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SES Distinguished Scientist Seminar Series
09/30/05
What Happens to Terrestrial Carbon When It Enters Aquatic Ecosystems?
Jon Cole – Institute for Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, NY - 3:00 PM, Whitman Auditorium
Jon Cole's research focuses on the interface between microbiology and biogeochemistry in aquatic ecosystems. In almost any ecosystem, microorganisms are responsible for most of the aerobic respiration and all of the anaerobic respiration. The production of carbon dioxide, methane, sulfide as well as the regeneration of other inorganic nutrients (nitrogen, phosphorus) is largely due to the activities of micro-organisms. Cole is particularly interested in the biotic and abiotic regulation of microbial metabolism, energy flow and carbon cycles in lakes, rivers and marine systems.
Dr. Cole received his BA from Amherst College, his Ph.D. from Cornell University, and was a postdoctoral fellow at both the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and the MBL Ecosystems Center. Since 1983, he has been on the staff of the Institute for Ecosystems Studies. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, was designated “Outstand-ing Researcher” by the Hudson River Environmental Society in 2004, and was awarded the Ecological Institute (ECI) Prize in 2003 for outstanding and sustained scientific achievements. In their nomination statement, the Ecological Institute noted “The innovative studies of Jonathan Cole have achieved distinction … in microbial ecology, nutrient biogeochemistry and carbon cycling. Challenging and controversial, his investigations of bacterial activity and its contribution to the gas balance in lake systems have succeeded in establishing fresh insights into the relationships between primary productivity, microorganisms and the metabolism of lakes…. He is among the true leaders of contemporary ecology.”
Dr. Cole is current president of the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) and has served on many scientific panels. He is a member of the River-dominated Ocean Margins (RIOMAR) steering committee, was co-chair of the joint National Science Foundation / ASLO workshop, “Emerging Issues in Limnology” and served on the National Center for Ecological Assessment and Synthesis working group. He is on the editorial boards of Hydrobiologia and Limnology and Oceanography.
SUGGESTED READING
Cole, J.J. 199. Aquatic microbiology and ecosystems scientists: New and recycled paradigms in ecological microbiology. Ecosystems 2:215-225.
Cole, J.J. and N.F. Caraco. 2001. Carbon in catchments: connecting terrestrial carbon losses with aquatic metabolism. Marine and Freshwater Research 52:101-110.
Cole, J.J., S.R. Carpenter, J.F. Kitchell and M.L. Pace. 2002. Pathways of organic C utilization in small lakes: results from a whole-lake 13C addition and coupled model. Limnol. Oceanogr. 47:1664-1675.
Pace, M.L. et al. 2004. Whole lake carbon-13 additions reveal terrestrial support of aquatic food webs. Nature 427:240-243.
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