Beth Middleton

Research Ecologist

Short Biography

I study the effects of climate change on wetland function including baldcypress swamps, monsoonal wetlands, mangrove swamps, northern peatleands, prairie fens, and other wetland types.  I have organized many symposia, written 3 books, and edited 3 special journal volumes, which support broad comparisons and research analysis of wetland function.  Other research topics include the effects of hurricanes on coastal wetlands, flood pulsing in restoration, and biodiversity loss in fens of Europe and North America.  I have developed a research network in North American baldcypress swamps with a network of researchers and study sites for the long term study of function of swamps in the southeastern US. I am the editor of a special feature on Asian wetlands sponsored by the USGS, US State Department, and the Chinese State Forestry Administration.

middletonb@usgs.gov

Books

Middleton, B.A. 1999. Wetland restoration, flood pulsing and disturbance dynamics. John Wiley & Sons, NY. C288 Recognition: Merit Award, Society of Wetland Scientists.

books.google.com/books?id=Zv_aJg7dtM8C&printsec=frontcover&source=gbsv2summary_r&cad=0

Review Michener/Ecology:

www.esajournals.org/doi/full/10.1890/0012-9658%281999%29080%5B2132%3AWRSMCT%5D2.0.CO%3B2

Middleton, B.A. (editor) 2002. Flood pulsing in wetlands: restoring the natural hydrological balance. John Wiley & Sons, NY. C45

http://books.google.com/books?id=evTo5YGZO0MC&printsec=frontcover&dq=flood+pulsing&hl=en&sa=X&ei=j2RjT-LdGuimsAKr7rWcCw&ved=0CDgQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=flood%20pulsing&f=false

Review Bert/Engineer: cedb.asce.org/cgi/WWWdisplay.cgi?134606

Review Nuttle/Wetlands:

www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1672/0277-5212%282003%29023%5B0211:MBAFPI%5D2.0.CO%3B2

Middleton, B.A. (editor) 2012. (July 2012) SWS Global Change Ecology Series, Book 1. Climate change and wetland distribution and function.  Springer, UK.

Special Issue Editor

Middleton, B.A., editor. 2009. Hurricane Special Issue. Wetlands 29. www.springerlink.com/content/xq72314186270757/

van Diggelen, B. Middleton, J. Bakker, A. Grootjans and M. Wassen, editors.  2007.  Fens and floodplains of the temperate zone. Biodiversity management in Europe vs. North America. Applied Vegetation Science 6. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/avsc.2006.9.issue-2/issuetoc

Dissertation/Theses

Middleton, B.A. 1989. Succession and goose herbivory in monsoonal wetlands of the Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, India.  Ph.D. Dissertation, Iowa State University, Ames, IA. /C6 http://en.scientificcommons.org/4260341

Middleton, B.A. 1983. Sand movement and vegetation in the Apostle Islands, Lake Superior.  M.S. Thesis.  University of Minnesota, Duluth, MN. /C1

Middleton, B.A. 1978. Vegetational response to grazing in sedge meadow and mesic forest communities in southern WI. Senior Thesis, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI. /C1

Journal Articles

Middleton, B.A. 2013. Rediscovering traditional vegetation management in preserves: trading experiences between cultures and continents. Biological Conservation 158:271-279. IF4.5/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2012.10.003

Wang, G., B.A. Middleton, M. Jiang. Restoration potential of sedge meadows in hand-cultivated soybean fields in northeastern China. Restoration Ecology (accepted). IF2.2/

Tanaka, A., M. Ohtani, Y, Suyama, N. Inomata, Y. Tsumura, B.A. Middleton, H. Tachida, and J. Kusumi. 2012. Population genetic structure of a widespread coniferous tree Taxodium distichum in the Mississippi River Alluvial Valley and Florida. Tree Genetics & Genomes Online: Mar 30, 2012. IF2.4/ www.springerlink.com/openurl.asp?genre=article&id=doi:10.1007/s11295-012-0501-z

Middleton, B.A. and K. McKee. 2012. Can elevated CO₂ modify regeneration from seed banks in freshwater wetlands subjected to rising sea-level?  Hydrobiologia 683:123-133. IF2.0/ www.springerlink.com/content/l781862568276815/fulltext.pdf

Middleton, B.A. and K. McKee. 2011. Soil warming alters seed bank responses across the geographic range of freshwater Taxodium distichum (Cupressaceae) swamps. American Journal of Botany 98:1943–1955. IF2.7/

www.amjbot.org/content/early/2011/11/10/ajb.1100246.short?rss=1  or  www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22074775

Jiang, M. and B.A. Middleton. 2011. Soil characteristics of sediment-amended coastal baldcypress (Taxodium distichum) swamps in Louisiana. Wetlands 31:735–744 IF1.5/ www.springerlink.com/content/a7pv1r1n4k556757/ or www.ingentaconnect.com/content/klu/13157/2011/00000031/00000004/00000189

Kusumi, J., L. Zidong, L., T. Kado, Y. Tsumura, B.A. Middleton and H. Tachida. 2010. Multilocus patterns of nucleotide polymorphism and demographic change in Taxodium distichum (Cupressaceae) in the lower Mississippi River Alluvial Valley. American Journal of Botany 121:1848-1857. IF2.7/C2

http://www.amjbot.org/content/97/11/1848.full or http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21616823

Middleton B.A., D. Devlin, E. Proffitt, K. McKee, and K. Cretini. 2009. Characteristics of mangrove swamps managed for mosquito control in eastern FL. Marine Ecology Progress Series 371:117-129. IF3.2/C2 www.int-res.com/articles/meps_oa/m371p117.pdf  

McKee, K., B.A. Middleton, E. Proffitt, and D. Devlin. 2009. Perspectives on mosquito impoundments in eastern Florida.  Marine Ecology Progress Series 389:301. IF3.2/ www.int-res.com/articles/meps_oa/m389p301.pdf

Middleton, B.A. and G. J. Smith. 2009. Foreword: Hurricanes and the coast of the Gulf of Mexico.  Wetlands 29:1. IF1.5/C2 www.springerlink.com/content/xq72314186270757/ or http://resources.metapress.com/pdf-preview.axd?code=xq72314186270757&size=largest

Middleton, B.A. 2009. Regeneration of coastal marsh vegetation impacted by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Wetlands 29:54-65. IF1.5/C5 www.bioone.org/doi/pdf/10.1672/08-18.1

Middleton, B.A. 2009. Effects of Hurricane Katrina on the forest structure of baldcypress swamps of the Gulf Coast.  Wetlands 29:80-87. IF1.5/C7 http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1672/08-73.1

Middleton, B.A. 2009. Effects of Hurricane Katrina on the tree regeneration in baldcypress swamps of the Gulf Coast. Wetlands 29:135-141. IF1.5/C5 http://www.bioone.org/doi/pdf/10.1672/08-31.1

Ramsey, E. III, A. Rangoonwala, B.A. Middleton and Z. Lu. 2009. Satellite optical and radar data used to track wetland forest impact and short-term recovery from Hurricane Katrina. Wetlands 29:66-79. IF1.5/C6 www.springerlink.com/content/a3k230w681u18662/

Middleton, B.A. 2009. Regeneration potential of baldcypress (Taxodium distichum) swamps and climate change. Plant Ecology 202:257-274. IF1.8/C3 www.springerlink.com/content/u11r4222054v8100/

Elsey-Quirk, T., B. Middleton and E. Proffitt. 2009. Seed dispersal and seedling emergence in a created and natural salt marsh on the Gulf of Mexico coast in southwest Louisiana, USA.   Restoration Ecology 17:422-432. IF2.2/C3 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1526-100X.2008.00398.x/abstract?systemMessage=Wiley+Online+Library+will+be+disrupted+17+March+from+10-14+GMT+%2806-10+EDT%29+for+essential+maintenance&userIsAuthenticated=false&deniedAccessCustomisedMessage=

Elsey-Quirk, T., B.A. Middleton, and C.E. Proffitt. 2009. Seed flotation and germination of salt marsh plants: The effects of stratification, salinity and/or inundation regime. Aquatic Botany 91:40-45. IF1.9/C7 www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304377009000266

