20__ Proffitt, C.E., S. Travis, and K. Edwards. Spartina alterniflora Establishment in a Created Marsh: The Roles and Interactions of Plant Genotype and Elevation. Accepted with Revisions (11/01), Ecological Applications.

Travis, S.E., C.E. Proffitt, R. C. Lowenfeld, and T.W. Mitchell. 2002. A comparative assessment of genetic diversity among differently-aged populations of Spartina alterniflora on restored versus natural wetlands. Published in Restoration Ecology 10 p. 37-42  2002.  View PDF document

Proffitt, C.E., S.E. Travis, and K.R. Edwards. 2003. Genotype and elevation influence Spartina alterniflora colonization and growth in a created salt marsh. Published in Ecological Applications 13 p,180-192   2003.  View PDF document

Egerova, J., C.E. Proffitt and S.E. Travis. 2003.  Facilitation of survival and growth of Baccharis halimifolia L. by Spartina alterniflora Loisel. in a created Louisiana salt marsh.  Published in Wetlands 23 p.250-256    2003.  View PDF document

Travis, S., Proffitt, C., & Edwards, K.   Population age effects on clone size and selfing rate in Spartina alterniflora.  Poster presented at Evolution 2001 Meeting at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.  June 26-July 1, 2001.

Proffitt, Ed, Steve Travis, Keith Edwards, Rebecca Chiasson, & Alaina Owens.   Population and community ecology analyses of restored salt marshes.  Presentation at Botany 2003 Aquatic & Wetland Plants: Wet & Wild.  Mobile, Alabama July 26-31, 2003

Travis, S.E.    Genetic Structure of Native & Restored Populations of Spartina alterniflora in Louisiana and Its Implication for Salt Marsh Restoration.  Presentation at the Joint Training of CWPPRA Workgroups Meeting at LSU-Baton Rouge May 5, 2004.

Travis, S.E., R. Lowenfield, C.E. Proffitt.   Spatial variation in outcrossing among isolated clones of Spartina alterniflora at a restored marsh.  Presentation at the ERF Conference in New Orleans September 25-30, 1999.  View PDF document

Proffitt, C.E., K. Edwards, S. Travis, A. Owens, R. Chiasson, J. Egerova.   Field experiments involving Spartina alterniflora in saline wetlands created from dredged sediment, colonization, growth, and interactions with other plant species.   Presentation at the SWS 24th Annual Meeting in New Orleans  June 8-13, 2003.   View PDF document

Travis, S.E., C.E. Proffitt.   The successional dynamics of fine-scale genetic structure and its effects on inbreeding in smooth cordgrass.   Presentation at the SWS 24th Annual Meeting in New Orleans  June 8-13, 2003.   View PDF document

Edwards, K., E. Proffitt, S. Travis.   Spartina alterniflora dieback in southwestern Louisiana:  Stem densities, genetic diversity, and growth of transplants.   Presentation at the University of Florida, St. Pete Beach  ERF 2001:  An Estuarine Odyssey Meeting   November 4-8, 2001.   View PDF document

Edwards, K., E. Proffitt.   Comparison of Wetland Structural Characteristics Between Created and Natural Salt Marshes in Southwest Louisiana, USA.   In Press.  Wetlands, Vol. 23, no.2, June 2003 pp.344-356.   View PDF document

Proffitt, E., S. Travis, K. Edwards.   Spartina alterniflora establishment in a crated marsh:  The roles and interactions of plant genotype and elevation.   Presentation at the University of Florida, St. Pete Beach  ERF 2001:  An Estuarine Odyssey Meeting   November 4-8, 2001.  View PDF doument

Travis, S.E.   Genetic diversity of a recovering Spartina alterniflora population affected by drought.   Presentation at the University of Florida, St. Pete Beach  ERF 2001:  An Estuarine Odyssey Meeting   November 4-8, 2001.    View PDF document

Edwards, K., E. Proffitt, S. Travis.   Dieback in Spartina alterniflora marshes along the southwest Louisiana coast.  Presentation at the Coastal Marsh Dieback in the Northern Gulf of Mexico:  Extent, Causes, Consequences, and Remedies meeting..  USGS Information and Technology Report (USGS/BRD/ITR-2001-2003)   View PDF document

