Douglas A. Wilcox, Ph.D., P.W.S.

Branch Chief, Coastal and Wetland Ecology
U.S. Geological Survey–Great Lakes Science Center
1451 Green Road
Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA 48105
Phone: (734) 214-7256
Fax: (734) 994-8780
Email: dwilcox@usgs.gov

Research Interests

Study of interaction of hydrology and wetland plant communities, interactions of wetland plant and faunal communities, disturbance effects on wetland plant communities, and wetland restoration.

Professional Experience

Research Wetland Ecologist/Branch Chief-Coastal and Wetland Ecology, GS-14, (12/96-present), USGS-Great Lakes Science Center, Ann Arbor, MI.

Research Wetland Ecologist/Project Leader-Habitat Assessment, GS-14, (10/93-12/96), NBS-Great Lakes Science Center, Ann Arbor, MI.

Research Fisheries Biologist/Project Leader-Habitat Assessment, GM-13, (10/87-10/93), USFWS-National Fisheries Research Center-Great Lakes, Ann Arbor, MI.

Research Aquatic Ecologist, GS-12, (8/78-9/87), National Park Service, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, Porter, IN.

Professional Activities

Editor-in-Chief, Wetlands, Journal of the Society of Wetland Scientists (1987-present)

Society of Wetland Scientists (Board of Directors, 1985-present)

Ecological Society of America

International Association for Great Lakes Research

American Association for the Advancement of Science

Education

Ph.D. (aquatic ecology), Purdue University, 1982

M.S. (biochemistry), SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, 1974

B.S. (biochemistry), SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, 1971

Publications

Hendrickson, W. H. and D. A. Wilcox. 1979. Relationship between some physical properties and the vegetation found in Cowles Bog National Natural Landmark, Indiana. Proceedings of the Second Conference on Scientific Research in the National Parks 5:642-666.

Wilcox, D. A. 1979. Salt intrusion at Pinhook Bog, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. Proceedings of the Second Conference on Scientific Research in the National Parks 5:618-641.

Effler, S. W., S. D. Field, and D. A. Wilcox. 1981. The carbonate chemistry of Green Lake, Jamesville, N.Y. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 1:141-153.

Effler, S. W., D. A. Wilcox, and S. D. Field. 1981. Meromixis and stability at Green Lake, Jamesville, N.Y. Sept. 1977-Nov. 1978. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 1:129-139.

Wilcox, D. A. and S. W. Effler. 1981. Formation of alewife concretions in polluted Onondaga Lake. Environmental Pollution Series B 2:203-215.

Wilcox, D. A. 1982. Aquatic studies at Indiana Dunes. Park Science 2:5-6.

Wilcox, D. A. 1984. The effects of NaCl deicing salts on Sphagnum recurvum P. Beauv. Environmental and Experimental Botany 24:295-304.

Wilcox, D. A., S. I. Apfelbaum, and R. D. Hiebert. 1984. Cattail invasion of sedge meadows following hydrologic disturbance in the Cowles Bog Wetland Complex, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. Wetlands 4:115-128.

Andrus, R. E. and D. A. Wilcox. 1985. New records for Sphagnum in Indiana. Michigan Botanist 24:147-152.

Wilcox, D. A. 1985. An in-house literature search system. Park Science 5(4):7.

Wilcox, D. A., N. B. Pavlovic, and M. L. Mueggler. 1985. Selected ecological characteristics of Scirpus cyperinus and its role as an invader of disturbed wetlands. Wetlands 5:87-98.

Hiebert, R. D., D. A. Wilcox, and N. B. Pavlovic. 1986. Vegetation patterns in and among panes (calcareous intradunal ponds) at the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. American Midland Naturalist 116:276-281.

Wilcox, D. A. 1986. The effects of deicing salts on water chemistry in Pinhook Bog, Indiana. Water Resources Bulletin 22:57-65.

Wilcox, D. A. 1986. The effects of deicing salts on vegetation in Pinhook Bog, Indiana. Canadian Journal of Botany 64:865-874.

Wilcox, D. A. and R. W. Buchholz. 1986. Vegetation restoration in a road-salt impacted bog. Restoration and Management Notes 4(1):28.

Wilcox, D. A. and M. K. Seeling. 1986. Cattails as a competitive control for purple loosestrife (Indiana). Restoration and Management Notes 4(2):85.

