Associate Professor - Assistant Unit Leader Education Education: Ph.D., Forest Resources (Fisheries Science), University of Georgia, Athens, GA, May 2011 M.S., Marine Biology, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC, December 2006 B.A., Biology, Spanish, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, May 2001 Research Selected Publications: Cook, J., S.A. Christensen, D.M. Williams, W.F. Porter, K.F. Robinson. 2022. An expert-elicited approach to inform risk assessments for infectious wildlife diseases. Conservation Science and Practice. 4(6): e12678. Fischer, J., L. Nathan, J. Buszkiewicz, J. Colm, D.A.R. Drake, M. DuFour, J. Francis, P. Kočovsky, D. Marson, E. Smyth, R. Young, K.F. Robinson. 2022. Using surrogate species to inform control methods for invasive grass carp. North American Journal of Fisheries Management. 42:151-163. Volkel, S., K.F. Robinson, D.B. Bunnell, M. Connerton, D. Hondorp, J. Holden, B. Weidel. 2021. Slimy sculpin depth distribution shifts and habitat squeeze following round goby invasion in the Laurentian Great Lakes. Journal of Great Lakes Research 47:1793-1803. Robinson, K.F., S.M. Miehls, M.J. Siefkes. 2021. Understanding sea lamprey populations in the Great Lakes prior to broad implementation of sea lamprey control. Journal of Great Lakes Research, Special Issue on Sea Lamprey International Symposium III (SLIS III) 47 (Supplement 1):S328-334. Hume, J.B., P.R. Almeida, C.M. Buckley, L.A. Criger, C.P. Madenjian, K.F. Robinson, C. Wang, A.M. Muir. 2021. Managing native and non-native sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) populations in the face of anthropogenic change: a prospective assessment of key threats and uncertainties. Journal of Great Lakes Research, Special Issue on Sea Lamprey International Symposium III (SLIS III) 47 (Supplement 1):S704-722. Hinderer, J.L.M., S.J. Cooke, E. Dunlop, Z. Blevins, A. Muir, N. Young, D. Stang, K.F. Robinson. 2021. Insights from a novel, user-driven science transfer program for natural resources management. Socio-Ecological Practice Research 3:337-362. *Selected as Editor’s Choice. Mayer, C.M., K.F. Robinson, J.M. Dettmers. 2021. Research and management efforts to control or prevent invasion by invasive Asian carps in the Great Lakes. Journal of Great Lakes Research, Special Issue: Research and management efforts on invasive Asian carps in the Laurentian Great Lakes 47:1-2. DuFour, M., K.F. Robinson, M. Jones, S. Herbst. 2021. A matrix population model to aid grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) management in the Great Lakes Basin – Lake Erie. Journal of Great Lakes Research, Special Issue: Research and management efforts on invasive Asian carps in the Laurentian Great Lakes 47:69-82. Robinson, K.F., P.J. Alsip. D.A.R. Drake, Y.-C. Kao, M.A. Koops, D.M. Mason, E.S. Rutherford, H. Zhang. 2021. Reviewing uncertainty in bioenergetics and food web models to project invasion consequences: four major Chinese carps in the Great Lakes. Journal of Great Lakes Research, Special Issue: Research and management efforts on invasive Asian carps in the Laurentian Great Lakes 47:83-95. Robinson, K.F., M. DuFour, M. Jones, S. Herbst, T. Newcomb, J. Boase, T. Brenden, D. Chapman, J. Dettmers, J. Francis, T. Hartman, P. Kocovksy, B. Locke, C. Mayer, J. Tyson. 2021. Using decision analysis to collaboratively respond to invasive species threats: a case study of Lake Erie grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella). Journal of Great Lakes Research, Special Issue: Research and management efforts on invasive Asian carps in the Laurentian Great Lakes 47:108-119. Robinson, K.F., C.R. Bronte, D.B. Bunnell, P. Euclide, D. Hondorp, J. Janssen, M. Kornis, S. Riley, M. Vinson, S. Volkel, B. Weidel. 