ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

 This research effort was funded by The Strategic Environmental Research and

Development Program (SERDP). This program is the Department of Defense's (DoD)

environmental science and technology program, planned and executed in full partnership with

the Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency. The views and

conclusions contained herein are those of the author and should not be interpreted as representing

the U.S. Government agencies.

 The faculty and staff of the University of Florida's Department of Environmental

Engineering Sciences have been instrumental in the completion of this project. There were many

people responsible for the field sampling and laboratory analysis, including Randy Sillan, Gloria

Sillan, Irene Poyer, and M. Zhou. The data analysis process was assisted by Jaehyun Cho.

Christina Akly provided help with figures and formatting.

 For their expertise, support, and encouragement, the author would like to acknowledge

his committee co-chairs, Mike Annable and Jim Jawitz. Their patience, open door policies, and

guidance were invaluable in this effort. Also, Joe Delfino was the remaining member of his

committee and his sharp editing was highly important. All three committee members' courses

related to this research were also invaluable to the author's ability to understand and analyze the

data and results.

 Finally, I would like to thank my family for all their years of support, encouragement,

and relentless exposure to nature and science while I was growing up.