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Kristen Dahl

University of South Alabama

Department of Marine Sciences

Life Sciences Building Room 25
Mobile, AL  36688  

kristenadahl@gmail.com

Project List:

Center for the Integrated Modeling and Analysis of Gulf Ecosystems II (C-IMAGE II)

Year 5-7 Consortia Grants (RFP-IV)Role: GoMRI Scholar, Graduate Student - PhD Level

Center for Integrated Modeling and Analysis of Gulf Ecosystems (C-IMAGE)

Year 2-4 Consortia Grants (RFP-I)Role: Graduate Student - PhD Level, GoMRI Scholar

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Articles - 3

2020

Lewis, J. P., Tarnecki, J. H., Garner, S. B., Chagaris, D. D., & Patterson, W. F. (2020). Changes in Reef Fish Community Structure Following the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. Sci Rep, 10(1).

2016

Dahl, K., Patterson III, W., & Snyder, R. (2016). Experimental assessment of lionfish removals to mitigate reef fish community shifts on northern Gulf of Mexico artificial reefs. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser., 558, 207–221.

2014

Dahl, K. A., Patterson, W. F., & Layman, C. A. (2014). Habitat-Specific Density and Diet of Rapidly Expanding Invasive Red Lionfish, Pterois volitans, Populations in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. PLoS ONE, 9(8), e105852.

Conference Presentations - 12

2017

Dahl, K. A. (2017). Disturbance of Northern Gulf of Mexico Reef Fish Communities: The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and the Lionfish Invasion. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17.

2016

Dahl, K. (2016). Disturbance of Northern Gulf of Mexico Reef Fish Communities: The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and the Lionfish Invasion. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16.
Dahl, K., Patterson, W., & Snyder, R. (2016). Experimental assessment of lionfish removals to mitigate reef fish community shifts on northern Gulf of Mexico artificial reefs. In Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. New Orleans, LA : 07/06/16-07/10/16.
Dahl, K. A., Patterson, W. F., Robertson, A., Ortmann, A. C., Portnoy, D., & Hogan, J. D. (2016). DNA barcoding and microsatellite genotyping reveal cannibalism among invasive lionfish in the northern Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf Estuarine Research Society Fall 2016 Meeting. Pensacola Beach, FL : 11/03/16-11/05/16.
Dahl, K. A., Patterson, W. F., & Snyder, R. A. (2016). Disturbance of northern Gulf of Mexico reef fish communities: the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and the lionfish invasion. In Bays and Bayous Symposium. Biloxi, MS : 11/30/16-12/01/16.

2015

Dahl, K. A., Patterson III, W.F., & Snyder, R. A. (2015). Invasive lionfish on panhandle artificial reefs: trends, effects, and potential mitigation measures. In 2015 Florida Artificial Reef Summit. Clearwater Beach, FL : 01/14/15-01/16/15.
Dahl, K. A., Patterson III, W. F., & Snyder, R. A. (2015). Targeted Lionfish Removals on Northern Gulf of Mexico Artificial Reefs: Effectiveness and Impacts to Native Reef Fish Communities. In 68th Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute Conference. Panama City, Panama : 11/09/15-11/13/15.
Patterson III, W. F., Dahl, K. A., Tarnecki, J. H., Norberg, M. A., & Snyder, R. A. (2015). Trophic Context of Invasive Lionfish in the Northern Gulf of Mexico Inferred from Reef Fish Diet and Muscle Stable Isotope Analyses. In 68th Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute Conference. Panama City, Panama : 11/09/15-11/13/15.

2014

Dahl, K., Patterson, W., & Tarnecki, J. (2014). Declines in small demersal reef fishes: confounding effects of the DWH oil spill and invasive lionfish. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014. Mobile, AL: 01/26/14-01/30/14: Poster.

2013

Dahl, K. A., Patterson W.F. III, & Tarnecki, J. H. (2013). Diet of the invasive lionfish, Pterois volitans, on natural and artificial reefs in the northern Gulf of Mexico. In 66th Annual Meeting of the Gulf and Caribbean Institute. Corpus Christi, TX, November 4, 2013.
Dahl, K. A., Patterson, W. F. I. I. I., & Tarnecki, J. H. (2013). Effects of a rapid invasion of Pacific lionfish, Pterois volitans, on reef fish communities at artificial reefs in the northern Gulf Of Mexico. In Alabama Fisheries Association Annual Meeting. Guntersville, AL, March 6-9, 2013.
Dahl, K. A., Patterson, W. F., III, & Tarnecki, J. H. (2013). Effects of a rapid invasion of Pacific lionfish, Pterois volitans, on reef fish communities at artificial reefs in the northern Gulf Of Mexico. In Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society. Little Rock, AR, September 8, 2013.