Michele Dionne
Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve
342 Laudholm Farm Road, Wells, Maine 04090
(207) 646-1555 x136 | dionne@wellsnerr.org
Professional Preparation
Undergraduate
Bates College, Biology, Lewiston, Maine, B.A., 1976
Certificat de Francais Moderne at L’Universite de Neuchatel, Switzerland, 1975
Graduate
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Zoology (ecology), M.S., 1982
Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, Biology (aquatic ecology), Ph.D., 1991
Postdoctoral
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, 1990-1991
Appointments
Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve, Research Director (1991 to
present)
USEPA New England Biological Assessment Wetlands Work Group (beginning
2001)
Associate Editor, Wetlands (Society of Wetland Scientists; beginning 2001)
NOAA/Estuarine Reserves Division/Restoration Science Initiative Work Group CoChair (1999 to present)
NOAA/Estuarine Reserves Division/Coastal Training Initiative Work Group (1999
to present)
NOAA/Estuarine Reserves Division/Action Planning Work Group (1999&2000)
Member of a succession of Global Programme of Action Coalition for the Gulf of
Maine working groups-currently co-chair of the GPAC Coastal Wetlands
Restoration Steering Committee (1996 to present)
Chair, Maine Coastal Nutrient Assessment Advisory Group (1995-1996)
Adjunct Faculty in Zoology, University of Maine, Orono (Ph.D. committee
appointment; 1994-1997)
Restoration Advisory Board Community Member, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard,
Kittery, ME (1994-present)
Adjunct Faculty in Zoology, University of New Hampshire (1992 to present)
Board of Trustees, Great Works Regional Land Trust (1992 to present)
Adjunct Faculty in Environmental Studies, Antioch New England Graduate School,
Keene, NH (taught field
courses at Reserve in ecological methods, marine ecology, fisheries ecology: from
1991 to 1998)
Regional Association for Research in the Gulf of Maine, Institutional Representative
(1991 to present)
Post Doctoral Research Associate, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
(with J.R. Karr; 1990-’91)
Teaching Assistant, Biology Department, Dartmouth College (ecology and
evolution, animal behavior, aquatic
ecology, field courses in tropical ecology, animal physiology, embryology; 19841989)
Assistant Instructor, Biology Department, Bates College, Lewiston, ME (core
courses in population biology, cell biology, plant biology, animal biology; 19811984)
Teaching Assistant (ecology, vertebrate anatomy), Research Assistant (salt marsh
ecology), Univ. North Carolina, Chapel Hill (1978-1981)
Teaching Assistant, Bates College Field Course in Mzrine Biology at U Maine
Darling Center (1977)
Year in Science, Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole,
MA (1977-1978)
Selected Publications
Boumans, R.M.J., D.M. Burdick, and M. Dionne (2002) Modeling habitat change in salt
marshes following tidal restoration. Restoration Ecology 10: 543-555.
Bryan, R., M. Dionne, R. Cook, J. Jones and A. Goodspeed (1997) Maine Citizens Guide
to Evaluation, Restoring and Managing Tidal Marshes. Maine Audubon Society,
Falmouth.
Dionne, M., F. Short and D. Burdick (1999) Fish utilization of restored, created and
reference salt-marsh habitat in the Gulf of Maine. American Fisheries Society
Symposium 22:384-404.
Burdick, D., M. Dionne, R. Boumans and F. Short (1997) Ecological responses to tidal
restoration in two New England salt marshes.Wetlands Ecology and Management
4:129-144.
Dionne, M. (2000) Ecosystem indicator: fish. pp. 15-17 in Regional Standards to Identify
and Evaluate Tidal Wetland Restoration in the Gulf of Maine, Neckles, H.A. and M.
Dionne eds. Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve, Maine.
Dionne, M., D. Burdick, R. Cook, R. Buchsbaum, and S. Fuller (1998) Scoping Paper 5:
Physical alterations to water and salt marshes. Commission for Environmental
Cooperation. Montreal, Cananda. 57 p. and appendices.
Dionne, M., M. Butler, and C.L. Folt (1990) Plant-specific expression of antipredator
behavior by larval damselflies. Oecologia 93:371-376.
Dionne, M., L. Deegan, P. Fell, and M. Weinstein. (1998) Animal interactions and
secondary productivity. Pages 19-23 in Research in New England Marsh-Estuarine
Ecosystems: Directions and priorities into the next millenium. R.A. Orson, R. S.
Warren, W. A. Niering and P. Van Patten, eds. Connecticut Sea Grant.
Dionne, M., and C.L. Folt. (1991) An experimental analysis of the equivalence of
macrophyte growth forms as fish foraging habitat. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and
Aquatic Sciences 48:123-131.
Karr, J., Dionne, M. and I. Schlosser (1992) Top down versus bottom up regulation of
vertebrate populations: lessons from birds and fish. Pages 243-286 in The effects of
resource distribution on animal-plant interactions. MD Hunter, T. Ogushi and P.W.
Price, editors, Academic Press, NY.