $3,500, 1991-1992.

"Soil Analysis for Big Thicket National Park." Rice University, $1,449, 1991-1992.

"Vegetational Study and Analysis of Prince William Forest Park and Adjacent Lands, Project #1." National Park Service, $2,500, 1990 - 1992.

"Vegetational Study and Analysis of Prince William Forest Park and Adjacent Lands, Project #2." National Park Service, $2,500, 1990 - 1992.

"Phosphorus Cycling in a Temperate Deciduous Forest." Graduate Research Assistantship, George Mason University, $5,350, 1990 - 1991.

"Phosphorus Cycling in a Temperate Deciduous Forest." University Research Grant, George Mason University, $6,150, 1990 - 1991.

"Biological Control of Phosphorus Cycling in a Temperate Deciduous Forest Ecosystem." National Science Foundation Post-Doctoral Fellowship, $14,400, 1989 - 1991.

"Biological Control of Phosphorus Cycling in a Temperate Deciduous Forest Ecosystem." National Science Foundation Post-Doctoral Fellowship, $38,400, 1988 - 1989.

"Investigation of Microbial and Geochemical Processes Controlling Soil Phosphorus Availability at the Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory." USDA-Forest Service, $8,000, 1985 - 1986.

Hupp, C.R., M.R. Walbridge, and B.G. Lockaby. 2005. Fluvial geomorphic processes and water quality of bottomland hardwood systems. Proceedings of the Symposium--Ecology and Management of Bottomland Hardwood Systems: the State of Our Understanding, Mississippi State University Press (in press).

Hogan, D.M., T.E. Jordan, and M.R. Walbridge. 2004. Phosphorus retention and soil organic matter in restored and natural freshwater wetlands Wetlands 24:573-585.

Morse, J.L., J.P. Megonigal, and M.R. Walbridge. 2004. Sediment nutrient accumulation and nutrient availability in two tidal freshwater marshes along the Mattaponi River, Virginia, USA. Biogeochemistry 69:175-206.

Wright, R.B., B.G. Lockaby, and M.R. Walbridge. 2001. Phosphorus availability in an artificially flooded southeastern floodplain forest soil. Soil Science Society of America Journal 65:1293-1302.

Darke, A.K. and M.R. Walbridge. 2000. Al and Fe biogeochemistry in a floodplain forest: implications for P retention. Biogeochemistry 51:1-32.

Axt, J.R. and M.R. Walbridge. 1999. Phosphate removal capacity of palustrine forested wetlands and adjacent uplands in Virginia. Soil Science Society of American Journal 63:1019-1031.

Bedford, B.L., M.R. Walbridge, and A. Aldous. 1999. Patterns in nutrient availability and plant diversity of temperate North American wetlands. Ecology 80:2151-2169.

Lockaby, B.G. and M.R. Walbridge. 1998. Biogeochemistry. Pages 149-172 in M.G. Messina and W.H. Conner (eds.) Southern Forested Wetlands--Ecology and Management. Lewis Publishers, Boca Raton, Florida, USA.

Darke, A.K., M.R. Walbridge, and B.G. Lockaby. 1997. Changes in Al and Fe crystallinity and P sorption capacity in a floodplain forest soil subjected to artificially manipulated flooding regimes in field mesocosms. Wetland Ecology and Management 4:234-244.

Walbridge, M.R. 1994. Plant community composition and surface water chemistry of fen peatlands in West Virginia’s Appalachian Plateau. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution 77:247-269.

Darke, A.K. and M.R. Walbridge. 1994. Estimating non-crystalline and crystalline aluminum and iron by selective dissolution in a riparian forest soil. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis 25:2089-2101.

Walbridge, M.R. and B.G. Lockaby. 1994. Effects of forest management on biogeochemical functions in southern forested wetlands. Wetlands 14: 10-17.

Walbridge, M.R. and J.P. Struthers. 1993. Phosphorus retention in non-tidal palustrine forested wetlands of the Mid-Atlantic region. Wetlands 13: 84-94.

Walbridge, M.R. 1993. Functions and values of forested wetlands in the Southern United States. Journal of Forestry 91:15-19.

Walbridge, M.R. and C.J. Richardson. 1991. Water quality of pocosins and associated wetlands of the Carolina coastal plain. Wetlands 11:417-439.

Walbridge, M.R. 1991. Phosphorus availability in acid organic soils of the lower North Carolina coastal plain. Ecology 72:2083-2100.

Walbridge, M.R., C. J. Richardson, and W.T. Swank. 1991. Vertical distribution of biological and geochemical phosphorus subcycles in two southern Appalachian forest soils. Biogeochemistry 13:61-85.

Richardson, C.J., M.R. Walbridge, and A. Burns. 1988. Soil chemistry and phosphorus retention capacity of North Carolina coastal plain swamps receiving sewage effluent. Report No. 241. Water Resources Research Institute of the University of North Carolina , Raleigh. 82 pages.

Walbridge, M.R. and P.M. Vitousek. 1987. Phosphorus mineralization potentials in acid organic soils: processes affecting 32PO43 - isotope dilution measurements. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 19:709-717.

