EDUCATION

The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio:

Ph.D. 1991. Environmental Biology. Presidential Fellow, 1990-1991.

Dissertation Title: Ecosystem Development in Restored Riparian Wetlands.

Advisor: William J. Mitsch, Stockholm Water Prize Laureate.

B.S. 1986. Botany.

ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS

Kenyon College, Department of Biology, 1998 – present. Professor, 2009 – present, Associate Professor 2002–2009, Chair of Biology, 2003 - 2005, Assistant Professor, 1998-2002.

Kenyon College, Environmental Studies Program, Co-Director, 2001- 2004; 2006 – present.

Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, 1993‑1998, Environmental Specialist for Research and Policy Development, Wetland ecologist/aquatic biologist with The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency. Wrote state rules protecting wetlands and developed the state’s wetland biological assessment program.

University College London, Department of Geography, 1992 – 1993, Assistant Professor (Lecturer), Department of Geography, University College London, University of London. Taught courses on Environmental Hydrology, Hydrological Systems Management, International Geographical Problems and a graduate course on Wetland Ecology and Restoration.

Station Biologique de la Tour du Valat, 1992 – 1993, Research Biologist, Concurrent research appointment at the Station Biologique de la Tour du Valat, Arles, France. Conducted research on the ecology, hydrology and sustainable use of deltaic Mediterranean wetlands. Established a research program at the station on wetland hydrology, restoration, and ecosystem modeling.

GRANTS FUNDED

2010 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Cooperative Agreement. Integrating Indicators of Ecological Condition and Services into a Policy Framework. With Michigan State University

Great Lakes Colleges Association. New Directions Initiative for floodplain research in the Peruvian Amazon.

2009 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, STAR Grant. Forecasting the provision of ecosystem services from measures of ecological condition. With Penn State University

2008 U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service. Quantifying ecosystem services derived from wetland conservation practices in the Glaciated Interior Plains. With Indiana University.

2007 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Ohio Center for Wetland and River Restoration. Teaching, Research and Outreach Initiative 2006-07. Kenyon Component: $36,000. River ecology and monitoring in the Kokosing Watershed.

2005 U.S. Department of Agriculture, Managed Ecosystems Program. Establishment of Plant- and microbial- mediated functions in wetlands: a comparative and mechanistic study to provide guidance for wetland restoration. With University of New Hampshire and Ohio State University.

2004 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Using a probabilistic sampling design for whole watershed wetland assessment.

2003 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Development of Rapid Assessment Methods for State Wetland Monitoring Programs. With Mary Kentula and Amy Jacobs.

2002 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Watershed Assessment of Wetlands using a Probabilistic Sampling Design (partnered with Ohio Environmental Protection Agency).

2000 The Horatio B. Ebert Charitable Foundation, A Gift for Teaching Ecology in the Liberal Arts Curriculum. 2^nd award (2001), 3^rd Award (2003), 4^th Award (2004).

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Using wetland bioindicators and biogeochemical studies to evaluate success in wetland restoration projects (partnered with Ohio Environmental Protection Agency).

The Denison-Kenyon Mellon Program, $15,000. GIS Workshops for Enhancing Spatial Analysis in the Classroom. (Collaborating Faculty with Karl Korfmacher).

1999 Ohio Board of Regents, Establishment of the Ohio Center for Wetland and River Restoration at the Olentangy River Wetland Research Park (Co-principal investigator with W. Mitsch).

1999 The Denison-Kenyon Mellon Program, Developing Collaborative Capacity with Geographic Information Systems.

1999 The Environmental Policy Initiative (OARDC), Ecological and Economic Analysis of Natural Capital: Analyzing and Modeling the Substitutability of Constructed Wetlands for Natural Sites (Co-principal investigator with F. Hitzhusen).

1996 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, The Ecological Assessment of Wetlands using Wetland Reference Sites.

1995 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Testing the Floristic Quality Assessment Index as an Indicator of Riparian Ecosystem Health.

