Curriculum vitae

WILLIAM J. MITSCH

EDUCATION

Ph.D. 1975 Systems Ecology, University of Florida
M.E. 1972 Environmental Engineering Sciences, University of Florida
B.S. 1969 Engineering, University of Notre Dame

ACADEMIC CAREER

1986 - present The Ohio State University

Director, Olentangy River Wetland Research Park, 1993-present
Professor of Environment and Natural Resources, 1986-present
Professor of Environmental Biology/Science, 1986-present
Professor of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology (EEOB),1999-present
Professor of Ecological Engineering, 1989-present

1979 - 1985 University of Louisville

Energy and Ecological Systems Program, Systems Science Institute
Professor, 1984-1985
Associate Professor,1981-1984
Assistant Professor, 1979-1980
Biology Department
Courtesy Appointment, 1981-1985
Center for Environmental Science and Management
Director, 1984-1985

1975 - 1979 Illinois Institute of Technology

Pritzker Department of Environmental Engineering
Assistant Professor

1971 - 1975 University of Florida

Department of Environmental Engineering Sciences and Center for Wetlands
Graduate Research Assistant, 1972-1975
Laboratory Coordinator, Center for Wetlands, 1974-1975
EPA Graduate Assistant, 1971-1972

OTHER RELATED POSITIONS

2007           Fulbright Senior Specialist
                    Harry Oppenheimer Okavango Research Centre, Maun, Botswana

1983            AAAS Fellow
(summer)                     Environmental Science and Engineering Fellow
                                    U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC

1976 - 1977    Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL
(summers)                   Environmental Consultant, Energy and Environmental Systems Division
                                               
1970 - 1971   Commonwealth Edison Company, Chicago, IL
                                    Environmental Staff, Environmental Affairs Department

SIGNIFICANT INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES

Botswana
2001 Keynote Speaker, International Wetland Conference, Okavango Delta, Maun
2007 Fulbright Senior Specialist, University of Botswana, Maun, Botswana

Middle East
2004 UNEP short course on ecological engineering/restoration for Iraqi managers, Cairo, Egypt
2005 UNEP short course on ecological modeling for Iraqi scientists, Amman, Jordan
2005 co-author of wetland modeling manual for Iraqi scientists, UNEP

Korea
2007 invited seminars at Korea University and Ewha Women University, Seoul

Costa Rica
2003-present collaborative research on wetlands, water quality, and carbon cycle, Earth University

Sweden
1991 keynote address, International Conference on Ecological Engineering of Wastewater, Trosa, Sweden
1996, 1998, 2000 International scientific review panel environmental research program on “Water Management—Toward Catchment-Based Solutions" MISTRA (Foundation for Strategic Environmental Research), Stockholm
1997 Invited lecture, Beijer Institute, The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden
2004 Stockholm Water Prize Laureate
2005-06 Invited participant in SWP events

Spain
1993, 2002, 2004 Short courses for Mediterranean country participants on wetlands and ecological engineering
CIHEAM (Centro Internacional de Altos Estudios Agronomicos Mediterraneos), Zaragoz
2005 Plenary lecture, The World Conference on Ecological Restoration, Society for Ecological Restoration International, Zaragoza

France
1994-2002 SCOPE (Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment), Paris
Co-chair, Committee on Ecological Engineering and Ecosystem Restoration
2005 International Conference on Biodiversity: Science and Governance, Paris

IPPC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change)
1995 Reviewer of wetland chapter in first technical report

INTECOL  (The International Association of Ecology)
Wetland Conference Organizing Committee: 1996 (Perth, Australia); 2000 (Quebec,  Canada); 2004 (Utrecht, The Netherlands); 2008 (Cuiba, Brazil)
1992 Wetlands Conference Organizer and Chair (Columbus, USA)
1988-present Wetland Working Group

China
1987, 1989, 1996, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006. 2007 Short courses and workshops, Academia Sinica, Beijing and Nanjing, Nanjing University, Nanjing, and East China Normal University, Shanghai

Denmark
1996 Plenary address, Ecological Summit 96, Copenhagen, Denmark
1986-87 Fulbright Fellow University of Copenhagen and Department of Environmental  Chemistry, Royal Danish School of Pharmacy, Copenhagen

Estonia
1983 Workshop on Wetlands and Shallow Water Bodies, UNEP and SCOPE, Tallinn
1997 organized SCOPE Workshop on Ecological Engineering, Tallinn, Estonia
2007 Plenary Lecture, WETPOL Conference, Tartu

Japan
2006 Plenary lecture, International Symposium on Wetland Restoration 2006, Otsu, Shiga, Japan

SIGNIFICANT USA ACTIVITIES

National Sea Grant Program, Washington DC
            Assessment Team of Louisiana Sea Grant College Program, 2006

South Florida Water Management District
            Peer-review panel on Accelerated Recovery of Everglades, 2005
            Peer-review panel on Everglades Landscape Model, 2006

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC
            Science Advisory Board, 2001 – 2007

National Research Council Committees, National Academy of Science, Washington, DC

• River Basins and Coastal Systems within the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 2002-04

• Wetland Mitigation, 1999-2001

• Wetland Characterization, 1993-95

• U.S. Committee to SCOPE (Scientific Committee on the Problems of the Environment), 1991-97

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

     2002-05    National Technical Review Committee, Louisiana Coastal Area (LCA)
                              restoration plan, New Orleans, LA
      2005-06   Post-Hurricane Katrina Review Committee, Louisiana Restoration

U.S. Congress

• invited to give oral testimony on wetlands, U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, 1996

• invited to give written testimony on wetlands,  U.S. Senate and House Committees, 1991

National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington, DC
            Chair, Committee on Scientific Solutions to the Gulf of Mexico Hypoxia, 1997-99

PSEG, Newark, New Jersey

            Advisory committee, Estuary Enhancement Program, Delaware Bay,  1995 - present

ACADEMIC PROGRAM LEADERSHIP AT THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY

• Chair, Interdisciplinary Committee, Office of the Provost, The Ohio State University, 2004

• Founder and Director, Olentangy River Wetland Research Park, The Ohio State University, 1992-present

• Chair-search committee for three new positions in ecological engineering at Ohio State, 1998-00 and co-author of successful Academic Enrichment Proposal to OSU Office of Academic Affairs for 3 faculty lines for 3 departments in the new field of "ecological engineering"

• Principal Investigator-successful 5-institution proposal for $1 million to Ohio Board of Regents to construct building at Olentangy River Wetland Research Park as Center for Wetland and River Restoration

• Coordinator and co-PI-OSU Office of Research support for 3 department, 4-PI project on "Development of a Center for Wetland Ecotechnology," 1992-95

• Successful nominator for ecologists H.T. Odum (1995), E.P. Odum (1999), and C.H. Chung (1999) for honorary degrees at Ohio State University and S.E. Jørgensen (1991) as distinguished visiting scientist

• Organizer-proposal to U.S. EPA for 10-yr, $10 million Research Center of Ecotechnology. Ohio State was among finalists (6) out of 80 applicants

• Chair-ad-hoc committee that developed campus-wide Environmental Science Graduate Program, 1989-91 and first graduate studies chair of program, 1991-92

• Instigator-undergraduate degree in Environmental Science, School of Natural Resources, The Ohio State University, 1988-92

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

Ecological Society of America (member since 1974)

Professional Certification Committee, 1992-95, 1998-2001

Symposium Organizer, 1987, 1995

Certified Senior Ecologist, 1982-present

Education Commitee, 1985

Sponsorship Committee, 1984

INTECOL (The International Association of Ecology)

Wetland Conference Organizing Committee, 1996 (Perth, Australia), 2000 (Quebec, Canada)

Wetlands Conference Organizer and Chair, 1992 (Columbus, USA)

Wetland Working Group, 1988-present

Society of Wetland Scientists

Executive Board, 1994-1998

Past-President, 1996-97

President, 1995-96

Vice-President, 1994-95

Sigma Xi, Honorary Society for Scientific Research

Ohio State University Chapter

President, 1989-1990

President-Elect and Seminar Chair, 1988-1989

Board of Electors, 1987-1988

University of Louisville Chapter

President, 1985

President-Elect, 1984-1985

Treasurer, 1983-1984

International Society for Ecological Modelling (ISEM)

President, North American Chapter, 1990-1993

Secretary General, North American Chapter, 1982-1989

Symposium Organizer, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1990

Newsletter Editor, 1983-1993

American Water Resources Association

American Society of Limnology and Oceanography

Society of Ecological Restoration

International Society of Ecological Engineering

Founder (1993) and Board of Directors, 1993-present

American Ecological Engineering Society (AEES)

President, 2001-2002

Ohio River Basin Consortium for Research and Education

Founder, 1983-1985; Executive Director 1985-1991

Newsletter Editor 1985-1991

Symposium Committees 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990

Society for Ecological Restoration

Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels

Commission of Colonel, 1996-present

JOURNAL EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

1991-present editor-in-chief, Ecological Engineering-The Journal of Ecotechnology

JOURNAL EDITORIAL BOARDS

2006-present Wetlands

2000-present Ecological Indicators

1992-2004 Wetlands Ecology and Management

1988-present Ecological Economics

1983-2007 Ecological Modelling

AWARDS

2007 Lifetime Achievement Award, Society of Wetland Scientists

2006 Fulbright Senior Specialist, University of Botswana, Maun

2005 Theodore M. Sperry Award (for a career in ecosystem restoration)
              Society for Ecological Restoration International

2004 Stockholm Water Prize

2001 named "Distinguished Professor", College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences, The Ohio State University

2000 Service Award, INTECOL Wetland Working Group

2000 Gamma Sigma Delta, Ohio State Chapter-Research Award of Merit

2000 CH2M-Hill Foundation National Award

1998 Odum Lecturer - University of Georgia

1998 Distinguished Scholar - The Ohio State University

1996 elected AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science) Fellow for
"outstanding and acclaimed contributions in systems ecology of wetlands, ecological
engineering, and ecotechnology"

1996 OARDC Research Award, The Ohio State University

1996 National Wetlands Award, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Environmental Law
Institute, Washington, DC

1993 Ohio Landscape Association Award (Ohio Chaptet of American Society of Landscape
Architects) for design of Olentangy River Wetland Research Park

1992 "River Keeper Award" by Ohio River Basin Consortium for Research and Education

1990 Ohio Journal of Science paper of the year (Cavanaugh and Mitsch, 1989)

1988 Honorary 100, School of Natural Resources Alumni Association

1986-87 Fulbright Fellowship, Wetland Research and Teaching, DHF, Department of Chemistry and
University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

