Theissen, K.M., Hobbs, W.O., Hobbs, J.M.R., Zimmer, K.D., Domine, L.M., Cotner, J.B., and Sugita, S., 2012. The altered ecology of Lake Christina: A record of regime shifts, land-use change, and management from a temperate shallow lake. Science of the Total Environment, 433, 336-346.
Hobbs, W.O., Hobbs, J.M.R., Lafrancois, T., Zimmer, K.D, Theissen, K.M., Edlund, M.B., Michelutti, N., Butler, M.G., Hanson, M.A., and Carlson, T.J., 2012. A 200-yr perspective on alternative stable state theory and lake management from a biomanipulated shallow lake. Ecological Applications, 22, 1483-1496.
Theissen, K.M., 2011. What do U.S. students know about climate change? EOS Transactions, 92, 477-478.
Theissen, K. M. The Earth's Record of Climate: a focused-topic introductory course. 2008. Journal of Geoscience Education, 56, 342-353.
Theissen, K. M., Dunbar, R. B., Rowe, H. D., and Mucciarone, D. A., 2008. Multidecadal- to century-scale arid episodes on the northern Altiplano during the middle Holocene. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 257, 361-376.
Theissen, K. M., Zinniker, D. A., Moldowan, J. M., Dunbar, R. B., and Rowe, H. D., 2005. Pronounced occurrence of long-chain alkenones and dinosterol in a 25,000 year lipid molecular fossil record from Lake Titicaca, South America. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 69, 623-636.
Bostick, B. C., Theissen, K. M., Dunbar, R., Fendorf, S., and Vairavamurthy, M.A., 2004. Record of Redox Status in Sediment Laminations from Lake Titicaca : A Sulfur K-edge X-ray Absorption Near Edge Structure (XANES) Study. Chemical Geology, 219, 163-174.
Halsing, D.L., Theissen, K. M., and Bernknopf, R.L., 2004. The National Map: Benefits at what cost? Geospatial Solutions, 14, 25-31.
Warnke, D. A., Richter, C., Florindo, F., Damuth, J. E., Balsam, W. L., Strand, K., Ruikka, M., Juntila J., Theissen, K., and Quilty, P., 2004. The Plio-Pleistocene section of ODP Site 188-1165, Prydz Bay, Antarctic continental margin: a high-resolution integrated-stratigraphy committee (HIRISC) report. In: Cooper, A.K. and O?Brien, P.E., (Eds.) Proc. ODP, Sci. Res., 188, 1-38 [Online].
O'Brien, P. E., Cooper, A. K., Erwin, P., Florindo, F., Handwerger, D., Lavelle, M., Passchier, S., Pospichal, J. J., Quilty, P. G., Richter, C., Theissen, K. M., Whitehead, J. M., 2004. Prydz Channel Fan and the history of extreme ice advances in Prydz Bay. In: Cooper, A.K. and O?Brien, P.E., (Eds.) Proc. ODP, Sci. Res., 188 [CD-ROM]. Available from: Ocean Drilling Program, College Station, TX.
Theissen, K. M., Dunbar, R. B., Cooper, A. K., Mucciarone, D. A., and Hoffmann, D., 2003. The Pleistocene history of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet in the Prydz Bay region: stable isotopic results from ODP Site 1167. Global and Planetary Change. 39, 227-256.
Theissen, K.M., Dunbar, R.B., and Cooper, A.K., 2003. Stable isotopic measurements of sedimentary organic matter and N. pachyderma (s.) from Site 1166, Prydz Bay continental shelf. In Cooper, A.K., O'Brien, P.E., and Richter, C. (Eds.), Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 188 [Online].
