George W. Kipphut, Ph.D., Columbia University

Professor of Geosciences and Biological Sciences, Murray State University 

Research Interests: physical and chemical limnology; reservoir ecology; arctic limnology.

COURSES TAUGHT AT MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY

• Earth Science (GSC 199)
• Earth Through Time (GSC 102)
• Introduction to Water Science (GSC 303)
• Introduction to Oceanography (GSC 200)
• Physical/Chemical Limnology (GSC 665)
• Reservoir Ecology (BIO 589)
• Environmental Chemistry (BIO/CHE 513)
• Limnological Analysis Laboratory (BIO 670)
• Topics in Biogeochemistry (BIO/CHE/GSC 450)

  CURRENTLY FUNDED RESEARCH PROJECTS

  1. "Center for Watershed Environments at Murray State University", National Science Foundation/Kentucky EPSCoR Program, March 2002-February 2005.

  2. "The Arctic LTER Project: Terrestrial and Freshwater Research on Ecological Controls",  National Science Foundation, September 1998-September 2004.

  3. "Biogeochemical and Ecological Processes within a Reservoir Littoral Zone, National Science Foundation, October 1999-September 2003.
   

  REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS

• Yurista, P.M., K. Johnston, G. Rice, G.W. Kipphut, and D.S. White. 2001. Particulate organic carbon patterns in a mainstem reservoir, Kentucky Lake, USA.  Lake and Reservoir Management 17(4): 330-340.
• Kling, G.W., G.W. Kipphut, M.C. Miller, and W.J. O’Brien. 2000. The integration of lakes and streams in a landscape perspective: the importance of material processing on spatial patterns and temporal coherence. Freshwater Biology 43:477-498.
• O'Brien, W.J., G.W. Kipphut, and others. 1997. The limnology of Toolik Lake, p.61-106. In: A.M. Milner and M.W. Oswood (eds.), Freshwaters of Alaska: ecological syntheses. Springer, New York.
• Hobbie, J.E., G.W. Kipphut, and others. 1995. Long-term measurements at the Arctic LTER site, p. 391-409. In: T.M. Powell and J.H. Steele (eds.), Ecological Time Series. Chapman and Hall, New York.
• Peterson, B.J., G.W. Kipphut, and others. 1993. Biological responses of a tundra river to fertilization. Ecology 74:653-672.
• Kipphut, G.W., and S.C. Whalen. 1992. Access pipes for sampling through thick ice. Hydrobiologia 240:267-269.
• Cornwell, J.C., and G.W. Kipphut. 1992. Biogeochemistry of manganese- and iron-rich sediments in Toolik Lake, Alaska. Hydrobiologia 240:45-59.
• Kling, G.W., G.W. Kipphut, and M.C. Miller. 1991. Arctic lakes and streams as gas conduits to the atmosphere: implications for tundra carbon budgets. Science 251:298-301.
• Kipphut, G.W., and S.F. Sugai. 1990. Radium concentrations in drinking waters of the Fairbanks, Alaska region. The Northern Engineer 22(4):11-14.
• Kipphut, G. W. 1990. Glacial meltwater input to the Alaska Coastal Current: evidence from oxygen isotope measurements. Journal of Geophysical Research 95:5177-5181.
   

   
   
   
   
   

  E-mail: george.kipphut@murraystate.edu