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Assistant Professor
(joint appointment between Dept. of Earth Sciences &
Southeast Environmental Research Center)
Ph.D. University of Miami, Rosenstiel School of Marine
and Atmospheric Sciences, 2001
M.Sc, University of Virginia, 1988
B.Sc., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1985
Office:
PC 317
Phone: 305-348-3119
email:pricer@fiu.edu
Hydrogeology and carbonate geochemistry of karst
aquifers. Seawater intrusion and groundwater-surface
water interactions in wetlands and along coastlines.
Research
Interest
Dr.
Price's research interests include the general areas
of hydrogeology and low-temperature aqueous geochemistry.
More specifically, her research involves using chemical
tracers, including the isotopes of oxygen, hydrogen,
and helium, to identify groundwater flow paths, groundwater
ages and groundwater-surface water interactions.
Research
has also included investigating water-rock interactions
associated with seawater intrusion into coastal carbonate
aquifers in the Florida Everglades and in Mallorca,
Spain.
Current
research involves using chemical tracers to identify
groundwater discharge along coastlines. Additional projects
involves estimating evaporation rates from Florida and
Biscayne Bays.
Laboratory
facilities include Ion Chromatographs, TOC analyzer,
and an automated titrator.
Funding
National Park Service (NPS)-Hydrologic Data Collection
and Analysis in and near Everglades National Park, October
2007 - Sept. 2008, $219,492.00. (Price, sole PI)
South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) - Determining
Nutrient Concentrations in Groundwater Along the Mangrove
Ecotone Region of Shark River Slough-Aug. 2007-Dec.
2007. $17,219 (Price, sole PI).
SFWMD- Determining Nutrient Concentrations in Groundwater
Beneath Florida Bay- June 2007 - Feb. 2008, $45,650
(Price, sole PI).
SFWMD - A physical investigation of groundwater-surface
water interactions at Loxahatchee Impoundment Landscape
Assessment (LILA), Jul. 2007-Jul. 2009, $49,944 (Price,
sole PI).
National Science Foundation (NSF)- Long Term Ecological
Research (LTER) Florida Coastal Everglades (FCE) II-
PIs, Childers, Price, Heithaus, Gaiser, Jaffee, Jan.
2007 - Nov. 2012, $4,920,000. My portion: $360,000.
Southeast Environmental Research Center (SERC) Foundation
Grant - Phosphorus concentrations in Limestone from
the Biscayne Aquifer. Dec. 2006 - Dec. 2007, $5,000.
(Price, sole PI)
National Park Service (NPS)-Hydrologic Data Collection
and Analysis in and near Everglades National Park, October
2006 - Sept. 2007, $209,500. (Price, sole PI)
Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Authority-Geochemical Study
of the South District Wastewater Treatment Plant, October
2005-December 2006, $16,855. (Price, sole PI)
NPS-Biscayne National Park-Investigation of groundwater
flow into Biscayne National Park, subcontract to Univ.
of Miami, October 2005-September 2006: $18,525. (Price,
sole PI)
NPS-Phosphorus retention and sub-surface movement through
the S-332 detention basins on the eastern boundary of
Everglades National Park. PIs, Gaiser, Price, Scinto,
and Trexler, August 2005-July 2008: $420,000. My Portion:
$103,000.
SFWMD- Loxahatchee Impoundment Landscape assessment
(LILA_ tree island experiments and site management,
PIs, Scinto, Price, and Ross, May 1, 2005 - Sept. 1,
2008: $460,000. My portion: $61,500.
NPS-Hydrologic Data Collection and Analysis in and near
Everglades National Park, October 2005 - December. 2006,
$193,000. (Price, sole PI)
NPS-Hydrologic Data Collection and Analysis in and near
Everglades National Park, Sept 2004 - Sept. 2005, $40,000.
(Price, sole PI)
Florida Seagrant-Using Natural Chemical Tracers to Evaluate
Point-Source and Non-Point Sources of Freshwater Inputs
to Biscayne Bay. Feb. 1, 2004- Jan. 31, 2006. PIs Price
and Swart; $150,000. My portion: $90,000.
FIU Foundation, Inc. Measuring Nutrient Concentrations
in Groundwater Discharge to the Southern Everglades,
Summer 2003. $5,000. (Price, sole PI)
FIU College of Arts & Sciences, Summer Research
Program. Measuring Nutrient Concentrations in Groundwater
Discharge to the Southern Everglades, Summer 2003. $4,000.
(Price, sole PI)
NOAA-South Florida Ecosystem Restoration, Prediction,
and Modeling Program. SFERPM 2000 Estimating Evaporation
Rates in Florida Bay. Continuation of NOAA grant below
through a subcontract with UM, summer 2002. $18,000
(Price, sole PI).
Selected
Publications
2007
Difrenna, V.J., R.M. Price*, and M.R. Savabi, Identification
of a hydrodynamic threshold in karst rocks from the
Biscayne Aquifer, South Florida, USA, Hydrogeology Journal.
In press
2007
Price, R.M., Nuttle, W.K., B. J. Cosby, and P.K. Swart.
Variation and Uncertainty in Evaporation from a Subtropical
Estuary: Florida Bay, Estuaries and Coasts. 30(3):497-506.
2006 Price, R.M, and P.K. Swart, Geochemical indicators
of groundwater recharge in the Surficial Aquifer System,
Everglades National Park, Florida, USA, in Harmon, R.S.,
and Wicks, C., eds., Perspectives on karst geomorphology,
hydrology, and geochemistry-A tribute volume to Derek
C. Ford and William B. White: Geological Society of
America Special Paper 404:251-266. doi: 10.1130/2006.2404(21).
2006 Price, R.M., P.K. Swart, and J.W. Fourqurean, Coastal
groundwater discharge-an additional source of phosphorus
for the oligotrophic wetlands of the Everglades, Hydrobiologia,
569:23-36. doi:10.1007/s10750-006-0120-5.
2003 Price, R.M, J.D. Happell, Z. Top, and P. K. Swart.
Use of tritium and helium to define groundwater flow
conditions in Everglades National Park. Water Resources
Research, 39(9), doi:10.1029/2002WR001929.
2003 Happell, J.D. R.M. Price, Z. Top, and P.K. Swart.
Evidence for the removal of CFC-11, CFC-12, and CFC-113
at the ground water-surface water interface in the Everglades.
Journal of Hydrology, 279:94-105.
2002 P.K. Swart and R.M. Price. Origin of Salinity Variations
in Florida Bay. Limnology and Oceanography, 47(4):1234-1241.
2001 Swart, P.K., R.M. Price, and L.Greer. The relationship
between stable isotopic variations (O, H, and C) and
salinity in waters and corals from environments in South
Florida: Implications for reading the paleoenvironmental
record. Bulletins of American Paleontology, 361:17-29.
1991 Price, R.M. and J.S. Herman. Geochemical Investigation
of Salt Water Intrusion into a Coastal Carbonate Aquifer:
Mallorca, Spain. Geological Society of America Bulletin,
Vol. 103: No. 10, pp. 1270-1279.
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