Dixon Hamilton Landers

Research Environmental Scientist

Voice: 541-754-4427
Email: landers.dixon@epa.gov

Education:

B.S., Kansas State University; Zoology, 1969
M.A.T., Indiana University; Biology, 1974
Ph.D., Indiana University; Zoology (Limnology), 1979

Previous Positions:

1990-1994: Leader, Aquatic Monitoring Program/Director, Arctic Contaminants Research Program, ERL, Corvallis, OR
1989-1990: Aquatic Team Leader/ Director, Aquatic Effects Research Prog. and Chairman, Aquatic Effects Task Group for National Acid Precipitation Assessment Program (NAPAP), USEPA, ERL, Corvallis, OR
1984-1989: Aquatic Team Leader/Research Director for the National Lake Survey, SUNY (3 yrs), USEPA (2yrs)
1982-1984: Asst. Director/Research Associate/ Environ-mental Chemist, State University Research Center at SUNY, Oswego, NY
1981-1983: Aquatic Ecology Consultant, Dept. of the Interior, National Park Service, Everglades National Park, FL

Research Interests and Skills:

Regional limnology and freshwater/landscape interaction
Application of interdisciplinary approaches to develop environmental management options

Keywords:

Scientific Discipline: Ecology, Freshwater; Restoration, Watershed; Ecosystem, Nutrient Cycling; Limnology
Stressors: Loss of Species, Air Toxics, Nutrient Enrichment, Habitat Modification, Land Use, Temperature
Methods and Techniques: Field Instrumentation, Observation, Spatial Analysis

Professional Societies:

American Society of Limnology and Oceanography
International Limnological Society

Appointments / Honors:

Appointed as a member of the National Research Council Review Panel for the Young Investigator Program on Ecological Concerns in the Development of the Arctic and Far Northern Regions (with Russia), 1993
Invited to serve as a member of the Dahlem Conference Steering Committee for the Conference on Acidification in Freshwater Ecosystems; Selected as Rapporteur for working group, 1992
National Acid Precipitation Assessment Award for Outstanding Contributions as Task Group Leader, 1990
EPA Silver Medal for Superior Service, 1988
EPA Bronze Medal for Commendable Service, 1987
Chancellor's Award from State University of New York for Outstanding Performance as scientific leader for the design and implementation of the Eastern Lake Survey, 1986
Associate Professor (courtesy), Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Oregon State University

Selected Publications:

Landers, D.H., P.K. Haggerty, S. Cline, W. Carson, and F. Faure. 2000. The role of regionalization in large river restoration. Verh. Int. Verein. Limnol. 27:344-351.
Fernald, A.G., D.H. Landers, P.J. Wigington, Jr. 2000. Water Quality effects of hyporheic processing in a large river. Pages 167-178 in P.J. Wigington, Jr., and R.L. Beschta, editors, Riparian Ecology and Management in Multi-Land Use Watersheds, Proc. AWRA Specialty Conference, Portland, OR, Aug. 28-31, 2000.
Landers, D.H., C. Gubala, M. Verta, M. Lucotte, K. Johansson, and W.L. Lockhart. 1998. Using lake sediment mercury flux ratios to evaluate regional and continental dimensions of mercury deposition in arctic and boreal ecosystems. Atmospheric Environment 32(5):919-928.
Landers, D.H., R.M. Hughes, S.G. Paulsen, D.P. Larsen, and J.M. Omernik. 1998. How can regionalization and survey sampling make limnological research more relevant? Verh. Int. Verein. Limnol. 26:2428-2436.
Landers, D.H., C. Gubala, J. Ford, M. Monetti, B.K. Lasora, and S. Allen-Gil. 1995. Mercury in terrestrial and freshwater arctic ecosystems. Water, Air and Soil Pollution 80:591-601.
Landers, D.H., G. Bangay, H. Sisula, T. Colborn, and L. Liljelund. 1995. Airborne Contaminants in the Arctic: What we need to know. The Science of the Total Environment. 160/161:841-848.
Landers, D.H. (Guest editor) 1995. Special Issue of the Science of the Total Environment. 80 research papers from The International Symposium on the Ecological Effects of Arctic AirborneContaminants. Vol. 160-161.
Landers, D.H., J.M. Eilers, D.F. Brakke, and P.E. Kellar. 1988. Characteristics of acid lakes in the eastern United States. Verh. Int. Verein. Limnol. 23:152-162.
Landers, D.H., and M.J. Mitchell. 1988. Seasonality of sulfur incorporation and transformation in three New York lakes. Hydrobiologia. 160:85-95.
Landers, D.H., W.S. Overton, R.A. Linthurst, D.F. Brakke, and J.M. Eilers. 1988. Eastern Lake Survey: Regional Estimates of Lake Chemistry. (feature article) Environ. Sci. Technol. 22:128-135.
Linthurst, R.A., D.H Landers, J.M. Eilers, P.E. Kellar, D.F. Brakke, W.S. Overton, R. Crowe, E.P. Meier, P. Kanciruk, and D.S. Jefferies. 1986. Regional Chemical Characteristics of Lakes in North America Part II: Eastern United States. Water, Air & Soil Pollution. 31:577-591.
Landers, D.H. 1982. Effects of naturally senescing aquatic macrophytes on nutrient chemistry and chlorophyll of surrounding waters. Limnol. and Oceanogr. 27:438-439.

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