Jessica E. Beyer
Research Assistant Professor of Biology
Plankton Ecology and Limnology Lab
Ph.D, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. University of Oklahoma
beyer@ou.edu
405-595-6521 (Phone)
405-325-6202 (Fax)
Old Chemistry Hall 314
Research
I'm interested in understanding and predicting how aquatic organisms respond to anthropogenically-mediated environmental changes. That is, how do the various aspects of global change, including eutrophication, climate change, habitat fragmentation, and invasive species, affect the population dynamics of primary producers and grazers in aquatic ecosystems? I use a combination of long-term monitoring, lab experiments, and meta-analysis to address these questions. My current work focuses on examining the mechanisms underlying and regulating toxicity of the toxigenic haptophyte, Prymnesium parvum.
Recent Publications
Beyer, J. E., and K. D. Hambright. 2017. Maternal effects are no match for stressful conditions: a test of the maternal match hypothesis in a common zooplankter. Functional Ecology 31: 1933-1940.
Beyer, J. E., and K. D. Hambright. 2016. Persistent and delayed effects of cyanobacteria exposure on life history traits of a common zooplankter. Limnology & Oceanography 61: 587-595.
Khazan, E. S., E. G. Bright, J. E. Beyer. 2015. Land management impacts on tree hole invertebrate communities in a Neotropical rainforest. Journal of Insect Conservation 19: 681-690.
Hambright, K. D., J. E. Beyer, J. D. Easton, R. M. Zamor, A. C. Easton, T. C. Hallidayschult. 2015. The niche of an invasive marine microbe in a subtropical freshwater impoundment. The ISME Journal 9: 256-264.
Hambright, K. D., J. D. Easton, R. M. Zamor, J. E. Beyer, A. C. Easton, and B. Allison. 2014. Regulation of growth and toxicity of a mixotrophic microbe: implications for understanding range expansion in Prymnesium parvum. Freshwater Science 33: 745-754.
