• Katrin Iken

Wilkinson, S., T. Brown, and B.C. McMeans. 2020. Highly branched isoprenoids: a novel tracer of diatom-based energy pathways in freshwater food webs. Marine and Freshwater Research. https://doi.org/10.1071/MF20059

• Food web ecology
• Biomarkers
• Lipids

My research focuses on aquatic systems and trophic linkages that shape food web form and function in the Beaufort Lagoon Ecosystems. I am interested in determining what energy sources (e.g., terrestrial, bacterial, phytoplanktonic) fuel food webs and how these sources change through time and space. I use biomarkers (e.g., stable isotopes, fatty acids) as tools to better understand trophic connectedness and resilience of food webs.

• Beaufort Lagoon Ecosystems Long-Term Ecological Research