KENNETH M. BROWN
GENERAL RESEARCH
STATMENT
My laboratory studies ecological interactions in both
freshwater and marine food webs, at both the population and community level. In
marine ecosystems, we have studied predator prey interactions between oysters and
the southern oyster drill (a snail), the stone crab, and the black drum (a
fish). Our work has tested predictions of optimal foraging theory, how
environmental factors influence whether predators control the abundance of
oysters, and deterrents to limit predation on oyster leases. Current projects
include a sea-grant funded study of whether trapping black drum off oyster
leases will improve oyster survival, as well as studies of the predator-prey
interactions between blue crabs, oysters and mussels. We also studied how
settlement and hydrocarbon pollutants affect recruitment in the intertidal
fouling assemblage. In freshwater ecosystems, we have shown that habitat
productivity is important in explaining snail life history variation, and that
predators often control snail prey, indirectly facilitating periphyton
production. We are now studying the conservation ecology of freshwater
mussels, and have documented causes of intraspecific life history variation in
endangered species, and the importance of microhabitat factors and host fish
abundance in determining mussel distributions. Currently we are studying how
landscape-level factors determine unionid mussel diversity and abundance.
SELECTED RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS (IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS)
Brown, K. M., S. F. Keenan, and P. D. Banks. 2005. Dominance hierarchies in
Xanthid crabs: roles in resource holding potential and field distributions.
Marine Ecol. Prog. Ser., 291:189-196
Brown, K. M.,
M. McDonough, and T. D. Richardson. 2004. Intraspecific life history variation
in the southern oyster drill, Stramonita haemastoma: patterns and
causes. J. Shellfish Res. 23:149-155.
Curole, J. P., D.
W. Foltz, and K. M. Brown. 2004. Extensive allozyme monomorphism in a
threatened mussel, Margaritifera hembeli Conrad (Bivalvia: Margaritiferidae).
Conservation Genetics 5:271-278.
Brown, K. M.,
and P. D. Johnson. 2004. Comparative conservation ecology of pleurocerid and
pulmonate gastropods of the United States. American Malacological Bulletin 19:
57-62.
Brown, K. M.,
G. W. Peterson, P. D. Banks, B. Lezina, C. Ramacharan, and M. McDonough. 2003.
Olfactory deterrents to black drum predation on oyster leases. Journal of
Shellfish Research. 22:589-595.
King, E.C., K.
M. Brown, and K. R. Carman. 2002. The influence of periphyton biomass and
grazing in Physella virgata. Hydrobiologia 482:23-29.
Brown, K. M.,
and W. B. Stickle.2002. Physical constraints on the foraging ecology of an
intertidal snail, Marine and Freshwater Behavior and Physiology 35:157-166.
Bolden, S. R.,
and K. M. Brown. 2002. The relative importance of transplants, habitat,
and density to growth and survival in the the Louisiana pearlshell, Margaritifera
hembeli. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 21:89 - 96.
Banks, P. D., and
K. M. Brown. 2002. Hydrocarbon effects on fouling assemblages: the
importance of taxal differences and spatial and tidal variation. Marine
Environmental Research 53:311-326.
Brown, K. M.
2001. Mollusca: Gastropoda, Chapter 10 in Thorp, J. and A. P.
Covich, eds. The classification and ecology of North American freshwater
Invertebrates. Academic Press.
Brown, K. M.
and P. D. Banks. 2001. The conservation of Unionid mussels in Louisiana rivers:
Diversity, assemblage composition and substrate use. Aquatic Conservation
11:189-198.
Johnson, P. D,
and K. M. Brown. 2000. The importance of Micro-habitat factors and
habitat stability to the threatened Louisiana pearlshell mussel, Margaritifera
hembeli (Conrad). Can. J. Zool. 78:271-277.
