My published research can be found at Google Scholar
I am a freshwater ecologist interested in understanding how global change influences natural ecosystems.
Ph.D Thesis:
Thermal history drives trait divergence and alters the ecological role of a freshwater consumer (Gambusia affinis) (download here)
MS.c Thesis:
Microbial Response to Urbanisation and Earthquake Damage in New Zealand Streams (download here)
Ph.D Thesis:
Thermal history drives trait divergence and alters the ecological role of a freshwater consumer (Gambusia affinis) (download here)
MS.c Thesis:
Microbial Response to Urbanisation and Earthquake Damage in New Zealand Streams (download here)
Key research themes
Local adaptation to rising temperatures
DOES CONTEMPORARY EVOLUTION MODIFY CONSUMER TRAIT RESPONSE TO THERMAL CHANGE?
Moffett, E.R., Fryxell, D.C., and K.S. Simon. 2022. Multigenerational exposure to increased temperature reduces metabolic rate but increases boldness. Ecology and Evolution, doi: 10.1002/ece3.8853
Fryxell, D.C., Moffett, E.R., Simon, K.S., Kinnison, M., & Palkovacs, E.P. 2022 From Southern Swamps to Cosmopolitan Model: Humanity's Unfinished History with Mosquitofish, Fish and Fisheries, 00, 1– 19. doi: 10.1111/faf.12604
Moffett, E.R., Fryxell., D.C., Lee, F., Palkovacs, E.P. and K.S. Simon. 2021 Consumer trait responses track change in resource supply along replicated thermal gradients. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2021.2144
Moffett, E.R., Fryxell, D.C., Palkovacs, E.P. Kinnison, M.T., and K.S. Simon 2018 Local adaptation reduces the metabolic cost of environmental warming. Ecology. doi: 10.1002/ecy.2463
Fryxell, D.C., Hoover, A.N., Alvarez, D.A., Arnesen, F.J., Benavente, J.N., Moffett, E.R., Kinnison, M.T., Simon, K.S. and E.P. Palkovacs. 2020. Recent warming reduces the reproductive advantage of large size and contributes to evolutionary downsizing in nature. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2020.0608
Moffett, E.R., Fryxell, D.C., Benavente, J.N., Palkovacs, E.P., Kinnison, M.T., Symons, C.C. & Simon, K.S. 2022 The effect of pregnancy on metabolic scaling in the viviparous Gambusia affinis. In review at Integrative and Comparative Biology.
Arnott, S.E., Fugère, F., Symons, C.C., Moffett, E.R. &… Derry, A.M. 2022 Broad scale intraspecific variation in freshwater zooplankton salt tolerance. In review at Limnology and Oceanography Letters.
Moffett, E.R., Fryxell, D.C., and K.S. Simon. 2022. Multigenerational exposure to increased temperature reduces metabolic rate but increases boldness. Ecology and Evolution, doi: 10.1002/ece3.8853
Fryxell, D.C., Moffett, E.R., Simon, K.S., Kinnison, M., & Palkovacs, E.P. 2022 From Southern Swamps to Cosmopolitan Model: Humanity's Unfinished History with Mosquitofish, Fish and Fisheries, 00, 1– 19. doi: 10.1111/faf.12604
Moffett, E.R., Fryxell., D.C., Lee, F., Palkovacs, E.P. and K.S. Simon. 2021 Consumer trait responses track change in resource supply along replicated thermal gradients. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2021.2144
Moffett, E.R., Fryxell, D.C., Palkovacs, E.P. Kinnison, M.T., and K.S. Simon 2018 Local adaptation reduces the metabolic cost of environmental warming. Ecology. doi: 10.1002/ecy.2463
Fryxell, D.C., Hoover, A.N., Alvarez, D.A., Arnesen, F.J., Benavente, J.N., Moffett, E.R., Kinnison, M.T., Simon, K.S. and E.P. Palkovacs. 2020. Recent warming reduces the reproductive advantage of large size and contributes to evolutionary downsizing in nature. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2020.0608
Moffett, E.R., Fryxell, D.C., Benavente, J.N., Palkovacs, E.P., Kinnison, M.T., Symons, C.C. & Simon, K.S. 2022 The effect of pregnancy on metabolic scaling in the viviparous Gambusia affinis. In review at Integrative and Comparative Biology.
Arnott, S.E., Fugère, F., Symons, C.C., Moffett, E.R. &… Derry, A.M. 2022 Broad scale intraspecific variation in freshwater zooplankton salt tolerance. In review at Limnology and Oceanography Letters.
Eco-evolutionary change
DOES EVOLUTIONARY CHANGE INFLUENCE THE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF ECOSYSTEMS?
Moffett, E.R., Baker, H.K., Bonadonna, C.C., Shurin, J.B. and C.C. Symons. 2020. Cascading effects of freshwater salinization on plankton communities in the Sierra Nevada. Limnology and Oceanography. doi: 10.1002/lol2.10177
Wood, Z.T., Fryxell, D.C., Moffett, E.R., Kinnison, M.T., Simon, K.S. and E.P. Palkovacs. 2020 Prey adaptation along a competition-defense tradeoff cryptically shifts trophic cascades from density-to trait-mediated. Oecologia. doi: 10.1007/s00442-020-04610-2
Moffett, E.R., Fryxell, D.C., Perry, G.L.W. & Palkovacs, E.P. & Simon, K.S. Thermal history alters the ecological role of consumer body size, In preparation (available upon request)
Moffett, E.R., Baker, H.K., Bonadonna, C.C., Shurin, J.B. and C.C. Symons. 2020. Cascading effects of freshwater salinization on plankton communities in the Sierra Nevada. Limnology and Oceanography. doi: 10.1002/lol2.10177
Wood, Z.T., Fryxell, D.C., Moffett, E.R., Kinnison, M.T., Simon, K.S. and E.P. Palkovacs. 2020 Prey adaptation along a competition-defense tradeoff cryptically shifts trophic cascades from density-to trait-mediated. Oecologia. doi: 10.1007/s00442-020-04610-2
Moffett, E.R., Fryxell, D.C., Perry, G.L.W. & Palkovacs, E.P. & Simon, K.S. Thermal history alters the ecological role of consumer body size, In preparation (available upon request)
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anthropogenic stressors
DOES URBANIZATION AFFECT MICROBIAL PROCESSING AND TROPHIC INTERACTIONS?
Moffett, E.R., Simon, K.S. and J.S. Harding. 2015. Urbanisation and earthquake disturbance influence microbial nutrient limitation in streams. Freshwater Biology. doi: 10.1111/fwb.12600
Neale, M.W. and E.R. Moffett. 2016. Re-engineering buried urban streams: Daylighting results in rapid changes in stream invertebrate communities. Ecological Engineering. doi: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2015.11.043
Moffett, E.R. and Neale, M.W. 2015 Volunteer and professional macroinvertebrate monitoring provide concordant assessments of stream health. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. doi: 10.1080/00288330.2015.1018913
Moffett, E.R., Simon, K.S. and J.S. Harding. 2015. Urbanisation and earthquake disturbance influence microbial nutrient limitation in streams. Freshwater Biology. doi: 10.1111/fwb.12600
Neale, M.W. and E.R. Moffett. 2016. Re-engineering buried urban streams: Daylighting results in rapid changes in stream invertebrate communities. Ecological Engineering. doi: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2015.11.043
Moffett, E.R. and Neale, M.W. 2015 Volunteer and professional macroinvertebrate monitoring provide concordant assessments of stream health. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. doi: 10.1080/00288330.2015.1018913
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