Wilcox, D. A., R. J. Shedlock, and W. H. Hendrickson. 1986. Hydrology, water chemistry, and ecological relations in the raised mound of Cowles Bog. Journal of Ecology 74:1103-1117.

Wilcox, D. A. 1987. A model for assessing interdisciplinary approaches to wetland research. Wetlands 7:39-50.

Wilcox, D. A. and R. E. Andrus. 1987. The role of Sphagnum fimbriatum in secondary succession in a road-salt impacted bog. Canadian Journal of Botany 65:2270-2275.

Wilcox, D. A., R. D. Hiebert, and J. Wood. (eds.). 1987. Proceedings of the First Indiana Dunes Research Conference: Symposium on Shoreline Processes. U.S. Dept. of the Interior, National Park Service, Science Publications Office, Atlanta, GA, USA.

Wilcox, D. A. and H. A. Simonin. 1987. A chronosequence of aquatic macrophyte communities in dune ponds. Aquatic Botany 28:227-242.

Wilcox, D. A. and H. A. Simonin. 1987. Aquatic macrophyte community differences in dune ponds - hydrarch succession or disturbance? p. 18-33. In K. L. Cole, R. D. Hiebert, and J. D. Wood (eds.) Proceedings of the First Indiana Dunes Research Conference: Symposium on Plant Succession. U.S. Dept. of the Interior, National Park Service, Science Publications Office, Atlanta, GA, USA.

Jackson, S. T., R. P. Futyma, and D. A. Wilcox. 1988. A paleoecological test of a classical hydrosere in the Lake Michigan dunes. Ecology 69:928-936.

Wilcox, D. A. (ed.). 1988. Interdisciplinary Approaches to Freshwater Wetlands Research. Michigan State University Press, East Lansing, MI, USA.

Wilcox, D. A. 1988. The necessity of interdisciplinary research in wetland ecology: the Cowles Bog example. p. 1-9. In D. Wilcox (ed.) Interdisciplinary Approaches to Freshwater Wetlands Research. Michigan State University Press, East Lansing, MI, USA.

Wilcox, D. A. and M. A. Hardy. 1988. Effects of coal fly-ash disposal on water chemistry in an intradunal wetland at Indiana Dunes. p. 57-67. In D. A. Wilcox (ed.) Interdisciplinary Approaches to Freshwater Wetlands Research. Michigan State University Press, East Lansing, MI, USA.

Wilcox, D. A., M. K. Seeling, and K. R. Edwards. 1988. Ecology and management potential for purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria). p. 120-129. In L. K. Thomas (ed.) Ecology and Management of Exotic Species. George Wright Society, Hancock, MI, USA.

Wilcox, D. A. and H. A. Simonin. 1988. The stratigraphy and development of a floating peatland, Pinhook Bog, Indiana. Wetlands 8:75-91.

Meeker, J. E. and D. A. Wilcox. 1989. A Comparison of Aquatic Macrophyte Communities in Regulated and Non-regulated Lakes, Voyageurs National Park and Boundary Waters Canoe Area, Minnesota. NPS Research/Resources Management Report MWR-16.

Wilcox, D. A. 1989. Migration and control of purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria) along highway corridors. Environmental Management 13:365-370.

Wilcox, D. A. 1989. Responses of selected Great Lakes wetlands to water-level fluctuations. Phase 1 Report to Working Committee 2, IJC Water-Levels Reference Study. International Joint Commission, Ottawa, ON, Canada and Washington, DC, USA.

Wilcox, D. A. and G. Ray 1989. Using living mat transplants to restore a salt-impacted bog (Indiana). Restoration and Management Notes 7(1):39.

Wilcox, D. A. 1990. Water-level fluctuations and Great Lakes wetlands. Great Lakes Wetlands 1(2):1-3.

Wilcox, D. A., L. MacLean, T. A. Thompson, D. Johnson, B. J. Madsen, and T. Bookhout. 1991. Protecting Lake Erie's Western Basin: an Agenda for the 1990s. A report commissioned by The Honorable Marcy Kaptur, U.S. Representative , Ohio's Ninth District.

Wilcox, D. A., L. MacLean, T. A. Thompson, D. Johnson, B. J. Madsen, and T. Bookhout. 1991. Appendix: Protecting Lake Erie's Western Basin: an Agenda for the 1990s. A report commissioned by The Honorable Marcy Kaptur, U.S. Representative , Ohio's Ninth District.