KENNETH M. BROWN
BIOGRAPHICAL
SKETCH
Personal:
Born: 12/20/48 in Riverside, California Phone
and Email:
Married: two children Office:
(225) 578-1740
Home:
(225) 767-5382
Education:
University of Iowa Postdoc. appt. 1977
University of Iowa Ph.D. 1976 Ecology
Washington State University M.S. 1972 Zoology
(minor-Statistics)
Arizona State University B.S. 1970 Zoology
Professional Experience:
Associate Dean,
College of Basic Sciences 1997-2003
Acting Chairman, Zoology, 1995
Professor of Zoology, Louisiana State University, 1991 -
present
Secretary of the Aquatic Ecology Section, Ecological Society
of America, 1990-92
Associate Professor of Zoology, Louisiana State University,
1985-91
Associate Editor, Journal of the North American
Benthological Society, 1987-90
Director, Crooked Lake Field Station, 1979-85
Associate Professor of Biology, Purdue University at Fort
Wayne, 1982-85
Assistant Professor of Biology, Purdue University at Fort
Wayne, 1977-82
Instructor of Zoology, Univ. of Iowa, 1976
Teaching
Assistant and research fellow (at Iowa Lakeside Lab.), Univ. of Iowa, 1972-75
Teaching Assistant (invertebrate zoology, ecology) W.S.U.,
1970-72
Major grants: Date:
“Dynamics of
black drum predation on oyster leases: feasibility of removal 2004-2006
by gill netting and trot lines, and potential ecological
consequences” Lead PI
with B. Thompson and J. Cowan, Co-PIs. Sea Grant Gulf of Mexico Oyster
Industry Program, $264,000,
“Inventory of
freshwater mussels in three Florida parish rivers: the relationship 2004-2005
between mussel assemblages and land use, stream order and
fish diversity”.
Ken Brown and Raynie Bambarger, Louisiana Natural Heritage
Program
and U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, $34,465
“Sound cues as deterrents to black drum predation on oyster
leases”
2002-2004
Sea Grant Proposal Renewal, Gulf Oyster Initiative Program,
$180,000
“Novel methods for deterring black drum predation on oyster
leases”
1999-2001
Sea Grant proposal, Gulf Oyster Initiative Program,
$212,305,
"Population ecology of the endangered bivalve Potamilus
inflatus in the Amite,
Tangipahoa and Pearl Rivers, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
$25,000. 1994-98
“Population ecology of the endangered mussel Margaritifera
hembeli in the
Kisatchie National Forest” U.S. Forest Service, $25,000 1992-94
"Predation, Herbivory, and Disturbance: Structuring
Forces in the littoral zone
of north temperate Lakes”, funded by NSF, with Drs. Stein
and Lodge
($100,000 for
Brown). 1989-92
"Selective predation, herbivory, and habitat
structure: multiple predators and
their impact on freshwater snail assemblages", funded
by NSF, with
Drs. Stein,
Covich, and Lodge ($58,000 for Brown) 1985-88
"An experimental analysis of intraspecific life history
variation in Lymnaea
elodes", funded by NSF, $50,000
1981-82
"Ecological interactions between phytoplankton and
zooplankton in Crooked
Lake", funded by Office of Water Research, Dept. of
Interior,
($102,000)
1980-83
"Life history evolution in Lymnaea palustris",
funded by NSF, $36,000 1979-81
Smaller grants:
“Conservation strategies for the Louisiana pearlshell”,
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, with
Raynie Bambarger, $10,000
2003
“The effect of
oil pollution on oyster reef invertebrates and fish”, with Catherine 2001
Norman. Sea Grant UROP, $1200
“Translocation
methods for the endangered bivalve Margaritifera hembeli”,
1999-2000
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, with Susan Bolden $7,500
“ The effect of
hydrocarbon pollutants on recruitment in the Gulf fouling 1998-1999
assemblage”, with Patrick Banks, LUMCON foundation, $2,000
“Genetic
variation among populations of the endangered mussel 1997
Margaritefera hembeli, U. S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, with J. Curole, $10,000
"Relative importance of settlement and post settlement
mortality in oysters,
Sea Grant UROP Proposal, with Dave Swearingen ($1,600) 1993
"The role of a herbivorous snail in structuring the
benthic community of
Crooked Lake, Indiana", funded by Purdue Univ. XL grant, ($3,500) 1984
"A preliminary ecological study of the snail
communities of western
Pennsylvania", funded by the Pymatuning Laboratory of
Ecology,
University of Pittsburgh ($3,000) 1983
Purdue University Grant-In-Aid 1978
Sigma Xi
Grant-In-aid 1977-79
Predoctoral
N.S.F. Grant for work on thesis 1974-76
List of Publications:
Brown, K. M., S.
F. Keenan, and P. D. Banks. 2005. Dominance hierarchies in Xanthid crabs: roles
in resource holding potential and field distributions. Marine Ecol. Prog. Ser.,
291:189-196
Brown, K. M., M.
McDonough, and T. D. Richardson. 2004. Intraspecific life history variation in
the southern oyster drill, Stramonita haemastoma: patterns and causes.
J. Shellfish Res. 23:149-155.
Curole, J. P., D.
W. Foltz, and K. M. Brown. 2004. Extensive allozyme monomorphism in a
threatened mussel, Margaritifera hembeli Conrad (Bivalvia: Margaritiferidae).
Conservation Genetics 5:271-278.
Brown, K. M., and
P. D. Johnson. 2004. Comparative conservation ecology of pleurocerid and
pulmonate gastropods of the United States. American Malacological Bulletin 19:
57-62.
