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Glenn R. Guntenspergen Patuxent Wildlife Research Center |
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Telephone: 218-720-4307 Fax: 218-720-4328 Email: Glenn_Guntenspergen@usgs.gov Research Ecologist |
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Education/Training: University of Illinois, M.S. 1977 University of Wisconsin, Ph.D. 1984 |
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| Areas of Expertise/Interest: community ecology, landscape ecology, global climate change impacts, and effects of land-use and land-cover on ecosystem processes | |
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Member of the Science Advisory Board for the
International Convention on Wetlands (RAMSAR) Secretary-General Society of Wetland Scientists Editor-In-Chief Urban Ecosystems |
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Active Projects: Predicting the persistence of coastal wetlands to climate change Effects of multiple stressors on aquatic communities in the Prairie Pothole Region Quantifying the influence of long-term climatic variability on prairie wetland hydrology, plant community dynamics, and carbon sequestration Identifying the cause of a biological invasion: Comparing salinity and flooding tolerances and assessing competiveness of native and non-native populations of Phragmites australis Developing indicators of freshwater emergent wetland ecosystem integrity for monitoring and management at Acadia National Park Climate and land-use change impacts on wetlands Wetland loss or wetland gain: Planning for rising sea level in coastal wildlife refuges Determining wetland susceptibility to groundwater withdrawal in Cape May County, New Jersey |
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Publications/Products: J.S. Leventhal and G.R. Guntenspergen. 2004. Seasonal methane emissions by diffusion and ebullition from oligohaline marsh environments in coastal Louisiana . Pp. 389-408 IN: Geochemical Investigations in Earth and Space Science. Publication 9, The Geochemical Society. Johnson, W.C., S.E. Boettcher, K.A. Poiani, and G.R. Guntenspergen. 2004. Influence of weather extremes on the water levels of glaciated prairie wetlands. Wetlands 24: 385-398. Verheyen, K., G.R. Guntenspergen, B. Biesbrouch, and M. Hermy. 2003. An integrated analysis of the effects of past land use on forest herb colonization at the landscape scale. J. of Ecology 91: 731-742. Austin , J.E., G.R. Guntenspergen, H.T. Sklebar, and T.K. Buhl. 2003. Differences in distribution of modified basins and ducks relative to roadside transects. Wetlands 23: 140-148. Guntenspergen, G.R., S.A. Peterson, S. Liebowitz, and L. Cowardin. 2002. Indicators of wetland condition for the prairie pothole region of the United States . Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 78:229-252. |
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