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I am a functional ecologist, broadly interested in mechanisms underpinning the relationship between biodiversity, ecosystem function, and the provision of ecosystem services. I completed a Ph.D. in 2021 through the University of California, Davis and the Bodega Marine Laboratory. My doctoral research focused on linking patterns of phenotypic and genotypic diversity within seagrass (Zostera marina) populations to seagrass meadow resilience to ocean warming. I then completed a three-year postdoctoral fellowship at Bowdoin College and the Schiller Coastal Studies Center, through which I led studies on seagrass and rocky intertidal communities that integrated data on population genomics, macrophyte physiology, and invertebrate community dynamics. More recently, I have partnered with aquaculture organizations to investigate bivalve-macrophyte interactions and work towards understanding potential benefits of multi-trophic aquaculture practices in the context of ocean warming and acidification.

My research interests continue to focus on the following themes: macrophyte physiology, benthic community ecology, population genomics, ecological-evolutionary feedbacks, and global change biology. At Bangor, I am excited to be part of the ECW+ initiative on connecting “Land, Sea, and People” aimed at fostering new collaborations between the School of Ocean Sciences and UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology.

• PhD: Marine Ecology
  University of California, Davis, 2021

2024

• PublishedA somatic genetic clock for clonal species
  Yu, L., Renton, J., Burian, A., Khachaturyan, M., Bayer, T., Kotta, J., Stachowitz, J. J., DuBois, K., Baums, I. B., Werner, B. & Reusch, T. B. H., Jul 2024, In: Nature Ecology and Evolution. 8, 7, p. 1327-1336 10 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• E-pub ahead of printHerbivores can benefit both plants and their pathogens through selective herbivory on diseased tissue
  Murray, N., DuBois, K. & Stachowicz, J., 4 May 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Ecology.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2022

• PublishedLocal adaptation in a marine foundation species: Implications for resilience to future global change
  Dubois, K., Stachowicz, J., Williams, S., Pollard, K. & Kauffman, B., 22 Apr 2022, In: Global Change Biology. 28, 8, p. 2586-2610
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedPredictable Changes in Eelgrass Microbiomes with Increasing Wasting Disease Prevalence across 23° Latitude in the Northeastern Pacific
  Beatty, D. S., Aoki, L. R., Rappazzo, B., Bergman, C., Domke, L. K., Duffy, J. E., Dubois, K., Eckert, G. L., Gomes, C., Graham, O. J., Harper, L., Harvell, C. D., Hawthorne, T. L., Hessing-Lewis, M., Hovel, K., Monteith, Z. L., Mueller, R. S., Olson, A. M., Prentice, C., Tomas, F., Yang, B. & Stachowicz, J. J., 30 Aug 2022, In: mSystems. 7, 4, p. e0022422
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedThe effect of warming on seagrass wasting disease depends on host genotypic identity and diversity
  Schenck, F., DuBois, K., Kardish, M., Stachowicz, J. & Hughes, R., 18 Dec 2022, In: Ecology. 104, 3, e3959.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2021

• PublishedExperimental warming enhances effects of eelgrass genetic diversity via temperature-induced niche differentiation
  DuBois, K., Williams, S. & Stachowicz, J., 12 Sept 2021, In: Estuaries and Coasts. 44, 2, p. 545-557
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedSequential disturbances alter the outcome of inter‐genotypic interactions in a clonal plant
  Kollars, N., DuBois, K. & Stachowicz, J., 1 Jan 2021, In: Functional Ecology. 35, 1, p. 127-138
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2020

• PublishedHabitats and fish communities at mesophotic depths in the Mexican Pacific
  Hollarsmith, J., Ramirez-Ortiz, G., Winquist, T., Velasco-Lozano, M., DuBois, K., Reyes-Bonilla, H., Neumann, K. & Grozholz, E., 1 Jul 2020, In: Journal of Biogeography. 47, 7, p. 1552-1563
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedPrevious exposure mediates the response of eelgrass to future warming via clonal transgenerational plasticity
  DuBois, K., Stachowicz, J. & Williams, S., 1 Dec 2020, In: Ecology. 101, 12, e03169.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2019

• PublishedRelative performance of eelgrass genotypes shifts during an extreme warming event: disentangling the roles of multiple traits
  DuBois, K., Abbott, J., Williams, S. & Stachowicz, J., 1 Apr 2019, In: Marine Ecology Progress Series. 615, p. 67-77
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2018

• PublishedGenetic distance predicts trait differentiation at the subpopulation but not the individual level in eelgrass, Zostera marina
  Abbott, J., Dubois, K., Grosberg, R., Williams, S. & Stachowicz, J., 1 Aug 2018, In: Ecology and Evolution. 8, 15, p. 7476-7489
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2016

• PublishedResponse of a habitat-forming marine plant to a simulated warming event is delayed, genotype specific, and varies with phenology
  Reynolds, L., DuBois, K., Abbott, J., Williams, S. & Stachowicz, J., 3 Jun 2016, In: PLoS ONE. 11, 6, e0154532.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review