Recently published abstracts and conference presentations (** indicates student authors):
Theissen K.M, 2011. What do our students know about climate change? GSA Abstracts with Programs, v. 43, n. 5., p.67
Theissen, K.M., Hobbs, W., Hobbs, J.M.R., and Cotner, J.B. 2011. A post-settlement transition towards phytoplankton dominance in shallow west-central Minnesota lakes. GSA Abstracts with Programs v. 43, n. 5, p.225
**Czeck, B.C., **Hagen, S.M., **Bruchu, C.W., Theissen, K.M, Hobbs, W., and Hobbs, J.M.R. 2011. A multi-century biogeochemical record from a small shallow lake: evidence for a successful conservation effort. GSA Abstracts with Programs v. 43, n. 5, p.461
Hobbs, W., Hobbs, J.M.R., Theissen, K.M., Cotner, J.B., Domine, L.M., Edlund, M.B., and Zimmer, K. 2011. Carbon burial and ecological regime change in a manipulated shallow lake. GSA Abstracts with Programs v. 43, n. 5, p.225
Cotner, J.B., Domine, L.M., Zimmer, K.D., Hobbs, W., Hobbs, J.R., Theissen, K.M. 2011. Shallow lakes and the global carbon cycle, Abstracts with Programs v. 43,n. 5, p. 225.
Theissen K.M., Zimmer, K., Cotner, J.B., Sugita, S., Hobbs, W., and Ramstack, J.M., 2010. The changing trophic status of shallow Minnesota lakes: evidence from stable isotopic and biological proxies. Dec 13, 2010 AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
**Czeck, B.C., **Deschamp, M.L., **Hagen, S., Theissen, K.M., and Hobbs, W. 2010. Can we use redox sensitive elements to indicate past stable state transitions? Preliminary results from three shallow lakes. Dec 16, 2010 AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
Hobbs, W., Ramstack, J., Edlund, M., Zimmer, K., Theissen, K., and Hanson, M. 2010. Diatom community structure and production in a manipulated shallow lake. September 1, 2010. Intl. Diatom Symposium, St. Paul, MN.
Theissen, K.M., Cotner, J.B., Zimmer, K.D., Domine, L., and Sugita, S., 2010. Historical carbon burial in shallow lakes of the Prairie Pothole region. GSA Abstracts with Programs, v. 42, p. 53
**Czeck, B. and Theissen, K., 2010. Pre and post settlement nutrient and contaminant levels in lake sediments, Spring Lake, MN. GSA Abstracts with Programs, v. 42, p. 58
Cotner, J.B., Domine, L., Zimmer, K.D., Theissen, K.M., and Sugita, S., 2008. Prairie Pothole Lakes in North America: Indicators of the Past and Predictors of the Future Carbon Storage in Shallow Lakes AGU Chapman Conference: Lakes and Reservoirs as Sentinels, Integrators, and Regulators of Climate Change, Lake Tahoe, CA
**Pikus, M. M. and Theissen, K.M., 2007 A record of Late Holocene climate change from Laguna Amarga, a small saline lake in southern Patagonia, GSA Abstracts with Programs.
**Hogan, A., **Jacobs, T., and Theissen, K., 2007. Lacustrine sedimentary organic matter proxies of recent lake state changes and climatic conditions in Christina and Morrison lakes of western Minnesota. 53rd Inst. Lake Superior Geology meeting, v. 53, p. 38.
**Rodengen, T., Theissen, K., and Sugita, S., 2007. Elemental and isotopic shallow lake proxies of landscape changes in the Prairie Pothole Region of Minnesota. 53rd Inst. Lake Superior Geology meeting, v. 53, p. 64.
Theissen, K.M., 2006. The Earth’s Record of Climate: A focused-topic introductory course in paleoclimatology. Eos Trans. AGU, 87, Fall Meet. Suppl.
Meyer, E., Bostick, B., Landis, J, Quicksall, A., and Theissen, K., 2006. Paleoredox Conditions During Deposition of Neoproterozoic Low Latitude Glacial Strata of the Death Valley Region, CA. Eos Trans. AGU, 87, Fall Meet. Suppl.,
Theissen, K.M. and Dunbar, R.B., 2005. Evidence for a possible solar influence on modern and mid-Holocene climate from Lake Titicaca, South America. Eos Trans. AGU, 86, Fall Meet. Suppl.
**Hill, C.S., **Kendall, M.R., and Theissen, K.M., 2005. Sedimentary and mineralogical indicators of late Holocene paleoclimate in southern Patagonia from Laguna Amarga. GSA Abstracts with Programs, North Central Region meeting.
**Prasek, L.L., **Konsti, M., Theissen, K.M., and Zimmer, K.D., 2005. Alternative stable state transitions in northern MN lakes: Preliminary geochemical results from Lake Christina. GSA Abstracts with Programs, North Central Region meeting.
