Tracy Elsey-Quirk

• B.S. Wildlife and Fisheries Biology, University of Vermont, 1998
• M.S. Ecology and Environmental Science, University of Louisiana, Lafayette, 2005
  Thesis:  Early regeneration dynamics of species in a created salt marsh on the Gulf Coast, USA.
  
• Ph.D. Marine BioSciences, University of Delaware, 2009
  Dissertation: Inter-and intraspecific variation in carbon and nutrient pools of salt marsh plants.

PAPERS

Elsey-Quirk, T., B.A. Middleton and C.E. Proffitt. 2009. Seed flotation and germination of salt marsh plants: the effects of stratification, salinity, and/or inundation regime. Aquatic Botany 91:40-46.

Elsey-Quirk, T., B.A. Middleton and C.E. Proffitt. 2009. Seed dispersal and seedling emergence in a created and natural salt marsh on the Gulf of Mexico coast in southwest Louisiana, USA. Restoration Ecology 17:422-432.

PRESENTATIONS

Elsey-Quirk, T., D.M. Seliskar and J.L. Gallagher. "Ecotypic variation in morphology and carbon, nutrient, and mineral allocation of three salt marsh macrophytes: Implications for restoration." Oral presentation, Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation, November 1-5, 2009.

Elsey-Quirk, T., D.M. Seliskar and J.L. Gallagher. "Ecotypic variation in Spartina
alterniflora: growth, nutrient and carbon dynamics." Poster presentation, Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation, November 1-5, 2009.

Elsey-Quirk, T., D.M. Seliskar and J.L. Gallagher. "Consequences of interspecific variation in nitrogen and carbon pools of salt marsh plants." Oral presentation, Delaware Estuary Conference, January 12-14, 2009.

Elsey, T., D.M. Seliskar and J.L. Gallagher. "Carbon sequestration by salt marsh plants in the face of sea level rise." Oral presentation, Dorchester Town Meeting, Spring 2007.

Elsey, T., D.M. Seliskar and J.L. Gallagher. "Nutrient and carbon sequestration by salt marsh plants when eutrophication and sea level rise affect our estuaries." Oral presentation, Estuarine Research Federation Conference, November 4-8, 2007.

Elsey, T., J. L. Gallagher and D. M. Seliskar. "Nutrient and carbon sequestration by salt marsh plants in the face of eutrophication and sea level rise", Delaware Estuary Conference, January 22-24, 2007.

Elsey, T., B. A. Middleton and C. E. Proffitt. “Patterns of plant community development in a created salt marsh on the Gulf Coast of Louisiana.” Louisiana Association of Professional Biologists, 8/2004.

Elsey, T., B. A. Middleton and C. E. Proffitt. “Seed dispersal and germination in created salt marshes”, Graduate Student Symposium, University of Louisiana, Lafayette, 10/2004.

Elsey, T., B.A. Middleton and C.E. Proffitt. "Seed dispersal in a created salt marsh in Louisiana." Poster presentation, Coastal Restoration and Ehnhancement through Science and Technology, April 12-13, 2005.

Elsey, T., B.A. Middleton and C.E. Proffitt. "Patterns of plant community development in a created salt marsh on the Gulf Coast of Louisiana." Oral presentation, Louisiana Association of Professional Biologist, August 2004.

Awards

Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society 2005 Award for Graduate Student, University of Louisiana Lafayette.

Garden Club of America Award in Coastal Wetland Studies 2004, Garden Club of America and the Virginia Institute of Marine Science.

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