List of works
Conference poster
A practical streambank erosion model for the coastal plain of the northern Gulf of Mexico
Date presented 2016
Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America, 2016, Denver, CO
Predictive field-based models have been developed to rapidly identify streams that can be expected to experience accelerated erosion and should be prioritized for restoration. One of the most widely applied models, the Bank Assessment for Non-point Source Consequences of Sediment (BANCS) model, correlates observed rates of streambank erosion with near-bank stress (NBS) and bank erodibility (BEHI). The BANCS model is region specific and has to be calibrated in every hydrophysiographic
region. Our study tried to calibrate the BANCS model for the northern Gulf of Mexico coastal plain by collecting field data over a two year period at 75 sites in the Florida Panhandle, South Alabama, and Southwest Georgia
Conference poster
Short term changes in soil under mob grazing
Date presented 2015
Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers, 2015, Pensacola, FL
Conference poster
Predicting streambank erosion rates in the US Gulf Coastal Plain
Date presented 2015
Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers, 2015, Pensacola, FL
Conference poster
PCBs and PCDD/Fs in a historically polluted estuary along the northern Gulf of Mexico
Date presented 2014
Annual Conference of the National Association of Environmental Professionals, 2014, St. Petersburg, FL
Conference poster
Influence of secondary roads on soil heavy metal concentrations
Date presented 2012
Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, 2012, New York, NY
Conference poster
Date presented 2011
Annual AEHS Meeting and West Coast Conference on Soils, Sediments, and Water, 2011, San Diego, CA
Conference poster
Impacts of industry on environmental quality of urban soils
Date presented 2010
Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, 2010, Washington, DC
Surface horizons of urban soils have been shown to be polluted with trace metals and organic pollutants, especially in old and large cities such as Naples, Seville, Beijing. The influence of this pollution on human health is strong and well documented. The present study assessed surface soil pollution in a small city (Pensacola, FL, population 60,000) and evaluated what factors influence the pollution. The study focused on public places because the interaction between humans and soils is more intense there than in other urban settings.
Pensacola was selected for the study because it has many water, sediment, and air pollution issues but soil pollution has been little studied in the region, with the exception of soils at former industrial sites