Walbridge, M.R. and G.E. Lang. 1982. Major plant communities and patterns of community distribution in four wetlands of the unglaciated Appalachian region. In: Proceedings of the Symposium on Wetlands of the Unglaciated Appalachian Region , B.R. MacDonald, ed. West Virginia University, Morgantown, May 13-15, 1982. pp. 131-142.

Walbridge, M.R. 2000. Phosphorus biogeochemistry. Ecology 81:1474-1475.

Walbridge, M.R. 1989. Managing global wetland resources. Ecology 70:288-289.

Walbridge, M.R. 2001. Ecosystems. In A.S. Goudie and D.J. Cuff (eds.) Encyclopedia of Global Change—Environmental Change and Human Society, Oxford University Press, New York, NY, USA, 1424 pages (signed original article).

Walbridge, M.R. 1998. Growing interest in urban ecosystems. Urban Ecosystems 2:3 (editorial).

Walbridge, M.R. 1997. The Presidio Trust. Urban Ecosystems 1:133 (editorial).

Walbridge, M.R. 1997. Urban ecosystems. Urban Ecosystems 1:1-2 (editorial).

Walbridge, M.R. 1996. Urban ecosystems: ecology applied to the design and management of urban environments. Applied Ecology Section Newsletter 24:1,8 (article).

Walbridge, M.R. 1994. Mineral Cycles. Pages 452-455 in R.A. Eblen and W.R. Eblen (eds.) The Encyclopedia of the Environment , Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, MA, USA (signed entry).

Walbridge, M.R. and L.P. Brown. 1992 Studies in Ecology - A Laboratory Manual for

Biology 307. Third edition. Kendall Hunt Publishing Company, Dubuque, Iowa, USA.

Walbridge, M.R., and L.P. Brown. 1991. Studies in Ecology - A Laboratory Manual for

Biology 307. Second edition. Kendall Hunt Publishing Company, Dubuque, Iowa, USA.

MANUSCRIPTS SUBMITTED: None at present.

Dress, W.J., B.J. Cade-Menun, and M.R. Walbridge. Floodplain Type and Parent Material Age Influence Hydrology, Water Quality, and Soil Nutrient Chemistry in Southeastern US Floodplain Forests (for Ecosystems).

Cade-Menun, B.J., J.A. Navaratnam, and M.R. Walbridge. Characterizing dissolved and particulate phosphorus in water with ³¹P NMR spectroscopy (for Biogeochemistry).

Navaratnam, J.A., R.B. Wright, and M.R. Walbridge. Distribution and availability of soil phosphorus in a southeastern floodplain forest (for Ecology).

Axt, J.R. and M.R. Walbridge. Phosphorus distribution in forested wetland and upland soils of Virginia: significance of Al-organic matter associations for P sorption (for Ecological Applications).

Frederick, H.L. and M.R. Walbridge. Forest composition and nutrient limitation in alluvial and blackwater floodplain forests of the southeastern United States. Society of American Foresters/Canadian Forestry Association Joint Annual General Meeting and Convention, October 2-6, 2004, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (poster presentation).

Dress, W.J., S.L. Whitmire, B. Cade-Menun, and M.R. Walbridge. Phosphorus retention varies as a function of floodplain type and parent material age in southeastern US floodplain forests. 89^th Annual Meeting, The Ecological Society of America, August 1-6, 2004, Portland, OR (oral presentation).

Hogan, D.M. and M.R. Walbridge. Non-linear effects of urbanization on nutrient retention in riparian wetlands. 89^th Annual Meeting, The Ecological Society of America, August 1-6, 2004, Portland, OR (oral presentation).

Whitmire, S.L., W.J. Dress, and M.R. Walbridge. Nutrient transformations in forested floodplains during overbank flooding: Do they exist? 89^th Annual Meeting, The Ecological Society of America, August 1-6, 2004, Portland, OR (oral presentation).

Hogan, D.M. and M.R. Walbridge. Non-linear effects of urbanization on nutrient retention in riparian wetlands. 7^th INTECOL International Wetlands Conference, 25-30 July, 2004, Utrecht, The Netherlands (oral presentation).

Walbridge, M.R., W.J. Dress, J.A. Navaratnam, H.L. Frederick, and B. Cade-Menun. Are blackwater floodplains in the southeastern United States low P environments? 7^th INTECOL International Wetlands Conference, 25-30 July, 2004, Utrecht, The Netherlands (oral presentation).

Hogan, D.M. and M.R. Walbridge. Non-linear effects of urbanization on nutrient retention in riparian wetlands. 25^th Anniversary Meeting, Society of Wetland Scientists, July 18-23, 2004, Seattle, WA (oral presentation/abstract).

Walbridge, M.R., W.J. Dress, S. Whitmire, and B.J. Cade-Menun. Do floodplain type and parent material age affect phosphorus retention and transformation in southeastern floodplain forests? 25^th Anniversary Meeting, Society of Wetland Scientists, July 18-23, 2004, Seattle, WA (oral presentation/abstract).

