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| Irving
Mendelssohn |
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Professor
Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences
Wetland Biogeochemistry Institute
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2173 Energy, Coast,
and Environment Building
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
Tel: 225-578-6425
Fax: 225-578-6423
E-mail: imendel@lsu.edu |
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| Education |
- Ph. D. North Carolina State University,
Raleigh, 1978
- M. S. College of William and Mary in conjunction
with the Virginia Institute of Marine Scienc,
1973
- B. A. Wikes College, 1969
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Awards |
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| Research
Interests |
- Wetland and barrier island plant ecology,
plant physiological ecology
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Grants |
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Louisiana
Sea Grant Program, 2000-2002. Wetland ecosystem
health: An experimental approach to assessment
(2 years - $130,907).
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Louisiana Sea Grant Program,
1998-2000. Marsh restoration with dredged
sediment: Controls on structural and functional
responses to differential sediment addition
(2 years - $118,932).
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University of Cincinnati/EPA-Cincinnati.
1998-2000. Effect of oil concentration and
weathering on plant response: Field Approaches
to Ecosystem Restoration of Highly Stressed
Coastal Salt Marshes (2 years - $102,239)
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National Institute of Standards
and Technology. 1999-2000. An evaluation
of the factors that maximize wetland recovery
after in-situ burning for oil remediation.
(2 yeara - $190,000)
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Louisiana
Applied Oil Spill Research and Development
Program. 1998-2000. The effects of inundation
environment on phytoremediation by fresh
and brackish marsh plants for oil spill
cleanup. (2 year - $96,450)
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- Mendelssohn, I. A. and J. T. Morris. (in
press). Eco-physiological constraints on
the primary productivity of Spartina alterniflora.
in: Concepts and Controversities of Tidal
Marsh Ecolgy, Elsevier Press.
- Chabbi, A., K. L. McKee and I. A. Mendelssohn.
2000. Fate of oxygen losses from Typha domingensis
(Typhaceae) and Cladium jamaicense (Cyperaceae)
and consequences for root metabolism. Amer.
J. Bot. In press.
- Mendelssohn, I.A. and K.L. McKee. 2000.
Saltmarshes and Mangroves. pages 501-536
in M. G. Barbour and W. D. Billings, eds.
North American Vegetation. Cambridge University
Press, New York.
- Courtemanche, R.P., M.W. Hester, and I.A.
Mendelssohn. 1999. Recovery of a Louisiana
barrier island marsh plant community following
extensive hurricane-induced overwash. J.
Coastal Research. 15:872-883.
- Kuhn, N. L., I. A. Mendelssohn, and D.
J. Reed. 1999. Altered hydrology effects
on Louisiana salt marsh function. Wetlands
19:617-626.
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"...strategies
we develop for managing our coastal resources in a sustainable
manner can provide a model for the intelligent stewardship
of similar resources throughout the world."
Dean
Ed Laws
LSU's
School of the Coast & Environment |
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