Landon T. Ross, Jr.

Landon Timmonds Ross, Jr. (born October 19, 1942) is an American environmental biologist. He received master's degrees in geology from Florida State University (FSU master's thesis) and paleontology (Harvard University), and a biology Ph.D. from Florida State (FSU doctoral dissertation), while studying malacology there.

Ross spent his career, between 1970 and 2000, employed as an environmental biologist: as lead biologist with the state of Florida agency regulating the environment (Pollution Control, Environmental Regulation), or as central biology laboratory leader (Environmental Protection). His scientific contributions cover a relatively wide range of subjects, mostly related to Florida's environment.^[1][2]

References

1. "An identification guide to the ferns of the Florida Panhandle"
2. "The relationship between Jackson turbidity units and nephelometric turbidity units, as determined from various Florida sediment samples"

Publications available on-line (partial list)

• Florida Dept. Environmental Regulation, Tech. Ser. 10(1) 48pp (1990) "Methods for Aquatic Biology"
• Hydrobiologia 71(1-2): 51-60 (with co-authors) (1980) "Diel variations of selected physico-chemical parameters in Lake Kissimmee, Florida"
• Nautilus 78(2): 50-52 (1964) "The Land Mollusks of Siesta Key, Sarasota County, Florida"

External links

• Enviro-Net 4 Aug 1998 "DEP lab answers call for special services"
• First Monday 5:6(6), Stephanie Haas and Priscilla Caplan, Linking Florida's Natural Heritage, June 2000 "Science & Citizenry"
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency "Biological Indicators of Watershed Health"
• St. Petersburg Times, 7 Dec 1971 "Dead Fish Glut Peace River"