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James A. Perry

H.T. Morse Distinguished Professor of Water Quality and Environmental Management
Phone: 612-625-4717
E-mail: jperry@umn.edu
Ph.D., Idaho State University

Fields of Interest

Science-policy linkage in natural resource management and applied aquatic ecology

Research

My research has two components: the science-policy linkage in natural resource management and applied aquatic ecology (i.e., the quantitative science which influence management decisions). In the former component, I address water quality policy and decision making in environmental management. The focus is on optimal use of scientific information to develop and implement the most sustainable policies and management strategies. In the applied ecology components, I address the ways in which aquatic ecosystems respond to various stressors. A wide variety of stream, lake and wetland ecosystems have been involved in studies of nutrient cycling, decomposition, and ecosystem structure and function, all leading toward a better understanding of integrated watershed management.

Recent Publications

• Perry, JA 2011 A global model identifies the 16 natural resource World Heritage Sites most at risk from climate change. International Journal of Heritage Studies. In Press.
• Perry, JA 2011 Predicting, and responding to climate change impacts on World Heritage forests. Invited paper in review for Toolkit for assessing vulnerability of natural World Heritage Sites to climate change, UNESCO Paris. In Press.
• Perry JA & A Jenks 2011 The secret garden: Geocaching links the campus to the classroom. Invited paper for Leal, W (ed.). World trends on education for sustainable development IN PRESS
  Rusch, H & JA Perry 2011 Dengue and the landscape : A Threat to Public Health National Center for Case Studies in Teaching. In Press.
• Perry, JA, L Paas, L Pintér, ME Arreola, E Santer, N Sharma and J Bellali. 2010. Promoting e-governance through capacity development for the global environment: UNEP’s training strategy in Integrated Environmental Assessment (IEA) In Rahman, H (ed.) Cases on Adoption, Diffusion and Evaluation of Global E-Governance Systems: Impact at the Grass Roots IGI Global.
• Schram, E and J Perry. 2010. University of Minnesota water-based nitrogen budget. IN Leal Filho, W (ed). 2010. Universities and climate change: introducing climate change at university programmes. Springer Verlag, Chapter 5.