Kyle Herrman

Experience and Interests

Teaching Experience

  • Professor, Fisheries and Water Resources, College of Natural Resources, University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point, 2010-present
  • Lecturer, School of Natural Resources, University of Nebraska, 2010

Research Interests

  • Stream and Wetland Restoration
  • Nutrient Cycling
  • Invasive Species

Projects and Publications

Current/Recent Projects

  • Do invasive plants alter soil properties and microbial communities in forest understories? Funding source: USDA – McIntire Stennis (pending)
  • Examining the long-term development of a restored wetland in north-central Wisconsin. Funding source: UWSP – UPDC
  • Impact of flood spates on denitrifying bacteria in low order streams. Funding source: Gutgsell Family Foundation
  • A landscape-level analysis of soil microbial communities in Northern Wisconsin, USA. Funding source: UWSP – SRF
  • Examining the ecological and water quality impacts of herbicide treatment on invasive species in riparian ecosystems. Funding source: Nebraska Environmental Trust
  • Nitrogen removal and transport hydraulics in headwater streams of fragmented agricultural watersheds in central Ohio. Funding source: NRI – USDA 

Publications

Herrman, K.S., D.T. Scott, J.D. Lenters, and E. Istanbulluoglu. 2012. Nutrient loss following Phragmites australis removal in controlled soil mesocosms. Journal of Water, Air, and Soil Pollution, doi: 10.1007/s11270-012-1113-9.

Lenters, J.D., G.J. Cutrell, E. Istanbulluoglu, D.T. Scott, K.S. Herrman, A. Irmak, D.E. Eisenhauer. 2011. Seasonal energy and water balance of a Phragmites australis-dominated wetland in the Republican River basin of south-central Nebraska (USA). Journal of Hydrology 408:19-34.

Herrman, K.S., V. Bouchard, T. Granata, A.E. Carey, and R.H. Moore. 2010. Hydrologic characteristics in headwater streams: a comparison of forested and agricultural streams. Hydrological Processes 24:1-12.

Herrman, K.S., Bouchard, V., and R.H. Moore. 2008. An assessment of nitrogen removal from headwater streams in an agricultural watershed, Northeast Ohio, USA. Limnology and Oceanography 53:2573-2582.

Herrman, K.S., Bouchard, V., and R.H. Moore. 2008. Factors affecting denitrification in agricultural headwaters streams in Northeast Ohio, USA. Hydrobiologia 598:305-314.

Herrman, K.S. and J.R. White. 2008. Denitrification in intact sediment cores from a constructed wetland: examining the isotope pairing technique. Applied Geochemistry 23:2105-2112.​