Jessica Corman

Jessica Corman

  • Contact Information
  • My Story
  • Publications
  • Background
  • Grants
  • Advising
  • Courses Taught

Contact Information

TitleLimnologist/Aquatic Ecologist
Faculty RankAssociate Professor
Address523 South Hardin Hall
3310 Holdrege Street
Lincoln NE
68583–0995
Phone
  • office: 402-327-1220
  • fax: 402-472-4915
E-mailjcorman3@unl.edu
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My Story

I study nature through the lens of chemistry. Elements make up all living and non-living material and how elements move through ecosystems can have profound implications for ecosystem structure and function. In my research, I combine techniques from biogeochemistry and ecosystem ecology to understand processes that influence elemental flows into and through ecosystems particular vulnerable to nutrient pollution: lakes and streams.

Selected Publications

Aura, C., Roegner, A., Owiti, H., Birungi, D., Fiorella, K., Corman, J., Kayanda, R., Mbullo, P., Nyamweya, C., Mchau, G., Daniel, M., Abila, R. (2022). Mind the gaps for the best practices: enhancing management of Lake Victoria fisheries resources. Lakes & Reservoirs: Science, Policy and Management for Sustainable Use. Online
Chen, M., Guenther, M., Corman, J. (2022). Nutrient and sediment dynamics change following a major flood event on a large, grassland river. River Research and Applications.Online
Dodds, W., Wichman, Guinnip, J. P., Corman, J., Blair, J. (2022). Assessing Transport and Retention of Nitrate and other Materials through the Riparian Zone and Stream Channel with Simulated Precipitation. Methods in Ecology and Evolution.
Roegner, A., Corman, J., Sitoki, L., Kwena, Z., Ogari, Z., Miruka, J., Xiong, A., Weirich, C., Aura, C., Miller, T. (2022). Impacts of algal blooms and microcystins in fish on small-scale fishers in Winam Gulf, Lake Victoria: Implications for health and livelihood. Ecology and Society.Online
Nagy, R. C., Corman, J., Et al. (2021). Harnessing the NEON data revolution to advance open environmental science with diverse and data-capable community. Ecosphere. 12(12)Online
Hamilton, T. L., Corman, J., Havig, J. R. (2020). Carbon and nitrogen recycling during cyanoHABs in dreissenid-invaded and non-invaded US midwestern lakes and reservoirs. HYDROBIOLOGIA, 847(3), 939-965. Online
Roegner, A., Sitoki, L., Weirich, C., Corman, J., Owage, D., Umami, M., Odada, E., Miruka, J., Ogari, Z., Smith, W., Rejmankova, E., Miller, T. R. (2020). Harmful Algal Blooms Threaten the Health of Peri-Urban Fisher Communities: A Case Study in Kisumu Bay, Lake Victoria, Kenya. EXPOSURE AND HEALTH, 12(4), 835-848. Online
Votruba, A., Corman, J. (2020). Definitions of Water Quality: A Survey of Lake-Users of Water Quality-Compromised Lakes. WATER, 12(8).Online
Corman, J., Collins, S. L., Cook, E. M., Dong, X., Gherardi, L. A., Grimm, N. B., Hale, R. L., Lin, T., Ramos, J., Reichmann, L. G., Sala, O. E. 2019. Foundations and Frontiers of Ecosystem Science: Legacy of a Classic Paper (Odum 1969). ECOSYSTEMS, 22(5)Online
Keilhauer, M., Messer, T., Mittelstet, A., Corman, J., Franti, T. 2019. Nitrate Removal Potential of Floating Treatment Wetlands Amended with Spent Coffee: A Mesocosm Scale Evaluation. Transactions of the ASABE. 62(6): 1619-1630.Online
Berolet, B. L., Corman, J., Casson, N. J., Sebestyen, S. D., Kolka, R. K., Stanley, E. H. (2018). Influence of soil temperature and moisture on the dissolved carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus in organic matter entering lake ecosystems. Biogeochemistry, 139
Corman, J. R., Collins, S. L., Cook, E., Dong, X., Gherardi, L., Grimm, N. B., Hale, R. L., Lin, T., Ramos, J., Reichmann, L., Sala, O. (2018). Foundations of ecosystem ecology: Legacy of a classic paper (Odum 1969). Ecosystems.
Corman, J., Bertolet, B. L., Casson, N. J., Sebestyen, S. D., Kolka, R. K., Stanley, E. H. (2018). Nitrogen and Phosphorus Loads to Temperate Seepage Lakes Associated With Allochthonous Dissolved Organic Carbon Loads. GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, 45(11),
Corman, J., Elser, J. J. (2018). Life on a stoichiometry knife edge: Biogeochemical interactions and trophic interactions in stromatolites in Rio Mesquites. Ecosystem Ecology and Geochemistry of Cuatro Cienegas (pp. 55-65).
Moody, E. K., Carson, E. W., Corman, J., Espinosa-Pérez, H. (2018). Animal-Mediated Nutrient Cycling in Aquatic Ecosystems of the Cuatro Ciénegas Basin. Ecosystem Ecology and Geochemistry of Cuatro Cienegas (pp. 141-152). Springer, Cham.
Moody, E. K., Carson, E. W., Corman, J., Espinosa-Perez, H., Ramos, J., Sabo, J. L., Elser, J. J. (2018). Consumption explains intraspecific variation in nutrient recycling stoichiometry in a desert fish. ECOLOGY, 99(7), 1552-1561.
Walsh, J. R., Corman, J., Munoz, S. E. 2018. Coupled long-term limnological data and sedimentary records reveal new control on water quality in a eutrophic lake. Limnology & Oceanography. 64, S34-S48.Online

