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Brenda Konar

Brenda Konar

Marine scientist

Brenda Konar is a marine scientist, and professor at University of Alaska Fairbanks.[1]

Education

In 1991 Konar earned a master's degree from San Jose State University where she worked on Coralline algae.[2] In 1998 Konar earned her Ph.D. from the University of California, Santa Cruz[3] where she worked on benthic communities in the Semichi Islands.[4]

In 2021, she was named Project Director of the “Fire & Ice” research project.[5]

Research

She studies the die-off in sea stars.[6][7][8][9][10] She studies the decline in sea Otters, boom in sea urchins,[11] and loss of Clathromorphum nereostratum, limestone reefs.[12][13][14][15][16] She helped discover a new habitat of rhodolith.[17][18]

Selected publications

References

  1. [1]
    "Brenda Konar | College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences". uaf.edu. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
  2. [2]
    Konar, Brenda (1991). Ecological studies of Geniculate coralline algae in Stillwater Cove, Carmel Bay, CA, with emphasis on Bossiella californica ssp. schmittii (Manza) Johans (Thesis). OCLC 26613414.
  3. [3]
    Council, National Research; Board, Polar Research; Board, Ocean Studies; Board, Committee on a Science Plan for the North Pacific Research (2005-02-22). Final Comments on the Science Plan for the North Pacific Research Board. National Academies Press. ISBN 978-0-309-18207-2.
  4. [4]
    Konar, Brenda (1998). Mechanisms that structure and maintain marine benthic communities at the Semichi Islands, Alaska. OCLC 777420553.
  5. [5]
    "Konar Named Alaska NSF EPSCoR Lead". Alaska Business Magazine. 2021-06-03. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
  6. [6]
    Pierre-Louis, Kendra (2019-01-30). "Scientists Single Out a Suspect in Starfish Carnage: Warming Oceans". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
  7. [7]
    "Refuge Notebook: The fall of sea stars". Peninsula Clarion. 2021-03-02. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
  8. [8]
    Bolton, Aaron; Homer, KBBI- (2017-08-15). "Can sea stars make a comeback in Kachemak Bay?". Alaska Public Media. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
  9. [9]
    Ryan, John; Unalaska, KUCB- (2015-09-22). "Starfish losing arms to disease". Alaska Public Media. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
  10. [10]
    Ricky (2014-08-06). "Wasting away — Unknown disease affecting sea stars along West Coast". The Mouth of The Kenai. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
  11. [11]
    Cone, Marla (2007-12-01). Silent Snow: The Slow Poisoning of the Arctic. Open Road + Grove/Atlantic. ISBN 978-1-55584-769-2.
  12. [12]
    "Without Otter Predation, Sea Urchins Decimate Aleutian Reefs". KUCB. 2020-10-03. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
  13. [13]
    "Loss of sea otters accelerating the effects of climate change". ScienceDaily. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
  14. [14]
    "Sea otters help lower carbon dioxide levels". The Johns Hopkins News-Letter. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
  15. [15]
    "Combination of Climate Change and Predator Loss is Affecting Alaskan Reefs". AZoCleantech.com. 2020-09-11. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
  16. [16]
    "How sea otters can reduce CO2 in the atmosphere: Appetite for sea urchins allows kelp to thrive". ScienceDaily. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
  17. [17]
    "SitNews - UAF scientists discover new marine habitat in Alaska". www.sitnews.us. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
  18. [18]
    Riosmena-Rodríguez, Rafael; Nelson, Wendy; Aguirre, Julio (2016-10-07). Rhodolith/Maërl Beds: A Global Perspective. Springer. ISBN 978-3-319-29315-8.
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