Hank McKellar , Ph.D.
Contact Information:
South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
Fisheries Research
1921 Vanbooklen Road
Eastover, SC 29044
Phone: 803-353-8232
Fax: 803-353-8552
Cell: 803-667-1220
Email: mckellarH@dnr.sc.gov
Research Interest
Aquatic, wetland, and watershed ecology; Primary production, oxygen dynamics and nutrient cycling; Ecosystems analysis and simulation; Applications in environmental quality assessment, impact evaluation and natural resource management.
Current Projects
Development of a Dynamic Water Quality Model of Lake Greenwood, SC. This work involves field and laboratory analyses to help quantify interactions among nutrient loading, algal production, and oxygen dynamics in the lake. The model will be developed to help test various management scenarios that enhance water quality and protect aquatic habitat in the lake. This work is supported by the Buzzard's Roost Fisheries Mitigation Fund and the Saluda Reedy Watershed Consortium.
Nutrient Exchange in Tidal Wetlands. This work is part of a multi-investigataor project supported by the SC Sea Grant Consortium to study Land-Use and Coastal Ecosystems (LU-CES). We are evaluating tidal exchanges of nutrients (nitrogen/phosphorus) in the wetlands of the Okatee River Estuary, a site of rapid land-use change and development. This information will contribute scientific information on the role of natural ecosystems and land-use change in water quality dynamics in developing coastal systems.
Education
1969 - BS, Zoology, University of North Carolina
1972 - MS, Marine Science, University of North Carolina.
1975 - PhD., Environmental Engineering Sciences, University of Florida.
Continuing Education: New Techniques in Water Resource Sci., US Geological
Survey (80 hr, 1992), Fundamentals of Jurisdictional Wetland Delineation, Georgia Ctr. for Continuing. Ed.
(30 hr., 1994); ArcView Short course, USC (10 hr, 1999, 5 hr 2002); EPA BASINS Model Training (20 hr, 2000),
Basic Surveying/Geomatics/GPS (11 Credits, Midlands Tech. Coll , 2001-02)
Professional Experience
| 1974-1976 | Post-Doctoral Research, Asko Laboratory, Univ.
Stockholm; Plankton metabolism, phosphorus cycling, and trophic exchanges in the eastern Baltic Sea. |
| 1976-1977 | Post-Doctoral Research., Baruch Institute for Marine Biology and Coastal Research, Univ. South Carolina;. Ecosystem modeling of the North Inlet salt marsh-estuarine system. |
| 1977-2003 | Assistant Professor (1977-1983) and Associate Professor (1983-2003)., Dept. Environmental Health Science and Marine Science. Univ. South Carolina. Major teaching: Applied Aquatic Sciences, Ecosystem Modeling and Environ. Planning.. James A. Keith Excellence in Teaching Award: 1999 |
| 1984-1985 | Visiting Scientist Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, Maryland.; Wetland dynamic modeling. |
| 1995-2004 | Associate faculty of the USC School of the Environment |
| 2004-present | Research Biologist, SC Dept. Natural Resources;
Freshwater Fisheries Research Lab Water quality dynamics and ecological modeling |
Recent Publications
- Wahl, M., H. McKellar, and T. Williams. 1996. The effects of coastal
- development on watershed hydrography and transport of organic carbon. p. 389-411. In J. Vernberg, W. Vernberg, and T. Siewicki (eds.), Urbanization in Southeastern Estuaries. Baruch Library in Mar. Sci. (#20), USC Press., Columbia, SC.
- Wahl, M., H. McKellar, and T. Williams. 1997. Patterns of nutrient
- loading in forested and urbanized coastal streams. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol.213:111-132
- Tufford, D., H. McKellar, and J. Hussey. 1998. In-stream
- nonpoint source nutrient prediction with land-use proximity and seasonality. J. Environ. Qual. 27:100-111.
- Tufford, D.L. and McKellar, H.N., 1999. Spatial and temporal
- hydrodynamic and water quality modeling analysis of a large reservoir on the South Carolina (USA) coastal plain. Ecol. Mod. 114(2/3):137-173.
- Tufford, D. L., H. McKellar, J. Flora, and M. Meadows. 1999. A reservoir
- model for use in regional water resources management. Lake and Reservoir Management. 15(3):220-230.
- Childers, D. L., J. W. Day, H. N. McKellar. 2000. Twenty more years
- of marsh and estuarine flux studies: Revisiting Nixon (1980). P. 385-414: In M. P. Wienstein and D. A. Kreeger (eds). Concepts and Controversies in Tidal Marsh Ecology, Kluwer Acad. Publ, Hingham, MA.
- Tufford, D. L., C. Burducea,, H. McKellar, D. Porter, and J.
- Hussey. 2003. Impact of urbanization on nutrient concentrations in small southeastern coastal streams. Journal of the American Water Resources Association. 39:301-312.
- McKellar, H. and D. Bratvold. Submitted. The Role of Tidal Wetlands in
- Estuarine Nutrient Cycling. In: G. Kleppel, R. DeVoe, and M. Rawson (eds), Implications of Land Use Change to Coastal Ecosystems:Challenges to Effective Resource Management. Springer-Verlag, New York.
- McKellar, H. N., M. C. Alford, P. Saroprayogi,and B. J. Kelley. In prep.
- Tidal exchange of nitrogen in relict rice field wetlands: Relations to vegetation dominants and succession. Estuaries.