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
Constraints on the adjustment of tidal marshes to accelerating sea level rise
1 year 10 months ago
Constraints on the adjustment of tidal marshes to accelerating sea level riseSaintilan, N., Kovalenko, K. E., Guntenspergen, G., Rogers, K., Lynch, J. C., Cahoon, D. R., Lovelock, C. E., Friess, D. A., Ashe, E., Krauss, K. W., Cormier, N., Spencer, T., Adams, J., Raw, J., Ibanez, C., Scarton, F., Temmerman, S., Meire, P., Maris, T., Thorne, K., & 13 othersBrazner, J., Chmura, G. L., Bowron, T., Gamage, V. P., Cressman, K., Endris, C., Marconi, C., Marcum, P., St. Laurent, K., Reay, W., Raposa, K. B., Garwood, J. A. & Khan, N., Jul 9 2022, In: Science. 377, 6605, p. 523-527 5 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Taxonomic bias in freshwater phytoplankton communities and its effect on environmental assessment metrics
2 years 4 months ago
Taxonomic bias in freshwater phytoplankton communities and its effect on environmental assessment metricsKovalenko, K. E. & Reavie, E. D., 2022, In: Phycologia. 61, 4, p. 436-443 8 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Experimental Tree Mortality Does Not Induce Marsh Transgression in a Chesapeake Bay Low-Lying Coastal Forest
2 years 5 months ago
Experimental Tree Mortality Does Not Induce Marsh Transgression in a Chesapeake Bay Low-Lying Coastal ForestWalters, D. C., Carr, J. A., Hockaday, A., Jones, J. A., McFarland, E., Kovalenko, K. E., Kirwan, M. L., Cahoon, D. R. & Guntenspergen, G. R., Dec 10 2021, In: Frontiers in Marine Science. 8, 782643.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Aquatic invasive species: introduction to the Special Issue and dynamics of public interest
3 years ago
Aquatic invasive species: introduction to the Special Issue and dynamics of public interestKovalenko, K. E., Pelicice, F. M., Kats, L. B., Kotta, J. & Thomaz, S. M., Apr 22 2021, In: Hydrobiologia. 848, 9, p. 1939-1953 15 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Trophic complexity of small fish in nearshore food webs
3 years 1 month ago
Trophic complexity of small fish in nearshore food websWellard Kelly, H. A., Kovalenko, K. E., Ahrenstorff, T. D., Bethke, B. J., Brady, V. J., Dumke, J. D., Hansen, G. J. A. & Rantala, H. M., Apr 8 2021, In: Hydrobiologia. 848, 10, p. 2505-2521 17 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review