Biology and Marine Biology

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LAWRENCE B. CAHOON

EDUCATION:

Ph.D., 1981, Duke University (Zoology)

B.S., 1975, summa cum laude, Washington & Lee University (Biology)

POSITIONS HELD:

Professor, 1993-

Certified Senior Ecologist, Ecological Society of America, 2002-present

Graduate Faculty, 1991-

Adjunct Graduate Faculty, North Carolina State University, 1991- 2001

Associate Professor, Dept. of Biological Sciences, UNC Wilmington, 1987- 1993

Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biological Sciences, UNC Wilmington, 1982-1987

Visiting Summer Faculty, Duke University Marine Laboratory

1982-1985, 1990-1991, 1995, 1997, 1999

Temporary Instructor, Duke University Zoology Dept., 1981- 1982

PUBLICATIONS (PR=peer reviewed):

IN PRESS

Cahoon, L.B. Coal ash as a cause of water quality impairment. Invited chapter in Food,

Energy, and Water: The Nexus, S. Ahuja, ed. Elsevier.

Cahoon, L.B. Microphytobenthos. Invited Chapter, In press, “Encyclopedia of

Estuaries”, M. Kennish, ed., Springer.

Cahoon, L.B. Tychoplankton. Invited Chapter, In press, “Encyclopedia of Estuaries”,

M. Kennish, ed., Springer.

PUBLISHED (GRADUATE STUDENTS IN BOLD)

PR 97. Cahoon, L.B. 2014. Socratic Oceanography, pp. 165-172 in “Best Practices in University

Teaching”, 2nd Ed., D. Ashe and C. Clements, eds. Center for Teaching Excellence, UNC

Wilmington.

99. Dr. Lawrence Cahoon on Hurricanes in relation to Global Warming, Cooling Effects, and

Strength Reduction from Offshore Wind Farms.

July 16, 2014. http://brunswickgreen.com/dr-lawrence-cahoon-on-hurricanes-in-relation-to-global-

warming-cooling-effects-and-strength-reduction-from-offshore-wind-farms/.

PR 96. Koopman, H.N., A.J. Westgate, Z.A. Siders, and L.B. Cahoon. 2014. Rapid subsurface

ocean warming in the Bay of Fundy as measured by free-swimming basking sharks. Oceanography

27(2):14–16, http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2014.32

98. Cahoon, L.B. Getting ahead of ourselves on oil drilling in NC

Raleigh News & Observer, April 26, 2014.

http://www.newsobserver.com/2014/04/26/3811519/getting-ahead-of-ourselves-on.html

PR 95. Roman, M.D., and L.B. Cahoon. 2014. Composition and distribution of phosphorus forms in

sediments of Greenfield Lake, Wilmington, North Carolina. JNCAS. 129: 172–179.

PR 94. Arfken, A.M., M.A. Mallin, L.B. Cahoon, and B. Song. Monitoring swine fecal

contamination in the Cape Fear River Watershed based on the detection and quantification of