Gregg Snedden

Research Ecologist

Short Biography

Education

Ph.D. 2006, Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, Louisiana State University

M.S. 1997, Fisheries Science, Louisiana State University

B.S. 1993, Aquatic Ecology, University of Illinois

Experience

2007 - Present, Ecologist, USGS National Wetlands Research Center

2005 - 2007, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, UNC-Wilmington Center for Marine Science

2000 - 2005, Research Associate, Coastal Ecology Institue, Louisiana State University

1993 - 1997, Research Assistant, School of Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries, Louisiana State University

Publications

Snedden, G.A. and Steyer, G.D. 2012. Predictive occurrence models for coastal wetland plant communities: delineating hydrologic response surfaces with multinomial logistic regression. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, in press.

Snedden, G.A., J.E. Cable, and B. Kjerfve. 2013. Estuarine geomorphology and hydrology. In J.W. Day, B.C. Crump, W.M. Kemp, and A. Yanez-Arancibia (ed.). Estuarine Ecology, 2nd edition. Wiley-Blackwell, Hoboken, NJ, USA, pp.19-38.

Day, J. W., J. E. Cable, J. H. Cowan Jr, R. DeLaune, K. de Mutsert, B. Fry, H. Mashriqui, D. Justic, P. Kemp, R. R. Lane, J. Rick, S. Rick, L. P. Rozas, G. Snedden, E. Swenson, R. R. Twilley, and B. Wissel. 2009. The impacts of pulsed reintroduction of river water on a Mississippi delta coastal basin. Journal of Coastal Research special issue 54, 225-243.

Snedden, G.A., J.E. Cable, and W.J. Wiseman, Jr. 2007. Subtidal sea level variability in a Mississippi River deltaic estuary. Estuaries and Coasts 30:802-812.

Davis, L.A., L.A. Leonard, and G.A. Snedden. 2007. Hydrography and bottom boundary layer dynamics: Influence on inner shelf sediment mobility, Long Bay, NC. Southeastern Geology 45:97-110.

Snedden, G.A., J.E. Cable, E.M. Swenson, and C. Swarzenski. 2007. Sediment discharge into a subsiding Louisiana deltaic estuary through a Mississippi River diversion. Estuarine, Coastal, and Shelf Science 71:181-193.

Snedden, G.A. and J.E. Cable 2006. A wavelet analysis of subtidal sea level variability in a deltaic estuary in response to nonstationary atmospheric and fluvial forcing. 323-332. In V.P. Singh and Y.J. Xu, (ed.), Coastal Hydrology and Processes. Water Resources Publications, Highlands Ranch, CO, USA.

Swenson, E.M., J.E. Cable, B. Fry, D. Justic, A. Das, G.A. Snedden, and C. Swarzenski. 2006. Estuarine flushing times influenced by freshwater diversions. 403-412. In V.P. Singh and Y.J. Xu, (ed.), Coastal Hydrology and Processes. Water Resources Publications, Highlands Ranch, CO, USA.

Walker, N.D., O. Huh, A. Haag, A. Babin, J.E. Cable, G.A. Snedden, D. Braud, D. Wilensky and K. Prasad. A role for remote sensing in managing Mississippi River diversions. Backscatter. Spring 2003.

Snedden, G.A., W.E. Kelso and D.A. Rutherford. 1999. Diel and seasonal atterns of spotted gar movement and habitat use in the lower Atchafalaya River basin, Louisiana. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 128: 144-154.

My Science Topics

My USGS Science Strategy Areas

• Estuarine transport processes
• Hydrologic impacts of Mississippi River diversions
• Linkages between wetland hydrology and vegetation community structure