Dr. Dan Larkin
Associate Professor and Extension Specialist
Dr. Dan Larkin specializes in aquatic and wetland plant management and restoration. His research addresses applied problems concerning how to reduce the spread and impacts of invasive plant species and support the recovery of impacted areas through ecological restoration and management. His work with MAISRC involves research and extension outreach on risk assessment, control, and post-treatment restoration of aquatic habitats impacted by Eurasian watermilfoil, curly-leaf pondweed, non-native Phragmites, starry stonewort, and other invasive plants.
Education
- Ph.D, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Current MAISRC projects
- Evaluating native Phragmites as a wastewater treatment alternative
- Risk assessment, control, and restoration research on aquatic invasive plant species
- Meta-analysis of treatment outcomes to advance starry stonewort management in Minnesota
- Characterizing starry stonewort phenology, growth conditions, and impacts to guide management
Past projects
Publications
- Hybrid watermilfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum × Myriophyllum sibiricum) exhibits traits associated with greater invasiveness than its introduced and native parental taxa. Management of Biological Invasions. 2021
- An invasive fish promotes invasive plants in Minnesota lakes. Freshwater Biology, 2020
- Niche Models Differentiate Potential Impats of Two Aquatic Invasive Plant Species on Native Macrophytes. Diversity , 2020
- Invasive species and biotic homogenization in temperate aquatic plant communities. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 2020
- Flipping the classroom to train citizen scientists in invasive species detection and response. Journal of Extension, 2018
- Prediction of starry stonewort (Nitellopsis obtusa) invasion risk in upper Midwest (USA) lakes using ecological niche models. Aquatic Botany, 2018
- Response of the invasive alga starry stonewort (Nitellopsis obtusa) to control efforts in a Minnesota lake. Lake and Reservoir Management, 2018
- Biology, ecology, and management of starry stonewort (Nitellopsis obtusa; Characeae): A Red-listed Eurasian green alga invasive in North America. Aquatic Botany, 2018
- Environmental filtering and competitive exclusion drive biodiversity‐invasibility relationships in shallow lake plant communities. Journal of Ecology, 2018
- Forecasting distributions of an aquatic invasive species (Nitellopsis obtusa) under future climate scenarios. PLoS One, 2017
- Realized niche shift associated with the Eurasian charophyte Nitellopsis obtusa becoming invasive in North America. Scientific Reports, 2016
- PhragNet: crowdsourcing to investigate ecology and management of invasive Phragmites australis (common reed) in North America. Wetlands Ecology and Management, 2017
- The influence of habitat disturbance on genetic structure and reproductive strategies within stands of native and non‐native Phragmites australis (common reed). Diversity and Distributions, 2016
- Early detection and rapid response to an exotic Phragmites population in Florida. Aquatics, 2014
- Ecology of Native vs. Introduced Phragmites australis (Common Reed) in Chicago-Area Wetlands. Wetlands, 2014
Contact
Research Team
- Rafael Contreras-Rangel, Graduate Student
- Wes Glisson, Researcher
- Mike Verhoeven, Ph.D. Student
