Biography

Dr. Tonya Ramey is a community and ecosystem ecologist working in freshwater and riparian habitat. She is currently a postdoctoral scholar with Texas State University, analyzing the role of leaf litter decomposition in stream metabolism and using aquatic contaminants in riparian food web ecology. Tonya earned her doctorate at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, where she studied factors influencing leaf litter decomposition and invertebrate diversity in riparian zones surrounding headwater streams. Prior to this, she focused on ecotoxicology and conservation at Columbia University in New York for her Master of Arts, and ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Arizona for her Bachelor of Science. She enjoys reading history and mystery books, hiking, and exploring local towns on her time off.

Publications

• Ramey, TL, Prescott, CE, Richardson, JS. 2020. Influence of moisture, nutrients, and distance from stream on early-stage mass loss of western red cedar leaf litter in headwater riparian forests. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 50 (12): 1391-1398.
• Ramey, TL. 2019. An experimental test of factors limiting leaf litter mass loss and invertebrate assemblages in riparian zones of forested headwater streams. Doctoral dissertation, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
• Ramey, TL, Richardson, J.S. 2018. Experimental test of water, nutrients, and microclimate on leaf litter mass loss in headwater riparian forests. Ecosphere 9 (10): e02478.
• Ramey, TL, Richardson, JS. 2017. Terrestrial invertebrates in the riparian zone: mechanisms underlying their unique diversity. BioScience 67 (9): 808-819.
• Wilson, MJ, Ramey, TL, Donaldson, MR, Germain, RR, Perkin, EK. 2016. Communicating science: Sending the right message to the right audience. Facets 1 (1): 127-137.