Rob Bolling Atkinson
Center for Sustainability in Education - Department of Biology, Chemistry and Environmental Science
Professor
Forbes Hall 2030
(757) 594-7619
atkinson@cnu.edu
Education
- Ph D in Biology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
- MS in Biology, James Madison University
- BS in Biology, James Madison University
Teaching
I teach a class on Wetlands for non-majors, Environmental Conservation for upper level elective for biology majors, and Wetland Ecology for graduate students.
Research
My students and I study the effect of water and other variables on wetland plant communities. Projects focus on wetland mitigation, Atlantic White Cedar swamps and similar concerns.
Selected Accomplishments
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Journal Article, Academic Journal
(2020). Growth rates of Atlantic white cedar depend on hydrologic regimes at two time scales. Wetlands. Volume, 40. Pages, 81-91. -
Journal Article, Academic Journal
(2007). Influence of environment and substrate quality on root decomposition in naturally regenerating and restored Atlantic white cedar wetlands. Wetlands. Volume, 27. Issue, 1. Pages, 1-11.
- Robert Atkinson, Society of Wetland Scientists Annual Meeting, "Buried logs: an omitted component of peatland carbon budgets," Providence Rhode Island. (2025)
- Jordan Williams, Robert Atkinson, Society of Wetland Scientists Annual Meeting, "Contrasting seasonal growth characteristics in AWC peatlands in the Mid-Atlantic region," Providence Rhode Island. (2025)
- Jordan Williams, Robert Atkinson, 103rd Virginia Academy of Science Annual Meeting, "How Two Anthropogenic Threats Affect Seasonal Growth in Atlantic White Cedar," University of Virginia. (2025)
- Linda Manning, Robert Atkinson, 102nd VAS Annual Meeting, "Fear to Hope: A Case Study of Communication Strategies for Advancing Collaborative Public Science Research," University of Mary Washington. (2024)
- Anton Riedl, Brian Lamprecht, Robert Atkinson, The 2010 International Conference on Wireless Networks (ICWN’10), "A Wireless Data Collection and Integrity Assurance System for Wetland Monitoring Projects," Las Vegas, NV. (2010)
- Robert Atkinson, Janet Steven, Linda Manning, Heather Harwell, Jessica Thompson, Gary Whiting, "Subaward, DWR Ragged Island Shoreline, NOAA's Transformational Habitat Res," Sponsored by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency-NMFS-HCPO-2023-2008081