TEACHING: General Biology I

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

• Metal bioavailability and toxicity of mine drainage at the Tar Creek Superfund site and Arkoma Coal Basin in Oklahoma (Center for Restoration of Ecosystems and Watersheds, University of Oklahoma)

• Coral larvae settlement behavior, patterns and survivorship in Puerto Rico and the Florida Keys (Coral Reef Research Group and Nutrient Laboratory, University of North Carolina Wilmington)

• Sea turtle nesting ecology (Pritchards Island, University of South Carolina Beaufort)

•  Morphological and molecular analyses of green microalgae (Molecular Protistology Laboratory, University of North Carolina Wilmington)

CONFERENCES:

• 2008, 10th Annual Tar Creek Conference, Miami, OK.  D.L. Lutes, R.W. Nairn, “Assessment of Metal Toxicity on Lactuca sativa in Mine Drainage Seeps, Miami, OK.”

• 2008, American Society of Mining and Reclamation National Conference.  R. Nairn, K. Strevett, J. LaBar, A. Sutter, J. Clifton, W. Strosnider, J. Brumley, D. Lutes, B. Santamaria, J. McAllister, A. Brewer, M. Roberts, K. Kauk, “Watershed-Scale Environmental Monitoring to Prioritize Mine Drainage Passive Treatment Implementation”

• 2007, 9th Annual Tar Creek Conference, Miami, OK.  R. Nairn, K. Strevett, J. LaBar, D. Ertugral, D. Hensley, K. Walker, D. Lutes, W. Strosnider, B. Winfrey, M. Roberts, T. Traw, P. Kaczynski, B. Johnson, “Watershed-Scale Environmental Monitoring to Examine Remediation and Restoration Success: Water Quality and Hydrology in the Tri-State Lead-Zinc Mining District”.

• 2005, Benthic Ecology Meeting, Williamsburg, VA.  D.L. Lutes, S.L. Slade, T.R. Matthews, A.M. Szmant, “An Indirect Link between the Florida Keys Spiny Lobster Fishery and the Decline of Acropora palmata”