Theodore Kennedy, Ph.D.
I use food webs to describe ecosystem response to river regulation and biological invasions. I have been with USGS since 2004, providing science in support of the Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Program.
Professional Experience:
11/04 - present. Research Ecologist, Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center, Southwest Biological Science Center, US Geological Survey, Flagstaff, AZ
1/04 - 11/04. Postdoctoral researcher, Arizona State University
1/03 - 1/04. Postdoctoral researcher, Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center, Southwest Biological Science Center, US Geological Survey, Flagstaff, AZ.
Education:
9/96 - 12/02. Ph.D. in Ecology, Dept. of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, University of Minnesota. Dissertation title: The causes and consequences of plant invasions
1/90 - 12/94. B.S. in Ecology, California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo, cum laude.
Science and Products
Building a better sticky trap: description of an easy-to-use trap and pole mount for quantifying the abundance of adult aquatic insects
High diet overlap between native small-bodied fishes and nonnative fathead minnow in the Colorado River, Grand Canyon, Arizona
Barcodes are a useful tool for labeling and tracking ecological samples
The relation between invertebrate drift and two primary controls, discharge and benthic densities, in a large regulated river
Food-web dynamics in a large river discontinuum
Native and nonnative fish populations of the Colorado River are food limited--evidence from new food web analyses
Macroinvertebrate diets reflect tributary inputs and turbidity-driven changes in food availability in the Colorado River downstream of Glen Canyon Dam
Identification and evaluation of scientific uncertainties related to fish and aquatic resources in the Colorado River, Grand Canyon - summary and interpretation of an expert-elicitation questionnaire
Abiotic & biotic responses of the Colorado River to controlled floods at Glen Canyon Dam, Arizona, USA
Air-water oxygen exchange in a large whitewater river
Regulation leads to increases in riparian vegetation, but not direct allochthonous inputs, along the Colorado River in Grand Canyon, Arizona
Ecosystem ecology meets adaptive management: food web response to a controlled flood on the Colorado River, Glen Canyon
Non-USGS Publications**
**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.
Science and Products
Building a better sticky trap: description of an easy-to-use trap and pole mount for quantifying the abundance of adult aquatic insects
High diet overlap between native small-bodied fishes and nonnative fathead minnow in the Colorado River, Grand Canyon, Arizona
Barcodes are a useful tool for labeling and tracking ecological samples
The relation between invertebrate drift and two primary controls, discharge and benthic densities, in a large regulated river
Food-web dynamics in a large river discontinuum
Native and nonnative fish populations of the Colorado River are food limited--evidence from new food web analyses
Macroinvertebrate diets reflect tributary inputs and turbidity-driven changes in food availability in the Colorado River downstream of Glen Canyon Dam
Identification and evaluation of scientific uncertainties related to fish and aquatic resources in the Colorado River, Grand Canyon - summary and interpretation of an expert-elicitation questionnaire
Abiotic & biotic responses of the Colorado River to controlled floods at Glen Canyon Dam, Arizona, USA
Air-water oxygen exchange in a large whitewater river
Regulation leads to increases in riparian vegetation, but not direct allochthonous inputs, along the Colorado River in Grand Canyon, Arizona
Ecosystem ecology meets adaptive management: food web response to a controlled flood on the Colorado River, Glen Canyon
Non-USGS Publications**
**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.