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Amanda Klemmer is an Associate Professor of Landscape Ecology at the School of Biology and Ecology within the College of Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture at the University of Maine. Her work is supported by the Maine Agricultural and Forest Experiment Station under Hatch project ME022322. She divides her time equally between teaching and research, focusing on ecological interactions across ecosystem boundaries.
Her research interests include:
- Food web dynamics
- Aquatic-terrestrial connections
- Cross-ecosystem subsidies
- Invertebrate communities
- Forest-freshwater interactions
- Riparian ecology
- Rockweed food webs in intertidal zones
- Pond-terrestrial linkages in high-elevation ecosystems
Her current projects investigate long-term impacts of riparian forest harvest on headwater streams, rockweed harvesting effects on Maine’s rocky intertidal ecosystems through the CRASSH initiative, and hydrological changes affecting meta-ecosystem dynamics in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. These studies aim to inform sustainable management and conservation practices.
Klemmer’s work emphasizes collaboration with industry and conservation stakeholders to balance ecological integrity with resource use. Her research contributes to foundational understanding of energy flow and species interactions across landscape mosaics, particularly where terrestrial and aquatic systems intersect.
She leads the Klemmer Lab, which conducts field-based ecological research across diverse ecosystems from Maine to Colorado. The lab integrates long-term monitoring, experimental design, and stakeholder engagement to address pressing environmental questions.
