EDUCATION

The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio:

Ph.D. Environmental Science, December 1991. Presidential Fellow, 1990-1991.

Dissertation Title: Ecosystem Development in Restored Riparian Wetlands.

B.S. Botany, March, 1986

ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS

Kenyon College, Department of Biology, 1998 – present. Associate Professor 2002–present, Chair of Biology, 2003 - 2005, Assistant Professor, 1998-2002, Teaching ecology and environmental studies,

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

Ohio State University, School of the Environment and Natural Resources, Adjunct Assistant Professor, 1994-present. School of Natural Resources, The Ohio State University and faculty of The Ohio State University Center for Mapping.

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, 1991 – 1993, Assistant Professor (Lecturer), Department of Geography, University College London, University of London. Taught undergraduate courses on Environmental Hydrology, Hydrological Systems Management, International Geographical Problems and a graduate level course on Wetland Ecology and Restoration. Tutor for small group (5) undergraduate and graduate students.

Station Biologique de la Tour du Valat, 1991 – 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. Work included development of a research program on wetland hydrology, restoration, and ecosystem modeling. Led workshops and seminars.

GRANTS FUNDED (bold indicates funded while at Kenyon)

2007 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. $35,000. Ohio Center for Wetland and River Restoration. Teaching, Research and Outreach Initiative 2006-07. Kenyon Component: River ecology and monitoring in the Kokosing Watershed.

2006. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. $83,500. Using wetland assessment information to identify ecologically important wetlands for protection and integration with restoration planning along an urbanization gradient. Subcontract with the Cuyahoga River Remedial Action Plan committee.

2005 U.S. Department of Agriculture, Managed Ecosystems Program. $410,000. 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, $284,000. Testing probabilistic sampling design for whole watershed wetland assessment.

2003 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. $130,000. Development of Rapid Assessment Methods for State Wetland Monitoring Programs. With Mary Kentula and Amy Jacobs.

2002 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, $ 29,000. Watershed Assessment of Wetlands using a Probabilitic Sampling Design (partnered with Ohio Environmental Protection Agency).

2001 The Horatio B. Ebert Charitable Foundation, $10,000 A Gift for Teaching Ecology in the Liberal Arts Curriculum (2^nd award). 3^rd Award (2003), $5,000, 4^th Award (2004), $5,000.

2000 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, $50,000. Using wetland bioindicators and biogeochemical studies to evaluate success in wetland restoration projects.

2000 The Horatio B. Ebert Charitable Foundation, $10,000. A Gift for Teaching Ecology in the Liberal Arts Curriculum.

2000 The Denison-Kenyon Mellon Program, $15,000. GIS Worshops for Enhancing Spatial Analysis in the Classroom. (Collaborating Faculty Karl Korfmacher).

1999 Ohio Board of Regents, $1,000,000. Establishment of the Ohio Center for Wetland and River Restoration at the Olentangy River Wetland Research Park (Co-principal investigator with W. Mitsch, J. Amon, D. Deal, and C. Willis).

1999 The Denison-Kenyon Mellon Program, $8,750. Developing Collaborative Capacity with Geographic Information Systems.

1999 The Environmental Policy Initiative (OARDC), $10,000. Ecological and Economic Analysis of Natural Capital: Analyzing and Modeling the Substitutability of Constructed Wetlands for Natural Sites (Co-principal investigator with F. Hitzhusen).

1997 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, $90,000. The Ecological Assessment of Wetlands using Wetland Reference Sites ‑ continuation of project. Second Award for 1998.

1996 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, $190,000 The Ecological Assessment of Wetlands using Wetland Reference Sites.

1995 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, $78,000. Testing the Floristic Quality Assessment Index as an Indicator of Riparian Ecosystem Health.

1995 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, $89,000. The Identification of Wetland Restoration Sites in the Cuyahoga River Watershed, Ohio: a landscape analysis using GIS (with Dr. Dale White).

1992 World Wildlife Fund, UK, $4,100. Wetlands and Nutrient Stripping: science and policy implications for the United Kingdom.

1992 Ove Arup for the United Kingdom Department of Transport, $45,000. 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, $17,000. Ecological studies of Mediterranean Coastal Wetlands.

