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Clifford E. Kraft

Clifford E. Kraft

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
31
Citations
3851
World Ranking
9658
National Ranking
3462

Overview

Clifford E. Kraft is affiliated with Cornell University in the United States and has contributed to the field of Environmental Science through a variety of research topics and publications. Their work spans several subfields including Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Environmental Chemistry, Global and Planetary Change, and Genetics.

The scientist's research covers multiple main topics, with notable focus areas being:

  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Alcoholism and Thiamine Deficiency
  • Folate and B Vitamins Research
  • Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research
  • Fluoride Effects and Removal
  • Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior

Their recent research papers include:

  • Expanding the feasibility of fish and wildlife assessments with close-kin mark-recapture, 2020, Ecosphere
  • Consequences of "natural" disasters on aquatic life and habitats, 2022, Environmental Reviews
  • Temporal trends in fish mercury concentrations in an Adirondack Lake managed with a continual predator removal program, 2020, Ecotoxicology
  • Dietary factors potentially impacting thiaminase I-mediated thiamine deficiency, 2023, Scientific Reports
  • Thiamine limitation of periphyton in Adirondack Mountain streams, 2021, Limnology and Oceanography

Frequent co-authors with whom Clifford E. Kraft has collaborated include:

  • Benjamin Marcy-Quay
  • Eileen A. Randall
  • Suresh A. Sethi
  • Nina Overgaard Therkildsen
  • Kurt J. Jirka

Kraft has consistently published in venues such as Scientific Reports and Freshwater Biology, along with contributions to Environmental Reviews, Ecosphere, and Ecotoxicology.

Best Publications

  • PREDICTION OF LONG-DISTANCE DISPERSAL USING GRAVITY MODELS: ZEBRA MUSSEL INVASION OF INLAND LAKES

    Jonathan M. Bossenbroek;Clifford E. Kraft;Jeffrey C. Nekola

  • Resilience and resistance of a lake phosphorus cycle before and after food web manipulation.

    Stephen R. Carpenter;Clifford E. Kraft;Russell Wright;Xi He

  • When can efforts to control nuisance and invasive species backfire

    Elise F. Zipkin;Clifford E. Kraft;Evan G. Cooch;Patrick J. Sullivan

  • MATURE AND OLD-GROWTH RIPARIAN FORESTS: STRUCTURE, DYNAMICS, AND EFFECTS ON ADIRONDACK STREAM HABITATS

    William S. Keeton;Clifford E. Kraft;Dana R. Warren

  • Estimates of Phosphorus and Nitrogen Cycling by Fish Using a Bioenergetics Approach

    Clifford E. Kraft

  • Stream Fish Assemblages in Relation to Landscape Position and Local Habitat Variables

    Tamara A. Smith;Clifford E. Kraft

  • Elevated summer temperatures delay spawning and reduce redd construction for resident brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis)

    Dana R. Warren;Jason M. Robinson;Daniel C. Josephson;Daniel R. Sheldon

  • Overcompensatory response of a smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu) population to harvest: release from competition?

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  • Physical influences of landscape on a large-extent ecological disturbance: the northeastern North American ice storm of 1998

    Andrew A. Millward;Clifford E. Kraft

  • Conservation opportunities across the world's anthromes

    Laura J. Martin;John E. Quinn;Erle C. Ellis;M. Rebecca Shaw

  • Littoral Fish Community Response to Smallmouth Bass Removal from an Adirondack Lake

    Brian C. Weidel;Daniel C. Josephson;Clifford E. Kraft

  • Patterns and Pathways in the Post-Establishment Spread of Non-Indigenous Aquatic Species: The Slowing Invasion of North American Inland Lakes by the Zebra Mussel

    Ladd E. Johnson;Jonathan M. Bossenbroek;Clifford E. Kraft

  • LANDSCAPE PATTERNS OF AN AQUATIC INVADER: ASSESSING DISPERSAL EXTENT FROM SPATIAL DISTRIBUTIONS

    Clifford E. Kraft;Patrick J. Sullivan;Alexander Y. Karatayev;Lyubov E. Burlakova

  • Thiamine deficiency in fishes: causes, consequences, and potential solutions

    Avril M. Harder;William R. Ardren;Allison N. Evans;Matthew H. Futia

  • Confounded impacts of planktivorous fish on freshwater biomanipulations

    D. J. Mcqueen;C. Kraft

  • Rapid food web recovery in response to removal of an introduced apex predator

    Jesse M. Lepak;Clifford E. Kraft;Brian C. Weidel

  • Partitioning of food resources by sculpins in Lake Michigan

    Clifford E. Kraft;James F. Kitchell

  • Dynamics of large wood in an eastern U.S. mountain stream

    Dana R. Warren;Clifford E. Kraft

  • The Relationship between Growth and Consumption: Comparisons across Fish Populations

    Steven W. Hewett;Clifford E. Kraft

  • Dynamics of wood recruitment in streams of the northeastern US

    Dana R. Warren;Clifford E. Kraft;William S. Keeton;Jared S. Nunery

  • Development of spatial pattern in large woody debris and debris dams in streams

    Clifford E. Kraft;Dana R. Warren

  • Assessment of Seasonal Changes in Energy Density and Condition in Age-0 and Age-1 Muskellunge

    Jory L. Jonas;Clifford E. Kraft;Terry L. Margenau

Frequent Co-Authors

William S. Keeton
William S. Keeton University of Vermont
Brian C. Weidel
Brian C. Weidel United States Geological Survey
Gene E. Likens
Gene E. Likens University of Connecticut
Elise F. Zipkin
Elise F. Zipkin Michigan State University
Evan G. Cooch
Evan G. Cooch Cornell University
Ladd E. Johnson
Ladd E. Johnson Université Laval
J. Thomas Brenna
J. Thomas Brenna The University of Texas at Austin
Tadhg P. Begley
Tadhg P. Begley Texas A&M University
M. Rebecca Shaw
M. Rebecca Shaw World Wide Fund for Nature
Charles T. Driscoll
Charles T. Driscoll Syracuse University

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