USGS National Wetlands Research Center: Tom Doyle profile

Thomas W. Doyle, Ph.D.

Tom Doyle extracting tree core E-mail: tom_doyle@usgs.gov

Thomas W. Doyle, Ph.D. 1983. Systems ecology, University of Tennessee. Ecosystem analysis and modeling, forest stand and landscape simulation, tree-ring analysis, plant competition and growth modeling, disturbance ecology.

Doyle's research focuses on developing integrated simulation models of plant growth and succession at the stand and landscape levels. His models have predicted effects of natural and anthropogenic disturbance on the structure and function of temperate and tropical ecosystems. Dendroecological techniques are commonly applied for reconstruction, validation, and competition models. Current model applications include projected impacts of global climate change, carbon dioxide, and hurricanes along with resource management issues of wetland restoration, fire, wastewater pollution, and landscape fragmentation.

Doyle'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 Publications

Conner, W. H., T. W. Doyle, and D. Mason. 2000. Water depth tolerances of dominant tree island species: what do we know? In A. Van der Valk and F. Sklar, editors. Tree Islands of South Florida. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Norwell, MA. In press.

Dale, V.H., and T.W. Doyle. 1987. The role of stand history in assessing forest impacts. Environmental Management 11(3):351-357.

Doyle, T.W. 1998. Modeling global change effects on coastal forests. Pages 69-82 in G.R. Guntenspergen and B.A. Vairin, editors. Vulnerability of coastal wetlands in the Southeastern United States: climate change research results, 1992-97. U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division Biological Science Report USGS/BRD/BSR--1998-0002.

Doyle, T.W., and G.F. Girod. 1997. The frequency and intensity of Atlantic hurricanes and their influence on the structure of South Florida mangrove communities. Pages 109-120 in H.F. Diaz, and R.S. Pulwarty, eds. Hurricanes: Climate and Socioeconomic Impacts. Springer-Verlag, New York, NY.

Doyle, T.W., and L.E. Gorham. 1996. Detecting hurricane impact and recovery from tree rings. Pages 405-412 in J.S. Dean, D.M. Meko and T.W. Swetnam, eds. Tree Rings, Environment and Humanity. Radiocarbon 1996.

Doyle, T.W., B.D. Keeland, L.E. Gorham, and D.J. Johnson. 1995. Structural impact of Hurricane Andrew on the forested wetlands of the Atchafalaya Basin in south Louisiana. Journal of Coastal Research 21:354-364.

Doyle, T. W. and K.W. Krauss. 1999. The sands and sambars of St. Vincent Island. Florida Wildlife 53: 22-25.

Doyle, T.W., T.J. Smith III, and M.B. Robblee. 1995. Wind damage effects of Hurricane Andrew on mangrove communities along the southwest coast of Florida, USA. Journal of Coastal Research 21:159-168.

Hesse, I.D., and T.W. Doyle. 1996. Effects of municipal wastewater on baldcypress (Taxodium distichum (L.) Rich.) productivity in a Louisiana swamp. Pages 413-418 in J.S. Dean, D.M. Meko, and T.W. Swetnam, eds. Radiocarbon 1996.

Hesse, I.D., T.W. Doyle, and J.W. Day. 1998. Long-term growth enhancement of baldcypress (Taxodium distichum) from municipal wastewater application. Environmental Management 22(1):119-127.

Smith, T.J., M.B. Robblee, H.R. Wanless, and T.W. Doyle. 1994. Mangroves, hurricanes, and lighting strikes. BioScience 44(4):256-262.

Conner, W.H., T.W. Doyle, and D. Mason. Water depth tolerances of dominant tree island species: what do we know? In A. Van der Valk and F. Sklar, editors. Tree Islands of South Florida. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Norwell, MA. In press.

Other Peer Reviewed Publications

Books, M., T.W. Doyle, T. Hargis, and B. Handley. 2000. The influence of substrate and hydrology on early growth and survival of red mangrove. Page 449 in A. Crowe and L. Rochefort, editors. Quebec 2000: Millennium Wetland Event Program with Abstracts, Quebec, Canada, August 6-12, 2000.