Middleton, B.A. and X. Ben Wu. 2008. Landscape spatial distribution and anthropogenic change of seed banks in forested wetlands in the northern Mississippi River Alluvial Valley.  EcoScience 15:231-240. IF1.6/C2 www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.2980/15-2-2882

van Diggelen, B. Middleton, J. Bakker, A. Grootjans and M. Wassen. 2006. Fens and floodplains of the temperate zone – Present status, threats, conservation and restoration. Applied Vegetation Science 9:157-162. IF2.3/C39

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1654-109X.2006.tb00664.x/abstract or http://ivem.eldoc.ub.rug.nl/FILES/ivempubs/publart/2006/ApplVegScivDiggelen/2006ApplVegScivDiggelen.pdf

Middleton, B.A., B. Holsten and R. van Diggelen. 2006. Biodiversity management of fens and fen meadows by grazing, cutting and burning. Applied Vegetation Science 9:307-316. IF2.3/C28 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1654-109X.2006.tb00680.x/abstract

Middleton, B.A., K. Jensen and R. van Diggelen. 2006. Seed dispersal in fens. Applied Vegetation Science 9:279-284. IF2.3/C14

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1654-109X.2006.tb00677.x/abstract   

Thomas, J.R., B.A. Middleton and D.J. Gibson. 2006. A landscape perspective of stream corridor invasion and habitat characteristics of an exotic (Dioscorea oppositifolia) in a pristine watershed in southern Illinois. Biological Invasions 133:1103-1113. IF2.1/C17

www.plantbiology.siu.edu/faculty/Gibson/jifBiolInvonlineversion.pdf or www.springerlink.com/content/98248wh7m225m037/

Honu, Y.A.K., D.J. Gibson, and B.A. Middleton. 2006. Response of Tridens flavus to soil nutrients and disturbance in an early successional old field. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Club 133:421-428. IF1.7 www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.3159/1095-5674%282006%29133%5B421:ROTFLA%5D2.0.CO;2

Middleton, B.A. and K.L. McKee. 2005. Primary production in an impounded baldcypress swamp (Taxodium distichum) at the northern limit of the range. Wetlands Ecology and Management 13:15-24. IF0.3/C9 www.environmental-expert.com/Files/6063/articles/5029/M08717V73N23L0Q6.pdf or www.springerlink.com/content/m08717v73n23l0q6/

Sengupta, R., B. Middleton, C. Yan, M. Zuro and H. Hartman. 2005. Propagule deposition and landscape characteristics of source forests of Rhizophora mangle in coastal landscapes in Florida. Landscape Ecology 20:63-72. IF3.5/C8 www.springerlink.com/content/p2n690l10x6873r1/

Thomas, J.R., D.J. Gibson, and B.A. Middleton. 2005. Water dispersal of vegetative bulbils of the invasive exotic Dioscorea oppositifolia L. in southern Illinois. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Club 132:187-196. IF1.7/C13 www.plantbiology.siu.edu/faculty/Gibson/ThomasJTBS05.pdf  or www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.3159/1095-5674%282005%29132%5B187:WDOVBO%5D2.0.CO%3B2

Gibson, D.J., B.A. Middleton, K. Foster, Y.A. Honu, E. Hoyer. 2005. Species frequency dynamics in an old-field succession. Journal of Vegetation Science 16:415-422. IF2.9/C17

www.plantbiology.siu.edu/faculty/Gibson/GibsonetalJVS05.pdf  OR

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1654-1103.2005.tb02381.x/abstract

Taylor, J. and B.A. Middleton. 2004. Comparison of litter decomposition in natural vs. coal slurry ponds reclaimed as wetlands. Land Degradation and Development 15:1-8. IF1.3/C11 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ldr.625/abstract

Middleton, B.A. and K.L. McKee. 2004. Use of a latitudinal gradient in bald cypress production to examine physiological controls on biotic boundaries and potential responses to environmental change. Global Ecology and Biogeography 13:247-258.  IF4.9/C16 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1466-822X.2004.00088.x/abstract?systemMessage=Wiley+Online+Library+will+be+disrupted+17+March+from+10-14+GMT+%2806-10+EDT%29+for+essential+maintenance&userIsAuthenticated=false&deniedAccessCustomisedMessage=

 Barko, V.A., Beth A. Burke, David J. Gibson, and Beth A. Middleton. 2004. Seedling growth of Wisconsin fast plants (Brassica rapa) in field environments. Ecological Society of America: Experiments to Teach Ecology. http://tiee.ecoed.net/vol/v1/experiments/fastplants/fastplants.html  

Brandon, A.L., D.J. Gibson, and B.A. Middleton. 2004. Mechanisms for dominance in an early old field by the invasive exotic Lespedeza cuneata. Biological Invasions 6:483-493. IF2.1/C33 www.plantbiology.siu.edu/faculty/Gibson/brandonetal04.pdf  

Ture, C., N. Akanil Bingol, B.A. Middleton. 2004. Characterization of the habitat of Lythrum salicaria L. in floodplain forests in western Turkey – Effects on stem height and seed production.  Wetlands 24:711-716. IF1.8/C9 www.bioone.org/doi/pdf/10.1672/0277-5212%282004%29024%5B0711%3ACOTHOL%5D2.0.CO%3B2

Middleton, B.A. and J. Grace. 2004. Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning: synthesis and perspectives.  Book review. Restoration Ecology 12:610-611. IF2.2

www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/118799822/PDFSTART

Middleton, B.A. 2003. Soil seed banks and the potential restoration of forested wetland after farming. Journal of Applied Ecology 40:1025-1034. IF5.3/60 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2664.2003.00866.x/full

Middleton, B.A. 2002. Nonequilibrium dynamics of sedge meadows grazed by cattle in southern Wisconsin. Plant Ecology 161:89-110. IF1.8/C19 www.springerlink.com/content/v0l42625k0g21141/

Xiao, N., D.A. Bennett, B. Middleton, and K. Fessel. 2002. SISM: a multiscale model cypress swamp regeneration. Geographical & Environmental Modelling 6:99-116.  IF0.9/C6

www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13615930220127314

Middleton, B.A. 2002. Winter burning and the reduction of Cornus sericea in sedge meadows in southern Wisconsin. Restoration Ecology 10:1-8. IF2.2/C16 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1046/j.1526-100X.2002.01053.x/abstract?systemMessage=Wiley+Online+Library+will+be+disrupted+17+March+from+10-14+GMT+%2806-10+EDT%29+for+essential+maintenance&userIsAuthenticated=false&deniedAccessCustomisedMessage=

Middleton, B.A. 2001. A case for wetland restoration. Book review. Restoration Ecology 9:247-248. IF2.2/C2 www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/118995575/PDFSTART

Middleton, B.A. and K.L. McKee. 2001. Degradation of mangrove tissues and implications for peat formation in Belizean island forests. Journal of Ecology 89:818-828.  Recognition: Featured in Science, Editor’s Choice.  IF4.8/81

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1046/j.0022-0477.2001.00602.x/full

Spyreas, G., D.J. Gibson, and B.A. Middleton. 2001. Effects of endophyte infection in tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea: Poaceae) on community diversity. International Journal of Plant Science 162:1237-1245. IF2.0/C21 www.plantbiology.siu.edu/faculty/Gibson/IJPS2001.pdf

Middleton, B.A. 2000. Hydrochory, seed banks, and regeneration dynamics across landscape boundaries in a forested wetland. Plant Ecology 146:169-184. IF1.8/C90

www.springerlink.com/content/w28pp67819819074/

Gibson, D. J., B.A. Middleton, G.W. Saunders, M. Mathis. W.T Weaver, J. Neely, J. Rivera and M. Oyler. 1999.  Learning by doing ecology: long term field experiments in ecology. IF0.3/C7 American Biology Teacher 61:217-222. www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/4450654?uid=3739688&uid=2129&uid=2&uid=70&uid=4&uid=3739256&sid=55902219473

Rice, M., B.A. Middleton and D. Gibson. 1999. Fractal analysis of movement pathways in vegetated and unvegetated microlandscapes. Bios 1:176-184. www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/4608479?uid=3739688&uid=2&uid=4&uid=3739256&sid=55902222123

Oyler, M., J. Rivera, M. Roffel, D. J. Gibson, B.A. Middleton and M. Mathis. 1999. The macaroni lab: a directed inquiry project on predator-prey relationships. American Biology Teacher 40:39-41. IF0.3/C1 www.plantbiology.siu.edu/faculty/gibson/macaron.pdf

Middleton, B.A. 1999. Succession and herbivory in monsoonal wetlands. Wetland Ecology and Management 6:189-202. IF0.3/C12 www.springerlink.com/content/r30811h62j6741u5/

Middleton, B.A. 1999. Flood pulsing in restoration: a feasible alternative for India? Journal of the Ecological Society 12:10-14.

