Item talk:Q48030

USGS Staff Profile:

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   abstract: Research Ecologist with the Wetland and Aquatic Research Center
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   abstract: Beth Middleton is a Research Ecologist at the USGS Wetland and Aquatic
     Research Center.
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   abstract: 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.
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 email: middletonb@usgs.gov
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   name: 'Ph.D., Botany, Iowa State University, 1989

     Advisors: van der Valk/Davis'
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   name: M.S., University of Minnesota Duluth, 1983
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   name: B.S., University of Wisconsin Madison, 1978
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     name: Wetland and Aquatic Research Center
     url: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/wetland-and-aquatic-research-center
   roleName: Research Ecologist
   startDate: '2024-05-10T21:04:26.587013'
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 jobTitle: Research Ecologist
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   name: aquatic ecosystems
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   additionalType: self-claimed expertise
   name: biodiversity
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   additionalType: self-claimed expertise
   name: biogeography
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   additionalType: self-claimed expertise
   name: ecological processes
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   name: ecosystem diversity
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   name: ecosystem functions
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   additionalType: self-claimed expertise
   name: ecosystems
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   additionalType: self-claimed expertise
   name: environmental assessment
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   additionalType: self-claimed expertise
   name: estuarine ecosystems
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   name: forest ecosystems
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   name: freshwater ecosystems
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   name: grassland ecosystems
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   additionalType: self-claimed expertise
   name: habitat alteration
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   additionalType: self-claimed expertise
   name: habitats
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   name: island ecosystems
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   name: shrubland ecosystems
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   additionalType: self-claimed expertise
   name: wetland ecosystems
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   additionalType: self-claimed expertise
   name: drought stress and population collapse
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   member:
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     name: U.S. Geological Survey
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   startDate: '2024-05-10T21:04:26.583319'
 name: Beth A Middleton, Ph. D.
 url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/beth-middleton