Research Ecologist
Wetland and Aquatic Research Center
Email:
middletonb@usgs.gov
Office Phone:
337-266-8618
Fax:
337-266-8592
ORCID:
0000-0002-1220-2326
Location
WARC - Office/LAb Building
700 Cajundome Blvd.
Lafayette
, LA
70506
US
Supervisor:
Deborah M Epperson
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This study examined long-term changes in ground height using Surface Elevation Tables (SETs). Measurements were taken in the floodplains of the Cache River at Buttonland Swamp in southern Illinois. The sites where data was collected included Crawford Tract and Eagle Pond from 2020-2022 and Deer Pond and Snake Hole from 2005-2022.
Categories: Data;
Tags: Buttonland Swamp,
Cache River,
Ecology,
Forested Wetland,
Illinois, All tags...
Land Use Change,
Southern Illinois,
USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC),
United States,
channel downcutting,
climate change,
elevation,
freshwater ecosystems,
freshwater swamp,
global warming,
precipitation (atmospheric),
precipitation measurements,
sediment deposition,
sedimentation,
swamp,
wetlands, Fewer tags
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Soil samples were collected from Lady Bird Johnson Lake, Austin, Texas in 2019 to generate seed bank data for the rare plant Physostegia correllii. Seed germination data was produced from the soil samples kept in a greenhouse at the Wetland and Aquatic Research Center in Lafayette, LA.
Categories: Data;
Tags: Austin,
Blunn Creek,
Botany,
Colorado River,
Lady Bird Johnson Lake, All tags...
Texas,
USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC),
United States,
biota,
bottomland hardwood forest,
climate change,
climate change,
disturbance fugitive,
floodplain,
floodplains,
land use change,
rare species,
seed bank,
shading,
wet grassland, Fewer tags
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Recurring drying and wetting events are likely to increase in frequency and intensity in predicted future droughts in the central United States and alter the regeneration potential of species. We explored the resistance of seed banks to successive droughts in 53 sites across the nine locations in baldcypress swamps in the southeastern United States. Along the Mississippi River Alluvial Valley and northern Gulf of Mexico, we investigated the capacity of seed banks to retain viable seeds after successive periods of drying and wetting in a greenhouse study. Mean differences of species richness and seed density were compared to examine the interactions of successive droughts, geographical location and water regime....
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The decline of Taxodium distichum, bald cypress, forests along the Gulf Coast of North America is partly due to elevation loss and subsequent flooding. In many coastal wetlands, a common approach for coastal restoration is to rebuild elevation through the application of dredge spoil, but this technique has not been used widely in coastal forests due to concerns of negatively impacting trees. This experiment explored health responses of Nyssa aquatica, water tupelo, and T. distichum saplings to applications of low salinity dredge spoil in a greenhouse setting. Compared to controls, saplings of T. distichum grown in 7 and 15 cm sediment depths had higher final heights, and stem and total biomass while N. aquatica...
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This dataset documents the water quality in depth, salinity, and pH as well as the vegetation found in the freshwater swamps of Hickory Point State Forest near Pocomoke City, Maryland from 2013 to 2021.
Categories: Data;
Tags: Botany,
Chesapeake Bay,
Ecology,
Forested Wetland,
Hickory Point State Forest, All tags...
Maryland,
Pocomoke City,
Pocomoke River,
Relict Tidal Inlet,
USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC),
United States,
Water Quality,
biota,
climate change,
droughts,
freshwater ecosystems,
freshwater swamp,
global warming,
regime shift,
relict forest,
wetlands, Fewer tags
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