Mark Rains
Mark Rains
Associate Professor
Contact
Office: SCA 531
Lab: SCA 501
Phone: 813/974-3310
Email: mrains@cas.usf.edu
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Education
Ph.D., University of California, Davis, 2002
Research
Hydrological controls on ecosystem structure and function in fresh, brackish, saline, and hypersaline aquatic ecosystems. Ecohydrology and Hydrogeology.
Current Courses
Recent Publications
Hammersmark, C.T., S. Dobrowski, M.C. Rains, and J.F. Mount. 2009. Simulated effects of stream restoration on herbaceous vegetation distribution. Restoration Ecology DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2009.00519.x.
Murphy, K.E., M.C. Rains, M.G. Kittridge, M. Stewart, and M.A. Ross. 2008. Hydrological connectivity between clay settling areas and surrounding hydrological landscapes in the phosphate mining district, peninsular Florida, USA. Journal of the American Water Resources Association 44:980-995.
Rains, M.C., R.A. Dahlgren, R.J. Williamson, G.E. Fogg, and T. Harter. 2008. Geological control of physical and chemical hydrology in vernal pools, Central Valley, California. Wetlands 28:347-362.
Hammersmark, C.T., M.C. Rains, and J.F. Mount. 2008. Quantifying the hydrologic effects of stream restoration in a montane meadow environment. River Research and Applications 24:735-753.
Leibowitz, S.G., P.J. Wigington, Jr., M.C. Rains, and D.M. Downing. 2008. Non-navigable streams and adjacent wetlands: Addressing science needs following the Supreme Court's Rapanos decision. Frontiers in Ecology and Environment 6:364-371.