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 name: California Landscape Conservation Cooperative Science Team

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 abstract: Research Ecologist with the Western Ecological Research Center (WERC)
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 abstract: Dr. Karen Thorne is a Research Ecologist with the USGS Western Ecological
   Research Center,
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 abstract: Her research focus is on climate change impacts to coastal ecosystems.
   In particular, her work has included assessing sea-level rise and storm impacts
   to coastal ecosystems, wetland ecology, restoration, and blue carbon. She received
   her Ph.D. and MS from the University of California, Davis.Dr. Thorne's interests
   lie in conservation and management issues surrounding climate-related research
   that assess changes to ecosystems. Her current focus is assessing how sea-level
   rise and storms impact tidal wetland ecosystems in the U.S. and island habitats.
   She conducts research to inform climate adaptation and planning to help managers
   mitigate impacts and conduct restoration. Her research is based on field data
   collection methods that can be developed into climate change impact models using
   ArcGIS and other remote sensing tools.RESEARCH INTERESTSGlobal Change BiologyCoastal
   EcosystemsWetland EcologyRestorationThreatened & Endangered SpeciesBlue CarbonLandscape
   EcologyEcological Response ModelingStorm MonitoringSea-level Rise Planning & Decision
   Support
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email: kthorne@usgs.gov hasCredential: - '@type': EducationalOccupationalCredential

 name: PhD, Geography, Global Change, University of California, Davis, 2012

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 name: MSc, Geography, Environmental Studies, University of California, Davis, 2008

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 name: BS, Wildlife, Fish, & Conservation Biology, University of California, Davis
   2000

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   name: Western Ecological Research Center (WERC)
   url: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/werc
 roleName: Research Ecologist
 startDate: '2024-05-10T20:50:04.559829'

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 name: Research Ecologist, USGS, Western Ecological Research Center, Davis Field
   Station, 2012 - present

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 name: Biologist, USGS, Western Ecological Research Center, San Francisco Bay Estuary
   Field Station, 2005 to 2012

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 name: Research Associate, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Fairbanks, AK, 2002 to 2005

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 name: biogeography

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 name: estuarine ecosystems

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 name: habitats

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 name: wetland ecosystems

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 name: coastal ecosystems

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 name: endangered species

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 name: migratory species

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 name: species diversity

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 name: vegetation

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 name: vertebrates

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 additionalType: self-claimed expertise
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   name: U.S. Geological Survey
 name: staff member
 startDate: '2024-05-10T20:50:04.555953'

name: Karen Thorne, Ph.D. url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/karen-thorne