John A. Downing

Earth's Eye: Occasional column

March 2021: Lake and River Ice: Formation and Classification

Biography

• Limnology, aquatic ecology, biogeochemistry, fisheries, lake management and restoration, eutrophication, harmful algae blooms, groundwater, biodiversity, endangered species, carbon cycling, global role of lakes and streams
• Research, education and science policy
• Professor, Department of Biology and with Large Lakes Observatory (UMD)
• Immediate past chair, Council of Scientific Society Presidents
• Immediate past president, Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography

Publications

• Google Scholar listing

Videos

• Viral Transport, Survival, and Transmission via Freshwater Ecosystems: Relevance to the Social Cost of Water Pollution by John A. Downing. Presented at the April 2021 Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability workshop on the Social Cost of Water Pollution.

Education

Ph.D. - Biology

McGill University

M.S. - Zoology

North Dakota State University

B.S. - Biology

Hamline University