Research Records, circa 1990-2003

Summary

This accession consists of records documenting the research of Don (Donald E.) Weller regarding land use in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Weller is a quantitative ecologist with expertise in ecological modeling and landscape ecology, using the quantitative tools of spatial analysis, mathematical modeling, and statistics to explore the factors controlling nutrient discharges from watersheds; the role of wetlands in moderating nutrient transport; the relationships between watershed characteristics and the ecological health of wetlands, streams, and estuaries; and carbon storage in coastal wetlands. Weller joined the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) as a Research Associate in 1983. He became Director of SERC's computer center and a staff scientist in 1992 and was named a senior scientist in 1997. Weller retired in 2019 but maintained status as a scientist emeritus. Materials in this accession include original maps, annotated published maps, aerial photography, transparency overlays, and related materials noting land use in the coastal plains and several tributaries to the Chesapeake Bay.

Subject

Weller, Don (Donald E.)

Notes

• Electronic List in accession file.
• Box List in accession file.
• For a description of the record series of which these materials form a part, refer to the "Forms part of" above.

Organization

Unarranged

Repository Loc.

Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

Date

• 1990
• 1990-2003
• circa 1990-2003

Topic

• Spatial analysis (Statistics)
• Watersheds
• Ecology
• Mathematical models
• Nutrient pollution of water
• Carbon sequestration
• Landscape ecology
• Wetlands
• Research
• Land use
• Ecologists

Place

Chesapeake Bay Watershed

Form/Genre

• Maps
• Collection descriptions
• Black-and-white photographs

Local number

SIA Acc. 24-001

Physical description

3.96 cu. ft. (9 blueprint storage boxes)

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