1984 University Research Award-University of Louisville "In Recognition of Excellence in
Scholarship, Research, and Creative Activity"

1983 Environmental Science and Engineering Fellow, AAAS and U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, Washington, DC

HONORS

2002-present U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Science Advisory Board

2002-04   member - National Research Council Committee to Assess the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Methods of Analysis and Peer Review for Water Resources Project Planning (Watersheds and Coastal), NAS, Washington, DC

2000-04 Science Advisory Board, Ballona Wetlands Foundation, Playa Del Rey, California

1999-2001 member - National Research Council Wetland Mitigation Committee, NAS, Washington, DC

1995-2000 Invited presenter at 3 of the last 6 AAAS annual meetings (Atlanta, Anaheim,
Washington DC)

1999-2001 member - National Academy of Science's Wetland Mitigation Committee, National Research Council, Washington, DC

1997-2000 invited chair-NOAA committee on hypoxia in Gulf of Mexico

1996-1998 international scientific review panel environmental research program on "Water Management-Toward Catchment-Based Solutions" for MISTRA (Foundation for Strategic Environmental Research), Stockholm, Sweden

1996 invited oral testimony on wetlands before U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and
Public Works

1995 invited reviewer for chapter in Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
technical report

1994-pres. co-chair with Tony Bradshaw of SCOPE project on ecological engineering and
ecosystem restoration, Paris, France by SCOPE General Assembly.
SCOPE is member organization of ICSU

1994-96 elected President, Society of Wetland Scientists, society of 4,000 members dedicated
to research and management of wetlands

1994 Great Lakes wetland research project cited before Ohio State Board of Trustees

1993-95 member - National Academy of Science's Wetland Characterization Committee,
National Research Council, Washington, DC

1991-97 member - National Academy of Science's Committee to SCOPE (Scientific
Committee on the Problems of the Environment), National Research Council,
Washington, DC

1993 organized National Research Council workshop on Ecological Engineering, National
Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC (May)

1993 nominated for Pew Scholars Program in Conservation and the Environment

1992 conference chair, IV International Wetlands Conference, sponsored
by International Association of Ecology (INTECOL); with attendance of over 900
participants from over 50 countries, this remains the largest wetland conference ever
held

1991 invited written testimony on wetlands-U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives

1989 peer review panel - Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL),
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Ann Arbor, MI

1989 chair, peer review panel, Final Report on Ashland Oil Spill on Ohio River

1987-97 Cooperative Programs with Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, Nanjing, and Wuhan

1987-88 peer review panel, Wetlands Research Program, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

1987 founding member of OSU Chapter of Phi Beta Delta, Honor Society for International
Scholars

1986-88 member, Board of Directors - Ohio Environmental Council, Columbus, OH

1986-92 technical advisory committee - Des Plaines River Wetlands Demonstration Project,
Wetlands Research, Inc., Chicago, IL

1986-87 textbook Wetlands reviewed in Science three months after publication; also reviewed
favorably in American Scientist, Ecology, and BioScience

1986 Ohio River Basin Consortium work twice cited before OSU Board of Trustees

1986 Science Advisory Committee and Session Chair, Acid Rain Conference, Chicago, IL

1985 Biology peer review panel, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Dallas, TX

1985 Environmental Engineering peer review panel, NSF, Washington, DC

1985 one of 10 finalists (of 1100 faculty) for University of Louisville, Researcher of the Year

1984 chosen by University of Louisville administration as one of five professors cited for
outstanding achievement before University Board of Trustees

1984-85 Kentucky Environmental Quality Commission, Water Regulations Advisory
Subcommittee (1984-85), Hazardous Substances Subcommittee (1985)

1977 invited address to Minnesota state legislators on energy and the environment

1972 chosen as representative of University of Florida to international summer course "Man
and Environment," University of Leiden, The Netherlands

Listed in: American Men and Women of Science, 1979, 1998-99

Outstanding Young Men in America, 1980

Who's Who in the South and Southwest, 1984,1985

Who's Who in the Frontiers of Science, 1985

Who's Who in the Midwest, 1992, 1996-97

Who's Who in Science and Engineering, 1992, 1996-97, 1998-89

Dictionary of International Biography, 23rd ed., 1993-94

FUNDED RESEARCH GRANTS, CONTRACTS, AND OTHER SUPPORT

(Principal Investigator or Co-principal investigator)

The Ohio State University (1986-Present) > $8,200,000

2007-08  Lower Olentangy River Ecosystem Restoration Project  City of Columbus, $166,000

2006-09  Olentangy River Wetland Research Park: Research, Teaching, and Outreach  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,  $480,000

2005   Iraq Mesopotamian Marshland Modelling and Design, United Nations Environmental Programme and Copenhagen University  $26,000

2005 Designing a Regeneration Zone for the Cuyahoga River Valley: Ecological Restoration Rocky Mountain Institute  $12,000

2004-07 Wetland Management for Water Quality Improvement in Costa Rica, U.S. Department of Energy $89,000

2004-05 Renewable Energy Project at the Olentangy River Wetland Research Park, Ohio Department of Development, $24,000

2003-2006 Importance of Hydrologic Pulsing on the Water Quality Function of Wetlands in Midwestern USA, USDA, CSRES, $270,000

2003-2004 Developing a Comprehensive Demonstration Program for Restoration of Wetlands and Water Quality in the Mississippi River Basin and Louisiana Delta, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and State of Louisiana Department of Natural Resources, $169,000

2002-2004 Effects of Hydrologic Pulses on the Effectiveness of Wetlands to Control Agricultural Runoff of Nitrogen;Biogeochemical and Economic Modelling, Payne Agricultural Ecosystems Research Project, OARDC $145,223

2000-2002 Pre-restoration studies of the Upper Big Darby Watershed, Stream Quality Monitoring and Wetland Restoration Design, The Nature Conservancy and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers $83,000

2000-2006 Restoration of a Bottomland Hardwood Forest, Ohio Dept. of Transportation, $75,000

2000-2002 Use of FGD Material for Ponds and Wetlands, Ohio Office of Development, $890,000 (co-PI with Bill Wolfe)

1999-2003 Ohio Center for Wetland and River Restoration, Hayes Investment Fund, Ohio Board of Regents $1,180,000

1998-99 SCOPE Workshop on Ecological Engineering, Paris, France, National Science Foundation $12,300

1998-99 Evaluation of methods to reduce nutrient loads to surface water, ground water and the Gulf of Mexico, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency $94,187

1997-98 Developing wetland rapid assessment protocols using the hydrogeomorphic approach Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, $20,000

1997-01 Five-year monitoring of a mitigation wetland at the Olentangy River Wetland Research Park, Mid-American Waste Sytems $54,242.

1996-99 Re-use of clean coal technology by-products in the construction of impervious liners, Ohio Department of Development. $387,669. (co-PI with Bill Wolfe and Earl Whitlatch)

1995-00 Monitoring of a constructed wastewater wetland in southwest Licking County, Ohio, SW Licking County Water and Sewer District $175,000.

1995-99 (co-PI with Andrew Ward) Food and Agricultural Sciences National Needs Graduate Fellowship Programs-Water Science, U.S. Department of Agriculture $108,000

1995-96 Ecological Engineering and Ecosystem Restoration Training, Phase 1 United Nations Environmental Program, International Environmental Technology Centre, Osaka, Japan, $98,000.

1994-98 Enhancing the roles of Great Lakes coastal wetlands for water quality improvement and wildlife protection, Great Lakes Protection Fund, $175,000.

1991-pres The Olentangy River Wetland Research Park, Mid-American Waste Systems Inc. and a multitude of other private sources, $1,100,000.

1993-95 Investigating a Center for Wetland Ecotechnology ,Vice-President for Research, The Ohio State University, $87,000.

1990-94 Wetlands for Control of Acid Mine Drainage, Ohio Department of Natural Resources, $60,000.

1989-93 Research at the Des Plaines River Demonstration Project, Wetland Research, Inc., $225,000.

1991-92 INTECOL International Wetlands Conference, $200,000.

1986-91 The Ohio River Basin Consortium, ORBCRE, $60,000.

1989-90 Wetlands for the Control of Non-point Source Pollution, Ohio EPA, $25,000.

1988-90 Ecological Engineering in the United States and China, National Science Foundation, $15,000.

1988-89 Productivity and economics of coastal wetlands of Lake Erie, Ohio Department of Natural Resource and Ohio Sea Grant, $8,000.

1988 Paleoecology of wetland sediments, Ohio Sea Grant, $2,200.

1986-90 Wetlands and coal mine reclamation, Ohio State University Seed Grant and OARDC State Project, $21,000.

1986-87 School on Water - the Ohio River as an environmental classroom, Virginia Environmental Endowment, $25,000.

1986-87 Wetland Research and Teaching in Denmark Fulbright Commission, $10,000.

University of Louisville (1979-1985)

1984-85 Linkages for EPA/FWS surface and ground and air computer models, U.S. EPA and U.S. Department of Interior, $10,000.

1984-85 Development of a Consortium for the Ohio River Basin, Virginia Environmental Endowment, $45,000.

1983 Water Contamination in the Ohio River Basin in Kentucky, Virginia Environmental Endowment, $5,000.

1981-84 Wetland identification and management criteria for the Kentucky western coal field, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Office of Surface Mining and Kentucky Water Resources Research Institute, $58,000.

1982-84 Phosphorus budgets for wetlands, Graduate School Research Grant and National
Wildlife Federation Fellowships, $6,000.

1983 AAAS Environmental Science and Engineering Fellowship, AAAS and Environmental
Protection Agency, $6,000.

1981-83 Water quality impact of oil shale mining and processing in Kentucky, Graduate School Research Grant and Kentucky Department for Natural Resources and Environmental Protection, $9,500.

Illinois Institute of Technology (1975-1979)

1979 Studies of the Momence Wetlands on the Kankakee River Illinois, Institute of Natural
Resources and Illinois Water Resources Center, $12,000.

1979-80 Ecological management of intermittent streams, Illinois Environmental Protection Agency and Illinois Institute of Natural Resources, $21,000.

1977-78 Environmental assessment of the Village of Downers Grove, Village of Downers Grove, Illinois, $5,000.

1977 Field studies of the Fox Chain of Lakes, Illinois Institute of Environmental Quality, $4,000.

1976-78 Surface water quality impact of coal development , Argonne National Laboratory, $27,000.

1976-77 Forested wetlands for water resource management in southern Illinois, Illinois Water Resources Center, $13,000.

