Karen Frey
Research Assistant Professor

The George Perkins Marsh Institute
Clark University
Worcester, MA 01610-1477
508.793.7336 phone
email: kfrey@clarku.edu

Current Research Interests

Professor Karen Frey earned an M.A. in 2000, and a Ph.D. in 2005 in geography from the University of California, Los Angeles. Prior to coming to Clark University, she was an assistant research scientist for the Department of Physical Sciences at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, and a visiting assistant professor for the department of geology at the College of William and Mary from 2006-2007.

Selected Publications

Frey, K.E., J.W. McClelland, R.M. Homes, and L.C. Smith. forthcoming. Impacts of climate warming and permafrost thaw on the riverine transport of nitrogen and phosphorus to the Kara Sea. Journal of Geogphysical Research-Giogeosciences.

Frey, K.E. and L.C. Smith. 2007. How well do we know northern land cover? Comparison of four global vegetation and wetland products with a new ground-truth database for West Siberia. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 21, GB1016, doi: 10.1029/2006GB002706.

Frey, K.E., D.I. Siegel, and L.C. Smith. 2007. Geochemistry of West Siberian streams and their potential response to permafrost degradation. Water Resources Research 43, W03406, doi: 1029/2006WR0049022006.

Grebmeier, J.M., J.E. Overland, S.E. Moore, E.V. Farley, E.C. Carmack, L.W. Cooper, K.E. Frey, J.H. Helle, F.A. McLaughlin, and L. McNutt. 2006. A major ecosystem shift in the northern Bering Sea. Science 311: 1461-1464.