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Raymond G. Finocchiaro

Ecologist
USGS Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
8711 37th Street Southeast
Jamestown, North Dakota 58401

Phone: (701) 253-5544
Fax: (701) 253-5553
Email NPWRC Staff
Research,
Jamestown Headquarters

Expertise:

  • Wetland ecology with an emphasis in wetland soils, saline/sodic soils, wetland plants, soil microbiology, and landscape processes

Current Projects:

  • Greenhouse fluxes of wetland ecosystems under different land uses in the PPR
  • Assessment of agricultural tile drainage on wetland and landscape hydrology
  • Water quality of large wetland systems in National Wildlife Refuges
  • Soil properties of wetland ecosystems
  • Assessment of aquatic flora and invertebrates in National Wildlife Refuges

Education:

  • Ph. D., Soil, Environmental and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO (2009)
  • M. S., Fisheries and Wildlife Science, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO (2000)
  • B. A., Biological Science, Webster University, St. Louis, MO (1995)

Professional Experience:

  • 2004-present:  Ecologist, Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center, USGS, Jamestown, ND

Selected Publications:

Finocchiaro, R.G., B.A. Tangen, and R.A. Gleason. Greenhouse gas fluxes of grazed and hayed wetland catchments in the U.S. Prairie Pothole Ecoregion. In review.

Finocchiaro, R. G., and R. J. Kremer. 2010. Effect of municipal wastewater effluent as a wetland water source on soil microbial activity. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis 41:1974-1985.

Finocchiaro, R. G., R. J. Kremer, and L. H. Fredrickson. 2009. Impact of municipal wastewater effluent on seed bank response and soils excavated from a wetland impoundment. Wetlands 29:713–723.

Gleason, R. A., B. A. Tangen, R. G. Finocchiaro, and B. Botnen. 2009. Greenhouse gas fluxes from wetland catchments located in native prairie, restored grasslands, and croplands in the prairie pothole region. Final project report for the Energy & Environmental Research Center, Grand Forks, ND, USA.

Gleason, R. A., B. A. Tangen, M. K. Laubhan, R. G. Finocchiaro, and J. F. Stamm. 2009. Literature review and database of relations between salinity and aquatic biota – applications to Bowdoin National Wildlife Refuge, Montana; u.s. geological survey, scientific investigations report 2009-5098, 76 p.

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