PUBLICATIONS

Books

15. Mitsch, W.J. and J.G. Gosselink. 2007.  Wetlands, 4th ed., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York.

14.  Mitsch, W.J. (ed.). 2006. Wetland Creation, Restoration, and Conservation: The State of the Science.  Elsevier, Amsterdam, 175 pp.

12. Mitsch, W.J. and S.E. Jorgensen. 2004. Ecological Engineering and Ecosystem Restoration. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York. 411 pp.

11. with several authors. 2001. Compensating for Wetland Losses under the Clean Water Act. National Academy Press, Washington, DC.158 pp + appen.

10. Mitsch, W.J. and J.G. Gosselink. 2000.Wetlands, 3rd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 920 pp.

9. with several authors. 1995. Wetlands: Characteristics and Boundaries. National Academy Press, Washington, DC.

8. Mitsch, W.J. (ed.). 1994. Global Wetlands: Old World and New. Amsterdam: Elsevier Scientific Publishing Co. 967+ xxiv pp.

7. Mitsch, W.J. and J.G. Gosselink. 1993.Wetlands, 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons (formerly Van Nostrand Reinhold), New York. 722 pp.

6. Mitsch, W.J. and S.E. Jørgensen. 1989. Ecological Engineering: An Introduction to Ecotechnology. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 472 pp.

5. Mitsch, W.J., M. Straskraba and S.E. Jørgensen (eds.). 1988.Wetland Modelling. Elsevier Scientific Publishing Co., Amsterdam. 227 pp.

4. Mitsch, W.J. and J.G. Gosselink. 1986.Wetlands. Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York. 539 pp.

3. Jørgensen, S.E. and W.J. Mitsch (eds.). 1983. Application of Ecological Modelling in Environmental Management, Part B. Elsevier Scientific Publishing Co., Amsterdam. 439 pp.

2. Mitsch, W.J., R.K. Ragade, R.W. Bosserman and J.A. Dillon, Jr. (eds.). 1982. Energetics and Systems. Ann Arbor Press, Ann Arbor, MI. 132 pp.

1. Mitsch, W.J., R.W. Bosserman and J.M. Klopatek (eds.). 1981. Energy and Ecological Modelling. Elsevier Scientific Publishing Co., Amsterdam. 839 pp.

Articles (Journals, Book Chapters, Editorials)

2008

Nahlik, A.M. and W.J. Mitsch. 2008. The effect of river pulsing on sedimentation in created riparian wetlands.  Journal of Environmental Quality in press

Swab, R.M. and W.J. Mitsch. 2008. Effect of hydrologic restoration and Lonicera maacki removal on herbaceous understory vegetation in a bottomland hardwood forest.  Restoration Ecology in press

2007

Zhang, L. and W.J. Mitsch. 2007. Sediment chemistry and nutrient influx in a hydrologically restored bottomland hardwood forest in Midwestern USA. River Research and Applications 23: 1026-1037.

Day J.W., Jr., D. F. Boesch, E. J. Clairain, G. P. Kemp, S. B. Laska, W. J. Mitsch, K. Orth, H. Mashriqui, D. R. Reed, L. Shabman, C. A. Simenstad, B. J. Streever, R. R. Twilley, C. C. Watson, J. T. Wells, and D. F. Whigham.. 2007. Restoration of the Mississippi Delta: Lessons From Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Science  315: 1679-1684.

Yanez-Arancibia, A., J.W. Day, R.R. Twilley, and W.J. Mitsch. 2007.  Enfoque ecosistémico para restaurar humedales costeros ante los cambios globales. Ambientico 165: 35-38.

Mitsch, W.J. 2007. Ecological and social complexity in restoring water resources: Coastal Louisiana, the Mississippi River Basin, and Mesopotamia. Pages 19-23 In: 2006 Stockholm Water Prize Laureates Seminar: Challenges and Opportunities within the Water Sector, Stockholm International Water Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.

Mitsch, W.J. 2007. Restoration of the world’s wetlands. Pages 30-37 In: Proceeding, International Symposium on Wetland Restoration 2006: Restoration and Wise Use of Wetlands. Organizing Committee of the Symposium on Wetland Restoration 2006, Shiga Prefectural Government, Otsu, Japan.

Fink, D.F. and W.J. Mitsch. 2007. Hydrology and biogeochemistry in a created river diversion oxbow wetland. Ecological Engineering 30: 93-102.

Hernandez, M.E. and W.J. Mitsch. 2007.  Denitrification in created riverine wetlands: Influence of hydrology and season.  Ecological Engineering  30: 78-88.

Hernandez, M.E. and W.J. Mitsch. 2007. Denitrification potential and organic matter as affected by vegetation community, wetland age, and plant introduction in created wetlands. J. Environ. Qual. 36: 333-342.

Mitsch, W.J. 2007. Ecological and social complexity in restoring water resources: Coastal Louisiana, the Mississippi River Basin, and Mesopotamia. Pages 19-23 In: 2006 Stockholm Water Prize Laureates Seminar: Challenges and Opportunities within the Water Sector, Stockholm International Water Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.

Mitsch, W.J. 2007. Restoration of the world’s wetlands. Pages 30-37 In: Proceeding, International Symposium on Wetland Restoration 2006: Restoration and Wise Use of Wetlands. Organizing Committee of the Symposium on Wetland Restoration 2006, Shiga Prefectural Government, Otsu, Japan.

2006

Costanza, R., W.J. Mitsch, and J.W. Day. 2006. A new vision for New Orleans and the Mississippi delta: applying ecological economics and ecological engineering. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 4: 465 - 472.

Nahlik, A. and W.J. Mitsch. 2006.  Tropical treatment wetlands dominated by free-floating macrophytes for water quality improvement in Costa Rica. Ecological Engineering 28: 246-257.

Altor, A. E. and W.J. Mitsch. 2006.  Methane flux from created wetlands: Relationship to intermittent versus continuous inundation and emergent macrophytes. Ecological Engineering 28: 224-234.

Hernandez, M.E. and W.J. Mitsch. 2006. Influence of hydrologic pulses, flooding frequency, and vegetation on nitrous oxide emissions from created riparian marshes.  Wetlands 26: 862-877.

Anderson, C.J. and W.J. Mitsch. 2006.  Sediment, carbon, and nutrient accumulation at two 10-year-old created riverine marshes. Wetlands 26: 779-792.

Costanza. R., W.J. Mitsch, and J.W. Day. 2006. Creating a sustainable and desirable New Orleans.  Ecological Engineering 26: 317-320.

Mitsch, W.J. and J.W. Day, Jr.  2006.  Restoration of wetlands in the Mississippi-Ohio-Missouri (MOM) River Basin: Experience and needed research.  Ecological Engineering 26: 55-69.

Martin, J.W., S.L. Lansing, and W.J. Mitsch. 2006. Editorial: The growth of ecological engineering: The fifth annual conference of the American Ecological Engineering Society.  Ecological Engineering 28: 183-186.

2005

Anderson, C.J., W.J. Mitsch, and R.W. Nairn. 2005. Temporal and spatial development of surface soil conditions in two created riverine marshes.  Journal of Environmental Quality 34: 2072-2081.

Anderson, C.J. and W.J. Mitsch. 2005.  Effect of pulsing on macrophyte productivity and nutrient uptake: A wetland experiment.  American Midland Naturalist 154: 305-319.

Hinkle, R. and W.J. Mitsch. 2005. Salt marsh vegetation recovery at salt hay farm wetland restoration sites on Delaware Bay.   Ecological Engineering 25: 240-251.

Orth, K., J.W. Day, D.F. Boesch, E.J. Clairain, W.J. Mitsch, L. Shabman, C. Simenstad, and B. Streever. 2005 Lessons learned: An assessment of the effectiveness of a National Technical Review Committee for oversight of the plan for the restoration of the Mississippi Delta. Ecological Engineering 25: 153-167.

Day, J.W., Jr., G. Abrami, J. Rybczyk and W.J. Mitsch. 2005.  Venice Lagoon and the Po Delta: System functioning as a basis for sustainable management.  In: Flooding and Environmental Challenges for Venice and its Lagoon,  pp. 445-459.

Zhang, L., W.J. Mitsch, and D.F. Fink. 2005. Hydrology, water quality, and restoration potential for the Upper Big Darby Creek, Central Ohio.  Ohio J. Science 105 (3): 46-56.

Mitsch, W.J.  2005. Applying science to conservation and restoration of the world’s wetlands. Water Science & Technology 51(8): 13-26.

Day, J.W., Jr., J. Barras, E. Clairain, J. Johnston, D. Justic, G. P. Kemp, J.-Y. Ko, R. Lane, W.J. Mitsch, G. Steyer, P. Templet, and A. Yañez-Arancibia. 2005. Implications of global climatic change and energy cost and availability for the restoration of the Mississippi Delta.  Ecological Engineering 24: 253-265.

Mitsch, W.J., J.W. Day, Jr., L. Zhang, and R. Lane.  2005. Nitrate-nitrogen retention by wetlands in the Mississippi River Basin.  Ecological Engineering 24: 267-278.

Zhang, L., and W.J. Mitsch.  2005. Modelling hydrological processes in created wetlands: An integrated system approach. Environmental Modelling & Software 20: 935-946.

Mitsch, W.J., N. Wang, L. Zhang, R. Deal, X. Wu and A. Zuwerink.  2005. Using ecological indicators in a whole-ecosystem wetland experiment. In S.E. Jørgensen, F-L. Xu, and R. Costanza, eds. Handbook of Ecological Indicators for Assessment of Ecosystem Health, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. pp. 211-235.

Mitsch, W.J. 2005. Editorial: Wetland creation, restoration, and conservation: A Wetland Invitational at the Olentangy River Wetland Research Park. Ecological Engineering 24: 243-251.

2004

Fink, D.F. and W.J. Mitsch. 2004. Seasonal and storm event nutrient removal by a created wetland in an agricultural watershed in west-central Ohio.   Ecological Engineering 23: 313-325.

Mitsch, W.J. and J.W. Day, Jr. 2004. Thinking big with whole ecosystem studies and ecosystem restoration--A legacy of H.T. Odum. Ecological Modelling 178: 133-155.

Day, J., P. Templet, J.-Y. Ko, W. Mitsch, G.P. Kemp, J. Johnston, G. Steyer, J. Barras, D. Justic, E. Clairain, and R. Theriot. 2004. El Delta del Rio Mississippi: Funcionamiento del sistema, impactos ambientales y manejo sustentable (in Spanish). Pages 849-880 In: M.. Caso, I. Pisanty, and E. Ezcurra, eds., Environmental Diagnosis of the Gulf of Mexico, Institute of Ecology, Dept of Environment and Natural Resources of Mexico, Mexico City,  Mexico.

