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• Current and Past Graduate Students
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• Chris Guo
• Adam Maire
• London Purcell
• Christine West

Konar B, *Shoot M and Iken K. 2026. Green sea urchin ranching in the Gulf of Alaska: how do location and food influence market readiness. Journal of Environmental Science and Agricultural Research. ISSN: 3029-0724.

*Kumar SV, Castellote M, Gill V, Cunningham CJ, Konar BH and Horstmann L. 2026. Anthropogenic activity and Cook Inlet beluga whale presence in two Alaska rivers. Endangered Species Research.

Firth LB, et al (many many authors, including Konar). 2026. Micro‐refuges or ecological traps: context‐dependent effects of rock pools on intertidal biodiversity across latitudes. Global Ecology and Biogeography 35.2 (2026): e70208. 

*Myers HJ, Olsen DW, Konar BH, Whitney A, Birch K, Dugan P, Mueter FJ, Guazzo RA, Horstmann LA and Matkin CO. 2025. Killer whale call detection rates vary among subspecies and populations in the North Pacific. Scientific Reports, 15(1), p.21072.

Watson JC, Edwards MS and Konar B. 2025. Sea otters and rocky reef communities. In Sea Otter Conservation II (pp. 21-68). Academic Press. 

*Maliguine AM, Hollmen TE, Amundson CL and Konar BH. 2025. Changes in benthic prey availability and quality suggest less favorable foraging conditions for Threatened Steller’s eiders (Polysticta stelleri) molting at Izembek Lagoon, Alaska. Polar Biology, 48(3), pp.1-14

Sutton L, Ulaski BP, Lundstrom NC, Whitney EJ, Fellman JB, Beaudreau AH, Jenckes J, Gabara SS and Konar B. 2025. Seasonality and hydroclimatic variability shape the functional and taxonomic diversity of nearshore fish communities in glacierized estuaries of Alaska. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology.


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• phycology
• research scuba diving
• intertidal ecology
• ecosystem change
• kelp forest ecology
• biological and physical drivers of nearshore communities
• trophic downgrading

• Long-term monitoring of ecological communities in Kachemak Bay
• Sea urchin ranching funded by the Alaska Mariculture Cluster-Southeast Conference

MSL 220 Scientific Diving
MSL 421/623 Field Studies in Subtidal Ecology
MSL 456/656 Kelp Forest Ecology
MSL 395 Advanced AAUS Skills

• EMERGE-opportunities for potential PhD students
• Scientific Diving Program