Wilcox, D. A. and J. E. Meeker. 1991. Disturbance effects on aquatic vegetation in regulated and unregulated lakes in northern Minnesota. Canadian Journal of Botany 69:1542-1551.

Wilcox, D. A. and J. E. Meeker. l992. Implications for faunal habitat related to altered macrophyte structure in regulated lakes in northern Minnesota. Wetlands 12:192-203.

Wilcox, D. A., J. E. Meeker, and J. Elias. 1992. Impacts of water-level regulation on wetlands of the Great Lakes. Phase 2 Report to Working Committee 2, IJC Water-Levels Reference Study. International Joint Commission, Ottawa, ON, Canada and Washington, DC, USA.

Shedlock, R. J., D. A. Wilcox, T. A. Thompson, and D. A. Cohen. 1993. Interactions between ground water and wetlands, southern shore of Lake Michigan, USA. Journal of Hydrology 141:127-155.

Wilcox, D. A. 1993. Effects of water-level regulation on wetlands of the Great Lakes. Great Lakes Wetlands 4(1):1-2.

Wilcox, D. A., J. E. Meeker, and J. Elias. 1993. Appendix: Impacts of water-level regulation on wetlands of the Great Lakes--additional scenarios. Phase 2 Report to Working Committee 2, IJC Water-Levels Reference Study. International Joint Commission, Ottawa, ON, Canada and Washington, DC, USA.

Wilcox, D. A. 1995. Wetland and aquatic macrophytes as indicators of anthropogenic hydrologic disturbance. Natural Areas Journal 15:240-248.

Wilcox, D. A. 1995. The role of wetlands as nearshore habitat in Lake Huron. p. 223-245. In M. Munawar, T. Edsall, J. Leach (eds.) The Lake Huron Ecosystem: Ecology, Fisheries, and Management. Ecovision World Monograph Series, S.P.B. Academic Publishing, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Wilcox, D. A. and J. E. Meeker. 1995. Wetlands in regulated Great Lakes. p. 247-249. In E. T. LaRoe, G. S. Farris, C. E. Puckett, P. D. Doran, and M. J. Mac (eds.). Our Living Resources: a Report to the Nation on the Distribution, Abundance, and Health of U.S. Plants, Animals, and Ecosystems. U.S. DOI, National Biological Service, Washington, DC, USA.

Singer, D. K., S. T. Jackson, B. J. Madsen, and D. A. Wilcox. 1996. Differentiating climatic and successional influences on long-term development of a marsh. Ecology 77:1765-1778.

Wilcox, D. A. 1996. Wetlands. Encarta 97 (CD-ROM encyclopedia). Microsoft Corportation, Redmond, WA, USA.

Wilcox, D. A. and J. R. P. French. 1996. Lake St. Clair Elodea seasonal growth study. Report to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit, MI, USA and Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Lansing, MI, USA.

Maynard, L. and D. A. Wilcox. 1997. Coastal Wetlands. State of the Lakes Ecosystem Conference Proceedings. Environment Canada, Burlington, ON, Canada and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Chicago, IL, USA.

Nichols, S. J, and D. A. Wilcox. 1997. Burrowing saves Lake Erie clams. Nature 389:921.

Wilcox, D. A. 1998. Great Lakes marshes. p. 35-37. In S. Sanzone and A. McElroy (eds.) Ecological Impacts and Evaluation Criteria for the Use of Structures in Marsh Management. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Science Advisory Board, Washington, DC, USA. EPA-SAB-EPEC-98-003.

French, J. R. P., D. A. Wilcox, and S. J. Nichols. 1999. Passing of northern pike and common carp through experimental barriers designed for use in wetland restoration. Wetlands 19:883-888.

Keough, J. R, T. A. Thompson, G. R. Guntenspergen, and D. A. Wilcox. 1999. Hydrogeomorphic factors and ecosystem responses in coastal wetlands of the Great Lakes. Wetlands 19:821-834.

Kowalski, K. P. and D. A. Wilcox. 1999. Use of historical and geospatial data to guide the restoration of a Lake Erie coastal marsh. Wetlands 19:858-868.

Wilcox, D. A., J. E. Meeker, P. L. Hudson, B. J. Armitage, M. G. Black, and D. G. Uzarski. 1999. Development of evaluation criteria to assess and protect the biological integrity of Great Lakes wetlands. Project Completion Report to U.S. EPA, Duluth, MN, USA. IAG DW14936071-01-0.

