Research Interests

My research has encompassed a broad background of disciplines from freshwater to marine, including sea turtle biology, fisheries management and stock assessment, physical oceanography, and most recently, water resources. Specific areas of focus at the Center for Applied Aquatic Ecology include time-series analysis of water quality data, and the effects of human impact and local climate change on water quality in Falls Lake and the Neuse River Estuary.  My research requires extensive experience with data analysis and management, bioinformatics and statistical modeling, and also emphasizes real-time remote-monitoring, sensor and software development, and innovative technologies.

Selected Publications

Burkholder, J.M., E.H. Allen, C.A. Kinder and S. Flood (2017) Natural resource condition assessment: Cape Lookout National Seashore. Natural Resource Report. NPS/SECN/NRR—2017/1434. National Park Service. Fort Collins, Colorado.

Burkholder, J.M., E.H. Allen, C.A. Kinder and E.B. Morris (2010) Assessment of Water Resources and Watershed Conditions in the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, Georgia. Natural Resource Report NPS/SECN.NRR-2010/274. National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA.

Reed, R.E., D.A. Dickey, J.M. Burkholder, C.A. Kinder and C. Brownie (2008)  Water level variations in the Neuse and Pamlico Estuaries, North Carolina due to local and remote forcing variability. Estuarine, Coastal & Shelf Science 76: 431-446.

Touchette, B.W., J.M. Burkholder, E.H. Allen, J.L. Alexander, C.A. Kinder, J. James and C.H. Britton (2007) Eutrophication and cyanobacteria blooms in run-of-river impoundments in North Carolina, U.S.A. Lake and Reservoir Management 23: 179-192.

Burkholder, J.M., D.A. Dickey, C. Kinder, R.E. Reed, M.A. Mallin, G. Melia, M.R. McIver, L.B. Cahoon, C. Brownie, N. Deamer, J. Springer, H. Glasgow, D. Toms and J. Smith (2006) Comprehensive trend analysis of nutrients and related variables in a large eutrophic estuary: A decadal study of anthropogenic and climatic influences. Limnology and Oceanography 51: 463-487.

Burkholder, J., D. Eggleston, H. Glasgow, C. Brownie, R. Reed, G. Melia, C. Kinder, G. Janowitz, R. Corbett, M. Posey, T. Alphin, D. Toms, N. Deamer and J. Springer (2004) Comparative impacts of two major hurricane seasons on the Neuse River and western Pamlico Sound. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA) 101: 9291-9296.

Hopkins, T., A. Artegiani, C.A. Kinder and R. Pariente (1998) Description of the Northern Adriatic  circulation as computed from the ELNA hydrography.  In:  Ecosystems Research Report, the Adriatic Sea, 1999, by T.S. Hopkins, A. Artegiani, G. Cauwet, D. Degobbis and A. Malej (Editors).  Environment Series, Brussels, Belgium.

D.W.R. Wallace, T.S. Hopkins, W.J. Behrens, J. Deming, C.A. Kinder, W.O. Smith, Z. Top and I.D. Walsh (1995) Collaborative Research on the Northeast Water Polynya:  NEWP92 Hydrographic Data Report. USCGC Polar Sea Cruise, July 15-August 15, 1992.  Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York.

MacMurray, C. and J. Toole (1991) CTD measurements during Moana Wave Cruise 893.  Section C.2.3  in:  Requirements for WOCE Hydrographic Programme Data Reporting, by T. Joyce, C. Corry and M. Stalcup (editors).  WHPO Publication 90-1, Revision 1, World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE) Hydrographic  Programme Office, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Falmouth, Massachusetts.

R.K. Mayo, B.Z. Mansfield, C.A. MacMurray and C. Jackson (1986) Distribution of Commercial Catch and  Effort in the Otter Trawl Fishery off the Northeast Coast of the United States. Final Report.  National Marine Fisheries Service, Northeast Laboratory, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Falmouth, Massachusetts.

D.K. Odell and C. MacMurray (1986) Behavioral response to oil.  Section 4.0 in:  Study of the Effects of Oil on Marine Turtles.  Final Report, submitted by Florida Institute of Oceanography, prepared for U.S. Department of Interior, Minerals Management Service, OCS Study MMS 86-0070, 3 volumes.