SERVICE TO THE KENYON COMMUNITY

2007 - Resource Allocation and Assessment Subcommitte

2006 – present Co-Director, Brown Family Enviromental Center

2003-2005 Chair of the Biology Department

2001- present Chair of the Environmental Studies Concentration

(on-leave 2005-2006)

2001-2005 Campus Design Committee

2001-2002 Library and Information Systems subcomittee

2002- 2004 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

1998 - 1999 Technology subcommittee of the Curriculum Policy Committee

SERVICE TO THE PROFESSIONAL COMMUNITY

2008 Appointed by USEPA to develop a wetland assessment method for use in the congressionally mandated National Wetland Condition Assessment (NWCA, field work to be conducted in 2011).
2008 Invited Expert Panelist for USEPA on Indicators and Trends in Wetland Condition: Effects on Human Health and the Environment. Washington, D.C.

2007 – Elected President-Elect of the North Central Chapter of the Society of Wetland Scientists

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)

1995 ‑ 2002: International Committee of the Society of Wetland Scientists (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

American Institute of Biological Sciences

Society of Wetland Scientists

Society for Ecological Restoration

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

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

2006- present. Associate editor, Wetlands

Serving 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

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

Wali, M., F. Evrendilek, and S. Fennessy. Environmental Science: Issues and Solutions. Taylor and Francis, CRC Press. In prep, expected publishing date summer 2008.

PUBLICATIONS (Peer Reviewed)

Kenyon Students Indicated in Bold

Fennessy, M. S. and E. R. Herbert. 2007. Restoration of freshwater and estuarine wetlands. Encyclopedia of Life Sciences. John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, UK. (in press).

Deimeke, L., J. Bishop, J. Mack, and S. Fennessy. Ecosystem condition as a function of landuse: evidence for differential response due to HGM class. In preparation for special issue of Environmental Management.

Cronk, J.K. and M. S. Fennessy. 2007. Plants of Wetlands. Encyclopedia of Inland Waters, G. Likens, editor-in-Cheif. Elsevier Limited, Oxford, UK. (in press).

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

Haag, W., R. DiStefano, S. Fennessy, and B. Marshall. (in press). 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, S., A. Rokosch, and J. Mack. Decomposition and nutrient cycles in natural and restored wetlands: a functional analysis. Wetlands: in review.

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. Modelling nutrient cycling in wetlands. Pages 249 ‑ 276 In S. E. Jorgensen ed. Developments in Ecological Modelling 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 modelling 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

Fennessy, M. S. 2007. Teaching nitrogen biogeochemistry in aquatic ecology courses. In Proceedins 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 microbially mediated functions in restored wetlands: a comparative and mechanistic study. In Proceedins 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 In Proceedins 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 Proceedins 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 Proceedins 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 Indicator to Document the Ecological Integrity of Wetlands. Cairns, Australia.

Rheinhardt, R. and S. Fennessy. 2006. Rapid Indicators: what works and what doesn’t? In Proceedins 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^nd 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. Page 20 In Proceedings of the 24^nd 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. 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. 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. 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. Page 232 In Proceedings of the INTECOL V International Wetlands Syposium 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. Page 233 In Proceedings of the INTECOL V International Wetlands Syposium 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. T. Sullivan, E. Deimeke, M. Cohen, M. Micacchion, and M. Knapp. 2007. Assessment of wetlands in the Cuyahoga River watershed of northeast Ohio (A probabilistic sampling approach). Ohio EPA Technical Report WET/2007-4. Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, Division of Surface Water, Wetland Ecology Group, Columbus, Ohio.

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 (www.epa.state.oh.us/dsw/401/).

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 (www.epa.state.oh.us/dsw/401/).

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

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. March 10.

2005. Linking measures of ecosystem integrity and biogeochemical cycles in natural and restored wetlands. Invited seminar, 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. March, 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 Modelling. 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.

2006, 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.

1993, Restoration of Aquatic Ecosystems: Science, Technology, and Public Policy. National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences. Ecological Engineering 2: 159 ‑ 161.

1997, Treatment Wetlands. R. H. Kadlec and R. L. Knight. Journal of Environmental Quality 26.

1997, Wetlands: Environmental Gradients, Boundaries and Buffers. Ecology 78:2274-2275.

RESEARCH PROJECTS WITH UNDERGRADUATES AT KENYON COLLEGE

2006 – 2007

Ellen Herbert, 2006 – 2007. Decomposition and nutrient cycling in natural and a chronosequence of restored wetlands: A mechanistic study to provide guidance for wetland restoration. Biology Honors Thesis (includes Summer Science Scholarship).

Jesse Rosenbluth. 2006-2007. Does disturbance alter biogeochmical cycles in wetlands. Summer Science and Research in Biology Project.