Wilcox, D. A. and T. H. Whillans. 1999. Techniques for restoration of disturbed coastal wetlands of the Great Lakes. Wetlands 19:835-857.

Armitage, B. J., P. L. Hudson, and D. A. Wilcox. 2000. Caddisflies (Insecta: Trichoptera) of fringing wetlands of the Laurentian Great Lakes. Verhandliungen-Internationale Vereinigung fur Theoretische und Angewandte Limnologie 27:1-5.

Environment Canada (D. A. Wilcox, N. Patterson, T. A. Thompson, D. Albert, R. Weeber, J. McCracken, T. Whillans, and J. Gannon, contributors). 2002. Where Land Meets Water: Understanding Wetlands of the Great Lakes. Environment Canada, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 72pp.

Kowalski, K. P. and D. A. Wilcox. 2002. Alternative management strategies for diked marshes: summary results from 1994-2001 studies of Metzger Marsh plant communities. Report to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Ohio Division of Wildlife.

Wilcox, D. A., K. P. Kowalski, and H. Roten. 2002. Relationships between Lake Ontario water levels and wetlands. Year 1 report to International Joint Commission.

Wilcox, D. A. and E. Krygier, Jr. 2002. Private beach or emerging wetland? The controversy over grooming beaches exposed by low water. Great Lakes Advisor Sept./Oct.:8-9.

Wilcox, D. A., J. E. Meeker, P. L. Hudson, B. J. Armitage, M. G. Black, and D. G. Uzarski. 2002. Hydrologic variability and the application of index of biotic integrity metrics to wetlands: a Great Lakes evaluation. Wetlands 22:588-615.

Hunt, R. J. and D. A. Wilcox. 2003. Ecohydrology -- why hydrologists should care. Groundwater 41:289.

Kowalski, K. P. and D. A. Wilcox. 2003. Differences in sedge fen vegetation upstream and downstream from a managed impoundment. American Midland Naturalist 150:199-220.

Kowalski, K. P. and D. A. Wilcox. 2003. Alternative management strategies for diked marshes. Report to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge, Oak Harbor, OH.

Nichols, S. J. and D. A. Wilcox. 2003. Reestablishing the freshwater unionid population of Metzger Marsh, Lake Erie. Report to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency-Great Lakes National Program Office, Chicago, IL, USA. IAG No. 14947830-01.

Wilcox, D. A. 2003. Wetlands and water-level regulation in Lake Ontario and the upper St. Lawrence River. Clearwaters 33(3):16-17.

Wilcox, D. A. 2003. A coordinated approach to investigate the relationships between Lake Ontario water levels and wetlands. Ripple Effects 3:6-7.

Wilcox, D. A., K. P. Kowalski, H. Roten, and M. L. Carlson. 2003. Relationships between Lake Ontario water levels and wetlands. Year 2 report to International Joint Commission.

Baedke, S. J., T. A. Thompson, J. W. Johnston, and D. A. Wilcox. 2004. Reconstructing paleo lake levels from relict shorelines along the upper Great Lakes. Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management 7:435-449.

Charles, C. et al. 2004. Wetland Ecology 5-Yr Science Plan. Terrestrial, Freshwater, and Marine Ecosystems Program, USGS Biological Resources Discipline, Reston, VA.

Johnston, J. W., S. J. Baedke, R. K. Booth, T. A. Thompson, and D. A. Wilcox. 2004. Late Holocene lake-level variation in southeastern Lake Superior: Tahquamenon Bay, Michigan. Journal of Great Lakes Research 30 (Supplement 1):1-19.

Nichols, S. J. and D. A. Wilcox. 2004. Native clams find refuge from zebra mussels in Metzger Marsh, a lake-connected wetland in western Lake Erie. Ecological Restoration 22:51-52.

Wilcox, D. A. 2004. Implications of hydrologic variability on the succession of plants in Great Lakes wetlands. Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management 7:223-232.

Wilcox, D. A. 2004. From the Bog: a compilation of favorites. SWS Bulletin 21(2):23-27.

Wilcox, D. A., K. P. Kowalski, and M. L. Carlson. 2004. Relationships between Lake Ontario water levels and wetlands. Year 3 report to International Joint Commission.

Albert, D. A., D. A. Wilcox, J. W. Ingram, and T. A. Thompson. 2005. Hydrogeomorphic classification for Great Lakes coastal wetlands. Journal of Great Lakes Research 31 (Supplement 1):129-146.

