James C. Lynch

USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
BARC-EAST #308, 10300 Baltimore Ave.
Beltsville, MD 20705

Telephone: 301-497-5647

Fax: 301-497-5744

Email: jclynch@usgs.gov 

General Biologist

Primary Responsibilities:  Field monitoring and establishment of global climate change research projects. Primarily involving the establishment and monitoring of elevation monitoring stations in wetland environments in the U.S. and abroad.

Education/Training: 

B.A. Biology and Chemistry. University of Delaware, Newark, DE, 1986. 

M.S. University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette, LA, 1989.  Thesis: Sedimentation and Nutrient Accumulation in Mangrove Ecosystems of the Gulf of Mexico.

1997 – 2005 : Board member, Society of Wetland Scientists

1997 – 2005: Webmaster, Society of Wetland Scientists

Active Projects: 
U.S. Global Change Research Program Projects with Dr. Cahoon

Development of a lightweight Surface Elevation Table (SET)

Publications/Products: 

Cahoon, D. R., J. C. Lynch, P. Hensel , R. Boumans, B. C. Perez, B. Segura, and J. W. Day, Jr. 2002. A device for high precision measurement of wetland sediment elevation: I. Recent improvements to the sedimentation-erosion table. Journal of Sedimentary Research. Vol. 72, No. 5. pp 730-733.

Cahoon, D. R., J. C. Lynch, B. C. Perez, B. Segura, R. Holland, C. Stelly, G. Stephenson, and P. Hensel. 2002. A device for high precision measurement of wetland sediment elevation: II. The rod surface elevation table. Journal of Sedimentary Research. Vol. 72, No. 5. pp. 734-739.

Ford, M. A., D. R. Cahoon, and J. C. Lynch. 1999. Restoring marsh elevation in a rapidly-subsiding salt marsh by thin-layer deposition of dredged material. Ecological Engineering 12: 189-205

Cahoon, D. R. and J. C. Lynch. 1997. Vertical accretion and shallow subsidence in a mangrove forest of southwestern Florida, USA. Mangroves and Salt Marshes 1:173-186.

Cahoon, D. R., J. C. Lynch, and A. N. Powell. 1996. Marsh vertical accretion in a southern California estuary, U. S. A. Estuarine, Coastal, and Shelf Science 43:19-32.

Cahoon, D. R., J. C. Lynch, and R. M. Knaus. 1996. Improved cryogenic coring device for sampling wetland soils. Journal of Sedimentary Research 66:1025-1027.

Lynch, J. C., Meriwether, J. R., McKee, B. A., Vera_Herrera, F., and Twilley, R.R. 1989. Recent Accretion in mangrove ecosystems based on Cesium-137 and Lead-210. Estuaries 12, 284-299.