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Christopher B. Craft

Christopher B. Craft

Janet Duey Professor in Rural Land Policy


Education
Ph.D., North Carolina State University, 1987
M.S., University of Tennessee, 1983
B.A., University of North Carolina-Asheville, 1980

Professional Experience

  • President, Society of Wetland Scientists
  • Associate Editor, Wetlands
  • North Carolina State University, 1988-1989
  • Duke University, 1989-1995
  • University of Louisville, 1996-1997
  • Joseph W. Jones Ecological Research Center, 1997-1999

Awards, Honors & Certifications

  • Professional Wetland Scientist (PWS)
  • Hugh Hammond Bennett Award in Soil Conservation and Environmental Quality, North
  • Carolina Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts, 1987

Professional Interest
Wetland restoration and ecosystem development, wetlands and water quality, wetlands and climate change, including carbon sequestration and peat accretion

Current Projects
For a full description of publications, laboratory personnel, and other research activities, click here to visit Dr. Craft’s research web site.

  • US Department of Energy (DOE), National Institute of Climatic Change Research. Effects of accelerated sea level rise and variable freshwater river discharge on water quality improvement functions of tidal freshwater floodplain forests. June 1 2008-August 31 2011. $343,181.
  • US Department of Agriculture (USDA). Ecosystem Services Derived from Wetland Conservation Practices in the Glaciated Interior Plains: the Provision of Water Quality Benefits. July 15 2008-July 14 2011. $196,939.
  • US National Science Foundation (NSF). LTER GCE II: Georgia land-ocean margin ecosystem. November 15 2006-November 2012. $4,200,000. (IU subcontract from University of Georgia for $91,391.
  • US National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Characterization of passerine food source, trophic structure and habitat utilization on Sapelo Island Georgia using stable isotopes of C, N and H. May 1 2006-April 30 2009. $60,000.
  • US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). (Effects of Climate Change on Ecosystem Services of Tidal marshes and Coral Reefs-Science To Achieve Results (STAR) Program. Effects of sea level rise and climate variability on ecosystem services of tidal marshes, South Atlantic Coast. $749,974. April 1 2005-March 31 2009.

Selected Publications
Full Vita

  • Craft, C., J. Clough, J. Ehman, S. Joye, D. Park, S. Pennings, H. Guo and M. Machmuller. 2008. Effects of Accelerated Sea level Rise on Delivery of Ecosystem Services Provided by Tidal Marshes: A Simulation of the Georgia (USA) Coast. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment.
  • Craft, C., C. Washburn, and A. Parker. 2008. Latitudinal trends in organic carbon accumulation of temperate freshwater peatlands. In, J. Vymazal (ed.), Wastewater Treatment, Plant Dynamics and Management in Constructed and Natural Wetlands. Springer Science + Business Media B.V., New York. Pp. 23-31.
  • “Soils of the Everglades Peatlands”. In C.J. Richardson (ed.), The Everglades Experiments. New York: Springer-Verlag. (2008) Pp.59-72
  • Aldous, A.R., C.B. Craft, C.J. Stevens, M.J. Barry, and L.B. Bach. 2007. Soil phosphorus release from a restoration wetland, Upper Klamath Lake, Oregon. Wetlands 27(4):1025-1035
  • Cornell, J.A., C. Craft, P. Megonigal. 2007. Ecosystem gas exchange across a created salt marsh chronosequence. Wetlands 27:240-250
  • Craft, C., K, Krull and S. Graham. Ecological indicators of nutrient condition, freshwater wetlands, Midwestern United States (U.S.). Ecological Indicators 7:733-750
  • Freshwater input structures soil properties, vertical accretion and nutrient accumulation of Georgia and United States (U.S.) tidal marshes. Limnology and Oceanography 52:1220-1230
  • Craft, C. and J. Schubauer-Berigan. 2006. The role of freshwater wetlands in a water quality trading program. Conference Proceedings: Innovations in Reducing Nonpoint Source Pollution Methods, Policies, Programs, and Measurement. Pp. 143-158
  • “Natural and constructed wetlands.” In M.G. Anderson (ed.), Encyclopedia of Hydrologic Sciences, (2005) pp. 1639-1656. New York: John Wiley and Sons
  • Aldous, A., P. McCormick, C. Ferguson, S. Graham and C. Craft 2005. Hydrologic regime controls soil phosphorus fluxes in restoration and undisturbed wetlands. Restoration Ecology 13:341-347
  • Graham, S.G., C.B. Craft, P.V. McCormick and A. Aldous. 2005. Peat accretion and phosphorus accumulation: Water Quality Management at Upper Klamath Lake, Oregon, through wetland restoration. Wetlands 25:594-606
  • Struck, S.D., C.B. Craft, S.W. Broome, M. SanClements and J.N. Sacco. 2004. Effects of bridge shading on estuarine marsh benthic invertebrate community structure and function. Environmental Management 34:99-111
  • Zheng, L., R.J. Stevenson and C. Craft. 2004. Changes in benthic algal attributes during salt marsh restoration. Wetlands 24:309-323
  • Craft, C. and J.N. Sacco. 2003. Long-term succession of benthic infauna communities on constructed Spartina alterniflora marshes. Marine Ecology- Progress Series 257:45-58
  • Craft, C., J.P. Megonigal, S.W. Broome, J. Cornell, R. Freese, R.J Stevenson, L. Zheng and J. Sacco. 2003. The pace of ecosystem development of constructed Spartina alterniflora marshes. Ecological Applications 13:1317-1432