Mathis, M. and B.A. Middleton. 1999. Simulated herbivory and vegetation dynamics in coal slurry ponds reclaimed as wetlands. Restoration Ecology 7:392-398. IF2.2/C7 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1046/j.1526-100X.1999.72034.x/abstract

Middleton, B.A. 1998. The water buffalo controversy in the Keoladeo National Park, India.  Ecological Modelling 106:93-95. IF2.7/C6 http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=2218674  

Middleton, B.A. 1998. Reply to: The water buffalo controversy in the Keoladeo National Park, India.  Ecological Modelling 106:95-98. IF2.7/C6 http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=2218674

Middleton, B.A., E. Sanchez-Rojas, B. Suedmeyer and A. Michels. 1997. Fire in a tropical dry forest of Central America: A natural part of the disturbance regime? Biotropica 29:515-517.  IF1.9/C21 www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/2388944?uid=3739688&uid=2129&uid=2&uid=70&uid=4&uid=3739256&sid=55901

Akanil, N. and B.A. Middleton. 1997. Leaf litter decomposition along the Porsuk River, Eskisehir, Turkey. Canadian Journal of Botany 75:1394-1397. IF1.4/C18 www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/abs/10.1139/b97-853 OR www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/abs/10.1139/b97-853

Middleton, B.A. 1995. Ecology of greenways. Book review.  Restoration Ecology 3: 319-322.

Middleton, B.A. 1995. Seed banks and species richness potential of coal slurry ponds reclaimed as wetlands. Restoration Ecology 3:311-318. IF2.2/C12

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1526-100X.1995.tb00099.x/abstract

Middleton, B.A. and U. Melkania. 1995. Decomposition of wet grassland species in a stream of the Himalayan terai, Pantnagar, Uttar Pradesh, India. International Journal of Ecology and Environmental Sciences 21:163-168. www.nieindia.org/ijees/abstracts/v21/abstrv21_163.asp

Middleton, B.A. 1995. Sampling devices for the measurement of seed rain and hydrochory in rivers. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Club 122:152-155. IF1.0/C24 www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/2996454?uid=3739688&uid=2&uid=4&uid=3739256&sid=55901569553

Middleton, B.A. 1994. Decomposition and litter production in a northern bald cypress swamp.  Journal of Vegetation Science 5:271-274. IF2.9/C7 www.jstor.org/stable/pdfplus/3236160.pdf

Middleton, B.A. and E. Sanchez. 1994. Microhistological analysis of food habits in the tropics.  Vida Silvestre 3:41-47. IF0.5/C5

Middleton, B.A. 1994. Management of monsoonal wetlands for Greylag and Barheaded Geese in the Keoladeo National Park, India.  International Journal of Ecology and Environmental Sciences 20:1263-171.  /C2 www.nieindia.org/ijees/abstracts/v20/abstrv20_163.asp

van der Valk, A. G., B.A. Middleton, R. L. Williams, D. H. Mason and C. Davis. 1993. The biomass of an Indian monsoonal wetland before and after being overgrown with Paspalum distichum Vegetatio 109:81-90. IF1.8/C8 www.springerlink.com/content/w3866315p4450555/fulltext.pdf

Middleton, B. A. 1993. Habitat and food preferences of geese overwintering in the Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, India. Journal of Tropical Ecology 8:181-193. IF1.8/C3

www.jstor.org/stable/pdfplus/2559700.pdf  OR  www.journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=5248088

Middleton, B.A., A.G. van der Valk, C.B. Davis, D.H. Mason, and R.L. Williams. 1992. Litter decomposition in an Indian monsoonal wetland overgrown with Paspalum distichum.  Wetlands 12:37-44. IF1.4/C11 www.springerlink.com/content/w3866315p4450555/

Middleton, B.A. and D.H. Mason. 1992. Seed herbivory by nilgai, feral cattle, and wild boar in the Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, India. Biotropica 24:538-543. IF1.5/C18 www.jstor.org/stable/pdfplus/2389017.pdf

Middleton, B.A., A.G. van der Valk, R.L. Williams, D.J. Mason, and C.B. Davis. 1991. Vegetation dynamics and seed banks of a monsoonal wetland overgrown with Paspalum distichum in northern India. Aquatic Botany 40:239-259. IF1.9/C34 www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0304377091900619

Middleton, B.A. 1990. Effect of water depth and clipping frequency on the growth and survival of four wetland plant species. Aquatic Botany 37:189-196. IF1.9/C23 www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/030437709090091X

Middleton, B.A.1988.  Food habits of geese in northern India. Journal of the Ecological Society (India) 1:37-45. /C8

Middleton, B.A. and A.G. van der Valk. 1987. The food habits of Greylag and Barheaded Geese in the Keoladeo National Park, India.  Wildfowl 38:94-102. /C8

Middleton, B.A. and D.J. Schimpf. 1986. Sand movement and vegetation in the Apostle Islands, Lake Superior. Canadian Journal of Botany 64:1671-1674. IF1.4/C1 www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/abs/10.1139/b86-223

Book Chapters

Middleton, B.A., T. Klinebecker. Geographical trends of drought and effects on world wetland function and distribution. Climate Change Ecology Series. Global change and the function and distribution of wetlands (B.A. Middleton, editor).  Springer, U.K. (in press).

Middleton, B.A 2011. Multidisciplinary approaches to research in global change ecology. In: B. LePage, editor. Wetlands: integrating multidisciplinary concepts. Pages 129-136. Springer.  /C2

Middleton, B.A. 2011. Cornus sericea. CABI invasive species compendium. CABI, UK. (in press).  www.cabi.org/default.aspx?site=170&page=1016&pid=2225

Middleton, B.A. 2011. Succession. Middleton, B.A., Guntenspergen, G. (eds). Wetland structure and function. Volume 1. Encyclopedia of Wetlands, Springer, UK. (accepted).

Middleton, B.A. 2011.  Disturbances, cattle grazing. Middleton, B.A., Guntenspergen, G. (eds). Wetland structure and function. Volume 1. Encyclopedia of Wetlands, Springer, UK. (accepted).

Brinson, M. M., B. E. Bedford, B. Middleton, and J. Verhoeven.  2008. Temperate freshwater wetlands: Response to gradients in moisture regime, human alterations, and economic status.  Pages 127-140 in N. Polunin (editor).  Aquatic Ecosystems – Trends and Global Prospects.  N. Polunin, ed. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. /C1 www.amazon.com/Aquatic-Ecosystems-Trends-Global-Prospects/dp/0521833272

Middleton, B.A. 2008. Invasive species. Encyclopedia of Ecology.  C. Jorgensen, ed.  Elsevier, Oxford, UK.  www.elsevierdirect.com/brochures/ecology/overview.html

Middleton, B.A., A.B. Grootjans, K. Jensen, H.Olde Venterink and K Margóczi.  2006.  Fen management and research perspectives: an overview.  Pages 247-268 in R. Bobbink, B. Beltman, J.T.A.Verhoeven and D. Whigham (eds).  Wetlands: functioning, biodiversity conservation and restoration.  Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, Germany. /C3 www.springerlink.com/content/l584p46t8j255050/

Middleton, B.A. 2005. Ecology and objective based management: case study of the Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan.  Pages 86-116 in Battles Over Nature: Science and the Politics of Conservation.  V. Saberwal and M. Rangarajan, eds.  Permanent Black Publishers, New Delhi, India. /C7 books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=kPDkfki-6cEC&oi=fnd&pg= PA86&dq=Middleton+Decomposition+of+wet+grassland+&ots =M3ABTt7CXS&sig=DkS1yNliN754Jqpkuv2aa36tuBo  

Middleton, B.A. 2002. Flood pulsing in the regeneration and maintenance of species in riverine forested wetlands of the southeastern United States.  Pages 223-294 in B. Middleton, ed.  Flood pulsing in wetlands: restoring the natural hydrological balance.  John Wiley and Sons, New York. /C12 http://books.google.com/books?id=evTo5YGZO0MC&printsec=frontcover&dq =flood+pulsing&hl=en&sa=X&ei=j2RjT-LdGuimsAKr7rWcCw&ved=0CDgQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=flood%20pulsing&f=false

Middleton, B.A. 2002. The flood pulse concept in restoration.  Pages 1-10 in B. Middleton, ed.  Flood pulsing and wetland restoration: Case histories from North America. Flood pulsing in wetlands: restoring the natural hydrological balance.  John Wiley & Sons, New York. /C24 http://media.wiley.com/product_data/excerpt/72/04714180/0471418072.pdf

Reports and Maps

Davis, C.B., A.G. van der Valk, D.H. Mason, B.A. Middleton, and R.L. Williams. 1988. Ecology of a semitropical monsoonal wetland in India.  Final Report, Smithsonian #4013600, Ohio State Univ, Columbus, Ohio. /C1

Middleton, B.A. 1993. Restoration of cypress swamps along the Cache River, southern Illinois.  Final Report to the Office of Research and Administration Development (#2-11770), Carbondale, IL.  