Background

Education

DegreeMajorInstitutionYear Awarded
Doctorate of PhilosophyBiologyArizona State University2015
Bachelor of ScienceBiological SciencesCornell University2005
Bachelor of ScienceScience of Earth SystemsCornell University2005

 

Affiliations

 

Awards

TitleAwarded byYear Awarded
Junior Faculty Excellence in ResearchAgricultural Research Division | UNL2022

 

Websites

 

SNR Program Areas

  • Applied Ecology

Grants

Currently this page only displays grants that were awarded on 1/1/ 2009 to the present. If a grant was awarded prior to 1/1/ 2009 and is still active, it will not be displayed on this page.

Grant TitleLinking the Riverine Microbiome and Process Rates to Ecosystem Function in Two Nebraska River systems
Starting Date02/07/2023

Investigator(s)

Ending Date06/30/2023
Funding Level$940.00
Funding AgencyUniversity of Nebraska-Omaha

 

Grant TitleThe Ecology of Nebraska's Scenic River, the Niobrara
Starting Date09/01/2022

Investigator(s)

Ending Date06/30/2023
Funding Level$210.00
Funding AgencyNebraska Environmental Trust

 

Grant TitleStreamNet: Building Capacity to Improve Water Quality (Additional Funding)
Starting Date08/25/2022

Investigator(s)

Ending Date06/30/2023
Funding Level$11,202.00
Funding AgencyNebraska Environmental Trust

 

Grant TitleStreamNet: Building Capacity to Improve Water Quality (Additional Funding)
Starting Date03/03/2022

Investigator(s)

Ending Date06/30/2022
Funding Level$172,794.00
Funding AgencyNebraska Environmental Trust

 

Grant TitleRII Track-2 FEC: From Ecosystems to Evolution: Harnessing Elemental Data to Detect Stoichiometric Control-Points and their Consequences for Organismal Evolution (Additional Funding)
Starting Date02/09/2022

Investigator(s)

Ending Date12/31/2024
Funding Level$1,499,192.00
Funding AgencyNational Science Foundation

 

Grant TitleRII Track-2 FEC: From Ecosystems to Evolution: Harnessing Elemental Data to Detect Stoichiometric Control-Points and their Consequences for Organismal Evolution
Starting Date09/10/2021

Investigator(s)

Ending Date12/31/2024
Funding Level$396,034.00
Funding AgencyNational Science Foundation

 

Grant TitleRII Track-2 FEC: From Ecosystems to Evolution: Harnessing Elemental Data to Detect Stoichiometric Control-Points and their Consequences for Organismal Evolution (Additional Funding)
Starting Date09/10/2021

Investigator(s)

Ending Date12/31/2024
Funding Level$200,000.00
Funding AgencyNational Science Foundation

 

Grant TitleThe Ecology of Nebraska's Scenic River, the Niobrara
Starting Date05/17/2021

Investigator(s)

Ending Date06/30/2022
Funding Level$27,427.00
Funding AgencyNebraska Environmental Trust

 

Grant TitleFrom Ecosystems to Evolution: Harnessing Elemental Data to Detect Stoichiometric Control-Points and their Consequences for Organismal Evolution
Starting Date02/03/2021

Investigator(s)

Ending Date09/30/2024
Funding Level$5,987,352.00
Funding AgencyNational Science Foundation

 

Grant TitleStreamnet: Building Capacity to Improve Water Quality
Starting Date06/30/2020

Investigator(s)

Ending Date06/30/2021
Funding Level$307,730.00
Funding AgencyNebraska Evironmental Trust

 

Advising

Graduate Programs

Master of Applied Science

Master of Science in Natural Resource Sciences
including specializations in

  • Applied Ecology

Doctorate of Philosophy in Natural Resource Sciences
including specializations in

  • Applied Ecology

Courses Taught

Course NumberCourse TitleFall Even YearsFall Odd YearsSpring Even YearsSpring Odd YearsSummer SessionCross Listing
NRES 281Introduction to Water ScienceXXGEOG/WATS 281