Brett A Patton
Brett is an Ecologist at the U.S. Geological Survey’s Wetland and Aquatic Research Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
My research interests are in the vegetation and hydrological effects on bird use, particularly in estuarine wetland and barrier island habitats. I currently lead the USGS field data collection efforts for the Coastwide Reference Monitoring System (CRMS). I also lend support on numerous research projects including studies focused on wetland plant productivity, organic matter decomposition, carbon storage, ecohydrology, and restoration and climate change impacts on waterbird and shorebird species.
EDUCATION
M.S., Renewable Natural Resources, Louisiana State University, 2016—Thesis: Living on the edge: An assessment of the Habitat Use of Waterbirds in Estuarine Wetlands of Barataria Basin, LA
B.S., Biology, William Carey University, 2007
Science and Products
Mississippi Coastal Improvements Program (MsCIP)
Mississippi Coastal Improvements Program (MsCIP) - Adaptive Management and Monitoring Planning and Implementation
Wetland vegetation and elevation survey within the Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve, Jacksonville, Florida, 2021–2022
Wetland elevation and soil characteristics across Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge (2020-2021)
Developing bare-earth digital elevation models from structure-from-motion data on barrier islands, Dauphin Island, AL, 2018-2019
Barrier island vegetation and elevation survey, Dauphin Island, AL, 2018-19
Developing bare-earth digital elevation models from structure-from-motion data on barrier islands
Living on the edge: Multi-scale analyses of bird habitat use in coastal marshes of Barataria Basin, Louisiana, USA
Impacts of saltwater intrusion on wetland prey production and composition in a historically freshwater marsh
Inundation and salinity impacts to above- and belowground productivity in Spartina patens and Spartina alterniflora in the Mississippi River Deltaic Plain: implications for using river diversions as restoration tools
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.
Science and Products
Mississippi Coastal Improvements Program (MsCIP)
Mississippi Coastal Improvements Program (MsCIP) - Adaptive Management and Monitoring Planning and Implementation
Wetland vegetation and elevation survey within the Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve, Jacksonville, Florida, 2021–2022
Wetland elevation and soil characteristics across Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge (2020-2021)
Developing bare-earth digital elevation models from structure-from-motion data on barrier islands, Dauphin Island, AL, 2018-2019
Barrier island vegetation and elevation survey, Dauphin Island, AL, 2018-19
Developing bare-earth digital elevation models from structure-from-motion data on barrier islands
Living on the edge: Multi-scale analyses of bird habitat use in coastal marshes of Barataria Basin, Louisiana, USA
Impacts of saltwater intrusion on wetland prey production and composition in a historically freshwater marsh
Inundation and salinity impacts to above- and belowground productivity in Spartina patens and Spartina alterniflora in the Mississippi River Deltaic Plain: implications for using river diversions as restoration tools
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.