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19 <br />William W. Kirby-smith„ PhD. <br />Professor Emeritus of the Practice of Marine Ecology <br />Duke University Marine Laboratory <br />Division of Marine Science and Policy <br />Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences <br />EDUCATION <br />1964 A.B. Biology, University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee <br />1970 PhD. Zoology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina. <br />SOCIETIES <br />Ecological Society of America <br />Estuarine Research Federation <br />Society of wetlands Scientists <br />FIELDS OF EXPERTISE <br />Water quality impacts of agricultural runoff <br />Ecology of fecal coliform bacteria <br />Effects of land alterations on water quality <br />Ecology and feeding physiology of marine animals <br />Marine invertebrate zoology (ecology and systematics) <br />RECENT RESEARCH <br />2002-05. Upper South River Watershed BMP Demonstration Project: BMP <br />Management Strategies and Their Effect on Fecal Coliform Bacteria, Sediment <br />and Inorganic Nutrients in Estuarine Receiving Waters. NC Dept. Environment <br />and Natural Resources EPA319 Program <br />2003-06 Water Quality Monitoring of Wetlands Restoration at North River Farms. <br />North Carolina Coastal Federation. <br />2003-06 Water Quality Monitoring of wetlands Restoration at North River Farms. . <br />EPA funding to NC Dept. Environment and Natural Resources, Shellfish <br />Sanitation Branch. <br />2005-08 Development of fecal coliform TMDL's using Bayesian modeling and novel <br />molecular monitoring techniques. Newport River baseline monitoring component <br />of EPA funding by NC Dept. Environment and Natural Resources EPA 319 <br />Program through a grant to Ken Reckhow (Duke University NSEES). <br />2006 - 08 Water Quality Monitoring for NCCF Hoop Pole Creek Storm water <br />Runoff Project. North Carolina Coastal Federation <br />2006 -10 water Quality Monitoring of Wetlands Restoration at North River Farms. <br />North Carolina Coastal Federation. <br />