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
1 year 4 months ago
Comparing Wetland Elevation Change Using a Surface Elevation Table, Digital Level, and Total StationLynch, J. C., Winn, N., Kovalenko, K. & Guntenspergen, G., 2023, (Accepted/In press) In: Estuaries and Coasts.
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
1 year 4 months ago
Understanding Marsh Elevation and Accretion Processes and Vulnerability to Rising Sea Levels Across Climatic and Geomorphic Gradients in California, USAThorne, K. M., Bristow, M. K. L., Rankin, L. L., Kovalenko, K. E., Neville, J. A., Freeman, C. M. & Guntenspergen, G. R., 2023, (Accepted/In press) In: Estuaries and Coasts.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Regional, multi-lake anthropogenic changes revealed through macroscale paleolimnology of diatom assemblages
1 year 8 months ago
Regional, multi-lake anthropogenic changes revealed through macroscale paleolimnology of diatom assemblagesReavie, E. D., Kovalenko, K. E., Edlund, M. B. & Ramstack Hobbs, J. M., Sep 1 2022, In: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 601, 111105.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Effects of human land use on avian functional and taxonomic diversity within the upland coastal zone of the North American Great Lakes
1 year 9 months ago
Effets de l'utilisation des terres par l'homme sur la diversité fonctionnelle et taxonomique de l'avifaune dans les hautes-terres côtières des Grands Lacs d'Amérique du NordTranslated title of the contribution: Effects of human land use on avian functional and taxonomic diversity within the upland coastal zone of the North American Great LakesBracey, A. M., Kovalenko, K. E., Niemi, G., Giese, E. E. G., Howe, R. W. & Grinde, A. R., Aug 2022, In: Avian Conservation and Ecology. 17, 2, 6.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Effects of human land use on avian functional and taxonomic diversity within the upland coastal zone of the North American Great Lakes
1 year 9 months ago
Effects of human land use on avian functional and taxonomic diversity within the upland coastal zone of the North American Great LakesBracey, A. M., Kovalenko, K., Niemi, G. J., Gnass Giese, E. E., Howe, R. W. & Grinde, A. R., Aug 2022, In: Avian Conservation and Ecology. 17, 2, 6.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review