Email: kjwerner@wisc.edu

M.S.  Land Resources. UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN, Madison 2001

B.A. Geology, minor in Environmental Studies.  CARLETON COLLEGE, 1999

Our studies in the Tijuana Estuary of southern California explore options for tidal creek restoration: Should we excavate tidal creeks or let them form on their own in salt marsh sites? What geomorphic factors (such as vegetation cover, topographic gradient, grain size of soil surface) are important to consider when planning tidal creek restoration?

In sedge meadow wetlands of southern Wisconsin, we have determined that Carex stricta tussocks support plant diversity. Most recently, we have begun to examine the physical structure of tussocks and the ecological characteristics of the sedge meadow community that resist invasion by reed canary grass.

Wallace, K., J. Callaway, and J. Zedler. In review. Geomorphic evolution of tidal creek networks in a high sedimentation environment: A 5-year experiment at Tijuana Estuary. Estuaries.

Werner, K., 2003, Reed canary grass – A primer for management: Wisconsin Wetlands: Wisconsin Wetlands Association, Madison, Wisconsin, Fall, p.4

Maurer, D., R. Lindig-Cisneros, K. Werner, S. Kercher, R. Miller, and J. Zedler, 2003, The replacement of wetland vegetation by Phalaris arundinacea (reed canary grass): Ecological Restoration: 21 (2), pp. 116-119

Werner, K., and J. Zedler, 2002, How sedge meadow soils, microtopography, and vegetation respond to stormwater sedimentation: Wetlands 22 (3), pp. 451-466

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