Middleton, B.A. 1993. Improvement of plant diversity in coal slurry ponds reclaimed as wetlands through treatment of the seed bank during drawdown.  Final Report to the National Mine Land Reclamation Center, Carbondale, IL.

Middleton, B.A. 1995. The role of flooding in seed dispersal: restoration of cypress swamps along the Cache River, Illinois.  Final Report, U.S. Geological Survey and Water Resources Center, UILU-URC-94-220. /C4 http://web.extension.uiuc.edu/iwrc/pdf/220.pdf

Starr, E. and B.A. Middleton. 1999. Vegetation overlay of the cypress quad.  (Mapping project in ArcInfo as part of the larger project, “A natural resources survey of the Cache River Watershed).  Natural Resources Conservation Service, Champaign/Carbondale, IL”.

O'Neil, L.J., A.C. Webb, and B. Middleton. 2001. Habitat suitability index model: cypress/tupelo community in southern Illinois. February 2001. ERDC/EL TR-01-xx, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Vicksburg, MS.

Bennett, D., B. Middleton, S. Kraft, C. Lant, R. Sengupta, J. Beaulieau, D. Sharpe, K. Cook, B. Burr, R. Beck, and K. Flanagan.  2001.  Ecosystem function and restoration in the Cache River Bioreserve. April 2001. Nature Conservancy, Ullin, Illinois. /C2

Middleton, B.A., D. Devlin, E. Proffitt and K. McKee. 2006. Comparison of vegetation and soil development in mangrove restoration areas following various restoration procedures. US Fish and Wildlife Service, Final Report 401816N003.

Middleton, B.A. 2009.  Vegetation status of the Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India. Science Investigation Report 2009-5193, U.S. Geological Survey. http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2009/5193/

Proceedings

Middleton, B.A. 1980. Human traffic and response of beach vegetation at the Apostle Islands.  Proceedings of the 2nd Conference on Scientific Research in the National Parks 9:118-140.

Middleton, B.A.  1996.  Characteristics of plants in forested wetlands.  Pages 31-37 In: S. D. Roberts and R. A. Rathfon, editors.   Management of Forested Wetlands in the Central Hardwoods Region.  Symposium Proceedings, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.

Xiao, N, Bennett, D., B.A. Middleton, and K. Fessel. 1999.  A topographically-based model for seed dispersal and swamp dynamics. Proceedings of GIS/LIS '98. Fort Worth, TX, 10-12, November 1998. http://ir.uiowa.edu/geog_pubs/82

Fact Sheet, Open File Report

Middleton, B.A. and K.L. McKee. 2004. Latitudinal variation in carbon storage to predict future changes in baldcypress swamps with global warming. National Wetlands Research Center Fact Sheet. www.nwrc.usgs.gov/factshts/2004-3019.pdf

Middleton, B.A. 2004. Cattle grazing and its long-term effects on sedge meadows.  National Wetlands Research Center Fact Sheet. www.nwrc.usgs.gov/factshts/2004-3027.pdf

Middleton, B.A. 2004. Natural restoration basics for wetlands. National Wetlands Research Center Fact Sheet. www.nwrc.usgs.gov/factshts/2004-3053/2004-3053.htm

Middleton, B.A. 2006. Impoundment and baldcypress swamp management. National Wetlands Research Center Open File Report. http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1268/ /C1

Middleton, B.A. 2006. Baldcypress swamp management and climate change.  National Wetlands Research Center Open File Report. http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1269/ /C1

Middleton, B.A. 2006. Invasive species and climate change.  National Wetlands Research Center Open File Report. http://pubs.usgs.gov/preview/of/2006/1153/pdf/of06-1153_508.pdf  /C3

Middleton, B.A. 2006. Fire management in fens and wet grasslands grazed by cattle. National Wetlands Research Center Open File Report. http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1268/

Popular Press Publications

Middleton, B.A. and L.K. Mudgal. 1989. Geese of the Keoladeo.  Sanctuary Magazine, India.

Middleton, B.A. 1995. Wetlands in your neighborhood. Green Earth Newsletter, Carbondale, IL.

Middleton, B.A. 1997. OTS at SIU. Liana (Newsletter of the Organization of Tropical Studies).

Middleton, B.A. 2000. Ode to my father's farm truck.  National Public Radio Commentary, Carbondale, Illinois (commentary read on October 26, 2000).

Middleton, B.A. 2001. Special ode to my father's farm truck. Lodi Enterprise. January 4, 2001.

Middleton, B.A. 2003. Lost and found. Natural History 3:88.  IF0.1 http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1134/is_2_112/ai_98254979/

Middleton, B.A. 2009. Katrina’s dance of destruction and renewal. SWS Research Briefs

www.sws.org/ResearchBrief/middleton_061209.PDF  Times Accessed Online = 881.

Middleton, B.A. 2009. Climate past, climate future: a story of aquatic plants. Sound Waves, USGS. http://soundwaves.usgs.gov/2009/08/fieldwork3.html

Middleton, B.A. 2011. Old data, new problems. SWS Research Briefs.  www.sws.org/ResearchBrief/ Times Accessed Online = 460.

My Science Topics

My USGS Science Strategy Areas

I relate climate change to functional shifts across latitudinal gradients in baldcypress swamps, northern peatlands, and other ecosystems, particularly in relation to regeneration, production and nutrient cycling dynamics.  My most important previous research contribution is on how flood pulsing relates to seed dispersal and regeneration dynamics. This topic is the theme of journal articles, my book on wetland restoration, “Wetland restoration, flood pulsing and disturbance dynamics” and of my edited book “Flood pulsing in wetlands: restoring the natural balance” both by John Wiley and Sons, New York.  My wetland research in tropical and sub-tropical regions is diverse and central to the heart of my research interests on regeneration ecology.  My Ph.D. dissertation topic was on the role of goose herbivory in the vegetation dynamics of monsoonal wetlands in north-central India. 

http://profile.usgs.gov/professional/mypage.php?name=middletonb

Invited Seminar/Keynote Address

·   Middleton, B.A. 2012. Flood-pulsing concept and complexity for nurturing floodplain ecosystems. NRP, National Wetlands Research Center, Lafayette, LA, February 2012.

·   Middleton, B.A. 2011. Non-equilibrium dynamics of northern fens. Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan.

·   Middleton, B.A. 2011. Ecosystem function studies, decomposition, production and field studies.  Ecosystem Management Workshop, Dumlupinar University, Turkey. Organized by ERASMUS of the European Union (May 1-7, 2011).

·   Middleton, B.A. 2010. Hydrologic remediation of oil spills in coastal swamp. Chinese Academy of Science, Changchun, China.

·   Middleton, B.A. 2010. Wetland conservation and climate change. Cache River Symposium, Vienna, Illinois (October 2010, keynote).

·   Middleton, B.A. and JIANG Ming.  2010. Wetland restoration potential of the Sanjiang Plain, China.  Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, China.

·   Middleton, B.A. 2010. Climate change and flood pulsing in wetlands.  Chinese Academy of Science, Changchun, China.

·   Middleton, B.A. 2010. Writing for students. Chinese Academy of Science, Changchun, China.

