Alice Carter
Mathematics & Statistics
Professional Practice Assistant Professor

Biography
Alice is an ecosystem modeler and river ecologist who uses high frequency time-series data to study ecosystem function
Research Interests
Time-series models, sparse regression approaches, statistical models for ecology, biogeochemistry, river science
Publications | Journal Articles
Academic Journal
- Carter, A.M, Vlah, M.J, Hall, R.O, Bernhardt, E.S, (2026). Accelerated carbon cycling in response to 50 y of warming and increasing hydrologic variability in a temperate stream. Limnology and Oceanography, 71:1, doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.70313
- Carter, A.M, Hall, R.O, Feijo de Lima, R., DeGrandpre, M., Shangguan, Q., Valett, H.M, (2025). Algal assemblage drives patterns in ecosystem structure but not metabolism in a productive river. Ecology, 106:12, doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.70262
- Young, F.L, Coleman, B., Carter, A., Feijo de Lima, R., Shangguan, Q., Payn, R.A, DeGrandpre, M.D, (2025). Variability and controls of pCO2 and air-water CO2 fluxes in a productive river. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 130:2
- Lowman, H.E, DeSiervo, M., Hall, R.O, Jahner, J.P, Jimoh, S.O, Laughlin, D.C, Patterson, A.C, Weiss-Lehman, C., Barbosa, C.C, Bell, K.L, Blaszczak, J.R, Burkle, C.A, Carter, A., Collins, S.M, DeLeo, V., Dunkle, M., Gannon, D., Grames, E.M, Harrison, J.G, McFarlane, S.E, Oleksy, I., Powers, B.F, Ray, C., Stears, A., Summers, B., Torrens, C.L, Trentman, M., Werner, C.M, Shoemaker, L.G, (2024). Collaborative consortia can boost postdoctoral workforce development. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Opinion, 121:28
- Sadler, J., Koenig, L., Gorski, G., Carter, A., Hall, R.O, (2024). Evaluating a process-guided deep learning approach for predicting dissolved oxygen in streams. Hydrological Processes, 38:9
- Carter, A., Lowman, H.E, Blaszczak, J.R, Barbosa, C.C, DeSiervo, M., Torrens, C.L, Dunkle, M., Collins, S.M, Olesky, I., Katona, K.R, Hall, R.O, (2024). Exceptions to the heterotrophic rule: prevalence and drivers of autotrophy in streams and rivers. Ecosystems
- DelVecchia, A.G, Rhea, S., Aho, K.S, Stanley, E.H, Hotchkiss, E.R, Carter, A., (2023). Variability and drivers of CO2, CH4, and N2O concentrations in streams across the United States. Limnology and Oceanography
- Helton, A., Morse, J., Sudduth, E., Ardon, M., Bier, R., Voss, K., Ross, M., Blaszczak, J., Brandt, J., Simonin, M., Rocca, J., Carter, A., Gerson, J., Ury, E., Vlah, M.J, (2023). At the interfaces of the hydrologic sciences: Connecting water, elements, ecosystems, and people through the major contributions of Dr. Emily Bernhardt. Journal of Hydrology, 619, 129251. doi: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2023.129251
- Blaszczak, J.R, Koenig, L.E, Mejia, F.H, Gomez-Gener, L., Dutton, C.L, Carter, A., Grimm, N.B, Harvey, J.W, Helton, A.M, Cohen, M.J, (2022). Extent, patterns, and drivers of hypoxia in the world's streams and rivers. Limnology and Oceanography Letters
- Bernhardt, E.S, Savoy, P., Vlah, M.J, Appling, A.P, Koenig, L.E, Hall, R.O, Arroita, M., Blaszczak, J.R, Carter, A., Cohen, M., Harvey, J.W, Heffernan, J.B, Helton, A.M, Hosen, J.D, Kirk, L., McDowell, W.H, Stanley, E.H, Yackulic, C.B, Grimm, N.B, (2022). Light and flow regimes regulate the metabolism of rivers. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119:8
- Carter, A.M, DelVecchia, A.G, Bernhardt, E.S, (2022). Patterns and drivers of dissolved gas concentrations and fluxes along a low gradient stream. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 127
- Carter, A.M, Blaszczak, J.R, Heffernan, J.B, Bernhardt, E.S, (2021). Hypoxia dynamics and spatial distribution in a low gradient river. Limnology and Oceanography, 66:6
- Conte, M.H, Carter, A.M, Koweek, D., Huang, S., Weber, J.C, (2019). The elemental composition of the deep particle flux in the Sargasso Sea. Chemical Geology
- Beddows, P.A, Glover, J.B, Rissolo, D., Carter, A.M, Jaijel, R., Smith, D.M, Goodman-Tchernov, B., (2016). The Proyecto Costa Escondida: Recent interdisciplinary research in search of freshwater along the north coast of Quintana Roo, Mexico. WIREs Water, 3:5
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Publications | Other
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Teaching
STAT 5100 - Modern Regression Methods, Fall 2025
STAT 6100 - Modern Regression Methods, Fall 2025
STAT, STAT 5100, 6100 - Modern Regression Methods, Fall 2025