Jennifer Dijkstra

Courses Taught
- BIOL 999: Doctoral Dissertation Research
- ZOOL 750/850: Biological Oceanography
- ZOOL 999: Doctoral Research
Research Interests
- Aquatic Ecology
- Biodiversity
- Climate Change - Impacts
- Coastal Environment
- Ecology
- Invasive Species
- Marine and Ocean Sciences
- Marine Biology
Selected Publications
Wilson, N., Parrish, C. E., Battista, T., Wright, C. W., Costa, B., Slocum, R. K., . . . Tyler, M. T. (2022). Mapping Seafloor Relative Reflectance and Assessing Coral Reef Morphology with EAARL-B Topobathymetric Lidar Waveforms. ESTUARIES AND COASTS, 45(4), 923-937. doi:10.1007/s12237-019-00652-9
Stasse, A., Cheng, M. L. H., Meyer, K., Bumbera, N., van Volkom, K., Laferriere, A. M., . . . Brown, B. (2021). TEMPORAL DYNAMICS OF EASTERN OYSTER LARVAL ABUNDANCE IN GREAT BAY ESTUARY, NEW HAMPSHIRE. JOURNAL OF SHELLFISH RESEARCH, 40(3), 471-478. doi:10.2983/035.040.0303
Van Volkom, K. S., Harris, L. G., & Dijkstra, J. A. (2021). Not all prey are created equal: Invasive ascidian diet mediates sea star wasting in Henricia sanguinolenta. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY, 544. doi:10.1016/j.jembe.2021.151610
Pierce, J., Butler, M. J., Rzhanov, Y., Lowell, K., & Dijkstra, J. A. (2021). Classifying 3-D Models of Coral Reefs Using Structure-From-Motion and Multi-View Semantic Segmentation. FRONTIERS IN MARINE SCIENCE, 8. doi:10.3389/fmars.2021.706674
Mello-Rafter, K., Sowers, D., Malik, M., Watling, L., Mayer, L. A., & Dijkstra, J. A. (2021). Environmental and Geomorphological Effects on the Distribution of Deep-Sea Canyon and Seamount Communities in the Northwest Atlantic. FRONTIERS IN MARINE SCIENCE, 8. doi:10.3389/fmars.2021.691668
Dijkstra, J. A., Harris, L. G., Mello, K., Litterer, A., Wells, C., & Ware, C. (2017). Invasive seaweeds transform habitat structure and increase biodiversity of associated species. JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY, 105(6), 1668-1678. doi:10.1111/1365-2745.12775
Dijkstra, J. A., Buckman, K. L., Ward, D., Evans, D. W., Dionne, M., & Chen, C. Y. (2013). Experimental and Natural Warming Elevates Mercury Concentrations in Estuarine Fish. PLOS ONE, 8(3). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0058401
Dijkstra, J. A., Westerman, E. L., & Harris, L. G. (2011). The effects of climate change on species composition, succession and phenology: a case study. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY, 17(7), 2360-2369. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2486.2010.02371.x
Bullard, S. G., Lambert, G., Carman, M. R., Byrnes, J., Whitlatch, R. B., Ruiz, G., . . . Heinonen, K. (2007). The colonial ascidian Didemnum sp A: Current distribution, basic biology and potential threat to marine communities of the northeast and west coasts of North America. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY, 342(1), 99-108. doi:10.1016/j.jembe.2006.10.020
Dijkstra, J., Harris, L. G., & Westerman, E. (2007). Distribution and long-term temporal patterns of four invasive colonial ascidians in the Gulf of Maine. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY, 342(1), 61-68. doi:10.1016/j.jembe.2006.10.015