2003

Mitsch, W.J. and S.E. Jorgensen. 2003. Ecological engineering: A field whose time has come. Ecological Engineering 20: 363-377.

Mitsch. W.J. 2003. Ecology, ecological engineering, and the Odum brothers. Ecological Engineering 20: 331-338.

Day, J.W. Jr., A. Yanez Arancibia, W. J. Mitsch, A.L. Lara-Dominguez, J. N. Day, J.-Y. Ko, R. Lane, and J. Lindsey. 2003. Using ecotechnology to address water quality and wetland habitat loss problems in the Mississippi Basin: A hierarchical approach. Biotechnology Advances 22: 135-159.

Spieles, D.J. and W.J. Mitsch. 2003. A model of macroinvertebrate trophic structure and oxygen demand in freshwater wetlands. Ecological Modelling 161: 183-194.

Harter, S.K. and W.J. Mitsch. 2003. Patterns of short-term sedimentation in a freshwater created marsh. Journal of Environmental Quality 32: 325-334.

2002

Mitsch, W.J., J.C. Lefeuvre, and V. Bouchard. 2002. Ecological engineering applied to river and wetland restoration. Ecological Engineering. 18: 529-541.

Mitsch, W.J. 2002. Ecological engineering. Environmental Engineering Magazine 38: (2) 27-33.

Ahn, C. and W.J. Mitsch. 2002. Evaluating the use of recycled coal combustion products in constructed wetlands: An ecologic-economic modeling approach. Ecological Modelling 150: 117-140.

Ahn, C. and W.J. Mitsch. 2002. Scaling considerations of mesocosm wetlands in simulating large created freshwater marshes. Ecological Engineering 18: 327-342.

2001

Mitsch, W.J., N. Wang, and V. Bouchard. 2001. Fringe wetlands of the Laurentian Great lakes: Effects of dikes, water level fluctuations, and climate change. Verh. Internat. Verein. Limnol. 27:3430-3437.

Ahn, C. and W.J. Mitsch. 2001. Chemical analysis of soil and leachate from experimental wetland mesocosms lined with coal combustion products. Journal of Environmental Quality 30: 1457-1463.

Mitsch, W. J. , John W. Day, Jr., J. Wendell Gilliam, Peter M. Groffman, Donald L. Hey, Gyles W. Randall, and Naiming Wang. 2001. Reducing nitrogen loading to the Gulf of Mexico from the Mississippi River Basin: Strategies to counter a persistent ecological problem. BioScience 51: 373-388.

Fennessy, M.S. and W.J. Mitsch. 2001. Effects of hydrology on spatial patterns of soil development in created riparian wetlands. Wetlands Ecology and Management 9: 103-120.

Ahn, C., W.J. Mitsch, and W.E. Wolfe. 2001. Effects of recycled FGD liner material on water quality and macrophytes of constructed wetlands: A mesocosm experiment. Water Research 35: 633-642.

Svengsouk, L.M. and W. J. Mitsch. 2001. Dynamics of mixtures of Typha latifolia and Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani in nutrient-enrichment wetland experiments. American Midland Naturalist 145(2): 91-106.

2000

Mitsch, W.J. 2000. Self-design applied to coastal restoration. Pages 554-564 In: M.P. Weinstein and D.A. Kreeger, eds., Concepts and Controversies in Tidal Marsh Ecology. Kluwer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands.

Spieles, D.J. and W.J. Mitsch. 2000. Macroinvertebrate community structure in high-and low-nutrient constructed wetlands. Wetlands 20: 716-729.

Weihe, P.E. and W.J. Mitsch. 2000. Garden wetland experiment demonstrates genetic differences in soft rush obtained from different regions (Ohio). Ecological Restoration 18(4): 258-259.

Mitsch, W.J. and J.G. Gosselink. 2000. The value of wetlands: The importance of landscape setting and scale. Ecological Economics 35: 25-33.

Söderqvist, T. W.J. Mitsch, and R.K. Turner. 2000. Editorial: Valuation of wetlands in a landscape and institutional perspective. Ecological Economics 35: 1-4.

Mitsch, W.J. and N. Wang. 2000. Large-scale coastal wetland restoration on the Laurentian Great Lakes: Determining the potential for water quality improvement.. Ecological Engineering 15: 267-282.

Wang, N. and W.J. Mitsch. 2000. A detailed ecosystem model of phosphorus dynamics in created riparian wetlands. Ecological Modelling 126: 101-130.

Jørgensen, S.E. and W.J. Mitsch. 2000. Ecological Engineering. Pages 537-546 In. S.E. Jørgensen and F. Müller, eds., Handbook of Ecosystem Theories and Management. Lewis Publishers, Boca Raton, FL.

Mitsch, W.J. , X. Wu, R.W. Nairn, and N. Wang. 2000. To plant or not to plant: response from Mitsch et al. BioScience 50: 188-191.

Jørgensen, S.E. and W.J. Mitsch. 2000. Ecological Engineering. In: S.E. Jørgensen, ed. A Systems Approach to the Environmental Analysis of Pollution Minimization, Lewis Publisher, Boca Raton, FL, pp. 225-240.

Mitsch, W.J., A.J. Horne, and R.W. Nairn. 2000. Nitrogen and phosphorus retention in wetlands -Ecological approaches to solving excess nutrient problems. Ecological Engineering 14: 1-7.

Nairn, R.W. and W.J. Mitsch. 2000. Phosphorus removal in created wetland ponds receiving river overflow. Ecological Engineering 14: 107-126.

Spieles, D.J. and W.J. Mitsch. 2000. The effects of season and hydrologic and chemical loading on nitrate retention in constructed wetlands: A comparison of low and high nutrient riverine systems. Ecological Engineering 14: 77-91.

1999

Mitsch, W.J. 1999. Biosphere 2-The Special Issue. Ecological Engineering 13:1-2.

Mitsch, W.J. 1999. Wetland restoration in the Mississippi River Basin-An ecological solution to the hypoxia problem in the Gulf of Mexico. National Wetlands Newsletter 21 (6)(November-December)

Koreny, J.S., W.J. Mitsch, E.S. Bair, and X. Wu. 1999. Regional and local hydrology of a created riparian wetland system. Wetlands 19: 182-193.

1998

Mitsch, W.J. 1998. Self-design and wetland creation: early results of a freshwater marsh experiment. In: A.J. McComb and J.A. Davis (ed.). Contributions from INTECOL's V International Wetlands Conference, Perth, Australia, Gleneagles Press, Adelaide, SA, Australia , pp. 635-655.

Mitsch, W.J. 1998. Protecting the world's wetlands: threats and opportunities in the 21st century. In: A.J. McComb and J.A. Davis (ed.). Wetlands for the Future. Contributions from INTECOL's V International Wetlands Conference, Perth, Australia, Gleneagles Press, Adelaide, SA, Australia, pp. 19-31.

Wang, N. and W.J. Mitsch. 1998. Estimating phosphorus retention of existing and restored wetlands in a tributary watershed of the Laurentian Great Lakes in Michigan, USA. Wetlands Ecology and Management 6: 69-82.

Mitsch, W.J. and V. Bouchard. 1998. Enhancing the role of coastal wetlands of the North American Great Lakes-Editorial. Wetlands Ecology and Management 6: 1-3.

Mitsch, W.J., X. Wu, R.W. Nairn, P.E. Weihe, N. Wang, R. Deal, C.E. Boucher. 1998. Creating and restoring wetlands: A whole-ecosystem experiment in self-design. BioScience 48: 1019-1030.

Wang, R., Y. Yan, and W.J. Mitsch. 1998. Editorial-Ecological engineering: A promising approach towards sustainable development in developing countries. Ecological Engineering 11: 1-16.

Bruins, R.J.F., S. Cai, S. Chen, and W.J. Mitsch. 1998. Ecological engineering strategies to reduce flooding damage to wetland crops in central China. Ecological Engineering 11: 231-259.

Dudek, D.M., J. R. McClenahen, and W.J. Mitsch. 1998. Tree growth responses of Populus deltoides and Juglans nigra to streamflow and climate in a bottomland hardwood forest in Central Ohio. Am. Midl. Nat. 140: 233-244.

Kang, H., C. Freeman, D. Lee, and W.J. Mitsch. 1998. Enzyme activities in constructed wetlands: Implication for water quality amelioration. Hydrobiologia 368: 231-235.

Mitsch, W.J. 1998. Olentangy River Wetland Research Park: The Ohio State University as a "Wet-Land Grant" University. Land and Water-The Magazine of Natural Resource Management and Restoration 42(5): 22-26.

Mitsch, W.J. and M.T. Brown. 1998. Editorial-Ecological engineering at EcoSummit 96 in Copenhagen. Ecological Engineering 10: 115-118.

Mitsch, W.J. 1998. Ecological engineering-the seven-year itch. Ecological Engineering 10: 119-138.

Mitsch, W.J. 1998. Ecological Engineering-enhancing nature's ecological services. Proceedings, With Rivers to the Sea-Interactions of Land Activities, Fresh Water and Enclosed Coastal Seas, Stockholm Water Symposium, Stockholm International Water Institute, Sweden. pp. 281-288.

Mitsch, W. J. and K.M. Wise. 1998. Water quality, fate of metals, and predictive model validation of a constructed wetland treating acid mine drainage. Water Research 32: 1888-1900.

Wu, X. and W.J. Mitsch. 1998. Spatial and temporal patterns of algae in newly constructed freshwater wetlands.Wetlands 18: 9-20.

1997

Metzker, K. and W.J. Mitsch. 1997. Modelling self-design of the aquatic community in a newly created freshwater wetland. Ecological Modelling 100: 61-86.

Mitsch, W.J. and U. Mander. 1997.Remediation of ecosystems damaged by environmental contamination: Application of ecological engineering and ecosystem restoration in Central and Eastern Europe. Ecological Engineering 8: 247-254.

Özesmi, U. and W.J. Mitsch. 1997. A spatial model for the marsh-breeding red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus L.) in coastal Lake Erie wetlands. Ecological Modelling 101: 139-152.

Mitsch, W.J. 1997. Ecological engineering: Five years after birth of the journal (editorial). Ecological Engineering 8: 1-4.