2021. A synthesis of the biology and ecology of sculpin species in the Laurentian Great Lakes and implications for the adaptive capacity of the benthic ecosystem. Reviews in Fisheries Science and Aquaculture 29:96-121. Lin, H., K.F. Robinson, L. Walter. 2020. Trade-offs among road-stream crossing upgrade prioritizations based on connectivity restoration and erosion risk control. River Research and Applications 36:371-382. Lennox, R., G.A. Bravener, Lin, H., C.P. Madenjian, A.M. Muir, C.K. Remical, K.F. Robinson, A.M. Rous, M.J. Siefkes, M.P. Wilkie, S.J. Cooke. 2020. Potential changes and challenges to the biology and management of invasive sea lamprey Petromyzon marinus in the Laurentian Great Lakes due to climate change. Global Change Biology 26:1118-1137. Lin, H., K.F. Robinson, M. Jones, L. Walter. 2019. Using structured decision making to overcome scale mismatch challenges in barrier removal for watershed restoration. Fisheries 44:545–550. Robinson, K.F., A.K. Fuller, R.C. Stedman, W.F. Siemer, D.J. Decker. 2019. Integration of social and ecological science in natural resource decision making: challenges and opportunities. Environmental Management 63:565¬–573. Lin, H., K.F. Robinson, A. Milt, L. Walter. 2019. The application of decision support tools and the influence of local data in prioritizing barrier removal in lower Michigan, USA. Journal of Great Lakes Research 45:360–370. Lin, H., K.F. Robinson. 2019. How do migratory fish populations respond to barrier removal in spawning and nursery grounds? Theoretical Ecology 12:379-390. Robinson, K.F., A.K. Fuller, M.V. Schiavone, B.L. Swift, D.R. Diefenbach, W.F. Siemer, D.J. Decker. 2017. Addressing wild turkey (Meleagris gallapavo) population declines using structured decision making. Journal of Wildlife Management 81(3): 393–405. Robinson, K.F., A.K. Fuller, J.E. Hurst, B.L. Swift, A. Kirsch, J. Farquhar, D.J. Decker, W.F. Siemer. 2016. Structured decision making as a framework for large-scale wildlife harvest management decisions. Ecosphere 7(12): e01613. Cohen, J., A. Hecht, K.F. Robinson, E.E. Osnas, A.J. Tyre, C. Davis, A. Kocek, B. Maslow, S. Melvin. 2016. To exclose nests or not: structured decision making for the conservation of a threatened species. Ecosphere 7(10): e01499. Robinson, K.F., D.R. Diefenbach, A.K. Fuller, J.E. Hurst, C.S. Rosenberry. 2014. Can managers compensate for coyote predation of white-tailed deer? Journal of Wildlife Management 78: 571–579. Robinson, K.F., C.A. Jennings. 2014. Productivity of functional guilds of fishes in managed wetlands in coastal South Carolina. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management 5: 70–86. Robinson, K.F., C.A. Jennings. 2014. A comparison of resident fish assemblages in managed and unmanaged coastal wetlands in North Carolina and South Carolina, USA. Southeastern Naturalist 13: 237–260. Robinson, K.F., C.A. Jennings. 2012. Maximizing recruitment of age-0 spot (Leiostomus xanthurus) from a South Carolina estuary: an evaluation of coastal impoundment management alternatives via structured decision-making. Marine and Coastal Fisheries: Dynamics, Management, and Ecosystem Science 4: 156–172. Filer, K.R. [K.F. Robinson], G.R. Sedberry. 2008. Age, growth and reproduction of the barrelfish Hyperoglyphe perciformis (Mitchill) in the western North Atlantic. Journal of Fish Biology 72: 861–882. Labs/Centers/Committee: Georgia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Unit Area of Specialty: Fisheries and Aquaculture Wildlife Ecology and Management
