Louise Wootton, Georgian Court University

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Research presentations that I have given

bulletLouise Wootton. 2006. Rapid Expansion of the Large-Headed Sedge, Carex macrocephala, at Seven Presidents Oceanfront Park, Monmouth County, New Jersey. Atlantic Estuarine Research Federation Fall Meeting.  Baltimore MD.
bulletLouise Wootton. 2006.  Carex macrocephala: A new threat to the ecology of New Jersey's coastal dunes?  Atlantic Estuarine Research Federation Spring Meeting.  Philadelphia, Pa.
bulletWootton, L.S. 2005. Motivating use of technology in a first year seminar class.  14th International Conference on College Teaching and Learning, Jacksonville, Florida.
bulletWootton LS, Burkitt JW, VanWagner C, Myatt S.  2004. Use of GIS in assessing patterns of density and impacts on native diversity of the invasive sedge, Carex kobomugi in New Jersey coastal dunes. ASLO. Savannah GA. 
bulletLouise Wootton. 2004.  When invasive species have benefits as well as costs: Managing Carex kobomugi (Asiatic Sand Sedge) in New Jersey's Coastal Dunes.  Horn Point Laboratory, Seminar Series. University of Maryland.
bulletWootton, L.S.  2003.  Spread rate and changes in species diversity associated with the introduced Asian sand sedge, Carex kobomugi, in New Jersey coastal dune communities.  Coastal Zone 2003 Baltimore. (Given by Audrey McGough due to an illness in my family)
bulletLouise Wootton,  Katy Bevaart, Audrey McGough, Jason Ondreika, Purvi Patel and Susan Halsey. 2003.   Assessment of spread rates and effectiveness of management strategies for Carex kobomugi (Asiatic sand sedge) in two New Jersey coastal parks.  Third international conference on Marine Bioinvasions.  San Diego.
bulletWootton. Louise S.  1999.  Simulation of the dynamics of detrital decomposition in aquatic ecosystems using STELLA modeling.  New Jersey Academy of Science Annual Meeting.  Georgian Court College, NJ.
bulletWootton, L.S.  1998. Influence of protein, energy and particle size upon the value of detrital materials as food sources for the estuarine amphipod Gammarus mucronatus.  New Jersey.  Academy of Science 1998 Annual Meeting.  Monmouth University, NJ.
bulletWootton, L.S. 1993. Measures of digestible protein and energy content of macrophyte detritus using a new, in vitro, enzymatic-degradation technique.   12th Biennial International ERF Conference.  Hilton Head,   South Carolina.
bulletWootton. L.S., M.R. Roman and L.M. Mayer. 1992.  Food quality of four different plant materials at different stages of degradation.  ASLO  Winter Meeting. Santa Fe, New Mexico.
bulletWootton, L.S. and A.G. Lewis. 1990.  Bacterial modification of the palatability of salt flocculated organic material to a harpactacoid copepod.  ASLO Winter Meeting, New Orleans, Louisianna.
bulletWootton,  L.S. and A.G. Lewis. 1989. Salt-flocculated organic material as a food source in estuarine food webs. ASLO Summer Meeting. Fairbanks, Alaska


Research presentations that I have co-authored with faculty colleagues

bullet Susan Halsey, Courtney Rella and Louise Wootton.  2006.  Testing management strategies for the invasive Asiatic sand sedge Carex kobomugi, in New Jersey's coastal dunes.  Geological Society of America, Northeastern Section.
bulletEmily Parker, Susan Halsey and Louise Wootton.  2005. Monitoring results of herbicide treatments and other techniques to manage Carex kobomugi (Asiatic Sand Sedge), an invasive plant species, in New Jersey's Coastal DunesGeological Society of America, Joint Meeting of the Northeastern and SouthEastern Sections, Saratoga Springs.  NY.  
bulletSusan Halsey and Louise Wootton.  2004. When policy drives management: strategies to eliminate Carex kobomugi (Asiatic Sand Sedge), and exotic invasive in dunes with within federal and state parks.   Geological Society of America, Joint Meeting of the Northeastern and SouthEastern Sections, Washington DC.
bulletLouise Wootton and Susan Halsey.  2003. Removal of an exotic invasive, Carex kobomugi (Asiatic sand sedge), from New Jersey’s coastal dunes:   Implications for coastal Dune Stability.   Geological Society of America, Northeastern Section.  Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Research presentations that my students have given

