PUBLISHED (* = student author)
  1. Kopecky, K. L., Pavoni, G., Corsini, M., DiFiore, B. P., Brooks, A. B., Nocerino, E., & Menna, F. (2025). Removing dead coral after marine heatwaves can mitigate coral–algae competition and increase viable coral recruitment. Ecological Applications, 35(5), e70077. https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.70077.
  2. Kopecky, K. L., Holbrook, S. J., *Partlow, E., *Cunningham, M., & Schmitt, R. J. (2024). Changing disturbance regimes, material legacies, and stabilizing feedbacks: Dead coral skeletons impair key recovery processes following coral bleaching. Global Change Biology, 30(9), e17504. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.17504.
  3. Kopecky, K. L., Stier, A. C., Schmitt, R. J., Holbrook, S. J., & Moeller, H. V. (2023). Material legacies can degrade resilience: Structure‐retaining disturbances promote regime shifts on coral reefs. Ecology, e4006. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.4006.
  4. Kopecky, K. L., Pavoni, G., Nocerino, E.; Brooks, A. J., Corsini, M., Menna, F., Gallagher, J. P., Capra, A., Castagnetti, C., Rossi, P., et al. (2023). Quantifying the loss of coral from a bleaching event using underwater photogrammetry and AI-assisted image segmentation. Remote Sensing, 5, 4077. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15164077.
  5. Ingeman, K. E., Zhao, L. Z., Wolf, C., Williams, D. R., Ritger, A. L., Ripple, W. J., Kopecky, K. L., Dillon, E. M., DiFiore, B. P., Curtis, J. S., Csik, S. R., Bui, A., & Stier, A. C. (2022). Glimmers of hope in global apex predator recoveries. Scientific Reports, 12(1), 10005. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-13671-7.
  6. Kopecky, K. L., Cook, D. T., Schmitt, R. J., & Stier, A. C. (2021). Effects of corallivory and coral colony density on coral growth and survival. Coral Reefs, 40, 283-288. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-021-02076-z.
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​SUBMITTED
Kopecky, K. L, Tuff, T. A., Johnstone J. F., Castorani, M. C. N., Barker Plotkin, A., Nippert, J. B., Nytch, C. J., Pennings, S. C., Kominoski, J. S., Reed, D. C., Bell, D. M., Suding, K. N. Life after death: legacies of dead foundation species shape demographic processes. Science.
Pre-print: doi.org/10.22541/au.175683851.18825954/v1

​IN PREPARATION (* = equal first authorship)
  1. Kopecky, K. L., Pavoni, G., Corsini, M., Holbrook, S. J., & Schmitt, R. J. Tracking individual coral colony fates at ecologically relevant scales using AI-assisted image analysis.
  2. DiFiore, B. P., Reed, D. C., Miller, R. J., Castorani, M. C. N., Kui, L., Detmer, R., Beckley, B., Bui, A., Kopecky, K. L., Moeller, H. V., Samhouri, J., & Stier, A. C. Historical variability in a marine foundation species mediates benthic competition to determine current community structure.
  3. *Kopecky, K. L., *Schmitt, R. J., Brooks, A. B., Gallagher, J. P., & Holbrook, S. J. From resilience to regime shift: Marine heat waves catalyze macroalgal stability domains on coral reefs.

BOOK CHAPTER
Kopecky, K. L. Data Harmonization for Disparate Ecological Datasets. IGNITE: An Advanced textbook for Environmental Data Science. Environmental Data Science Innovation and Impact Lab. In prep. https://earthdatascience.org/pages/00-overviews/02-textbooks/ignite/

DISSERTATION
Kopecky, K. L. (2024). The Remains of Change: How the Legacies of Shifting Disturbance Regimes Impact the Resilience of Contemporary Coral Reefs. https://www.proquest.com/dissertations-theses/remains-change-how-legacies-shifting-disturbance/docview/3099561094/se-2?accountid=14503

OTHER PUBLICATIONS
  1. Kopecky, K. L. (2025). Clearing a Path to Resilience: Removing Dead Coral Skeletons Following Marine Heatwaves Benefits Coral Recovery. The Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, e70043. https://doi.org/10.1002/bes2.70043
  2. Kopecky, K. L., Stier, A. C., Schmitt, R. J., Holbrook, S. J., & Moeller, H. V. (2023). Contrasting Impacts of Different Disturbance Types on Coral Reefs: Wave Disturbance vs. Coral Bleaching. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, 104(2). https://doi.org/10.1002/bes2.2061

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