Walbridge, M.R., S.L. Whitmire, W.J. Dress, and B. Cade-Menun. Do parent material and floodplain type influence biogeochemistry and nutrient availability in southeastern US floodplain forests? Eighth International Symposium on Biogeochemistry of Wetlands, September 14-17, 2003, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium (meeting schedule and abstract added to file).

Navaratnam, J.A. and M.R. Walbridge. Bacterial and fungal diversity as indicated by molecular techniques in forested floodplains of the southeastern United States. Eighth International Symposium on Biogeochemistry of Wetlands, September 14-17, 2003, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium (meeting schedule and abstract added to file).

Walbridge, M.R., B. Cade-Menum, and W.J. Dress. Landscape analysis of soil characteristics of 12 forested floodplains in the southeastern US. 88^th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, August 3-8, 2003, Savannah, GA (oral presentation).

Dress, W.J., S.L. Whitmire, and M.R. Walbridge. Chemical characteristics of river and floodwaters of forested floodplains in the SE United States. 88^th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, August 3-8, 2003, Savannah, GA (oral presentation).

Dress, W.J., B.J. Cade-Menun, and M.R. Walbridge. 2003. Phosphorus in soils from floodplain forests in the southeastern United States as identified by 31P NMR spectroscopy. Poster presented at the Organic P 2003 conference, Ascona, Switzerland, July 13-18, 2003 (poster)

Walbridge, M.R., A.K. Darke, R.B. Wright, D.M. Hogan, and J.R. Axt. Phosphorus retention in floodplain wetlands—perspectives from the southeastern United States. BIOGEOMON—4^th International Symposium on Ecosystem Behaviour, The University of Reading, Czech Geological Survey and Villanova University, August 17-21, 2002, Reading, UK, Biogeomon 2002 Journal of Conference Abstracts, p. 251.

Morse, J.L., J.P. Megonigal, and M.R. Walbridge. Sediment accumulation and nutrient availability in two tidal freshwater marshes along the Mattaponi River, Virginia. Ecological Society of America, 86^th Annual Meeting, August 5-9, 2001, Madison, WI.

Walbridge, M.R., A.K. Darke, R.B. Wright, D.M. Hogan, and J.R. Axt. Phosphorus retention in forested riparian wetlands of the southeastern United States. Seventh Symposium on Biogeochemistry of Wetlands, June 17-20, 2001, Duke University, Durham, NC.

Walbridge, M.R. 2001. Urban ecosystems in the 21^st century--where do we go from here? U.S.G.S. Urban dynamics science workshop, January 29-31, 2001, Santa Fe, NM (INVITED).

Walbridge, M.R., J.R. Axt, A.K. Darke, and R.B. Wright. 2000. Phosphorus retention in forested wetlands of the southeastern United States. Quebec 2000: Millennium Wetland Event, August 6-12, 2000, Quebec, Canada. Program With Abstracts, pages 285-286.

Hogan, D.M., M.R. Walbridge, and T.E. Jordan. 1999. The effect of soil organic matter on phosphorus retention and transformation in constructed and natural freshwater wetlands. Supplement to: Bulletin, Society of Wetland Scientists 16(2):A-1.

Walbridge, M.R. 1999. Natural ecosystems in urbanizing landscapes. Symposium--The Metropolis in the Millennium: Integrated Science and Urban Ecosystems (Mary C. Barber and Mark R. Walbridge, Co-organizers), 1999 AAAS Annual Meeting & Science Innovation Exposition, January 21-26, Anaheim, CA.

Hogan, D.M. and M.R. Walbridge. 1998. Phosphorus retention and transformation in constructed and natural freshwater wetlands. Page 328 in 1998 Annual Meeting Abstracts, American Society of Agronomy/Crop Science Society of America/Soil Science Society of America (Abstract/Presentation).

Walbridge, M.R., J.R. Axt, and A.K. Darke. 1998. Phosphorus retention in forested wetlands of the southern United States: implications of aluminum and iron biogeochemistry. Page 200 in Book of Abstracts, XXVII Congress, Societas Internationalis Limnologiae (SIL), International Association of Theoretical and Applied Limnology, August 8 - 14, 1998, Dublin, Ireland (Invited Paper).

Hogan, D.M., M.R. Walbridge, and T.E. Jordan. 1998. Phosphorus retention capabilities in constructed and natural freshwater wetlands. Page 72 in Abstracts, 83rd Annual Meeting, Ecological Society of America, August 2-6, 1998, Baltimore, Maryland, USA (Abstract/Presentation).

Walbridge, M.R. 1998. Why urban ecology? Workshop: LTER: Long Term Ecological Research: The New Urban Focus, M. Barber, J. Gosz, S. Pickett, R. Pouyat, P. Ringold, and C. Couch, organizers. 49th Annual Meeting of the American Institute of Biological Sciences, August 2-6, 1998, Baltimore, Maryland, USA (Invited Workshop Presentation).

