David E. Scott

Savannah River Ecology Laboratory
P O Drawer E, Aiken, SC 29802
(803) 725-5747 office
(803) 725-3309 fax
scott(at)srel.edu

David grew up in Spartanburg SC, majored in biology at Wofford College, and earned his MS degree in Environmental Sciences from the University of Virginia in 1982. He worked in agroecosystems studies at the Institute of Ecology at UGA before coming to SREL, where he joined herpetology program in 1984. His research focus at SREL has been the ecology of pond-breeding amphibians. He manages the Rainbow Bay study, recognized as the longest running continuous amphibian study in the world, and continues additional experimental studies to better understand the factors that influence the dynamics of "natural" and human-impacted amphibian populations. He also works with the SREL Environmental Outreach Program to make research results more accessible to diverse general audiences, from children to adults.

 

PROJECTS:

• Terrestrial Distribution of Salamanders around an Isolated Wetland (David Scott, Dean Croshaw, Mark Komoroski, and Phil Dixon)
• H-02 Constructed Wetland Studies: Amphibians and Plants (Principal Investigators -- Stacey Lance, David Scott, Wes Flynn, and Diana Soteropoulos; funded by NNSA)
• Characterization of Contaminant Levels in the P-Area Wetland System (David Scott, Larry Bryan, David Kling, Stacey Lance, John Seaman and Julian Singer)
• Gopher Frogs on the SRS (David Scott)
• Contaminants in Turtles and Alligators on the SRS (Tracey Tuberville, David Scott, Brian Metts, and Stacey Lance)
• Assessing the Ecological Health of the D-Area Ash Plume Wetland (Principal Investigators -- David Scott, Tracey Tuberville, Brian Metts, and Bill Hopkins; funded by the Area Completion Projects group, SRNS)
• A Day in the Life of a Marbled Salamander
• A Breeding Congress (also on marbled salamanders)
• The Rainbow Bay Long-term Study
• Determining Significant Endpoints for Ecological Risk Analysis
• Amphibians, Seasonal Wetlands, and Golf Courses (David Scott, Brian Metts, and Whit Gibbons)
• SPARC program (An education module: "Herps of the Southeast" virtual walk)
• "Kids Do Science" program (A series of hands-on science activities for 4th and 5th grade students developed with Laura Janecek and Dee Boggs in partnership with the Christensen Fund and the American Honda Foundation)
• Using Stable Isotopes as a Marking Tool for Amphibians (David Scott, Yurena Yanes, Betsie Rothermel, Melissa Pilgrim, and Chris Romanek)