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usgs_staff_profile:

 meta:
   status_code: 200
   timestamp: '2023-09-30T16:47:00.978391'
   url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/jacoby-carter
 profile:
   abstracts: []
   affiliations: []
   education: []
   email: carterj@usgs.gov
   expertise_terms:
   - animals
   - aquatic vegetation
   - capturing (animals)
   - carnivores
   - endangered species
   - extinction and extirpation
   - herbivores
   - invasive species
   - invertebrates
   - plants (organisms)
   - vegetation
   - vertebrates
   - wildlife
   - wildlife population management
   - forest resources
   - aquatic ecosystems
   - benthic ecosystems
   - biogeography
   - ecological competition
   - ecological processes
   - ecosystem diversity
   - ecosystem functions
   - ecosystems
   - estuarine ecosystems
   - forest ecosystems
   - freshwater ecosystems
   - island ecosystems
   - wetland ecosystems
   - fires
   - coastal ecosystems
   - computational methods
   - field methods
   - laboratory methods
   - mathematical modeling
   - mathematical simulation
   - risk assessment
   - statistical analysis
   - topological analysis
   honors: []
   intro_statements:
   - Jacoby Carter is Scientist Emeritus at the USGS Wetland and Aquatic Research
     Center.
   name: Jacoby Carter, Ph.D.
   name_qualifier: null
   orcid: 0000-0003-0110-0284
   organization_link: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/wetland-and-aquatic-research-center
   organization_name: Wetland and Aquatic Research Center
   personal_statement: 'EDUCATIONPh.D., Wildlife Management, University of Massachusetts,
     Amherst, 1996Dissertation: MOAB: A Generalizable Artificial Intelligence Model
     for Simulating Duck Nest Depredation in the Northern Prairie Region of North
     DakotaM.S., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, 1992Thesis:
     A Comparison of the Distribution of Plant Species in Flathead Lake and Swan
     Lake Montana and its Implications for Kerr Dam Management PracticesB.S., Zoology
     and Botany, University of Washington, 1982RESEARCHUpon completion of graduate
     school, Jacoby Carter worked at the USGS Wetland and Aquatic Research Center
     (formerly National Wetlands Research Center) in Lafayette, Louisiana. Most of
     his research has focused on popluation dynamic modeling, studying invasive species
     and estuarine submerged aquatic vegetation. Carters international work has
     included research in Mexico on land use change, in Vietnam on fire behavior
     models, and in Madagascar on environmental risk/benefit analysis. His current
     research emphases are modeling population dynamics, spatial distributions of
     plants and animals, movement models, and invasive species research. Species
     Carter currently works with are Green Treefrogs (Hyla cinerea), Nutria (Myocastor
     coypus), and Island Applesnails (Pomacea insularum). In addition, Carter is
     doing work on fire behavior models for Tea Tree (Melaleuca alternifolia) forest
     in Vietnam and have done a variety of vegetative surveys and monitoring.His
     personal research has focused on the following areas: developing improved telemetry
     equipment and techniques, documenting nutria natural history in non-marsh systems,
     modeling nutria population dynamics, dispersal and their impact on marsh systems.Island
     applesnail research team leader. Four co-PIs involved in spatial modeling, toxicology
     testing, bibliographic research, and testing biocontrol potential of native
     species.Green treefrog research: Carter is a co-PI for an NSF funded Undergraduate
     Biology/Mathematics Project.  Research for the project includes long term monitoring
     (5 years to date) of green treefrog population in an urban area. He developed
     and supervises this research.Ecologist- Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Technical
     Working Group- Freshwater/Brackish SAV sampling in response to the Deepwater
     Horizon Oil Spill.  Co-author of Freshwater/Brackish SAV sampling plan.  Federal
     team leader for sampling.'
   professional_experience: []
   title: Scientist Emeritus