Walbridge, M.R., J.R. Axt, and A.K. Darke. 1998. Chemical signatures of floodplain forest soils: implications for wetland restoration or creation. Page 450 in A. Farina, J. Kennedy, & V. Bossu (eds.)Proceedings, VII International Congress of Ecology, 19-25 July, 1998, Florence, Italy (Invited Paper).

Walbridge, M.R. Palustrine forested wetlands, Piedmont and Coastal Plain. Annual Meeting, Virginia Association of Wetland Professionals, May 14-15, 1997, Wakefield, VA (Invited Presentation).

Walbridge, M.R. 1996. Phosphorus retention in bottomland hardwood forests: spatial variability at inter- and intraecosystem scales. Agronomy Abstracts (Invited Paper--Symposium on Phosphorus Retention and Cycling in Wetland Ecosystems, 88th Annual Meeting, American Society of Agronomy/Crop Science Society of America/Soil Science Society of America, Indianapolis, IN, November 3-8, 1996).

Bedford, B. and M.R. Walbridge*. Nutrient availability and plant species composition in temperate wetlands of North America. INTECOL’S Vth International Wetlands Conference, September 22-28, 1996, Perth, Australia, Conference Programme and Book of Abstracts, p. 39. (Invited Paper).

Sherwin, E.T., F.D. Heliotis, and M.R. Walbridge. 1996. Hydroperiod patterns in six palustrine forested wetlands in the Piedmont and Coastal Plain provinces of Virginia. Supplement to Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 77:405 (Abstract/Presentation).

Wright, R.B. and M.R. Walbridge. 1996. Effects of temporal and spatial variation on P availability in a forested floodplain. Supplement to Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 77:491 (Abstract/Poster).

Darke, A.K. and M.R. Walbridge. 1996. P sorption capacity and Al and Fe crystallinity in a floodplain forest landscape. Supplement to Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 77:103 (Abstract/Presentation).

Walbridge, M.R., A.K. Darke, and R.B. Wright. 1996. Spatial variability of soil chemistry and phosphorus availability in a forested floodplain along the Ogeechee River, Georgia. In K.M. Flynn (ed.) Proceedings of the Southern Forested Wetlands Ecology and Management Conference, Consortium for Research on Southern Forested Wetlands, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, March 25-27, 1996 (Abstract/Presentation).

Lockaby, B.G. and M.R. Walbridge. 1996. Biogeochemistry of southern forested wetlands. Southern Forested Wetlands Ecology and Management Conference, Consortium for Research on Southern Forested Wetlands, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, March 25-27, 1996 (Invited Joint Presentation).

Axt, J.R. and M.R. Walbridge. 1994. Phosphorus removal capacity of forested wetland soils in Virginia’s Piedmont and Coastal Plain regions. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America (Supplement - Part Two) 75:7 (Abstract/Presentation).

DeVylder, Y.M. and M.R. Walbridge. 1994. Changes in orthophosphate and extracellular phosphatase activity in water samples collected over a growing season from Great Lake Pocosin, NC. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America (Supplement - Part Two) 75:53 (Abstract/Presentation).

Fuad, T.D. and M.R. Walbridge. 1994. Phosphorus retention in freshwater wetland soils--effects of hydrologic regime and watershed land use. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America (Supplement - Part Two) 75:72 (Abstract/Presentation).

Walbridge, M.R. 1993. Chemical properties and processes in forested wetland soils. Agronomy Abstracts (Invited Paper--Symposium on Forested Wetland Soil Processes, 85th Annual Meeting, Soil Science Society of America, Cincinnati, OH, November 7-12, 1993).

Walbridge, M.R. 1993. Plant community composition, surface water chemistry, and soil chemistry of fen peatlands in West Virginia's Appalachian Plateau (Invited Paper--Southern Appalachian Man and the Biosphere Conference on Wetland Ecology, Management and Conservation, September 28-30, 1993, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA.

Walbridge, M.R. 1993. An in situ radiotracer study of phosphorus dynamics in a temperate deciduous forest soil. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 74:474 (Abstract/Presentation).

Darke, A.K., M.R. Walbridge, and B.G. Lockaby. 1993. The effects of flooding on P sorption and Al and Fe crystallinity in a riparian forest soil. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 74:208 (Abstract/Presentation).

Pendleton, J.M. and M.R. Walbridge. 1993. Factors controlling local temperature variation in an urban heat island. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 74:389 (Abstract/Presentation).

Wright, R.B., M.R. Walbridge, and B.G. Lockaby. 1993. Effects of flooding on P availability in a riparian forest. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 74:494 (Abstract/Presentation).

Walbridge, M.R. 1992. Forested wetlands: functions and values. Forested Wetlands: Science and Policy - A Symposium, Sponsored by George Mason University and The National Capital Chapter, Society of American Foresters, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, October 3, 1992 (Invited Presentation).

Walbridge, M.R., R.G. Knox, and P.A. Harcombe. 1992. Phosphorus availability along a

landscape gradient in the Big Thicket National Preserve. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 73:377 (Abstract/Presentation).

