Publications

Publications are available through google scholar  and  research gate; please contact me at kmalofs[at]umich.edu if you would like a reprint.

Jackson SA, *Lucas K, Wehrly K and KM Alofs. In Press. Influence of genetics and plasticity on the metabolic performance of a an important coolwater adapted freshwater fish. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Science.

Zhou Y, *Liu X, Zhao G, Zuo C, Alofs KM, Wang, R. 2024. Pathways linking watershed development and riparian quality to stream water quality and fish communities: Insights from 233 subbasins of the Great Lakes region. Water Resources. 261: 121964. DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2024.121964

King KBS*, Giacomini H, Wehrly K, López-Fernández H, Thomer A, and KM Alofs. 2023. Using historical fish catch data to evaluate changes in relative abundance in response to a changing climate. Ecography. 2023: e06798. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.06798 

Bunnell DB, Ackiss AS, Alofs KM, Brant CO, Bronte CR, Claramunt RM, Dettmers JM, Honsey AE, Mandrak NE, Muir AM, Santucci Jr VJ, Smith DR, Strach RM, Sweka JA, Weidel BC, Mattes WP, Newman KR, and K Schilling. 2023. A bi-national partnership to restore coregonine diversity to the Laurentian Great Lakes. Environmental Reviews. doi.org/10.1139/er-2022-0109 

Marano E, Dieter P, DB Bunnell, and Alofs KM. 2023. Evidence for the importance of invasive Dreissena veligers as a novel prey item for larval fish in Lake Huron. Hydrobiologia. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-023-05250-2

Rowe MD, Prendergast S, Alofs KM, Bunnell DB, Rutherford ES, and EJ Anderson. 2022. Predicting larval alewife transport in Lake Michigan using hydrodynamic and Lagrangian particle dispersion models. Limnology and Oceanography. 67: 2042-2058.  http://doi.org/10.1002/lno.12186 

Alofs KM and K Wehrly. 2022. Developing a Resist-Accept-Direct (RAD) Framework for managing freshwater fish species shifting in and out of political jurisdictions. Fisheries Management and Ecology. 29: 486-490 https://doi.org/10.1111/fme.12546 

Loewen CJG, Jackson DA, Chu C, Alofs KM, Hansen, GJA, Honsey AE, Minns CK and Wehrly KE. 2022. Bioregions are predominantly climatic for fishes of northern lakes. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 31: 233-246. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13424 

Alofs, KM. 2019. Landscape approaches to understanding invasions in inland lakes: Rainbow Smelt (Osmerus mordax) as a case study. Book Chapter in Advances in Understanding Landscape Influences on Freshwater Habitats and Biological Assemblages. RM Hughes, DM. Infante, L Wang, K Chen, BF Terra (eds). American Fisheries Society Symposium. American Fisheries Society, Bethesda MD.

Lamothe KA, Alofs KM, and C Chu. 2019. Evaluating functional diversity conservation for freshwater fishes resulting from terrestrial protected areas. Freshwater Biology. 64: 2057-2070. https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.13395 

Lamothe KA, Alofs KM, Jackson DA, and Somers KM. 2018. Functional diversity and redundancy of freshwater fish communities across biogeographic and environmental gradients. Diversity & Distributions. 24: 1612-1626.

Alofs KM. 2016. The influence of variability in species trait data on community level ecological prediction and inference. Ecology and Evolution 6: 6345–6353.

Alofs KM and DA Jackson. 2015. The vulnerability of species to range expansions by predators can be predicted using historical species associations and body size. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 282: 20151211. Featured in tvo.org, U of T News, Fishsens Magazine, Climate News Network, Tak Fur the Kaffe, Science World Report, Phys.org, TerraDaily, ScienceDaily, The Fish Site. 

Alofs KM and DA Jackson. 2015. The role of abiotic and biotic factors in the establishment of predatory fishes at their expanding northern range boundaries in Ontario, Canada. Global Change Biology 21: 2227-2237.

Melles SJ, Chu C, Alofs KM and DA Jackson. 2015. Potential spread of Great Lakes fishes given climate change and proposed dams; an approach using circuit theory to evaluate invasion risk. Landscape Ecology 30: 919-935.

Alofs KM and DA Jackson. 2014. Meta-analysis suggests biotic resistance in freshwater environments is driven by consumption rather than competition. Ecology 95: 3259-3270.

Alofs KM, González A and NL Fowler. 2014. Local native plant diversity responds to habitat loss and fragmentation over different time spans and spatial scales. Plant Ecology. 215: 1139-1151.

Alofs KM, DA Jackson and NP Lester. 2014. Ontario freshwater fish demonstrate differing range-boundary shifts in a warming climate. Diversity and Distributions 20:123-136. Featured in greatlakesecho.org.

Alofs KM, Liverpool EA, Taphorn DC, Bernard CR and H López-Fernández. 2014. Mind the (information) gap: the importance of exploration and discovery for assessing conservation priorities for freshwater fish. Diversity and Distributions 20:107-113. Featured in Stabroek News.

Alofs KM and NL Fowler.  2013. Loss of native herbaceous species due to woody plant encroachment facilitates the establishment of an invasive grass. Ecology 94:751-760.

Winterbottom, R, Alofs, KM and A Marseu. 2011.  Life span, growth and mortality in the western Pacific goby Trimma benjamini, and comparisons with T. nasa.  Environmental Biology of Fishes 91: 295-301.

Scott, CE, Alofs, KM and BA Edwards. 2011. Putting dark diversity in the spotlight. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 

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Alofs, KM and NL Fowler. 2010. Habitat fragmentation caused by woody plant encroachment inhibits the spread of an invasive grass. Journal of Applied Ecology 47: 338-347.

Alofs, KM and KM Polivka. 2004.  Microhabitat-scale influences of resources and refuge on habitat selection by an estuarine opportunist fish.  Marine Ecology Progress Series 271: 297-306.

Case Studies

Alofs KM, Siciliano P, Lisuk J and K Johnson-Lane. 2020. Great Lakes Invasive Species Control. Michigan Sustainability Cases. https://www.learngala.com/cases/great-lakes-invasive-species 

Alofs KM and Siciliano P. 2020. Great Lakes Nutrient Management. Michigan Sustainability Cases. https://www.learngala.com/cases/great-lakes-watershed-management  

Seelbach P, Hobrla R, Lisuk J, Siciliano P, K Johnson-Lane and Alofs KM. 2020. Great Lakes Areas of Concern. Michigan Sustainability Cases. https://www.learngala.com/cases/areas-of-concern 

Alofs KM. 2021. Lake Levels Controls. Michigan Sustainability Cases. https://www.learngala.com/cases/lake-level-controls  

Alofs KM. 2021. Treaty Rights and Fisheries Management. Michigan Sustainability Cases. https://www.learngala.com/cases/treaty-fishing  

Jackson S, Baker E, Craven D, Roseman E and Alofs KM. 2021. Restoring the Living Fossils of the Great Lakes. Michigan Sustainability Cases. https://www.learngala.com/cases/restoring-sturgeon