USGS National Wetlands Research Center: Nicole Cormier profile

Nicole Cormier, M.S.

Photo of Nicole Cormier E-mail: cormiern@usgs.gov

Nicole Cormier, M.S. 2003. Biology, University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Belowground productivity, Wetland biogeochemistry, Pacific island forested wetlands.

As a support biologist, Cormier focuses on a project designed to monitor climate change in tidally influenced freshwater forested wetlands of the Southeast to better understand forest to marsh ecosystem transitions. Her responsibilities include field, laboratory, and programming support for forest modeling and other ecophysiological research. Cormier also participates in a study in collaboration with the USGS Florida Integrated Science Center to quantify trophic coupling and habitat connectivity among coral reef, mangrove, and seagrass communities of the Virgin Islands National Park. Past research includes studies examining forested wetland structure, belowground productivity, disturbance, nutrient cycling in streams, invasive species impacts on aquatic community structure, and foodweb dynamics of marine ecosystems.

Cormier's Publications

For a complete list of Cormier's NWRC publications, please go to the online NWRC publications database (http://librrefmgr.cr.usgs.gov?func=advSearch) to search for the bibliographic citations of individual staff members.

Krauss, K. W., D. R. Cahoon, J. A. Allen, J. C. Lynch, N. Cormier, and K. C. Ewel. Surface Elevation Change and Susceptibility of Different Mangrove Zones to Sea-Level Rise on Pacific High Islands of Micronesia. Accepted Ecosystems.
Fry, B., N. Cormier, and A.W. J. Demopoulos. 2009. Adventures in an isotopically ordered world – the chemical ecology of Micronesian mangroves and crabs. In: N. Yoshida, (Ed.), Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Isotopomers, 292 pp. ISI2008-18:50-56.
Demopoulos, A.W.J., N. Cormier, K.C. Ewel, and B. Fry. 2008. Use of multiple chemical tracers to define habitat use of Indo-Pacific mangrove crab, Scylla serrata (Decapoda: Portunidae). Estuaries and Coasts 31:371-381.
Chimner, R., M. Kaneshiro, B. Fry, and N. Cormier. 2006. Current extent and historical expansion of introduced mangroves on Oahu, Hawaii. Pacific Science 60:377-383.
Cormier, N. 2003. Belowground productivity in mangrove forests of Pohnpei and Kosrae, Federated States of Micronesia. Lafayette: University of Louisiana at Lafayette; M.S. thesis. 117p.

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