David S. White

University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth
Phone: (508) 999-8193
Email: d1white@umassd.edu

Education

1994 Ph.D., Boston University Marine Program.

1975 M.S. Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

1969 B.A. Biology, Earlham College.

Research Interests

• Nutrient cycling, coupling of sediment and water column processes.
• Wetlands ecology and restoration.
• Watershed nutrient loading.
• Remediation and management of aquatic ecosystems.
• Transport and fate of toxic chemicals in aquatic ecosystems.
• Environmental baseline studies and environmental impact assessments.
• Biological resource evaluations.

Research Publications

2003. Hamersley, M.R., B.L. Howes and D.S. White. Particulates not plants dominate nitrogen processing in a septage-treating wetland. Journal of Environmental Quality In press.

2001 Hamersley, M.R., B.L. Howes, D.S. White, S. Johnke, D. Young, S.B. Peterson and J.M. Teal. Nitrogen balance and cycling in an ecologically engineered septage treatment system. Ecological Engineering 18:61-75.

1994 White, D.S. and B.L. Howes. Nitrogen incorporation into decomposing litter of Spartina alterniflora. Limnology and Oceanography 39:133-140.

1994 White, D.S. and B.L. Howes. Translocation, remineralization and turnover of nitrogen in the roots and rhizomes of Spartina alterniflora. American Journal of Botany 81:1225-1234.

1994 White, D.S. and B.L. Howes. Long-term ¹⁵N-nitrogen retention in the vegetated sediments of a New England salt marsh. Limnology and Oceanography 39:1878-1892.

Technical Reports

2002 Howes, B.L., D. White, R. Samimy and M. Rapacz. The Massachusetts Estuary Project Embayment Water Quality Assessment Interim Report, The University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth School for Marine Science and Technology and The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection.

2002 White, D.S., and B.L. Howes. Regional Shellfish Management Plan for The City of New Bedford and The Towns of Fairhaven and Dartmouth, Massachusetts. School for Marine Science and Technology, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth.

2000 Ashumet Pond Trophic Health Technical Memorandum, Jacobs Engineering Group, Air Force Center for Environmental Excellence.

2000 Ashumet Pond Phosphorus Management Plan, Jacobs Engineering Group, Air Force Center for Environmental Excellence.