Carroll L. Cordes, Ph.D.
E-mail: carroll_cordes@usgs.gov
Carroll L. Cordes, Ph.D. 1971. Zoology, North Carolina State
University. Animal ecology and ecotoxicology, quantitative ecological methods.
Chief, Forest Ecology Branch.
Cordes' major areas of research management include ecology of migratory birds, research designs for ecosystems, restoration ecology, herpetology, and genetic applications in conservation research. Cordes was previously a member of the graduate faculty of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette where he taught graduate courses in animal ecology and quantitative ecology.
Cordes' NWRC Publications
Refereed Publications
- Greer, R.D., C.L. Cordes, and S.H. Anderson. 1988. Habitat relationships of island
nesting seabirds along coastal Louisiana. Colonial Waterbirds 22(2):181-188.
- Pugesek, B.H., K.L. Diem, and C.L. Cordes. 1999. Seasonal movements, migration, and range sizes of subadult and adult Bamforth Lake California gulls. Waterbirds 22(1):29-36.
- Rave, D.P., and C.L. Cordes. 1993. Time-activity budgets of northern pintails using
nonhunted rice fields in southwest Louisiana. Journal of Field Ornithology 64:211-218.
Other Publications
- Cordes, C. L. 1985. Analysis of colonial wading bird
nesting habitat in Louisiana. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Research Information Bulletin
85-38. 1 pp.
- Cordes, C. L. 1987. Island features influence nesting site selection by colonial birds.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Research Information Bulletin 87-87. 2 pp.
- Cordes, C. L. 1991. Waterfowl use riceland minirefuges in southwestern Louisiana. U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service Research Information Bulletin 91-42. 2 pp.
- Cordes, C.L., and W.C. Barrow, Jr. 1996. The National Biological Services's Neotropical Bird Research Program in the Chenier
Plain of the Gulf of Mexico. Pages 31-34 in Proceedings of the 15th Annual Minerals
Management Service's Information Transfer
Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
- Cordes, C., and M. Brody. 1986. Habitat suitability model for American oyster tested in
Texas. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Research Information Bulletin 86-58. 1 pp.
- Cordes, C.L., T.D. Thornhill, and R.J. Howard. 1985. Application of estuarine habitat
models in Alabama. Pages 1346-1359 in O.T. Magoon, H. Converse, D. Miner, D. Clark,
and L.T. Tobin, eds. Coastal Zone '85: Proceedings of the Fourth Symposium on Coastal and
Ocean Management, Vol. 2. American Society of Civil Engineers, New York.
- Cordes, C.L., and B.A. Vairin, editors. 1998. Workshop on
solutions and approaches for alleviating hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico. NWRC Special
Report 98-02, U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, National Wetlands
Research Center, Lafayette, LA. iii + 53 pp.
- Greer, R.D., C.L. Cordes, and C.E. Keller. 1985. Analysis of colonial wading bird
habitat in coastal Louisiana. Pages 143-151 in C.F. Bryan, P.J. Zwank, and R.H.
Chabreck, eds. Proceedings of the Fourth Coastal Marsh and Estuary Management Symposium,
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, June 6-8, 1984.
- Palmer, W. M., and C. L. Cordes. 1988. Habitat suitability index models: diamondback
terrapin (nesting) - Atlantic coast. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Biological Services
Program 82(10.151). 18 pp.
- Tabberer, D. K., W. Hagg, M. Coquat, and C. L. Cordes. 1985. Pipeline impacts on
wetlands: final environmental assessment. U.S. Department of the Interior, Minerals
Management Service. Metairie, LA. OCS EIS/EA 85-0092. 41 pp.
- Wilson, S. W., 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.
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