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Mark  Rains

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
RefCourseSecCourse TitleCRDayTimeLocation
18371GLY 4930002Water in Society & the Environ
2M11:50am-1:40pmCHE 314
12252GLY 6739002Water in Society & the Environ
2M11:50am-1:40pmCHE 314
14755GLY 6971006Thesis: Master's
2-19  TBA TBA
14773GLY 7912006Directed Research
1-30  TBA TBA
14785GLY 7980005Dissertation: Doctoral
2-19  TBA TBA

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.