Faculty Profile
Emily Arsenault

Assistant Professor & Director Cranberry Lake Biological Sta

Department of Environmental Biology
256 Illick Hall

emarsena@esf.edu
315-470-6805

Education

• PhD 2021, University of Kansas, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
• MA 2017, University of Kansas, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
• BA 2014, Colby College, Environmental Studies; Biology

Professional Experience

2021-2022, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Program in Environmental Studies, Bates College

Research Interests

Freshwater ecology, stable isotopes, food webs, ecosystem ecology, carbon and energy flow, water quality, anthropogenic impacts

For more information, please visit the Arsenault Lab website.

Courses

EFB 554: Aquatic Entomology

EFB 496/696: Stream Ecology

Selected Publications

Pyron, M., A. Maasri, J. Costello, S. Kenner, A. Otgonganbat, B. Mendsaikhan, S. Chandra, J. H. Thorp, E. R. Arsenault, R. Shields, C. Artz, and M. M. Minder. 2024. Fish assemblages on two continents respond to valley- and reach-scale hydrogeomorphic variation: analyses across three temperate regions. Ecology of Freshwater Fish. e12806. https://doi-org.esf.idm.oclc.org/10.1111/eff.12806

Venkatachari, A., I. Salman, Q. Shingai, D. Bruesewitz, A. Quattrini Li, E. R. Arsenault, H. A. Ewing, K. L. Cottingham, I. Rekletis, and A. Bourbonnais. 2024. Use of an autonomous surface vehicle to collect high spatial resolution water quality data in Lake Wateree, SC. Journal of South Carolina Water Resources 9(2):10.

Minder, M., E. R. Arsenault, M. Pyron, A. Otgonganbat, and B. Mendsaikhan. 2023. Dietary overlap and selectivity among mountain steppe river fish in the United States and Mongolia. Ecology and Evolution 13:e10132. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.10132

Arsenault, E. R., J. H. Thorp, M. J. Polito, M. Minder, W. K. Dodds, F. Tromboni, A. Maasri, M. Pyron, B. Mendsaikhan, A. Otgonganbat, S. Altangerel, S. Chandra, R. Shields, C. Artz, and H. Bennadji. 2022. Intercontinental analysis of temperate steppe stream food webs reveals consistent autochthonous support of fishes. Ecology Letters 25:2624–2636. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.14113

Arsenault, E. R., J. H. Liew, and J. R. Hopkins. 2022. Substrate composition influences amino acid carbon isotope profiles of fungi: Implications for tracing fungal contributions to food webs. Environmental Microbiology. https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.15961

Shields, R., M. Pyron, E. R. Arsenault, J. H. Thorp, M. Minder, C. Artz, J. Costello, A. Otgonganbat, B. Mendsaikhan, and A. Maasri. 2021. Geomorphology variables predict fish assemblages for forested and endorheic rivers of two continents. Ecology and Evolution. http://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.8300

Maasri, A., M. Pyron, E. R. Arsenault, J. H. Thorp, B. Mendsaikhan, F. Tromboni, M. Minder, S. J. Kenner, J. Costello, S. Chandra, A. Otgonganbat, B. Boldgiv. 2021. Valley-scale hydrogeomorphology drives river fish assemblage variation in Mongolia. Ecology and Evolution 11:6527–6535. http://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7505

McGill, B. M., M. J. Foster, A. N. Pruitt, S. G. Thomas, E. R. Arsenault, J. Hanschu, K. Wahwahsuck, E. Cortez, K. Zarek, T. D. Loecke, and A. J. Burgin. 2021. You are welcome here: a practical guide to diversity, equity, and inclusion for undergraduates embarking on an ecological research experience. Ecology and Evolution 11:3636–3645. http://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7321

Minder, M. M., E. R. Arsenault, B. Erdenee, A. Maasri, and M. Pyron. 2021. Diet overlap among non-native trout species and native Cutthroat Trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii) in two U.S. ecoregions. Ecology and Evolution 11:2782–2795. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7231

Thorp, J. H., W. K. Dodds, C. J. Robbins, A. Maasri, E. R. Arsenault, J. A. Lutchen, F. Tromboni, B. Hayford, M. Pyron, G. S. Mathews, A. Schechner, and S. Chandra. 2021. A framework for lotic macrosystem research. Ecosphere. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3342

Minder, M. M., E. R. Arsenault, B. Erdenee, and M. Pyron. 2020. Dietary specificity and overlap in endorheic river fishes: How do native and nonnative species compare? Journal of Fish Biology. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.14396

Liew, J. H., K. W. J. Chua, E. R. Arsenault, J. H. Thorp, A. Suvarnaraksha, A. Amirrudin, and D. C. J. Yeo. 2019. Quantifying terrestrial carbon in freshwater food webs using amino acid isotope analysis—case study with an endemic cave fish. Methods in Ecology & Evolution 10:1594–1605. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.13230