C. V. for Leska Fore

Education

Brown University, Providence, RI. A.B. Biology, with Honors, 1983

University of Washington, Seattle, WA. M.S. Quantitative Ecology and Resource Management (Biometry option), 1992

Publications

Fisher, W. S., L. S. Fore, A. Hutchins, R. L. Quarles, J. G. Campbell, C. LoBue and W. S. Davis. 2008. Evaluation of stony coral indicators for coral reef management. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 56:1737-1745.
Fore, L. S., J. R. Karr, W. S. Fisher, and W. S. Davis. 2008. Making waves with the Clean Water Act. Science. (Letter to the Editor) 322:1788.
Fore, L. S. and W. H. Clark. 2005. Statistical power comparison of two sampling protocols for riverine snails. Northwest Science 79:91-98.
Fore, L. S. 2003. Developing Biological Indicators: Lessons Learned from Mid-Atlantic Streams. EPA 903/R-003/003. U.S. EPA/OEI and MAIA Program, Region 3, Ft. Meade, MD.
Fore, L. S. 2003. Biological assessment of mining disturbance on stream invertebrates in mineralized areas of Colorado. Pp. 347-370 in T. P. Simon (Ed.). Biological Response Signatures: Patterns in Biological Integrity for Assessment of Freshwater Aquatic Assemblages. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
Fore, L. S. 2003. Response of diatom assemblages to human disturbance: development and testing of a multimetric index for the Mid Atlantic Region (USA). Pp. 445-480 in T. P. Simon (Ed.). Biological Response Signatures: Patterns in Biological Integrity for Assessment of Freshwater Aquatic Assemblages. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
Fore, L. S. and C. Grafe. 2002. Using diatoms to assess the biological condition of large rivers in Idaho (USA). Freshwater Biology 47:2015-2037.
Fore, L. S., J. R. Karr, and L. L. Conquest. 1994. Statistical properties of an index of biotic integrity used to evaluate water resources. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 51:1077-1087.
Fore, L. S., J. R. Karr, and R. W. Wisseman. 1996. Assessing invertebrate response to human activities: evaluating alternative approaches. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 15:212-231.
Fore, L. S., K. Paulsen, and K. O'Laughlin. 2001. Assessing the Performance of Volunteers in Monitoring Streams. Freshwater Biology 46: 109-123.
Jennings, M. J., L. S. Fore, and J. R. Karr. 1995. Biological monitoring of fish assemblages in Tennessee Valley reservoirs. Regulated Rivers: Research and Management 11:263-274.
Kimberling, D. N., J. R. Karr, and L. S. Fore. 2001. Measuring human disturbance using terrestrial invertebrates in the shrub-steppe of eastern Washington (USA). Ecological Indicators 1:63-81.

Web Publications

Callahan, J. S. and L. S. Fore. 2008. Databrowser for EPA probabilistic monitoring data.
Fore, L. S. 2001. Statistical Primer.
Fore, L. S. and A. Wildrick 1998. Guide to Freshwater Invertebrates.

Editorial Service

Associate Editor
Journal of the North American Benthological Society
2006 - present
Manuscript Referee
Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
Ecological Applications
Ecological Complexity
Ecological Indicators
Freshwater Biology
Hydrobiologia
Journal of the American Water Resources Association
Limnology and Oceanography
Northwest Science