Kai Rains

Research Associate Professor

Organization: University of South Florida

Education: Ph.D. in Ecology (Soil Nutrients and Mycorrhizal Ecology), University of California, Davis

The central theme of my research is ecosystem response to environmental stress such as inundation, disturbance, and soil nutrient limitations. I study response at the organismal level, including root growth and mycorrhizal associations and at the landscape level such as application of geospatial tools to natural resource assessment with a focus on waters and wetlands.

Selected Publications:

• https://works.bepress.com/kai-rains/
• Google Scholar

Website: http://myweb.usf.edu/~krains/ecohydrology/

Subject Areas:
Ecology, Geology/Soils

Selected Publications

• Stepchinski, L.M., Rains, M.C., Lee, L.C., Lis, R.A., Nutter, W.L., Rains, K.C., & Stewart, S.R. (2023). Hydrologic Connectivity and Flow Generation from California Vernal Pool, Swale, and Headwater Stream Complexes to Downstream Waters. Wetlands, 43(34). doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13157-023-01678-3
• Gerlach, M.E., Rains, K.C., Guerrón, E.J., Kleindl, W.J., Downs, J., Landry, S.M., & Rains, M.C. (2022). Using remote sensing and machine learning to locate groundwater discharge to salmon-bearing streams. . doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14010063