Odum School Faculty

Lawrence R. Pomeroy Alumni Foundation Professor Emeritus Odum School of Ecology University of Georgia 194BEcology Bldg. Athens, GA   30602-2202 (706) 542-3415 Fax: (706) 542-6040 e-mail: lpomeroy@uga.edu Non-Graduate Faculty

Education
Ph.D. - Rutgers University

Research Interests
Marine food webs, estuarine and oceanic, at all latitudes.

Research Projects
Currently, a re-examination of the role of detritus in marine food webs.

Professional Affiliations
American Association for the Advancement of Science (fellow)
American Geophysical Union
American Odum School of Biological Sciences
Estuarine Research Federation

Honors and Awards
Huntsman Medal (Bedford Odum School of Oceanography, Canada)
Hutchinson Medal (American Society of Limnology and Oceanography)
Odum Lifetime Achievement Award (Estuarine Research Federation)
President, American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, 1983-4

Selected Publications
Pomeroy, L. R., C. F. D'Elia , L. C. Schaffner (2006) Limits to top-down control of phyto-plankton by oysters in Chesapeake Bay. Marine Ecology Progress Series 325:301-309.

Pomeroy, L. R. and W.-J. Cai (2006) Oxygen, carbon dioxide and estuarine condition. In: Kleppel, G. S., M. R. DeVoe and M. V. Rawson, Jr. (eds) Changing Land Use Patterns in the Coastal Zone Springer, New York, p. 179-201.

Pomeroy, L. R. (2004) Building bridges across subdisciplines in marine ecology. Scientia Marina 68 (Suppl.1): 5-12.

Pomeroy, L. R. (2001) Caught in the food web: complexity made simple? Scientia Marina 65 (Suppl. 2): 31-40.

Pomeroy, L. R. and W. J. Wiebe (2001) Temperature and substrates as interacting limiting factors for aquatic heterotrophic bacteria. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 23: 187-204.

Pomeroy, L. R., J. E. Sheldon, W. M. Sheldon, Jr., J. O. Blanton, J. Amft, and F. Peters (2000) Seasonal changes in microbial processes in estuarine and continental shelf waters of southeastern USA. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 51: 415-428.

Cooper, L. W., G. F. Cota, L. R. Pomeroy, J. M. Grebmeier, and T. E. Whitledge (1999) Modification of NO, PO, and NO/PO during flow across the Bering and Chukchi shelves. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans 104: 7807-7825.

Pomeroy, L. R. (1997) Primary production in the Arctic Ocean estimated from dissolved oxygen. Journal of Marine Systems 10: 1-8.

Pomeroy, L. R.,   J. J. Alberts (eds) (1988) Concepts in Ecosystem Ecology, Springer, NY.

Pomeroy, L. R.,   R. G. Wiegert (eds) (1981) The Ecology of a Salt Marsh. Springer, NY.

Last Updated: January 25, 2007

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