Doyle, T.W. 1990. An evaluation of competition models for investigating tree and stand growth processes. Pages 271-277 in R.K. Dixon, R.S. Meldahl, G.A. Ruark, and W.G. Warren, eds. Process Modelling of Forest Growth Responses to Environmental Stress. Timber Press, Portland, OR.

Doyle, T.W. 1991. Backcasting: a new technique for validating forest simulation models. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Research Information Bulletin 91-53. 2 pp.

Doyle, T.W. 1991. Landscape simulation of coastal wetlands. Pages 226-234 in O.T. Magoon, H. Converse, V. Tippie, L.T. Tobin, and D. Clark, eds. Coastal Zone '91: Proceedings of the Seventh Symposium on Coastal and Ocean Management, Coastal Wetlands Volume. American Society of Civil Engineers, New York.

Doyle, T.W. 1994. Sonic distance device improves field sampling efficiency and accuracy. National Biological Survey Research Information Bulletin 79. 3 pp.

Doyle, T.W. 1994. Field and modeling studies of hurricane disturbance on gulf coastal forest ecosystems. Pages 167-173 in Global Strategies for Environmental Issues. National Association of Environmental Professionals, New Orleans, LA.

Doyle, T.W. 1997. Modeling hurricane effects on mangrove ecosystems. USGS Biological Resources Division USGS FS-095-97. 2 pp.

Doyle, T.W. 1997. Predicting coastal flooding and wetlands loss. USGS Biological Resources Division USGS FS-094-97. 2 pp.

Doyle, T.W., J.M. Biagas, J. Fort, and R.E. Olson. 1994. Burn data base: a prescribed and wildfire tracking program. National Biological Survey Research Information Bulletin 78. 2 pp.

Doyle, T.W., and L.E. Gorham. 1994. Detecting hurricane history and effect from tree rings. National Biological Survey Research Information Bulletin 48. 2 pp.

Doyle, T.W., Michot, T.C., Day, R.H., and Wells, C.J., 2001, Mangrove and frigatebird colonization in the Dry Tortugas, Florida: Park Science, v. 21, no. 1, p. 20-24.

Doyle, T.W., K.A. Reynolds, and D. Morais. 1991. Sierra palm growth in Puerto Rico analyzed from hurricane-felled trees. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Research Information Bulletin 91-48. 2 pp.

Doyle, T, C. Swarzenski, G. Girod, and T. Hargis. 2000. Modeling vegetation relations and carbon storage of a freshwater peat marsh/forest complex in coastal Louisiana. Page 467 in A. Crowe and L. Rochefort, editors. Quebec 2000: Millennium Wetland Event Program with Abstracts, Quebec, Canada, August 6-12 2000.

Foote, A.L., and T.W. Doyle. 1994. Decision-based model of habitat establishment in salt basin wetlands of western North America. National Biological Survey Research Information Bulletin 47. 3 pp.

Guntenspergen, G., and T.W. Doyle. 2000. The effects of municipal wastewater effluent on forest growth in a boreal bog in North America. Page 479 in A. Crowe and L. Rochefort, editors, Quebec 2000: Millennium Wetland Event Program with Abstracts, Quebec, Canada, August 6-12, 2000.

Hargis, T.G., C. Swarzenski, T. Doyle, and R. Walters. 2000. Role of hydrology and pore-water nutrients in controlling Myrica cerifera invasion in coastal Louisiana peat marshes. Pages 454-455 in A. Crowe and L. Rochefort, editors. Quebec 2000: Millennium Wetland Event Program with Abstracts, Quebec, Canada, August 6-12, 2000.

Keough, J.R., T.W. Doyle, and R.E. Stewart, Jr. 1991. Global climate change: USFWS coastal research. Pages 3163-3177 in O.T. Magoon, H. Converse, V. Tippie, L.T. Tobin, and D. Clark, eds. Coastal Zone '91: Proceedings of the Seventh Symposium on Coastal and Ocean Management; Long Beach, CA, July 8-12, 1991. American Society of Civil Engineers, New York.

