Education
Ph.D., University of Wyoming (2005)
Research Interests
Freshwater ecosystems research
About 0.02% of the water on Earth is found in rivers and lakes. Yet most of the human population lives in close proximity to these freshwater ecosystems, especially rivers, and rivers and lakes have been gems for ecological and evolutionary studies for centuries. Much of the research in my lab uses rivers as a study system to discover the degree to which a few individual species affect the 1) phenotypic traits of other species, 2) community interactions, and 3) ecosystem functions, such as carbon flow and nutrient cycling. I am also interested in interdisciplinary research blending ecological and economic concepts to further our understanding of the proliferation and control of invasive species.
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Publications
- Characterizing the role of phosphorus availability and periphytic algae in the food choice and performance of detritivorous caddisflies (Trichoptera:Limnephilidae), FRESHWATER SCIENCE (2022)
- Species-specific traits predict whole-assemblage detritus processing by pond invertebrates, OECOLOGIA (2022)
- A rolling stone gathers no eggs: the importance of stream insect egg laying natural history for stream restoration, ECOLOGY (2021)
- Animal-Driven Nutrient Supply Declines Relative to Ecosystem Nutrient Demand Along a Pond Hydroperiod Gradient, ECOSYSTEMS (2021)
- Biogeochemical characteristics and hydroperiod affect carbon dioxide flux rates from exposed high‐elevation pond sediments, Limnology and Oceanography (2021)
- High-discharge disturbance does not alter the seasonal trajectory of nutrient uptake in a montane stream, HYDROBIOLOGIA (2021)
- No Rock Left Unturned: Insect Egg‐Laying Habitat is Limited in Restored Streams, The Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America (2021)
- Understanding the Evolution of Nutritive Taste in Animals: Insights from Biological Stoichiometry and Nutritional Geometry (2021)
- Understanding the evolution of nutritive taste in animals: Insights from biological stoichiometry and nutritional geometry, ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION (2021)
- Didymosphenia geminata blooms are not exclusively driven by low phosphorus under experimental conditions, HYDROBIOLOGIA (2020)