Walbridge, M.R. and B.G. Lockaby. 1992. Effects of forest management on biogeochemical functions in southern forested wetlands. Symposium on the Effects of Forest Practices on Southern Forested Wetland Productivity, sponsored by the Science Integration Committee, Consortium for Research on Southern Forested Wetlands. 13th Annual Meetings, Society of Wetland Scientists, New Orleans, LA, May 31-June 6, 1992 (Invited Paper).

Walbridge, M.R. 1992. Phosphorus retention in forested wetlands of the Virginia Piedmont and Coastal Plain. Workshop on Saturated Forested Wetlands in the Mid-Atlantic Region: The State of the Science, Annapolis, MD, January 29-31, 1992 (Invited Presentation).

Walbridge, M.R. 1991. Surface water chemistry and plant community composition in

Southern Appalachian wetlands - examples from WV fens. ASB Bulletin 38(2):110 (Abstract/Invited Presentation--Symposium on Southern Appalachian Mountain Bogs and Fens, 52nd Annual Meeting of the Association of Southeastern Biologists, Boone, NC, April 10-13, 1991).

Richardson, C.J., R.G. Qualls, C.B. Craft, and M.R. Walbridge. 1991. Phosphorus cycling, storage and water quality export from freshwater wetlands. Wetland Biogeochemistry Symposium, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, February 11-13, 1991.

Walbridge, M.R. and L.K. Thomas, Jr. 1990. Capability and interest statement for the National Park Service Global Change Program in Rock Creek (National Park) and Surrounding Parks. National Park Service Global Change Workshop, May 14-18, 1990, New Orleans, LA (Invited Presentation).

Walbridge, M.R. and L.K. Thomas, Jr. 1990. Capability and interest statement for the National Park Service Global Change Program at Prince William Forest Park. National Park Service Global Change Workshop, May 14-18, 1990, New Orleans, LA (Invited Presentation).

Walbridge, M.R. and C.J. Richardson. 1989. P-32 dynamics in surface horizons of a temperate deciduous forest Inceptisol. Agronomy Abstracts (Abstract/Presentation).

Walbridge, M.R. and C.J. Richardson. 1989. Water quality of pocosins and associated wetlands of the Carolina Coastal Plain. EPA Workshop on Pocosins and Associated Wetlands of the Carolina Coastal Plain, October 10-13, 1989, Beaufort, NC (Invited Presentation).

Walbridge, M.R. 1989. Increased P availability to in situ anion-exchange resins following fire in a North Carolina coastal plain pocosin. Poster presented at the 10th Annual Meeting of the Society of Wetland Scientists, May 30 - June 2, 1989, Orlando, FL.

Walbridge, M.R. and E.M. Birk. 1988. P availability in Pinus taeda L. stands at the Savannah River Plant. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 69:331 (Abstract/Presentation).

Walbridge, M.R. and C.J. Richardson. 1988. Soil chemistry and P sorption potentials in NC coastal plain swamps: natural variability and the effects of wastewater additions. Paper presented at the 9th Annual Meeting of the Society of Wetland Scientists, May 31 - June 3, 1988, Washington, DC.

Walbridge, M.R., C.J. Richardson, and W.T. Swank. 1987. Soil phosphorus availability in two watersheds at the Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 68:440 (Abstract/Presentation).

Walbridge, M.R. 1986. Plant response to changes in soil P availability along a natural P availability gradient in acid organic soils of the North Carolina coastal plain. Paper presented at the IV International Congress of Ecology/71st Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, August 10-16, 1986, Syracuse, NY (Abstract/Presentation).

Richardson, C.J. and M.R. Walbridge. 1986. Phosphorus cycling, storage, and export in freshwater wetlands. Symposium on the Ecology and Management of Wetlands, International Society of Anaerobiosis, June 1986, Charleston, SC.

Walbridge, M.R. 1985. Phosphorus pool size and phosphate adsorption in acid organic coastal plain soils. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 66:288 (Abstract/Presentation).

Walbridge, M.R. and P.M. Vitousek. 1984. Factors relating to phosphorus availability in acid organic coastal plain soils. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 65:236 (Abstract/Presentation).

Walbridge, M.R. and G.E. Lang. 1982. Vegetational-environment relationships in non glaciated wetlands in West Virginia. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 63:154 (Abstract/Presentation).

Walbridge, M.R. and G.E. Lang. 1981. Plant community distribution in non-glaciated wetlands in West Virginia. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 62:94 (Abstract/Presentation).

Phosphorus Transformations in Forested Floodplains. Appalachian Environmental Research Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Marine and Environmental Studies, Frostburg, Maryland, March 2005.

Phosphorus Retention in Forested Wetlands of the Southeastern United States, Spring 2002 Biogeochemistry Seminar Series, Program in Biogeochemistry & Environmental Change, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, February 22, 2002.

Wetlands, Appalachian Life Time Achievers, Morgantown, WV, October 25, 2001.

Phosphorus retention in forested wetlands in the southern United States, Department of Biology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, May 3, 2001.

