Position at Coweeta LTER:  Principle Investigator
Specialty:  Aquatic ecology; conservation biology with particular emphasis on endemic fishes
Habitat:  Watersheds; streams and rivers
Organism:  Freshwater vertebrates
Core Area(s):  Disturbance; Regionalization; Modeling/Synthesis

Education:
B.S., Wofford College, Biology, 1987
M.S., Virginia Tech, Fisheries & Wildlife Sciences, 1994
Ph.D., University of Georgia, Ecology, 2001  

Appointments:
Research Biologist, SC Dept. Natural Resources, 2003-Present
Adjunct Asst. Professor, Dept. Forestry & Natural Resources, Clemson University, 2003-Present

Publications (Five as examples of research foci):
Scott, M.C. In review. Winners and losers among stream fishes in relation to watershed disturbance legacies and urban sprawl in the southeastern U.S. Biological Conservation.

Scott, M.C., G.S. Helfman, M.E. McTammany, E.F. Benfield, and P.V. Bolstad. 2002. Multiscale influences on physical and chemical stream conditions across Blue Ridge landscapes.  Journal of the American Water Resources Association 38(5):1379-1392.

Scott, M.C., and G.S. Helfman. 2001.  Native invasions, homogenization, and the mismeasure of integrity of fish assemblages.  Fisheries 26(11):6-15.

Hall, L.W. Jr., M.C. Scott, and W.D. Killen Jr., and M.A. Unger. 2000.  A probabilistic ecological risk assessment of tributyltin in surface waters of the Chesapeake Bay watershed.  Human and Ecological Risk Assessment 6:141-179.

Scott, M.C., and L.W. Hall Jr. 1997.  Fish assemblages as indicators of environmental degradation in Maryland coastal plain streams.  Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 126(3):349-359.

Synergistic Activities:
Scientific collaborations with university, state & federal agency, and non-governmental organization personnel; active in professional societies and local governance. Outreach activities - invited contributor to An Encyclopedia of Southern Appalachian Forest Ecosystems, a hypertext document summarizing current state of knowledge about ecology and management of Appalachian forests sponsored by USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station at URL: http://forestencyclopedia.net/Encyclopedia/Appalachian
Invited contributor to The Encyclopedia of Appalachia, sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities, scheduled for release in 2005.