1995 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, The Identification of Wetland Restoration Sites in the Cuyahoga River Watershed, Ohio: a landscape analysis using GIS.

1992 World Wildlife Fund, UK. Wetlands and Nutrient Stripping: science and policy implications for the United Kingdom.

1992 Ove Arup for the United Kingdom Department of Transport, The Hydrology of the Isle of Sheppey Coastal Wetlands: Impacts and Enhancement Possibilities of the A249 Iwade to Queensborough Project.

1992 Station Biologique de la Tour du Valat, France, Ecological studies and modeling of Mediterranean Coastal Wetlands.

SERVICE TO THE KENYON COMMUNITY

2001- 2004; 2006-present Chair of the Environmental Studies Concentration

2006 – present Co-Director, Brown Family Environmental Center

2007 - 2010 Resource Allocation and Assessment Subcommittee

2003-2005 Chair, Department of Biology

2001-2005 Campus Design Committee

2001-2002 Library and Information Systems subcommittee

2002- 2004 Faculty representative to the College Senate

2003 Inaugural Planning Committee for President Georgia S. Nugent

2001-2003 Knowledge Works (Gates Foundation ) Committee to develop Early College proposal

1999 - 2001 Committee for Academic Standards and the Petitions Subcommittee

SERVICE TO THE PROFESSIONAL COMMUNITY

2008-2011 Appointed by The National Academy of Sciences as a member of the National Research Council on the St. Johns River, Florida; Water Supply Cumulative Impact Study for the St. Johns River Watershed.

2009-2011 President, Society of Wetland Scientists North Central Chapter

2009-2011 Chair, Ramsar subcommittee of the Education and Outreach Committee of the Society of Wetland Scientists

2009-2011 Appointed by USEPA to develop a wetland assessment methods for use in the National Wetland Condition Assessment (NWCA, field work to be conducted in 2011).

2008 Invited member of Expert Panel on Wetland Indicators for the Report on the Environment, 2008, U.S. EPA.

2007- Elected President-elect for the Society of Wetland Scientists, North-Central Chapter.

2004 Performed external review of Hawai’i Pacific University’s Environmental Science Department and Program, November 22-24.

2004 – present Invited Advisory member, Mid-Atlantic Wetland Workgroup (8 state research consortium).

2004 Invited member of grant review panel, STAR grant program, U.S.EPA

1997 ‑ 2002: U.S. EPA National Technical Workgroup on the Biological Assessment of Wetland Ecosystems (appointed)

1997 ‑ 1998: Wetland Assessment Project Coordinating Committee, Association of State Wetland Managers (appointed)

1994 ‑ 1996: Tillamook Bay National Estuarine Project Watershed Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee, Tillamook, Oregon (appointed)

1994 ‑ 1996: Advisory Committee of The Wetlands Initiative, a project to restore wetlands in the Great Lakes Watershed, Chicago, Illinois (appointed)

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS

Ecological Society of America

Society of Wetland Scientists

HONORS AND AWARDS

- Recipient of the Robert J. Tomsich Science Award for excellence in scientific research, 2001

- Invited speaker for Kenyon College Founders Day, 2002

- Finalist for the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, National Research Council to investigate Innovative Approaches to Integrated Watershed Management, 1995

- Certified by the Society of Wetland Scientists as a Professional Wetland Scientist, 1995

- Ohio State University Presidential Fellowship for Outstanding Doctoral Research, 1990.

- Morton L. Ryerson Fellowship. Awarded by the Lake County Forest Preserve District, Lake County, Illinois. 1988.

EDITORIAL BOARDS

2006- 2009. Associate editor, Wetlands

1991 – 1993. Book review editor, Ecological Engineering: the Journal of Ecosystem Restoration

Served as reviewer for the following journals: Ecological Applications, Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, Wetlands, Ecological Indicators, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, Ecological Engineering: the journal of ecological restoration.