Courtland Cheney. 2006-2007. Acid mine drainage in Ohio Streams and Wetlands. Research in Biology Project.

Sara Burns. 2007. Lignin content of wetland plant litter and its implication for decomposition rates. . Research in Biology Project.

2005 - 2006

Ellen Herbert. 2005 – 2006 . Landscapes and wetland ecological condition. . Summer Science Scholar Project.

Elizabeth Deimeke, 2005-2006. Dose-response curves shoe ecosystem response to land use change. Biology Honors Thesis (includes Summer Science Scholarship).

Carolyn Barrett, 2005-2006. The role of buffers in supporting biological integrity. Biology Honors Thesis (includes Summer Science Scholarship).

Casey Smith, 2005-2006. Functions of isolated wetlands on a watershed scale. Biology Honors Thesis (includes Summer Science Scholarship).

2004 - 2005

Mike Billmire, 2005. Effects of soil carbon on ecosystems processes. Research in Biology Project.

Callie Vincent, Hillary Monroe, David Deal, Jeremy Martinich. 2004. Testing field techniques in fish biology. Independent Study.

2003 - 2004

John Tisdale, 2002-2004. Soil carbon flux and climate change. Biology Honors Thesis (includes Summer Science Scholarship).

Erica Elliot, 2003-2004. Assessing wetland condition on a watershed basis. Summer Science Scholar and Research Strategies.

2002 - 2003

Adam Selhorst, 2002-2003. Investigating how land use affects soil carbon flux. Research Strategies and Summer Science Scholar.

Eric Ward, 2002-2003. Evaluating indicators of ecological integrity in wetlands. Biology Honors Thesis (includes Summer Science Scholarship).

Daniel Gustafson, 2003. Testing oxygen supply to mycorrhizal fungi in wetland plants.

Jeremy Martinich. 2002-2003. How does land use affect stream quality? Research Strategies.

2001 - 2002

Abby Rokosch, 2001-2002. Are restored wetlands biogeochemically equivalent to natural wetlands. Biology Honors Thesis (includes Summer Science Scholarship).

Katherine Kapo, 2001-2002. Historical patterns of arsenic contamination in Knox County Soils: A GIS approach. Research Strategies.

Bruce Dotterer, 2001-2002. River flow affects attached algae communities. Research Strategies.

Kristopher Cheney, 2001-2002. Soil carbon flux and climate change. Biology Honors Thesis (includes Summer Science Scholarship).

Carrie Simon. 2001. Do restored wetlands differ in abundance of mycorrhizal fungi infection in aquatic macrophytes. Summer Science Scholar and Research Strategies.

Amanda Nahlik, 2001-2002. A multivariate analysis of amphibian populations in 3 types of wetlands.

Summer Science Scholar and Research Strategies.

2000 - 2001

Whitney Meno, 1999-2001. Forest fragmentation and amphibian diversity. Biology Honors Thesis (includes Summer Science Scholarship).

1999 - 2000

Jessen Book, 1999-2000. Do restored wetlands provide amphibian habitat. Summer Science Scholar and Research Strategies

Abby Rokosch, 1999-2000. Testing biological indicators for wetlands along a gradient of hydrological disturbance. Summer Science Scholar and Research Strategies.

William Wade, 1999-2000. Chemical fluxes in the BFEC riparian zone. Summer Science Scholar.

Michael. 2000. Trophic dynamics in experimental ponds at the BFEC. Summer Science Scholar.

Christina Bush, 1998 - 2000. The effects of plant diversity on ecosystem processes Biology Honors Thesis (includes Summer Science Scholarship).

William Fletcher, 1998-2000. Assessing the role of aquatic macrophytes in aquatic ecosystem function and trophic interactions. Biology Honors Thesis (includes Summer Science Scholarship).

Laura Marx, 1998 - 2000. The effects of vesicular arbuscular mycorrhizae (VAM) on competition in aquatic plants. Summer Science Scholar, Independent Study.

Kimberly Irion, 1999-2000. Disturbance and genetically altered seeds. Research Strategies.

Colby Genrich, 1999-2000. Do mycorrhizae aid nutrient uptake in aquatic plants Research Strategies.

James Denison, 1999-2000. Predator prey dynamics with Daphnia and bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus). Research Strategies.

1998 - 1999

Marjorie Ross, 1999. Agriculture and aquatic ecosystems: a watershed approach. Independent Study.

Jonathan Flaherty and Andrew Wallace, 1999. An ecological-economics analysis of wetland mitigation. Independent Study.