William T. Anderson

Associate Professor

Earth & Enviornment Department

Marine Sciences

and the Southeast Environmental Research Center

Address:

Marine Sciences, Florida International University, BBC-Campus, North Miami, FL 33181

tel: 305 348 26 93 (UP campus), 305 919 40 25 (BBC campus), lab: 305 348 30 44, e-mail: andersow@fiu.edu

Education:

BA University of Kansas, 1992 - Geology

MS Syracuse University, 1995 - Geology

Ph.D. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH-Z), 2000 - Doktor der Naturwissenschaften

Experience:

Director of the SERC Stable Isotope Laboratory, January 2000 to present, Florida International University, Miami.

Representative of the Florida Coastal Everglades site to the NSF - Long Term Ecological Research Climate Committee (Chaired at the Kansas State University) October, 2000 to present.

Stable Isotope Laboratory, Geologisches Institut, ETH-Zentrum - Research Assistant, October 1995 to December 1999. Assisting in general laboratory operation and method development with continuous-flow IRMS for oxygen isotopic analyses with J.A. McKenzie and S. Bernasconi.

EU Advanced Study Course - Sea Level Changes on Micro to Macro Time Scales: Measurements, Modelling, Interpretation and Application 1-12 July, 1997, Sponsored by the Environment and Climate Programme of the Commission of the European Union, Kos, Greece.

Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow, and Landscape Research (WSL) - Research, June-August, 1996, Tree core recovery and ring width evaluation with F. Schweingruber.

Limnological Research Center, University of Minnesota, Research Training Group - Travelling Fellowship/Research Assistant, Fall/94, Stable isotopic analysis of lake sediments from Seneca Lake, NY for paleoenvironmenal/paleolimnologic evaluation with Emi Ito.

Publications:

Wozniak, J.R., Anderson, W.T., Childers, D.L., Gaiser, E.E., Madden, C.J., and Rudnick, D.T., 2011, Potential N processing by souther Everglades freshwater marshes: Are Everglades marches passive conduites for nitrogen: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, doi:10.1016/j.ecss.2011.08.024.

Williams, C.J., Jaffe, R., Anderson, W.T., and Jochem, F.J., 2009, Importance of seagrass as a carbon source for heterotrophic bacteria in a subtropical estuary (Florida Bay):  Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, v. 85, n. 3, p. 507-514.

Saurer, M., Cherubini, P., Reynolds-Henne, C.E., Treydte, K.S., Anderson, W.T., Siegwolf, R., 2008, An investigation of the common signal in tree-ring stable isotope chronologies at temperate sites: Journal of Geophysical Research , v. 113, issue G4, art. no. G04035.

Wozniak, J.R., Childers, D.L., Anderson, W.T., Rudnick, D.T., and Madden, C.J., 2008, An in situ mesocosm method for quantifying nitrogen cycling rates in oligotrophic wetlands using 15N tracer techniques:  Wetlands, v. 28, n. 2, p. 502-512.

Muller, J., Kylander, M., Wüst, R.A.J., Weiss, D., Martinez-Cortizas, A., LeGrande, A. N., Jennerjahn, T., Behling, H., Anderson, W.T., Jacobson, G, 2008, Possible evidence for wet Heinrich phases in tropical NE Australia: The Lynch’s Crater deposit:  Quaternary Science Reviews, v. 27, p. 468-475.

Sternberg. L.S.L., Pinzon, M.C., Vendramini, Anderson, W.T., Jahren, H., and Beuning, K., 2007, Oxygen isotope ratios of cellulose-derived phenylglucosazone:  An improved paleoclimate indicator of environmental water and relative humidity:  Geochimica et Cosmochimica Atcta, v. 71, p. 2463-2473.

Sternberg, L., Pinzon, M.C., Anderson, W.T., and Jahren, H., 2006, Variation in oxygen isotope fractionation during cellulose synthesis: intramolecular and bioxynthetic effects: Plant, Cell and Environment, v. 29, p. 1881-1889.

Evans, S.L., Anderson, W.T., and Jochem, F.J., 2006, Spatial variability in Florida Bay particulate organic matter composition: combining flow cytometry with stable isotope analyses: Hydrobiologia, v. 569, p. 151-165.

Anderson, W.T., Sternberg, L., Pinzon, M.C., Gann-Troxler, T., Childers, D.L., and Duever, M., 2005, Carbon isotope composition of cypress trees from South Florida and changing hydrologic conditions:  Dendrochronologia, v. 23, no. 1, p. 1-10.