Urban ecosystems in the 21^st century--where do we go from here? U.S.G.S. Urban dynamics science workshop, January 29-31, 2001, Santa Fe, NM.

Phosphorus Retention in Forested Wetlands of the Southern U.S. Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry, USDA-Forest Service, Hilo, HI, October 18, 2000.

Phosphorus Retention in Forested Wetlands of the Southern U.S. Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry, USDA-Forest Service, Honolulu, HI, October 17, 2000.

Phosphorus Cycling in Riparian Wetlands: The Biogeochemistry of Water Quality Improvement, School of Earth and Environmental Science, Queens College, CUNY, New York, NY, USA, March 29, 2000.

Phosphorus Retention in Forested Wetlands of the Southern U.S. School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA, March 29, 1999.

Phosphorus Retention in Forested Wetlands of the Southern U.S. Department of Biology, Notre Dame University, South Bend, Indiana, USA, September 29, 1998.

Phosphorus Retention in Forested Wetlands of the Southern U.S. Department of Agronomy and Soil Science, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, January 6, 1998.

Phosphorus Retention in Forested Wetlands of the Southern United States. Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, Maryland, USA, April 24, 1997.

The Roles of Forested Wetlands in Phosphorus Retention in the Southeast. Seminar on

Wetland Issues, Duke Wetland Center, School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA, January 23, 1992.

Biological and Geochemical Control of Phosphorus Availability in Southern Appalachian

Forests at the Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory. Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Rice University, Houston, Texas, USA, March 1990.

West Virginia University: Courses Taught

BIOL 793J—Wetland Ecology (Graduate)

BIOL 794C—Ecology Seminar (Graduate)

BIOL 593—Wetland Ecology (Graduate)

George Mason University: Courses Taught

BIOL 103--Contemporary Biology (Undergraduate)

BIOL 307--Ecology (Undergraduate)

BIOL 307L--Ecology Laboratory (Undergraduate)

BIOL 377--Applied Ecology (Undergraduate)

BIOL 577--Biogeochemistry (Senior/Graduate)

BIOL 644--Wetland Ecology and Management (Graduate)

BIOL 692--Global Change (Graduate Seminar)

EVPP 991--Non-academic Careers for Ph.D.’s in Environmental Science and Public Policy (Doctoral Seminar)

Duke University: Visiting Assistant Professor

FES 211--Applied Ecology and Ecosystem Management (Graduate)

FES 340--Wetland Ecology (Graduate)

Co-wrote proposal to revise Biology 410—Cell and Molecular Biology Methods (with Kevin Lee).

Developed ‘Graduate Certificate in Environmental Management’ program (GCEM), a parallel track to the undergraduate ‘Environmental Management Certificate’, for postbaccalaureate students wishing to further their knowledge of the environment; proposal currently going through College of Arts and Sciences approval process for Fall 2001 start date (2000).

Revised General Ecology (BIOL 307) laboratory course (developed five new labs, introduced use of microcomputer spreadsheet programs for data analysis, two revisions of lab manual, made course compatible with ‘Writing Across the Curriculum’ program requirements).

BIOL 793J—Wetland Ecology (WVU/Graduate)

BIOL 593—Wetland Ecology (WVU/Graduate)

BIOL 577--Biogeochemistry: A Global Perspective (GMU/Graduate)

BIOL 644--Wetland Ecology and Management (GMU/Graduate)

EVPP 677—Applied Ecology and Ecosystem Management (GMU/Graduate)

BIOL 692--Global Change (GMU/Graduate Seminar)

EVPP 991--Non-academic Careers for Ph.D.’s in Environmental Science and Public Policy (GMU/Graduate Seminar)

Kirk J. Havens – Ph.D., December 1995. (Title of Dissertation: The Formation of Iron Deposits Proximate to the Roots of Acer rubrum Seedlings Over Time as Related to Redox Potential)

Arlene K. Darke – Ph.D., May 1997. (Title of Dissertation: The Influence of Flooding on Aluminum and Iron Crystallinity and P Sorption Capacity in a Forested Riparian Wetland Soil)

Josephine R. Axt – Ph.D., December 1997. (Title of Dissertation: Phosphorus Retention and Distribution in Non-tidal Palustrine Forested Wetlands and Adjacent Uplands of Virginia)

Rebecca B. Wright – Ph.D., December 1998. (Title of Dissertation: The Effects of Experimental Flooding and Natural Hydroperiod on the Distribution and Availability of Soil Phosphorus in a Southeastern Floodplain Forest)

Dianna M. Hogan – Ph.D., May 2005.(Title of Dissertation: The Effects of Urbanization on Wetland Ecosystem Structure and Function—A Case Study of Freshwater Riparian Wetlands in Fairfax County, Virginia)

John A. Navaratnam – entered Spring 2003.

