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Charles E. SasserProfessor - ResearchPh.D. 1994, Landscape Ecology, University of Utrecht M.S. 1977, Marine Sciences, Louisiana State University B.S. 1972, History, Louisiana State University |
Wetland Plant Ecology
Wetland Management
31 published between 1982 and 2000
Sasser, C. E., J. G. Gosselink, and G.P. Shaffer. 1991. Distribution of nitrogen and phosphorus in a Louisiana freshwater floating marsh. Aquatic Botany. 41:317-331.
Shaffer, G. P., C. E. Sasser, J. G. Gosselink, and M. Rejmanek. 1992. Vegetation dynamics of islands in the Atchafalaya River Delta, Louisiana. Journal of Ecology. 80: 677-687.
Sasser, C. E., Visser, J., Evers, D.E., and Gosselink, J.G. 1995. The role of environmental variables on interannual variation in species composition and biomass in a subtropical minerotrophic floating marsh. Canadian Journal of Botany. 73(3): 413-424
Sasser, C. E., Gosselink, J.G., Swenson, E.M., Swarzenski, C.M., and Leibowitz, N. 1996. Vegetation, substrate, and hydrology in floating marshes in the Mississippi River Delta Plain wetlands, USA. Vegetatio. 122:129-142.
Evers, D. E., Sasser, C. E., Gosselink, J. G, Fuller, D.A., and J.M. Visser. 1998. The impact of vertebrate herbivory on wetland vegetation in Atchafalaya Bay, Louisiana. Estuaries. 21(1):1-13.
Visser, J.M., C.E. Sasser, R.A. Chabreck, and R.G. Linscombe. 1999. Long-term vegetation change in a Louisiana tidal marsh, 1968-1992. Wetlands. 19 (1) 168-175.
Holm, G.O. and C.E. Sasser. 2000. Buoyancy and substrate characteristics of oligohaline marshes near a high-sediment, riverine system. Journal of Coastal Research. 16(1)164-171.
Thin-mat Floating Marsh Enhancement Demonstation Project. LA Department of Natural Resources. Jan 1999 - Dec 2001. Principal Investigator. (J. Visser, Co-PI).
Penchant Basin Data Collection and Analysis. National Resources Conservation Service. Sep 1999 - Feb 2000. Principal Investigator. (E. Swenson and J. Visser, Co-PI's).
LOOP 1998 Vegetation and Wildlife Environmental Monitoring - Modification. Louisiana Transportation Research Center. June 1998 - June 2000. (Project extended through June 2000). Principal Investigator. (J. Visser, Co-PI).
CWPPRA Academic Assistance PPL 9. LUMCON. May 1999 - Nov 2000. Co-PI with J. Visser, PI, and Erick Swenson, Co-PI.
Design criteria for the creation of artificial habitat for Brown Pelicans, Sandwich Terns, and Royal Terns. Sea Grant. Feb 2000-Jan 2002. Co-PI with J. Visser, PI.
Ecological Assistance to the CWPPRA Monitoring Program. Louisiana Department of Natural Resources. Project extension through December 2000. PI.
Ecological evaluation of the central and eastern Terrebonne Basin freshwater delivery project. LA Dept.of Natural Resources/USFWS. Oct 2000-Sep 2001. Principal Investigator.
Types, distribution, and ecological characteristics of floating marshes in the Chenier Plain, Louisiana. LA Department of Natural Resources/USEPA. Oct 2000-Jun 2002. Principal Investigator with E. Evers, Co-PI and E. Swenson, Co-PI.
CWPPRA Technical Advisory Group
CWPPRA Academic Assistance Group
BTNEP Scientific Technical Committee
Sigma Xi
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