Laura K. Reynolds

Assistant Professor, Coastal Ecology
Coastal and Marine Ecology Laboratory

Program Areas

• Research

  Departmental Research Areas:

  • Carbon Dynamics and Ecosystem Services
  • Wetlands and Aquatic Ecosystems

  Research focus:
  Research in this lab integrates approaches from population and community ecology, biogeochemistry, and plant physiology to better understand how environmental and individual variability influences the functions and stability of nearshore marine ecosystems.

• Extension
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Publications

• Selected Publications
  • Reynolds, L.K., K. Dubois, J.M. Abbott, S.L. Williams, J.J. Stachowicz (2016) Response of a Habitat-Forming Marine Plant to a Simulated Warming Event Is Delayed, Genotype Specific, and Varies with Phenology. PLoS One 11(6):e0154532 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0154532
  • Reynolds, L.K., M. Waycott, K.J. McGlathery, R.J. Orth (2016) Ecosystem services returned through seagrass restoration. Restoration Ecology. doi: 10.1111/rec.12360
  • Reynolds, L.K., R.M. Marino, M.F. Muth, N. McLenaghan, M. Hayn, A.C.Tyler, K.J. McGlathery, R.W. Howarth (2015) Evidence of grazer control on nitrogen fixation by eelgrass epiphytes in a temperate coastal bay. Marine Ecology Progress Series 526 (2015): 11-19. doi:10.3354/meps11234
  • Reynolds, L.K., M. Waycott, K.J. McGlthery (2013) Restoration recovers population structure and landscape genetic connectivity in a dispersal-limited ecosystem. Journal of Ecology 101: 1288–1297  DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12116
  • Reynolds, L.K., K.J. McGlathery, M. Waycott (2012) Genetic diversity enhances restoration success by augmenting ecosystem services. PLoS One 7(6): e38397. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0038397
  • Reynolds, L.K., L.A. Carr, K.E. Boyer (2012) A non-native amphipod consumes eelgrass inflorescences in San Francisco Bay. Marine Ecology Progress Series 451: 107–118  doi:10.3354/meps09569
  • Reynolds, L.K., M. Waycott, K. McGlathery, R. Orth, J. Zieman (2012) Eelgrass restoration by seed maintains genetic diversity: A Virginia Coast Reserve case study. Marine Ecology Progress Series 448: 223–233  doi:10.3354/meps09386
  • Reynolds, L.K., P. Berg, J.C. Zieman (2007) Lucinid influence on the biogeochemistry of Thalassia testudinum sediments. Estuaries and Coasts. 30(3): 482-490 doi:10.1007/BF02819394
• Google Scholar

  Laura K. Reynolds on Google Scholar

 @LKReynoldsLab

CONTACT INFORMATION

Mailing Address:
Soil and Water Sciences Department
2181 McCarty Hall, PO Box 110290
University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611

Office:
3165A McCarty Hall A

(352) 294-3165
(352) 392-3399 fax

email: LKReynolds@ufl.edu