Posted 2:28 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011
A University of California-Berkeley Professor will discuss the importance of field stations and research reserves in protecting natural ecosystems during a presentation at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 12.
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[/caption]Mary Power, a professor at the University of California-Berkeley, will discuss the importance of field stations and research reserves in protecting natural ecosystems during a public presentation at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 12, at 1400 Centennial Hall at UW-La Crosse.
Power will also give a scientific seminar on food webs in river networks at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 13, in the same location. Admission is free.
Power is UW-L’s Distinguished Speaker in Life Sciences this year. Each year UW-L’s Biology and Microbiology departments sponsor an expert to speak on timely topics in the field of life sciences.
Power is the faculty manager of the Angelo Coast Range Reserve and director of the California Biodiversity Center. She has spent her life studying river food webs.
The presentations are sponsored by the College of Science and Health; the biology, microbiology and chemistry departments; the River Studies Center; Sigma Xi; the Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center; UW-L's biology and microbiology clubs; and the UW-L Environmental Council.
[/caption]Mary Power, a professor at the University of California-Berkeley, will discuss the importance of field stations and research reserves in protecting natural ecosystems during a public presentation at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 12, at 1400 Centennial Hall at UW-La Crosse.
Power will also give a scientific seminar on food webs in river networks at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 13, in the same location. Admission is free.
Power is UW-L’s Distinguished Speaker in Life Sciences this year. Each year UW-L’s Biology and Microbiology departments sponsor an expert to speak on timely topics in the field of life sciences.
Power is the faculty manager of the Angelo Coast Range Reserve and director of the California Biodiversity Center. She has spent her life studying river food webs.
The presentations are sponsored by the College of Science and Health; the biology, microbiology and chemistry departments; the River Studies Center; Sigma Xi; the Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center; UW-L's biology and microbiology clubs; and the UW-L Environmental Council.