Publications

Journal Articles

Beckinhausen, A., Martinez, A., Blersch, D.M., Haznedaroglu, B. 2014.  Association of nuisance filamentous algae Cladophora spp. with E. coli and Salmonella in public beach waters: Impacts of UV protection on bacterial survival. Environmental Science: Process & Impacts. doi: 10.1039/C3EM00659J.

Blersch, D.M., Kangas, P.C., Mulbry, W.W. 2013. Turbulence and nutrient interactions that control benthic algal production in an engineered cultivation raceway. Algal Research. 2(2): 107-112. doi: 10.1016/j.algal.2013.01.001.

Blersch, D.M., Kangas, P., Mulbry, W. 2013. Autonomous benthic algal cultivator under feedback control of ecosystem metabolism. Environmental Engineering Science. 30(2): 53-60. doi: 10.1089/ees.2012.0045.

Blersch, D.M., Kangas, P. 2013. A modeling analysis of the sustainability of ecotourism in Belize. Environment, Development and Sustainability. 15(1): 67-80. doi: 10.1007/s10668-012-9374-4.

Pizarro, C.X., Mulbry, W.W., Blersch, D.M., Kangas, P. 2006. An economic assessment of algal turf scrubber technology for treatment of dairy wastewater. Ecological Engineering 26:321-327. doi:10.1016/j.ecoleng.2005.12.009.

Blersch, D.M., Kangas, P. 2006. Autonomous behavior of a wetland soil technoecosystem. Environmental Engineering Science. 23(2):285-295. doi:10.1089/ees.2006.23.285.

Schreuders, P.D., Blersch, D.M., Lomander, A., Koh, F., Reddy, P. Danzy, D. 2002. An ecological engineering project for combined undergraduate and graduate classes. International Journal of Engineering Education 18(5): 607-615.

Select Articles and Proceeedings

Bohlen, M., Clark, B., Dalton, J., Blersch, D.M.,  Atkinson, J., Yang, L. 2013.  Another Day at the Beach: Combining sensor data with human perception and intuition for the monitoring and care of public recreational water resources. 9th International Conference on Intelligent Environments. IEEE Computer Society, pp. 37-44.

Blersch, D.M., Mulbry, W., and Kangas, P. 2005. Emergy of algal systems revisited. In: M.T. Brown (ed.). Emergy Synthesis 3: Theory and Applications of the Emergy Methodology. Center for Environmental Policy. University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, pp. 561-568.

Blersch, D.M., Kangas, P. 2005. Project Greenhab at the University of Maryland: Development of a research-scale life support greenhouse. In: R.M. Zubrin and F. Crossman (eds.). On to Mars 2: Exploring and Settling a New World. Collector’s Guide Publishing, Inc., Wheaton, IL.

Blersch, D.M., Biermann, E., Calahan, D., Ives-Halperin, J., Jacobson, M., Kangas, P. 2002. A proposed design for wastewater treatment and recycling at the Flashline Mars Arctic Research Station utilizing living machine technology. In: R.M. Zubrin and F. Crossman (eds.). On to Mars: Colonizing a New World. Apogee Books, Wheaton, IL.

Blersch, D.M., Biermann, E., Kangas, P. 2002. Preliminary design considerations for the MARS wastewater treatment system: Physico-chemical or living machine? In: R.M. Zubrin and F. Crossman (eds.). On to Mars: Colonizing a New World. Apogee Books, Wheaton, IL.

Blersch, D.M., Biermann, E., Kangas, P. 2000. Preliminary design considerations on biological treatment alternatives for a simulated Mars base wastewater treatment system. Proceedings of the 35th Annual International Conference on Environmental Systems.  Toulousse, France, July 2000. Society of Automotive Engineers, Mechanicsville, PA.

David M. Blersch, Ph.D.

Algae Systems and Ecological Engineering Laboratory