Brown, K. M., G.
W. Peterson, P. D. Banks, B. Lezina, C. Ramacharan, and M. McDonough. 2003.
Olfactory deterrents to black drum predation on oyster leases. Journal of
Shellfish Research. 22:589-595.
King, E.C., K. M.
Brown, and K. R. Carman. 2002. The influence of periphyton biomass and grazing
in Physella virgata. Hydrobiologia 482:23-29.
Brown, K. M., and
W. B. Stickle.2002. Physical constraints on the foraging ecology of an
intertidal snail, Marine and Freshwater Behavior and Physiology 35:157-166.
Bolden, S. R.,
and K. M. Brown. 2002. The relative importance of transplants, habitat, and
density to growth and survival in the the Louisiana pearlshell, Margaritifera
hembeli. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 21:89 - 96.
Banks, P. D., and
K. M. Brown. 2002. Hydrocarbon effects on fouling assemblages: the importance
of taxal differences and spatial and tidal variation. Marine Environmental
Research 53:311-326.
Brown, K. M.
2001. Mollusca: Gastropoda, Chapter 10 in Thorp, J. and A. P. Covich, eds.
The classification and ecology of North American freshwater Invertebrates.
Academic Press.
Brown, K. M. and
P. D. Banks. 2001. The conservation of Unionid mussels in Louisiana rivers:
Diversity, assemblage composition and substrate use. Aquatic Conservation
11:189-198.
Johnson, P. D,
and K. M. Brown. 2000. The importance of Micro-habitat factors and habitat
stability to the threatened Louisiana pearlshell mussel, Margaritifera
hembeli (Conrad). Can. J. Zool. 78:271-277.
Brown, K.M., J.
E. Alexander, and J. H. Thorp. 1998. Differences in the ecology and
distribution of lotic pulmonate and prosobranch gastropods. Amer. Malacol.
Bull., 14:91-101.
Brown, K. M. 1998. The role of shell strength in the
foraging of crayfish for gastropod prey. Freshw. Biol. 40:1-6.
Brown, K. M., and
D. C. Swearingen. 1998. Effects of seasonality, length of immersion, locality
and predation on an intertidal fouling assemblage in the northern Gulf of Mexico. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 225:107-121.
McCoy, D., and K. M.
Brown. 1998. Short term changes in recruitment of the barnacle Balanus
eburneus due to oil pollution, Mar. Env. Res. 45:209-224.
Johnson, P. D.,
and K. M. Brown. 1998. Intraspecific life history variation in the threatened Louisiana pearlshell mussel, Margaritifera hembeli (Conrad). Freshw. Biol. 40:1-13.
Lodge, D. M., R.
A. Stein, K M. Brown, A. P. Covich, C. Bronmark and J. E. Garvey. 1998.
Predicting impact of freshwater exotic species on native biodiversity:
challenges in spatial and temporal scaling. Austr. J. Ecol. 23:53-67.
Brown, K.M. 1997.
Patterns of temporal and spatial overlap in the gastropod assemblage of a
macrophyte bed. Amer. Mala. Bull. 14:27-43.
Johnson, P. D.
and K. M. Brown. 1997. The role of current and light in explaining the
habitat distribution of the lotic snail Elimia semicarinata. J. N. Amer.
Benth. Soc. 15:344-369.
Brown, K. M.
1997. Size-specific aspects of the foraging ecology of the southern oyster
drill, Stramonita haemastoma. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 214:249-262.
Brown, K. M. and
J. Curole. 1997. Longitudinal changes in the mussels of the Amite River: Endangered species, effects of gravel mining, and shell morphology. In, K.
S. Cummings, ed. Conservation and Management of Freshwater Mussels,
Vol. 2, Upper Mississippi River Conservation Committee, pp. 211-218.
Brown, K. M., and
J. E. Alexander. 1995. Group foraging in a marine gastropod predator:
benefits and costs to individuals. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 112: 97-105.
Brown, K. M., K.
R. Carman and V. Inchausty. 1994. Density-dependent influences on feeding and
metabolism in a freshwater snail. Oecologia 99: 158-165.
Johnson, P. D., K. M. Brown, and C. V. Covell, Jr.
1994. A comparison of the macroinvertebrate assemblage in Doe Run Creek, Kentucky: 1960 and 1990, JNABS 13: 496-510.
Brown, K. M., and
D. M. Lodge. 1993. The importance of specifying null models: are
invertebrates really more abundant in vegetated habitats? Limnol. Oceanogr.
38: 217-225.
Brown, K. M.
1992. Site specific constraints on shell selection behavior in the hermit
crab, Clibanarius vittatus. J. Mar. Behav. and Physiol., 21: 239-254.