·   Middleton, B.A. 2009. Earth Day Address: Climate change and wetlands in India. US Consulate and C.P. Ramaswami Aiyar Foundation, Chennai, India.  Also delivered to University of Delhi, Jawaharlal Nehru University (Delhi), Wildlife Institute (Dehradun), and the Keoladeo Naturalists Society (Bharatpur, India).

·   Middleton, B.A. 2009.  Sustainable wetland use in India. Swaminanthan Research Institute, Chennai, India. Also delivered to the Centre for Research on New International Economic Order, Chennai, India.

·   Middleton, B.A. 2009. Climate change and baldcypress swamps.  U.S. Forest Service, Grand Rapids, Minnesota (December 2009).

·   Middleton, B.A. 2009. Climate change and baldcypress swamps.  University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut (September 2009).

·   Middleton, B.A. 2008. Climate change and latitudinal trends in function in the baldcypress region of the United States. Departmental Seminar, School of Environment and Natural Resources, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.

·   Middleton, B.A. 2008. Writing for students: an editor’s perspective.  School of Environment and Natural Resources, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.

·   Middleton, B. A. 2008. Writing for students: an editor’s perspective.  ESA SEEDS Minority Mentoring Program in Ecology, Duke University, Durham, NC.

·   Middleton, B.A. 2007.  Hurricanes as a natural disturbance. Michigan Tech University, Houghton, Michigan, December 2007.

·   Middleton, B.A. 2007.  Hurricanes as a natural disturbance. University of Louisiana, November 2007.

·   Middleton, B.A. 2007.  The Lodi Marsh State Natural Area as a Ramsar site? U.S. National Ramsar Committee, Caddo Lake, Texas, November 2007.

·   Middleton, B.A. 2007.  Hurricanes as a natural disturbance. Louisiana State University Society of Wetland Scientists Student Association, September 2007.

·   Middleton, B.A. 2007. Opening address at the Society of Wetland Scientists meeting, European Chapter, Trebon, Czech Republic, June 2007.

·   Middleton, B.A. 2007. Climate change and the function and distribution of baldcypress swamps in North America.  USGS Denver Federal Center, Denver, Colorado.

·   Middleton, B.A. 2007. Climate change and the function and distribution of baldcypress swamps in North America. Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, March 2007.

·   Middleton, B.A. 2007. Climate change and the function and distribution of baldcypress swamps in North America. Forest and Forestry Products Institute, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, March 2007.

·   Middleton, B.A. 2007. Climate change and the function and distribution of baldcypress swamps in North America. Forest and Forestry Products Institute, Sapporo, Tsukuba, Japan, March 2007.

·   Middleton, B.A.  2007. Volunteer program for the study of latitudinal variation in height of Lythrum salicaria in Eurasia vs. North America. Tennessee Valley Authority: 2007 Southeastern Wetlands Data Users Workshop, Knoxville Tennessee.

·   Middleton, B.A. 2006.  Latitudinal variation in populations of Lythrum salicaria in Europe and North America: joint international program and research.  Plenary speaker, GLOW IV, Bagamoyo, Tanzania.

·   Middleton, B.A.  2006. Climate change and the distribution and function of baldcypress swamps across latitudes in the Mississippi River Alluvial Plain.  Colloquium speaker: University of Louisiana.

·   Middleton, B.A. 2006. Hurricanes and the northern Gulf of Mexico: Impacts of Katrina and Rita.  University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.

·   Middleton, B.A. 2006. Climate change and the function and distribution of baldcypress swamps in North America. Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana.

·   Middleton, B.A. 2006. Cache River Initiative: Importance of flood pulsing in river restoration. The Nature Conservancy, Shawnee College, Ullin, Illinois.

·   Middleton, B.A. 2006. Coastal research. Gulf Coast Initiative, New Orleans, Louisiana.

·   Middleton, B.A. 2005. Restoration of ecosystem processes on dredged sediments in the Sabine National Wildlife Refuge. Invited speaker; FWS research symposium, McNeese University, Lake Charles, LA.

·   Middleton, B.A. 2005. Propagule dispersal, fragmentation and restoration of mangrove swamps.  Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, Florida Atlantic University, Vero Beach, FL.

·   Middleton, B.A. 2005. John Muir’s Thousand Mile Walk of Change. Lafayette UU, LA.

·   Middleton, B.A. 2005. Be global, think local. Invasive species panel.  Fulbright Association, Baltimore, Maryland. Invited speaker and panel member.

·   Middleton, B.A. 2004. Hydrologic and disturbance dynamics in wetlands: restoring the natural balance.  Colloquium speaker: Louisiana State University.

·   Middleton, B.A. 2004. Hydrologic and disturbance dynamics in wetlands: restoring the natural balance. USGS- Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center, LaCrosse, WI.

·   Middleton, B.A. 2003. Flood pulsing in the spatial dynamics of regeneration and production in baldcypress swamps.  University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA.

·   Middleton, B.A. 2003. Disturbance dynamics in coastal marsh restoration.  CREST, Thibodaux, Louisiana.

·   Middleton, B.A. 2003. Hydrologic and disturbance dynamics in wetlands: restoring the natural balance.  Plenary speaker: Botanical Society of America, Mobile, Alabama.

·   Middleton, B.A. 2003. Latitudinal variation in primary production and carbon stores in baldcypress swamps of the Mississippi River Alluvial Plain: a surrogate for global climate change prediction.  Colloquium speaker: CCGCR, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.

·   Middleton, B.A. 2003. Cattle grazing and long-term effects on sedge meadows in Wisconsin.  Colloquium speaker: Texas A & M, College Station, TX.

·   Middleton, B.A. 2002.  Flood pulsing and plant regeneration dynamics in baldcypress swamps.  Wisconsin Wetlands Association, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin.

·   Middleton, B.A. 2002. Flood pulsing and restoration of wetlands.  Murray State University, Kentucky.

·   Middleton, B.A. 2002. Winter burning and control of shrubs following grazing in the Lodi Wildlife Area.  Friends of the Scenic Lodi Valley.

·   Middleton, B.A. 2002. Flood pulsing and restoration of wetlands.  Texas A & M, College Station, Texas.

·   Middleton, B.A. 2002. Production and carbon storage trends across a latitudinal gradient in baldcypress swamps.  University of Louisiana, Lafayette, Louisiana.

Invited Papers

·   Middleton, B.A. 2011. Droughts and floods are more important than other climate change factors in the regeneration of freshwater species. Society of Wetland Scientists, Prague, Czech Republic (June 2011).

·   Middleton, B.A., JIANG Ming, and WANG Guodong. 2011.  Where have all the sedges gone? Restoration potential of sedge meadows in low intensity soybean farms of the Sanjiang Plain, northeastern China. Society of Wetland Scientists, Prague, Czech Republic (June 2011).

·   Middleton, B.A., and Anjan Prusty. 2011.  Importance of long-term research in
Ramsar sites. Society of Wetland Scientists, Prague, Czech Republic (June 2011).

·   Middleton, B.A. 2011. SWS Writer’s Exchange. Society of Wetland Scientists, Prague, Czech Republic (June 2011)

·   Middleton, B.A. and B.J. Roberts. 2011. Remediation after the Deepwater Horizon Incident pushed oil from coast, and provided pulsed hydrology to coastal swamps.  Big Thicket Conference, Nacogdoches, Texas. (April 2011).

·   Middleton, B.A. 2011. Hotter, drier climates in Texas and the future of baldcypress swamps. Big Thicket Conference, Nacogdoches, Texas. (April 2011).

·   Middleton, B.A. 2010. Co-Chair Organizing Committee, International Wetlands Conference, Okavango Delta, Botswana.

·   Middleton, B.A. 2010. Wetland conservation and climate change. Cache River Symposium, Vienna, Illinois (October 2010, keynote).

·   Middleton, B.A. and JIANG Ming.  2010. Wetland restoration potential of the Sanjiang Plain, China.  Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, China.

·   Middleton, B.A. 2010. Climate change and flood pulsing in wetlands.  Chinese Academy of Science, Changchun, China.

·   Middleton, B.A. 2010. Writing for students. Chinese Academy of Science, Changchun, China.

·   Middleton, B.A. 2010. Climate change environments and regeneration dynamics on the Mississippi and Gangetic floodplains.  Society of Wetland Scientists, Salt Lake City, Utah.

