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
Differences in impacts of Hurricane Sandy on freshwater swamps on the Delmarva Peninsula, Mid−Atlantic Coast, USA
Cattle grazing in wetlands
Succession in wetlands
Functional integrity of freshwater forested wetlands, hydrologic alteration, and climate change
Responses to water depth and clipping of twenty−three plant species in an Indian monsoonal wetland
Hydrologic remediation for the Deepwater Horizon incident drove ancillary primary production increase in coastal swamps
Core-satellite species hypothesis and native versus exotic species in secondary succession
Decomposition
Foreword: function, classification and management of Asian wetlands
Restoration potential of sedge meadows in hand-cultivated soybean fields in northeastern China
Dendrometer bands made easy: using modified cable ties to measure incremental growth of trees
Rediscovering traditional vegetation management in preserves: trading experiences between cultures and continents
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
Differences in impacts of Hurricane Sandy on freshwater swamps on the Delmarva Peninsula, Mid−Atlantic Coast, USA
Cattle grazing in wetlands
Succession in wetlands
Functional integrity of freshwater forested wetlands, hydrologic alteration, and climate change
Responses to water depth and clipping of twenty−three plant species in an Indian monsoonal wetland
Hydrologic remediation for the Deepwater Horizon incident drove ancillary primary production increase in coastal swamps
Core-satellite species hypothesis and native versus exotic species in secondary succession
Decomposition
Foreword: function, classification and management of Asian wetlands
Restoration potential of sedge meadows in hand-cultivated soybean fields in northeastern China
Dendrometer bands made easy: using modified cable ties to measure incremental growth of trees
Rediscovering traditional vegetation management in preserves: trading experiences between cultures and continents
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.