Personnel Profiles

• Mailing address:
• School of Geosciences
• University of South Florida
• 4202 E. Fowler Avenue, NES 207
• Tampa, FL 33620
• Email: mrains@usf.edu

Flower, H., M. Rains, Y. Tasci, J.Z. Zhang, K. Trout, D.B. Lewis, A. Das, and R. Dalton. 2021. Why is calcite a strong phosphorus sink in freshwater? Investigating the adsorption mechanism using batch experiments and surface complexation modeling. Chemosphere 286: 131596.

Flower, H., M. Rains, H.C. Fitz, W.H. Orem, S. Newman, T.Z. Osborne, K.R. Reddy, and J. Obeysekera. 2019. Shifting ground: Landscape-scale modeling of biogeochemical processes under climate change in the Florida Everglades. Environmental Management 64: 416-435.

Flower, H., M. Rains, and H.C. Fitz. 2017. Visioning the future: Scenarios modeling of the Florida Coastal Everglades. Environmental Management 60: 989-1009.

Flower, H., M. Rains, D.B. Lewis, and J.Z. Zhang. 2017. Rapid and intense phosphate desorption kinetics when saltwater intrudes into carbonate rock. Estuaries and Coasts 40: 1301-1313.

Flower, H., M. Rains, D.B. Lewis, J.Z. Zhang, and R.M. Price. 2017. Saltwater intrusion as potential driver of phosphorus release from limestone bedrock in a coastal aquifer. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 184: 166-176.

Flower, H., M. Rains, D.B. Lewis, J.Z. Zhang, and R.M. Price. 2016. Control of phosphorus concentration through adsorption and desorption in shallow groundwater of subtropical carbonate estuary. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 169: 238-247.

Flower, H., M. Rains, J.Z. Zhang, and D.B. Lewis. 2022. Saltwater intrusion and phosphorus desorption: The first geochemical model of seawater-induced phosphorus release from calcite. Geological Society of America, Denver, Colorado, October 11, 2022.