Mary E. Tiemann (MAIS) – M.A.I.S., December 1993.(Title of MAIS Thesis: North American Free Trade Agreement: A Review and Analysis of Environmental Issues)

J. Michael Pendleton - M.S., December 1994. (Title of M.S. Thesis: Factors Controlling Local Temperature Variation in an Urban Heat Island)

Tara D. Fuad – M.S., May 1995. (Title of M.S. Thesis: Phosphorus Retention on the Landscape: The Role of Temporarily and Seasonally Flooded Wetland Soils)

Yvette M. DeVylder – M.S., December 1995. (Title of M.S. Thesis: Changes in Nutrients and Extracellular Phosphatase Activity in Water Samples Collected Over a Growing Season From Great Lake Pocosin, NC)

Emily Thomas-Harned – M.S., May 1996. (Title of M.S. Project: Riparian Forest Buffer Assessment for the Mainstem of McIntosh Run)

Rebecca M. Martin – M.S., August 1996. (Title of M.S. Thesis: Phosphorus Concentrations in Surface, Subsurface, and Groundwater of Six Virginia Piedmont and Coastal Plain Wetlands)

Dianna M. Hogan – M.S., May 2000. (Title of M.S. Thesis: A comparison of phosphorus retention and transformation in constructed and natural freshwater wetlands)

Jennifer Morse – M.S., January 2002. (Title of M.S. Thesis: Sediment Accumulation and Nutrient Availability in Two Tidal Freshwater Marshes Along the Mattaponi River, Virginia)

Heather Frederick – entered Summer 2002.

Currently Enrolled

None

Past Graduates

M.S.

Colleen Charles (Heliotis/GMU)

Jeff Cornell (Megonigal/GMU)

David Hockey (Jonas/GMU)

Roy Jacobson (Heliotis/GMU)

Jillann Keihn (Heliotis/GMU)

Susan Kircher (Jones/GMU)

Scott McLendon (Heliotis/GMU)

William Oehrlein (Jones/GMU)

Jan Reitman (Willett/GMU)

Andrew Sloan (Rockwood/GMU)

Eleni Vasilakopoulou (Beach/GMU)

Anne Webster (Wieder/Villavova)

Margaret Wohler (Wilson/GMU)

Cheryl Vann (Megonigal/GMU)

Ph.D.

Laurie Kellogg (Bridgham/Notre Dame)

Antoinette Pepin (Lawrey/GMU)

Dann Sklarew (Jones/GMU)

D.Sc.

Dan Williams (Stanley/GMU)

Member, Research, Research Grants and Publications Committee, Faculty Senate (2002 – 2003)

Chairs’ Development Series, Participant (August 2001 – December 2003)

Faculty Development Series, Participant (August 2001 – May 2002)

Administrative Committee, Member (Augustl 2001 – December 2003

Joint Biology/Psychology Life Sciences Building Planning Committee (August 2001 – December 2003)

Life Sciences Building Move Coordination Committee (August 2001 – December 2003)

Ethnobotany Center Meeting, Participant (Sept. 10-11, 2001)

Chair (August 2001 – December 2003)

Chair’s Faculty Advisory Committee, Chair (August 2001 – December 2003)

Herbarium Committee, Member (August 2001 – December 2003)

Graduate Committee (2003)

Director, Environmental Management Certificate Program - 1991 through August 2001

Promotion and Tenure Committee - Fall 1996 through Spring 2001 (1999-2000 and 2000-2001 sub-committee chair)

Committee on the Environment - Summer 1997 thru August 2001

Review/Reappointment Committee for Director of Environmental Science & Public Policy Ph.D. Program – Fall 1999 through Spring 2000

Faculty Committee on EVSC – Fall 1999 through Spring 2000

Lead GMU (Spring & Summer 1997)

Biology Department Chair Search Committee - Fall 1996 through Spring 1997

International Institute Advisory Board - Fall 1995 through Spring 1997

CSI Graduate Program Committee - 1992 to 1994

Director, DOE Graduate Fellowships for Global Change Program - 1991 to 1994

Academic Appeals Committee, College of Arts and Sciences - 1991 to 1993

CSI Executive Council - 1992

CAS Council Representative - Spring 2001

ESPP Director Search Committee - 2000 to 2001

Grade Appeal Committee – Spring 2000

ESPP (Ph.D.) Executive Committee - 1998 to 2000

Chair’s Advisory Committee - Spring 1996 through Spring 1997

Ph.D. Executive Committee - Spring 1993 through Spring 1997

Chair, Ecologist Search Committee - Fall 1995 through Spring 1996

Committee on Committees - 1992

Ph.D. Committee - 1991

Seminar Coordinator - 1990

Review of Graduate Course Offerings in Biology - 1989

Organized 2nd Annual Meeting of the Editorial Board of Urban Ecosystems, held in conjunction with the Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Savannah, GA, August 2003.

Organized and chaired session of oral contributions on Phosphorus Cycling in Terrestrial and Wetland Ecosystems for BIOGEOMON/4^th International Symposium on Ecosystem Behavior, sponsored by the University of Reading, the Czech Geological Survey, and Villanova University, held August 17-21, 2002 at the University of Reading, UK.

