I'm interested in understanding the impact of anthropogenically-mediated environmental changes on the community dynamics of aquatic organisms. That is, how do the various aspects of global change, including eutrophication, climate change, habitat fragmentation, and invasive species, affect primary producers and grazers in aquatic ecosystems? I use a combination of long-term monitoring, lab experiments, and meta-analyses to address these questions. I have studied interactions between invasive species and ecosystems, using zebra mussels, golden algae, and the invasive water flea, Daphnia lumholtzi as models. Harmful algal blooms, of both golden algae and bluegreen algae have been and continue to be a major focus of my work. My current work focuses on the interactions between bloom-forming cyanobacteria and their associated microbiome, investigating the facilitating and antagonistic role of the microbiome with cyanobacteria.
Cook, K. V., J. E. Beyer, X. Xiao, K. D. Hambright. (2023) Ground-based remote sensing provides alternative to satellites for monitoring cyanobacteria in small lakes. Water Research 242: 120076. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2023.120076
Cai, H., C. J. Mclimans, J. E. Beyer, L. R. Krumholz, K. D. Hambright. (2023) Microcystis pangenome reveals cryptic diversity within and across morphospecies. Science Advances 9(2): eadd3784. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.add3783
Beyer, J. E., R. M. Zamor, and K. D. Hambright. (2019) Detection limits affect the predictability of the presence of an invasive harmful alga across geographic space. Biological Invasions 21(7): 2301-2311. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-019-01977-z
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(10): 1933-1940. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.12901
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(3): 745-754. https://doi.org/10.1086/67719
