Global Climate Change
Scientists study how increases in temperature, sea level, and atmospheric carbon dioxide affect wetland plants, and how forest stands along different successional seres or under different climate change induced stressors transform, convey, or mediate the release of greenhouse gases.
Research
- Potential Effects of Elevated CO2 and Climate Change on Coastal Wetlands (Dr. Karen L. McKee)
- Coastal Forest Dieback, Growth, and Carbon Relations in Tidal Freshwater Forested Wetlands of the Southeastern United States (Dr. Ken W. Krauss, Dr. Thomas W. Doyle)
- Defining Controls Over Soil Greenhouse Gas Fluxes as Tidal Freshwater Forested Wetlands Transition to Marsh (Dr. Ken W. Kauss, Dr. Julie L. Whitbeck, University of New Orleans)
- Interactive Effects of Climate Change and Fire on Bird Communities: Landscape and Regional Projections (Dr. Wylie C. Barrow).
- Monitoring and Modeling Global Change Effects on Submerged Aquatic Vegetation of Intermediate Salinities Along the Gulf of Mexico Coast (Dr. Jacoby Carter).
- Potential Effects of Elevated Carbon Dioxide on the Structure and Function of Coastal Marshes (Dr. Karen L. McKee, Dr. James B. Grace).
- Climate Effects on Carbon Sequestration and Soil Hydration Dynamics in Coastal Wetland Habitats of the Tampa Bay, Florida Watershed (Dr. Ken W. Krauss, Dr. Camille L. Stagg, Dr. Marc Russell, US EPA Gulf Ecology Division)
- Surface Elevation Change and Susceptibility of Different Mangrove Zones to Sea-Level Rise on Pacific High Islands of Micronesia (Dr. Ken W. Krauss, Dr. Donald R. Cahoon)
- Carbon Sequestration Rates in Managed and Tidal Freshwater Wetlands in the Waccamaw National Wildlife Refuge (Dr. Judith Z. Drexler, Dr. Ken W. Krauss, Dr. Christopher M. Swarzenski)
Return to Forest Ecosystem
Return to Wetland Ecosystem
U.S. Department of the Interior |
U.S. Geological Survey