Publications:

Barth, J.A., B. A. Menge, J. Lubchenco, F. Chan, J. M. Bane, A. R. Kirincich, M. A. McManus, K. J. Nielsen, S. D. Pierce & L. Washburn. 2007. Delayed Upwelling Alters Nearshore Coastal Ocean Ecosystems in the Northern California Current. Proccedings of the National Academy of Science 104:3791-3794. (pdf)

Nielsen, K.J., C.A. Blanchette, B.A. Menge & J. Lubchenco  2006. Physiological snapshots reflect ecological performance of the Sea Palm, Postesia palmaeformis, (Phaeophyceae) across intertidal elevation and exposure gradients. Journal of Phycology 42, 548–559. (pdf)

Bracken, M. & K.J. Nielsen 2004.  Nitrogen loading by invertebrates increases diversity of intertidal seaweeds.  Ecology  85(10):2828-2836. (pdf)

Grantham*, B.A., F. Chan*, K. Nielsen*, D. Fox, J.A. Barth, A. Huyer, J. Lubchenco, and B.A. Menge. 2004. Nearshore upwelling-driven hypoxia signals ecosystem and oceanographic changes in the NE Pacific. Nature 429:479-754. (pdf)
* These authors contributed equally to this work.

Nielsen, K.J. & S.A. Navarrete 2004.  Mesoscale regulation comes from the bottom-up: intertidal interactions between consumers and upwelling Ecology Letters 7:31-41. (pdf)   (pdf with cover photo - large file)

Nielsen, K.J. 2003. Nutrient loading and consumers: agents of change in open-coast macrophyte assemblages. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science 100:7660-7665. (pdf)

Wieters, E., D. M. Kaplan, A. Sotomayor, S. A. Navarrete, J. Largier, K.J. Nielsen & F. Véliz 2003. Alongshore and temporal variability in chlorophyll a concentration in Chilean nearshore waters. Marine Ecology Progress Series 249:93-105. (pdf)

Nielsen, K. J. 2001. Bottom-up and top-down forces in tidepools: test of a simple food-chain model in an intertidal community. Ecological Monographs 71:187-217.(pdf)

Nielsen, K. J. & D. R. Franz 1995. The influence of adult conspecifics and shore level on recruitment of the ribbed mussel Geukensia demissa (Dillwyn). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 188:89-98. (pdf)

In Press:

Nielsen, K. J. Algae, overview, in M. Denny and M. S. Gaines, eds., Encyclopedia of the Rocky Intertidal. The University of California Press, Berkeley.

Submitted:

Kavanaugh, M.T.,  B. A. Menge, K. J. Nielsen, F. T. Chan, L. M. Goodrich, R. M. Letelier.  Effects of changing phytoplankton productivity: are intertidal kelps light-limited? (Limnology & Oceanography)

In Preparation:

Thompson, S.A. , K.J. Nielsen & C.A. Blanchette.  Having your Sea Palms (Postelsia palmaeformis) and eating them too: experiments to guide sustainable management of an ecologically vulnerable species. (for Ecological Applications).

Nielsen. K.J.,  B.A. Menge, B.A. Grantham &  J. Lubchenco.  Light attenuation, upwelling, and community structure on rocky shores: can persistent phytoplankton blooms limit macrophytes?  (for Limnology and Oceanography)

Nielsen, K.J., P. Halpin, T. Freidenberg,  B. A. Menge, & J. Lubchenco.  Comparative ecology of rocky intertidal plant-herbivore interactions in temperate ecosystems of the Pacific Ocean. (for Ecology)

Chan, F., B.A. Menge, K.J. Nielsen & J. Lubchenco.  Nutrient use efficiency in coastal upwelling ecosystems: cross system patterns and consequences. (for Limnology and Oceanography)

Krenz, C., B. A. Menge, J. Lubchenco, F. Chan, M. M. Foley & K.J. Nielsen. Covariation in Pelagic Subsidies and their Relationship to Rocky Intertidal Community Structure in a Coastal Upwelling System. (for Ecology)

Krenz, C., B. A. Menge, T. L. Freidenburg, J. Lubchenco, F. Chan, M.M. Foley & K.L. Nielsen. Ecological Subsidies to Rocky Intertidal Communities: Linear or Non-linear Transitions Along an Upwelling Gradient? (for Ecology)

Menge, B.A., C. Blanchette, B. Broitman, F. Chan, K. Nielsen, J. Lubchenco and S. Gaines. ENSO and Pacific Decadal Oscillation Interact to Alter the Base of Marine Food Webs. (for Nature).