Faculty Profiles

Manning, A., Meitzen, K. M., Currit, N., & Reynolds, L. (2025). Controls on Longitudinal Patterns of Riparian Vegetation Along Ephemeral Streams in the Southwestern United States. Physical Geography.

Meitzen, K. M., Hoenke, K., & Curtis, S. (2024). Inventory and Prioritization of Instream Barriers to Aquatic Organism Passage in the Upper Guadalupe River, Texas.

Meitzen, K. M., & Krause, S. M. (2024). Geomorphic and Sediment Analysis of the Upper Brazos River in Response to Saltcedar Control  (CA-0004627) (p. 14). Austin, Texas: Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.

Meitzen, K. M., Bevis, L., Hess, M., Howard, M., Large, D., Enders, M., … Jaccaman, K. (2024). Conservation Measures Subcommittee Report. In Edwards Aquifer Habitat Conservation Plan Permit Renewal. San Antonio: Edwards Aquifer Authority.

Jamil, R., Julian, J. P., Jensen, J., & Meitzen, K. M. (2024). Urban Green Infrastructure Connectivity: The Role of Private Semi-Natural Areas. Land.

Region 11, R. F. P. G., & Meitzen, K. M. (2024). 2023 Amended Regional Flood Plan:  Region 11 Guadalupe, Volume 1 (Vol. 1). Austin, Texas: Texas Water Development Board.

Meitzen, K. M. (2023). Geomorphic Impacts of Dam Removal. In The International Encyclopedia of Geography: People, the Earth, Environment, and Technology. Wiley. https://doi.org/https://doi-org.libproxy.txstate.edu/10.1002/9781118786352.wbieg2162

Meitzen, K. M., Robertson, C. R., Jensen, J. L., Daugherty, D. J., Mayes, K. B., & Hardy, T. (2023). Applying Floodplain Inundation Modeling to Estimate Suitable Spawning Habitat and Recruitment Success for Alligator Gar in the Guadalupe River, Texas. Hydrology, 10(6), 1–21. https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrology10060123

Chow, T. K. E., Chien, J., & Meitzen, K. M. (2023). Validating the Quality of Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) for Flood Modeling of Hurricane Harvey in Houston, Texas. Hydrology, 10(113). https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrology10050113

Meitzen, K. M., & Udita, T. (2023). Land Cover and Land Use for the Texas Water Company Service Area within Comal County (2007-2022) with Implications for Water Resource Planning, (Contract 8000004248). Sattler, Texas: Texas Water Company.

Meitzen, K. M., Enders, M., Sanborn, R., Mayes, K., Kreitler, C., & Duke, J. (2023). Biological Goals Subcommittee Report. In Edwards Aquifer Habitat Conservation Plan Permit Renewal. San Antonio, Texas: Edwards Aquifer Authority.

Meitzen, K. M., Curtis, S., & Hoenke, K. (2023). Texas Aquatic Connectivity Assessment Pilot Project in the Upper Guadalupe River Basin.

Lookingbill, T. R., Meitzen, K. M., & Julian, J. P. (2022). Riverscapes. In The Routledge Handbook of Landscape Ecology. London: Routledge. https://doi.org/https://doi-org.libproxy.txstate.edu/10.4324/9780429399480

Meitzen, K. M., Graham, J., & Hoenke, K. (2022). Assessment and Prioritization of Barriers in the Upper Guadalupe River Upstream from Canyon Reservoir, TX—A Pilot Project. Austin, Texas.

Meitzen, K. M., & Kause, S. (2022). Geomorphic Characteristics of the Upper Brazos River in Response to Invasive Saltcedar Management (CA-0002717). Austin, Texas: Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.

Hess, M., & Meitzen, K. M. (2021). Springflow Habitat Protection Work Group: Work Group Prioritization Response to Implementing Committee Request. San Antonio, Texas: Edwards Aquifer Authority.

