Research Interests

Sedimentary dynamics and climate history in the coastal and near-shore zones using radionuclides, stable isotopes, and elemental ratios.

Publications

Schwing, P.T. (2011). A Sedimentary Record of Regional Land-Use and Climate Change in the Manatee River, Manatee County, Florida. Dissertation, USF, College of Marine Science, St. Petersburg, FL.

Schwing, P.T., Hallock-Muller, P., Robbins, L.L., Larson, R., Beck, T., Martínez-Colón, M., and Gooch, B. (2010). West Florida Shelf: A Natural Laboratory for the Study of Ocean Acidification. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2010-1134, pp.15-22.

Brooks, Gregg R., Devine, Barry, Larson, Rebekka A., Schwing, Patrick T., Wallace, Leslie, E. (2007) Sedimentary Development of Coral Bay, St. John, USVI: Natural and anthropogenic influences. Caribbean Journal of Science, Vol.43, No.2.

Schwing, Patrick T (2006). Regional Climatology and Anthropogenic Impacts on Coastal Sedimentation Patterns: St. John, USVI. Thesis, Eckerd College, St. Petersburg FL.

Presentations

Schwing, P.T., Pyrtle, A.J., Carvalho, K. (2011). Controls of heavy metal distribution in the Manatee River Watershed, FL over the last one-hundred years. ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Schwing, P.T., Pyrtle, A.J., Holmes, C.W. (2010). A radiogeochemical, land-use archive of the Manatee River Watershed, FL. GSA Annual Meeting, Denver, CO.

Schwing, P.T., Pyrtle, A.J., Holmes, C.W. (2010). A radiogeochemical, land-use archive of the Manatee River Watershed, FL. MSPHDS symposium, Wash. D.C..

Schwing, P. T., Pyrtle, A.J., Haynes, S. (2008). Investigating Historical Land Use Within the Manatee River Watershed. Poster, ASLO Ocean Sciences, Orlando, FL.

Larson, R.A., Schwing, P.T., Brooks, Gregg R., Holmes, C.W., Devine, B. (2008). Short Lived Radioisotope Inventories as Tracers of Terrestrial Sediment Distribution on a Watershed Scale: St. John US Virgin Islands. ASLO Ocean Sciences, Orlando, FL.

Brooks, G.R., Larson, R.A., Devine, B., Schwing, P.T., Wallace, L. (2008). 100-Year Record of Coastal Sediment Input: St. John, USVI. GSA Southeasterm, St. Petersburg, Florida.

Schwing, P. T., Pyrtle, A.J., Haynes, S. (2008). Investigating Historical Land Use Within Southeastern Tampa Bay. 1st Place Poster and Interiew, U. South Florida Research One Symposium, Tampa, FL.

Schwing, P.T., Martinez, E., Pyrtle, A.J., Haynes, S. (2007). Validating a Biogeochemical Watershed Disturbance and Climate Change Proxy: Tampa Bay, FL. Poster, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

Schwing, Patrick T., Brooks, Gregg R., Devine, Barry, Larson, Rebecca A., Holmes, Charles, Wallace, Leslie E. (2005). Interaction of Regional Climatology and Anthropogenic Impacts on Sedimentation on St. John, USVI. Poster, Non-Point Source Pollution Conference, St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands.

Research Cruises and Field Experience

British Petroleum Gulf of Mexico Sediment Assessment (2010-present)
• Responded to the Macondo well blowout by retrieving hundreds of multi-core and box-core samples aboard the R/V Weatherbird II to assess the presence of oil and its effect on benthic organisms through many methods including stable isotopes and radiochemistry.

Dry Tortugas National Park Seafloor Mapping (2008-2009)
• Acquired sidescan and high-resolution bathymetric imagery of the Dry Tortugas National Park (DRTO) used for mapping topography and benthic habitat in the deeper areas of DRTO that are not imaged by other methods such as LIDAR or aerial photos aboard the R/V Bellows.

West Florida Shelf Ocean Acidification Assessment (2008)
• Determined the CO2 enrichment, organic content and carbonate content from surface sediment samples, and SEAS chemical parameter measurements along the West Florida Shelf aboard the R/V Suncoaster.

Marine Radiogeochemistry of Puerto Rico (2008)
• Co-coordinated the push-core, surface sediment sampling, and water quality assessment of terrestrial and marine sites in Jobos, and El Yunke National Park.

Florida Straits Side-scan Sonar Survey (2008)
• Mapped and surveyed several previously unmapped features of interest on the seafloor using a pole-mounted Teledyne-Benthos C3D interferometric sidescan sonar aboard the R/V Bellows.

Eckerd College/USGS Sedimentology Projects (2003-2009)
• Collected vibracores, push cores, diver-assisted push cores, CHIRP sonar data, and surface sediment samples on land and aboard several research vessels including the R/V Gilbert for four regional projects; The Tampa Bay Project, Watersheds of the U.S. Virgin Islands, Hard-bottom research on Rattlesnake Key, FL, and Anoxic cycles of Charlotte Harbor, FL.