William Currie

About

William Currie is a faculty member affiliated with the School for Environment and Sustainability and the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts at the University of Michigan. He teaches courses such as Environ 305.004: Sustainability Issues in the Great Lakes Region. His work is associated with the Program in the Environment, and he is involved in the Currie Lab Group. His research and academic focus are centered on sustainability issues, particularly related to the Great Lakes region, contributing to environmental education and sustainability practices through his teaching and research activities.

Research topics

• Environmental science
• Ecology
• Biology
• Computer Science
• Fishery
• Geography
• Economics
• Environmental resource management
• Environmental protection
• Natural resource economics

Selected publications

• Forest structure, diversity, and primary production in relation to disturbance severity

  Ecology and Evolution · 2020 · 28 citations

  Differential disturbance severity effects on forest vegetation structure, species diversity, and net primary production (NPP) have been long theorized and observed. Here, we examined these factors concurrently to explore the potential for a mechanistic pathway linking disturbance severity, changes in light environment, leaf functional response, and wood NPP in a temperate hardwood forest.Using a suite of measurements spanning an experimental gradient of tree mortality, we evaluated the direction…

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• The natural capital of seagrass beds in the Caribbean: evaluating their ecosystem services and blue carbon trade potential

  Biology Letters · 2023 · 27 citations

  and $88.3 billion, respectively, highlighting their potential monetary importance for the region. Our results show that Caribbean seagrass beds are globally substantial pools of carbon, and our findings underscore the importance of such evaluation schemes to promote urgently needed conservation of these highly threatened and globally important ecosystems.

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• Human appropriated net primary productivity as a metric for land use planning: a case study in the US Great Lakes region

  Landscape Ecology · 2020 · 15 citations

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• Hydrologic flushing rates drive nitrogen cycling and plant invasion in a freshwater coastal wetland model

  Ecological Applications · 2020-10-13 · 9 citations

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  Abstract Coastal wetlands intercept significant amounts of nitrogen (N) from watersheds, especially when surrounding land cover is dominated by agriculture and urban development. Through plant uptake, soil immobilization, and denitrification, wetlands can remove excess N from flow‐through water sources and mitigate eutrophication of connected aquatic ecosystems. Excess N can also change plant community composition in wetlands, including communities threatened by invasive species. Understanding h…

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• Dark roads aid movement but increase mortality of a generalist herbivore in the American Southwest

  Ecosphere · 2023-05-01 · 7 citations

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  Abstract Road networks pose many well‐documented threats to wildlife, from fragmenting habitats and restricting movement to causing mortality through vehicle collisions. For large, wide‐ranging mammals, home range requirements and seasonal migrations often necessitate road crossings, posing threats to human safety, property, and animal survival. Artificial nightlight, emanating from light posts and urban sky glow, is ubiquitous on and around road networks worldwide; however, its effects on road…

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Recent grants

• Collaborative Research: Effects of Elevated CO2 on Forest N Cycling: Assessment with Large-Scale 15N Tracers and Modeling

  NSF · $149k · 2003–2007

Frequent coauthors

• Knute J. Nadelhoffer

  University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

  94 shared

• John D. Aber

  University of New Hampshire

  94 shared

• William H. McDowell

  Florida International University

  89 shared

• Alison H. Magill

  84 shared

• Steven G. McNulty

  Southern Research Station

  81 shared

• G. M. Berntson

  University of New Hampshire

  81 shared

• Mark Kamakea

  Chabot College

  81 shared

• Lindsey E. Rustad

  Michigan State University

  81 shared

Education

• PhD, Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space

  University of New Hampshire

  1995

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