Dascher, E. D., & Meitzen, K. M. (2020). Dams are Coming Down, but not Always by Choice: The Geography of Dam Distributions, Failures, and Removals in Texas. Texas Water Journal. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.21423/twj.v11i1.7092

Birdsong, T., Meitzen, K. M., Botros, J., Eggers, K., England, A., Fleming, P., … Tidwell, T. (2020). Guadalupe Bass Restoration Initiative 2019 Annual Report. TPWD RP T3200-2079. Austin, TX: Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.

Meitzen, K. M., Jensen, J., & Julian, J. P. (2020). Texas Wild-rice Response to Covid-19 Recreation and Restrictions on the San Marcos River, Texas.

Manning, A. B., & Meitzen, K. M. (2019). Blanco River Riparian Forest Regeneration Following a Record Flood in Central Texas. Southwestern Naturalist. https://doi.org/DOI:10.1894/0038-4909-64.3-4.195

Wohl, E. E., Brierley, G., Cadol, D., Coulthard, T. J., Covino, T., Fryers, K. A., … Sklar, L. S. (2019). Connectivity as an Emergent Property of Geomorphic Systems,  Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 44(1), 4–26. https://doi.org/doi.org/10.1002/esp.4434

Hardy, T., Swannack, T. M., Jensen, J., Meitzen, K. M., Schwalb, A. N., & Rose, B. (2019). Delineating Suitable Mussel Habitat over Large Spatial Scales based on Hydraulic Continuity Equations, Report prepared for US Army Corps of Engineers Engineer Research and Development Center.

Meitzen, K. M., Kupfer, J. A., & Gao, P. (2018). Modeling Hydrologic Connectivity and Virtual Fish Movement Across a Large Southeastern Floodplain. Aquatic Sciences, 80(5). https://doi.org/DOI:10.1007/s00027-017-0555-y

Meitzen, K. M., Phillips, J., Perkins, T., Manning, A., & Julian, J. P. (2018). Catastrophic Flood Disturbance and a Community’s Response to Plant Resilience in the Heart of the Texas Hill Country. Geomorphology, 305, 20–32. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2017.09.009

Abbott, S. K., Kamarinas, I., J, Meitzen, K. M., Fuller, I., Mc Coll, S., & Dymond, J. (2018). State-shifting at the Edge of Resilience: River Suspended Sediment Responses to Land Use Change and Extreme Storms. Geomorphology, 305, 49–60. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2017.09.004

Meitzen, K. M., Jensen, J., & Hardy, T. (2018). Floodplain Inundation Analysis of the Lower Guadalupe River: Linking Hydrology and Floodplain-Dependent Resources (p. 39).

Meitzen, K. M. (2018). Floodplains. Earth Systems and Environmental Science. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-409548-9.11027-9

Meitzen, K. M. (2018, November). Water Symposium Addresses Future of Flooding in Texas. Rivard Report. Retrieved from https://sanantonioreport.org/water-symposium-addresses-the-future-of-flooding-in-texas/

Thoms, M. C., Meitzen, K. M., Julian, J. P., & Butler, D. R. (2018). Bio-geomorphology and Resilience Thinking: Common Ground and Challenges. Geomorphology, 305, 1–7. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2018.01.021

Meitzen, K. M. (2017). Applied Geomorphology. In The International Encyclopedia or Geography: People, the Earth, Environment, and Technology. Wiley-Blackwell.

Meitzen, K. M. (2017). Review of Texas Landscape Project. Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences. Lincoln, Nebraska, USA: University of Nebraska. https://doi.org/DOI:10.1353/gpr.2017.0029

Meitzen, K. M., Jensen, J., & Hardy, T. (2017). Integrating Habitat Suitability Modeling and Environmental Flows for the Conservation of the Flood-Dependant Gar (Atractosteus spatula).

Meitzen, K. M. (2016). Streamflow Changes across North Carolina from 1955-2012 with Implications for Environmental Flow Management. Geomorphology.

Meitzen, K. M., Jensen, L. R., & Hardy, T. B. (2016). Modeling floodplain inundation to evaluate Gar (Lepisosteiformes) habitat suitability in the lower Guadalupe River, USA.

