Dr. Karin Kettenring

Publications | Abstracts

• Sweetman, A., Kettenring, K., (2010). Intraspecific variation in the brackish wetland dominant alkali bulrush (Schoenoplectus maritimus). Society of Wetland Scientists *
• Kettenring, K., McCormick, M.K, Whigham, D.F, (2009). A feedback mechanism for the spread of the invasive plant Phragmites australis – increased local genetic diversity and cross pollination can drive viable seed production. Botanical Society of America annual meeting
• Downward, R., Endter-Wada, J.L, Kettenring, K., (2009). Keeping wetlands wet: Wetland policies and politics in the Bear River Basin. Ecological Society of America Millennium Conference on water-ecosystem services, drought, and environmental justice
• Downard, R., Endter-Wada, J.L, Kettenring, K., (2009). Keeping wetlands wet: Wetland policies and politics in the Bear River Basin. Ecological Society of America Millennium Conference on water-ecosystem services, drought, and environmental justice *
• Kettenring, K., Whigham, D.E, McCormick, M.K, Baron, H.M, Gallagher, S.K, Baldwin, A.H, (2009). Mechanisms of Phragmites invasion in the Chesapeake Bay: Disentangling the importance of land-use, disturbances, nutrients, genetic diversity, and viable seed production. Ecological Society of America annual meeting
• Wardrop, D.H, Kettenring, K., McCormick, M.K, Easterling, M.M, Peterson-Smith, J., Whigham, D.F, (2009). Writing a new story of Phragmites invasion: Historical land cover analysis and population studies in three Chesapeake Bay subestuaries. Society of Wetland Scientists annual meeting
• Gallagher, S.M, Kettenring, K., Whigham, D.F, (2008). Effects of small disturbances on the emergence of Phragmites australis in native wetland plant communities. Oconomowoc, WI
• Baldwin, A.H, Kettenring, K., Whigham, D.F, (2008). Seed banks of brackish Phragmites wetlands. Society of Wetland Scientists annual meeting
• Gallagher, S.M, Kettenring, K., Whigham, D.E, (2008). The effects of small disturbances on germination and emergence of Phragmites australis in brackish wetlands. Ecological Society of America annual meeting
• Kettenring, K., McCormick, M.K, Baron, H.M, Baldwin, A.H, Whigham, D.F, (2008). The potential for a seed-driven invasion of Phragmites australis in developed vs. forested watersheds of the Chesapeake Bay. Ecological Society of America annual meeting
• Baron, H.M, Kettenring, K., McCormick, M.K, Whigham, D.F, (2008). Variation in seed viability, genetic diversity, and foliar nutrients of non-native Phragmites australis in the Rhode River, a subestuary of the Chesapeake Bay. Society of Wetland Scientists annual meeting
• McCormick, M.K, Kettenring, K., Baron, H.M, Whigham, D.F, (2008). Watershed land-use, viable seed production, and genetic diversity of non-native Phragmites australis in Chesapeake Bay subestuaries. Atlantic Estuarine Research Society annual meeting
• Kettenring, K., Whigham, D.F, (2007). Seed germination and seedling growth of invasive Phragmites australis from forested and developed watersheds of the Chesapeake Bay. Ecological Society of America annual meeting

An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

Publications | Fact Sheets

• Duncan, B.L, Hansen, R., Hambrecht, K., Cranney, C., Follstad-Shah, J.J, Veblen, K.E, Kettenring, K., (2019). Cattle grazing for invasive Phragmites australis (common reed) management in northern Utah wetlands. USU Extension Fact Sheets
• Rohal, C., Kettenring, K., Downard, R., Larese-Casanova, M., (2017). Soils of Great Salt Lake Wetlands: Hydric Indicators and Common Features. USU Extension
• Frank, M., Marty, J., Rohal, C., Downard, R., Endter-Wada, J.L, Kettenring, K., Larese-Casanova, M., (2016). Water Rights for Wetlands in the Bear River Delta. USU Extension
• Rupp, L.A, Whitesides, R.E, Kettenring, K., Hazelton, E., (2014). Phragmites Control at the Urban/Rural Interface. USU Extension

