Personal profile
Research Interests
Her research questions are focused at the intersection areas that advance our ecological knowledge and increase our understanding around conservation and management issues in aquatic systems. Currently her research lab addresses questions that span a range of questions from genes to ecosystems primarily focused on understanding the drivers of aquatic populations and communities. Two examples include (1) examining how humans are shifting drivers of population and community dynamics through landscape changes and alteration to disturbance regimes and (2) working to improve our understanding of the ecological and evolutionary tradeoffs in cutthroat hybridization versus isolation management approaches.
Teaching Experience
Fish Biology and Management (BIOO 340)
Advanced Fisheries (WILD 408)
Elements of Ecological Restoration (NRSM 265)
Fisheries Field Internships (WILD 398/NRSM 398)
Research Design (WILD 540)
Aquatic Ecology Seminar (WILD 568)
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, Aquatic Ecology, Duke University
Master, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Bachelor, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being -
SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production -
SDG 13 Climate Action -
SDG 14 Life Below Water -
SDG 15 Life on Land
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Conserving Freshwater Biodiversity in U. S. Protected Areas – Management Intervention and the RAD Framework
Carim, K. J., Adkins, H., Murdoch, R., Simantel, L., Stephens, A., Webster, M., Hefty, K. & Eby, L. A., Feb 2026, In: Environmental Management. 76, 2, 43.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Genomic Insights Into Inbreeding and Adaptive Divergence of Trout Populations to Inform Genetic Rescue
Bell, D. A., Carim, K. J., Kovach, R., Eby, L. A., Barfoot, C., Painter, S., Lodmell, A., Amish, S. J., Smith, S., Rosenthal, L., Larkin, B., Ramsey, P. & Whiteley, A. R., Mar 2025, In: Evolutionary Applications. 18, 3, e70090.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The relationship between body condition, body composition, and growth in amphibians
Hinderer, R. K., Hossack, B. R. & Eby, L. A., Apr 2025, In: PLoS ONE. 20, 4, e0320954.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Using life history traits to assess climate change vulnerability in understudied species
Hinderer, R. K., Hossack, B. R. & Eby, L. A., Dec 2024, In: Integrative Conservation. 3, 4, p. 368-381 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Cryptic declines of small, cold-water specialists highlight potential vulnerabilities of headwater streams as climate refugia
Hossack, B. R., LeMoine, M. T., Oja, E. B. & Eby, L. A., Jan 2023, In: Biological Conservation. 277, 109868.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access11 Scopus citations
Datasets
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Dataset for the article: Metal contamination and food web changes alter exposure to upper trophic levels in upper Blackfoot River basin streams, Montana
Landers, J. (Creator), Sullivan, S. (Creator), Eby, L. (Creator), Wilcox, A. (Creator) & Langner, H. (Creator), University of Montana, Dec 2018
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/geosci_data/2/
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