Staff Member
Kristin Womble
Project Coordinator
Phone: (615) 308 - 8094
Email: kirwin@tntech.edu
Biography
I earned my master's in Wildlife and Fisheries Science from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville in 2018, and I am currently a Project Coordinator for the Rosenberger lab. My research interests center on freshwater mollusks with a focus on bivalves. I am interested in freshwater mussel distributions and population demographics, especially in under-sampled areas such as small, headwater streams. I also use GIS to conduct spatial analysis on freshwater mussels and their habitat preferences to predict their distributional limitations.
| Research Publications | Publication Date |
|---|---|
| Fetters, J., A. Rosenberger, K.I. Womble, A. Ford, B. Bajo. 2022. Increased population size of the federally endangered Ptychobranchus subtentus in the Wolf River, TN (Fentress and Pickett Co.). Ellipsaria 24: 21-24. | February 2022 |
| Presentations | Presentation Date |
|---|---|
| Womble, K.I., Rosenberger, A.E., and G.R. Dinkins. 2023. A Comprehensive Freshwater Mussel Database for the Duck River Drainage, Tennessee: The History of Mussels in a Priority Watershed. Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society Symposium: Portland, OR. April 2023. | February 2023 |
| Womble, K.I., A.E. Rosenberger, and K.Key. 2024. Expansion of a comprehensive freshwater mussel database for Tennessee: Compiling mussel assemblage information for West Tennessee drainages. West Tennessee River Basin Authority Water Resource Symposium. Jackson, TN. February 2024. | February 2024 |
| Womble, K.I. and A.E. Rosenberger. 2022. A habitat suitability model for the Tennessee Heelsplitter (<i>Lasmigona holstonia</i>). Joint Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Grand Rapids, MI. May, 2022. | May 2022 |
| Womble, K.I. and A.E. Rosenberger. 2019. A habitat suitability model for the Tennessee Heelsplitter (<i>Lasmigona holstonia</i>). Oral presentation. Tennessee Endangered Mollusk Meeting, Crossville, TN. December 2019. | December 2019 |
| Womble, K.I. and A.E. Rosenberger. 2021. A habitat suitability model for the Tennessee Heelsplitter (<i>Lasmigona holstonia</i>). Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society Annual Meeting. April, 2021. | April 2021 |
| Womble, K.I. and A. Rosenberger. 2022. A habitat suitability model for the Tennessee Heelsplitter (<i>Lasmigona holstonia</i>). Tennessee Chapter of the American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting. Gaitlinburg, TN. March 2022. | March 2022 |
| Sallack, K., Key, K.N., Irwin Womble, K., and A.E. Rosenberger. 2023. Initiating Freshwater Mussel Research in the Hatchie River. West Tennessee Water Resources Symposium, Jackson, TN. March 2023 (abstract not published) | March 2023 |
| Sallack, K., Key, K.N., Irwin Womble, K., and A.E. Rosenberger. 2023. Initiating Freshwater Mussel Research in the Hatchie River. Tennessee Chapter of the American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting, Chapel Hill, TN. March 2023 (Abstract not published) | March 2023 |
| Sallack, K., K.N. Key, K.I. Womble, and A.E. Rosenberger. 2024. Freshwater mussels of the Hatchie River: distribution, composition, and abundance. Poster Presentation for the West Tennessee River Basin Authority Water Resource Symposium. Jackson, TN. February 2024. (Abstract not published) | February 2024 |
| Rosenberger, A.E., and K.I. Womble. Freshwater mussels of Tennessee: Future Directions for the Cumberland River Basin. Invited Presentation for the Sustainable Rivers Program FY24 Cumberland river Workshop, External PDT Meeting. Lebanon, TN. June, 2024. | June 2024 |
| Rosenberger, A.E., S. McMurray, K. Bouska, G. Lindner, K. Key, J. Holtswarth, K. Womble, M. Schrum, and L. Lueckenhoff. 2020. Towards a statewide, strategic, and spatially-explicit mussel conservation assessment and monitoring program - our vision. Virtual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society, September, 2020. | September 2020 |
| Rosenberger, A.E., K.I. Womble, K. Sallack, J. Fetters, K. Key, G. Dinkins, D. Hua. 2023. Current Status of Mussel Research in the Rosenberger Lab at TN Tech. Tennessee Endangered Mollusk Committee Meeting: Crossville, TN. February 2023. (Abstract not published) | February 2023 |
| Rosenberger, A.E., D.B. Fitzgerald, K.I. Womble, and D.R. Smith. 2022. Making your survey effort count for the USFWS species status assessment process. Invited Workshop Presentation for the Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society, Henry Horton State Park, TN. August, 2022. | August 2022 |
| Rosenberger, A.E. and Womble, K.I. 2023. The history of freshwater mussels in the Duck River, Tennessee. Presentation to the Duck River Agency Annual Meeting, Henry Horton State Park, TN. December. | December 2023 |
| Irwin, K.L., A.E. Rosenberger, G.R. Dinkins, S.A. Ahlstedt, and J.B. Alford. 2019. Freshwater mussel and habitat assessment of the Duck River System, TN. Annual Conference of the Freshwater Mussel Conservation Society, San Antonio, TX. April, 2019. | April 2019 |