BOOKS

Wali, M., F. Evrendilek, and S. Fennessy. 2009. Environmental Science: Issues and Solutions. Taylor and Francis, CRC Press. 619 pages.

Cronk, J.K. and M. S. Fennessy. 2001 Wetland Plants: Biology and Ecology. CRC Press/Lewis Publishers. Boca Raton, FL. 440 pages.

PUBLICATIONS (Peer Reviewed)

Fennessy, M. S. and C. Craft. 2011. Effects of agricultural conservation practices on wetland ecosystem services in the Glaciated Interior Plains. Ecological Applications 21: S49-S64.

Hossler, K. V. Bouchard, M. S. Fennessy, S. Fry, E. Anemaet, and E. Herbert. (in press, 2011). No-net-loss not met for nutrient function: recommendations for wetland mitigation policies. Ecospheres.

Herlihy, A. T., J. C. Sifneos, C. Bason, A. D. Jacobs, M. E. Kentula, and M. S. Fennessy. 2010. An approach for evaluating the repeatability of rapid wetland assessment methods. Environmental Management 44: 369-377.

Rokosch, A., V. Bouchard, S. Fennessy, and R. Dick. 2009. The use of soil parameters as indicators of quality in forested depressional wetlands. Wetlands 29: 666-677.

Gutrich, J.J., K. Taylor, and S. Fennessy. 2009. Restoration of vegetation communities of created depressional marshes in Ohio and Colorado (USA): The importance of initial effort for mitigation success. Ecological Engineering, the Journal of Ecosystem Restoration: 35: 351-368.

Cronk, J.K. and M. S. Fennessy. 2008. Plants of Wetlands. Encyclopedia of Inland Waters, G. Likens, editor-in-chief. Elsevier Limited, Oxford, UK.

Haag, W., R. DiStefano, S. Fennessy, and B. Marshall. (in prep). Invertebrates and Plants: methods and applications. Pgs x-xx In Fisheries Techniques, 3^rd Edition (Zale, A., D. Parrish, and T. Sutton, eds.). American Fisheries Society. Bethesday, MD.

Fennessy, M S. and E. R. Herbert 2008. Restoration and Creation of Freshwater and Estuarine Wetlands. In: Encyclopedia of Life Sciences. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd: Chichester, UK. http://www.els.net/ [DOI: 10.1002/9780470015902.a0020470]

Fennessy, S., A. Rokosch, and J. Mack. 2008. Decomposition and nutrient cycles in natural and restored wetlands: a functional analysis. Wetlands 28: 300-310.

Fennessy, S. Jacobs, A. and M. Kentula. 2007. An evaluation of rapid methods for assessing the ecological condition of wetlands. Wetlands 27:504–521.

Fennessy, M.S., E.R. Heithaus, and R.A. Mauck. 2007. Teaching the Natural Sciences with GIS. Biology: Spatial investigations of populations and landscapes. Pgs 171-184 In Understanding Place: GIS and Mapping Across the Curriculum (Sinton, D.S., and J.J. Lund, eds.). ESRI Press, Redlands, CA.

White, D. and M.S. Fennessy. 2005. Suitability of wetland restoration potential at the watershed scale. Ecological Engineering 24:359-377.

Fennessy, M.S., A.D. Jacobs, and M.K. Kentula. 2004. Review of rapid methods for assessing wetland condition. EPA/620/R-04/009/ U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C.

Lopez, R. and M. S. Fennessy. 2002. Testing the Floristic Quality Assessment Index as an indicator of wetland condition along gradients of human influence. Ecological Applications 12: 487-497.

Lopez, R., C. Davis and M. S. Fennessy. 2002 Ecological relationships between fragmented landscape attributes and plant guilds in depressional wetlands. Landscape Ecology: 17:43-56.

Fennessy, M. S., M. Gernes, J. Mack, and D. Heller-Wardrop. 2002. Using vegetation to assess environmental conditions in wetlands. EPA 843-B-00-0002j. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; Office of Water, Washington, DC.

