USGS National Wetlands Research Center: Scott Wilson profile

Scott A. Wilson, Ph.D.

Scott A. Wilson, M.S. 2001. Computer Engineering, University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Electrical and computer engineering, data acquisition, digital logic, multimedia, and advanced data visualization.

Wilson focuses on developing new and innovative techniques to acquire and communicate field data. Past projects have dealt with technology for improving data collection for hydrology systems, wood duck nesting activities, and predation of Neotropical migrant songbird eggs. Other areas of interest involve advanced data visualization and multimedia information development and exchange.

Wilson's NWRC Publications

The following list of publications is current only through 2001. For an update, please go to the online NWRC publications data base (http://librrefmgr.cr.usgs.gov?func=advSearch) to search for the bibliographic citations of individual staff members.

Refereed

Ouchley, K., R.B. Hamilton, and S.A. Wilson. 1994. Nest monitoring using a micro-video camera. Journal of Field Ornithology 65:410-412.

Other Peer Reviewed Publications and Products

Johnston, J.B., Wilson, S.A., and Bourgeois, P.E., 2001, Tampa Bay integrated science pilot study data information management system (DIMS): U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 01-389, 1 p.

Johnston, J.B., Wilson, S.A., and Cretini, C., 2001, Tampa Bay integrated science pilot study digital library: U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 01-387, 1 p.

Louisiana State University Agriculture Center and Louisiana Department of Natural Resources. Louisiana wetlands functions and values. U.S. Geological Survey, LSU Agriculture Center and Louisiana Department of Natural Resources. CD-ROM

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 1998. Black bears and songbirds of the Lower Mississippi River Valley. CD-ROM. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Lafayette, LA.

Wilson, S., W.C. Barrow, K. Ouchley, and R.B. Hamilton. 1994. A microvideo camera for inspecting nests. National Biological Survey Research Information Bulletin 34. 2 pp.

Wilson, S.A., and C. Cordes. 1997. Community involvement in a multimedia outreach project for Caddo Lake, Texas. Pages 258-263 in 1997 ACSM/ASPS Annual Convention and Exposition. American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing and American Congress on Surveying and Mapping, Bethesda, MD.

Wilson, S., J. Gamble, and R. DeMay, compilers. 2000. Explore Coastal Louisiana CD-ROM. U.S. Geological Survey, National Wetlands Research Center, Lafayette, LA.

Wilson, S.A., and V. Sclafani. 1995. Virtual reality for natural resource management: a concept paper. Pages 23-28 in M. Ehlers, D.R. Steiner, and J.B. Johnston, eds. Proceedings of an International Workshop on Requirements for Integrated Geographic Information Systems. Environmental Research Institute of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Abstracts

Johnston, J.B., Wilson, S., Bourgeois, P., Martucci, A., Cretini, C., Conzelman, C., and Nesta, M., 2001, Gulf of Mexico integrated science database information management system - Tampa Bay prototype [abs.]: ERF 2001: the 16th Biennial Conference of the Estuarine Research Federation, November 4-8, 2001, St. Petersburg, Fla., p. 69.

Wilson, S., 2001, Coastal wetland information and data internet repositories that support the ongoing salt marsh dieback resource management and restoration [abs.]: Abstracts from "Coastal Marsh Dieback in the Northern Gulf of Mexico: Extent, Causes, Consequences, and Remedies," USGS Information and Technology Report, USGS/BRD/ITR-2001-0003, 31 p.

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