·   Middleton, B.A. 2010. Student guide to science writing.  Society of Wetland Scientists, Salt Lake City, Utah

·   Middleton, B.A., Mark Guetersloh¹, Jody Shimp², Mike Brown³. 2010. Flood pulsing, climate change and regeneration dynamics of Ramsar sites along the Mississippi and Gangetic Floodplains. Flood Pulsing Symposium, Botswana. ¹IDNR District Heritage, Vienna, IL, ²IDNR-Natural Heritage, Benton, IL, ³US Fish and Wildlife Service, Ullin, IL.

·   Middleton, B.A. 2009. Baldcypress swamp response to climate change and hurricanes. Global Change Ecology Symposium, Society of Wetland Scientists, Madison, Wisconsin.

·   Middleton, B.A., and David, J. 2009. Path to success: student guide to science writing. Women in Wetlands Symposium, Society of Wetland Scientists, Madison, Wisconsin.

·   Turner, E. and Middleton, B.A. 2008. Climate change and wetlands in North America. Plenary Speaker. INTECOL 8^th International Wetlands Conference, Cuibá, Brazil, July 20-25, 2008, p. 15.

·   Middleton, B.A. and G.J. Smith. 2008. Overview of delta research and global observation network: the large river floodplains and deltas in South America. Symposium chair. INTECOL 8^th International Wetlands Conference, Cuibá, Brazil, July 20-25, 2008, p. 128.

·   Middleton, B.A., 2008, Trends in Function of Baldcypress Swamp Across Latitudes in North America and Climate Change [abs.], in Society of Wetland Scientists, Capitalizing on Wetlands, International Conference 2008, Washington D.C., May 26-30, 2008, p. 255.

·   Middleton, B.A. 2008. Latitudinal trends of seed bank distribution and climate change in baldcypress swamps in North America. Symposium chair.  INTECOL 8^th International Wetlands Conference, Cuibá, Brazil, July 20-25, 2008, p. 127.

·   Middleton, B. A. 2008.  Latitudinal trends soil organic matter and climate change in baldcypress swamps in North America.  Society of Wetland Scientists, Washington, DC (May 2008).  Symposium Chair.

·   Middleton, B.A. 2007. Baldcypress swamp management and climate change. Tensas National Wildlife Refuge, Tallulah, LA (November 2007).

·   Middleton, B.A. 2007.  Natural Hazards IV - Storm Effects on Coastal and Upstream Wetlands and Implications for Management: Importance of Disturbance Regimes in Wetland Systems, Upstream and Coastal.  Special Symposium for the Army Corps of Engineers at the Association for State Wetland Managers, Williamsburg, VA with Denise Reed/Jerry Rasmussen (August 2007).

·   Middleton, B.A. 2007. Soil organic matter in Taxodium distichum swamps along a latitudinal gradient.  Society of Wetland Scientists, Sacramento, California.

·   Middleton, B.A. 2007. Opening address at the Society of Wetland Scientists meeting, European Chapter, Trebon, Czech Republic.

·   Middleton, B.A. 2007. International collaborative and volunteer research on Lythrum salicaria in Europe and North America.  Society of Wetland Scientists, European Chapter, Trebon, Czech Republic.

·   Middleton, B.A. 2007. Global citizen, local volunteer.  George Wright Society, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

·   Middleton, B.A. 2006.  Latitudinal trends in baldcypress swamp function and climate change in North America.  SWS, Cairns, Australia.  Global Ecology Symposium Organizer.

·   Middleton, B.A. 2006.  Latitudinal variation in populations of Lythrum salicaria in Europe and North America: joint international program and research.  GLOW IV, Bagamoyo, Tanzania.  Plenary Speaker.

·   Middleton, B.A. 2006. Cache River Initiative: Importance of flood pulsing in river restoration. The Nature Conservancy, Shawnee College, Ullin, Illinois.  Plenary Speaker.

·   Middleton, B.A. 2006. Coastal research. Gulf Coast Initiative, New Orleans, Louisiana.

·   Middleton, B.A. 2005. Restoration of ecosystem processes on dredged sediments in the Sabine National Wildlife Refuge. FWS research symposium, McNeese University, Lake Charles, LA.

·   Middleton, B.A., N. Akanil Bingol, K. Edwards and C. Ture.  2005.  Latitudinal variation in populations of Lythrum salicaria in Europe and North America: Joint international research of Turkey, Czech Republic and the United States.  II. International Environmental Protection Scientific Committee, Dumlupinar University, Kutahya, Turkey.  Plenary Speaker.

·   Middleton, B.A. 2005. Be global, think local. Invasive species panel.  Fulbright Association, Baltimore, Maryland. Plenary Speaker and Panel Member.

·   Middleton, B.A. and Rudy van Diggelen. 2004.  Global issues in fen/sedge meadow research, management and biodiversity maintenance: an overview and Wisconsin perspective.  Intecol, Utrecht, The Netherlands.  Symposium Organizer.

·   Middleton, B.A. 2003. Disturbance dynamics in coastal marsh restoration.  CREST, Thibodeax, Louisiana. Plenary Speaker.

·   Middleton, B.A. 2003. Hydrologic and disturbance dynamics in wetlands: restoring the natural balance.  Botanical Society of America, Mobile, Alabama. Plenary Speaker.

·   Middleton, B. and K. McKee.  2003.  Production and carbon storage trends across a latitudinal gradient in baldcypress swamps, SWS, New Orleans.  Global Ecology Symposium Organizer.

·   Middleton, B.  2003.  Temperate freshwater wetlands: hydrology, climate change, and other threats.  International Conference on Environment Futures, Zurich, Switzerland.  Plenary Speaker and Panel Member.

·   Middleton, B.  2003.  Hydrologic and disturbance dynamics in wetlands: restoring the natural balance.  Botanical Society of America, Mobile, Alabama.  Plenary Speaker.

·   Middleton, B.A. 2002.  Flood pulsing and plant regeneration dynamics in baldcypress swamps.  Wisconsin Wetlands Association, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin.  Plenary Speaker.

·   Middleton, B. 2002.  Wetland restoration, flood pulsing and regeneration dynamics.  Society of Wetland Scientists, Nanjing, China.  Plenary Speaker.

Contributed Papers

·   Middleton, B.A. 2011. Climate change environments & the regeneration of wetland species. NASA Carbon Cycle & Ecosystems Joint Science Workshop, Washington, DC (poster, Oct 2011).

·   David, J.L. and B.A. Middleton. 2011. Modeled climate change impacts on the production of baldcypress swamps along latitudinal and longitudinal gradients. Big Thicket Conference, Nacogdoches, Texas (April 2011).

·   Middleton, B.A. 2011. Climate change and function of western swamps. Big Thicket Conference, Nacogdoches, Texas (April 2011).

·   Roberts, B., B.A. Middleton and R. Dokka. 2010. Effects of hydrologic remediation on baldcypress swamp elevation and ecosystem processes in the context of the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. National Science Foundation RAPID Response Investigators, New Orleans, Louisiana (poster).

·   David, J.L., B.A. Middleton, B.A. and R.O. Anyah.  2010.  Modeled climate change impacts on the production of bald cypress swamps across a latitudinal gradient. Society of Wetland Scientists, Salt Lake City, Utah.

·   Middleton, B.A. and E. Anemaet. 2010. Climate induced drought and the regeneration of wetland species. Global Change Meeting, Denver (poster).

·   Farinas, S. and B.A. Middleton. 2009. Effects of impoundment on herbaceous vegetation and seed banks in baldcypress swamps in central Louisiana (ESA SEEDS), Ecological Society of America, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

·   Middleton, B.A. 2009. Recovery of coastal wetland vegetation after Hurricane Katrina. Ecological Society of America, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

·   Edwards, K. R., B. A. Middleton and J. Květ. 2008. Comparative study of Eurasian and North American populations of Lythrum salicaria L. (purple loosestrife).  Ecological Society of America, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (August 2008, poster).

·   Middleton, Beth A., 2008, Climate and Latitudinal Trends in Production and Soil Organic Matter in Baldcypress Swamps of North America [abs.], in Society of Wetland Scientists, Capitalizing on Wetlands, International Conference 2008, Washington D.C., May 26-30, 2008, p. 255.

