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title: "Research"
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The bulk of my research has taken place in aquatic ecosystems working with fish {{< fa ship >}}. However, I did spend several summers working with reptiles and amphibians in the beautiful hardwood forests and open oak savannas {{< fa tree >}} of Tennessee. Ultimately, I consider myself an ecosystem ecologist {{< fa earth >}} interested in untangling the threads linking pattern to process behind the "black box" of ecosystems, regardless of the system.
"Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose." *- Zora Neale Hurston*
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# Functional roles of animals
#### **Animals responding to and interacting with their environment can result in the transport/modulation of nutrients and energy available for production, decomposition, and other important ecosystem processes**
**Related publications**
Hudson RR, K Wheeler, **M White**, and JN Murdock (**2024**). Migratory redhorse suckers provide subsidies of nitrogen but not phosphorus to a spawning stream. *Ecology of Freshwater Fish* <https://doi.org/10.1111/eff.12758>
**White M,** K Wheeler, RR Hudson, and JN Murdock (**2023**). Salmon of the Southeastern U.S.: Sucker migrations deliver resource subsidies to oligotrophic stream. *Ecology of Freshwater Fish* <https://doi.org/10.1111/eff.12676>
**White M** (**2021**). Nutrient contributions from and early life history variability of an adfluvial sucker in an oligotrophic southeastern stream. M.S. Thesis. Available from [*ProQuest*](https://www.proquest.com/openview/207bfc4ac4c81a004082056d0ad0b32b/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750&diss=y)
# Ecological drivers and consequences of animal movement
#### **Movement is a fundamental part of life, mediating the fitness of individuals with cascading effects at multiple scales of organization with implications for biodiversity and species evolution**
**Related publications**
Santos RO, **M White,** WR James, NM Viadero, JA Massie, RE Boucek, and JS Rehage (**accepted; in review).** Cause and consequences of individual variability in space use in subtropical riverscapes. *Scientific Reports*
# Patterns in basal resource use and energy flow
#### **The quantity, quality, and origin of basal resources entering food webs can have strong effects on the function and structure of systems with implications for stability within and across ecosystems**
**Related publications**
Sturges J, WR James, R Rezek, RO Santos, **M White**, G Badlowski, S Trabelsi, JA Massie, J Nelson, J Trexler, and JS Rehage (**accepted; in review**). Seasonality drives green and brown energy pathways in food webs across an ecosystem gradient. *Ecosphere*
# Spatiotemporal changes in animal communities
#### **The dynamics of animal communities can be related to underlying changes in socio-ecological landscapes, providing important insights for the conservation of biodiversity, resilience, and system function**
**Related publications**
Strebler M, M Grisnik, **M White**, and RJ Hanscom (**accepted; in review**). Herpetofauna of Catoosa wildlife management area and species-area relationships of reptiles and amphibians across Tennessee. *Herpetological Conservation & Biology*
## Research Funding
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