Rebecca L. Chiasson, C.E. Proffitt,  K. Edwards, S. Travis.   Recruitment and growth of high marsh plants on dredged sediment mudflats:  The influence of Spartina alterniflora clonal growth.  Presentation at the 6th Bi-Annual Basics of the Basin Research Symposium, University of New Orleans, May 16 & 17, 2002.   View PDF document

Travis, S.E.   Genetic diversity of Spartina alterniflora recovering from a dieback.   Presentation at the 6th Bi-Annual Basics of the Basin Research Symposium, University of New Orleans, May 16 & 17, 2002.    View PDF document

Travis, S.E., C.E. Proffitt, and K. Ritland. 2004.  Population Structure and Inbreeding Vary with Successional Stage in Created Spartina alterniflora Marshes.   Published in Ecological Applications, 14 p. 1189-1202    2004   View PDF document

Travis, S.E. and Mark W. Hester.   Long-Term Genet Dynamics of a Widespread Wetland Plant, Spartina alterniflora, with Limited Seedling Recruitment.  In Press.  Running headline: Genet dynamics in Spartina alterniflora.   View PDF document

Travis, S.E., C.E. Proffitt, K. Edwards, G. Hartman, and G. Haigh.   On-going dredged material marsh research in the Sabine National Wildlife Refuge.  Article Pp. 81-82 in: Turner, G. and W. Streever, Approaches to coastal wetlands restoration:  northern Gulf of Mexico.  SPB Academic Publishing.  the Hague.  2002    View PDF document

Mills, Houston, Hartman, Haigh.   Small Mammal Populations in Natural and Restored Saltwater Marshes in Southwestern Louisiana.  Poster presented at CREST symposium:  Advances in Coastal Habitat Restoration in the  Northern Gulf States.   Held at Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, La.   ALSO presented at the 24th annual meeting of SWS in New Orleans, La.  AND at the 80^th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Mammalogists, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire. 2003   View PDF document     View poster

Mills, K.P. and K.R. Edwards.  2004.   Decomposition Rates of Spartina alterniflora in Dredge-filled Created and Natural Salt Marshes in Sabine National Wildlife Refuge (Southwest Louisiana).  Poster presented at Louisiana Academy of Sciences 78^th Annual Meeting held at McNeese State University, Lake Charles, Louisiana.   View PDF document    View poster

Mills, K.P.  K.R. Edwards.  2003.   Decomposition Rates in Dredge-Filled Created  and Natural Salt marshes in Sabine National Wildlife Refuge (Southwest Louisiana).  Poster presented at the 24^th Annual Meeting of the Society of Wetland Scientists (SWS), New Orleans, Louisiana. ALSO presented at Coastal Restoration and Enhancement Through Science and Technology (CREST) symposium entitled “Advances in Coastal Habitat Restoration in the Northern Gulf States,” Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, Louisiana.   View PDF document     View poster

Edwards, K.R., K.P. Mills and C.E. Proffitt.  2002.   Structural and Functional Equivalency Between Created and Natural Salt Marshes in Southwest Louisiana.  Poster presented at Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Tucson, Arizona.     View PDF document

Hartman, Haigh, Mills, Houston.   2003.   Captures and Trapping Mortality of Small Mammals in Saltwater Marshes in Southwestern Louisiana.  Poster presented at the 83rd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Mammalogists, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas.   View poster  

Edwards, K.R. and C.E. Proffitt.  2003.   Salt Marsh Creation in the Sabine NWR Using Dredged Material; Brief History and Structural Comparison Between Created and Natural Sites.  Oral presentation give at Society of Wetland Scientists (SWS) Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana.   View PDF document

Edwards, K.R. and C.E. Proffitt.  2002.   Structural and Functional Equivalency Between Created and Natural Salt Marshes in Southwest Louisiana.  Poster presented at Society of Wetland Scientist (SWS) Annual Meeting, Lake Placid, New York.     View PDF document

Schuler, L. J., M. G. Heagler, and M. J. Lydy.   Bioavailability of sediment-associated Benzo(a)pyrene within single - versus multiple-species systems.  In Press.  Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 2002.  View PDF document

Ford, M.A., R. Howard, B.J. Hoffpauir, B. Perez.   A Comparison of Sites Restored Using Dedicated Dredged Materials in Two Different Coastal Regions of Louisiana.  Poster presented:  Restore Americas Estuaries 2004.  Southwest Louisiana National Wildlife Refuge Complex Symposium 2005.  CREST Symposium 2005.   View Poster    View PDF document 