·   Marburger, Joy E., Karberg, Jennifer, Middleton, Beth A., and others, 2008, Linking Wetland Research and Education in the Great Lakes National Parks: 2003-2007 [abs.], in Society of Wetland Scientists, Capitalizing on Wetlands, International Conference 2008, Washington D.C., May 26-30, 2008.

·   Middleton, B.A.  2007.  Climate change and the function and distribution of baldcypress swamps in North America.  North American Carbon Program, Colorado Springs (poster).

·   Middleton, B.A., R. Hines, and K. Foster. 2007. Baldcypress forest structure and support of wildlife in the White River National Wildlife Refuge, Arkansas.  Society of Wetland Scientists, Sacramento, California, poster. 

·   Edwards, K., B. Middleton and Jan Květ.  2007.  Latitudinal study of Eurasian and North American populations of Lythrum salicaria L.  Ecological Society of America, San Diego, California, poster.

·   Edwards, K., Jan Květ and B. Middleton.  2007.  Environmental effects on the growth of Eurasian and North American plants of Lythrum salicaria L.  Society of Wetland Scientists, Trebon, Czech Republic.

·   Middleton, B.A.  2007.  Climate change and function of Taxodium distichum swamps in the western part of the region.  Big Thicket National Park Conference, Beaumont, Texas.

·   Leblebici, S., N.A. Akanil, H. Bocuk, C. Ture and B. Middleton. 2007.  Effects of boron on the seed germination characteristics of Lythrum salicaria and Epilobium hirsutum.  Society of Wetland Scientists, European Chapter, Trebon, Czech Republic.

·   Tachida, H., J. Kusumi, and B. Middleton.  2007. Multilocus patterns of nucleotide polymorphism and historical population structure in Taxodium distichum. Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution, June 24-28, Halifax, Canada.

·   Anderson, K., B. Middleton and N. Walters. 2007. Dredge Sediment Additions to Subsiding Baldcypress Swamps in Southern Louisiana: A Collaborative Effort?  National Conference on Ecosystem Restoration, Kansas City, Missouri, poster.

·   Middleton, B.A.  2005.  Latitudinal variation in height and seed set of purple loosestrife in Eurasia vs. North America: volunteer program for purple loosestrife research.  SWS, Charleston, SC, poster.

·   Middleton, B.A.  2005.  Latitudinal variation in height and seed set of purple loosestrife in Eurasia vs. North America: volunteer program for purple loosestrife research.  ESA, Montreal, Canada, poster.

·   Middleton, B.A., and K. McKee.  2005.  Carbon storage across latitudinal gradients in floodplain baldcypress swamps.  Society of Wetland Scientists, Charleston, SC, contributed paper.

·   Middleton, B.A.  2005.  Use of seed banks across a latitudinal gradient to predict the effects of climate change on regeneration potential in baldcypress swamps.  ESA, Montreal.

·   Akanil Bingol, N., C. Ture, and B. Middleton. 2004. Growth and development of Lythrum salicaria L. in different biogeographical regions in Turkey.  INTECOL, Utrecht, Netherlands. (Delivered by Beth Middleton).

·   Middleton, B.A. 2003. Vegetation change, flood pulsing and disturbance dynamics in monsoonal wetlands and implications for restoration.  Indian Water Works Association, Mumbai, India (Delivered by Narayan Desai).

·   Middleton, B.A., N. Akanil Bingol and C. Ture.  2004.  Latitudinal variation in height of Lythrum salicaria in North America vs. Eurasia.  Intecol, Utrecht, poster.

·   Middleton, B.A.  2004.  Latitudinal variation in height and seed set of purple loosestrife in Eurasia vs. North America: volunteer program for purple loosestrife research.  SWS, Seattle, poster.

·   Middleton, B.A. and M. Stevens.  2004.  Capacity building in the Iraqi scientific community – Internet courses on the Mesopotamian marshes for Iraqi women.  SWS, Seattle.

·   Middleton, B.A. and X. Ben Wu.  2004.  Regional spatial patterns of seed banks of baldcypress swamps at the northern extreme of the Mississippi River Alluvial Valley, SWS, Seattle, poster.

·   Ture, C., N. Akanil Bingol and B. A. Middleton.  2004.  Growth and development of Lythrum salicaria L. in different biogeographical regions of Turkey, INTECOL, Utrecht.

·   Middleton, B. and K. McKee.  2003.  Production and carbon storage trends across a latitudinal gradient in baldcypress swamps (SWS, New Orleans).

·   Middleton, B. and K. McKee.  2003.  Latitudinal variation in primary production. Botanical Society of America, Mobile, Alabama. (poster).

·   Middleton, B.  2002.  Flood pulsing and restoration of wetlands.  Wisconsin Wetlands Association, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin.

·   Middleton, B.  2002.  Regional spatial patterns of seedbanks of baldcypress swamps at the northern extreme of the Mississippi Embayment.  ESA, Tucson, AZ.

·   Middleton, B. and K. McKee.  2002.   Primary production, impoundment and restoration of baldcypress swamps along a latitudinal gradient in North America.  Society of Wetland Scientist, Nanjing, China.

Courses Taught

·   Graduate Seminar in Restoration Ecology (graduate), University of Louisiana, 2004-2005

·   Wetland Ecology* (graduate), Southern Illinois University, 1990-2003, annually; Iowa State University, 1989

·   Landscape and Restoration Ecology* (graduate), Southern Illinois University, 1990-2003, alternate years

·   Graduate Seminar (graduate), Southern Illinois University, 1990-2003, each semester

·   Field Ecology (advanced undergrad), Southern Illinois University, 1990-2003, annually

·   Environmental Issues* (undergrad), Southern Illinois University, 1990-2003, each semester

·   General Biology (undergrad), Southern Illinois University, occasionally, 1990-2003

·   Tropical Ecology (Costa Rica), Southern Illinois University, 1992-1998

·   Field Taxonomy (advanced undergrad and graduate), Southern Illinois University, 1990

·   Plant Ecology (advanced undergrad and graduate), Iowa State University, 1989

·   Biology (undergrad), Iowa State University, 1988

·   Ecology (undergrad), Northland College, 1980

·   Biology/chemistry companion courses for minority undergrads, Northland College, 1979-1982

·   Wetlands of northern Wisconsin, Continuing Ed, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1979

Graduate Committee Chair (Major Professor):

·   Mark Basinger, M.S., 1994, Southern Illinois University.  "Plant diversity and environment along the Cache River in southern Illinois."  Assistant Professor at Southeastern Missouri University.

·   Jonathon Taylor, M.S., 1995, Southern Illinois University.  "Leaf decomposition in coal slurry ponds in southern Illinois".  U.S. Park Service Everglades Research.

·   Bob Weichman, M.S., 1996, Southern Illinois University.  Biological Sciences.  "Natural history of the Cache River". (non-thesis degree program).

·   Nuket Akanil Bingol, M.S., 1996, Southern Illinois University.  "Leaf decomposition in montane streams in Turkey".  Associate Professor, Dumlupinar Univerity, Kutahya, Turkey.

·   Shawn Conrad, M.S., 1997, Southern Illinois University.  “Ecology of liverworts along the Cache River” (with Barbara Crandall-Stotler and Ray Stotler).  Ph.D. Student, University of Iowa.

·   Janet Taylor, M.S., Biological Sciences, 1998, Southern Illinois University.  “Genetic markers in Flyer vs. Hartwig strains of soybeans for fungal resistance” (with David Lightfoot) (non-thesis degree program).

·   Charlie Giedeman, Ph.D., 1999, Southern Illinois University. "Restoration of bottomland hardwood forests in the American Bottoms of the Mississippi River near St. Louis."  Professor at Southwestern Illinois University.

·   John Wilker, M.S., 1999, Southern Illinois University. "Flooding and seed dispersal along the Cache River".  Biodiversity Programs Director, Illinois Department of Conservation.

·   Marilyn Mathis, Ph.D., 2001, Southern Illinois University.  "Deer herbivory and old field succession", and M.S. 1996.  “Species diversity and herbivory in coal slurry ponds”.  Professor at Howard Payne University.

·   Keith Fessell, Ph.D., 2003, Southern Illinois University. "Effects of sedimentation on seedbanks of the Cache River swamps".  Assistant Professor, Clarkson University.

