NSF Biographical Sketch - Swank, Wayne
 

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Name: Swank, Wayne
Telephone: 828.524.2128 x 100; Fax: 828.369.6768
Email: wswank@uga.edu
Organization:
Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory
3160 Coweeta Lab Road
Otto, North Carolina 28763

Position at Coweeta LTER: Scientist Emeritus, USDA Forest Service
Specialty: Hydrology, Input-Output Dynamics, Biogeochemical Cycles
Habitat: Forest, Watersheds
Organism: Water, Atmosphere, Sediments, Trees, Shrubs
Core Area(s): Inorganic Fluxes, Primary Production, Modeling/Synthesis

Education:
B.A., West Virginia University, Forest Management, 1958
M.A., University of Washington, Silviculture, 1960
Ph.D., University of Washington, Forest Hydrology, 1972

Appointments:
Scientist Emeritus, USDA Forest Service, Coweeta Hydrologic Lab., 1999-present
Project Leader, USDA Forest Service, Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory, 1984-1999
Professor in Forestry, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, 1984-2002
Program Director, National Science Foundation, Ecosystem Studies, 1977-1978
Professor in Botany & Institute of Ecology, University of Georgia, 1974-2002
Research Forester, USDA Forest Service, Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory, 1971-1977

Publications (Five as examples of research foci):
Swank, Wayne T. 1998. Multiple use forest management in a catchment context. In Cresser, M. and Pugh, K. eds. Multiple land use and catchment management: proceedings of an international conference, 1996 September 11-13; Aberdeen, Scotland, UK. Aberdeen, Scotland, UK: Macaulay Land Use Research Institute: 27-37.

Swank, Wayne T., and D.R Tilley. 2000. Watershed management contributions to land stewardship: case studies in the Southeast. In Proceedings of the land stewardship in the 21St century: the contributions of watershed management. 2000. March 13-16; Tuscon, AZ. P-13: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Station: 93-108.

Swank, Wayne T., and J.M. Vose. 1997. Long-term nitrogen dynamics of Coweeta forested watersheds in the southeastern United States of America. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 11(4): 657-671.

Swank, W.T., J.M Vose, and K.J. Elliott. 2001. Long-term hydrologic and water quality responses following commercial clearcutting of mixed hardwoods on a southern Appalachian catchment. Forest Ecology and Management 143: 163-178.

Knoepp, Jennifer D., and W.T. Swank. 1997. Long-term effects of commercial sawlog harvest on soil cation concentrations. Forest Ecology and Management 93: 1-7.