Ford, M.A., K.R. Edwards, B.J. Hoffpauir, K.P. Mills.   A Comparison of Two Techniques Estimating Below Ground Biomass in Salt Marshes Restored Using Dedicated Dredged Materials.  Poster presented:  2003 Society of Wetland Scientist Conference.     View poster     View PDF document

Hoffpauir, Brent, M.A. Ford, Billy DeLany, Robert Brunet.   Shallow Subsidence and the Use of Dedicated Dredge Materials for Coastal Marsh Restoration in the Louisiana Chenier Plain.  Poster presented:  Southwest Louisiana National Wildlife Refuge Complex Symposium 2005.  CREST Symposium 2005.   View Poster   View PDF document

Savoie, K A., B.J. Hoffpauir.   Management of Giant Salvinia in Louisiana’s Coast Marsh.  Poster presented:  Louisiana Academy of Science 2004.   View poster   View PDF document

Brunet, Robert , Billy DeLany, Brent Hoffpauir, Scott Edwards.   Restoration Efforts of the Louisiana Coastal Prairie in  Southwest Louisiana.   Poster presented: Southwest Louisiana National Wildlife Refuge Complex Symposium 2005.  CREST Symposium 2005.     View poster     View PDF document

 Hoffpauir, B.J.,  M.A. Ford.  Shallow Subsidence and the Use of Dedicated Dredged Materials for Coastal Marsh Restoration in the Louisiana Chenier Plain.  Poster presented:  Louisiana Academy of Sciences 2004.     View poster     View PDF document

Edwards, Keith R., Steven E. Travis, C. Edward Proffitt.   Genetic Effects of a Large-Scale Spartina alterniflora (Smooth Cordgrass) Dieback and Recovery in the Northern Gulf of Mexico.  Published in Estuaries Vol. 28, No. 2,  p. 204-214  April 2005.    View PDF document     

Edwards, Keith R., Kaili P. Mills.  Aboveground and Belowground Productivity of Spartina alterniflora (Smooth Cordgrass) in Natural and Created Louisiana Salt Marshes.   Published in Estuaries Vol. 28, No. 2,  p. 252-265  April 2005.   View PDF document

Travis, Steven E. and Mark W. Hester. 2005.   A space-for-time substitution reveals the long-term decline in genotypic diversity of a widespread salt marsh plant, Spartina alterniflora, over a span of 1500 years.  Published in Journal of Ecology  93, p. 417-430  2005.  View PDF document

Travis, S., and E. Proffitt. 1999. Restoration genetics workshop highlights. Published in Estuarine Research Federation Newsletter  25:17. 

Proffitt, C. E., K. R. Edwards, and S. E. Travis. 2005.   Restoration ecology of salt marsh populations and communities: experimental and observational studies at the Sabine Wildlife Refuge in the Calcasieu Estuary.  Presented at: Lower Mississippi River Valley Ecosystem Team Meeting, Stuttgart, AR.  ALSO presented at: Coastal Restoration and Enhancement through Science and Technology Conference, Lafayette, LA.

Travis, S. E., C. E. Proffitt, and M. W. Hester. 2005.   Individual, clonal, and population effects on genetic structure in Spartina alterniflora and their implications for salt marsh restoration in Louisiana.  Presented at:  First Annual Symposium of Researchers for Southwest Louisiana National Wildlife Refuge Complex, Lake Charles, LA.

Travis, S., E., C. E. Proffitt, and M. W. Hester. 2004. Genetic structure of native and restored populations of Spartina alterniflora and it's implications for controlling invasions.  Presented at:  The Third International Conference on Invasive Spartina, San Francisco, CA. 

Edwards, K.R., Proffitt, C. E., Travis, S.E., 2001. Spartina alterniflora die back in a southwestern Louisiana salt marsh.  Presented at: 22nd Annual Society of Wetland Scientists Conference, Chicago, IL.  ALSO presented at:  86th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Madison, WI.

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View Manuscript draft of:  Research needs for understanding and predicting the behavior of managed ecosystems:
Lessons from the study of agroecosystems

Before & After an Oil Spill - the Arthur Kill. 1995. J. Burger, ed. Rutgers Univ. Press. Reviewed for Estuaries 18(1 b). 1995.  

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