Brenda Konar
Alaska EPSCoR Fire and Ice Project Director
Professor
Marine Biology
Marine Invertebrates
Marine Mammals
Marine Plants
Scientific Diving
College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences
225 O'Neill
PO Box 757220
Fairbanks, AK 99775-7220
907-474-5028
907-474-5804 (fax)
bhkonar@alaska.edu
Office Hours
Please email for appointment.
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Edwards, M., B. Konar, J-H Kim, S. Gabara, G. Sullaway, T.A. McHugh, M. Spector, and S.L. Small. 2020. Marine deforestation leads to widespread loss of ecosystem function. PLoS ONE. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0226173
Ulaski,* B.P., B. Konar, and E.O. Otis. 2020. Seaweed reproduction and harvest rebound in southcentral Alaska: implications for wild stock management. Estuaries and Coasts. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-020-00740-1
Bland,* A., B. Konar, and M. Edwards. 2019. Spatial trends and environmental drivers of epibenthic shelf community structure across the Aleutian Islands. Continental Shelf Research 175:12–29. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2019.01.006
Metzger,* J.R., B. Konar, and M.S. Edwards. 2019. Assessing a macroalgal foundation species: community variation with shifting algal assemblages. Marine Biology 166:156. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-019-3606-1
Duffy, J.E., L. Benedetti-Cecchi, J. Trinanes, F.E. Muller-Karger, R. Ambo-Rappe, C. Boström, A.H. Buschmann, J. Byrnes, R.G. Coles, J. Creed, L.C. Cullen-Unsworth, G. Diaz-Pulido, C.M. Duarte, G.J. Edgar, M. Fortes, G. Goni, C. Hu, X. Huang, C.L. Hurd, C. Johnson, B. Konar, et al. 2019. Toward a coordinated global observing system for seagrasses and marine macroalgae. Frontiers in Marine Science 6:317. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00317
Konar, B., T.J. Mitchell,* K. Iken, H. Coletti, T. Dean, D. Esler, M. Lindeberg, B. Pister, and B. Weitzman.* 2019. Wasting disease and static environmental variables drive sea star assemblages in the Northern Gulf of Alaska. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 520:151209. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2019.151209
Ebert, T.A., L.M. Barr, J.L. Bodkin, D. Burcham, D. Bureau, H.S. Carson, N. Caruso, J.E. Caselle, J.T. Claisse, S. Clemente, K. Davis, et al. 2018. Size, growth, and density data for shallow‐water sea urchins from Mexico to the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, 1956–2016. Ecology 99(3): 761–761. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.2123
- phycology
- research scuba diving
- intertidal ecology
- ecosystem change
- kelp forest ecology
- biological and physical drivers of nearshore communities
- trophic downgrading
- Habitat degradation in kelp forests due to melting glaciers
- Arctic kelp beds in the Beaufort Sea: Detection of long-term change (BOEM)
- Long-term monitoring of ecological communities in Kachemak Bay
- Changes in ecosystem production and benthic biodiversity following the widespread loss of an ecosystem engineer
- Evaluation of nearshore communities and habitats—ecological processes in Lower Cook Inlet
MSL 692 Controversies in Marine Science
MSL 692 Professional Development
MSL 220 Scientific Diving
MSL 421/623 Field Studies in Subtidal Ecology
MSL 456/656 Kelp Forest Ecology
MSL 395 Advanced AAUS Skills