Professional Title
Research Associate
Research Interests
- bioindicators of watershed-level stress
- community thresholds and functional changes in response to anthropogenic stress
- habitat complexity, its role in food web structure and community dynamics
- reclamation of oil sands wetlands, with focus on ecosystem function
- food web structure and carbon dynamics in wetland ecosystems
- alternative stable states and non-linear dynamics, nutrient pulses
- community and ecosystem effects of invasive species
Education
- Postdoctoral, Ecology, University of Windsor, 2009-2013
- Ph.D., Ecology, Mississippi State University, 2009
- M.S., Fisheries/Statistics, Mississippi State University, 2001
Recent Publications
Comparing Wetland Elevation Change Using a Surface Elevation Table, Digital Level, and Total Station
Comparing Wetland Elevation Change Using a Surface Elevation Table, Digital Level, and Total StationLynch, J. C., Winn, N., Kovalenko, K. & Guntenspergen, G., Nov 2024, In: Estuaries and Coasts. 47, 7, p. 2071-2079 9 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Understanding Marsh Elevation and Accretion Processes and Vulnerability to Rising Sea Levels Across Climatic and Geomorphic Gradients in California, USA
Understanding Marsh Elevation and Accretion Processes and Vulnerability to Rising Sea Levels Across Climatic and Geomorphic Gradients in California, USAThorne, K. M., Bristow, M. L., Rankin, L. L., Kovalenko, K. E., Neville, J. A., Freeman, C. M. & Guntenspergen, G. R., Nov 2024, In: Estuaries and Coasts. 47, 7, p. 1972-1992 21 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Examining inequality in aquatic ecosystem services: Evidence from large-scale monitoring programs
Examining inequality in aquatic ecosystem services: Evidence from large-scale monitoring programsKovalenko, K. E., Ilyushkin, S., Wellard Kelly, H. A., Neville, J. A. & Guntenspergen, G. R., Jul 20 2024, In: Science of the Total Environment. 935, 173365.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Zooplankton-phytoplankton biomass and diversity relationships in the Great Lakes
Zooplankton-phytoplankton biomass and diversity relationships in the Great LakesKovalenko, K. E., Reavie, E. D., Figary, S., Rudstam, L. G., Watkins, J. M., Scofield, A. & Filstrup, C. T., Oct 2023, In: PloS one. 18, 10 October, e0292988.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Widespread retreat of coastal habitat is likely at warming levels above 1.5 °C
Widespread retreat of coastal habitat is likely at warming levels above 1.5 °CSaintilan, N., Horton, B., Törnqvist, T. E., Ashe, E. L., Khan, N. S., Schuerch, M., Perry, C., Kopp, R. E., Garner, G. G., Murray, N., Rogers, K., Albert, S., Kelleway, J., Shaw, T. A., Woodroffe, C. D., Lovelock, C. E., Goddard, M. M., Hutley, L. B., Kovalenko, K. & Feher, L. & 1 others, Guntenspergen, G., Sep 7 2023, In: Nature. 621, 7977, p. 112-119 8 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
