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John W. Day, Jr.Distinguished ProfessorPh.D. (Marine Sciences/Environmental Sciences) University of North Carolina, 1971 M.S. (Zoology) Louisiana State University, 1968 B.A. (Zoology) Louisiana State University, 1967 |
Estuarine Ecology
Systems Ecology
Wetland Ecology
Ecological Modeling
Effects of Humans on Natural Systems
Tropical Coastal Ecology
Books and Monographs
Poff, L., M. Brinson, and J. Day. 2002. Aquatic Ecosystems and Global Climate Change: Potential Impacts to Inland Freshwater and Coastal Wetland Ecosystems in the United States. Pew Center on Global Climate Change. Arlington, VA., 45 p.
Refereed Journals
Mitsch, W., J. Day, J Gilliam, P. Groffman, D. Hey, G. Randall, and N. Wang. 2001. Reducing nitrogen loading to the Gulf of Mexico from the Mississippi River basin : Strategies to counter a persistent problem. BioScience. 51(5):373-388.
Day, J., G. Shaffer, D. Reed, D. Cahoon, L. Britsch, and S. Hawes. 2001. Patterns and processes of wetland loss in coastal Louisiana : A reply to Turner 2001. Estimating the indirect effects of hydrologic change on wetland loss: If the earth is curved, then how would we know it. Estuaries. 24: 647-651.
Lane, R., J. Day, G. Kemp, and B. Marx. 2002. Seasonal and spatial water quality changes in the outflow plume of the Atchafalaya River, Louisiana, USA. 2001. Estuaries. 25 (1): 30-42.
Martin, J., E. Reyes, P. Kemp, H. Mashriqui, and J. Day. 2002. Landscape modeling of the Mississippi delta. BioScience. 52: 357-365.
Pont, D., J. Day, P. Hensel, E. Franquet, F. Torre, P. Rioual, C. Ibanez, and E. Coulet. 2002. Response scenarios for the deltaic plain of the Rhône in the face of an acceleration in the rate of sea level rise, with a special attention for Salicornia-type environments. Estuaries. 25: 337-358.
Rybczyk, J., J. Day, and W. Conner. 2002. The impact of wastewater effluent on accretion and decomposition in a subsiding forested wetland. Wetlands. 22(1): 18-32.
Perez, Brian C., John W. Day, Jr., Dubravko Justic, Robert R. Twilley. 2003. Nitrogen and Phosphorus Transport Between Fourleague Bay, Louisiana and the Gulf of Mexico: The Role of Winter Cold Fronts and Atchafalaya River Discharge. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 57: 1065-1078.
Reyes, E., J. Martin, J. Day, P. Kemp, and H. Mashriqui. 2004. River forcing at work: ecological modeling of prograding and regressive deltas. Wetlands Ecology and Management. 12(2): 103-114.
Day. J., A. Yañez, W. Mitsch, A. Lara-Dominguez, J.N. Day, J-Y Ko, R. Lane, J. Lindsey, and D. Zarate. 2003. Using ecotechnology to address water quality and wetland habitat loss problems in the Mississippi Basin . Biotechnology Advances. 22:135-159.
Ko, J.-Y., J. W. Day, R. R. Lane , and J.N. Day. 2004. A comparative evaluation of cost-benefit analysis and embodied energy analysis of tertiary of municipal wastewater treatment using forested wetlands in Louisiana . Ecological Economics. 49(3): 329-345.
Mitsch, W.J. and J.W. Day. 2004. Thinking big with whole ecosystem studies – A legacy of H.T. Odum. Ecological Modeling. 178: 133-155.
1973-Present-Estuarine Ecology
1975, 1976, 1984 -Theoretical Concepts of Ecology
1986-Ecology and Management of Bottomland Forests
1994-Plankton Dynamics
1995-present-Ecology and Management of Tropical Estuaries (Each 2 years in Mexico)
1995-present-Mangrove Ecology (taught irregularly)
Utilizing Mississippi River diversions for nutrient management in a Louisiana coastal watershed. US Dept. of Agriculture. $694,000. 8/01/02 – 7/31/05. J. Day, E. Reyes, J. Cable, and D. Justic.
Mitigatng non-point source pollution in urban watersheds. U.S. EPA and East Baton Rouge Parish. $247,000. 1/04-12/06. P. Kemp and J. Day.
Stakeholder analysis for the Davis Pond diversion. Sea Grant. $153,700. 2/2/04-1/31/06. P. Templet, J. Day, P. Kemp, and J. Ko.
The importance of very large, infrequent diversions in the formation and restoration of the Mississippi delta. CREST. $86,000. 7/1/04-6/30/05. J. Day, P. Kemp, C. Willson, D. Davis, and E. Reyes.
Development of nutrient standards for Louisiana waters. LA. DEQ. $170,000.
8/1/04-7/31/06. J. Day.
Received in 2003, the national William A. Niering Education Award from the Estuarine Research Federation (This award is given once each two years and this was the second award)
Received the 2000 Lipsey Award for Outstanding Contributions in Teaching and Professional Achievement.
Received the LSU Center for Coastal, Energy, and Environmental Resources Outstanding Faculty Teaching Award for 1997-1998.
Coordiantor of the cooperative agreement between LSU and the Instituto de Ecologia in Xalapa , Mexico .
Chair, National Technical Review Committee (NTRC) to oversee and review the Louisiana Coastal Area Project to restore the Mississippi Delta.
Sigma Xi
Estuarine Research Federation
Louisiana Academy of Sciences
Society of Wetland Scientists
International Society of Ecological Modeling
Society for Ecological Engineering.
Christopher Brantley, PhD (May 2005)
Caleb Izdepski, MS (2006)
Dr. John Day
2237 Energy Coast and Environment Building
LSU-Coastal Ecology Institute
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
(225)578-6508 office
(225)578-6326 fax
johnday@lsu.edu