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, (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
- Carter, A., (2025). Variability and controls of pCO2 and air-water CO2 fluxes in a productive river. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 130:2
- Carter, A., (2024). Collaborative consortia can boost postdoctoral workforce development. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Opinion, 121:28
- Carter, A., (2024). Evaluating a process-guided deep learning approach for predicting dissolved oxygen in streams. Hydrological Processes, 38:9
- Carter, A., (2024). Exceptions to the heterotrophic rule: prevalence and drivers of autotrophy in streams and rivers. Ecosystems
- Carter, A., (2023). Variability and drivers of CO2, CH4, and N2O concentrations in streams across the United States. Limnology and Oceanography
- Carter, A., (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
- Carter, A., (2022). Extent, patterns, and drivers of hypoxia in the world's streams and rivers. Limnology and Oceanography Letters
- Carter, A., (2022). Light and flow regimes regulate the metabolism of rivers. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119:8
- Carter, A.M, 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, (2021). Hypoxia dynamics and spatial distribution in a low gradient river. Limnology and Oceanography, 66:6
- Carter, A.M, (2019). The elemental composition of the deep particle flux in the Sargasso Sea. Chemical Geology
- Carter, A.M, (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
An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.
Teaching
STAT 5100 - Modern Regression Methods, Fall 2025
STAT 6100 - Modern Regression Methods, Fall 2025
STAT, STAT 5100, 6100 - Modern Regression Methods, Fall 2025