Sydney Wilkinson

Sydney Wilkinson

Ph.D. Student

Marine Biology


2150 Koyukuk Drive
218 O'Neill
Fairbanks, AK 99775-7220
swilkinson4@alaska.edu

 
Education

University of Toronto
M.Sc. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
2020

Ryerson University
B.Sc. Environmental Biology
2018

 

Advisor

 

Selected Publications

Wilkinson, S., T. Brown, and B.C. McMeans. 2020. Highly branched isoprenoids: a novel tracer of diatom-based energy pathways in freshwater food webs. Marine and Freshwater Research

Specialties

  • Food web ecology
  • Biomarkers
  • Lipids

 

Research Overview

My research focuses on aquatic systems and trophic linkages that shape food web form and function in the Beaufort Lagoon Ecosystems. I am interested in determining what energy sources (e.g., terrestrial, bacterial, phytoplanktonic) fuel food webs and how these sources change through time and space. I use biomarkers (e.g., stable isotopes, fatty acids) as tools to better understand trophic connectedness and resilience of food webs.

 

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