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.