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Chairperson, Department of Biological Sciences, College of Arts & Sciences
My areas of specialization include: Aquatic ecology, wetland ecology, and paleolimnology of lakes in Florida, The Galapagos Islands, and mainland Ecuador. I use fossil algal pigments and diatoms recovered from lake sediments to examine historical changes in algal communities that result from environmental or climatic events, or anthropogenic activities. Currently, I am using cyanobacterial and other algal pigments to monitor changes in algal productivity and community composition in eutrophic and hypereutrophic lakes in north and central Florida, to determine the timing of cyanobacterial proliferation in these systems and to document historical water quality. I also am reconstructing Holocene El Niño periodicities from hypersaline lake sediment records in the Galapagos Islands, using laminations and changes in fossil diatoms, mineralogy, and geochemistry to track changes in El Niño frequency and intensity.
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Education/Academic qualification
Zoology, Ph.D., Ohio State University
Disciplines
- Biology
- Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
- Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecology
- Paleobiology
- Environmental Sciences
- Fresh Water Studies
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Cyanobacterial influence on diatom community lifeform dynamics in shallow subtropical lakes of Florida USA.
Whitmore, T. J., Riedinger-Whitmore, M. A., Lauterman, F. M. & Curtis, J. H., Jan 1 2018, In: Default journal.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Tropical Pacific climate variability over the last 6000 years as recorded in Bainbridge Crater Lake, Galápagos.
Thompson, D. M., Conroy, J. L., Hlohowskyj, S., Overpeck, J. T., Riedinger-Whitmore, M. A., Cole, J. E., Bush, M. B., Whitney, H., Corley, T. L. & Steinitz-Kannan, M., Jan 1 2017, In: Default journal.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Paul Colinvaux 1930–2016.
Bush, M. B., Riedinger-Whitmore, M. A., Steinitz-Kannan, M. & Miller, M. C., Jan 1 2016, In: Default journal.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Using palaeoecological and palaeoenvironmental records to guide restoration, conservation and adaptive management of Ramsar freshwater wetlands: Lessons from the Everglades, USA.
Riedinger-Whitmore, M. A., Jan 1 2016, In: Default journal.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Limnetic total phosphorus transfer functions for lake management: considerations about their design, use, and effectiveness.
Whitmore, T. J., Lauterman, F. M., Smith, K. E. & Riedinger-Whitmore, M. A., Jan 1 2015, In: Default journal.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review