McGill University
Postdoctoral fellow candidate
Supervisor: Irene Gregory-Eaves
Start: 2025-01-06

Keywords

Paleolimnology, sediment core, freshwater lake, zooplankton, cladocera, chironomid

Publications

1- Temporal dynamics of invertebrate community assembly in Lake Victoria since the late Pleistocene based on chitinous remains
King, Leighton, Colin Courtney‐Mustaphi, Maria Cuenca‐Cambronero, Giulia Wienhues, Nare Ngoepe, Moritz Muschick, Yunuen Temoltzin‐Loranca, Hendrik Vogel, Martin Grosjean, Willy Tinner, Andrew Cohen, Mary Kishe, Oliver Heiri, Ole Seehausen, Blake Matthews
2024 Freshwater Biology

2- Anthropogenic forcing leads to an abrupt shift to phytoplankton dominance in a shallow eutrophic lake
King, Leighton, Mark Devey, Peter R. Leavitt, Mitchell J. Power, Soren Brothers, Janice Brahney
2024 Freshwater Biology

3- Latest Pleistocene and Holocene primary producer communities and hydroclimate in Lake Victoria, eastern Africa
Wienhues, Giulia, Andrea Lami, Stefano Bernasconi, Madalina Jaggi, Marina A. Morlock, Hendrik Vogel, Andrew S. Cohen, Colin J. Courtney Mustaphi, Oliver Heiri, Leighton King, Mary A. Kishe, Pavani Misra, Moritz Muschick, Nare Ngoepe, Blake Matthews, Ole Seehausen, Yunuen Temoltzin-Loranca, Willy Tinner, Martin Grosjean
2024 Quaternary Science Reviews

4- Primary production modeling identifies restoration targets for shifting shallow, eutrophic lakes to clear-water regimes
King, Leighton, Janice Brahney, Scott Daly, Michael J. Paul, Kateri R. Salk, Soren Brothers
2023 Freshwater Science

5- Does the evolution of ontogenetic niche shifts favour species coexistence? An empirical test in Trinidadian streams
Anaya‐Rojas, Jaime M., Ronald D. Bassar, Blake Matthews, Joshua F. Goldberg, Leighton King, David Reznick, Joseph Travis
2023 Journal of Animal Ecology

6- Detection of fish sedimentary DNA in aquatic systems: A review of methodological challenges and future opportunities
Huston, Grayson P., Mark Louie D. Lopez, Yuanyu Cheng, Leighton King, Lucinda C. Duxbury, Maïlys Picard, Georgia Thomson‐Laing, Erika Myler, Caren C. Helbing, Michael T. Kinnison, Jasmine E. Saros, Irene Gregory‐Eaves, Marie‐Eve Monchamp, Susanna A. Wood, Linda Armbrecht, Gentile Francesco Ficetola, Lenka Kurte, Jordan Von Eggers, Janice Brahney, Genevieve Parent, Masayuki K. Sakata, Hideyuki Doi, Eric Capo
2023 Environmental DNA

7- A continuous fish fossil record reveals key insights into adaptive radiation
Ngoepe, Nare, Moritz Muschick, Mary A. Kishe, Salome Mwaiko, Yunuén Temoltzin-Loranca, Leighton King, Colin Courtney Mustaphi, Oliver Heiri, Giulia Wienhues, Hendrik Vogel, Maria Cuenca-Cambronero, Willy Tinner, Martin Grosjean, Blake Matthews, Ole Seehausen
2023 Nature

8- Long-term ecological successions of vegetation around Lake Victoria (East Africa) in response to latest Pleistocene and Early Holocene climatic changes
Temoltzin-Loranca, Yunuén, Erika Gobet, Boris Vannière, Jacqueline F.N. van Leeuwen, Giulia Wienhues, Colin Courtney-Mustaphi, Mary Kishe, Moritz Muschick, Leighton King, Pavani Misra, Nare Ngoepe, Blake Matthews, Hendrik Vogel, Oliver Heiri, Ole Seehausen, Martin Grosjean, Willy Tinner
2023 Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

9- From desiccation to wetlands and outflow: Rapid re-filling of Lake Victoria during the Latest Pleistocene 14–13 ka
Wienhues, Giulia, Yunuen Temoltzin-Loranca, Hendrik Vogel, Marina A. Morlock, Andrew S. Cohen, Flavio S. Anselmetti, Stefano M. Bernasconi, Madalina Jaggi, Wojciech Tylmann, Mary A. Kishe, Leighton King, Nare Ngoepe, Colin J. Courtney-Mustaphi, Moritz Muschick, Blake Matthews, Salome Mwaiko, Ole Seehausen, Willy Tinner, Martin Grosjean
2024 Journal of Great Lakes Research

10- An integrative paleolimnological approach for studying evolutionary processes
Cuenca-Cambronero, Maria, Colin J. Courtney-Mustaphi, Ryan Greenway, Oliver Heiri, Cameron M. Hudson, Leighton King, Kimberley D. Lemmen, Marvin Moosmann, Moritz Muschick, Nare Ngoepe, Ole Seehausen, Blake Matthews
2022 Trends in Ecology & Evolution

11- Competitive asymmetry and local adaptation in Trinidadian guppies
Potter, Tomos, Leighton King, Joseph Travis, Ronald D. Bassar,
2018 Journal of Animal Ecology

12- Testing alternative hypotheses for the decline of cichlid fish in Lake Victoria using fish tooth time series from sediment cores
Ngoepe, Nare, Alenya Merz, Leighton King, Giulia Wienhues, Mary A. Kishe, Salome Mwaiko, Pavani Misra, Martin Grosjean, Blake Matthews, Colin Courtney Mustaphi, Oliver Heiri, Andrew Cohen, Willy Tinner, Moritz Muschick, Ole Seehausen
2024 Biology Letters

13- Anthropogenic Eutrophication Drives Major Food Web Changes in Mwanza Gulf, Lake Victoria
King, Leighton, Giulia Wienhues, Pavani Misra, Wojciech Tylmann, Andrea Lami, Stefano M. Bernasconi, Madalina Jaggi, Colin Courtney-Mustaphi, Moritz Muschick, Nare Ngoepe, Salome Mwaiko, Mary A. Kishe, Andrew Cohen, Oliver Heiri, Ole Seehausen, Hendrik Vogel, Martin Grosjean, Blake Matthews
2024 Ecosystems