Carolyn M. Kurle, Ph.D.
Department of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology, UCSB

Select Publications

  • Kurle CM (2009) Interpreting temporal variation in omnivore foraging ecology via stable isotope modeling. Functional Ecology 23:733-744
    Supplemental Material: Methods Appendix and Figures


  • Kurle CM, Croll DA, and Tershy BT (2008) Introduced rats indirectly change marine rocky intertidal communities from algae- to invertebrate-dominated. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 105(10):3800-3804


  • Kurle CM and Gudmundson CJ (2007) Regional differences in foraging of young-of-the-year Steller sea lions Eumetopias jubatus in Alaska: stable carbon and nitrogen isotope ratios in blood. Marine Ecology Progress Series 342:303-310


  • Newsome SD, Etnier MA, Kurle CM, Waldbaur JR, Chamberlain CP, and Koch PL (2007) Historic decline in primary productivity in western Gulf of Alaska and eastern Bering Sea: Isotopic analysis of northern fur seal teeth. Marine Ecology Progress Series 332:211-224


  • Kurle CM (2005) Description of the rocky intertidal communities and Norway rat behavior on Rat Island, Alaska in 2003. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Report. AMNWR 05/23. Homer, Alaska


  • Kurle CM and Worthy GAJ (2002) Stable nitrogen and carbon isotope ratios in multiple tissues of the northern fur seal Callorhinus ursinus: implications for dietary and migratory reconstructions. Marine Ecology Progress Series 236:289-300


  • Kurle CM (2002) Stable-isotope ratios of blood components from captive northern fur seals (Callorhinus ursinus) and their diet: applications for studying the foraging ecology of wild otariids. Canadian Journal of Zoology 80:902-909


  • Kurle CM and Worthy GAJ (2001) Stable isotope assessment of temporal and geographic differences in feeding ecology of northern fur seals (Callorhinus ursinus) and their prey. Oecologia 126:254-265