The Freshwater Imperative: A Research Agenda

By Robert J. Naiman, John J. Magnuson, Diane M. McKnight and 2 more

This volume summarizes the two-year effort of a working group of leading aquatic scientists sponsored by NSF, EPA, NASA, TVA, and NOAA to identify research opportunities and frontiers in freshwater sciences for this decade and beyond. The research agenda outlined focuses on issues of water availability, aquatic ecosystem integrity, and human health and safety. It is a consensus documthat has been endorsed by all of the major professional organizations involved with freshwater issues.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Island Press
• Release date: Mar 19, 2013
• ISBN: 9781610910712

Robert J. Naiman

Research Interests: Structure and dynamics of lotic ecosystems, landscape ecology, and the role of large animals in influencing ecosystem dynamics. Professional Appointments: - 1988-present: Professor, College of Ocean and Fishery Sciences and College of Forest Resources, University of Washington - 1993-present: Faculty Affiliate, Division of Biological Sciences, The University of Montana - 2001-2002: Sabbatical Fellow, National Center for Ecological Analysis and Syntheses (NCEAS), University of California, Santa Barbara and The Ecosystem Center, Woods Hole, MA - 1988-1996: Director, Center for Streamside Studies, University of Washington - 1995: Visiting Professor, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa - 1985-1988: Director, Center for Water and the Environment, Natural Resources Research Institute, University of Minnesota; Professor, Department of Fisheries and WIldlife, and the Department of Ecology and Behavioral Biology, University of Minnesota - 1978-1985: Director, Matamek Research Program, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution - 1984, 1988: Visiting Scientist, Centre d'Ecologie, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Toulouse, France - 1983: Visiting Professor, University of Montana - 1977-1978: Assistant Curator, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia - 1976-1977: Research Associate, Oregon State University - 1974-1976: Postdoctoral Fellow, Fisheries Research Board of Canada, Pacific Biological Station Professional Societies: - American Association for the Advancement of Science - American Society of Limnology and Oceanography - Ecological Society of America - North American Benthological Society - Societas Internationalis Limnologie Recent Committee & Consulting Activity (1986-1999) - National Science Foundation: *Water and Watersheds Panel *Long-term ecological research advisory panel *Ecosystem research advisory panel *Various NSF site reviews *Coordinating committee and chair--various NSF