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Paul D. Capel
Adjunct Professor/U.S.G.S
Contact Information:
- Office: CivE 145
- Phone: (612)625-3082
- Fax: (612)626-7750
- E-mail: capel001@umn.edu
Research Interests:
Major research interests are environmental chemistry, environmental fate and behavior of organic chemicals, environmental chemodynamics, and environmental education. Current research predominantly focuses on the occurrence, behavior and transport of pesticides in the hydrologic system (air, surface water, stream sediments, ground water). Specific research projects include pesticides in rain and air in Minnesota, interpretation of national NAWQA data on organochlorine insecticides in bed sediment and biotic tissues, interpretation of national NAWQA data on current-use (hydrophilic) pesticides in surface water, evaluation of SPMDs for estimating loads of hydrophobic organic chemicals in large rivers, and methods of estimating temporal trends in major ion chemistry of rain. Also, the applicability of distance learning (via WWW, etc.) to continuing education programs in environmental sciences and engineering.
Selected Publications:
Capel, P.D. and S.J. Larson. 2001. Effect of scale on the behavior of atrazine in surface waters. Environmental Science and Technology, 35(4): 648-57.
Capel, P.D., S.J. Larson, and T.A. Winterstein. 2001. The behavior of thirty-nine pesticides in surface waters as a function of scale. Hydrologic Processes, 15: 1251-69.
Wong, C.S., P.D. Capel, and L.H. Nowell. 2001. A national-scale, field-based evaluation of the biota-sediment accumulation factor (BSAF) model. Environmental Science and Technology, 35(9): 1709-15.
Hoffman, R.S., P.D. Capel, and S.J. Larson. 2000. Comparison of the occurrence of pesticides in eight urban streams. Journal of Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology, 19(9): 2249-58.
Nowell, L.H., P.D. Capel, and P.D. Dileanis. 2000. Pesticides in Sediments and Aquatic Biota of United States Rivers: Distribution, Trends, and Governing Factors. Chelsea, Mich.: Ann Arbor Press.
Capel, P.D. and H. Zhang. 2000. Extension of a field-scale process-based models to large areas using geographic information systems in Fillmore County, Minnesota as an example. In T. Steinheimer, ed., Effect of Scale on the Movement of Pesticides, ACS Symposium Series 751: Washington, D.C., American Chemical Society, 172-84.
Capel, P.D., A.H. Sprexet, and S.J. Larson. 1999. The occurrence and behavior of the herbicide Prometon in the hydrologic system. Environmental Science and Technology, 30(5): 674-80.
Larson, S.J., P.D. Capel, and R.J. Gilliom. 1999. Occurrence, distribution and environmental significance of pesticides in streams of the United States: Initial results for the national water-quality assessment program. U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 98-4222.
Capel, P.D., L. Ma, and P.J. Wotzka. 1998. Wet atmospheric deposition of pesticides in Minnesota, 1989-94. U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4026.
Majewski, M.S. and P.D. Capel. 1995. Pesticides in the Atmosphere: Distribution, Trends, and Governing Factors. Chelsea, Mich.: Ann Arbor Press.
Education:
- Post-Doctoral Experience - Swiss Federal Institute of Water Resources and Water Pollution Control (EAWAG), Department of Chemistry, 1986-1987.
- Ph.D. - University of Minnesota - 1986.
- Environmental Engineering M.S. - University of Minnesota - 1983.
- Chemistry, Science Education B.A. - Evangel College - 1979.
Experience:
- Developed and taught short courses for USGS National Training Center:Environmental Processing of Organic Chemicals (Denver, CO, 1989, 1990, 1991) and Water Quality Principles (Denver, CO 1992, 1993, 1994).
- Developed new water quality curriculum for USGS National Training Center.
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