·   Kari Foster, M.S., 2004, Southern Illinois University. "Dispersal dynamics of the endangered running buffalo clover in Kentucky and Illinois".  Ecologist, USGS National Wetlands Research Center.

·   Jennifer Thomas, M.S., 2004, Southern Illinois University. "Dispersal of the exotic Dioscorea oppositifolia" (with David Gibson).  Research Assistant, Missouri Botanical Garden.

·   Erik Hoyer, Ph.D., 2005, Southern Illinois University. “Functional assessment of restoration along the Cache River, Illinois”.  Visiting Professor, DePaul University.

·   Tracy Elsey, M.S., 2006, University of Louisiana. “Regeneration dynamics of salt marsh species in dredge spoil restoration sites, Sabine National Wildlife Refuge (with Ed Proffitt).  University of Louisiana Outstanding Graduate Research and Phi Beta Kappa (2006).  Ph.D. Student at the University of Delaware.

Postdoc/Visiting Scientist (in my lab)

·   Dr. Malavika Chauhan, 2006, Program Coordinator, National Institute of Ecology, New Delhi, India.  Fulbright Leadership Award (IAELP), “A comparative appraisal of floodplain park ecology and management in the Indo-Gangetic Plain and Mississippi River Basins”.  Currently working for a government NGO in Dehra Dun. (Fulbright)

·   Dr. Zhenqian Liu, 2006, “The effects of salt water intrusion on forest swamp communities”.  Professor at Jinan University, Guangzhou City, China. (Chinese Academy of Science – CAS)

·   Dr. Tomoyuki Kado, 2006, “Molecular genetics of Taxodium distichum along a latitudinal gradient in the Mississippi River Alluvial Valley”.  Postdoc at Kyushu University, Japan. (Japan Academy)

·   Dr. Koichi Kamiya, 2006, “Molecular genetics of Taxodium distichum along a latitudinal gradient in the Mississippi River Alluvial Valley”.  Postdoc at Forestry and Forest Research Products Institute, Tsukuba, Japan. (Japan Academy)

·   Dr. Junco Kusumi, 2008, “Molecular genetics of Taxodium distichum along a latitudinal gradient in the Mississippi River Alluvial Valley”.  Postdoc at Forestry and Forest Research Products Institute, Tsukuba, Japan. (Japan Academy).

·   Dr. Daša Bastlová, 2005-2009, “Comparative study of Eurasian and North American populations of Lythrum salicaria L. (purple loosestrife): photosynthesis”.  University of South Bohemia, Ceské Budejovice, Czech Republic. (Czech Academy of Science).

·   Dr. Keith Edwards, 2005-2009, “Comparative study of Eurasian and North American populations of Lythrum salicaria L. (purple loosestrife): Czech/Louisiana common garden studies”.  U South Bohemia, Ceské Budejovice, Czech Republic (Czech Academy of Science).

·   Dr. Jan Květ, 2005-2009, “Comparative study of Eurasian and North American populations of Lythrum salicaria L. (purple loosestrife): Czech/Louisiana common garden studies”, U South Bohemia and Institute of Systems Biology and Ecology, Trebon, Czech Republic. (Czech Academy of Science).

·   Dr. Ming Jiang, 2008-2009, “Nutrient dynamics of coastal baldcypress swamps restored with dredge spoil”.  Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, China. (CAS)

·   Dr. Lei Ting, 2010-2011, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China.

·   Undergrad/Grad (Thesis/Non-thesis)

·   Amanda Nelson (doctoral student) 2011. Arundinaria distribution along a latitudinal gradient in the Mississippi River Alluvial Valley.  NSF IGERT, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL.

·   Matt Ripley (undergrad) 2009-2011. Shifts in anuran populations across latitudinal gradients.  Ohio State, Columbus, Ohio.

·   Justin Stelly (undergrad) 2010-2011. Sea level rise and the regeneration of coastal marsh species. U of Louisiana, Lafayette, LA.

·   Inyoung Yang (doctoral student), 2009-2010, “Methane emission along a latitudinal gradient of baldcypress swamps”, Yonsei University, Seoul (Korean Academy Science Technology).

·   Serge Farinas (undergrad), 2008-2010, “Impoundment and the regeneration of baldcypress swamps”, ESA SEEDS Award Recipient, Clayton State University, Atlanta, Georgia. 

·   Gina Quiram (doctoral student), 2008-2009, “Comparative study of Eurasian and North American populations of Lythrum salicaria L. (purple loosestrife): photosynthesis”.  U Minnesota, St. Paul, MN.

·   Onur Can Turker (doctoral student), 2010, “Regeneration in boron mines”. University of Aksera, Turkey. Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK).

·   Guodong Wang, (doctoral student) 2011, “Seed banks and wetland restoration of the Sanjiang Plain, China”, Chinese Academy of Science, Changchun, China. (CAS).

Graduate Student Committee

·   Gordon Weddle (Zoo-Burr)-Ph.D., 1991, Southern Illinois University.

·   Monica Folk (Wildlife-Wolfe)-Ph.D., 1991, Southern Illinois University.

·   John Bruggink (Zoo-Tacha)-Ph.D., 1992, Southern Illinois University.

·   Ellen Cypher (PlBio-Robertson)-Ph.D, 1993, Southern Illinois University.

·   Scott Franklin (PlBio/For-Robertson/Fralish)-Ph.D., 1996, Southern Illinois University.

·   John Abolaji (PlBio/PlSSci-Yopp)-Ph.D., 1995, Southern Illinois University.

·   Tim Pettinelli (Bio Science-Englert)-M.S., 1994, Southern Illinois University.

·   Donna Hartline (Wildlife-Gates)-M.S., 1994, Southern Illinois University.

·   Yacouba Mai Kodomi (PlBio-Yopp & Myers)-Ph.D., 1996, Southern Illinois University.

·   Blake Smietanski (Wildlife-Gates)-M.S., 1994, Southern Illinois University.

·   Amy Horstman (Wildlife-Nawrot)-M.S., 1995, Southern Illinois University.

·   Tim Loftus (Forestry-Auberton)-M.S., 1994, Southern Illinois University.

·   Mark O'Leary (Wildlife-Gates)-M.S., 1995, Southern Illinois University.

·   Rhonda Andrews (Zoology-Waring)-M.S., 1995, Southern Illinois University

·   Robert Rinella (Wildlife-Gates)-M.S., 1995, Southern Illinois University.

·   Maria Moya (Plant Biology-Stotler)-M.S., 1995, Southern Illinois University.

·   Harry Vaughan (Biology-Muhlach)-M.S., 1995, Southern Illinois University.

·   Todd Bittner (Plant Biology-Gibson)-M.S., 1994, Southern Illinois University.

·   Jonathon Campbell (Plant Biology-Gibson)-M.S., 1996, Southern Illinois University.

·   Dave Phillips (Forestry-Roth)-M.S., 1996, Southern Illinois University.

·   Dan Gustafson (Plant Biology-Gibson)-Ph.D., 2000, Southern Illinois University.

·   Alice Brandon (Plant Biology-Gibson)-M.S., 2000, Southern Illinois University.

·   Denise Pingel (Plant/Soil Science-Diesberg)-M.S., 2002, Southern Illinois University.

·   Joy Ely (Plant Biology-Gibson) – Ph.D., 2000, Southern Illinois University.

·   Yuki Kobiyama (Plant Biology-Crandall-Stotler)-Ph.D., 2002, Southern Illinois University.

·   Narayan Desai (Botany)-Ph.D., 2002, external evaluator, University of Pune, India.

·   Farid Khan (Botany)-Ph.D., external evaluator, Aligarh Muslim University, India.

·   Gautam Ghosh (Botany)-Ph.D., external evaluator, Visva-Bharati, West Bengal, India.

·   Donna Devlin (Biology)-Ph.D., 2004, University of Louisiana, Lafayette, LA.

·   Jacqueline Salter (Botany)-Ph.D., external evaluator, 2009, Monash University, Australia.

·   Puja Shrestha (Biology)-M.S., 2009, Troy University, Mississippi.

·   Mike Dupuis (Biology)-M.S., 2011, University of Louisiana, Louisiana.

·   Peter Barney-Ph.D., external evaluator, 2010.  University of New England, Australia.

·   Taylor Sloey (Biology)-M.S., 2012. University of Louisiana, Lafayette, Louisiana.

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