Brenda Konar

In 1991 Konar earned a master's degree from San Jose State University where she worked on Coralline algae.^[2] In 1998 Konar earned her Ph.D. from the University of California, Santa Cruz^[3] where she worked on benthic communities in the Semichi Islands.^[4]

In 2021, she was named Project Director of the "Fire & Ice" research project.^[5]

She studies the die-off in sea stars.^{[6][7][8][9][10]} She studies the decline in sea otterss, boom in sea urchins,^[11] and loss of Clathromorphum nereostratum, limestone reefs.^{[12][13][14][15][16]} She helped discover a new habitat of rhodolith.^[17][18]

• Konar, Brenda; Estes, James A. (2003). "The Stability of Boundary Regions Between Kelp Beds and Deforested Areas". Ecology. 84 (1): 174–185. doi:10.1890/0012-9658(2003)084[0174:TSOBRB]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0012-9658.
• Edwards, Matthew; Konar, Brenda; Kim, Ju-Hyoung; Gabara, Scott; Sullaway, Genoa; McHugh, Tristin; Spector, Michael; Small, Sadie (2020-03-04). "Marine deforestation leads to widespread loss of ecosystem function". PLOS ONE. 15 (3) e0226173. Bibcode:2020PLoSO..1526173E. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0226173. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 7055868. PMID 32130220.
• Ulaski, Brian P.; Konar, Brenda; Otis, Edward O. (2020-12-01). "Seaweed Reproduction and Harvest Rebound in Southcentral Alaska: Implications for Wild Stock Management". Estuaries and Coasts. 43 (8): 2046–2062. Bibcode:2020EstCo..43.2046U. doi:10.1007/s12237-020-00740-1. ISSN 1559-2731. S2CID 218604998.
• Bland, Aaron; Konar, Brenda; Edwards, Matthew (2019-03-01). "Spatial trends and environmental drivers of epibenthic shelf community structure across the Aleutian Islands". Continental Shelf Research. 175: 12–29. Bibcode:2019CSR...175...12B. doi:10.1016/j.csr.2019.01.006. ISSN 0278-4343. S2CID 133874643.
• Metzger, Jacob R.; Konar, Brenda; Edwards, Matthew S. (2019-11-11). "Assessing a macroalgal foundation species: community variation with shifting algal assemblages". Marine Biology. 166 (12): 156. Bibcode:2019MarBi.166..156M. doi:10.1007/s00227-019-3606-1. hdl:11122/9690. ISSN 1432-1793. S2CID 209604008.