Ken Krauss, Ph.D.
Ken Krauss is a Research Ecologist at the USGS Wetland and Aquatic Research Center.
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Biology, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2004
M.S., Forestry, Louisiana State University, 1997
B.S., Biology, University of Southwestern Louisiana, 1994
RESEARCH
Ken Krauss' research spans several habitats, from mangroves to tidal freshwater forested wetlands and marshes. His research takes a multi-tiered approach to understanding eco-physiological processes in coastal wetland forests; defining gas exchange between the soil and atmosphere, and among the leaf, tree, and atmosphere. Research has defined thresholds to tidal freshwater forested wetland habitat change in the face of persistent environmental drivers (esp. sea level rise and salinity), defined the potential of forested wetlands to influence water cycling in coastal areas, and has begun to establish the potential of other wetland types to contribute to water conservation, especially under drought and perennial salinization. Krauss also focuses on the vulnerability of coastal swamp forests and mangroves to sea-level rise, and on how science can inform management and restoration activity within the coastal zone.
BACKGROUND
He has been a scientist with the federal government since 1997, first with the USDA Forest Service in Stoneville, Mississippi and, then, in Honolulu, Hawaii, where he studied sedimentation, systematics, regeneration, growth, invasion biology, and ecophysiology of Pacific island forested wetlands in the Federated States of Micronesia and Hawaii. Krauss began working at the USGS National Wetlands Research Center in 2001 (renamed to USGS Wetland and Aquatic Research Center, or WARC, in 2015), where he maintains an expertise in forest ecology and ecophysiology, and serves as one of WARC's climate change scientists focusing on mangroves and tidal freshwater forested wetlands.
2004-present, Research Ecologist, U.S. Geological Survey, Wetland and Aquatic Research Center, Lafayette, Louisiana
2001-2004, Ecologist, U.S. Geological Survey, National Wetlands Research Center, Lafayette, Louisiana
1997-2001, Ecologist, USDA Forest Service, Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry, Honolulu, Hawaii
1996-1997, Ecophysiologist Technician, USDA Forest Service, Center for Bottomland Hardwoods Forestry, Stoneville, Mississippi
1995-1996, Graduate Research Assistant, Louisiana State University, School of Forestry, Wildlife, and Fisheries, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Science and Products
Predicting the retreat and migration of tidal forests along the northern Gulf of Mexico under sea-level rise
Can we improve the salinity tolerance of genotypes of Taxodium by using varietal and hybrid crosses?
Is there evidence of adaptation to tidal flooding in saplings of baldcypress subjected to different salinity regimes?
Land crabs as key drivers in tropical coastal forest recruitment
Site condition, structure, and growth of baldcypress along tidal/non-tidal salinity gradients
Landscape analysis and pattern of hurricane impact and circulation on mangrove forests of the Everglades
Water level observations in mangrove swamps during two hurricanes in Florida
Environmental drivers in mangrove establishment and early development: A review
Selection for salt tolerance in tidal freshwater swamp species: Advances using baldcypress as a model for restoration: Chapter 14
Ecology of tidal freshwater forests in coastal deltaic Louisiana and northeastern South Carolina: Chapter 9
Tidal freshwater forested wetlands: Future research needs and an overview of restoration: Chapter 17
Physiological Ecology and Ecohydrology of Coastal Forested Wetlands
Non-USGS Publications**
**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.
Science and Products
Predicting the retreat and migration of tidal forests along the northern Gulf of Mexico under sea-level rise
Can we improve the salinity tolerance of genotypes of Taxodium by using varietal and hybrid crosses?
Is there evidence of adaptation to tidal flooding in saplings of baldcypress subjected to different salinity regimes?
Land crabs as key drivers in tropical coastal forest recruitment
Site condition, structure, and growth of baldcypress along tidal/non-tidal salinity gradients
Landscape analysis and pattern of hurricane impact and circulation on mangrove forests of the Everglades
Water level observations in mangrove swamps during two hurricanes in Florida
Environmental drivers in mangrove establishment and early development: A review
Selection for salt tolerance in tidal freshwater swamp species: Advances using baldcypress as a model for restoration: Chapter 14
Ecology of tidal freshwater forests in coastal deltaic Louisiana and northeastern South Carolina: Chapter 9
Tidal freshwater forested wetlands: Future research needs and an overview of restoration: Chapter 17
Physiological Ecology and Ecohydrology of Coastal Forested Wetlands
Non-USGS Publications**
**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.