Mitsch, W.J. 1997. Ecological engineering: The roots and rationale of a new ecological paradigm. In, C. Etnier and Björn Guterstam (eds.), Ecological Engineering for Wastewater Treatment. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC/Lewis Publishers. pp. 1-20.

1996

Mitsch, W.J. 1996. Managing the world's wetlands-preserving and enhancing their ecological functions.Verh. Internat. Verein. Limnol. 26:139-147.

Mitsch, W.J. 1996. The Olentangy River Wetland Research Park: Integrating wetlands and higher education. In, S. Colvin (ed.) Proceedings of Five Regional Citizen Education Workshops on Lake Management, North American Lake Management Society, pp. 81-85.

Wilson, R.F. and W, J. Mitsch. 1996. Functional assessment of five wetlands constructed to mitigate wetland loss in Ohio, USA. Wetlands 16: 436-451.

Mitsch, W.J. 1996. Ecological engineering: A new paradigm for engineers and ecologists. In, P.C. Schulze (ed.), Engineering within Ecological Constraints Washington, DC: National Academy Press. pp. 111-128.

Mitsch, W.J. and R.F. Wilson. 1996. Improving the success of wetland creation and restoration with know-how, time, and self-design. Ecological Applications 6:77-83.

1995

Gopal, B. and W.J. Mitsch. 1995.The role of vegetation in created and restored wetlands-an international perspective (editorial). Ecological Engineering 5:1-3.

Niswander, S.F. and W.J. Mitsch. 1995. Functional analysis of a two-year-old created in-stream wetland: hydrology, phosphorus retention, and vegetation survival and growth Wetlands 15:212-225.

Mitsch, W.J. 1995. The Olentangy River Wetland Research Park at The Ohio State University: coupling wetlands with higher education. The Wetland Journal. 7(3):4-7.

Mitsch, W.J. 1995. Restoration of our lakes and rivers with wetlands-an important application of ecological engineering. Water Science and Technology 31:167-177.

Mitsch, W.J. 1995. Ecological engineering: from Gainesville to Beijing-A comparison of approaches in the United States and China. In, C.A.S. Hall (ed.), Maximum Power Niwot, CO: University Press of Colorado. pp. 109-122.

Mitsch, W.J., J.K. Cronk, X. Wu, R.W. Nairn and D.L. Hey. 1995. Phosphorus retention in constructed freshwater riparian marshes. Ecological Applications 5:830-845.

Mitsch, W.J.and X. Wu. 1995. Wetlands and global change. In, R. Lal , J. Kimble, E. Levine, and B.A. Stewart (eds.), Advances in Soil Science, Soil Management and Greenhouse Effect. Boca Raton, Florida: Lewis Publishers. pp. 205-230.

Mitsch, W.J. 1995. Restoration and creation of wetlands-providing the science and engineering basis and measuring success (editorial). Ecological Engineering 4:61-64.

Willis, C. and W.J. Mitsch. 1995. Effects of hydrologic and nutrients on seedling emergence and biomass of aquatic macrophytes from natural and artificial seed banks. Ecological Engineering 4:65-76.

1994

Christensen, N., W.J. Mitsch and S.E. Jørgensen. 1994. A first generation ecosystem model of the Des Plaines River experimental wetlands. Ecological Engineering 3:495-521.

Cronk, J.K. and W.J. Mitsch. 1994. Periphyton productivity on artificial and natural surfaces in four constructed freshwater wetlands under different hydrologic regimes. Aquatic Botany 48:325-341.

Cronk, J.K. and W.J. Mitsch. 1994. Aquatic metabolism in four newly constructed freshwater wetlands with different hydrologic inputs. Ecological Engineering 3:449-468.

Fennessy, M.S., C. Brueske and W.J. Mitsch. 1994. Sediment deposition patterns in restored freshwater wetlands using sediment traps. Ecological Engineering 3:409-428.

Fennessy, M.S., J.K. Cronk and W.J. Mitsch. 1994. Macrophyte productivity and community development in created freshwater wetlands under experimental hydrologic conditions. Ecological Engineering 3:469-484.

Flanagan, N.E., W.J. Mitsch and K. Beach. 1994. Predicting metal retention in a constructed mine drainage wetland Ecological Engineering 3:135-159.

Hagiwara, H. and W.J. Mitsch. 1994. Ecosystem modelling of an integrated aquaculture in South China. Ecological Modelling 72:41-73.

Kusler, J, W.J. Mitsch and J.S. Larson. 1994. Wetlands. Scientific American 270(1):64-70.

Mitsch, W.J., R.H. Mitsch and R.E. Turner. 1994. Wetlands of the Old and New Worlds-ecology and management. In, W.J. Mitsch (ed.), Global Wetlands: Old World and New Amsterdam: Elsevier. pp. 3-56.

Mitsch, W.J. 1994. A comparison of the nonpoint source pollution control function of natural and constructed riparian wetlands. In W.J. Mitsch (ed.), Global Wetlands: Old World and New Amsterdam: Elsevier. pp. 351-361.

Mitsch, W.J., B.C. Reeder and D.M. Robb. 1994. Modelling ecosystem and landscape scales of Lake Erie coastal wetlands.In, W.J. Mitsch (ed.), Global Wetlands: Old World and New Amsterdam: Elsevier. pp. 563-574.

Mitsch, W.J. 1994. Ecological Engineering: A Friend. published concurrently in Ecological Engineering 3:112-115 and Journal of Environmental Engineering.

Mitsch, W.J. 1994. Energy flow in a pulsing system: Howard T. Odum. Ecological Engineering 3:77-83.

Mitsch, W.J., A. van der Valk and E. Jaworski. 1994. Wetland restoration at a former Nike missile base in the Great Lakes Basin. Restoration Ecology 2:31-42.

Sanville, W. and W.J. Mitsch. 1994. Preface: Creating freshwater marshes in a riparian landscape: research at the Des Plaines River Wetlands Demonstration Project. Ecological Engineering 3:315-317.

Yan, J. and W.J. Mitsch. 1994. Comparison of ecological engineering between China and the West. Rural Eco-Environment 10(1):45-52 (in Chinese).

1993

Mitsch, W.J., J. Yan and J. Cronk. 1993. Ecological engineering-contrasting experiences in China with the West. Ecological Engineering 2:177-191.

Mitsch, W.J. 1993. Ecological engineering-a cooperative role with the planetary life&endash;support systems. Environmental Science and Technology 27:438-445.

Sharitz, R.R. and W.J. Mitsch. 1993. Southern floodplain forests.In, W.H. Martin, S.G. Boyce and A.C.E. Echtemacht (eds.), Biodiversity of the Southeastern United States: Lowland Terrestrial Communities. New York: J. Wiley & Sons. pp. 311-372.

Mitsch, W.J. 1993. INTECOL's IV International Wetlands Conference: A report. International Journal of Ecology and Environmental Sciences 19:129-134.

1992

Mitsch, W.J. 1992. Combining ecosystem and landscape approaches to Great Lakes wetlands.J. Great Lakes Research 18: 52-570.

Mitsch, W.J. 1992. Ecological indicators for ecological engineering in wetlands.In, D. McKenzie, et al. (eds.), Ecological Indicators Amsterdam: Elsevier. pp. 535-556.

Robb, D.M. and W.J. Mitsch. 1992. Selected chemical parameters of diked and undiked Lake Erie marshes. In: J. Kusler and R. Smardon, eds.Wetlands of the Great Lakes. Berne, NY: Association of Wetland Managers. pp. 130-136.

Mitsch, W.J. 1992. Applications of ecotechnology to the creation and rehabilitation of temperate wetlands.In, M. Wali (ed.), Ecosystem Rehabilitation, vol. 2, Ecosystem Analysis and Synthesis The Hague, The Netherlands: SPB Academic Publishing. pp. 309-331.

Mitsch, W.J. 1992. Landscape design and the role of created, restored, and natural riparian wetlands in controlling nonpoint source pollution. Ecological Engineering 1:27-47.

Mitsch, W.J. and J.K. Cronk. 1992. Creation and restoration of wetlands: some design consideration for ecological engineering. In, R. Lal and B.A. Stewart (eds.), Advances in Soil Science, vol.7, Soil Restoration. New York: Springer-Verlag. pp. 217-259.

Mitsch, W.J. and B.C. Reeder. 1992. Nutrient and hydrologic budgets of a Great Lakes coastal freshwater wetland during a drought year. Wetlands Ecology and Management 1(4): 211-223.

1991

Mitsch, W.J. 1991. Ecological engineering - roots and rationale for a new ecological paradigm. In Proceedings, C. Etnier and Björn Guterstam (eds.), Ecological Engineering of Wastewater Treatment, International Conference, Stensund Folk College, Trosa, Sweden, Bokskogen, Gothenburg, Sweden. pp. 19-37.

Mitsch, W.J. and S. Fennessy. 1991. Modelling nutrient cycling in wetlands. In, S.E. Jørgensen (ed.), Modelling in Environmental Chemistry, Developments in Environmental Modelling 14,Amsterdam: Elsevier. pp. 249-275.

Mitsch, W.J. 1991. Ecological engineering-approaches to sustainability and biodiversity in U.S. and China. In, R. Costanza (ed.), Ecological Economics: The Science and Management of Sustainability, New York: Columbia University Press. pp. 428-448.

Mitsch, W.J. and B.C. Reeder. 1991. Modelling nutrient retention of a freshwater coastal wetland: estimating the roles of primary productivity, sedimentation, resuspension and hydrology. Ecological Modelling 54:151-187.

Mitsch, W.J., J.R. Taylor and K.B. Benson. 1991. Estimating primary productivity of forested wetland communities in different hydrologic landscapes. Landscape Ecology 5:75-92.

Baker, K., S. Fennessy and W.J. Mitsch. 1991. Designing wetlands for controlling coal mine drainage: an ecologic-economic modelling approach. Ecological Economics 3:1-24.

1990

Mitsch, W.J. and S.E. Jørgensen. 1990. Wetland modeling: modelling and management. In, B.C. Patten (ed.), Wetlands and Shallow Continental Water Bodies, vol. 1. The Hague, The Netherlands: SPB Academic Publishing. pp. 727-744.

Cronk, J.K., W.J. Mitsch and R.M. Sykes. 1990. Effective modelling a major inland oil spill on the Ohio River. Ecological Modelling 51:161-192.

Taylor, J.R., M.A. Cardamone and W.J. Mitsch. 1990. Bottomland hardwood forests: their functions and values. In, J.G. Gosselink, L.C. Lee and T.A. Muir (eds.), Ecological Processes and Cumulative Impacts: Illustrated by Bottomland Hardwood Wetland Ecosystems Chelsea, MI: Lewis Publ., Inc. pp. 13-86.

