USGS National Wetlands Research Center:Stephen Faulkner profile

Stephen P. Faulkner, Ph.D.

Stephen P. Faulkner, Ph.D. 1994. Duke University. Wetland biogeochemistry, restoration, and functional assessment; forested wetlands, global climate change, carbon sequestration.

Faulkner’s primary research interests center on biogeochemical processes in wetland ecosystems, their responses to disturbance, and the associated linkages to wetland restoration, ecosystem services, and global climate change. Recent projects have included the response of soil biogeochemistry to drought in coastal salt marshes (brown marsh dieback) and stormwater diversions. Faulkner’s current research is evaluating carbon sequestration, greenhouse gas emissions, and landscape and carbon controls on denitrification in restored and natural forested wetlands in the Lower Mississippi River Valley and U.S. Gulf of Mexico Coast.

Faulkner is an Associate Editor for the journals Wetlands and Urban Ecosystems and was recently appointed to the Louisiana Governor’s Coastal Wetland Forest Conservation and Use Science Working Group.

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For a complete list of Faulkner's NWRC publications, please go to the online NWRC publications database (http://librrefmgr.cr.usgs.gov?func=advSearch) to search for the bibliographic citations of individual staff members.

Ashby, S.L., Faulkner, S.P., Gambrell, R.P., and Smith, B.A., 2004, Assessing iron dynamics in the release from a stratified reservoir: Lake and Reservoir Management: v. 20, no.1, p. 65-75

Faulkner, S.P., 2004, Soils and sediment: understanding wetland biogeochemistry in Spray, S.L. and McGothlin, K.L., eds., Wetlands - Exploring Environmental Challenges: A Multidisciplinary Approach: Lanham, Md, Rowan Littlefield, Inc., p. 30-54

Faulkner, S.P., 2004, Urbanization impacts on the structure and function of forested wetlands: Urban Ecosystems v. 7, p. 89-106.

Hunter, R.G. and Faulkner, S.P., 2001, Denitrification potentials in restored and natural bottomland hardwood wetlands: Soil Science Society of America Journal, v., 65, p. 1865–1872.

Ullah, S., Breitenbeck, G.A., and Faulkner, S.P., in press, Denitrification and N2O emission from forested and cultivated alluvial clay soil: Biogeochemistry.

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