Julian, J. P., Podolak, C., Meitzen, K. M., Doyle, M. D., Manners, R., Hester, E., … Wilgruber, N. (2016). Shaping the Physical Template: Bio-Hydro-Geomorphic Connections in Stream Channels. In J. B. Jones & E. H. Stanley (Eds.), Streams in a Changing Environment. Academic Press. https://doi.org/DOI:10.1016/B978-0-12-405890-3.00002-6

Meitzen, K. M., & Kupfer, J. A. (2015). Abandoned Meander Forest Development in a Large Alluvial Southeastern Floodplain, South Carolina, USA. River Systems, 21(3-Feb), 141–162. https://doi.org/DOI:10.1127/rs/2015/0101

Meitzen, K. M. (2015). Geography. In E. Wohl (Ed.), Oxford Bibliographies In Environmental Science. https://doi.org/doi:10.1093/obo/9780199363445-0037

Kupfer, J. A., Meitzen, K. M., & Gao, P. (2015). Flooding and Surface Connectivity of Taxodium-Nyssa Stands in a Southern Floodplain Forest Ecosystem. River Research and Applications, 31, 1299–1310. https://doi.org/10.1002/rra.2828

Meitzen, K. M. (2015). Reconstructing an Old-Growth Forest from Legacy Effects of Historic Logging. United States - International Association of Landscape Ecologists, Portland, Oregon.

Meitzen, K. M. (2015). Legacy Effects of Historic Logging on Old-Growth Cypress Forests, Congaree National Park, South Carolina. 111th Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers (AAG), Chicago,Ilinois.

Meitzen, K. M., & Shelford, V. E. (2014). A Classic Examination of Fluvial Processes and Forest Patterns. Progress in Physical Geography, 38(6), 818–826. https://doi.org/10.1177/0309133314556925

Meitzen, K. M., Kupfer, J. A., & Gao, P. (2014). Application of a 2D Hydrodynamic Flood Model for Quantifying River and Floodplain Process Interactions.

Meitzen, K. M. (2014). Streamflow changes across North Carolina from 1955-2012 with Implications for Environmental Flow Management. https://doi.org/DOI:10.1016/j.geomorph.2015.06.019

Benner, R., Barnett, A., Sheldon, A. O., Hoenke, K., Meitzen, K. M., & Fields, M. (2014). North Carolina’s Freshwater Resilience.

Meitzen, K. M., Doyle, M. W., Thoms, M. C., & Burns, C. E. (2013). Geomorphology in the Interdisciplinary Context of Environmental Flows. Geomorphology, 200, 143–154. Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/

Meitzen, K. M. (2013). The Nature Conservancy’s Environmental Flows Project for North Carolina. Final Report for the North Carolina Chapter of the Nature Conservancy.

Meitzen, K. M., & Kupfer, J. A. (2012). Sensitivity of Floodplain Connectivity to Variations in Stream Flow at Congaree National Park.

Meitzen, K. M., Kupfer, J. A., & Gao, P. (2012). Flooding and Surface Connectivity of Abandoned Channel Water Bodies in a Southern Floodplain Forest System.

Meitzen, K. M., & Kupfer, J. A. (2012). Modeling Flood Inundation and Hydrologic Connectivity across the Congaree River Floodplain, Congaree National Park.

Meitzen, K. M., & Burns, C. A. (2012). Flows as an Indicator of Ecosystem Resilience – comparing Historic, Current, and Future Flows to Identify Resilient Freshwater Systems for Conservation.

Meitzen, K. M. (2011). Forest Dynamics of Abandoned Meander Wetlands in a Large Floodplain, South Carolina.

Meitzen, K. M. (2011). Hydrogeomorphology and Vegetation Ecology of Abandoned Meander Wetlands in a Large Floodplain, South Carolina.

