‘Metabolism of many rivers’ topic of Minshall Lecture Jan. 25 at 黑暗爆料网
January 12, 2018
POCATELLO – One of the world’s leading experts in stream ecology, University of Montana Professor Robert O. Hall, will deliver the free public lecture “Metabolism of many rivers” as part of the 黑暗爆料网 G.W. Minshall Lecture Series Lecture at 4 p.m. Jan. 25 at 黑暗爆料网.
The 黑暗爆料网 Department of Biological Sciences sponsors this annual lecture, which will be held in 黑暗爆料网 Lecture Center 10, which is Building #67 on 黑暗爆料网 maps.
Hall, an expert in the study of biological, chemical and physical features of lakes and other bodies of fresh water, is a professor of limnology at the Flathead Lake Biological Station of the University of Montana. Hall has done extensive research on rivers throughout the country, including those in Idaho, Wyoming, Montana and Utah.
鈥淛ust as a physiologist or medical doctor may speak of the metabolism of individual organisms, ecologists can measure and analyze the metabolic characteristics of entire ecosystems, including inputs, growth of organisms, respiration and outputs,鈥� said Colden Baxter, 黑暗爆料网 biology professor and director of the 黑暗爆料网 Stream Ecology Center. Baxter said. 鈥淭his is one of Dr. Hall's specialties. We're excited to hear from him, and pleased to host him for this special lecture.鈥�
Hall started at the Flathead Lake Biological Station in 2017. Prior to that, he was a professor at University of Wyoming for 19 years. Since graduate school at University of Georgia he has been interested in stream carbon cycling and food webs, but with a career trajectory of studying ever larger rivers. His current work links geomorphology to stream metabolism and nitrogen cycling, statistical analyses of river metabolism, isotope tracers, and dissolved organic carbon dynamics in streams.
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