Francis C. Golet

fgswamps@uri.edu

University of Rhode Island

Department of Natural Resources Science 

Coastal Institute in Kingston, #108

1 Greenhouse Road

Kingston, RI 02881

Voice:(401)-874-2916

Fax:(401)-874-4561

Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, 1973

Dr. Golet's research addresses the ecology of both freshwater and saltwater wetlands, as well as the interaction between wetlands and human land use. Principal research interests include: wetland classification, the ecology of forested wetlands, wetland hydrology, wetland vegetation dynamics, the assessment of wetlands as wildlife habitat, ecology and conservation biology of wetland songbirds, and wetland restoration.

Cowardin, L.M., and F.C. Golet. 1995. "U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 1979 wetland classification: A review." Vegetation, 118:134-152.

Golet, F.C., A.J.K. Calhoun, W.R. DeRagon, D.J. Lowry, and A.J. Gold. 1993. Ecology of red maple swamps in the glaciated Northeast: A community profile. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Biological Report 12. 151 pp.

Golet, F.C., and D.J. Lowry. 1987. "Water regimes and tree growth in Rhode Island Atlantic white cedar swamps." Pages 91-110 in A.D. Laderman, ed. Atlantic white cedar wetlands. Westview Press, Denver, Colorado.