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Clifford Kraft

Associate Professor

Primary Research Areas

  • biocomplexity
  • biodiversity
  • biogeochemistry
  • conservation biology
  • ecology
  • ecosystem biology
  • environmental sciences
  • landscape ecology
  • natural resources
  • resource policy and management
  • water resource management
  • watershed science

Graduate Fields

Research Focus

The overall goal of my research program is to understand ecological interactions regulating the abundance of key aquatic organisms, such as sport fish, nuisance invaders and rare species. These studies are designed to either identify ways to manage the abundance of these organisms or to understand factors that limit our capacity for their management.

Educational Background

  • Ph.D, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1991
  • M.S., University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1977
  • B.S., Cornell University, 1975

Research Grants

  • EVALUATING THE INFLUENCE OF RECREATIONAL FLOW RELEASES ON HYDROLOGY, TEMPERATURE, AND BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES OF THE INDIAN AND HUDSON RIVERS
  • DISSERTATION RESEARCH: EVALUATING CHANGES IN FOOD WEB LINKAGES AND MERCURY BIOACCUMULATION BY TOP PREDATORS IN RESPONSE TO THE REMOVAL OF AN INTRODUCED PREDATOR
  • EVALUATING EFFECTS OF WARM SUMMER CONDITIONS ON BROOK TROUT GROWTH AND SURVIVAL IN ADIRONDACK LAKES
  • ESTIMATING WOOD VOLUME IN NORTHERN FOREST STREAMS IN RESPONSE TO FOREST AGE, LANDSCAPE POSITION AND ANTHROPOGENIC DISTURBANCE
  • MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH THE ADIRONDACK LEAGUE CLUB