Medina, E., Francisco, M., Sternberg, L., and Anderson, W.T., 2005, Isotopic signatures of organic matter in sediments of the continental shelf facing the Orinoco Delta:  Possible contribution of organic carbon from savannas:  Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, v. 63, no. 10, p. 527-536.

Fourqurean, J.W., Escoria, S.P., Anderson, W.T., and Zieman, C., 2005, Spatial and seasonal variability in elemental content, d13C and d15N of Thalassia testudinum from south Florida and its implications for ecosystem studies:  Estuaries, v. 28, no. 3, p. 447-461.

McFadden, M. A., Mullins, H.T., Patterson, W.P., and Anderson, W.T., 2005, Multi-proxy approach to long- and short-term Holocene climate-change:  Evidence from Eastern Lake Ontario:  Journal of Paleolimnology, v. 33. no. 3, p. 371-391.

McFadden, M. A., Mullins, H.T., Patterson, W.P., and Anderson, W.T., 2004, Paleoproductivity of eastern Lake Ontario over the past 10,000 years:  Limnology and Oceanography, v. 49, no. 5, p. 1570-1582.

Kieckbusch, D.K., Marguerite S. Koch, M.S,. Serafy,J.E., and Anderson, W.T., 2004, Trophic linkages of primary producers and consumers in fringing mangroves of tropical lagoons:  Bulletin of Marine Science, v. 74, no. 2, p. 271-285. 

Mahaffey, C., Williams, R.G., Wolff, G.A., and Anderson, W.T., 2004, Physical Supply of Nitrogen to Phytoplankton in the Atlantic Ocean:  Global Biogeochemical Cycles, v. 18, GB1034.

Sternberg LDL, Anderson WT, Morrison K ., 2003,, Separating autotrophic and heterotrophic 18O isotopic signals in tree ring cellulose: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 67 (14), p. 2561-2566.

Anderson, W.T., and Fourqurean, J.W., 2003, Intra- and interannual variability in seagrass carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes from south Florida, a preliminary study: Organic Geochemistry, v. 34 (2), p. 185-194.

Mahaffey, C., Williams, R.G., Wolff, G.A., Mahowald, H., and Anderson, W.T., 2003, Sources of new nitrogen to the surface Atlantic Ocean: Geophysical Research Letters, 30 (6): art. no. 1300.

Anderson, W.T., Bernasconi, S.M., McKenzie, J.A., Saurer, M., and Schweingruber, F., 2002, Model evaluation for reconstructing the oxygen isotopic composition in precipitation from tree ring cellulose over the last century: Chemical Geology, v. 182, p. 212-137.

Rudnicki, M.D., Wilson, P.A., and Anderson, W.T., 2001, Assessing the effects of diagenesis and sediment properties on pore fluid profiles, Blake Nose, ODP Leg 171: Paleoceanography, v. 16, no. 6, p. 563-575.

Anderson, W.T., Bernasconi, S.M., McKenzie, J.A., and Saurer, M., 1998, Oxygen and carbon isotopic record of climatic variability in tree-ring cellulose (Picea abies): An example from central Switzerland (1913-1995): Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 103, no. D24, p. 31,625-31,636.

Anderson, W.T., Mullins, H.T., and Ito, E., 1997, Stable isotope record from Seneca Lake, New York: Evidence for a cold paleoclimate following the Younger Dryas: Geology, v. 25, no. 2, p. 135-138.

Mullins, H.T., Hinchey, E.J., Wellner, R.W., Stephanes, D.B., Anderson, W.T., Dwyer, T.R., and Hine, A.C., 1996, Seismic stratigraphy of the Finger Lakes: A continental record of Heinrich event H-1 and Laurentide ice sheet instability, In Mullins, H.T., and Eyles, N., eds., Subsurface Geologic Investigations of New York Finger Lakes: Implications for Late Quaternary Deglaciation and Environmental Change: Boulder, Colorado, Geological Society of America Special Paper 311, p. 1-35.

Present Work:

CRDS methods with DOC and DIC with Annie Palya.

Big Pine isotope time-series with Carrie Rebenack

POM and nitrogen cycling in Biscyane Bay with Peter Swart.

Nitrogen fixation work in lakes and coastal settings (Scinto and Valerie Paul).