OceanExpert ID : 7203

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Dr. William Michael LANDING

Professor

Department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Science

Location
117 N. Woodward Ave. Tallahassee FL 32306-4320
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Email(s)

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Telephone

[8] 1-850-644-6037

Fax

[8] 1-850-644-2581

Profile URL

https://www.oceanexpert.org/expert/Landi

Highest Degree

Ph.D., University of California, Santa Cruz

Job Type

Research

Subject Area

Chemical Oceanography

Activities

My work focuses on the chemical, biological, and physical processes which affect trace element distributions and behavior in marine and freshwater environments. Due to their involvement if biochemical processes, trace elements may limit biological productivity at low concentrations but can be toxic at only slightly elevated concentrations. Since organisms are extremely sensitive to the actual chemical forms (redox states and solution species) in which trace elements may be found, it is important to develop and apply new or improved sampling and analytical methods which can distinguish between, for example, free ionic species, colloidal and particulate forms, and metal complexes with dissolved organic and inorganic ligands. Such speciation information is essential to our understanding of such basic processes as phytoplankton nutrition and growth; contamination of lakes, rivers, groundwaters, and the coastal ocean; and physical mixing in estuaries and the oceans.

Sea regions of study

Global

Skills

Environmental chemistry and chemical oceanography

Working language(s)

English

Website(s)

http://www.eoas.fsu.edu/

Created: 2000-03-30 | Last Updated: 2014-06-03 by William LANDING