William Garrett Jenkins
Biography
EDUCATION
M.S., Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, Arkansas State University, March 2018
Thesis Title: "Preliminary work on infestation dynamics and stable isotope ecology of a coral reef micropredator"
Advisor: Paul C. Sikkel
B.S., Biology, Centre College, May 2010
RESEARCH
Science and Products
Stable isotope dynamics of herbivorous reef fishes and their ectoparasites
Acanthurids (surgeonfishes) are an abundant and diverse group of herbivorous fishes on coral reefs. While their contribution to trophic linkages and dynamics in coral reef systems has received considerable attention, the role of linkages involving their parasites has not. As both consumers of fish tissue and prey to microcarnivores, external...
Jenkins, William; Demopoulos, Amanda; Nicholson, Matthew C.; Sikkel, Paul C. Host feeding ecology and trophic position significantly influence isotopic discrimination between a generalist ectoparasite and its hosts: Implications for parasite-host trophic studies
Despite being one of the most prevalent forms of consumerism in ecological communities, parasitism has largely been excluded from food-web models. Stable isotope analysis of consumers and their diets has been widely used in the study of food webs for decades. However, the amount of information regarding parasite stable isotope ecology is limited,...
Jenkins, William G.; Demopoulos, Amanda W.J.; Sikkel, Paul C. Effects of host injury on susceptibility of marine reef fishes to ectoparasitic gnathiid isopods
The importance of the role that parasites play in ecological communities is becoming increasingly apparent. However much about their impact on hosts and thus populations and communities remains poorly understood. A common observation in wild populations is high variation in levels of parasite infestation among hosts. While high variation could be...
Jenkins, William G.; Demopoulos, Amanda W.J.; Sikkel, Paul C.