History
The Louis Calder Center was founded in 1967 when paper magnate Louis Calder donated his estate to Fordham University. Buildings have since been constructed, renovated, and modernized.Buildings
The Louis Calder Center consists of 19 buildings including: *Calder Hall - A 27-room stone mansion which houses seminar rooms, a library, herbarium, insect collection, guest rooms, kitchen, and dining room. *McCarthy Laboratories - a building where a great amount of the analysis of samples is carried out. The lab includes growth chambers, a nutrient autoanalyzer, gas chromatograph, High-performance liquid chromatography, HPLC, carbon-nitrogen analyzer, fluorescence and phase microscopes, spectrophotometers, autoclaves, electronic balances, refrigerators, centrifuges, and other scientific equipment. *Greenhouses *Lakeside Lodge *Routh HouseCalder Lake
Calder Lake is a 4 hectare mesoeutrophic lake located within the Louis Calder Center. The lake bottom is more than half covered by a submersed macrophyte community, including ''Vallisneria americana, Elodea canadensis, Potamogeton amplifolius'', and ''Najas flexilis''. Since Calder Lake is relatively small, the surrounding flora (including ''Quercus rubra, Quercus prinus, Acer rubrum, Fagus grandifolia'', and ''Cornus florida'') plays a significant role in its ecology, as falling leaves add nutrients to the water. The production rates of bacteria and larger phytoplankton in the lake are limited by the supply of inorganic phosphorus. Dissolved organic carbon exists between 4–6 mg C/L in the lake.External links