1989

Fennessy, S. and W.J. Mitsch. 1989. Treating coal mine drainage with an artificial wetland. Research J. Water Pollution Control Federation 61:1691-1701.

Mitsch, W.J. and S. Fennessy. 1989. Wetlands for the control of coal mine drainage in Ohio. In, J.C. Lefeuvre (ed.), Conservation and Development: The Sustainable Use of Wetland Resources, 3rd International Wetlands Conference, Rennes, France, Laboroatoire d'Evolution des Systems Naturels et Modifiés, Paris, France. pp. 307-308.

Youger, J. and W.J. Mitsch. 1989. Heavy metal concentrations in Ohio River sediments-longitudinal and temporal patterns. Ohio Journal of Science 89:172-175.

Mitsch, W.J., G.W. Mullins, T.M. Cavanaugh and R. Taylor. 1989. The 1987 "Boatload of Knowledge" &endash; Graduate environmental research and education on the Ohio River. Ohio Journal of Science 89:118-127.

Cavanaugh, T.M. and W.J. Mitsch. 1989. Water quality trends of the Upper Ohio River from 1977 to 1987. Ohio Journal of Science 89:153-163.

Frost, S. and W.J. Mitsch. 1989. Resource development and conservation history along the Ohio River. Ohio Journal of Science 89:143-152.

Mitsch, W.J. and S.E. Jørgensen. 1989. Introduction to ecological engineering. In, W.J. Mitsch and S.E. Jørgensen (eds.), Ecological Engineering: An Introduction to Ecotechnology. New York: John Wiley & Sons. pp. 3-12.

Mitsch, W.J., B. Reeder and D. Klarer. 1989. The role of wetlands for the control of nutrients with a case study of Western Lake Erie. In, W.J. Mitsch and S.E. Jørgensen (eds.) Ecological Engineering: An Introduction to Ecotechnology. New York: John Wiley & Sons. pp. 129-158.

Hey, D.L., M.A. Cardamone, J.H. Sather and W.J. Mitsch. 1989. Restoration of riverine wetlands: The Des Plaines River Wetlands Demonstration Project. In, W.J. Mitsch and S.E. Jørgensen (eds.), Ecological Engineering: An Introduction to Ecotechnology. New York: John Wiley & Sons. pp. 159-183.

Fennessy, S. and W. J. Mitsch. 1989. Design and use of wetlands for renovation of drainage from coal mines.In, W.J. Mitsch and S.E. Jørgensen (eds.), Ecological Engineering: An Introduction to Ecotechnology. New York: John Wiley & Sons. pp. 231-253.

1988

Mitsch, W.J. 1988. Ecological engineering and ecotechnology with wetlands: Applications of systems approaches. In, A. Marani (ed.), Advances in Environmental Modelling Amsterdam: Elsevier . pp. 565-580.

Straskraba, M., W.J. Mitsch, and S.E. Jørgensen. 1988. Wetland modelling-an introduction and overview. In, W.J. Mitsch, M. Straskraba and S.E. Jørgensen (eds.),Wetland Modelling Amsterdam: Elsevier. pp. 1-8.

Mitsch, W.J. 1988. Productivity - hydrology - nutrient models of forested wetlands. In, W.J. Mitsch, M. Straskraba and S.E. Jørgensen (eds.),Wetland Modelling Amsterdam: Elsevier. pp. 115-132.

Jørgensen, S.E., C. Hoffmann and W.J. Mitsch. 1988. Modelling nutrient retention by a reedswamp and wet meadow in Denmark. In, W.J. Mitsch, M. Straskraba, and S.E. Jørgensen (eds.),Wetland Modelling Amsterdam: Elsevier. pp. 133-151.

Mitsch, W.J., M. Straskraba and S.E. Jørgensen. 1988. Summary and state of the art of wetland modelling. In, W.J. Mitsch, M. Straskraba and S.E. Jørgensen (eds.),Wetland Modelling, Amsterdam: Elsevier. pp. 217-222.

1987

Sidhu, A. and W.J. Mitsch. 1987. Water pollution from oil and gas recovery in eastern Kentucky streams. Water Resources Bulletin 23:943-953.

1986

Glubiak, P., R. Nowka and W.J. Mitsch. 1986. Federal and state management of inland wetlands: Are the states ready to assume control? Environmental Management 10:145-156.

1985

Mitsch, W.J., M.A. Cardamone, J.R. Taylor and P.L. Hill, Jr. 1985. Wetlands and water quality management in the eastern interior coal basin. In, R.P. Brooks, D.E. Samuel and J.B. Hill (eds.), Wetlands and Water Management on Mined Lands University Park, PA: Penn State University Press. pp. 121-137.

1984

Mitsch, W.J. and W.G. Rust. 1984. Tree growth responses to flooding in a bottomland forest in northeastern Illinois. Forest Science 30:499-510.

Dorge, C.L., W.J. Mitsch and J.R. Wiemhoff. 1984. Cypress wetlands in southern Illinois. In, K.C. Ewel and H.T. Odum (eds.), Cypress Swamps Gainesville, FL: University Presses of Florida. pp. 393-404.

Mitsch, W.J. 1984. Seasonal patterns of a cypress dome in Florida. In, K.C. Ewel and H.T. Odum (eds.), Cypress Swamps Gainesville, FL: University Presses of Florida. pp. 25-33.

Mitsch, W.J., J.R. Taylor, K.B. Benson and P.L. Hill, Jr. 1983. Wetlands and coal surface mining in western Kentucky-a regional impact assessment.Wetlands 3:161-179.

1983

Mitsch, W.J. 1983. Ecological models for management of freshwater wetlands. In, S.E. Jørgensen and W.J. Mitsch (eds.), Application of Ecological Modelling in Environmental Management, Part B. Amsterdam: Elsevier. pp. 283-310.

Mitsch, W.J., J.R. Taylor and K.B. Benson. 1983. Classification, modelling and management of wetlands-a case study in western Kentucky. In, W.K. Lauenroth, G.V. Skogerboe and M. Flug (eds.), Analysis of Ecological Systems: State of the Art in Ecological Modelling Amsterdam: Elsevier. pp. 761-769.

1982

Mitsch, W.J., J.W. Day, Jr., J.R. Taylor and L.C. Madden. 1982. Models of North American freshwater wetlands. Int. J. Ecol. Environ. Sci. 8:109-140.

Taylor, J.R., P.L. Hill, R.W. Bosserman and W.J. Mitsch. 1982. Ecosystem analysis of selected wetlands in the western Kentucky coalfield. In Proceedings, Symposium on Wetlands in the Unglaciated Appalachian Region. Morgantown, VA: West Virginia University Press. pp. 75-85.

Mitsch, W.J., J.W. Day, Jr., J.R. Taylor and C. Madden. 1982. Models of North American freshwater wetlands-a review. In, Ecosystem Dynamics in Freshwater Wetlands and Shallow Water Bodies, vol. 2. SCOPE and UNEP, Moscow, USSR. pp. 5-32.

1981

Malec, B.F., P.G. Combs, L.F. Holloway, G.C. Langdon, W.J. Mitsch, R. Todd and H. Riekerk. 1981. Management of southeastern bottomland hardwood forests: Opportunities and constraints. In, J.R. Clark and J. Benforado (eds.), Wetlands of Bottomland Hardwood Forests Amsterdam: Elsevier. pp. 335-357.

Mitsch, W.J. and C.G. Lind. 1981. A regional environmental approach to eastern Devonian oil shale development. In, R.A. Fazzolare and C.B. Smith (eds.), Beyond the Energy Crisis - Opportunity and Challenge Oxford: Pergamon Press. pp. A91-A99.

Mitsch, W.J. and C.G. Lind. 1981. Potential impacts of oil shale development on water resources in Kentucky. In Proceedings, Eastern Devonian Oil Shale Symposium, IMMR and Kentucky Department of Energy, Lexington, KY. pp. 357-368.

Mitsch, W.J., R.W. Bosserman, P.L. Hill, J.R. Taylor and F. Smith. 1981. Models of wetlands amid surface coal mining regions of western Kentucky. In Energy and Ecological Modelling Amsterdam: Elsevier. pp. 103-113.

Lind, C.G. and W.J. Mitsch. 1981. A net energy analysis including environmental cost of oil shale development in Kentucky. In Energy and Ecological Modelling Amsterdam: Elsevier. pp. 689-696.

Dauffenbach, L., R.M. Atlas and W.J. Mitsch. 1981. A computer simulation model of the fate of crude petroleum spills in Arctic tundra ecosystems. In Energy and Ecological Modelling Amsterdam: Elsevier. pp. 145-155.

Dauffenbach, L., W.J. Mitsch and R.M. Atlas. 1981. Modelling the fate of crude petroleum spills in Arctic tundra ecosystems. In, D.M. DuBois (ed.), Progress in Ecological Engineering and Management by Mathematical Modelling, CEBEDOC, Liege, Belgium. pp. 893-916.

Kniahynycky, E. and W.J. Mitsch. 1981. A model of the diatom ecosystem for nearshore Lake Michigan. In, D.M. DuBois (ed.), Progress in Ecological Engineering and Management by Mathematical Modelling CEBEDOC, Liege, Belgium. pp. 657-682.

1980

Mitsch, W.J. and K.S. Kaltenborn. 1980. Effects of copper sulfate application on diel dissolved oxygen and metabolism in the Fox Chain of Lakes. Trans. Ill. State Acad. Sci. 73:55-64.

Deghi, G.S., K.C. Ewel and W.J. Mitsch. 1980. Effects of sewage effluent application on litterfall and litter decomposition in cypress swamps. J. Applied Ecology 17:397-408.

O'Brien, P. and W.J. Mitsch. 1980. Root zone simulation model for land application of sewage sludges. Ecological Modelling 8:223-257.

1979

Mitsch, W.J., C.L. Dorge and J.W. Wiemhoff. 1979. Ecosystem dynamics and a phosphorus budget of an alluvial cypress swamp in southern Illinois. Ecology 60:1116-1124.

Mitsch, W.J. 1979. Interactions between a riparian swamp and a river in southern Illinois. In, J. McCormick and R. Johnson (tech. coordins.), Strategies for Protection and Management of Floodplain Wetlands and other Riparian Ecosystems. USDA Forest Service General Technical Report WO-12, Washington, DC. pp. 63-72.

