Beth A Middleton, Ph. D.
Beth Middleton is a Research Ecologist at the USGS Wetland and Aquatic Research Center.
Wetland function may be altered in the future because of dynamic shifts in droughts, water extraction, water fluctuation, salinity intrusion, CO2 levels, and storm intensity. Populations of species can be extirpated especially by drought, and tree mortality is especially common at the edges of species diestribution ranges during drought. Beth Middleton examines patterns of ecosystem function along latitudinal gradients in baldcypress swamps, monsoonal wetlands, mangrove swamps, northern peatleands, prairie fens, and floodplain wetlands. She has organized symposia, written three books, and edited three special journal volumes, which support multidisciplinary comparisons and research analysis of wetland function. Other research topics include the effects of hurricanes on coastal wetlands, flood pulsing in restoration, and biodiversity loss in fens of Europe, Asia and North America. Middleton maintains a research network of baldcypress swamps (North American Baldcypress Swamp Network) and invites other researchers to work in these study sites dedicated to the study of long term function of swamps in the southeastern US.
Education and Certifications
Ph.D., Botany, Iowa State University, 1989
Advisors: van der Valk/DavisM.S., University of Minnesota Duluth, 1983
B.S., University of Wisconsin Madison, 1978
Science and Products
Wetlands in a changing climate: Science, policy and management
Effects of sediment application on Nyssa aquatica and Taxodium distichum saplings
Preface: The wetland book, I: Structure and function, management, and methods
Introduction to the Wetland Book 1: Wetland structure and function, management, and nethods
Climate and land-use change in wetlands: A dedication
Assessing coastal wetland vulnerability to sea-level rise along the northern Gulf of Mexico coast: Gaps and opportunities for developing a coordinated regional sampling network
Repeated drought alters resistance of seed bank regeneration in baldcypress swamps of North America
Five-year external reviews of the eight Department of Interior Climate Science Centers: Southeast Climate Science Center
Using management to address vegetation stress related to land-use and climate change
Inference of population structure and demographic history in Taxodium distichum, a coniferous tree in North America, based on amplicon sequence analysis
Effects of salinity and flooding on post-hurricane regeneration potential in coastal wetland vegetation
Broken connections of wetland cultural knowledge
Non-USGS Publications**
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1526-100X.1995.tb00099.x/abstract
www.jstor.org/stable/pdfplus/2559700.pdf OR www.journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=5248088
**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.
Science and Products
Wetlands in a changing climate: Science, policy and management
Effects of sediment application on Nyssa aquatica and Taxodium distichum saplings
Preface: The wetland book, I: Structure and function, management, and methods
Introduction to the Wetland Book 1: Wetland structure and function, management, and nethods
Climate and land-use change in wetlands: A dedication
Assessing coastal wetland vulnerability to sea-level rise along the northern Gulf of Mexico coast: Gaps and opportunities for developing a coordinated regional sampling network
Repeated drought alters resistance of seed bank regeneration in baldcypress swamps of North America
Five-year external reviews of the eight Department of Interior Climate Science Centers: Southeast Climate Science Center
Using management to address vegetation stress related to land-use and climate change
Inference of population structure and demographic history in Taxodium distichum, a coniferous tree in North America, based on amplicon sequence analysis
Effects of salinity and flooding on post-hurricane regeneration potential in coastal wetland vegetation
Broken connections of wetland cultural knowledge
Non-USGS Publications**
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1526-100X.1995.tb00099.x/abstract
www.jstor.org/stable/pdfplus/2559700.pdf OR www.journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=5248088
**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.