bullet Jim Burkitt and Louise Wootton.  2008. Role of habitat disturbance in determining invasion success for Carex kobomugi in New Jersey Coastal Dunes.  Spring Meeting of the Atlantic Estuarine Research Federation.  Lewes Delaware.
bulletJessica Keiper  (co-mentored with Dr. Carolyn Bergman). 2008. Determination of  genetic variability in Carex kobomugi. Annual Meeting of the New Jersey Academy of Sciences.  Kean University.
bulletEmily Parker and Louise Wootton. 2005.  Monitoring the Impact of Herbicide Application on Invasive and Native Plants in a New Jersey Coastal Dune System.  NJAS 50th Annual Meeting.  NJIT. 
bulletCourtney Rella, Louise Wootton and Paul Bologna. 2005.  Determination of genetic differences between seagrasses growing in pristine versus eutrophied portions of Barnegat Bay.  TriBeta Annual Convention.  The College of New Jersey.
bulletBurkitt, James, Wootton, Louise, Parker, Emily, Rella, Courtney, Bevaart, Katy. 2004. Use of GIS technology to show the impact of the invasive Carex kobomugi  on species distribution, diversity and richness in a New Jersey coastal dune system.  Atlantic Estuarine Research Federation.  Meadowlands, NJ.
bulletMcGough, Audrey, Wootton, Louise. 2004.  Effects of seagrass decomposition and litterbag location on feeding preferences of the amphipod Gammarus mucronatus.  Atlantic Estuarine Research Federation.  Meadowlands, NJ.
bulletJim Burkitt, Louise Wootton, Sharon Myatt and Crystal VanWagner.  2004.  Illustrating differences in impact of the invasive Asiatic Sand Sedge Carex kobomugi on native species diversity and species richness in pristine versus human-impacted sand dune systems.  ASLO. Savannah GA.
bullet Crystal VanWagner, Sharon Myatt, Jim Burkitt, Louise Wootton.  2004. Impact of Carex kobomugi on plant species diversity and species richness in Island Beach State Park’s sand dune systems. NJAS.  Farleigh Dickenson University, NJ
bullet Sharon Myatt, Crystal VanWagner, Jim Burkitt, Louise Wootton. 2004. Impact of Carex kobomugi, Asiatic sand sedge, on native species diversity and species richness in coastal dunes at the Sandy Hook Unit of Gateway National Recreation area in New Jersey. NJAS Farleigh Dickenson University, NJ
bulletKara Hendry, Lindsey Vestyck, Marnie Richtmeyer and Louise Wootton. 2004.  Use of Randomly Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD) analysis as a tool for determining the genetic diversity within populations of the invasive Asiatic sand sedge, Carex kobomugi. NJAS. Farleigh Dickenson University, NJ. Note: This paper won the NJAS Award for Excellence in Marine and Coastal Science
bulletAudrey McGough, Katy Bevaart, Jason Ondreika, Purvi Patel and Louise Wootton.  Effectiveness of low-impact management strategies for eradication of Carex kobomugi (Asian sand sedge) from dune communities within New Jersey’s coastal parks.  Coastal Zone 2003 Baltimore. 
bulletAudrey McGough and Louise Wootton 2002 Zooplankton abundance and species composition in Northern Barnegat Bay.   New Jersey Academy of Sciences 2002 Annual Meeting.   Kean University.   Note: This paper won the NJAS Award for Excellence in Marine and Coastal Science
bulletAzalea-Lisa Chandler and Louise S. Wootton. 2000. The effects of drainage overflow on  the water quality of Twilight Lake, Bayhead, New Jersey.  New Jersey Academy of Science 2000 Annual Meeting.  Georgian Court College, NJ.
bulletRobert W. Zimmerman and Louise S. Wootton.  1999.   Above-ground and below-ground biomass of Zostera marina in the central region of Barnegat Bay, NJ. New Jersey Academy of Science 1999 Annual Meeting.  Georgian Court College, NJ.

Upcoming Research presentations

bulletNone currently scheduled

In-House Student Presentations

bulletAdriana Chris (co-mentored with Dr. Carolyn Bergman).  2008.  Using microsatellite analysis to assess genetic diversity in the invasive dune grass, Carex kobomugi.   Georgian Court University Academic Excellence Night.
bulletParker, E and Wootton L. Monitoring the Impact of Herbicide Application on Invasive and Native Plants in a New Jersey Coastal Dune System.  Academic Excellence Night 2005
bulletRella, C. Wootton L and Bologna P. Determination of genetic differences between seagrasses growing in pristine versus eutrophied portions of Barnegat Bay.  TriBeta Annual Convention. Academic Excellence Night 2005
bulletMcGough, Audrey, Wootton, Louise.   Effects of seagrass decomposition and litterbag location on feeding preferences of the amphipod Gammarus mucronatus.  Academic Excellence Night 2005
bulletKara Hendry, Lindsey Vestyck, Marnie Richtmeyer and Louise Wootton. Use of Randomly Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD) analysis as a tool for determining the genetic diversity within populations of the invasive Asiatic sand sedge, Carex kobomugi.   Academic Excellence Night 2004.
bulletTheresa Censoplano. Do women respond differently to men of different ages based on their body odors? Academic Excellence Night 2004.
bulletAudrey McGough.  Zooplankton abundance and species composition in Northern Barnegat Bay.   Research Excellence Night 2002.
bulletHeather Snook.  Does the presence of cigarette residues on smoker's hands have antimicrobial effects?  Research Excellence Night 2002.