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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> Projects</div> <div> <IMG SRC="07d9bc80.jpg" border=0 width="155" height="200" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#CC3300" FACE="Trebuchet MS" ><B>D.L. Marrin</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFCC99" FACE="Trebuchet MS" >   </FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Trebuchet MS" > </FONT>|   <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="D.L. Marrin"><U>Home</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Positions"><U>Positions</U></A>   |   Projects   |   <A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Clients"><U>Clients</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Publications"><U>Publications</U></A></div> <div> <IMG SRC="04658020.png" border=0 width="600" height="2" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B>Dr. Marrin has designed or conducted diverse environmental and water projects.</B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#66CCCC" FACE="Century Gothic" > </FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Environmental Chemistry</B></div> <bR> <div> Tracking persistent man-made chemicals to identify the sources of river, aquifer, and coastal water pollution.</div> <bR> <div> Developing biogenic gas analyses (e.g., methane, carbon dioxide) to assess pollutant degradation pathways.</div> <bR> <div> Pioneering the use of vapor-phase surveying to detect VOCs (e.g., fuels, solvents) in groundwater aquifers.</div> <bR> <div> Providing litigation support to attorneys on environmental cases involving pollution and resource allocation.</div> <bR> <div> Designing an in-situ respirometry apparatus to measure the kinetics and pathways of diesel fuel biodegradation.</div> <bR> <div> Comparing the available options for disposing wastewater effluent in wetland, arid, and coastal environments.</div> <bR> <div> Assessing the potential for landfill gas migration to impact groundwater underlying an active solid waste facility.</div> <bR> <div> Co-chairing a state appointed committee that set guidelines for predicting the fate and transport of pollutants.</div> <bR> <div> Producing and scripting a video presentation that explained the behavior of transition (heavy) metals in water. </div> <bR> <div> Critiquing the design and performance of groundwater remediation (e.g., soil vapor extraction, bioaugmentation). </div> <bR> <div> Developing sample collection and analysis protocols to identify probable sources of sewage in coastal waters.</div> <bR> <div> Creating report formats that permit the interpretion of laboratory data in terms of natural attenuation mechanisms.</div> <bR> <div> Locating the source (recharge area) and identifying the chemical/physical properties of mountain spring waters.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Marine/Freshwater Ecology</B></div> <bR> <div> Investigating the ecological effects of biocide usage on fishes in the Caribbean Sea and Atlantic Ocean. </div> <bR> <div> Conducting baseline studies to assess the impact of crude oil spills on seaweeds in the Pacific Ocean.</div> <bR> <div> Documenting changes in species diversity and habitat related to the impoundment of mountain streams.</div> <bR> <div> Evaluating lake fisheries and the limnological and/or ecological impacts on native and introduced species.</div> <bR> <div> Compiling the frequency ranges and intensities of common underwater sounds (natural and man-made).</div> <bR> <div> Assessing the risk of organochlorine pesticides to the fauna inhabiting a restored watershed and estuary.</div> <bR> <div> Projecting the impacts of water chemistry changes on aquatic plants in a wetland affected by development.  </div> <bR> <div> <B>______________________________________________________________________</B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Century Gothic" >  </FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <div>  </div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>