Fennessy, M. S. and W. J. Mitsch. 2001. Effects of hydrology on spatial patterns of soil development in created riparian wetlands. Wetlands Ecology and Management 9:103-120.

Agnew, C., and M. S. Fennessy. 2001. Climate change and nature conservation. Pages 273 - 304 In A. Warren and J. French, ed. Habitat Conservation: Managing the Physical Environment. J. Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Chichester, UK.

Fennessy, M. S., and J. K. Cronk . 1997. The effectiveness and restoration potential of riparian ecotones for the management of nonpoint source pollution, particularly nitrate. Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology 27:285‑317.

Fennessy, M. S., J. K. Cronk, and W. J. Mitsch. 1994. Productivity and macrophyte community dynamics in created wetlands subjected to experimental hydrologic regimes. Ecological Engineering: the Journal of Ecotechnology 3:469‑484.

Fennessy, M. S., C. Brueske, and W. J. Mitsch. 1994. Sediment deposition patterns in restored freshwater wetlands using sediment traps. Ecological Engineering: the Journal of Ecotechnology 3: 409‑428.

Fennessy, M. S., G. K. Sims, and S. R. Kehrmeyer. 1992. A model laboratory system for teaching concepts important in Soil Microbiology. Journal of Natural Resources and Life Science Education 21:79‑83.

Mitsch, W. J. and M. S. Fennessy. 1991. Modeling nutrient cycling in wetlands. Pages 249 ‑ 276 In S. E. Jorgensen ed. Developments in Ecological Modeling 17: Chemical Cycling in the Environment. Elsevier, Amsterdam.

Baker, K. A., M. S. Fennessy, W. J. Mitsch. 1991. Designing wetlands for controlling coal mine drainage: an ecologic‑economic modeling approach. Ecological Economics 3: 1‑24. Reprinted in: The Development of Ecological Economics. 1997. R. Costanza, C. Perrings and C. Cleveland editors. E. Elgar Publishing, LTD.

Fennessy, M. S. and W. J. Mitsch. 1989. Treating coal mine drainage with an artificial wetland. Journal of the Water Pollution Control Federation 61:1691‑1701.

Fennessy M. S., and W. J. Mitsch. 1989. Design and use of wetlands for renovation of drainage from coal mines. Pages 231‑254 In S. E. Jørgensen and W. J. Mitsch, eds. Ecological Engineering: An Introduction to Ecotechnology. J. Wiley, New York.

SELECTED PAPERS PRESENTED WITH PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS

Kenyon Students Indicated in Bold

Anderson, C., P. Moriarty, Fennessy, M. S. 2010. Ecosystem services provided by restored wetlands in agricultural landscapes. In Proceedings of the 30^th Society of Wetland Scientists Annual Meeting, June 27 – July 2, 2010. Salt Lake City, UT.

Fennessy, M. S. 2010. Assessing variability through classification: are we lumpers or splitters? In Proceedings of the 30^th Society of Wetland Scientists Annual Meeting, June 27 – July 2, 2010. Salt Lake City, UT. (Invited Symposium).

Fennessy, M. S. 2008. Nitrogen retention by restored wetlands in the Glaciated Interior Plains to combat downstream impacts in the Gulf of Mexico. In Proceedings of the 28^th Society of Wetland Scientists Annual Meeting, May 26 - 30, 2008. Washington, D.C. (Invited Symposium).

Fennessy, M. S. 2007. Teaching nitrogen biogeochemistry in aquatic ecology courses. In Proceedings of the 27^th Society of Wetland Scientists Annual Meeting, June 10 - 15, 2007. Sacramento, CA. (Invited Symposium).

Herbert, E., S. Fennessy, J. Rosenbluth, V. Bouchard, K. Hossler. 2007. Establishment of plant-based mediated functions in restored wetlands: a comparative and mechanistic study. In Proceedings of the 27^th Society of Wetland Scientists Annual Meeting, June 10 - 15, 2007. Sacramento, CA.