An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

Publications | Journal Articles

Academic Journal

• Slocombe, M.P, Ortiz, M.F, Kettenring, K., (2025). Robust native plant propagule banks limit curly-leaved pondweed. Journal of Aquatic Plant Management, 64:1
• Feldman, E.V, Walsworth, T., Kettenring, K., (2024). Native species identity drives plant community growth and biotic resistance. Applied Vegetation Science, 27:3, doi: 10.1111/avsc.12808
• Rohal, C., Duncan, B., Follstad Shah, J., Veblen, K.E, Kettenring, K., (2024). Targeted grazing reduces a widespread wetland invader with minimal nutrient impacts, yet native community recovery is limited . Journal of Environmental Management, 362, 121168.
• Henry, A.L, Robinson, R., Sinnott, K., Tars, E., Brunson, M.W, Kettenring, K., (2024). Lay of the (wet)land: manager practices and challenges in wetland revegetation. Restoration Ecology, 32:5, e14167.
• Henry, A.L, Robinson, R., Sinnott, K., Brunson, M.W, Ernst, A., Tarsa, E., Kettenring, K., (2024). Got plants? Availability of and challenges to production of native plants for wetland restoration. Restoration Ecology, 32:4, e14120.
• Hammill, E., Pendleton, M., Brahney, J., Kettenring, K., Atwood, T., (2022). Metal concentrations in wetland plant tissues influences transfer to terrestrial food webs. Ecotoxicology, 31:5, 836-845.
• Hammill, E., Pendleton, M., Brahney, J., Kettenring, K., Atwood, T., (2022). Metal concentrations in wetland plant tissues influences transfer to terrestrial food webs. Ecotoxicology
• Leonard, E.E, Mast, A.M, Hawkins, C.P, Kettenring, K., (2021). Arthropod assemblages in invasive and native vegetation of Great Salt Lake wetlands. Wetlands, 41:5, doi: 10.1007/s13157-021-01446-1
• Sima, S., Rosenberg, D.E, Wurtsbaugh, W.A, Null, S., Kettenring, K., (2021). Managing Lake Urmia, Iran for diverse restoration objectives: Moving beyond a uniform target lake level. Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, 35
• Long, A.L, Kettenring, K., Hawkins, C.P, Neale, C.M, (2017). Distribution and drivers of a widespread, invasive wetland grass, Phragmites australis, in wetlands of the Great Salt Lake, Utah, USA. Wetlands, 37, 45-57.
• Espeland, E., Emery, N., Mercer, K., Woolbright, S., Kettenring, K., Gepts, P., Etterson, J., (2017). Evolution of plant materials for restoration: Insights from the applied and basic literature. Journal of Applied Ecology, 54, 102-115.
• Duncan, J.P, Powell, J.A, Rozum, R.N, Kettenring, K., (2017). Multi-scale methods predict invasion speeds in variable landscapes. Case study: Phragmites australis. Theoretical Ecology, 10, 287-303. doi: 10.1007/s12080-017-0329-0
• Kettenring, K., Mock, K.E, Zaman, B., McKee, M., (2016). Life on the edge: reproductive mode and rate of invasive Phragmites australis patch expansion. Biological Invasions, 18, 2475-2495.
• Kettenring, K., (2016). Viability, dormancy, germination, and intraspecific variation of Bolboschoenus maritimus (alkali bulrush) seeds. Aquatic Botany, 134, 26-30.
• Rosenberg, D.E, Alminagorta, O., Kettenring, K., (2016). Systems modeling to improve the hydroecological performance of diked wetlands. Water Resources Research, 52:9, 7070-7085. doi: 10.1002/2015wr018105
• Laine, C.M, Kettenring, K., Roper, B.B, (2015). An assessment of metrics to measure seasonal variation in and grazing effects on riparian plant communities. Western North American Naturalist, 75:1, 102–114.
• Kettenring, K., Whigham, D.F, Hazelton, E.L, Gallagher, S.K, Weiner, H.M, (2015). Biotic resistance, disturbance, and mode of colonization impact the invasion of a widespread, introduced wetland grass. Ecological Society of America, 25, 466-480.
• Menuz, D.R, Kettenring, K., Hawkins, C.P, Cutler, D., (2015). Non-equilibrium in plant distribution models–only an issue for introduced or dispersal limited species?. Ecography, 38:3, 231–240.
• Hazelton, E.L, McCormick, M.K, Sievers, M., Kettenring, K., Whigham, D.F, (2015). Stand Age is Associated with Clonal Diversity, but Not Vigor, Community Structure, or Insect Herbivory in Chesapeake Bay Phragmites australis. Wetlands, 35:5, 877–888.
• Menuz, D.R, Kettenring, K., Hawkins, C.P, Cutler, D., (2015). Non‐equilibrium in plant distribution models – only an issue for introduced or dispersal limited species?. Ecography, 38:3, 231-240. doi: 10.1111/ecog.00928
• Triplett, L.D, Kettenring, K., Tal, M., Smith, C., (2014). Multiple signatures of an invasive species in the geologic record. Anthropocene, 5, 59-64.
• Downard, R., Endter-Wada, J.L, Kettenring, K., (2014). Adaptive wetland management in an uncertain and changing arid environment. Ecology and Society, 19, 23.
• Kettenring, K., (2014). Application of genetic diversity-ecosystem function research to ecological restoration. Journal of Applied Ecology, 51, 339-348.
