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Karen L. McKee is affiliated with the United States Geological Survey in the United States. Their research focuses on coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics and related environmental sciences. The main fields of study include Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with subfields spanning Ecology, Earth-Surface Processes, Plant Science, Atmospheric Science, and Molecular Biology.

Their work addresses several key topics, including:

  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Coastal and Marine Dynamics
  • Plant responses to water stress
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Oil Palm Production and Sustainability

Karen L. McKee has contributed to multiple publications with notable research papers including:

  • "How Plants Influence Resilience of Salt Marsh and Mangrove Wetlands to Sea-Level Rise," 2020, published in Estuaries and Coasts
  • "Rapidly Changing Range Limits in a Warming World: Critical Data Limitations and Knowledge Gaps for Advancing Understanding of Mangrove Range Dynamics in the Southeastern USA," 2023, published in Estuaries and Coasts
  • "Hurricane sedimentation in a subtropical salt marsh-mangrove community is unaffected by vegetation type," 2020, published in Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science
  • "Soil Elevation Change in Mangrove Forests and Marshes of the Greater Everglades: A Regional Synthesis of Surface Elevation Table-Marker Horizon (SET-MH) Data," 2022, published in Estuaries and Coasts
  • "Presence of the Herbaceous Marsh Species Schoenoplectus americanus Enhances Surface Elevation Gain in Transitional Coastal Wetland Communities Exposed to Elevated CO2 and Sediment Deposition Events," 2022, published in Plants

The primary publication venues frequently featuring McKee's work include:

  • Estuaries and Coasts
  • Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science
  • Plants
  • UNC Libraries

Collaboration is a significant aspect of their research. Frequent co-authors are:

  • Ken W. Krauss
  • Donald R. Cahoon
  • William C. Vervaeke
  • Michael J. Osland
  • Laura C. Feher

Best Publications

  • Environmental drivers in mangrove establishment and early development: A review

    Ken W. Krauss;Catherine E. Lovelock;Karen L. McKee;Laura López-Hoffman

  • Ecological role and services of tropical mangrove ecosystems: a reassessment

    Shing Yip Lee;Jurgenne H. Primavera;Farid Dahdouh-Guebas;Karen McKee

  • Caribbean mangroves adjust to rising sea level through biotic controls on change in soil elevation

    Karen L. McKee;Donald R. Cahoon;Ilka C. Feller

  • How mangrove forests adjust to rising sea level

    Ken W. Krauss;Karen L. McKee;Catherine E. Lovelock;Donald R. Cahoon

  • Oxygen Deficiency in Spartina alterniflora Roots: Metabolic Adaptation to Anoxia

    I. A. Mendelssohn;K. L. Mckee;W. H. Patrick

  • Biocomplexity in Mangrove Ecosystems

    Ilka C. Feller;Catherine E. Lovelock;U. Berger;Karen L. McKee

  • Mangrove sedimentation and response to relative sea-level rise

    Colin D Woodroffe;Kerrylee Rogers;Karen Mckee;Catherine E Lovelock

  • Mass tree mortality leads to mangrove peat collapse at Bay Islands, Honduras after Hurricane Mitch

    Donald R. Cahoon;Philippe Hensel;Philippe Hensel;John Rybczyk;John Rybczyk;Karen L. McKee

  • Mechanism for the hydrogen sulfide-induced growth limitation in wetland macrophytes

    Marguerite S. Koch;Irving A. Mendelssohn;Karen L. McKee

  • Soil physicochemical patterns and mangrove species distribution--reciprocal effects?

    Karen L. McKee

  • Nitrogen vs. phosphorus limitation across an ecotonal gradient in a mangrove forest

    Ilka C. Feller;Karen L. McKee;Dennis F. Whigham;John P. O'Neill

  • Reexamination of pore water sulfide concentrations and redox potentials near the aerial roots of Rhizophora mangle and Avicennia germinans

    Karen L. McKee;Irving A. Mendelssohn;Mark W. Hester

  • Coastal Wetland Vulnerability to Relative Sea-Level Rise: Wetland Elevation Trends and Process Controls

    Donald R. Cahoon;Philippe F. Hensel;Tom Spencer;Denise J. Reed

  • SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA DIE-BACK IN LOUISIANA: TIME-COURSE INVESTIGATION OF SOIL WATERLOGGING EFFECTS

    Irving A. Mendelssohn;Karen L. McKee

  • Degradation of mangrove tissues and implications for peat formation in Belizean island forests

    B. A. Middleton;K. L. McKee;K. L. McKee

  • Seedling recruitment patterns in a Belizean mangrove forest: effects of establishment ability and physico-chemical factors

    Karen L. McKee

  • The relationship of smooth cordgrass ( Spartina alterniflora ) to tidal datums: A review

    Karen L. McKee;W. H. Patrick

  • Elevated CO2 stimulates marsh elevation gain, counterbalancing sea-level rise

    J. Adam Langley;Karen L. McKee;Donald R. Cahoon;Julia A. Cherry

  • Nitrogen limitation of growth and nutrient dynamics in a disturbed mangrove forest, Indian River Lagoon, Florida

    Ilka C. Feller;Dennis F. Whigham;Karen L. McKee;Catherine E. Lovelock

  • Response of a freshwater marsh plant community to increased salinity and increased water level

    Karen L. McKee;Irving A. Mendelssohn

Frequent Co-Authors

Irving A. Mendelssohn
Irving A. Mendelssohn Louisiana State University
Ilka C. Feller
Ilka C. Feller Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
Catherine E. Lovelock
Catherine E. Lovelock University of Queensland
Donald R. Cahoon
Donald R. Cahoon United States Geological Survey
Hans Brix
Hans Brix Aarhus University
Neil Saintilan
Neil Saintilan Macquarie University
Ken W. Krauss
Ken W. Krauss United States Geological Survey
Kerrylee Rogers
Kerrylee Rogers University of Wollongong
Dennis F. Whigham
Dennis F. Whigham Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
David M. Burdick
David M. Burdick University of New Hampshire

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