Rosenbluth, J., E. Herbert, S. Burns, and S. Fennessy. 2007. Controls on decomposition in restored and natural wetlands: implications for biogeochemical cycling. Poster presentation. In Proceedings of the 27^th Society of Wetland Scientists Annual Meeting, June 10 - 15, 2007. Sacramento, CA.

Deimeke, E., S. Fennessy, and J. Bishop. 2007. Assessing the ecological condition of wetlands on a watershed basis. In Proceedings of the 27^th Society of Wetland Scientists Annual Meeting, June 10 - 15, 2007. Sacramento, CA.

Rokosch, A., R. Dick, S. Fennessy. 2007. The use of soil parameters as indicators of condition in forest depressional wetlands. In Proceedings of the 27^th Society of Wetland Scientists Annual Meeting, June 10 - 15, 2007. Sacramento, CA.

Symposium Chair, Society of Wetland Scientists Annual Meeting, July 2006. Using Rapid Indicators to Document the Ecological Integrity of Wetlands. Cairns, Australia.

Rheinhardt, R. and S. Fennessy. 2006. Rapid Indicators: what works and what doesn’t? In Proceedings of the 26^th Society of Wetland Scientists Annual Meeting, July, 2006. Cairns, Australia (Invited Symposium).

Fennessy, M. S., A. Jacobs, M. Kentula. 2004. An analysis of existing rapid methods for assessing wetland condition. Page 7 In Proceedings of the 25^th SWS Conference, 18-23 July, Seattle, WA (Invited Symposium).

Fennessy, M. S. 2004. Translating an assessment of wetland mitigation success into performance standards. Page 21 in The Changing Landscapes of Oceans and Freshwater, The American Society of Limnology and Oceanography annual meeting, 13-18 June, Savannah, GA. (Invited Symposium).

Craft, C.B., I.A. Mendelssohn, and M.S. Fennessy. 2004. Vegetation Ecology in Wetlands. Pg. 16 In The Changing Landscapes of Oceans and Freshwater, The American Society of Limnology and Oceanography annual meeting, 13-18 June, Savannah, GA. (Invited Symposium).

Ward, E. and S. Fennessy. 2003. Wetland ecosystem response to landscape change: functional and structural indicators. Poster presentation. Page 20 In Proceedings of the 24^th SWS Conference, 8-13 June, New Orleans, LA.

Fennessy, M. S. 2003. Wetland restoration at a hierarchy of scales. Presented at the Ohio State University Wetlands Invitational, May 13-15. (Invited Symposium).

Nahlik, A. and S. Fennessy. 2002. Using amphibians as indicators of wetland restoration success. Poster presentation. Proceedings of the 23^rd SWS Conference, 2-7 June, Lake Placid, NY.

** This poster won the Best Student Poster Award at the meeting.

Fennessy, M.S and A. Rokosch. 2001. Linking measures of wetland ecosystem integrity with ecosystem processes. Changing Wetlands Conference, the British Ecological Society. Sheffield UK. September 11-13, 2001.

Rokosch, A. and M.S. Fennessy 2001. Testing biological indicators to assess the impact of habitat fragmentation on wetland ecosystems. Poster presentation. Page 20 In Proceedings of the 22^nd SWS Conference. 27 May - 1 June, Chicago, IL.

Book, J.A. and M.S. Fennessy 2001. The effects of wetland mitigation on amphibian species richness. Poster presentation. Page 4 In Proceedings of the 22^nd SWS Conference. 27 May - 1 June, Chicago, IL.

Bush, C. and M. S. Fennessy. 2000. Effects of plant diversity on wetland ecosystem processes. Poster presentation. Page 232 In Proceedings of the INTECOL V International Wetlands Symposium and 21^st SWS Conference. 6 - 12 September. Quebec, Canada.