Brown, K. M. and
N. Haight. 1992. The foraging ecology of the Gulf of Mexico stone crab, Menippe
adina. J. Exper. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 160: 67-80.
Richardson, T. D., and K. M. Brown. 1992.
Predation risk and feeding in an intertidal predatory snail. J. Exper. Mar.
Biol. Ecol. 163: 169-182.
Brown, K. M., and
T. D. Richardson. 1992. Phenotypic plasticity in the life histories and
production of two warm-terperate viviparid prosobranchs. Veliger, 35: 1-11.
Brown, K. M. 1991.
Chapter 10: Mollusca. In, J. Thorp and A. P. Covich, (eds.). The
Ecology and Classification of Freshwater Invertebrates, Acad. Press, pp.
285-314.
Richardson, T.
D., and K. M. Brown. 1990. Wave exposure and prey size selection in an
intertidal predator. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol., 142: 105-120.
Brown, K. M., D. E. Varza, and T. D. Richardson. 1989. Life histories and population dynamics of two
subtropical snails (prosobranchia: Viviparidae). J. of the North Amer.
Benthol. Soc. 8: 222-228.
Richardson, T.
D., and K. M. Brown. 1989. Secondary production of two subtropical snails
(Prosobranchia: Viviparidae). J. of the North Amer. Benthol. Soc. 8: 229-236.
Richardson, T.
D., J. F. Scheiring, and K. M. Brown. 1988. Secondary production of two lotic
snails (Pleuroceridae: Elinia). J. North Amer. Benthol. Soc. 7:
234-241.
Brown, K. M. and
T. D. Richardson. 1988. Genetic polymorphism in gastropods: comparison of
methods and habitat scales. Amer. Mala. Bull. 6: 9-17.
Brown, K. M. and
B. H. Strouse. 1988. Relative vulnerability of six freshwater gastropods to
the leech Nephelopsis obscura Freshwater Biol. 19: 157-166.
Brown, K. M. and
J. F. Quinn. 1988. The effect of wave action on growth in 3 species of
intertidal gastropods. Oecologia 75: 420-425.
Brown, K. M., B.
K. Leathers, and D. J. Minchella. 1988. Trematode Prevalence and the
population dynamics of freshwater pond snails. Amer. Midl. Natur., 120:
289-301.
Brown, K. M. and
T. D. Richardson. 1987. Foraging Ecology of the Southern Oyster drill, Thais
haemastoma: constraints on prey choice, Jour. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 114:
123-141.
Lodge, D., K. M.
Brown, S. Klosiewski, R. Stein, A. Covich, C. Bronmark and B. Leathers. 1987.
Distribution of freshwater snails: spatial scale and the relative importance of
physicochemical and biotic factors. American Malacological Bulletin, 5 (1):
73-84.
Minchella, D, K.
M. Brown, B. K. Leathers and J. N. McNair. 1985. Host and parasite
counter-adaptations: An example from a freshwater snail. American Naturalist
126(6): 843-854.
Brown, K. M.
1985. Mechanisms of life history adaptation in the temporary pond snail
Lymnaea elodes (Say). American Mala. Bull. 3(2): 143-150.
Brown, K. M.
1985. Intraspecific life history variation in a pond snail: the roles of
population divergence and phenotypic plasticity. Evolution 39(2): 387-395.
Brown, K. M. and
D. R. DeVries. 1985. Predation and the distribution and abundance of a
pulmonate pond snail. Oecologia 66: 93-99.
Brown, K. M., D.
R. DeVries and B. K. Leathers. 1985. Causes of life history variation in the
freshwater snail Lynmaea elodes. Malacologia 26 (1-2): 191-200.
DeVries, D. R.,
K. M. Brown, and R. A. Stein. 1983. Effects of production and predation on the
freshwater pulmonate snail, Lymnaea elodes. Ohio J. Sci. 83:95
Konopka, A., K.
M. Brown and C. R. Lovell. 1983. Selective feeding by zooplankton:
implications for lake productivity. Purdue University Water Resources Research Center Technical Report 161. 126 pp.
Brown, K. M.
1983. Are life history strategies real?: Data from fresh water snails. Amer.
Natur. 121: 871-879.
Brown, K. M.
1982. Resource overlap and competition in pond snails: An experimental
analysis. Ecology 63: 412-422.
Brown, K. M.
1981. Foraging ecology and niche partitioning in orb-weaving spiders.
Oecologia 50: 380-385.
Brown, K. M.
1979. Effects of experimental manipulations on the life history pattern of
Lymnaea stagnalis appressa Say. Hydrobiologia 65: 165-176.
