Ken W. Krauss, Ph.D.
E-mail:
kkrauss@usgs.gov
Ken W. Krauss, Ph.D. 2004. Environmental and Evolutionary Biology, University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Physiological ecology, ecological functions of mangrove and freshwater forested wetlands, ecohydrology, Pacific islands.
Krauss’s current research focuses on two principal topics: (1) physiological ecology, stand water use, and hydrological monitoring of coastal swamps and marshes in south Florida, and (2) stress physiology, soil respiration, and carbon cycling in tidal freshwater forested wetlands of Louisiana, South Carolina, and Georgia. Past research includes sedimentation dynamics, tree growth, and regeneration of Micronesian mangroves and freshwater forested wetlands; invasion biology of mangroves in the Hawaiian intertidal environment; and improvement of salt tolerance in baldcypress for use in coastal rehabilitation programs.
Krauss's Representative Publications
For a complete list of Krauss’s NWRC publications, please go to the
online NWRC publications database (http://librrefmgr.cr.usgs.gov?func=advSearch)
and search for the bibliographic citations of individual staff members.
- USGS Fact Sheet 2007-3018: Physiological Ecology and Ecohydrology of Coastal Forested Wetlands
http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2007/3018/ (This publication is online only)
- Conner, W.H., Doyle, T.W., and Krauss, K.W., Eds., 2007, Ecology of Tidal Freshwater Forested Wetlands of the Southeastern United States: Springer Publishers, in press.
- Krauss, K.W., Young, P.J., Chambers, J.L., Doyle, T.W., and Twilley, R.R., 2007, Sap flow characteristics of neotropical mangroves in flooded and drained soils: Tree Physiology, v. 27, p. 775-783.
- Krauss, K.W., Twilley, R.R., Doyle, T.W., and Gardiner, E.S., 2006. Leaf gas exchange characteristics of three neotropical mangrove species in response to varying hydroperiod: Tree Physiology, v. 26, p. 959-968.
- Allen, J.A., and Krauss, K.W., 2006, The influence of propagule flotation longevity and light availability on the establishment of introduced mangrove species in Hawai'i: Pacific Science, v.60, p. 367-376.
- Allen, J.A., Krauss, K.W., Ewel, K.C., Keeland, B.D., and Waguk, E.,2005, A tropical freshwater wetland: I. Structure, growth and regeneration: Wetlands Ecology and Management, v. 13, p. 657-669.
- Krauss, K.W., Doyle, T.W., Twilley, R.R., Smith III, T.J., Whelan, K.R.T., and Sullivan, J.K., 2005, Woody debris in mangrove forests of South Florida: Biotropica, v. 37, p. 9-15.
- Krauss, K.W., and Allen, J.A., 2003, Influences of salinity and shade on seedling photosynthesis and growth of two mangrove species, Rhizophora mangle and Bruguiera sexangula, introduced to Hawaii: Aquatic Botany, v. 77, p. 311-324.
- Krauss, K.W., Allen, J.A., and Cahoon, D.R., 2003, Differential rates of surface elevation change and vertical accretion among aerial root types in Micronesian mangrove forests: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, v. 56, p. 251-259.
- Krauss, K.W., and Allen, J.A., 2003, Factors influencing the regeneration of the mangrove, Bruguiera gymnorrhiza (L.) Lamk., on a tropical Pacific island: Forest Ecology and Management, v. 176, p. 49-60.
- Allen, J.A., Krauss, K.W., and Hauff, R.D., 2003, Factors limiting the intertidal distribution of the mangrove species Xylocarpus granatum: Oecologia, v. 135, p. 110-121.
- Krauss, K.W., Chambers, J.L., Allen, J.A., Soileau, Jr., D.M., and DeBosier, A.S., 2000, Growth and nutrition of baldcypress families planted under varying salinity regimes in Louisiana, USA: Journal of Coastal Research, v. 16, p. 153-163.
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