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Brita Jessen

Educational Background

B.A., Biological Sciences
 Wellesley College
 2004

Publications:

Johnson, D.S. and B.J. Jessen (2008). Do Spur-Throated Grasshoppers, Melanoplus spp. (Orthoptera: Acrididae), Exert Top-Down Control on Smooth Cordgrass Spartina alterniflora in Northern New England? Estuaries and Coasts 31(5): 912-919

Presentations:

"Do Spur-Throated Grasshoppers Exert Top-Down Control on Smooth Cordgrass in Northern New England?" NEERS Fall Conference, October 2008

 

"Do Spur-Throated Grasshoppers Exert Top-Down Control on Smooth Cordgrass in Northern New England?" OCG 695 abstract