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usgs_staff_profile:

 meta:
   status_code: 200
   timestamp: '2023-09-30T17:24:14.456408'
   url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/karen-thorne
 profile:
   abstracts: []
   affiliations:
   - California Landscape Conservation Cooperative Science Team
   education:
   - PhD, Geography, Global Change, University of California, Davis, 2012
   - MSc, Geography, Environmental Studies, University of California, Davis, 2008
   - BS, Wildlife, Fish, & Conservation Biology, University of California, Davis
     2000
   email: kthorne@usgs.gov
   expertise_terms:
   - biogeography
   - ecological processes
   - estuarine ecosystems
   - habitats
   - wetland ecosystems
   - coastal ecosystems
   - sea-level change
   - endangered species
   - migratory species
   - species diversity
   - vegetation
   - vertebrates
   - wildlife
   - wildlife population management
   honors: []
   intro_statements:
   - Dr. Karen Thorne is a Research Ecologist with the USGS Western Ecological Research
     Center,
   name: Karen Thorne, Ph.D.
   name_qualifier: null
   orcid: 0000-0002-1381-0657
   organization_link: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/werc
   organization_name: Western Ecological Research Center (WERC)
   personal_statement: Her research focus is in climate change impacts to ecosystems.
     In particular, her work has included assessing sea-level rise and storms impacts
     to nearshore ecosystems, wetland ecology and wildlife. She received her Ph.D.
     and MS from the University of California, Davis.Dr. Thorne's interests lie in
     conservation issues surrounding climate-related research that assess changes
     to ecosystems and wildlife.  Her current focus is assessing how sea-level rise
     and storms impact salt marsh ecosystems and local wildlife populations. In particular,
     Dr. Thorne is interested in how wildlife respond to high water events and how
     this relates to predation and breeding success.  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 EcologyThreatened & Endangered SpeciesWildlife
     BiologyLandscape EcologyEcological Response ModelingStorm MonitoringSea-level
     Rise Planning & Decision Support
   professional_experience:
   - Biologist, USGS, Western Ecological Research Center, San Francisco Bay Estuary
     Field Station, 2005 to present
   - Research Associate, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Fairbanks, AK, 2002 to 2005
   title: Research Ecologist