Stephen C. Cook

Stephen's dissertation was titled "Spatiotemporal Examination of Benthic Algal and Macroinvertebrate Assemblage Structure Across a Gradient of Phosphorus Enrichment". He applied novel methods to tease out unique patterns of temporal beta diversity in mid-order riverine benthic communities. His first dissertation chapter, "Freshwater eutrophication sharply reduces temporal beta diversity" was published in Ecology in 2018. He successfully defended his PhD in May 2019 and graduated in August 2019.