Associate in Geology
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Office: 207 Williamson Hall
Education: Ph.D University of Florida, 2015
Dr. William Kenney has specialized in the use of nutrient chemistry (carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, and silica) in the evaluation of anthropogenic impacts on aquatic ecosystems. His work includes studies of water column processes and sediment biogeochemistry. Water column studies focus on the impacts of anthropogenic nutrient loads on primary production and primary producer community structure in shallow Florida lakes. He uses biogeochemical and radiometric analyses of sediment core samples to investigate the long-term influence of nutrient enrichment on lakes.
Research
Land Use and Environmental Change Institute (LUECI)
The Land Use and Environmental Change Institute (LUECI) works to coalesce an interdisciplinary community of researchers that appreciate the anthropogenic influence on and the cultural consequences of global environmental change. Our location in Gainesville is ideal for using the changing environment of Florida as a practical laboratory and sentinel of global change.
LUECI was developed cooperatively by the Departments of Geological Sciences, Geography, Anthropology, and the Center for Latin American Studies to support basic and applied research on environmental change caused by natural phenomena and human activities.