Brown, K. M.
1979. The adaptive demography of four fresh water pulmonate snails. Evolution
33: 417-432.
Gamboa, G. and K.
M. Brown. 1976. Comparative foraging behavior of six sympatric woodpecker
species. Proc. Iowa Acad. Sci. 82: 179-181.
Brown, K. M.
1975. Estimation of demographic parameters from sampling data. Amer. Mild.
Natur. 93: 454-459.
Chapters in Books:
Brown, K. M.
2001. Chapter 10: Mollusca, Gastropoda, In, Thorp, J.H. and A. P. Covich (eds)
Ecology and Classification of North American Freswhater Invertebrates.
Academic Press, pp. 297 -330
Brown, K. M.
1991. Chapter 10: Gastropoda. In., Thorp, J., and A. P. Covich
(eds.). The Ecology and Classification of Freshwater Invertebrates. Acad.
Press, pp. 285-314.
Brown, K. M. and
J. Curole. 1997. Longitudinal changes in the mussels of the Amite River: Endangered species, effects of gravel mining, and shell morphology. In, K.
S. Cummings, ed. Conservation and Management of Freshwater Mussels,
Vol. 2, Upper Mississippi River Conservation Committee, pp. 211-218.
Abstracts:
Bambarger, R.,
and K. M. Brown. Landscape level factors and the distribution of unionid
mussels in Louisiana rivers. Annual Mtg. Of the North Amer. Benthological
Society, New Orleans, May 2005.
Brown, K. M.
Conservation status of gastropods in the southeastern United States. 2004. Invited presentation, FMCS and Nature Conservancy mtg., Tuscaloosa, Al.
Brown, K. M., M.
McDonough, and T. D. Richardson. 2004. Intraspecific life history variation in
the southern oyster drill, Stramonita haemastoma: patterns and causes.
Benthic Ecology Meetings, March, Mobile Alabama.
Brown, K. M., G.
W. Peterson, M. McDonough, P. D. Banks, and B. Lezina. 2004. Deterrents to
black drum predation on oyster leases. Benthic Ecology Meetings, March, Mobile Alabama.
Brown, K. M., G.
W. Peterson, M. McDonough, P. D. Banks, and B. Lezina. Deterrents to black drum
predation on oyster leases. National Shellfisheries Association national
meetings, New Orleans, April, 2003.
Brown, K. M1.,
G. Peterson2, M. McDonough1, P. Banks1 and B.
Lezina.1 2003. Deterrents to black drum predation on oyster
leases. Presented at the Estuarine Research Federation meetings in Seattle Washington, September 2003.
Brown, K. M1.,
G. Peterson2, M. McDonough1, P. Banks1 and B.
Lezina.1 . 2003. Deterrents to black drum predation on
oyster leases. Presented at the Louisiana Chapter of the American Fisheries
Society meeting, LSU, February 2004.
Brown, K. M., and
P. D. Johnson. 2003. The conservation status of North American freshwater
gastropods. Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society biennial meeting, Durham , North Carolina.
Brown, K.M., and
P. D. Johnson. 2002. The conservation ecology of freshwater gastropods. Plenary
talk, American Malacological Society Meetings, Charleston, South Carolina.
Brown, K. M., E.
Lotufo-King, and K. Carman. 2002. What can radio-isotope methods tell us about
grazing in Physella? American Malacological Society Meetings, Charleston, South Carolina.
Brown, K. M., G.
Peterson, P. Banks and M. McDonough.2002. Scent deterrents to black drum
predation on oyster leases, Benthic Ecology Meetings, Orlando, Florida.
Brown, K. M., S.
R. Bolden, and P. D. Johnson. 2001. Differences in the ecology and conservation
of Unionids between small streams and large rivers in Louisiana. Invited
presentation at Symposium on Freshwater mussel ecology and conservation.
Bulletin of the North American Benthological Society, p. 198-199.
Bolden, S. R.,
and K. M. Brown. 2001. Effects of translocation, microhabitat and density on
growth and movement in the threatened Louisiana Pealshell, Margaritifera
hembeli. Program and Abstracts, 2nd Symposium of the Freshwater
Mollusk Conservation Society, Pittsburgh, PA., p. 36.
Brown, K.M., P.D.
Banks, and S. F. Keenan. 2000. Community Ecology of Louisiana unionids:
differences among rivers and coexistence of species. Program Guide and
Abstracts, First Symposium of the Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society, p.
24.
Brown, K. M.
2000. What we know of the comparative ecology of freshwater pulmonate and
prosobranch gastropods, Invited presentation, Program Guide and
Abstracts, First Symposium of the Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society, p.
84.
