E-mail: ercrawford@vcu.edu
VCU departmental affiliation:
Joint appointment: Center for Environmental Studies and Department
of Biology
Degrees:
Ph.D. (Wetlands Ecology) Old Dominion University, 2002
M.S. (Biology) Virginia Commonwealth University, 1995
B.S. (Marine Biology) University of North Carolina, Wilmington,
1989
Courses taught at VCU
• ENVS/BIOL 591 Wetland Ecology
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BIOZ 317 Ecology Laboratory
•
BIOL 101 Biological Concepts
Research interests:
• Successional processes in coastal environments
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Environmental and biotic factors affecting carbon sequestration in forested wetlands
•
Ecological effects of invasive species in tidal wetlands
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Wetland ecology and restoration
Recent
publications/abstracts/presentations:
Crawford, E., F. Day and R. Atkinson. 2003. Decay dynamics
in an Atlantic white cedar (Chamaecyparis thyoides) restoration
setting at Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge. Atlantic
White Cedar Management and Restoration Symposium. June 2-4,
2003. Millersville, Maryland (paper presentation).
Crawford,
E., F. Day and R. Atkinson. 2003. Decomposition dynamics
in regenerating seral stages and restoration sites
of Atlantic white cedar wetlands: a chronosequence approach.
Wetlands (in review).
Day, F., C. Conn, E. Crawford and
M. Stevens. 2003. Long-term effects of nitrogen amendments
on herbaceous communities
on a Virginia barrier island. The Journal of Coastal
Research. (in press). |