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Peter Hawman

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Ph.D. Candidate and Research Assistant

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Geography-Geology, Room 313
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Research Interests:

Modeling atmospheric carbon exchange using micrometeorology and remote sensing to examine the effects of environmental gradients on primary production and light use efficiency of coastal salt marshes across the Southeastern United States.

Education:

B.L.A
College of Environment + Design
University of Georgia

GIS Certificate
Department of Geography
University of Georgia

Selected Publications:
Richardson, J. L., Desai, A. R., Thom, J., Lindgren, K., Laudon, H., Peichl, M., et al. (2023). On the Relationship Between Aquatic CO2 Concentration and Ecosystem Fluxes in Some of the World’s Key Wetland Types. Wetlands, 44(1), 1. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13157-023-01751-x
 
Mao, L., Mishra, D. R., Hawman, P. A., Narron, C. R., O’Connell, J. L., & Cotten, D. L. (2023). Photosynthetic Performance of Tidally Flooded Spartina alterniflora Salt Marshes. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JG007161

Hawman, P. A., Mishra, D. R., & O’Connell, J. L. (2023). Dynamic emergent leaf area in tidal wetlands: Implications for satellite-derived regional and global blue carbon estimates. Remote Sensing of Environment, 290, 113553. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2023.113553
 
Narron, C. R., O’Connell, J. L., Mishra, D. R., Cotten, D. L., Hawman, P. A., & Mao, L. (2022). Flooding in Landsat across tidal systems (FLATS): An index for intermittent tidal filtering and frequency detection in salt marsh environments. Ecological Indicators, 141, 109045. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2022.109045

Gaiser, E. E., Kominoski, J. S., McKnight, D. M., Bahlai, C. A., Cheng, C., Record, S., et al. (2022). Long-term ecological research and the COVID-19 anthropause: A window to understanding social–ecological disturbance. Ecosphere, 13(4), e4019. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4019

Hawman, P. A., Mishra, D. R., O’Connell, J. L., Cotten, D. L., Narron, C. R., & Mao, L. (2021). Salt Marsh Light Use Efficiency is Driven by Environmental Gradients and Species‐Specific Physiology and Morphology. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 126(5). https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JG006213
 
Salmi, R., Presotto, A., Scarry, C. J., Hawman, P., & Doran-Sheehy, D. M. (2020). Spatial cognition in western gorillas (Gorilla gorilla): an analysis of distance, linearity, and speed of travel routes. Animal Cognition. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-020-01358-3

Major Professor

Deepak R Mishra

Merle C. Prunty, Jr. Professor and Associate Head

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