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Floodplain characteristics affect woody vegetation regeneration on point bars of a coastal plain river recovering from anthropogenic disturbances

CHEN, MOSSA – Floodplain characteristics affect woody vegetation regeneration on point bars of a coastal plain river recovering from anthropogenic disturbances Yin-Hsuen Chen, Joann Mossa, Kunwar K. Singh Article first published online: 4 November 2022 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/eco.2504 ABSTRACT: Floodplain characteristics contribute to the natural regeneration of vegetation and help facilitate their ecosystem recovery, but vary […]

Geography Colloquium: Variations of hydrological simulation scales: reanalysis, prediction, applications, capacity building, and challenges

Speaker: Dr. Mengye Chen PostDoctoral researcher University of Oklahoma Thursday, October 6, 2022 4:00-4:50 PM (Period 9) Recorded for YouTube Turlington Hall 3018 and Zoom University of Florida Abstract: Hydrological modeling and simulation is a branch of earth system sciences to answer some important questions, such as “are we going to have enough water in […]

Geomorphic response to historic and ongoing human impacts in a large lowland river

MOSSA, CHEN – Geomorphic response to historic and ongoing human impacts in a large lowland river Dr. Joann Mossa, Dr. Yin-Hsuen Chen Article first published online: 1 Feb 2022 DOI: 10.1002/esp.5334 ABSTRACT: Lowland coastal plain rivers are important for navigation and ecosystems, having unique concerns regarding water and sediment management. The Apalachicola River in Florida, the lower […]

Celebrating Women Geographers for Women’s History Month

Geography is a diverse field. Throughout the month of March, we will be highlighting the work of Women Geographers, some of whom are #GeoGators. Tierney Shimansky Tierney is a Master’s student who studies land management and conservation in southern Africa. Dr. Yin-Hsuen Chen Yin-Hsuen is a fluvial geomorphologist and Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of […]

Strong GeoGator showing at FSG

There will be a strong GeoGator presence at the 57th Annual Meeting of the Florida Society of Geographers this Saturday the 20th of February. Whether you want to learn about risk perceptions, coastal flooding, land use change, rural violence, riparian erosion and siltation, extreme rainfall,  disease transmission, or park conservation, we’ve got you covered! Physical Geography (Moderator […]

Postdoc Appreciation Week

For Postdoc Appreciation Week, the department would like to thank Dr. Chen, Dr. Khatami, Dr. Sippy, and Dr. White for all of their hard work and scholarship! Find out more about how UF is celebrating National Postdoc Appreciation Week here!        

Floating fish camps on the Apalachicola River, Florida: Increases and Implications

CHEN, MOSSA – Floating fish camps on the Apalachicola River, Florida: Increases and Implications Joann Mossa, Yin-Hsuen Chen Article first published online: 09 FEB 2018 The Florida Geographer ABSTRACT: Peoples from various cultures and locations have been living on the edge or margin of water-land interfaces in floating houses of various types, either permanently or […]

Anthropogenic landforms and sediments from dredging and disposing sand along the Apalachicola River and its floodplain

CHEN, MOSSA, WU – Anthropogenic landforms and sediments from dredging and disposing sand along the Apalachicola River and its floodplain Joann Mossa, Yin-Hsuen Chen, Scott P. Walls, G. Mathias Kondolf, Chia-Yu Wu Article first published online: 12 MAR 2017 Geomorphology DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2017.03.010 ABSTRACT: The Apalachicola River, which begins at the confluence of the Chattahoochee and […]