Marilyn Bachman

352-392-9617 ext. 251
mdbach@ufl.edu

B.S., Biology, Ball State University, 1955
M.A., Biology, University of Michigan, 1960
Ph.D., Zoology (Vertebrate Ecology), University of Michigan, 1964

Dr. Marilyn Bachmann joined the Department of Animal Ecology in 1978. She initiated and taught a graduate course in Behavior Ecology of Vertebrates, taught Herpetology at both the graduate and undergraduate level, advised undergraduates, maintained a research program and served as major professor and committee member at the graduate level. She and her students did research and published in the areas of animal behavior, aquatic ecology, and herpetology. Dr. Bachmann retired from the Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management in 1993.

In Florida, Dr. Bachmann works with Dr. Canfield's limnology group and Florida LAKEWATCH. She is the author (with Canfield and Hoyer) of the book "Living at the Lake, a Handbook for Florida Lakefront Property Owners". She also collaborated with the Kissimmee restoration group at the South Florida Water Management District on the herpetological fauna of the Kissimmee River watershed area. Currently, Marilyn is primarily involved with computer graphics and maintains the websites for both the department and Florida LAKEWATCH. She also recently designed and maintains the website for the Harris Chain of Lakes Restoration Council, for which Dr. Canfield is the Univ. of Florida member of the Technical Advisory Group.

Publications

Bachmann, Marilyn D., Mark V. Hoyer and Daniel E. Canfield, Jr. 1999. Living at the lake: a handbook for Florida lakefront property owners.University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences S.P. 247 182 pp.