Brian Tangen
Brian Tangen is an Ecologist with the USGS Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center and works at the Lincoln, Nebraska duty station.
I began my professional career processing and identifying aquatic invertebrates and conducting a wide variety of field work for Northern Prairie's aquatics lab. I have worked in a variety of roles at Northern Prairie performing research focused on carbon and greenhouse gas cycling in wetland systems, wetland hydrology, wetland management, and effects of climate- and land-use change.
Professional Experience
Ecologist, USGS Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
Education and Certifications
M.S., Biological Sciences, North Dakota State University, 2001
B.A., Biology, Valley City State University, 1999
Affiliations and Memberships*
Society of Wetland Scientists
Science and Products
Soil organic carbon stocks and sequestration rates of inland, freshwater wetlands: Sources of variability and uncertainty
A review of Cattail (Typha) invasion in North American wetlands
Study design and methods for a wetland condition assessment on U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service fee-title lands in the Prairie Pothole Region of North Dakota, South Dakota, and Montana, USA
Typha (cattail) invasion in North American wetlands: Biology, regional problems, impacts, ecosystem services, and management
Aquatic vegetation and invertebrate communities of Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge
Hydrologic lag effects on wetland greenhouse gas fluxes
Effects of land use on greenhouse gas flux in playa wetlands and associated watersheds in the High Plains, USA
Terrestrial wetlands
Diurnal patterns of methane flux from a seasonal wetland: mechanisms and methodology
Prairie Pothole Region wetlands and subsurface drainage systems: Key factors for determining drainage setback distances
A case study examining the efficacy of drainage setbacks for limiting effects to wetlands in the Prairie Pothole Region, USA
Abundant carbon substrates drive extremely high sulfate reduction rates and methane fluxes in Prairie Pothole Wetlands
Non-USGS Publications**
**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.
Conservation easements in the Prairie Pothole Region of North Dakota: characteristics of wetland catchments and key factors for determination of drainage setback distances
Diurnal patterns of methane flux from a depressional, seasonal wetland
Soil properties and greenhouse gas fluxes of Prairie Pothole Region wetlands: a comprehensive data release
Dissolved greenhouse gas concentrations and fluxes from Wetlands P7 and P8 of the Cottonwood Lake Study area, Stutsman County, North Dakota, 2015
Aquatic invertebrates and vegetation and water-quality of Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge, Minnesota: 2013-2014
Science and Products
Soil organic carbon stocks and sequestration rates of inland, freshwater wetlands: Sources of variability and uncertainty
A review of Cattail (Typha) invasion in North American wetlands
Study design and methods for a wetland condition assessment on U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service fee-title lands in the Prairie Pothole Region of North Dakota, South Dakota, and Montana, USA
Typha (cattail) invasion in North American wetlands: Biology, regional problems, impacts, ecosystem services, and management
Aquatic vegetation and invertebrate communities of Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge
Hydrologic lag effects on wetland greenhouse gas fluxes
Effects of land use on greenhouse gas flux in playa wetlands and associated watersheds in the High Plains, USA
Terrestrial wetlands
Diurnal patterns of methane flux from a seasonal wetland: mechanisms and methodology
Prairie Pothole Region wetlands and subsurface drainage systems: Key factors for determining drainage setback distances
A case study examining the efficacy of drainage setbacks for limiting effects to wetlands in the Prairie Pothole Region, USA
Abundant carbon substrates drive extremely high sulfate reduction rates and methane fluxes in Prairie Pothole Wetlands
Non-USGS Publications**
**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.
Conservation easements in the Prairie Pothole Region of North Dakota: characteristics of wetland catchments and key factors for determination of drainage setback distances
Diurnal patterns of methane flux from a depressional, seasonal wetland
Soil properties and greenhouse gas fluxes of Prairie Pothole Region wetlands: a comprehensive data release
Dissolved greenhouse gas concentrations and fluxes from Wetlands P7 and P8 of the Cottonwood Lake Study area, Stutsman County, North Dakota, 2015
Aquatic invertebrates and vegetation and water-quality of Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge, Minnesota: 2013-2014
*Disclaimer: Listing outside positions with professional scientific organizations on this Staff Profile are for informational purposes only and do not constitute an endorsement of those professional scientific organizations or their activities by the USGS, Department of the Interior, or U.S. Government