*Marx, L. and M. S. Fennessy. 2000. The effects of mycorrhizal inoculation on the growth of a perennial wetland grass. Poster presentation. Page 233 In Proceedings of the INTECOL V International Wetlands Symposium and 21^st SWS Conference. 6 - 12 September. Quebec, Canada.

Fennessy, M.S., J. Mack, and R. Lopez. 1999. Developing indicators to evaluate wetland ecosystem condition using reference sites. Page A-15 In Proceedings of the Society of Wetland Scientists, June 6 - 12, Norfolk, VA.

Fennessy, M. S., C. Crook and M. Micacchion. 1997. Using floristics as an indicator of wetland condition in the agricultural Midwest. Page 58 In Proceedings of the Society of Wetland Scientists, June 1 ‑ 6, Bozeman, MT.

Fennessy, M. S. 1997. Applying concepts derived from the development of stream biological indicators to wetland ecosystems. Pages 29 ‑ 30 In Proceedings of the Association of State Wetland Managers, The Future of Wetland Assessment. Annapolis, MD, U.S.A.

Fennessy, M. S. and C. Yoder. 1996. Can we apply concepts from the development of biological criteria in Ohio streams and rivers to wetlands. Pages 21‑22 In Wetlands: Biological Assessment Methods and Criteria Development Workshop, U.S. EPA, September 18 ‑ 20, Boulder, CO.

Fennessy, M. S. 1992. Spatial reorganization of soil nutrients as a function of hydrology in four restored wetlands. Page 114 In Proceedings of the INTECOL IV International Wetlands Conference. 13 ‑ 18 September. Columbus, Ohio. U.S.A.

Cronk, J. K. and M. S. Fennessy. 1992. Spatial distribution of phosphorus in the water column and sediments of four constructed freshwater wetlands. Eighth Annual Scientific Symposium of the Ohio River Basin Consortium for Research and Education. 12 ‑ 14 November. Cincinnati, Ohio. U.S.A

Fennessy, M. S. and W. J. Mitsch. 1991. Spatial patterns of phosphorus bioavailability and sedimentation as a function of hydrology in four constructed freshwater wetlands. Proceedings of the Wetland Biogeochemistry Symposium. 11 ‑ 13 February. Baton Rouge, La. U.S.A.

Mitsch, W. J., R. Kadlec, D. L. Hey, K. R. Barrett, and M. S. Fennessy. 1991. Chemical mass balances of constructed riverine wetlands ‑ the role of hydrologic and seasonal conditions. Proceedings of the Wetland Biogeochemistry Symposium. 11 ‑ 13 February. Baton Rouge, La. U.S.A.

Fennessy, M. S. 1990. Placement of wetlands in a landscape for water quality improvement: implications of soil characteristics on the ability of wetlands to retain nutrients. Fifth Annual Landscape Ecology Symposium. Miami University, Oxford, Ohio. March 21 ‑ 24.

Mitsch, W. J. and M. S. Fennessy. 1990. Wetlands for control of coal mine drainage in Ohio. Pages 307 ‑ 308 In Conservation and Development: the sustainable use of wetland resources. Proceedings of the Third International Wetlands Conference. 19 ‑ 23 September. Rennes, France.

TECHNICAL REPORTS

Fennessy, M. S., J. J. Mack, M. Sullivan, M. Knapp, and M. Micacchion. 2007. Assessing wetland ecological condition in the Cuyahoga River Watershed. Ohio EPA Technical Report WET/2007-4. Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, Wetlands Ecology Unit, Division of Surface Water, Columbus, OH.

Fennessy, M. S., J. J. Mack, A. Rokosch, M. Knapp, and M. Micacchion. 2004. Biogeochemical and hydrological investigations of natural and mitigation wetlands. Ohio EPA Technical Report WET/2004-5. Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, Wetlands Ecology Unit, Division of Surface Water, Columbus, OH.