Argyilan, E. P., S. L. Forman, J. W. Johnston, and D. A. Wilcox. 2005. Optically stimulated luminescence dating of late Holocene raised strandplain sequences adjacent to southern Lake Superior, Upper Peninsula, Michigan, USA. Quaternary Research 63:122-135.

Booth, R. K., S. C. Hotchkiss, and D. A. Wilcox. 2005. Discoloration of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) tape as a proxy for water-table depth in peatlands: validation and assessment of seasonal variability. Functional Ecology 19:1040-1047.

Burkett, V. R., D. A. Wilcox, R. Stottlemyer, W. Barrow, D. B. Fagre, J. Baron, J. Price, J. L. Nielson, C. Allen, D. L. Peterson, G. Ruggerone, and T. Doyle. 2005. Nonlinear dynamics in ecosystem response to climatic change: case studies and management implications. Ecological Complexity 2:357-394.

Wilcox, D. A. 2005. Native plants for gardening and conservation. Book review of D.J. Leopold. 2005. Native Plants of the Northeast: a Guide for Gardening and Conservation. Wetlands 25:502-503.

Wilcox, D. A. 2005. Lake Michigan wetlands: classification, concerns, and management opportunities. p. 421-437. In T. Edsall, M. Munawar (eds.) The State of Lake Michigan: Ecology, Health, and Management. Ecovision World Monograph Series, S.P.B. Academic Publishing, The Netherlands.

Wilcox, D. A., J. W. Ingram, K. P. Kowalski, J. E. Meeker, M. L. Carlson, Y. Xie, G. P. Grabas, K. L. Holmes, and N. J. Patterson. 2005. Evaluation of Water-Level Regulation Influences on Lake Ontario and Upper St. Lawrence River Coastal Wetland Plant Communities. Report to the International Joint Commission.

Wilcox, D. A., M. J. Sweat, M. L. Carlson, and K. P. Kowalski. 2005. A water-budget approach to restoring a sedge fen affected by diking and ditching. Journal of Hydrology 320:501-517.

Hudon, C., D. A. Wilcox, and J. W. Ingram. 2006. Modeling wetland plant community response to assess water-level regulation scenarios in the Lake Ontario-St. Lawrence River basin. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 113:303-328.

Kowalski, K. P., D. A. Wilcox, and M. J. Wiley. 2006. Final report: Coastal wetland habitat restoration and exploration. Report to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Great Lakes National Program Office.

Sanford, W. E., J. S. Caine, D. A. Wilcox, H. C. McWreath, and J. R. Nicholas. 2006. Research opportunities in interdisciplinary ground-water science. U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1293.

Johnston, J. W., T. A. Thompson, D. A. Wilcox, and S. J. Baedke. 2007. Comparison of geomorphic and sedimentologic evidence for the separation of Lake Superior from Lake Michigan and Huron. Journal of Paleolimnology 37:349-364.

Wilcox, D. A., T. A. Thompson, R. K. Booth, and J. R. Nicholas. 2007. Lake-level variability and water availability in the Great Lakes. U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1311.

Wilcox, D. A. and Y. Xie. 2007. Predicting wetland plant responses to proposed water-level-regulation plans for Lake Ontario: GIS-based modeling. Journal of Great Lakes Research 33:751-773.

Euliss, N. H., Jr., L. M. Smith, D. A. Wilcox, and B. A. Browne. 2008. Linking ecological processes with wetland management goals for conservation: charting a course for sustainable development. Wetlands 28:(in press).

Smith, L. M., N. H. Euliss, Jr., D. A. Wilcox, and M. M. Brinson. 2008. Application of a geomorphic and temporal perspective to wetland management. Wetlands 28:(in press).

Wilcox, D. A. 2008. Education and training of wetland scientists and managers. Wetlands 28:(in press).

Wilcox, D. A. 2008. Wetlands, Fourth Edition. Book review of W.J. Mitsch and J.G.

Gosselink. 2007. Wetlands, fourth edition. Wetlands 28:251-252.

Wilcox, D. A., K. P. Kowalski, H. Hoare, M. L. Carlson, and H. Morgan. 2008. Cattail invasion of sedge/grass meadows and regulation of Lake Ontario water levels: photointerpretation analysis of sixteen wetlands over five decades. Journal of Great Lakes Research 34:(in press).

Wilcox, D. A. and S. J. Nichols. 2008. The effects of water-level fluctuations on vegetation in a Lake Huron wetland. Wetlands 28:(in press).