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Patrick J. Bohlen
Director of Research
Associate Research Biologist
B.S. University of Michigan, 1983
M.S. Miami University, 1989
Ph.D. Ohio State University, 1994
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Research Interest
- Biological regulation of nutrient cycling processes in terrestrial and wetland ecosystems.
- Influence of agriculture on ecosystem services (e.g, water quality, carbon sequestration, nutrient retention).
- Controls on microbial biomass and activity and interactions among plants, soils and microbes that affect nutrient cycling.
- Controls on nitrogen transformations in soil..
- Influence of earthworms and other soil fauna and on nutrient cycling.
- Interactions among grazers, productivity, and ecosystem processes in grazing lands.
Professional Service
- Editorial Boards, Ecology and Ecological Monographs (2001-2005), Applied Soil Ecology (1996-2001), Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology (1994-2004).
- Guest Editor, Special Issue on Ecological Invasions, 2003-2004.
- Representative to the Lake Okeechobee Protection Plan Interagency Working Group, 2002-current.
- Advisor to the World Wildlife Fund on a project to develop innovative conservation practices for sustainable cattle ranching in South Florida.
- Secretary, Soil Ecology Society, 2001-2003.
- National Science Foundation Panel Member: Ecology Program, Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Awards Program.
- National Science Foundation Reviewer, Ecology/Ecosystem/LTREB Programs.
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Discovery Grant Reviewer.
- USDA-ARS Site Review Team, Subtropical Agricultural Research Station, Brooksville, FL.
- Ecological Society of America, JSTOR Journal Selection Committee, 2003.
- Symposium Organizer, Southern Association of Agricultural Scientists, Orlando, FL, 2002.
- Heinz Center State of the Nation’s Ecosystems Project Reviewer, 2001.
- Marsden Fund Proposal Referee, The Royal Society of New Zealand, 1998, 2000, 2001.
- Natural Environmental Research Council Proposal Referee, United Kingdom, 1998.
- Co-chair, 6th International Symposium on Earthworm Ecology, Vigo, Spain, 1998.
- Secretary of the Soil Ecology Section of the Ecological Society of America, 1995-1997.
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