• Hazelton, E.L, Mozdzer, T.J, Burdick, D., Whigham, D.F, Kettenring, K., (2014). Phragmites australis management in the Unites States: 40 years of methods and outcomes. AoB Plants, 6, plu001.
• Santos Vanderlinder, M.E, Neale, C.M, Rosenberg, D.E, Kettenring, K., (2014). Use of remote sensing to assess changes in wetland plant communities over an 18-year period – a case study from the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Great Salt Lake, UT. Western North American Naturalist, 74:1, 33-46.
• Laine, C.M, Kettenring, K., Roper, B.B, (2013). An assessment of permanent and nonpermanent plots in riparian vegetation monitoring. Western North American Naturalist, 73:3, 337-346.
• Menuz, D.R, Kettenring, K., (2013). The importance of roads, nutrients, and climate for invasive plant establishment in riparian areas in the northwestern United States. Biological Invasions, 15, 1601-1612.
• Sweetman, A.C, Kettenring, K., Mock, K.E, (2013). The pattern and structure of genetic diversity of Schoenoplectus maritimus: implications for wetland revegetation.. Aquatic Botany, 104, 47-54.
• Welsh, L., Endter-Wada, J.L, Downard, R., Kettenring, K., (2013). Developing adaptive capacity to droughts: the rationality of locality. Ecology and Society, 18:2, 7.
• Kettenring, K., Mock, K.E, (2012). Genetic diversity, reproductive mode, and dispersal differ between the cryptic invader, Phragmites australis, and its native conspecific. Biological Invasions, 14, 2489-2504. doi: 10.1007/s10530-012-0246-5
• Kettenring, K., Reinhardt Adams, C., (2011). Lessons learned from invasive plant control experiments: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Applied Ecology, 48, 970-979.
• Kettenring, K., McCormick, M.K, Baron, H.M, Whigham, D.F, (2011). Mechanisms of Phragmites australis invasion in the Chesapeake Bay: feedbacks among genetic diversity, nutrients, and sexual reproduction. Journal of Applied Ecology, 48, 1305-1313. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2011.02024.x
• Kettenring, K., Galatowitsch, S.M, (2011). Carex seedling emergence in restored and natural prairie wetlands. Wetlands, 31, 273-281.
• Kettenring, K., Galatowitsch, S.M, (2011). Seed rain of restored and natural prairie wetlands. Wetlands, 31, 283-294.
• McCormick, M.K, Kettenring, K., Baron, H.M, Whigham, D.F, (2010). Extent and reproductive mechanisms of Phragmites australis spread in brackish wetlands in Chesapeake Bay, Maryland (USA). Wetlands30, 67-74.
• Kettenring, K., McCormick, M.K, Baron, H.M, Whigham, D.F, (2010). Phragmites australis (common reed) invasion in the Rhode River subestuary of the Chesapeake Bay: disentangling the effects of foliar nutrients, genetic diversity, patch size, and seed viability. Estuaries and Coasts33, 118-126.
• Baldwin, A.H, Kettenring, K., Whigham, D.F, (2010). Seed banks of Phragmites australis-dominated brackish wetlands: relationships to seed viability, inundation, and land cover. Aquatic Botany93, 163-169.
• McCormick, M.K, Kettenring, K., Baron, H.M, Whigham, D.F, (2010). Spread of invasive Phragmites australis in estuaries with differing degrees of development: genetic patterns, Allee effects and interpretation. Journal of Ecology98, 1369-1378.
• Kettenring, K., Weekley, C.W, Menges, E.S, (2009). Herbivory delays flowering and reduces fecundity of Liatris ohlingerae (S.F. Blake) B.L. Rob., an endangered, endemic plant of the Florida scrub. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society136, 350-362.
• Hipp, A.L, Kettenring, K., Feldheim, K.A, Weber, J.A, (2009). Isolation of 11 polymorphic tri- and tetranucleotide microsatellite loci in a North American sedge (Carex scoparia: Cyperaceae) and cross-species amplification in three additional Carex species. Molecular Ecology Resources9, 625-627.
• Kettenring, K., Whigham, D.F, (2009). Seed viability and seed dormancy of non-native Phragmites australis in suburbanized and forested watersheds of the Chesapeake Bay, USA. Aquatic Botany91, 199-204.
• Kettenring, K., Galatowitsch, S.M, (2007). Requirements for dormancy break and seed germination vary greatly among 14 species of Carex (sedges) from wetlands in mid-continental U.S.. Aquatic Botany87, 209-220.
• Kettenring, K., Galatowitsch, S.M, (2007). Tools for Carex revegetation in prairie pothole wetlands: understanding dormancy loss and germination temperature requirements. Plant Ecology193, 157-169.
• Kettenring, K., Gardner, G., Galatowitsch, S.M, (2006). Effects of light on Carex seed germination. Annals of Botany98, 869-874.
• Kettenring, K., Martinez, B.T, Starfield, A.M, Getz, W.M, (2006). Good practices for sharing ecological models. BioScience56, 59-64.
• Young, S., Kettenring, K., Water politics and habitat concerns drive legislative action and management of invasive species. Journal of Environmental Management