Mack, J. J., M S. Fennessy, M. Micacchion, and D. Porej. 2004. Standardized monitoring protocols, data analysis and reporting requirements for mitigation wetlands in Ohio, v. 1.0. Ohio EPA Technical Report WET/2004-6. Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, Wetlands Ecology Unit, Division of Surface Water, Columbus, OH.

Fennessy, M. S., M. A. Gray, and R. D. Lopez. 1998. An ecological assessment of wetlands using reference sites. Volumes 1 and 2. Ohio Environmental Protection Agency Technical Bulletin. Division of Surface Water, Wetlands Ecology Unit. Columbus, OH (www.epa.state.oh.us/dsw/401/).

Fennessy, M. S., B. Elifritz and R. Lopez. 1998. Testing the Floristic Quality Assessment Index as an Indicator of Riparian Wetland Disturbance. Ohio Environmental Protection Agency Technical Bulletin. Division of Surface Water, Wetlands Ecology Unit. Columbus, OH (www.epa.state.oh.us/dsw/401/).

Fennessy, M. S. 1997. A Functional Assessment of Mitigation Wetlands in Ohio: Comparisons with natural systems. Ohio Environmental Protection Agency Technical Bulletin. Division of Surface Water, Wetlands Ecology Unit. Columbus, OH (www.epa.state.oh.us/dsw/401/).

Fennessy, M. S. 1996. A Functional Assessment of Ohio’s Wetlands using Reference Sites: A Hydrogeomorphic Approach: Quality Assurance Project Plan. QA/QC submitted to U.S. EPA, Region V, Chicago, Il.

Smith, R. and M. S. Fennessy. 1996. N‑species transfers in groundwater in the riparian zone of the Olentangy River. 1995 Annual Report of the Olentangy River Wetland Research Park at the Ohio State University.

Fennessy, M. S. 1995. Testing the Floristic Quality Assessment Index as an Indicator of Riparian Wetland Disturbance: Quality Assurance Project Plan. QA/QC submitted to U.S. EPA, Region V, Chicago, Il.

Fennessy, M. S. 1993. Use of Riparian Wetland Buffer Zones to Control Nonpoint Source Nitrate Pollution. Final Report to the World Wildlife Fund UK. Surrey, UK.

Hollis, G.E., M. S. Fennessy and J. Thompson. 1993. The Hydrology of the Isle of Sheppey Grazing Marshes (A249 Iwade to Queensborough, UK). Final Report for the UK Department of Transport. London, UK.

Fennessy, M. S. 1992. Spatial Patterns of Soil Chemistry Development in Restored Freshwater Wetlands. Volume 4, Chapter 1, in The Des Plaines River Wetlands Demonstration Project. Chicago IL. Wetlands Research, Inc.

Mitsch, W.J., M. S. Fennessy, J. K. Cronk, et al. 1992. Final Report on the Ecosystem Studies of the Des Plaines River Experimental Wetlands ‑ 1990/92. Report to Wetlands Research, Inc. Chicago, Il.

Mitsch, W.J., M. S. Fennessy, and J. K. Cronk. 1990. Ecosystem Studies of the Des Plaines River Experimental Wetlands ‑ 1989/90. Report to Wetlands Research, Inc. Chicago, Il.

Mitsch, W.J., J. K. Cronk, M. S. Fennessy, and G. Snyder. 1990. Wetlands for the Control of Nonpoint Source Pollution: Preliminary feasibility study for Swan Creek Watershed of Northwestern Ohio. Report to the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, P.O. Number 607107.

Fennessy, M. S. 1989. The Des Plaines River Wetlands Demonstration Project: Soil and Vegetation Geostatistical Analysis and Mapping. Final Report to Ryerson Fellowship Committee. Chicago, IL.

SELECTED INVITED PRESENTATIONS & SEMINARS

2010. Is wetland restoration a losing game? A comparison of diversity and nutrient cycling in natural and created wetlands. Invited seminar, School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University, Bloomington.