Organized 1^st Annual Meeting of the Editorial Board of Urban Ecosystems, held in conjunction with the Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Tucson, AZ, August 8, 2002.

Presented seminar on ‘Wetlands’ to Appalachian Life Time Achievers group, Morgantown, WV, October 25, 2001.

Judge – student contributed paper and poster presentations, 86^th Annual Meeting, Ecological Society of America, August 5-9, 2001, Madison, WI.

Session Chair - Seventh Symposium on Biogeochemistry of Wetlands, June 17-20, 2001, Duke University, Durham, NC.

National Specialist, UNESCO-MAB Roster of Experts on the Biosphere Reserve Concept and Urban Issues (Fall 2000 – present)

Panel Member, National Science Foundation, Ecosystem Studies Program, October 1997 to April 2000.

Invited Participant, Eighth Cary Conference, Urban Ecosystems Education, Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, NY, April 1999.

Secretary/Newsletter Editor, Applied Ecology Section, Ecological Society of America, August 1995 - August 1997.

Invited Participant, Mid-Atlantic Pilot Meeting, National Environmental Monitoring Initiative, White House Conference Center, Washington, D.C., USA, July 12, 1996.

Invited Participant, First Regional Pilot Workshop, National Environmental Monitoring and Research Framework, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA, April 10-12, 1996.

Chair, Metropolitan Washington Chapter, Ecological Society of America, October 1994 - September 1995.

Invited Participant, Workshop on Sustainable Forest Management in the U.S., June 15-16, 1994, Washington, D.C., sponsored by the USDA-Forest Service.

Panel Member, National Science Foundation Young Investigator Awards, May 1994.

Panel Member, USDA - Competitive Grants Program, March 1994.

Science Fair Judge, W.T. Woodson High School, Fairfax, VA, February 3, 1994.

Chair-elect, Metropolitan Washington Chapter, Ecological Society of America, October 1993 - September 1994.

Chair, External Peer Review Committee, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, MD, September 1993.

Chaired session entitled `Nitrogen Cycling in Terrestrial and Wetland Ecosystems' at the 78th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, July 31-August 4, 1993, Madison, WI.

Buell Award judge, 78th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, July 31- August 4, 1993. Madison WI.

Panel Member, National Science Foundation Young Investigator Awards, April 1993.

Participant, Chesapeake Bay Program Wetlands Workshop, March 1-2, 1993, Williamsburg, VA.

Organizing committee for the symposium, "Forested Wetlands: Science and Policy," jointly sponsored by George Mason University and the National Capital Chapter, Society of American Foresters, Fairfax, VA, October 3, 1992.

Buell Award judge, 77th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, August 9-13, 1992, Honolulu, HI.

Judge, Best Student Paper and Poster Award, 13th Annual Meeting, Society of Wetland Scientists, May 31 - June 6, 1992, New Orleans, LA.

Chaired session on Wetland Biogeochemistry at the 11th Annual Meeting of the Society ofWetland Scientists, June 4-8, 1990, Breckenridge, CO.

Judge, Best Student Paper Award, 11th Annual Meeting of the Society of Wetland Scientists, June 4-8, 1990, Breckenridge, CO.

Chaired session on Forest Nitrogen Dynamics at the 74th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, August 6-10, 1989, Toronto, Canada.

Manuscripts: American Midland Naturalist; Biogeochemistry (2004); BioScience; Canadian Journal of Forest Research; Ecology/Ecological Applications/Ecological Monographs; Ecosystems; Environmental Science & Technology (2001); Estuaries (2002); Forest Science; Geoderma (2003); Journal of Environmental Quality (2003); Plant and Soil; Soil Biology and Biochemistry; Soil Methods for Long-Term Ecological Research; Soil Science Society of America Journal (2001); US Geological Survey (2004); Wetlands (2002); Wetland Ecology and Management.

Proposals: National Park Service; National Science Foundation; USDA Competitive Grants Program; Minnesota Technology, Inc.

Dr. Peter M. Vitousek (Doctoral advisor)

Department of Biological Sciences

Stanford University

Stanford, CA 94305

phone: 650-725-1866

fax: 650-725-1856

email: vitousek@leland.Stanford.EDU

Dr. Curtis J. Richardson (Post-doctoral advisor)

Professor and Director

Duke University Wetland Center

Levine Science Building

Nicholas School of The Environment

Durham, NC 27708

phone: 919-613-8006

fax: 919-684-8741

email: curtr@duke.edu

Dr. William H. Schlesinger

Dean, School of the Environment

Duke University

Durham, NC 27708-0340

phone: 919-660-7406

fax: 919-660-7425

email: schlesin@acpub.duke.edu

Dr. Robert K. Peet

Department of Biology, CB#3280

University of North Carolina

Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3280

phone: 919-962-6942

fax: 919-962-6930

email: peet@unc.edu

uniola@email.unc.edu

Dr. George E. Taylor

Associate Dean, Computational Sciences and Informatics

George Mason University

Fairfax, VA 22030-4444

phone: (703) 993-4443

fax: (703) 993-1323

email: gtaylor@gmu.edu