Banks, P. D., and
K. M. Brown. 1999. Effects of hydrocarbon contaminants on recruitment of the
American oyster (Crassostera virginica) and other fouling organisms.
Program of the 1999 Benthic Ecology Meetings, Baton Rouge, LA, p. 20.
Brown, K. M., P.
Banks, S. Keenan, and W. B. Stickle. 1998. Why are oysters in hot water? Proc.
Of the Benthic Ecology meetings, Melbourne, Florida.
Brown, K. M., J.
Alexander, and J. Thorp. 1997. A multifactorial model explaining lotic
gastropod distributions, Bull. N. Amer. Benthol. Soc.
Brown, K. M. and
J. Curole. 1996. Longitudinal changes in the mussels of the Amite River: Endangered species, effects of gravel mining, and shell morphology. Conservation
and Management of Freshwater Mussels, Vol. 2, Initiatives for the future, p.
33.
Brown, K. M., K.
R. Carman, and V. Inchausty. 1994. Density dependence on the grazing rate of
a freshwater gastropod, NABS mtg., Orlando, FL.
Johnson, P. D.,
and K. M. Brown. 1994. The population ecology and habitat requirements of the
Louisiana Pearl Shell, Margaritifera hembeli, NABS Mtg., Orlando, FL.
Brown, K. M., and
D. Swearingen. 1994. Seasonal, tidal, and spatial variation in invertebrate
recruitment along the Louisiana Coast. Benthic Ecology mtgs.
Brown, K. M.
1993. Settlement vs. Post-settlement control of gulf oyster abundance and
distribution. Benthic Ecol. Meetings.
Lodge, D. M., K.
M. Brown, M. D. Hoffmann, and J. Curole. 1993. Variable macrophyte selection
by Crayfish., Ecol. Soc. Amer. Meetings.
Brown, K. M.
1992. Possible "sources" and "sinks" in an oyster
population along the Louisiana coast. Bull. Ecol. Soc. Amer. 73: 125.
Brown, K. M. and
P. D. Johnson. 1992. Does current velocity mediate biotic intereactions in
stream environments? Data for lotic gastropods. Annual meeting of the North
American Benthological Society.
Brown, K. M. and
J. Alexander. 1991. Group feeding in a marine invertebrate predator. Marine
Benthic Ecol. Meetings.
Brown, K. M. and
D. M. Lodge. 1991. Gastropod substrate selection as a function of surface
area. Bull. Ecol. Soc. Amer. 72(2): 77-78.
Brown, K. M.
1990. The foraging ecology of the Gulf of Mexico Stone Crab. Mar. Benthic
Ecol. Mtgs.
Brown, K. M.
1990. Shell choice behavior in the hermit crab Clibanarius vittatus.
Bull. Ecol. Soc. Amer. 71: 105.
Brown, K. M.
1989. Predation risk and gastropod herbivory. Bull. North Amer. Benth. Soc.
6: 60.
Richardson, T.
D., K. M. Brown. Causes of intraspecific life history variation in two stream
detritivores. Bull. North Amer. Benth. Soc. 6: 139.
Varza, D. E., and
K. M. Brown. The adaptive value of ovoviviparity in a prosobranch stream
snail. Presented at the 1989 meetings of the North Amer. Benthol. Soc.
Brown, K. M.
1988. Resource levels and the life histories of two subtropical, Prosobranch
Stream Snails. Bull. North. Amer. Benth. Soc. 5: 74.
Richardson, T.
D., E. S. Haight, and K. M. Brown. 1988. Secondary production of two
detritivorous viviparid gastropods in a subtropical stream. Bull. North. Amer.
Benth. Soc. 5: 73.
Lodge, D. M., A.
P. Covich, S. P. Klosiewski, R. A. Stein, K. M. Brown, C. Bronmark, M. W.
Kershner, P. M. Charlebois, and E. S. Haight. 1988. Reductions in abundance
and species richness of macrophytes and snails by crayfish in northern Wisconsin lakes. Bull. North. Amer. Benth. Soc. 5: 102.
Brown, K. M. and
B. Strouse. 1987. Relative vulnerability of six freshwater snails to the leech,
Nephelopsis obscura. Bull. Ecol. Soc. Amer. 68: 272.
Brown, K. M. and
J. Quinn. 1986. The role of wave disturbance in the population biology of 3
intertidal snails, ESA meetings. IV International Congress of Ecology, p. 103.
Brown, K. M.
1985. Some factors determining prevalence levels of trematode larvae in
freshwater snails. ASZ meetings.
DeVries, D. R.,
K. M. Brown, and R. A. Stein. 1983. Effects of production and predation on the
freshwater pulmonate snail, Lymnaea elodes. Ohio J. Sci. 83:95
Brown, K. M.