Professional Journal

• Veblen, K., Kettenring, K., (2024). Targeted Grazing Reduces a Widespread Wetland Invader with Minimal Nutrient Impacts, Yet Native Community Recovery is Limited. Elsevier BV, doi: 10.2139/ssrn.4647380
• Kettenring, K., de Blois, S., Hauber, D.P, (2012). Moving from a regional to a continental perspective of Phragmites australis invasion in North America. AoB Plants, 1-18.

An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

Publications | MultiMedia

Video

• Endter-Wada, J.L, Welsh, L.W, Downard, R., Kettenring, K., (2009). Paradoxes in adapting to droughts – The rationality of locality. Ecological Society of America Millennium Conference on water-ecosystem services, drought, and environmental justice

An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

Publications | Technical Reports

Research Reports

• Kopp, K., Endter-Wada, J.L, Baker, M.A, Brahney, J., Chikamoto, Y., Kettenring, K., Neilson, B.T, Null, S., Rivers, E., Rosenberg, D.E, Schmidt, J.C, Shilton, R., Tarboton, D.G, Torres-Rua, A., Wang, S., Wheaton, J.M, Wurtsbaugh, W.A, Yost, M., Zhang, W., (2021). Utah State University 2021 Report to the Governor on Utah’s Land, Water, and Air.
• Kettenring, K., Long, A.L, Cranney, C., Rohal, C.B, Hazelton, E.L, (2013). Assessing approaches to manage Phragmites in the Great Salt Lake watershed. Final report to the Utah Department of Natural Resources, Division of Forestry, Fire & State Lands. *
• Rupp, L.A, Whitesides, R.E, Kettenring, K., Larese-Casanova, M., Goodspeed, J., (2013). Phragmites australis Control at the Rural-Urban Interface Final Report. *
• Sweetman, A.C, Kettenring, K., Mock, K.E, (2012). The ecology and genetics of alkali bulrush (Schoenoplectus maritimus): management implications. Final report to Great Salt Lake wetland managers *
• Kettenring, K., Mock, K.E, (2010). Spread and genetic relatedness of native vs. introduced Phragmites australis in Utah wetlands. Final report prepared for U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service *
• Kettenring, K., Mock, K.E, (2009). Spread and genetic relatedness of invasive, non-native Phragmites australis in wetlands in northern Utah. Report to the Intermountain West Joint Venture

An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

Publications | Other

Other

An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.