Summary
Chris is a broadly trained aquatic ecologist who typically focuses on macroinvertebrate communities. At UNR, he studies how climate, management practices, and nonnative species affect aquatic-terrestrial subsidies.
Research interests: community ecology, non-perennial aquatic habitats, ecosystem function, cross-system linkages
Publications:
- Frazier C. F., C. L. Brown, M. Hamersky, T. Coole, M. Campobasso, C. Thomas, T. D. Harris. 2025. Spatiotemporal variation of ecosystem metabolism in a eutrophic, polymictic reservoir: Water column stability begets metabolism stability. Inland Waters.
- Frazier C. F., T. D. Harris, T. DelSontro, H. P. Grossart, B. S. M. Sturm, J. M. Murry, A. Ising. 2025. Phytoplankton abundance and methane emissions are minimally impacted by environmentally-relevant glyphosate concentrations in small-scale mesocosms. Water Research.
- Hamersky M, J. Moody, V. M. Secondine, A. G. Kelly, C. F. Frazier, T. D. Harris. 2025. Response of cyanobacterial blooms to floating islands of native aquatic macrophytes in large-scale mesocosms. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science.
- Groff C. M., S. K. Kinard, J. D. Hogan, M. R. Whiles, A. J. Ulseth, Strickland B. A., F. Carvallo, V. Jenkins, A. T. Solis, D. A. Groff, C. F. Frazier, C.L . Brown, C. J. Patrick. 2025. Precipitation regime drives key alterations in subtropical stream fish community assembly and functional trait distribution across a major rainfall gradients. Freshwater Ecology.
- Frazier C. F., A. T. Karlin, W. J. Boeing, E. Brock, J. Buchanan, J. D. Hogan, K. E. McCluney, C. J. Patrick, J. H. Thorp. 2025. Ephemeral wetland macroinvertebrate communities across climate regions share similar functional trait composition despite near-total taxa replacement. Freshwater Biology.
- Frazier C. F., A. T. Karlin, J. H. Thorp. 2024. Bison act as habitat engineers for large branchiopod crustaceans in the Great Plains. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science.
- Frazier C. F., T. A. Schriever. 2022. Patterns of invertebrate community composition and functional structure across a dune succession gradient. Wetlands.
- Carrick H. J., E. Butts, D. Daniels, M. Fehringer, C. F. Frazier, G. Fahnenstiel, S. Pothoven, H. A. Vanderploeg. 2015. Variation in the abundance of pico, nano, and microplankton in Lake Michigan: Historic and basin-wide comparisons. Journal of Great Lakes Research.
Education
MS, Western Michigan University, 2019
BS, Central Michigan University, 2015