Lucinda Johnson, Ph.D., Interim Center Director and Senior Research Associate
Position and Focus
Areas of interest include bioindicators, amphibians and watersheds. Research projects include: effects of multiple stressors on aquatic communities; testing indicators of coastal ecosystem integrity using fish and macroinvertebrates; protocols for selecting classification systems and reference conditions: a comparison of methods.
Background
Ph.D., Zoology, Michigan State University, 1999
M.S., Environmental Science and Forestry, State University of New York, 1984
B.A., Duke University, 1976
Current Publications
Niemi GJ, Brady VJ, Brown TN, Ciborowski JJH, Danz NP, Ghioca DM, Hanowski JM, Hollenhorst TP, Howe RW, Johnson LB, Johnston CA, Reavie ED. 2009. Development of ecological indicators for the U.S. Great Lakes coastal region – a summary of applications in Lake Huron. 12(1):1-13.
Ciborowski JJH, Niemi GJ, Brady VJ, Doka SE, Johnson LB, Keough JR, Mackey SD, Uzarski DG. 2009. Ecosystem responses to regulation-based water level changes in the Upper Great Lakes. White paper:1-56.
Johnson LB. 2009. Impacts in Minnesota's aquatic resources from climate change. NRRI/TR-2009/31
Hutchens JJ, Schuldt JA, Richards C, Johnson LB, Host GE, Breneman DH. 2009. Multi-scale mechanistic indicators of Midwestern USA stream macroinvertebrates. Ecological Indicators 9(6):1138-1150.
Rohr JR, Schotthoefer AM, Raffel TR, Carrick HJ, Halstead N, Hoverman JT, Johnson CM, Johnson LB, Lieski C, Piwoni MD, Schoff PK, Beasley VR. 2008. Agrochemicals increase trematode infections in a declining amphibian species. Nature 455:1235-1239.