1981. Life history evolution in an aquatic snail: Genetic divergence, habitat
stability and productivity, and predation. Bull. Ecol. Soc. Amer.
Brown, K. M.
1980. Competition and the evolution of life histories in temporary pond
snails. Bull. Ecol. Soc. Amer.
Brown, K. M.
1979. Life history evolution in temporary vs. permanent ponds: Lymnae
elodes and L. stagnalis. Ann. Rep. Western Mala. Soc. 12: 11.
Brown, K. M.
1977. The adaptive significance of life history patterns in pulmonate snails.
Bull. Ecol. Soc. Amer. 58: 66.
Manuscripts Submitted or in Preparation:
Hulathduwa, Y.,
and K. M. Brown. Relative importance of hydrocarbon pollutants, salinity and
tidal height in colonization of oyster reefs by commensal assemblages,
submitted to Mar. Env. Res.
Brown, K. M.,
G. W. Peterson, M. McDonough and J. George. The deterrent effects of auditory
stimuli on feeding by the Black Drum, Pogonias cromis, on the oyster, Crassostrea
virginica. Submitted to the North American Journal of Fisheries Management.
Brown, K. M., J.
H. Cowan, B. A. Thompson, G. W. Peterson, and G. J. George. Top-down control
of oyster reefs varies both spatially and seasonally. To be submitted to
Ecology.
Hulathduwa, Y.,
W. Stickle, and K. M. Brown. The role of salinity in determining the
distribution of mud crabs. Ms. In preparation
Bambarger, R.,
and K. M. Brown. Landscape level factors and the distribution of unionid
mussels in Louisiana rivers. Ms. In prep.
Brown, K. M., and
B. Aronhime. Predator prey interactions between blue crabs and hooked mussels.
Ms. In prep.
Teaching Experience:
Ecology, Aquatic
Ecology, Evolution, Introductory Zoology and Biology, Invertebrate Zoology,
Biometry, Marine Ecology, Aquatic Invertebrates
Professional
Societies:
Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society (Gastropod committee
co-chair)
Ecological Society of America
American Society of Naturalists
North American Benthological Society
British Ecological Society
Society for Study of Evolution
Papers or Seminars Presented
2005- Landscape level factors and the distribution of
unionid mussels in Louisiana rivers. Annual Mtg. Of the North Amer.
Benthological Society, New Orleans
2004- Invited paper on gastropod conservation at FMCS and
Nature Conservancy workshop, Tuscaloosa, Al.
First, Second, Third and Fourth National Symposia on Mussel
Conservation - 1995, 1999, 2001, 2003
North American Benthological Society - 1981, 1984, 1988,
1989, 1992, 1994, 1997, 2001, 2005
Ecological Soc. of America Meetings - 1978, 1979, 1981,
1982, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1992
Marine Benthic Ecology Meeting - 1990, 1991, 1993,
1994,1998,1999, 2002, 2004
2002 Central Washington University, Arizona State University West, EPA Gulf Breeze Laboratory
2001 University of Georgia, West Virginia University
2000 U.
Louisiana Monroe, Humboldt State University, U. Minnesota Duluth, U. North
Florida, Auburn University, Southwest Texas State University, Coastal Carolina
University, Tennessee Technological University, Illinois Natural History Survey
1999 Florida International University
1998 Museum of Natural Sciences, Louisiana State University
1995 Univ.
Central Arkansas
1994 Univ.
Dayton, Valdosta State University, Massey U., New Zealand, U. Louisville,
1993 Utah State University, Mississippi State University, Lamar University
1992,1997 Dauphin Island Sea Lab, Illinois State University, University of Arkansas at Little Rock
1989 Southwest Texas State University
1988 U.
Northern Iowa
1987 Trout Lake Biol. Station; University of Wisconsin
1986 Gulf
Estuarine Research Society Meeting, Louisiana State University, Faculty of
Parasitology
1985 University of California at Berkeley, Louisiana State University
1984 Bodega
Bay Marine Laboratory, East Texas State University, AMU meetings at Norfolk, Virginia
1983 University of Pittsburgh, Michigan State University, Oakland University
1982 Wichita State University, University of Oklahoma
1981 University of Wisconsin, North Dakota State University, University of Dayton, University of Illinois
1977 University of Illinois, Texas A & M, 1977
Symposia organized or chaired
2005 - Local arrangements committee, NABS meeting, New Orleans
2004- Workshop on conservation of freshwater gastropods
(with FMCS and Nature Conservancy)
2004- Chaired contributed paper session at Benthic Ecology
Meetings
1999 - Co-organizer of Benthic Ecology Meetings, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
1999 - Mussel ecology symposium at First National Symposium
of Molluscan Conservation Society
1988, 1997- benthic ecology, NABS meeting
1986 - Marine Benthic Ecology, E.S.A. meetings
1984 - Organized symposium on Life History Evolution, E.S.A.
