Environmental Seminars Speaker – Dr. Peter Siver

Dr. Peter Siver

Please join us Wednesday March 20th at 6pm in room C101.

Dr. Siver is a noted expert in limnology, the study of lakes. Dr. Siver teaches classes in introductory biology, introductory botany, environmental studies,phycology, limnology and geographic information systems. Dr. Siver’s research helps to disprove the hypothesis that acid rain always causes lakes to become more acidic. Focusing mainly on Connecticut lakes, Dr. Siver demonstrates that Southern New England lakes have not become more acidic as a result of acid deposition.

Dr. Siver’s specific research interests include studying the ability of extant and fossil algal floras, especially chrysophytes and diatoms, to reveal the effects of environmental stresses on aquatic ecosystems; the use of algal assemblages in reconstructing paleoenvironments; biotic surveys of chrysophyte floras in New England, the Adirondacks, the Poconos, Florida and Argentina; integration of the Geographic Information System (GIS) in lake management issues; and the chemistry of Connecticut lakes.

Following Dr. Sivers presentation there will be a question-and-answer period.

Thank you, and we hope you join us.

Dr. Diba Khan-Bureau, Professor & Program Coordinator

This seminar is available to students for 3credits or free to non-credit students, and the public.