Timothy Olin Matson

Curator and Head
Department of Vertebrate Zoology
Cleveland Museum of Natural History

1 Wade Oval, University Circle
Cleveland OH 44106
216.231.4600 ex. 3247
e-mail  tmatson@cmnh.org

Education:

Kent State University, Kent, OH. Ph.D. in ecology, 1988.
Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI. B.S. in biology, 1970; M.S. in biology, 1974.

Publications:

 (Since 1990)

Matson, T. O., R. L. Muehlheim, J. C. Spetz. 2004. Survey of fishes, amphibians, and reptiles of the Conneaut Creek Drainage System, Ashtabula County, Ohio. Kirtlandia 54:1-32.

Matson, Timothy O. 2005. Necturus maculosus (Rafinesque, 1818). In Michael J. Lannoo, editor, Status and conservation of U.S. Amphibians. U. of California Press.

--------.1998. Evidence for home ranges in mudpuppies and implications for impact due to episodic applications of the lampricide TFM. In Michael J. Lannoo, Status and  Conservation of Midwestern Amphibians. U.of Iowa Press. --------.1990. Erythrocyte size as a taxonomic character in the identification of Ohio Hyla chrysoscelis and H. versicolor. Herpetologica 46:457-462.

--------.1990. A morphometric comparison of gray treefrogs, Hyla chrysocelis and H. versicolor, from Ohio. Ohio J. Sci. 90:98-101.

--------.1990. Estimation of numbers for a riverine Necturus population before and after TFM lampricide exposure. Kirtlandia 45:33-38.

McLean, E. B., A. White, and T. O. Matson. 1995. Smooth-billed ani in Ohio. The Ohio J. Sci. 95:335-336.

Pfingsten, R. A. and T. O. Matson. 2003. Ohio Salamander Atlas. Ohio Biological Survey Miscellaneous Contributions Number 9. iv + 32 p.

Technical Reports:

(Since 1990)

Bissell, J. K. and T.O. Matson. 1990. A survey of the flora and fauna of Luce Creek Ravine, Hunting Valley, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Cleveland Museum of Natural History.

Filler, S. E. and T.O. Matson. 2000. A survey of the aquatic invertebrates living within a drift-fenced seasonal ambystomatid breeding pond. Ohio Biological Survey.

Matson, Timothy O. 2002. Amphibian surveys in Lake Erie Coastal Wetlands A Second Look.. Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife.

-------. 2000. Survey of the amphibians of the Cleveland Hopkins International Airport. Environment & Archaeology, LLC.

-------. 1998. Amphibian surveys in Lake Erie Coastal Wetlands. Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife.

-------. 1993. Inventory of the amphibians, reptiles, and mammals of Groves Woods, Trumbull County, Ohio. Cleveland Museum of Natural History.

-------.1993. Inventory of the amphibians, reptiles, and mammals of Cottonwood Hollow, Lake County, Ohio. Cleveland Museum of Natural History.

-------.1991. Lorain Central Corridor Project (ODOT) Biological Resources–Amphibians and Reptiles. Phase II/Feasible Alternatives Segment. Ohio Department of Transportation.

Papers Presented at Professional Meetings:

Salamander Population Declines in a Northeastern Ohio Amphibian Community. 2005. 3rd Annual Conservation Symposium Series, Cleveland Museum of Natural History.

Amphibians of Mentor Marsh and Their Usage of Mitigation Wetlands. 2004. Fourth Ohio Declining Amphibian Population Task Force meeting.

Results of a seven-year study of ambystomatid salamanders at an isolated Ohio breeding pond. 2000. 62nd Midwest Fish & Wildlife Conference.

Amphibians of the Ohio Coastal Wetlands. 1999. Third Ohio Declining Amphibian Population Task Force meeting.

Amphibians of the Ohio Coastal Wetlands. 1999. Ohio Division of Wildlife Diversity Conference.

Decline of the mudpuppy resulting from episodic application of the lampricide TFM.. 1994. Central Midwest Division, Declining Amphibian Populations Task Force Annual Meeting and 56th Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference Annual Meeting.

Estimation of numbers for a riverine Necturus population before and after TFM lampricide exposure. 1990. 52nd Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference Annual Meeting.

Current Research:

Morphological characters separating larvae of Ambystoma texanum from those of Ambystoma texanum x A. laterale. Current funding through the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife.

Monitoring naturally occurring and planted amphibian populations in newly excavated mitigation wetlands at Mentor Marsh, Lake County, Ohio.

Survey of the fishes, amphibians and reptiles of the Ashtabula River and Pymatuning Creek drainage systems.

Population dynamics of four species of ambystomatid salamanders and two species of frogs at a drift-fenced amphibian breeding pond–a 10 year for the study. Research paper in preparation.

Evolutionary biology of the gray treefrog complex (Hyla chrysoscelis and H. versicolor) in Ohio. Vertebrate surveys on Cleveland Museum of Natural History natural areas.

Professional Affiliations:

Member of the Herpetologist's League.
Advisory Council member of the Ohio Biological Survey.

Member of the Ohio Declining Amphibian Populations Task Force.
Member of the Midwest Central Division of the Declining Amphibian Populations Task Force.