Michelle Evans-White Office: SCEN 623 |
Degrees:
Ph.D. University of Notre Dame, 2005Research Interests:
I am a stream community
and ecosystem ecologist and much of my research is at the interface of these two
ecological levels. One major area of my
research examines the roles of animals in organic matter and nutrient dynamics
in stream ecosystems. I am also
interested in how anthropogenic factors such as pollutants may alter species
functional roles by modifying organismal physiology and behavior. My studies often employ ecological
stoichiometry, which is the study of mass balance of multiple chemical elements
in ecological interactions, as a tool to examine the functional roles of species
in ecosystems. Another area of my research
focuses on the consequences of human-induced environmental change on stream communities
and ecosystem processes. I am currently
examining thresholds in aquatic biodiversity across water quality gradients in
streams to help guide the establishment of water quality criteria for EPA
region
Academic Interests:
Community Ecology, Ecosystem Ecology, Stream Ecology, EcotoxicologyLab Website:
Recent Publications:
Rosi-Marshall, E. J., J. L. Tank, T. V. Royer, M. R. Whiles, M. Evans-White, C. Chambers, N. A. Griffeths, J. Pokelsek, and M. L. Stephen. 2007. Toxins in transgenic crop byproducts may affect headwater stream ecosystems. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA) 104:16204-16208.Evans-White, M. A. and G. A. Lamberti. 2006. Stoichiometry of consumer-driven nutrient recycling across nutrient regimes in streams. Ecology Letters 9:1186-1197.
Evans-White, M. A. and G. A. Lamberti. 2005. Grazing species effects on epilithon nutrient composition. Freshwater Biology 50:1853-1863.
Evans-White, M. A., R. S. Stelzer and G. A. Lamberti. 2005. Regional and taxonomic patterns in benthic macroinvertebrate elemental composition in streams. Freshwater Biology 50:1786-1799.
Frost, P. C., M. A. Evans-White, Z. V. Finkel, T. C. Jensen, and V. Maztek. 2005. Are you what you eat? Physiological constraints on organismal stoichiometry in an elementally imbalanced world. Oikos 109:18-28.


