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Dr. Jennifer Klug

Research in Ecology

Dr. Jennifer KlugI am interested in how changes in the environment affect ecological communities. Specifically, I study how organisms are directly affected by changes in the environment and how the interactions among organisms affect overall community responses to environmental change. The types of questions I address include: What are the mechanisms for direct effects of environmental change on organisms? How are direct effects of these changes modified by interactions among species to determine the change in density of a particular species? I primarily work with phytoplankton in freshwater aquatic systems but am also interested in other components of aquatic food webs.

Courses Taught:

  • BI 76 Environmental Science
  • BI 172 General Biology III - Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Science
  • BI 260 Ecology
  • BI 364 Freshwater Ecology
  • BI 388 Ecology of the North Atlantic Coast Seminar (Capstone)
  • BI 395 & 396 Independent Research I & II
  • BI 397 & 398 Internships

Recent Publications:

Klug, J.L. 2005. Bacterial response to dissolved organic matter affects resource availability for algae. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences: in press.

Klug, J.L. 2002. Positive and negative effects of dissolved organic matter on phytoplankton growth. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 59: 85-95.

Klug, J.L., and K.L. Cottingham. 2001. Interactions among environmental drivers: phytoplankton community responses to changes in nutrient loading and dissolved organic carbon. Ecology 82: 3390-3403.

Fischer, J.M., J.L. Klug, A.R. Ives, and T.M. Frost. 2001. Ecological history affects zooplankton community responses to acidification. Ecology 82: 2984-3000.

Klug, J.L., J.M. Fischer, A.R. Ives, and B. Dennis (2000). Compensatory dynamics in planktonic community responses to acidification. Ecology, 81:387-398.

Klug, J.L., and J.M. Fischer (2000). Factors influencing the growth of Mougeotia in experimentally acidified mesocosms. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 57:538-547.