meetings
1984 - presented paper at symposium on physiological ecology
honoring W. D. Russell Hunter
1984 - Ecology of Clams, N.A.B.S. meeting
Submitted proposals:
“Testing consumer-stress models using manipulative
experiments on estuarine bivalves and their predators”, Biological
Oceanography, NSF, 2006 - 2008, $218,000
“Restoration of shell reefs: assessing the development of
ecological function.” With Megan Lapeyre, Renewable Resources, GACDRP,
$171,364, 2006 - 2007.
Ph.D. dissertations directed: M.S.
theses directed:
Jerry George 2004-
Raynie
Bambarger 2003-
Barry Aronhime 2004- Susan
Bolden, 1998-2001
Yasoma Hulathduwa, 2000-
Pat
Banks, 1997-2000
Paul Johnson,
1990-95 Jason
Curole, 1994-1997
Terry Richardson, 1986-90
Nick
Carter, 1995-1997
Dan
McCoy, 1994-96
Elizabeth
King, 1994-97
Libby
Lancaster, 1991-93
Dennis
Varza, 1987-89
Seven undergraduate Thesis students and one Master’s
student, Purdue, 1978-85
3 REU students, LSU, 1988-92
Committee Experience
University level:
Internal Evaluation Committee, BOR enhancement
proposals, 1999, 2005
Cost Accounting Standards committee 1997-1999
Ethics committee 1997-1999
University safety committee 1998-2003
University Animal Care Committee 2000-2003
Research Administration Efficiency committee
2002-2003
College level:
Advising Katrina displaced students registering
at LSU, 2005
Associate Dean for Research and Administration
1997-2003
Distinguished Dissertation and Non-tenured
Faculty Research Award (Chair) , 1997-2003
Shops and Analytical Services (Chair), 1997-2003
Biological Sciences Chair search Chairperson,
2000
Senior Crystallographer search chairperson, 1999
Curriculum Committee, 1995-1997
College Policy Committee, 1991 - 93
College Admissions, Scholarship, Standards and
Honors Committee, 1987-90
Interdisciplinary Studies in Systematics and
Evolutionary Biology,
Secretary, 1990 - 92
Distinguished Dissertation Committee, 1988
Department level:
Judge for Biograds symposium, 2005
Computer committee 2004-
Acting Dept. Chairman, 1995
Curriculum Committee Chairman, 1987-90, chair
1995-1997
Steering Committee Chair, 1993 - 94
Awards Committee Chair, 1993 - 94
Departmental Steering Committee,
1991 - 1994
Mentoring committee chair, Dr. Kevin Carman,
1991-1996
Mentoring committee chair, Dr. Charles
Ramcharan, 1995-2001
Mentoring committee, Jim Cronin, 2001-
Ecologist Recruiting Committee, 1987-88, 1993,
Chair; 1994-95
Graduate Committee, 1986-87, 1987-88, Chair;
1991-92, Chair;
Space Utilization Committee, 1986 - 1989
Recruiting Committee for Amphibian Systematist,
1986, 1989
Ecology Area Committee, 1986 -
Reviews of Manuscript and Grant Proposals (1985-present):
Journals:
Southeastern Naturalist : Guest editor, 2005
Journal of Shellfish Research (1)
Marine Biology (1)
Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology (1)
Ecography (1)
Ecology (25)
Ecological Applications (1)
J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. (27)
Hydrobiol. (1)
Amer. Midl. Natur. (12)
Apex (1)
Trans. Amer. Fish. Soc. (1)
Amer. Natur. (4)
Physiological and Biochemical Zoology (1)
J. North Amer. Benth. Soc. (18)
Malacologia (2)
Amer. Mala. Bull. (7)
Oecologia (5)
Archiv. Hydrobiologie (2)
Louisiana Acad. Sci. (1)
Freshw. Biol. (1)
Wetlands (1)
Marine Ecology Prog. Series (1)
Annals of Trop. Med. And Parasit. (1)
Physio. Biochem. And Zool. (1)
Southeastern Naturalist (2)
J. Molluscan Studies (2)
Proposals:
National Science Foundation (61)
National Geo. Soc. (5)
Fulbright Fellowships (2)
NSERC (Canada) (2)
Outside letters for tenure or promotion review (11)
Dr. Brown (white hat) sampling a steam in the Kisatchie National Forest with state officials looking for endangered mussels
One of the oyster reefs we have worked on