Kemp, W.M. and W.J. Mitsch. 1979. Turbulence and phytoplankton diversity: A general model of the paradox of the plankton. Ecological Modelling 7:201-222.

Ogawa, H. and W.J. Mitsch. 1979. Modeling of power plant impact on fish populations. Environmental Management 3:321-330.

Mitsch, W.J. and K.C. Ewel. 1979. Comparative biomass and growth of cypress in Florida wetlands. American Midland Naturalist 101:417-426.

Mitsch, W.J. and R.D. Letterman. 1979. Mine drainage impact on water quality and ecosystem energetics in a western Pennsylvania stream. Ecological Modelling Surface Mining and Fish/Wildlife Needs in the Eastern United States, Addendum to Proceedings, FWS/OBS-78/81A, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Washington, DC. pp. 99-106.

1978

Letterman, R.D. and W.J. Mitsch. 1978. Impact of mine drainage on mountain streams in Pennsylvania. Environmental Pollution 17:53-73.

Mitsch, W.J., M.A. McPartlin and R.D. Letterman. 1978. Energetic evaluation of a stream ecosystem affected by coal mine drainage. Verh. Internat. Verin. Limnol. 21:1388-1395.

Ewel, K.C. and W.J. Mitsch. 1978. The effects of fire on species composition in cypress dome ecosystems. Florida Scientist 41:25-31.

1977

Mitsch, W.J. 1977. Energy conservation through interface ecosystems. In Proceedings, International Conference on Energy Use Managment Oxford: Pergamon Press. pp. 875-881.

Mitsch, W.J. 1977. Water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) nutrient uptake and metabolism in a north-central Florida marsh. Archiv für Hydrobiologia 81:188-210.

Odum, H.T., K.C. Ewel, W.J. Mitsch and J.W. Ordway. 1977. Recycling treated sewage through cypress wetlands. In, F.M. D'Itri (ed.),Wastewater Renovation and Reuse New York: Marcel Dekker Press. pp. 35-67.

1976

Mitsch, W.J. 1976. Ecosystem modeling of water hyacinth management in Lake Alice, Florida. Ecological Modelling 2:69-89.

Editorship of Special Issues of Journals

Martin, J. and W.J. Mitsch (eds.) 2006. The growth of ecological engineering: The fifth annual conference of the American Ecological Engineering Society.  Ecological Engineering  28: 183-323.

Reddy, K.R., R.H. Kadlec, M.J. Chimney, and W.J. Mitsch (eds.) 2006. The Everglades Nutrient Removal  Project. Ecological Engineering 27: 265-380.

Peterson, S.B., J.M. Teal, and W.J. Mitsch (eds.) 2005. Delaware Bay Salt Marsh Restoration. Special Issue of Ecological Engineering 25: 199-314.

Mitsch, W.J. (ed.) 2005. Wetland Creation, Restoration, and Conservation: The State of the Science. Special Issue of Ecological Engineering 24: 243-418.

Gattie, D.K. and W.J. Mitsch (eds.).2003. The Philosophy and Emergence of Ecological Engineering. Special Issue of Ecological Engineering 20: 327-454.

Lefeuvre, J.C., W.J. Mitsch, and V. Bouchard (eds.). 2002. Ecological Engineering Applied to River and Wetland Restoration. Special Issue of Ecological Engineering 18: 529-658.

Söderqvist, T., W.J. Mitsch, and R.K. Turner (eds.) 2000. The Value of Wetlands: Landscape and Institutional Perspectives. Special Issue of Ecological Economics 35: 1-132.

Mitsch, W.J., A. Horne and R.W. Nairn (eds.) 2000. Nitrogen and Phosphorus Retention in Wetlands. Special Issue of Ecological Engineering 14: 1-206.

Tanner, C.D., G. Raisin, G. Ho, and W.J. Mitsch (eds.) 1999. Constructed and Natural Wetlands for Pollution Control. Special Issue of Ecological Engineering 12: 1-170.

Mitsch, W.J. and V. Bouchard (eds.) 1998. Great Lakes Coastal Wetlands: Their Potential for Restoration. Special Issue of Wetlands Ecology and Management 6: 1-82.

Wang, R., J. Yan, and W.J. Mitsch (eds.). 1998. Ecological Engineering in Developing Countries. Special Issue of Ecological Engineering 11: 1-313.

Mitsch, W.J. and M. T. Brown (eds.). 1998. Ecological Engineering at EcoSummit 96. Special Issue of Ecological Engineering 10:115-226.

Mitsch, W.J. and U. Mander (eds.) 1997. Ecological Engineering in Central and Eastern Europe: Remediation of Ecosystems Damaged by Environmental Contamination. Special Issue of Ecological Engineering 8: 247-346.

Gopal, B. and W.J. Mitsch, (eds.) 1995. The Role of Vegetation in Created and Restored Wetlands. Special Issue of Ecological Engineering 5: 1-121.

Mitsch, W.J. ( ed.). 1995. Restoration and Creation of Wetlands-Scientific Basis and Measuring Success. Special Issue of Ecological Engineering 4: 61-162.

Wetzel, R.G., A. van der Valk, R.E. Turner, W.J. Mitsch and B. Gopal (eds.). 1994. Recent Studies on Ecology and Management of Wetlands Special Issue of International Journal of Ecology and Environmental Sciences 20: 1-246.

Sanville, W. and W.J. Mitsch (eds.). 1994. Creating Freshwater Marshes in a Riparian Landscape: Research at the Des Plaines River Wetland Demonstration Project. Special Issue of Ecological Engineering 3(4): 315-521.

Mitsch, W.J., J. Yan and J. Cronk (eds.). 1993. Ecological engineering in China. Special Issue of Ecological Engineering 2(3): 177-307.

Mitsch, W.J. and L.A. Meserve (eds.). 1989. The Ohio River-Its History and Environment. Special Issue of Ohio Journal of Science 89(5): 116-195.

Encyclopedia Entries

Mitsch, W.J. and K.H. Mann. 1997. Biosphere: Boundary Systems Between Water and Land. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 15th edition, Vol. 14, pp. 1180-1184.

Mitsch, W.J. 1997. Wetlands. McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, 8th ed. McGraw-Hill, New York, pp. 516-518. updated for 9th edition.

Mitsch, W.J. 1999. Ecological Engineering. Encyclopedia of Environmental Science, D.E. Alexander and R.W. Fairbridge, eds., Kluwer Academic Publ., Dordrecht, Netherlands, pp. 152-153.

Book Reviews

Mitsch, W.J. 1999. R.W. Tiner: In Search of Swampland: A Wetland Sourcebook and Field Guide. Wetlands 19: 297-298.

Mitsch, W.J. 1998. A.D. Laderman: Coastally Restricted Forests. Tree Physiology 18: 419.

Mitsch, W.J. 1997. Finlayson and van der Valk: Classification and Inventory of the World's Wetlands. Wetlands 17: 574-575.

Mitsch, W.J. 1997. Schnoor: Environmental Modeling. J. Environ. Qual. 26(4): 1192

Mitsch, W.J. 1997. Kadlec and Knight: Treatment Wetlands. Ecological Engineering 8:173-175.

Mitsch, W.J. 1996. Baker: Environmental Chemistry of Lakes and Reservoirs. J.Environ. Qual. 25(6)

Mitsch, W.J. 1995. Kessler and Jansson: Wetlands and Lakes as Nitrogen Traps. Special Issue of AMBIO 23:319-386. Ecological Engineering 5: 123-125.

Mitsch, W.J. 1995. Best and Bakker: Netherlands-Wetlands. Ecological Economics 14: 215-216.

Mitsch, W.J. 1995. Reed et al., Natural Systems for Waste Management and Treatment, 2nd ed., Ecological Engineering 4: 337-338.

Mitsch, W.J. in press. Kent: Applied Wetlands Science and Technology. Aquatic Toxicology

Mitsch, W.J. 1995. Beyers and Odum: Ecological Microcosms. Ecology

Mitsch, W.J. 1994. Jørgensen: Integration of Ecosystem Theories: A Pattern. Ecological Modelling 74: 316-317.

Mitsch, W.J. 1993. Gore: Earth In The Balance. Ecol. Eng. 2:81-84 (reprinted in Ecol. Econ. 9: 273-277, 1994).

Mitsch, W.J. 1992. Adey: Dynamic Aquaria: Building Living Ecosystems. Ecological Engineering 1: 257-259.

Mitsch, W.J. 1990. Hammer: Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment. J.Environ. Qual. 19: 784.

Mitsch, W.J. 1990. Wetlands of Canada. J.Environ. Qual. 19:350.

Mitsch, W.J. 1989. Henry and Heineke: Environmental Science and Engineering. Water Res.Bull. 25: 450-451.

Mitsch, W.J. 1989. Jørgensen: Fundamentals of Ecological Modelling. J. Environ. Qual. 18: 249.

Mitsch, W.J. 1987. Likens: An Ecosystem Approach to Aquatic Ecology. Water Res. Bull. 23:1057-1058.

Mitsch, W.J 1987. Straskraba: Freshwater Ecosystem Modelling and Simulation. Ecol. Mod. 35: 310-311.

Mitsch, W.J. 1982. What is Ecology? Environmental Education and Information 2:75-76.

Published Abstracts

Mitsch, W.J, A. M. Nahlik, P. Wolski, K. B. Mfundisi, L. Zhang, W. R. L. Masamba, B. Bernal, and P. Huntsman-Mapila. 2007. Tropical wetlands: Seasons, hydrologic pulsing and biogeochemistry. Abstracts, Society of Wetland Scientists 28th Annual Meeting, Sacramento, CA.

Nahlik, A.M. and W.J. Mitsch. 2007. Methane emissions from tropical wetlands in Costa Rica. Abstracts, Society of Wetland Scientists 28th Annual Meeting, Sacramento, CA.

Zhang, L. and W.J. Mitsch. 2007.  Designing a regeneration zone for the Cuyahoga  River Valley: Ecological restoration” EcoSummit, Beijing, China

Mitsch, W.J. 2007. Ecological Engineering—Its Promise, Principles, and Progress. EcoSummit, Beijing, China.

Mitsch, W.J. and L. Zhang. 2006. Restoring Wetlands in the Mississippi-Ohio-Missouri Basin: A Solution to the Gulf of Mexico Hypoxia, Proceedings, 3rd National Conference on Coastal and Estuarine Habitat Restoration, New Orleans, LA.

Mitsch. W.J. 2006. Why a Natural Systems Approach to Estuarine Restoration Works, Proceedings, 3rd National Conference on Coastal and Estuarine Habitat Restoration, New Orleans, LA.