Meitzen, K. M. (2011). Geologic Map of the Fort Jackson South 7.5 Minute Quadrangle, Richland and Calhoun Counties, South Carolina. In United States Geological Survey, Geologic Quadrangle Map Series 52.

Meitzen, K. M., Kupfer, J. A., & Pipkin, A. R. (2010). Hydrogeomorphic Controls of Early Post-Logging Successional Pathways in a Southern Floodplain Forest. Forest Ecology and Management, 259, 1880–1889. https://doi.org/DOI:10.1016/j.foreco.2010.01.050

Meitzen, K. M. (2010). Hydrogeomorphic Heterogeneity of a Large Coastal Plain Floodplain, Congaree River, South Carolina.

Meitzen, K. M. (2010). Expert Report of Kimberly Meitzen for State of South Carolina Administrative Law Court.

Meitzen, K. M. (2010). Geologic Map of the Southwest Columbia 7.5 Minute Quadrangle, Lexington, Richland, and Calhoun Counties, South Carolina. In United States Geological Survey, Geological Quadrangle Map Series 50.

Meitzen, K. M., Kupfer, J. A., & Graf, W. L. (2010). Can One Foot of Relief Really Make that Much of a Difference?

Meitzen, K. M., & Crockett, M. (2010). Little Pee Dee Scenic River Water Trail Guide (p. 65). SCDNR Publication.

Meitzen, K. M. (2009). Lateral Chanel Migration Effects on Riparian Forest Structure and Composition, 29(2), 465–475.

Meitzen, K. M. (2009). Hydrogeomorphic Controls of Post-Logging Successional Pathways in a Southern Floodplain Forest.

Kupfer, J. A., Meitzen, K. M., & Graf, W. L. (2009). Forest Recovery and Hydrologic Modeling on New Park Lands.

Meitzen, K. M., Howard, C. S., & Nystrom, Jr, P. G. (2009). Geologic Map of the Poinsett State Park 7.5 Minute Quadrangle, Sumter County, South Carolina. In United States Geological Survey, Geological Quadrangle Map Series 46.

Meitzen, K. M., & Crockett, M. (2009). Lynches Scenic River Water Trail Guide (p. 95). SCDNR Publication.

Meitzen, K. M. (2008). Congaree Floodplain Decision Support Project: Assessing the Extent of River Regulation Effects on Resources within and around Congaree National Park, South Carolina.

Meitzen, K. M. (2008). The Effects of Lateral Channel Migration Rates on Riparian Forest Structure and Composition, Congaree River, Congaree National Park, South Carolina.

Meitzen, K. M. (2007). The Hydrologic Effects of Saluda Dam on Downstream Flows in the Lower Congaree River During the 1998-2002 Drought.

Meitzen, K. M. (2007). Downstream Effects of Saluda Dam Flow Alterations on Congaree River Flows During the 1998-2002 Drought.

Meitzen, K. M. (2007). Congaree River Floodplain Inundation Model: Developing a GIS-Based Decision Support System for Congaree National Park, South Carolina.

Meitzen, K. M. (2006). Development, Disturbance, and Maintenance: Process-Pattern Relationships in Riparian Environments, Congaree River, Congaree National Park, South Carolina.

Meitzen, K. M., & Shelley, D. R. (2006). Preliminary GIS Assessment of Near-Channel Floodplain Development, Congaree National Park, South Carolina.

Meitzen, K. M., & Graf, W. L. (2006). Congaree Floodplain Decision Support Project: Assessing the Extent of River Regulation Effects on Resources within and around Congaree National Park, Part II: Floodplain Inundation Modeling Using HEC-RAS and GIS.

Meitzen, K. M. (2005). Overbank Flooding and Sedimentation Patterns in a Floodplain Environment. University of Texas Undergraduate Research Journal, 4(1), 34–47. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/2152/10247

Meitzen, K. M. (2005). Planform Channel Changes on the Congaree River, South Carolina, 1820-2001.

Meitzen, K. M., & Hudson, P. F. (2004). Spatial Variability in Flood Deposits, Lower Guadalupe River, Texas.