2007. Assessing the ecological condition of wetlands at the watershed scale using a rapid assessment method: the Cuyahoga River Watershed as a case study. Ninth annual Ecological Monitoring and Assessment Program, April 10 – 12. Washington, D.C.

2007. Wetland assessment at the regional scale and the impact of urbanization. Invited plenary speaker, Ohio Environmental Council Clean Water Conference, Feb. 2-3.

2006. Verification and monitoring of wetland performance in water quality trading programs: How can we be certain of result? Meeting sponsored by U.S.EPA and the Environmental Law Institute, February 13-14, 2006.

2006. An assessment of mitigation wetland performance. Meeting of Environmental Law Institute, Washington, D.C., May 22-23.

2005. Linking measures of ecosystem integrity and biogeochemical cycles in natural and restored wetlands. Invited seminar, Mississippi State University. University of Mississippi. March 11.

2004. Review and implementation of rapid assessment methods in the California State wetland monitoring program. Invited presentation and workshop, March 16-17, Sacramento, CA.

2003. A biogeochemical analysis of wetland restoration projects. Invited seminar, Biology Department, College of Wooster. September, 2003.

2003. Wetland biological assessment. Invited workshop leader, Coer d’Alene, ID. National Water Quality and Assessment Workshop.

2000. Using patterns in plant communities to indicate ecological integrity. Massachusetts Bays Program conference Using Biology to Signal Ecological Health. November 1-2, 2000.

2000. Wetland restoration using landscape profiles. Invited panelist U.S. EPA Workshop, The Design and Monitoring of Best Management Practices for Wetlands: Use of Landscape Profiles. September 14-15, Seattle, WA.

1999. Assessing wetland ecosystem condition: the link between diversity and ecosystem function. Invited seminar, Biology Department, University of Dayton, Ohio.

1998. Approaches for developing biological indicators for wetlands. Association of State Wetland Managers, Plenary Address. Washington D.C.

1996. Application of concepts from the development of biological criteria in Ohio streams and rivers to wetlands. Wetlands: Biological Assessment Methods and Criteria Development Workshop, U.S. EPA. Boulder, CO., September 18 ‑ 20.

1996. Developing indicators to evaluate ecological change in Midwestern wetlands. Invited Symposium, Society of Wetland Scientists, Kansas City, Mo., June 10 ‑ 13.

1995. An integrated strategy for the biomonitoring of wetlands and other surface waters. U.S. EPA Workshop on The Challenges of Wetland Assessment and Monitoring. Boston, Mass., September 22‑23.

1993. The conservation and sustainable use of freshwater wetlands in Europe and the United States. Invited series of 4 lectures, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.

1993. Short Course on Ecological Modeling. Sponsored by The Station Biologique de la Tour du Valat and The Fluvial Systems Ecological Laboratory, CNRS. May 1993. Arles, France, with John W. Day and Philippe Hensel.

1992. Effectiveness of wetland buffer zones in controlling agricultural pollution. Proceedings of the Workshop on Assessing and Monitoring Changes in Wetland Parks and Protected Areas. 9 ‑ 13 October. Norwich, UK.

1990. Ecological approaches to water pollution: use of wetlands to control mine drainage. Invited seminar, Morehead State University Biology Department, Morehead, Kentucky. April 19.

BOOK REVIEWS

2006 Monitoring stream and watershed restoration. P. Roni, ed. Ecology 87: 530-531.

200, Wetalnds – Nutrients, metals, and mass cycling. J. Vymazal, ed. Journal of Paleolimnology 36: 229-231.

2001 Biodiversity in wetlands: assessment, function and conservation. B. Gopal, W. Junk, and J. Davis, eds. Ecology 82:1496-1497.

2001 A Case for Wetland Restoration by Donald L. Hey, Nancy S. Philippi. Journal of Environmental Quality 30: 1853‑1854.