Mitsch, W.J., L. Zhang, M.E. Hernandez, A.E. Altor, A.M. Nahlik, C.L. Tuttle, D.F. Fink, and C. J. Anderson. 2006. Importance of hydrologic pulsing on the water quality function of wetlands in Midwestern USA. Proceedings, American Water Resources Association Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD.

Altor, A.E. and W.J. Mitsch. 2006. Methane fluxes from wetland mesocosms: Relationship to hydrology, soil development and emergent vegetation. Proceedings, American Water Resources Association Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD.

Fink, D.F. and W.J. Mitsch. 2006. Effects of natural river pulses on a created riparian oxbow wetland. Proceedings, American Water Resources Association Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD.

Anderson, C.J. and W.J. Mitsch. 2006. Bottomland hardwood forest productivity as a result of hydrologic restoration and flood connectivity.  Abstracts, 91st Annual Meeting Ecological Society of America, Memphis, TN

Mitsch, W.J., L. Zhang, C. J. Anderson, A, Altor, and M. Hernandez. 2005. Creating riverine wetlands:  Indicators of ecological succession, nutrient retention, and pulsing effects. Abstracts, 90th Annual Meeting Ecological Society of America /IX INTECOL Congress, Montreal, Canada

Zhang, L. and W.J. Mitsch. 2005. Validating a full-scale wetland experiment with mesocoms. Abstracts, 90th Annual Meeting Ecological Society of America /IX INTECOL Congress, Montreal, Canada

Altor, A. and W.J. Mitsch. 2005. Methane flux from created riparian wetlands: Effects of hydrologic pulses and emergent macrophytes. Abstracts, 90th Annual Meeting Ecological Society of America /IX INTECOL Congress, Montreal, Canada

Nahlik, A., and W.J. Mitsch. 2005. Effects of river pulsing on sedimentation patterns in created wetlands. Abstracts, 90th Annual Meeting Ecological Society of America /IX INTECOL Congress, Montreal, Canada

Hernandez, M. E. and W.J. Mitsch. 2005. Short-term effect of hydrologic pulses on nitrogen biogeochemistry in created riparian wetlands in the Midwestern USA. Abstracts, 90th Annual Meeting Ecological Society of America /IX INTECOL Congress, Montreal, Canada

Fink, D.F. and W.J. Mitsch. 2005. Spatial patterns of water quality and plant succession in a created riparian oxbow in Central Ohio, USA. Abstracts, 90th Annual Meeting Ecological Society of America /IX INTECOL Congress, Montreal, Canada

Anderson, C.J. and W.J. Mitsch. 2005. Sediment, carbon, and nutrient accumulation at two 10-year-old created riverine marshes. Abstracts, Society of Wetland Scientists 26th Annual Meeting, Charleston, SC

Swab, R. and W.J. Mitsch. 2005. Effectiveness of Lonicera maackii removal from a bottomland hardwood forest in Central Ohio. Abstracts, Society of Wetland Scientists 26th Annual Meeting, Charleston, SC

Mitsch, W.J. 2005. Applying Science to Conservation and Restoration of the World's Wetlands. Abstracts, American Ecological Engineering Society (AEES) 5th Annual Meeting, May 18-19, 2004, Columbus, OH

Day, J.W. Jr. and W.J. Mitsch. 2005. Restoration of the Mississippi-Ohio-Missouri (MOM) River Basin: Experience and needed research. Abstracts, American Ecological Engineering Society (AEES) 5th Annual Meeting, May 18-19, 2004, Columbus, OH

Mitsch, W.J., J.W. Day, Jr., L. Zhang, and R. Lane. 2005. Nitrate-nitrogen retention in wetlands in the Mississippi River Basin. Abstracts, American Ecological Engineering Society (AEES) 5th Annual Meeting, May 18-19, 2004, Columbus, OH

Altor, A. and W.J. Mitsch. 2005. Methane flux from created riparian wetlands: Effects of hydrologic pulses and emergent macrophytes. Abstracts, American Ecological Engineering Society (AEES) 5th Annual Meeting, May 18-19, 2004, Columbus, OH

Anderson, C.J. and W.J. Mitsch. 2005. Effect of pulsing on macrophyte productivity and nutrient uptake: A wetland mesocosm experiment. Abstracts, American Ecological Engineering Society (AEES) 5th Annual Meeting, May 18-19, 2004, Columbus, OH

Tuttle, C.L., L. Zhang, and W.J. Mitsch. 2005. Modeling aquatic metabolism in created wetlands: ecological significance and response to hydrologic pulsing. Abstracts, American Ecological Engineering Society (AEES) 5th Annual Meeting, May 18-19, 2004, Columbus, OH

Hernandez, M. E. and W.J. Mitsch. 2005. Gaseous nitrogen-fluxes in created wetlands receiving controlled seasonal hydrologic pulses in the Midwestern USA. Abstracts, American Ecological Engineering Society (AEES) 5th Annual Meeting, May 18-19, 2004, Columbus, OH

Fink, D.F. and W.J. Mitsch. 2005. Biogeochemistry and plant succession in a created riparian oxbow in Central Ohio, USA. Abstracts, American Ecological Engineering Society (AEES) 5th Annual Meeting, May 18-19, 2004, Columbus, OH

Zhang, L., W. J. Mitsch, V. Bouchard and K. Hossler. 2005. Sediment chemistry in a hydrologically restored bottomland hardwood forest in Midwestern US. Abstracts, American Ecological Engineering Society (AEES) 5th Annual Meeting, May 18-19, 2004, Columbus, OH

Swab, R. and W.J. Mitsch. 2005. Effectiveness of Lonicera maackii removal from a bottomland hardwood forest in Central Ohio. Abstracts, American Ecological Engineering Society (AEES) 5th Annual Meeting, May 18-19, 2004, Columbus, OH

Gamble, D.L.  and W. J. Mitsch. 2005. A 13-year old tree-planted mitigation wetland in an urbanized area: Assessing tree growth and hydrologic patterns. Abstracts, American Ecological Engineering Society (AEES) 5th Annual Meeting, May 18-19, 2004, Columbus, OH

Nahlik, A., W.J. Mitsch, S. Lansing, and  J. Martin. 2005. Wetland creation for water quality improvement in Costa Rica. Abstracts, American Ecological Engineering Society (AEES) 5th Annual Meeting, May 18-19, 2004, Columbus, OH

Mitsch, W.J. 2005. Wetland creation and education in an urban environment.  Society for Range Management, 58th Annual Meeting and Trade Show, Ft. Worth, Texas

Mitsch, W.J. and L. Zhang. 2004. Riverine created wetlands: Ecological succession, nutrient retention and effects of pulsing. Abstracts, INTECOL Wetlands Conference, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Altor, A.E. and W.J. Mitsch. 2004. Influence of hydrologic pulsing and vegetation type on carbon dioxide and methane flux in created riparian wetlands. Abstracts, INTECOL Wetlands Conference, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Anderson, C.J. and W.J. Mitsch. 2004. Physiochemical development of soils in two experimental wetlands in central Ohio—a temporal and spatial analysis. Abstracts, INTECOL Wetlands Conference, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Hernandez, M.E. and W.J. Mitsch. 2004. Spatial and seasonal N2O fluxes in created wetlands receiving hydrologic pulses in Midwestern USA.  Abstracts, INTECOL Wetlands Conference, Utrecht, The Netherlands.

Mitsch, W.J., J.W. Day, Jr., L. Zhang, and R. Lane. 2004. Nitrate-nitrogen retention by wetlands in the Mississippi River Basin. Abstracts American Society of Limnology and Oceanography Summer Meeting, Savannah, GA

Mitsch, W.J. 2003. You can't restore the estuary if you don't fix the watershed:   A case study of the Mississippi River Basin. Abstracts, Estuarine Research Federation 2003 Conference, Seattle, WA

Anderson, C.J. and W.J. Mitsch. 2003. Soil development of two wetland creation areas at the Olentangy River Wetland Research Park in Columbus, Ohio. Abstracts, Society of Wetland Scientists, 24 th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.

Fink, D.F. and W.J. Mitsch. 2003. The efficacy of a newly created wetland at reducing nutrient runoff in an agricultural watershed.   Abstracts, Society of Wetland Scientists, 24 th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.

Higgins, C.R., L. Zhang, C. Ahn, and W.J. Mitsch. 2003. Examining constructed wetlands lined with coal combustion products. Abstracts, Society of Wetland Scientists, 24 th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.

Mitsch, W.J. 2003. Whole ecosystem experiments in wetland   ecology--self design, ecosystem engineering, and the legacy of H.T. Odum. Abstracts, Society of Wetland Scientists, 24 th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.

Mitsch, W.J. and L. Zhang. 2003. Real-time instrumentation of created experimental wetlands: feasibility and indispensability. Abstracts, Society of Wetland Scientists, 24 th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.

Zhang, L. and W.J. Mitsch. 2003. Patterns and processes of ecosystem function from created freshwater experimental wetlands to mesocosms: A scaling study. Abstracts, Society of Wetland Scientists, 24 th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.

Zhang, L., W.J. Mitsch, and D.F. Fink. 2002. Biogeochemical parameters and nutrient dynamics of the Upper Big Dary Creek wateshed in central Ohio: A pre-restoration approach. Abstracts, Society of Wetland Scientists 23nd Annual Meeting, Lake Placid, NY

Mitsch, W.J. and L. Zhang. 2002. Floodplain enhancement as an approach for restoring rivers: Examples at the Olentangy River Wetland Research Park. Abstracts, 2^nd Annual meeting, American Ecological Engineering Society, Burlington, VT

Mitsch, W.J. 2001. Diversity or horsepower? A whole-ecosystem, long-term wetland experiment illustrates ecosystem function. Abstracts, Society of Wetland Scientists 22nd Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL

Nairn, R.W. and W. J. Mitsch. 2001. Early soil development in created riparian wetlands. Abstracts, Society of Wetland Scientists 22nd Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL

Liptak, M.A. and W. J. Mitsch. 2001. Water column productivity, calcite precipitation, and phosphorus dynamics in two created wetlands at the Olentangy River Wetland Research Park, Columbus, Ohio. Abstracts, Society of Wetland Scientists 22nd Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL

Bouchard, V. E. Hofherr, and W. J. Mitsch. 2001. Plant establishment along gradients in the planted and unplanted experimental wetlands at the Olentangy River Wetland Research Park. Abstracts, Society of Wetland Scientists