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
Scientific contributions of the Mangrove Macrobenthos and Management (MMM) conference series, 2000-2019
Non-freezing cold event stresses can cause significant damage to mangrove seedlings: Assessing the role of warming and nitrogen enrichment in a mesocosm study
Modeling soil porewater salinity response to drought in tidal freshwater forested wetlands
Rapid peat development beneath created, maturing mangrove forests: Ecosystem changes across a 25-year chronosequence
Tidal wetland gross primary production across the continental United States, 2000–2019
Soil surface elevation dynamics in a mangrove-to-marsh ecotone characterized by vegetation shifts
The potential resiliency of a created tidal marsh to sea-level rise
Tropical cyclones and the organization of mangrove forests: A review
The long-term effects of Hurricanes Wilma and Irma on soil elevation change in Everglades mangrove forests
The state of the world’s mangrove forests: Past, present, and future
A 3-year in-situ measurement of CO2 efflux in coastal wetlands: Understanding carbon loss through ecosystem respiration and its partitioning
FLUXNET-CH4 synthesis activity: Objectives, observations, and future directions
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
Scientific contributions of the Mangrove Macrobenthos and Management (MMM) conference series, 2000-2019
Non-freezing cold event stresses can cause significant damage to mangrove seedlings: Assessing the role of warming and nitrogen enrichment in a mesocosm study
Modeling soil porewater salinity response to drought in tidal freshwater forested wetlands
Rapid peat development beneath created, maturing mangrove forests: Ecosystem changes across a 25-year chronosequence
Tidal wetland gross primary production across the continental United States, 2000–2019
Soil surface elevation dynamics in a mangrove-to-marsh ecotone characterized by vegetation shifts
The potential resiliency of a created tidal marsh to sea-level rise
Tropical cyclones and the organization of mangrove forests: A review
The long-term effects of Hurricanes Wilma and Irma on soil elevation change in Everglades mangrove forests
The state of the world’s mangrove forests: Past, present, and future
A 3-year in-situ measurement of CO2 efflux in coastal wetlands: Understanding carbon loss through ecosystem respiration and its partitioning
FLUXNET-CH4 synthesis activity: Objectives, observations, and future directions
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.