ABBREVIATED VITA

EDUCATION.

        1979        Ph.D.        Tulane University
        1976        M.S.          Tulane University
        1974        B.S.           Tulane University
  

PUBLICATIONS (selected)

White, D.A., D.P. Hauber & C.S. Hood.  2004.  Clonal differences in Phragmites australis from the Mississippi River delta.  Southeastern Naturalist.  In Press.

White, D.A. & C.S. Hood.  2004.  Vegetation patterns and environmental gradients in tropical dry forests of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico.  Journal of Vegetation Science.  15:151-160.

Martinez, M.L., G. Vazquez, D.A.White, G. Thivet & M. Brenges.  2002.  Germination responses of five tropical beach and dune species exposed to artificial sand burial and inundation by fresh- and sea-water.  Canadian Journal Botany.  80:416-424.

White, D.A. & S.A. Skojac.  2002.  Remnant bottomland forests near the terminus of the Mississippi River in southeastern Louisiana.  Castanea.  67:134-145.

White, D.A. & S.P. Darwin.  1995.  Woody vegetation of tropical lowland deciduous forests and Mayan ruins in the north-central Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico.  Tulane Studies Zoology Botany.  30:1-25.

White, D.A.  1993.  Vascular plant community development on mudflats in the Mississippi River delta, Louisiana, U.S.A.  Aquatic Botany.  45:171-194.

Hauber, D.P, D.A. White, S.P. Powers & F.R. DeFrancesch. 1991.  Allozyme variation and correspondence with unusual reflectance patterns in Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steudel.  Plant Systematics & Evolution.  178:1-8.

White, D.A. & M.J. Simmons.  1988.  Productivity of the marshes at the mouth of the Pearl River, Louisiana.  Castanea.  53:215-224.

White, D.A.  1987.  An American beech-dominated original growth forest in southeast Louisiana.  Bulletin Torrey Botanical Club.  114:127-133.

White, D.A. & L.B. Thien.  1985.  The pollination of Illicium parviflorum Mich. ex Vent. (Illiciaceae).  Journal Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society.  101:15-18.

White, D.A.  1983.Plant communities of the Pearl River basin, Louisiana.  American Midland Naturalist.  110:381-396.

Thien, L.B., D.A. White & L. Yatsu.  1983.  Reproductive biology of a relict:  Illicium floridanum.  American Journal Botany.  70:719-727.

White, D.A. & J. Trapani.  1982.  Factors influencing disappearance of Spartina alterniflora from litterbags.  Ecology.  63:242-245.

White, D.A., E. Weiss, J. Trapani & L. Thien. 1978.  Productivity and decomposition of the dominant salt marsh plants in Louisiana.  Ecology.  59:751-759.
 
 

MEETING PRESENTATIONS (Selected)

White, D.A., D.P. Hauber & C.S. Hood.  2004.  Clonal differences in Phragmites australis from a unique wetland landscape - the Mississippi River delta.  Society of Wetland Scientists annual meeting.  Seattle, WA.

White, D.A. & S.A. Skojac.  2002.  Remnant bottomland forests near the terminus of the Mississippi River in southeastern Louisiana.  Society of Wetland Scientists annual meeting.  Lake Placid, NY.

White, D.A., D.R. Cahoon & J.C. Lynch.  2001.  Sediment elevation dynamics along a wetland gradient in a rapidly subsiding environment.  Society of Wetland Scientists annual meeting.  Chicago, Illinois.

White, D.A.  1999.  Changes in plant species dominance and biomass in a wetland community in a very dynamic environment: contrasting the years during 15 years of study.  Ecological Society of America.  Spokane, Washington.

White, D.A. & D.P. Hauber.  1998.  Plant communities of the Mississippi river delta:  consequences of geological and hydrological events over the past 200 years.  World Delta Symposium.  New Orleans, LA.

White, D.A.  1996 Dynamics of the major plant species within the interior marshlands of the Mississippi River delta.  American Journal Botany.

White, D.A.  1995.  A comparison of overstory to understory woody vegetation in the dry tropical forests of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico.  Association Tropical Biologists.

White, D.A.  1994.  Woody vegetation of tropical lowland deciduous forests and Mayan ruins on the north-central Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico.  Ecological Society America.

Luu, T., D.A. White & D.P. Hauber.  1994. Phragmites australis clones within the Baptiste Collete subdelta of the Mississippi River:  their morphological differences.  American Journal Botany.

White, D.A.  1992.  Seven years of vascular plant community development on new mudflats within the Mississippi River delta.  Ecological Society America.

Gaudreault, S.M., D.A. White & D.P. Hauber.   1989.  Phragmites australis:  an analysis of reproductive differences in two adjacent populations in the Mississippi River delta.  Botanical Society America.

White, D.A.  1987.  Sedimentation, plant colonization, and succession on accreting mudflats within the Mississippi River delta - year 2.  Association Southeastern Biologists.

White, D.A. & M.J. Simmons.  1986.  Phenology and primary productivity within the marshes of the lower Pearl River basin, Louisiana.  Association Southeastern Biologists Bulletin.

White, D.A.  1981.  Influences on the vegetation of the lower Pearl River basin, Louisiana.  Ecological Society America.

White, D.A.  1980.  Decomposition of Spartina alterniflora - a predictive model dependent on biotic/abiotic factors.  Bulletin Ecological Society America.
 
 

INVITED PROFESSIONAL SEMINARS (Selected)

2002.  "The Mississippi River delta: a landscape perspective on its dynamic ecology."  Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology.  Tulane University.  New Orleans, LA.

2001.  "The Mississippi River delta: it's not a static ecosystem.  Department of Biological Sciences.  University of New Orleans.  New Orleans, LA.

2000.  "Historical changes at the landscape scale in the plant communities of the Mississippi River delta and a long term study."  Coastal Wetland Institute.  Louisiana State University.  Baton Rouge, LA.

1997.  "Mississippi River delta vegetation:  geological effects on historical changes."  Instituto de Ecologia.  Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico.

1993.  "Woody vegetation of the north-central Yucatan Peninsula forest versus ruin sites - a preliminary interpretation."  Tulane University.  New Orleans, LA.

1991.  "Wetland disappearance in the United States: the Mississippi River delta, a case study."  Missouri Botanical Garden.  St. Louis, MO.

1990.  "Wetlands ecology - the Mississippi River delta."  Distinguished Scholars Lecture.  California State University.  Bakersfield, CA.

1989.  "Mississippi River delta wetlands: a look at hydrology, sedimentation, subsidence and plant succession in a very dynamic ecosystem."  Oak Ridge National Laboratory.  Oak Ridge, TN.

1986.  "Herbaceous productivity and plant communities of the Pearl River basin, Louisiana."  Department Marine Science.  Louisiana State University.  Baton Rouge, LA.

1984.  "Plant communities and their distribution within the lower Pearl River basin."  Gulf Coast Chapter Sigma XI.  National Space Technology Laboratory.  National Science Technology Lab (NSTL), MS.
 
 

OTHER (from 1980 - 2002).
 

Professional Societal Membership - in 11 societies.
Education & Conservation Membership - in 5 groups
Editorial Reviewer - for 19 societies and granting agencies.
University & College Committees - served on 9.
Departmental Chairperson - 1988 to 1992
Teaching Experience - 14 different courses.
Director Undergraduate Honors Research - 25 students.
Academic Grants - total $142,000.
Contracts - total $45,000.