USGS National Wetlands Research Center: Ken Krauss profiles

Ken W. Krauss, Ph.D.

Ken Krauss Standing Next to Cypress Tree E-mail: kkrauss@usgs.gov

Ken W. Krauss, Ph.D. 2004. Environmental and Evolutionary Biology, University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Physiological ecology, Ecohydrology, Climate change effects on coastal forests, Pacific island wetlands, Restoration

Krauss’s current research focuses on three primary topics: (1) physiological ecology, stand water use, and hydrological monitoring of coastal swamps and marshes, (2) stress physiology and carbon cycling in tidal freshwater forested wetlands of Louisiana, South Carolina, and Georgia, and (3) ecological and forestry investigations to support future swamp forest restoration activities. Past research includes sedimentation dynamics, tree growth, and regeneration of Micronesian mangroves and freshwater forested wetlands; influence of seed predators in structuring tropical forested wetlands; invasion biology of mangroves in the Hawaiian intertidal environment; and improvement of salt tolerance in baldcypress for use in coastal restoration programs.

Krauss's Representative Publications

For a complete list of Krauss’s NWRC publications, please go to the online NWRC publications database and search for the bibliographic citations of individual staff members.

Krauss, K.W., Duberstein, J.A., Doyle, T.W., Conner, W.H., Day, R.H., Inabinette, L.W., and Whitbeck, J.L., 2009, Site condition, structure, and growth of baldcypress along tidal/non-tidal salinity gradients: Wetlands, vol. 29, p. 505-519.
Lindquist, E.S., Krauss, K.W., Green, P.T., O'Dowd, D.J., Sherman, P.M., and Smith, T.J., III, 2009, The role of land crabs: key factors in tropical coastal forest recruitment: Biological Reviews, vol. 84, p. 203-223.
Doyle, T.W., Krauss, K.W., and Wells, C.J., 2009, Landscape analysis and pattern of hurricane impact and circulation on mangrove forests of the Everglades: Wetlands, vol. 29, p. 44-53.
Krauss, K.W., Doyle, T.W., Doyle, T.J., Swarzenski, C.M., From, A.S., Day, R.H., and Conner, W.H., 2009, Water level observations in mangrove swamps during two hurricanes in Florida: Wetlands, vol. 29, p. 142-149.
Krauss, K.W., Lovelock, C.E., McKee, K.L., López-Hoffman, L., Ewe, S.M.L., and Sousa, W.P., 2008, Environmental drivers in mangrove establishment and early development: a review: Aquatic Botany, vol. 89, p. 105-127.
Krauss, K.W., Keeland, B.D., Allen, J.A., Ewel, K.C., and Johnson, D.J., 2007, Effects of season, rainfall, and hydrogeomorphic setting on mangrove tree growth in Micronesia: Biotropica, v. 39, p. 161-170.
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, New York.
Krauss, K.W., Chambers, J.L., and Creech, D., 2007. Selection for Salt Tolerance in Tidal Freshwater Swamps Species: Advances Using Baldcypress as a Model for Restoration. In: Conner, W.H., Doyle, T.W., and Krauss, K.W., Eds., Ecology of Tidal Freshwater Forested Wetlands of the Southeastern United States: Springer, New York, p. 385-410.
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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