Item talk:Q49781

USGS Staff Profile:

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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
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   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)
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   roleName: Research Ecologist
   startDate: '2024-05-10T20:50:04.559829'
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   additionalType: self-claimed professional experience
   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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   additionalType: self-claimed professional experience
   name: Research Associate, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Fairbanks, AK, 2002 to
     2005
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   name: biogeography
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   name: ecological processes
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   additionalType: self-claimed expertise
   name: estuarine ecosystems
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   name: wetland ecosystems
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   name: wildlife population management
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   member:
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     name: U.S. Geological Survey
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   startDate: '2024-05-10T20:50:04.555953'
 name: Karen Thorne, Ph.D.
 url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/karen-thorne