CURRICULUM VITAE
Alan R. Batten, Research Associate
Herbarium, University of Alaska Museum
907 Yukon Drive
Fairbanks, AK 99775-6960
Phone: (907) 474-7109, fax: (907) 474-5469, email: fnarb@uaf.edu
Education:
B.S.
M.S.
Watershed Management, 1966, Colorado State University
Botany, 1977, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Employment:
1984-Present Research Associate, University of Alaska Museum
1977-1984
Research Associate, Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska Fairbanks
1976
Research Assistant, School of Agriculture and Land Resources Management,
University of Alaska Fairbanks
1972-1975
Herbarium Assistant, University of Alaska Museum
Professional Organizations:
American Society of Plant Taxonomists
Publications:
Batten, A. R., D. F. Murray, and J. C. Dawe. 1979. Threatened and endangered plants in
selected areas of the BLM Fortymile Planning Unit, Alaska. U.S. Dep. Interior, Bureau of
Land Management Alaska Technical Report 3. 127 pp.
Thorson, R. M., E. J. Dixon, G. S. Smith, and A. R. Batten. 1981. Interstadial proboscidean
from South-central Alaska: implications for biogeography, geology, and archeology.
Quaternary Research 16:404-417.
Batten, A. R. and D. F. Murray. 1982. A literature survey on the wetland vegetation of Alaska.
U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, Mississippi. 222 pp.
Young, S. B. and A. R. Batten. 1982. Proposed ecological Natural Landmarks in the Pacific
Mountain System, Alaska. Contributions from the Center for Northern Studies, Wolcot,
Vermont. 383 pp.
Batten, A. R. 1990. A synopsis of Alaska wetland vegetation. Pages 23-44 in van der Valk,
A. and J. Hall, organizers, Alaska: regional wetland functions, proceedings of a workshop
held at Anchorage, Alaska May 28-29, 1986. The Environmental Institute Publication 901, University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Viereck, L. A., C. T. Dyrness, A. R. Batten, and K. J. Wenzlick. 1992. The Alaska vegetation
classification. U.S. Dep. Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station
Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-286. 278 pp.
Batten, A. R. and D. F. Murray. 1993. Beaches, dunes and cliffs of coastal Alaska. Pages 2337 in van der Maarel, E., editor, Dry Coastal Ecosystems, Polar Regions and Europe.
Ecosystems of the World 2A. Elsevier, New York.
Reports:
Batten, A. R. 1974. Vegetation of the John River valley. Report to the Bureau of Outdoor
Recreation, Anchorage, Alaska. 13 pp.
Batten, A. R. and C. G. Batten. 1975. Sheenjek River, 1975-- field report. Report to the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service, Fairbanks, Alaska. 9 pp. and 8 appendices.
Batten, A. R. and D. F. Murray. 1976. The botany of Alaskan wetlands. Final contract report
to the U.S. Dep. Army, Corps of Engineers, Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg,
Mississippi. 230 pp.
Batten, A. R. 1977. The vascular floristics, major vegetation units, and phytogeography of the
Lake Peters area, northeastern Alaska. University of Alaska M.S. thesis. 330 pp.
Murray, D. F. and A. R. Batten. 1977. A provisional classification of Alaskan tundra. Final
report to the U.S. Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station,
Portland, Oregon. 134 pp.
Batten, A. R., S. Murphy, and D. F. Murray. 1978. Definition of Alaskan coastal wetlands by
floristic criteria. Final report to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Corvallis
Environmental Research Lab., Corvallis, Oregon. 490 pp.
Batten, A. R., J. C. Dawe, and D. F. Murray. 1978. Threatened and endangered plants in
selected areas of the Fortymile Planning Unit, Alaska. Report to the U.S. Dep. Interior,
Bureau of Land Management, Fairbanks, Alaska. 201 pp.
Batten, A. R. 1979. Wetlands of the Kenai River corridor. Map of wetland vegetation types,
scale approximately 1:63,360, on overlays to U-2 color-infrared imagery, produced for the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Anchorage, Alaska.
Batten, A. R. 1980. A proposed classification framework for Alaskan wetland and aquatic
vegetation. Final report to the U.S. Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Forest and Range
Experiment Station, Portland, Oregon. 135 pp.
Ritchie, R., J. Curatolo, and A. R. Batten. 1981. Knik Arm Wetland Study. Report to the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service, Western Area Ecological Services, Anchorage, Alaska. Alaska
Biological Research. 195 pp.
Viereck, L. A., C. T. Dyrness, and A. R. Batten. 1982. 1982 Revision of preliminary
classification for vegetation of Alaska. U.S. Forest Service, Institute of Northern Forestry,
Fairbanks, Alaska. 72 pp.
Viereck, L. A., C. T. Dyrness, and A. R. Batten. 1986. The 1986 Revision of the Alaska
vegetation classification. U.S. Forest Service, Institute of Northern Forestry, Fairbanks,
Alaska. 195 pp.
Batten, A. R. 2002. Vascular Plant Inventory of Selected Sites in the Cook Inlet Area,
Summer 2002. Report to U.S. Bureau of Land Management—Anchorage Field Office,
Anchorage, AK. 31 pp.
Batten, A. R. and C. L. Parker. 2004. Vascular Plant Collections from northwestern Alaska
Peninsula - Summer 2003. Report to U.S. Bureau of Land Management—Anchorage
Field Office, Anchorage, AK. 15 pp.
Oral Presentations and Published Abstracts:
Batten, A. R. 1979. Vegetation of coastal wetlands of the North Gulf Coast and Cook Inlet.
Proc. 30th Alaska Science Conference, Fairbanks, Alaska. (Abstract)
Batten, A. R. 1986. Alaskan wetland vegetation. Proc. Alaska Regional Wetlands Workshop,
Anchorage, Alaska.
Batten, A. R. 1991. The Northern Plant Documentation Center database. Presented at the
Panarctic Fauna and Flora Project Workshop, Moscow, 25 Feb-1 Mar, 1991.
Reviews:
Batten, A. R. 1982. Geobotanical atlas of the Prudhoe Bay region, Alaska, by D. A. Walker,
K. R. Everett, P. J. Webber, and J. Brown. Arctic and Alpine Research 14:175-176.