Michot, T., T. Doyle, C. Wells, T. Hargis, G. Girod, and B. Handley. 2000. Mapping and modeling the hydrology and habitat relations of Catahoula Lake, Louisiana for wetland and waterfowl management. Page 468 in A. Crowe and L. Rochefort, editors. Quebec 2000: Millennium Wetland Event Program with Abstracts, Quebec, Canada, August 6-12, 2000.

Morais, D.I., and T.W. Doyle. 1991. Computer program converts degrees of latitude and longitude to universal transverse mercator metric units. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Research Information Bulletin 91-52. 2 pp.

Muth, D., C. Swarzenski, T. Doyle, and T. Hargis. 2000. Ecology of floating peat marshes of Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve in coastal Louisiana. Page 446 in A. Crowe and L. Rochefort, editors. Quebec 2000: Millennium Wetland Event Program with Abstracts, Quebec, Canada, August 6-12, 2000.

Proffitt, C.E., D.J. Devlin, and T.W. Doyle. 1997. Restoration of mangrove ecosystems after an oil spill. Pages 65-76 in C.E. Proffitt, ed. Managing oil spills in mangrove ecosystems: effects, remediation, restoration, and modeling. OCS Study, MMS 97-0003. U.S. Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, New Orleans, LA.

Swarzenski, C.M., T. Hargis, and T. Doyle. 2000. Substrate decompositon of coastal Louisiana peat marshes subjected to river water or marine intrusion. Page 274 in A. Crowe and L. Rochefort, editors. Quebec 2000: Millennium Wetland Event Program with Abstracts, Quebec, Canada, August 6-12, 2000.

White, M.L., T. Maxwell, R. Costanza, and T.W. Doyle. 1991. Ecosystem modeling of Barataria Basin, Louisiana utilizing desktop parallel technology. Pages 225-234 in D. Dhamotharan, H.C. McWreath, and A.I. Johnson, eds. American Water Resources Association Technical Publication Series, TPS-91-3.

Management Reports

Michot, T.C., Burch, J.N., Arrivillaga, A., Rafferty, P.S., Doyle, T.W., and Kemmerer, R.S., 2001, Hurricane Mitch: seagrass beds and associated shallow reef communities on teh Caribbean Coast of Honduras and Guatemala: U.S. Geological Survey, National Wetlands Research Center, Final Report to USAID on Hurricane Mitch Impacts.

Abstracts

Agraz-Hernandez, C.M., Day, J.W., Jr., Reyes, E., Doyle, T.W., and Flores-Verdugo, F.J., 2001, Patterns of growth in mangrove forests on coastal south Florida, USA [abs.]: ERF 2001: the 16th Biennial Conference of the Estuarine Research Federation, November 4-8, 2001, St. Petersburg, FL, p. 3.

Day, R.H., Doyle, T.W., and Walters, R.J., 2001, Monitoring growth of black mangrove at its norhtern limit in the Gulf of Mexico [abs.]: ERF 2001: the 16th Biennial Conference of the Estuarine Research Federation, November 4-8, 2001, St. Petersburg, FL, p. 34.

Doyle, T.W., Day, R., Biagas, J., Girod, G., Books, M., Hargis, T., Handley, B., Melder, M., Sullivan, J., Fontenot, K., and Balmat, J., 2001, Predicted effects of saltwater marsh and mangrove habitat migration on coastal resources of the Gulf Coast under climate change [abs.]: ERF 2001: the 16th Biennial Conference of the Estuarine Research Federation, November 4-8, 2001, St. Petersburg, FL, p. 38.

Michot, T.C., Burch, J.N., Arrivillaga, A., Rafferty, P.S., Doyle, T.W., 2001, Impacts of Hurricane Mitch on seagrass communities of Honduras and Guatemala [abs.]: ERF 2001: the 16th Biennial Conference of the Estuarine Research Federation, November 4-8, 2001, St. Petersburg, FL, p. 92.

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